Half an hour later, the burning heat and rumbling within his body gradually subsided.
The immense vitality of the Green Spirit Fruit, the Earth Flame essence of the Blazing Flame Crystal, the immense weight of the Mysterious Yellow Liquid, and the sharp aura of the Geng Metal Essence all smoothly merged into the Chaos Qi Vortex within his dantian.
The vortex spun several times faster than usual.
His meridians had expanded by an entire circle, faintly gleaming with a jade-like luster.
Vast Dou Qi surged wildly against the barriers throughout his body, carrying a faint urge to tear open space and trigger a qualitative change in the energy of heaven and earth.
An ordinary cultivator would certainly have followed this overwhelming medicinal power and launched an all-out assault on the Dou Zun barrier that had blocked countless experts.
But Lu Heng formed hand seals with both hands, driving his Five Elements Spirit Body at full force and forcibly suppressing the restless Dou Qi back into the Chaos Qi Vortex.
The leap from Dou Zong to Dou Zun was an enormous one. It required complete mastery over spatial power and allowed no room for carelessness.
He had yet to gather the Water Attribute treasures, leaving one of the five elements incomplete.
If he forced his way through now with brute strength, even if he broke through by chance, it would leave an irreparable flaw in his foundation.
He compacted and compressed the energy within the vortex layer by layer. Only after the final wisp of leaking energy had been completely sealed did Lu Heng slowly exhale a cloud of grayish-white turbid air.
He opened his eyes.
The air around him distorted slightly, and even the tables and chairs nearby trembled gently with his breathing.
His realm still remained at the peak