The Second-to-Last Trait, the Haunting Ice River Valley

The white beam of light lasted for about ten seconds before gradually receding, revealing Qin Yu's figure.

"Is this the power of Dou Venerable?"

Qin Yu clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body that was completely different from that of the Dou Zong realm, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Hmm, why do I feel like I had the same reaction when I broke through to the Dou Zong?

Never mind, let's ignore that.

Qin Yu was certain that after breaking through to the Dou Venerable, he could draw power from that wisp of Emperor Hong Violet Qi even faster.

After all, the higher one's cultivation level, the stronger one's endurance; the stronger one's endurance, the more Emperor Hong Violet Qi one can refine; the more one refines, the higher one's cultivation level becomes.

This directly forms a positive loop.

"He... he really broke through to the Dou Venerable."

Qian Xu, who was observing the situation from a distance, stared blankly after seeing Qin Yu appear and successfully advance to the Dou Venerable, and muttered to himself.

From the time Qin Yu went into seclusion until now, it has only been about half a year.

He remembered that his father had gone through tremendous effort to break through to the Dou Venerable, while Qin Yu had only taken half a year.

When did it become so easy to break through to the Dou Zun Realm?

"Alright, it's time for you to make your appearance again, Brother Tong, whom I haven't seen in a long time."

On Qin Yu's side, after becoming familiar with the power of the Dou Zun Realm, he did not forget the essential ritual of eating after each breakthrough.

[The chance of obtaining a gold-level item in this draw is 36%]

Wow, before we knew it, we've reached the second-to-last entry. Time really flies!

The Dou Zun Realm is the second to last attribute Qin Yu can draw; I wonder what it will give him?

[Bullying the Weak (Purple): When facing an opponent of lower level, all attacks are doubled in intensity. This insubordination should not be tolerated!]

[Insubordination (Purple): When facing an opponent of higher level, all attack power is doubled, teaching a lesson to those who bully the weak!]

[The Middle Way (Purple): Neither bullying the weak nor defying superiors, doubling the attack power against any opponent, treating everyone in Creation Flight equally!]

"..."

After reading the descriptions of the effects of these three terms, Qin Yu couldn't help but sigh, "The greatest truths are the simplest." Then, he posed a thought-provoking question:

"Are you three clowns sent by the monkeys?"

This was the first time he had ever seen three terms that could interact with each other!

How about we take the three of you out and have a one-on-one fight? I'll choose whoever wins.

Just kidding, but we still need to select entries.

As for which one to choose...

That's so hard to guess.

After a "fierce" brainstorming session, Qin Yu felt that he should treat every opponent equally.

Regardless of whether the other party is stronger or weaker than himself, this the Middle Way is very suitable for him.

As for whether he neither bullies the weak nor defies superiors, or whether he does both...

That's not something the system should be concerned with.

No, it never cared about those things.

"Congratulations, Mr. Qin, on breaking through to the Dou Zun Realm."

After the effects of the entries were combined, Qian Xu came forward and offered his congratulations.

"Hmm, these past six months have been troublesome. Hope nothing unexpected happened?"

"Well..."

Seeing Qian Xu hesitate, Qin Yu immediately said seriously:

Just say what you need to say.

"Nothing major has happened around here, but things are a bit different at our Demon Puppet Sect..."

"Oh, it's your sect's business. It's alright, just go back as soon as possible. Anyway, I've already broken through."

Qian Xu shook his head and pointed at Qin Yu:

"This matter is rather unusual; it would be best if you accompanied me, sir."

"?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu's brows furrowed immediately.

What is it that requires him to go?

Is the problem with the Heavenly Demon Puppet's crafting method? Or is it that the materials are simply unavailable?

"That's right. Two months ago, Elder Yu encountered two women who also possessed Heavenly Demon Puppet."

A woman who possesses Heavenly Demon Puppet...

With a thought, Qin Yu sensed a familiar aura instantly appearing in his perception.

It was the Qilin Mark he left for Xiao Yi Xian and the others!

In order to be able to focus on his seclusion, Qin Yu had specially set up a two-way shielding Formation to isolate the seclusion site from the outside world.

In the end, this Formation still hindered him.

"And what about them now..."

The energy within the Qilin Mark had clearly been significantly depleted; otherwise, Qin Yu wouldn't have needed Qian Xu's reminder before he sensed the mark's direction.

"The person was at the Demon Puppet Sect. Elder Yu encountered the two women, they were entangled with someone. He saw the puppets in their hands and intervened."

"Later, upon learning that they knew you, I brought them back to the Demon Puppet Sect."

Qin Yu nodded, his anxiety subsiding slightly.

"Well then, let's not delay, let's set off as soon as possible."

After removing the Formation and retrieving the three puppets, Qin Yu immediately set off with Qian Xu towards the Demon Puppet Sect.

"By the way, which faction were you referring to earlier, the ones who were entangled with them?"

On the way, Qin Yu also talked to Qian Xu to learn more about the situation.

"It's Ice River Valley."

Hey, damn.

Those people from Ice River Valley are really persistent; they've installed Woeful Poison Body Tracker, haven't they? How did they manage to find Xiao Yi Xian?

"They seemed determined to have one of the women, but there were only two Six-Star Dou Zong elders present that day. Even Elder Yu didn't intervene, those two would probably have been able to escape."

"And then... what happened? Did the people from Ice River Valley come looking for trouble with you?"

Hearing this, Qian Xu chuckled and said smugly:

"You can rest assured about Elder Yu only officially showed himself after driving away the people from Ice River Valley. Before that, he only released a puppet at the Peak Dou Zong to help."

Are you kidding me, looking for trouble?

They'd need to know Elder Yu's identity before they could cause trouble.

They only released one puppet throughout the entire process, and it was even inserted during the battle. The people of Ice River Valley probably thought it was Yun Yun Xiao Yi Xian's trump card.

"Besides, even if they really come looking for trouble, we're not afraid."

As he spoke, Qian Xu began to analyze the strength of Ice River Valley and Demon Puppet Sect.

"Although the Ice Venerable is Five-Star Dou Venerable, besides him, Ice River Valley only has one other One-Star Dou Venerable left."

"We may not be able to kill the Ice Venerable, but we can wipe out Ice River Valley until only the Ice Venerable remains."

Qin Yu completely agreed with this point.

After all, including the puppets, the Demon Puppet Sect has over a hundred Dou Zong- level fighters.

Add to that Qian Xunji himself and several Dou Venerable-level puppets; if Ice Venerable can't defeat them in a short time, the remaining people of Ice River Valley will be in dire straits.

Without the Ice Venerable and that One-Star Dou Venerable elder, how can the remaining people of Ice River Valley deal with hundreds of Dou Zong?

They'd be overwhelmed even by sheer numbers!