Breakthrough!

Before long, nearly a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the course of that month, Xiao Yang had spent almost all his time cultivating.

He wanted to break through to become a Dou Zhe as soon as possible, then begin learning alchemy from Yao Lao.

And because of his frenzied cultivation, he had used up an entire bottle of Foundation Building Divine Liquid in just one month!

Inside Xiao Yang's room, he was soaking in a wooden tub filled with Foundation Building Divine Liquid.

He had just amplified it yesterday.

Azure streams of energy filled the space around him.

Faint specks of golden light flickered within those azure currents.

As the currents flowed into his body, Xiao Yang smoothly refined them into his own Dou Qi.

The Dou Qi within his dantian continued to increase.

At last, Xiao Yang reached the peak of the Dou Qi Eighth Stage.

He was in excellent condition now, and he planned to directly mobilize the Dou Qi in his body to assault the bottleneck of the Dou Qi Ninth Stage!

But at that moment, something that surprised Xiao Yang happened.

As he subconsciously continued refining the medicinal power of the Foundation Building Divine Liquid flowing into his body—

He somehow muddleheadedly broke through the threshold of the Dou Qi Ninth Stage!

The Dou Qi Ninth Stage had no bottleneck at all for him!

Feeling the explosive surge of power within his body, a trace of shock flashed through Xiao Yang's eyes.

One had to know that even Xiao Yan had encountered thresholds when he recultivated!

He remembered that when Xiao Yan recultivated during the Dou Qi stage in the original story, he had still been stalled by bottlenecks.

But now, Xiao Yang had barely even felt the existence of that bottleneck!

Xiao Yang realized that he had still underestimated his current talent.

Xiao Yan, before cultivating the Burning Mantra and refining Heavenly Flames, was far less talented than he was now!

At that moment, Xiao Yang even vaguely felt that he could directly condense a Fighting Qi Vortex!

The Dou Qi Ninth Stage was indeed the point at which one could attempt to condense a Fighting Qi Vortex.

However, cultivators who had just broken through to the Dou Qi Ninth Stage generally did not dare to directly condense a Fighting Qi Vortex and attempt to break through to become a Dou Zhe.

Because trying to break through to become a Dou Zhe immediately upon reaching the Dou Qi Ninth Stage had far too low a success rate!

Unless they were recultivators like Xiao Yan.

Most people cultivated for a while first to stabilize their realm, or even broke through to the Dou Qi Tenth Stage before attempting to become a Dou Zhe.

The Dou Qi stage was rather special; the Dou Qi Tenth Stage did indeed exist.

However, most people attempted their breakthrough at the Dou Qi Ninth Stage.

Xiao Yang hesitated for a moment before deciding to trust himself.

Besides, even if the breakthrough failed, it would be fine.

A few days ago, Yao Lao had already refined a Qi Gathering Powder for him.

With the Qi Gathering Powder, his chances of breaking through would increase once more.

And even if he failed, there would be no risk of his cultivation falling.

Having made up his mind, Xiao Yang willed it, and a jade bottle appeared in his hand.

He opened the bottle and poured out a blue-green medicinal pill.

This was the Qi Gathering Powder!

When Xiao Yang had first seen the Qi Gathering Powder, he had been somewhat surprised.

He discovered that although the Qi Gathering Powder was a fourth-grade medicinal pill, the system had rated it as merely a Level 3 item.

He guessed that the reason it was a fourth-grade medicinal pill was mainly due to the difficulty of refining it.

Otherwise, based solely on its effects, it could not compare with other fourth-grade medicinal pills at all.

Of course, Level 3 or Level 4 items made no difference to him.

Either way, he could not amplify them.

He would never waste a precious Unlimited Amplification Opportunity on Qi Gathering Powder.

After swallowing the Qi Gathering Powder, Xiao Yang felt a massive surge of medicinal power flood into his meridians.

Xiao Yang swiftly formed hand seals with both hands, mobilizing the Dou Qi within his body to refine that vast medicinal power.

As time passed, the previously still air in Xiao Yang's room began to tremble. Strands of faint white energy seeped out of the air and burrowed toward Xiao Yang's body.

Within the wooden tub, the azure currents flowed into Xiao Yang's body even faster.

Fortunately, Xiao Yang's meridians were terrifyingly broad now and could fully accommodate the influx of a huge amount of energy.

The Dou Qi within Xiao Yang's dantian began to swell at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Very soon, the Dou Qi in his dantian reached a critical point.

Xiao Yang had expected this long ago.

His ten fingers moved, rapidly changing hand seals.

As the hand seals shifted, the Dou Qi within Xiao Yang's body suddenly stalled.

Immediately afterward, the Dou Qi in Xiao Yang's dantian abruptly contracted.

The faint white Dou Qi throughout the meridians of his body also rushed toward his lower abdomen.

The originally faint white Dou Qi gradually began to turn milky white.

Under Xiao Yang's soul perception, that mass of milky white Dou Qi churned without end.

But before his soul power, which was stronger than that of ordinary people, this Dou Qi could only obediently continue contracting.

Xiao Yang mobilized his soul perception and fiercely compressed the milky white Dou Qi.

He compressed that Dou Qi until it was smaller than his palm.

"Bang!"

A soft, muffled sound rang out within Xiao Yang's body.

The next moment, Xiao Yang suddenly felt his body become light.

A system notification sounded in his mind.

"Congratulations, Host, on breaking through to One-Star Dou Zhe. Reward: 110 Origin Points!"

Hearing the notification in his mind, Xiao Yang's eyes were filled with delight.

Those 110 Origin Points consisted of 100 points for breaking through to Dou Zhe, plus 10 points for reaching One-Star Dou Zhe.

Yes, reaching one star also came with a reward.

Including the rewards from previously reaching the Dou Qi Eighth and Ninth Stages, and subtracting what he had recently used, Xiao Yang now had a total of 259 Origin Points.

If he cultivated slowly and broke through to the Dou Qi Tenth Stage, he could also receive another ten Origin Points as a reward.

But rather than spending over a month to obtain those ten Origin Points, he would rather break through to Dou Zhe sooner and begin learning alchemy from Yao Lao.

After all, refining a single first-grade medicinal pill would earn him ten Origin Points!

And for the first time, he could even receive ten times that amount!

Without hesitating, he got up, changed his clothes, and ran toward the back mountain.

It was afternoon now. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao should be cultivating on the back mountain.

Before long, Xiao Yang familiarly made his way to the peak of the back mountain.

Yao Lao had long sensed Xiao Yang's arrival.

At that moment, he was staring at Xiao Yang as if he had seen a ghost.

"You broke through?"

The moment those words came out, Xiao Yan beside him was dumbfounded.

"Wait, Teacher, what do you mean?"

"What broke through?"

"Brother Yang broke through to the Dou Qi Ninth Stage?!"

Xiao Yang smiled and nodded.

"That's right, I broke through to Dou Zhe."

"Dou Zhe?!"

"What the hell?"

"Brother Yang, are you cheating?!"

Xiao Yan stared at Xiao Yang with his mouth agape, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Just lucky, just lucky."

Xiao Yang said, holding back his laughter.

Saying 'just lucky' in front of the Lucky Brother—feels great!

Yao Lao flew over to Xiao Yang's side and placed a hand on him.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Your foundation is stable, and your Fighting Qi Vortex is spinning quickly as well."

"Even when Little Flame recultivated to the Dou Qi Ninth Stage and condensed a Fighting Qi Vortex, he was probably only about the same as you."