However, the commotion Uchiha Madara had caused was not particularly great, so Yao Lao found it difficult to make a judgment.
Madara himself cared even less. As the Flame Mantra broke through, the speed at which he devoured Dou Qi surged severalfold, even dozens of times faster.
His soul power was formidable, and he had already analyzed this world's cultivation system before. Thus, before reaching the limits of his own power, there were practically no bottlenecks for him.
Of course, that did not mean he could advance without obstruction all the way to the Dou Zun or even Dou Sheng realm.
After all, he was now cultivating Dou Qi, and his progress was limited by just how far the Flame Mantra could break through.
After devouring Amaterasu, the Yellow-tier Low-Level Flame Mantra advanced continuously before finally stopping at the Xuan-tier Mid-Level.
This was practically the highest level it could rise to after devouring a Heavenly Flame.
In every regard, Amaterasu's properties and power were no weaker than certain Heavenly Flames of this world.
Well, it could not compare to the few top-ranked Heavenly Flames.
But compared to flames like the Green Lotus Core Flame, Amaterasu was not the least bit inferior.
As the Flame Mantra broke through to the Xuan-tier Mid-Level, Uchiha Madara's Dou Qi cultivation also soared all the way upward—two-star Dou Practitioner, three-star Dou Practitioner, four-star Dou Practitioner... nine-star Dou Practitioner!
Dou Master!
By then, an hour had passed.
Becoming a Dou Practitioner in ten minutes and a Dou Master in an hour—if word of such a thing got out, probably no one would believe it.
Yet it had happened.
Even so, Uchiha Madara remained dissatisfied. He continued devouring Dou Qi, and blue-green flames bloomed once more in his palm like a lotus flower.
He circulated the Flame