Yao Lao, I'm Stuffed

[The Dou Qi Foundation-Building Art is divided into two cultivation modes.

The passive cultivation mode allows for automatic cultivation while walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. The Dou Qi absorbed and refined is purer than that of the Dou Qi Breathing Technique, and the speed is increased by fifty percent, enhancing the effect of expanding meridians and forging veins.

The active cultivation mode requires sitting cross-legged and forming seals. When the practitioner actively initiates this method, the cultivation speed is doubled compared to the Dou Qi Breathing Technique, further enhancing the effect of expanding meridians and forging veins.]

Xiao Yan smiled slightly: he truly lived up to his heaven-defying comprehension!

Knowing that the Dou Qi within his body was about to be devoured, he naturally could not just sit and wait.

Strengthening the cultivation effect of the Dou Qi Breathing Technique was absolutely necessary.

At this moment, he was no longer the ignorant fetus who knew nothing about cultivation.

Having mastered a certain amount of cultivation knowledge and having focused on practicing the Dou Qi Breathing Technique for many years—not to mention that this technique was created by himself—he was confident.

He dared not boast in other areas, but in terms of Dou Qi cultivation alone, even a Dou God would not be as experienced as Xiao Yan.

It was precisely because those Dou God powerhouses were all brilliant talents that it was impossible for them to be like Xiao Yan, who had spent almost all his time in the past few years solely on Dou Qi cultivation.

Furthermore, the comprehension of Dou God powerhouses was inherently inferior to Xiao Yan's, making the gap even wider.

If Xiao Yan's heaven-defying comprehension were quantified and compared to those peerless powerhouses, it would be at least at the N+1 level—an absolute peak of comprehension.

"Hehe, it's time for the Dou Zhe experience." Yao Lao chuckled, and white light flickered from the Bone Flame Ring he inhabited as he immediately began to devour Xiao Yan's strength.

The Dou Qi vortex suddenly drained rapidly, causing Xiao Yan to frown and snap out of the joy he felt from his epiphany regarding the Dou Qi Foundation-Building Art.

Xiao Yan changed the seals with his hands and immediately began practicing the Dou Qi Foundation-Building Art.

In an instant, majestic energy from heaven and earth surged around Xiao Yan's body, and this energy grew increasingly dense.

Such energy would be more than enough for someone at the ninth stage of Dou Qi to break through to a Dou Zhe.

Xiao Yan, however, refused nothing; his body was like an insatiable black hole, devouring and refining everything that came his way.

By absorbing the pure Dou Qi, Yao Lao's severely damaged soul finally received the energy it needed to recover.

Sensing the endless stream of Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body, Yao Lao felt his injuries healing and his condition improving significantly. Upon noticing this turn of events, he was shocked.

He had practically watched Xiao Yan grow up and knew well that his constitution was extraordinary. Such a genius could become a grandmaster of a sect even if he practiced a Huang Tier technique.

The techniques of the Dou Qi Continent did not fall from the sky; they were all created by brilliant predecessors using their own comprehension.

Xiao Yan was a genius who possessed such ability!

"Could it be that my act of absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi has further stimulated his constitution?"

As the number one alchemist of the Dou Qi Continent, Yao Lao was naturally well-informed.

Among the terrifying cultivation constitutions that existed on the continent, the Calamity Poison Body could only be activated after consuming poison.

Xiao Yan's constitution was several times stronger than that Calamity Poison Body, and he had no idea what changes might occur to Xiao Yan's constitution under these circumstances.

Yao Lao pondered for a moment and accelerated the devouring of the Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body.

The energy of heaven and earth gathering around Xiao Yan at this moment was simply too terrifying—more than what was gathered when ordinary Dou Zhe practiced their techniques.

Dou Qi was in a stage of expanding meridians and forging veins; the focus was not on the speed of absorbing heaven and earth energy, but on improving one's own foundation, which was far inferior to those Dou Zhe who had condensed a Dou Qi vortex and truly begun practicing techniques.

What Xiao Yan was doing now was almost equivalent to practicing a Huang Tier technique!

If he did not accelerate the devouring, Yao Lao was truly afraid that Xiao Yan would be blown apart by the energy of heaven and earth.

Sensing that another large wave of Dou Qi was being lost, Xiao Yan, now familiar with the new cultivation method, increased his speed even further.

Earlier, it had only been his first time practicing the Dou Qi Foundation-Building Art, so he had not been very proficient.

Countless amounts of heaven and earth energy surged in like a mad tide; even a Dou Zhe rising in stars would be no more than this.

Yao Lao was startled and was about to devour with all his might when he was astonished to find that the heaven and earth energy frantically pouring into Xiao Yan's body was being rapidly refined into pure Dou Qi.

This Dou Qi did not rampage through Xiao Yan's meridians but slowly merged into them.

After expanding the meridians, it passed through them to nourish Xiao Yan's bones, strengthening his flesh and cells.

Absorbing heaven and earth energy in this manner would be normal if a Dou Zhe were practicing a Xuan Tier technique, but what was happening now was the most pure Dou Qi cultivation.

Under the continuous devouring and absorption by Yao Lao's soul form, Xiao Yan could feel his strength constantly declining.

The Dou Qi vortex vanished, falling to the ninth stage of Dou Qi... eighth stage of Dou Qi... seventh stage of Dou Qi... sixth stage of Dou Qi...

It stopped? Xiao Yan, maintaining the operation of the Dou Qi Foundation-Building Art that he had perfected many times, could not help but feel surprised.

It was only at the sixth stage of Dou Qi; why didn't Yao Lao absorb more?

Yao Lao would have liked to drain Xiao Yan to the level of the third stage of Dou Qi, but he was no longer the Venerable Yao who had once dominated the Dou Qi Continent; he was a remnant soul on the verge of dissipation.

Xiao Yan's terrifying constitution inherently contained much more Dou Qi than an ordinary person's, and as he absorbed it, a large amount of heaven and earth energy was also being absorbed to replenish it.

If he continued to absorb, his remnant soul would not be able to bear it; he had to absorb it slowly.

To put it bluntly, Yao Lao was currently like someone who had eaten too much and was stuffed.

Xiao Yan got out of bed and sighed, putting on a look of regret as if his breakthrough had failed.

After calming his emotions slightly, Xiao Yan quietly slipped out of the small courtyard.

Four years old was an important milestone; it was time to nourish his meridians!

It was already deep into the night, and even with the Xiao Clan's hidden guards, Xiao Yan could detect them well in advance thanks to his powerful soul perception.

Stepping out of the small courtyard, Xiao Yan strolled leisurely along the quiet path with a blade of grass dangling casually from his mouth.

Everything was finally on the right track; he was just waiting for Yao Lao to reappear at full strength.

The Dou Qi was not being absorbed by Yao Lao for nothing; it not only helped him recover from his injuries but would also restore his soul power to its peak.

By then, even though Yao Lao would still be a soul entity, the strength he possessed would make the likes of Yun Shan or the Wu Protector nothing more than farts.

Furthermore, the meridian-expanding and bone-tempering effects of the Dou Qi would continuously strengthen his physical constitution, meaning he would endure much less pain when he eventually swallowed the Heavenly Flames.

A cool night breeze blew by, leaving Xiao Yan's mind feeling completely ethereal. He paused for a moment, muttering to himself, "If I only use this Dou Qi to nourish my meridians, wouldn't that be a waste of my heaven-defying comprehension?"