Jia Nan Academy, the waterfall behind the mountain.
Xiao Ze looked within himself. His surging Dou Qi flowed through his meridians like a mighty river, pouring ceaselessly into his Dou Qi Vortex, which received it all like the ocean embracing a hundred rivers.
He had been stuck at Nine-Star Great Dou Master for a long time—several months, by now.
Breaking through to Dou Ling was no easy feat.
Many people needed years of accumulation before they had any chance of reaching Dou Ling.
In the original story, Xiao Yan had relied on the formidable energy of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to force his way through the barrier to Dou Ling.
According to Yao Lao, one drop of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk contained as much energy as an ordinary person could barely accumulate through half a year of arduous cultivation.
Excluding what he had used for body tempering, Xiao Yan had consumed roughly five drops' worth of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
In other words, Xiao Yan had shaved two and a half years off his accumulation time.
That had made Xiao Ze covet this heaven-and-earth treasure, Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, immensely.
However, the Inner Academy Selection Tournament had not yet arrived, and entering the Inner Academy was still a distant prospect.
He still had to focus on his own cultivation.
A month ago, Xiao Ze had relied on Xiao Yi Xian's poison energy, along with his own cultivation,
to forcibly make up for that period of accumulation.
Even so, Xiao Ze had continued accumulating power like mad and had waited until today to attempt his breakthrough to Dou Ling.
He felt that breaking through to Dou Ling might well be the opportunity that would turn his cultivation onto an entirely different path!
The round Dou Crystal inside