Heaven-Defying Comprehension: Upgrading a Cultivation Method Created by a Dou God

[Dou Qi Breathing Technique: Through each breath, it could draw upon the energy of heaven and earth, refining it into incomparably pure Dou Qi to nourish the meridians, temper the bones, and strengthen one's foundation.]

No matter what a person did, breathing was something they could never stop.

After reading the system message, Xiao Yan's lips curved up slightly.

This Dou Qi Breathing Technique truly deserved to be called the cultivation method he had comprehended over several months.

Not only did this method eliminate the need for special cultivation postures, but from a certain perspective, its cultivation speed had doubled outright.

No matter how focused a genius was while cultivating, they still had to deal with certain daily trivialities.

Breathing, however, was different. No matter what interrupted him, he could not stop breathing.

Xiao Yan's enlightenment had taken so long entirely because he had modified a cultivation method created and repeatedly improved by Dou Gods, while also upgrading it tremendously.

This alone showed just how heaven-defying max-level comprehension was!

After all, several months were but the blink of an eye to a Dou God expert, yet no Dou God had ever made such drastic changes to a Dou Qi cultivation method.

Having comprehended the Dou Qi Breathing Technique, Xiao Yan naturally did not hesitate and immediately began cultivating.

As it was his first time cultivating the Dou Qi Breathing Technique, Xiao Yan was exceptionally focused and serious.

He closed his eyes, calmed his heart, and began breathing steadily.

A moment later, Xiao Yan's chest rose and fell as his breaths formed a perfect cycle.

A nearly imperceptible stream of white air entered Xiao Yan's body through his mouth and nose, nourishing his bones and meridians.

The energy of heaven and earth was refined into pure Dou Qi, bringing a warm, moist sensation, like early spring sunlight shining upon a cold lake as warmth slowly spread outward.

With Xiao Yan's steady breathing, it strengthened his bones, meridians, and cells.

As Xiao Yan's breaths grew deeper and deeper, that nearly imperceptible white stream also began to grow stronger.

Xiao Yan had cultivated in his mother's womb for many days. Not only had his cultivation reached the level of three-stage Dou Qi, but his aptitude had also improved to a terrifying degree.

After his birth, although Xiao Yan had not cultivated actively, his strength had continued to rise slowly.

Now that he was cultivating the Dou Qi Breathing Technique and actively absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, Xiao Yan's three-stage Dou Qi realm immediately began to break through.

A great amount of heaven and earth energy was drawn in. Threads of pale white energy seeped from the air and continuously poured into Xiao Yan's body.

Just as Xiao Yan broke through, the guests who had come for his first birthday, along with the members of the Xiao Clan, were once again shocked.

Although everyone in the room was an influential figure in Wutan City, none of them even dared to breathe loudly at this moment.

Everyone was extremely familiar with a situation like Xiao Yan's.

A breakthrough! A breakthrough in the Dou Qi stage!

But such things usually happened to youths within their clans.

A one-year-old child...

Even these well-traveled clan heads were seeing such a thing for the first time, and every one of them was utterly dumbfounded.

One had to know that Xiao Yan had already possessed three-stage Dou Qi when he was born.

If he broke through again, would that not make him four-stage Dou Qi?

Four-stage Dou Qi at one year old—who knew what kind of genius this little fellow would become in the future?

Unfortunately, this little fellow had already been betrothed to the Nalan Clan, one of the Jia Ma Empire's three great clans. Otherwise, these clan heads would certainly have tried to promote the girls of their own families.

It was not only the clan heads of Wutan City. Even Yao Lao, within the ancient ring hanging around Xiao Yan's neck, was utterly shocked!

After noticing that Xiao Yan had not continued cultivating as he had in the womb after being born, Yao Lao had been preparing to settle in for a long sleep.

Yet Xiao Yan had broken through again so quickly, becoming a little fellow with four-stage Dou Qi. It truly caught him by surprise.

What shocked Yao Lao the most was that the heaven-defying automatic cultivation from within the womb had returned after a period of silence.

Just thinking about a child who cultivated Dou Qi automatically at every moment made Yao Lao feel horrified.

Ordinary people needed more than ten years to become a Dou Zhe, but Xiao Yan would need at most five or six years.

Perhaps, at Xiao Yan's rate of absorbing Dou Qi, it would take no more than three or four years.

A four- or five-year-old Dou Zhe would normally need to be specially nourished with seventh- or eighth-grade medicinal pills in order to gain such an advantage from the starting line.

But medicinal pills of that level were nothing short of a fantasy for the current Xiao Clan.

To cultivate at such a speed through one's own physique alone was something even Yao Lao, the Dou Qi Continent's foremost alchemist, had encountered for the first time.

The many Wutan City clans that had come to celebrate Xiao Yan's first birthday naturally could not help showering him with praise.

Only after quite some time did Qin Yueyao carry Xiao Yan to the front hall for an important ceremony for children of great clans—the first birthday grab.

With Xiao Lin, a Dou Wang expert, still alive, and given the Xiao Clan's current capabilities, the blanket was covered with rare treasures.

Xiao Yan propped up his chin, his pitch-black eyes studying the objects before him with a thoughtful expression.

Now that he could begin cultivating Dou Qi, not only would he be able to revive Yao Lao in the future, but Yao Lao might even become stronger after his revival.

There was no need to worry about strength for the time being.

What mattered most at present were his grandfather and mother.

His mother had died from an unknown illness. Although her physique had now been greatly upgraded, that outcome would most likely be avoided.

But his grandfather, who had been gravely injured and died after making enemies, would require top-tier medical skills to save.

Using the methods of an ordinary physician to treat a Dou Wang expert was an extremely daunting challenge.

Xiao Yan made his decision and crawled toward a medical book and a jade-green first-tier magic core.

Hopefully, I can acquire plenty of medical knowledge over the next two years. Then my heaven-defying comprehension can further develop miraculous healing medicine.

Xiao Yan picked up both items and giggled, clearly very satisfied with what he held.

"Medical arts, magic core." Han Lao, who had once treated Qin Yueyao, recognized the objects in Xiao Yan's hands and said excitedly, "The young master will become a respected alchemist in the future!"

"An alchemist!" Everyone drew in a sharp breath.

Any alchemist would be courted at all costs by every faction, and their status and position were extraordinarily distinguished!

Qin Yueyao picked Xiao Yan up again and said to the crowd, "Yan'er possesses fire with wood within it. If his soul power also meets the requirements, and he can find an alchemist as a teacher, then he may become an alchemist."

Why would he need another teacher? The greatest alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent is right around this little fellow's neck! Yao Lao was extremely pleased with Xiao Yan's instinctive choice. Such a choice practically destined him to become Yao Lao's disciple.