Heaven-Tier Dou Technique

As Xiao Yan made his choice, information about a Dou Technique called the Lava Heaven-Burning Art quickly flooded into his mind.

The information was enormous, and it took Xiao Yan quite a while to fully digest it.

The Lava Heaven-Burning Art was divided into six forms, each with a different effect: Star-Surging Heaven Qi, Infinite Void-Sinking Force, Cosmic Life-and-Death Way, Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Flow, Void Vortex Force, and Lava Heaven-Breaking Force.

Star-Surging Heaven Qi: the force behind each palm strike was fierce and overwhelming, like a spark capable of setting the plains ablaze, endless and unceasing.

Infinite Void-Sinking Force: combat energy contracted inward, making the body seem to cave in. An enemy's attack would land on empty space, neutralizing the opponent's strike.

Cosmic Life-and-Death Way: though magma was violent, the area it could affect was limited. Though the sun's heat was high, once it fell upon the earth, it would eventually become ordinary. This move used one's own combat energy as a grindstone, gradually wearing down the force of an opponent's attack. Even an overwhelming blow would ultimately become an exhausted arrow at the end of its flight.

Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Flow: a person's combat energy was like heaven and earth itself. Even a sea of magma and fire possessed yin and yang, a beginning and an end. This move was intended to divert an opponent's attack into the yin and yang of heaven and earth.

Void Vortex Force: combat energy within the body drove a spinning motion, like a vortex in the void. Anyone who came into contact with it would have their force scattered, making it difficult to keep their footing and exposing openings.

Lava Heaven-Breaking Force: bend the fingers into a bow and condense energy into a string. With one ringing strike, even the force of a drop of water could carve through metal and stone, let alone incomparably powerful lava Heavenly Flames.

After carefully reviewing all six moves, Xiao Yan found them extraordinarily profound, far beyond trash Dou Techniques like the Absorbing Palm and Eight Extremities Collapse, which Medicine Elder had dismissed as worthless.

Dou Techniques like the Absorbing Palm and Eight Extremities Collapse had nothing further after being unleashed, but the six forms of the Lava Heaven-Burning Art could work together.

For instance, after using Infinite Void-Sinking Force to neutralize an opponent's attack, he could immediately follow with Star-Surging Heaven Qi and deliver a fatal blow.

As he thought this, a wave of exhaustion swept over him. Xiao Yan found a comfortable position on his little bed and slowly closed his eyes.

A year slipped quietly by, and Xiao Yan's daily life gained another task: comprehending the Lava Heaven-Burning Art.

The Lava Heaven-Burning Art was unfathomably profound. Xiao Yan had no intention of biting off more than he could chew and completely comprehending all six moves at once.

He first tried to familiarize himself with Star-Surging Heaven Qi. Only after making some progress did he begin studying the second form, Infinite Void-Sinking Force.

Without any energy to support practical attempts, Xiao Yan only gained a certain understanding of these two forms over the course of a year.

The simulation cooldown ended, and a glint flashed through Xiao Yan's dark eyes.

This time, he would definitely make it out of Wutan City alive!

After a year of thought, Xiao Yan still decided to take Medicine Elder as his master.

He had suffered far too many losses at that old man's hands. If he did not get some of it back, then all the suffering he had endured in the previous simulation would have been for nothing.

[Year One: Feeling that you were old enough, you began displaying your prodigious side. After giving everyone enough time to adjust, you began attempting cultivation.]

[In order to cultivate the Lava Heaven-Burning Art, you did not hide your cultivation talent. You succeeded on your first attempt.]

[You began cultivating before the age of three, shocking everyone in the Xiao Clan. Xiao Lin decided to personally guide your cultivation.]

[Year Two: After accumulating some Dou Qi, you began trying out Star-Surging Heaven Qi and Infinite Void-Sinking Force in the forest.]

[Finding a tree as thick as a bowl, you took a deep breath and recalled how to use Star-Surging Heaven Qi. Dou Qi flowed through your meridians, and then, with a low shout, you struck the trunk with your palm.]

[With a bang, your tiny palm sank deeply into the tree trunk.]

[Without a doubt, if your Dou Qi were a little stronger, snapping this not-too-thick tree with one palm would not have been difficult.]

[Immediately afterward, you tried Infinite Void-Sinking Force as well, attacking yourself. The powerful strike landed solidly, yet it felt as though it had hit nothing but air, and your body did not hurt at all.]

[After some experimentation, you were very satisfied with the effects of the two moves.]

[Knowing that Medicine Elder would absorb your Dou Qi in the future, you cultivated at an unhurried pace while seriously studying the two moves.]

[Occasionally, when Xiao Lin saw you solemnly waving your arms around, he would watch with a thoughtful expression.]

[Having calculated when Xiao Lin would meet with trouble, you raised yourself to the verge of a breakthrough, temporarily preventing Xiao Lin from leaving home.]

[Year Three: After accumulating some Dou Qi, you began nourishing Xiao Xun'er's meridians. Whenever you left the room, you were drenched in sweat from exhaustion.]

[Not long afterward, Xiao Lin had no choice but to leave home. On his way back, he encountered an attack by an enemy. He killed the enemy, but he himself was seriously injured.]

[However, after recuperating for some time, Xiao Lin improved. His realm had merely fallen drastically, leaving him with only the strength of a Dou Zhe.]

[It turned out that Xiao Lin, who had been exceptionally outstanding in the Xiao Clan, possessed great comprehension. He gained insight from your "nonsense," catching his enemy completely off guard.]

"Things had gotten better!" Xiao Yan's heart stirred. Last time, Xiao Lin had been crippled outright. This time, he still retained some strength, so he should be able to live a few more years.

[Year Twelve: Feeling that the time was right, you broke through and became a Dou Zhe. Before long, Medicine Elder crippled you.]

[Year Thirteen: With your strength reduced to Three-Stage Dou Qi, you felt neither joy nor sorrow. You continued studying the Lava Heaven-Burning Art and gained a certain understanding of all six forms, especially the first two.]

[Year Fourteen: After you had nourished Xiao Xun'er's meridians for a long time, her cultivation speed changed again. Not only did she become a Dou Zhe, she also broke through to Three-Star.]

"Did Dou Zhe cultivation really progress that quickly?" Xiao Yan was somewhat shocked by the difference in cultivation speed between the Dou Qi stage and the Dou Zhe stage.

At the Dou Qi stage, cultivation speed depended solely on aptitude. It was not unusual for some people to remain stuck at the Dou Qi stage for twenty or thirty years.

But after becoming a Dou Zhe and cultivating a cultivation method, one's cultivation speed could be improved through external aids such as cultivation methods and medicinal pills.

Still, Xiao Yan had not expected the difference in speed to be so great.

Xiao Yan felt that with his cultivation aptitude, even a Low Yellow Tier cultivation method might allow him to progress at an astonishing speed.

[The next day, your engagement was annulled. At the back mountain, you met Medicine Elder again after he emerged from the ring.]

[You took Medicine Elder as your master and began recovering your strength with his help.]

[Knowing that you were destined to cultivate a Low Yellow Tier cultivation method in this life, you became somewhat lax in cultivating Dou Qi and devoted most of your attention to Dou Techniques.]

[After mastering the six forms of the Lava Heaven-Burning Art, you began focusing on the first form, Star-Surging Heaven Qi.]

[Because you were still at the initial Dou Qi stage, your Star-Surging Heaven Qi was only Low Yellow Tier. Yet with your formidable physical constitution, its power was no weaker than Mid Yellow Tier, though Medicine Elder looked down on it greatly.]