Inside the Heavenly Tomb, Feng Qiu and Xiao Le still stood guard over Xiao Xuan's tomb.
The two sensed the energy fluctuations within Xiao Yan's tomb, but neither felt the least bit anxious. They knew exactly why it was happening.
"The young master is about to break through to Two-Star Dou Saint?"
"Judging by his aura, there's no doubt about it."
Feng Qiu gave a rueful smile. "When the young master cultivates, it's as though he has no bottlenecks at all. How long has it been since he last came here and reached the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng? And now he's already advancing to Two-Star Dou Saint."
Xiao Le nodded. As guards of the Heavenly Tomb, they knew Xiao Yan's rate of progress better than anyone. They had once been powerful humans themselves, and they knew that after entering the Dou Sheng realm, every step presented another threshold.
Yet that rule seemed not to apply to Xiao Yan. His cultivation had not slowed in the slightest. If anything, it seemed to be growing faster now that he had reached the Dou Sheng realm.
"At this rate, you and I might live to see the day the young master reaches the pinnacle of the continent."
"That will be terribly difficult, but now it no longer seems entirely impossible."
Within the Heavenly Tomb, the exceptionally dense Dou Qi flowed like a vast funnel, pouring ceaselessly into Xiao Xuan's tomb.
And the one who received it all, who absorbed every last bit of energy, was Xiao Yan!
Xiao Yan had spent a month and a half in the Heavenly Tomb, fully assimilating all the dragon essence blood within his body and bringing about an immense improvement in his flesh and blood. His body was no longer merely comparable to a magical beast's.