Wu Yan's Sudden Whim

Mu Zhan's engagement was gone, yet not a single person in the entire Mu Clan dared to utter a word.

Only after truly coming into contact with experts of that level could one understand what the words "Dou Emperor expert" truly meant.

Likewise, no one dared to mock the humiliated Mu Clan, because they all knew that whoever had been in their place would have suffered the same outcome.

Unless it was one of the other two colossal powers on the same level as the Mittel Clan.

Only when the gap in strength was not too great did both sides have the right to negotiate.

After this minor incident between juniors, quite a few prominent factions within the Jia Ma Empire became much more restrained.

Ever since the three-way balance of power had returned, the atmosphere within the Jia Ma Empire had become far more harmonious.

Two peaceful years passed like this...

Wu Yan, who had just broken through to the 8-Star Dou Emperor realm, tossed the Imperial Extreme Pill from the Gu Clan into the Little Blue Bottle and calmly waited for it to refine the pill.

In a sense, Wu Yan would never trust anyone without reservation, not even his biological parents in this life.

In his previous life, Wu Yan had been taught from childhood: never eat candy given to you by strangers.

He had not forgotten that lesson in this life either.

Moreover, the original story clearly stated that the pill Hai Bodong took to break his seal had been specially tampered with by Yao Chen.

Thus, unless absolutely necessary, Wu Yan would not casually consume any pills.

Unfortunately, cultivation in the Dou Emperor realm became increasingly lengthy the further one progressed.

He had previously been able to raise his cultivation by three stars in a year, but after reaching the High-Order Dou Emperor realm, he could only barely improve by two stars per year.

Of course, this might also have been because Wu Yan's foundation was simply too solid.

After three years of seclusion, Wu Yan had cultivated from a 1-Star Dou Emperor to an 8-Star Dou Emperor. Such speed was enough to leave many Dou Emperor experts far behind.

In another year, if he continued cultivating steadily like this, he would reach the Dou Emperor Peak and might even attempt to charge into the Dou Zong realm.

But thinking of breaking through to Dou Zong reminded Wu Yan of the Sect-Breaking Pill.

This was the Dou Qi Continent, where pills were an extremely mainstream method of increasing one's strength.

Especially after reaching the Dou Zun realm, most Dou Zun experts might not even be able to raise their cultivation by one star in several years.

Of course, with Wu Yan's ever-improving talent, he should not be that slow.

Still, he had to admit that pills could indeed save him a great deal of time.

His previous cultivation speed had been too fast, so it had not mattered whether he used pills or not. But once he reached higher realms in the future, he could not remain so stubborn forever if there was another option.

With that thought in mind, Wu Yan thought of his Little Blue Bottle.

Despite already being a terrifying Dou Emperor expert, his Little Blue Bottle still had not undergone any major changes...

A sudden thought occurred to Wu Yan. What would he get if he tossed pills into the Little Blue Bottle for refinement?

Wu Yan did not know what he would obtain, but he was certain that whatever the Little Blue Bottle produced after refining them would not harm him.

Then Wu Yan thought of that Imperial Extreme Pill.

I'll use this Imperial Extreme Pill as an experiment...

His thoughts racing, Wu Yan suddenly came back to his senses and slowly poured the golden liquid flowing from the Little Blue Bottle into an ice cup he had condensed.

Without hesitation, Wu Yan directly tossed the medicinal liquid and the ice cup into his mouth.

The pure energy flowed down his throat, and Wu Yan suddenly felt full.

Wu Yan immediately entered a cultivation state, circulating his cultivation technique to refine the energy within his body.

Though it looked like only a small cup of golden energy liquid, the energy it contained was actually astonishing.

Having experienced it firsthand, Wu Yan had to admit that the alchemists of the Dou Qi Continent truly had some skill. No wonder everyone respected them.

Such a tiny pill contained an unimaginably enormous amount of energy.

Wu Yan's aura steadily rose as pure energy transformed into an almost endless supply of Dou Qi that flooded into his body.

Time passed bit by bit. The torrent of energy continued pouring in for two and a half days before it finally began to weaken.

Yet by then, Wu Yan's aura had already risen to an entirely new level.

As the final drop of golden energy liquid was completely refined and transformed into the vast Dou Qi within Wu Yan's body, he reached the very limit of the Dou Emperor realm.

Opening his eyes, Wu Yan felt something unusual as he clenched his fist.

The next moment, he clenched his right hand with force.

Crack~ Crack~

A fist-sized patch of space shattered into countless fragments. His slender hand reached into the incomparably dangerous void, preventing that space from healing.

"Hiss~"

After maintaining this stalemate for a quarter of an hour, Wu Yan sucked in a sharp breath and withdrew his hand from the void.

Below his wrist, countless pale marks crisscrossed his palm.

At the tip of his index finger was an almost negligible bloody cut, so slight that not a single drop of blood flowed from it.

The blue glow covering his hand flashed and vanished, and his hand was restored to perfect condition.

"Spatial Power truly is incredibly dangerous. No wonder one can only begin truly applying Spatial Power after reaching the High-Order Dou Zong realm. Even with a foundation like mine, I can only endure it for so long..."

Wu Yan sighed inwardly. Although space on the Dou Qi Continent was active, it was also extremely dangerous.

If one lacked sufficient strength, rashly coming into contact with it led to only one outcome—death.

"I wonder when my Little Blue Bottle will undergo a noticeable change. When that happens, will it be able to devour Spatial Power and turn it into nourishment for my growth?"

"Ah, am I starting to spout nonsense? Looks like I can't continue my seclusion. I need to go out and clear my head."

Shaking his head, Wu Yan stood up. Rather than opening the heavy stone door of the meditation chamber, his figure flashed and vanished directly from the room, leaving only a trace of Spatial Power that stirred ripples through the air.

Moonlight spilled over him as the cool night breeze blew. Standing where he was, Wu Yan took a deep breath and felt as though he had come back to life.

Turning to glance at where he had been, Wu Yan walked step by step outside the meditation chamber and roughly calculated the straight-line distance between the two points.

"Around seventy or eighty meters, I'd say. But considering this is my first time and I'm still unfamiliar with it, once I get more practiced, I should be able to reach a hundred meters?"

But Wu Yan was not planning to continue cultivating now. If he said he was resting, then he was resting.

He did not have any blood feud weighing on him. There was no need to force himself to cultivate as if his life depended on it.

Condensing a reclining chair from ice, Wu Yan lay on it beneath the moonlight, enjoying the night breeze as he let out a long sigh. "Hah... This is the life I want. Now, even if I sleep outside, I don't have to worry about catching a cold."

"But I'm a very greedy person, you know~"

"How can such a comfortable life last for only a short while?"

"I want this kind of life to continue forever!"