Advancement to Grand Dou Master, a New Space Ability

Inside the Portable Space, at the Magma Lake.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged atop the Green Lotus Platform, his hands forming cultivation seals.

Vast, pure fire-element energy continuously surged from the lotus platform beneath him and entered Xiao Yan's body.

Once this energy entered the vortex, it barely required refinement before transforming into fire-attributed Dou Qi.

All Xiao Yan had to do was compress this newly formed gaseous Dou Qi into liquid Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan had nearly reached the terrifying speed of condensing one drop of liquid Dou Qi every hour.

Half a day later, Xiao Yan advanced from the Eight-Star Dou Master level, where he had lingered for a long time, to the Nine-Star Dou Master level.

Inside the vortex was a basinful of liquid Dou Qi.

One more drop of liquid Dou Qi would make it overflow.

At the Nine-Star Dou Master level, further cultivation involved compressing the liquid Dou Qi within the vortex so that it could contain enough Dou Qi.

After breaking through to the Nine-Star Dou Master level, Xiao Yan did not stop cultivating and instead chose to continue.

In the original story, the Green Lotus Platform had been cut away by Medicine Elder with a jade ruler.

Even so, the Green Lotus Platform could increase cultivation efficiency three or fourfold, stabilize the mind, and prevent cultivation deviation. It was practically a sacred cultivation treasure.

But now, the Green Lotus Platform had not been cut away. It was still alive.

Its cultivation efficiency had become terrifying, practically without limit.

As long as it received enough energy, the dozen-meter-long roots beneath the Green Lotus Platform could absorb it all and transform it into pure fire-element energy.

Cultivation efficiency instead depended on Xiao Yan himself. His efficiency in compressing gaseous Dou Qi into liquid Dou Qi determined his cultivation speed.

And the speed of compressing Dou Qi depended on two factors.

The first was the grade of his cultivation technique. The Flame Mantra was currently at the mid Huang tier. Although comparable to a high Huang-tier technique, it still held him back.

The second was soul power. In this regard, Xiao Yan was exceptionally gifted. His soul power had already reached sixteen times that of an ordinary person, the Perfect Mortal Realm.

With his powerful soul power, Xiao Yan's speed in compressing Dou Qi was not slow. It rivaled, and even surpassed, those who cultivated Earth-tier techniques.

That was because the Green Lotus Platform was alive. Not only could it stabilize the mind and prevent cultivation deviation, it could even nourish the soul.

As Xiao Yan cultivated atop the Green Lotus Platform, his soul not only did not grow weary, but became more invigorated the longer he cultivated.

In other words, Xiao Yan could cultivate continuously without rest. It was simply terrifying.

If the Magma Lake contained enough energy, Xiao Yan could directly enter seclusion and cultivate all the way to the peak of the Nine-Star Battle Saint realm.

Why not emerge directly as a Battle Emperor? Because he lacked Emperor Origin.

By the lakeside, Medicine Elder saw the Green Lotus Platform's many benefits for cultivation and was glad he had not cut it away.

Thus, Xiao Yan continued sitting atop the Green Lotus Platform with his eyes closed, cultivating.

Within his dantian, the vortex spun rapidly, driving the liquid Dou Qi into rotation.

Xiao Yan used his soul power to compress the spinning liquid Dou Qi within the confines of the vortex.

If the liquid Dou Qi was flung out of the Dou Qi vortex and lost the vortex's restraint, it would go berserk.

Rampaging Dou Qi would not only damage the Dou Qi vortex, but would also rush into the meridians and wreak havoc.

At that point, Xiao Yan would not only lose cultivation, but his body would also suffer severe damage.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan's soul power was far too powerful, which was why he dared to compress liquid Dou Qi immediately after breaking through to the Nine-Star Dou Master level.

Ordinary people painstakingly worked through this stage of cultivation. Those with poorer talent might even remain permanently stuck at the Nine-Star level.

Xiao Yan restrained the liquid Dou Qi that was about to be flung from the vortex while guiding newly formed Dou Qi into it.

Whenever the liquid Dou Qi was compressed slightly and a small gap opened up, Xiao Yan fed newly formed Dou Qi into it to fill the space.

As time passed, the liquid Dou Qi within the vortex grew extremely viscous.

"Teacher, there isn't enough energy."

Xiao Yan separated a thread of soul power and transmitted his voice to Medicine Elder by the lake.

Hearing this, Medicine Elder threw three fourth-tier fire-attributed magical beast cores toward the Green Lotus.

The cores fell into the lake and were caught by the feelers on the Green Lotus's long roots.

Those feelers frantically absorbed the fire-element energy within the cores and transported it through the roots into the lotus platform. After being transformed by the platform, it became pure fire-element energy that entered Xiao Yan's body, passed through his meridians, and flowed into his dantian.

In just one day, the three fourth-tier fire-attributed magical beast cores were completely absorbed, turning to powder and dispersing into the Magma Lake.

And Xiao Yan's cultivation had reached an extremely critical moment.

The vortex within his body had already reached an incredibly high rotational speed.

The spinning liquid Dou Qi actually emitted a low whirring sound, as though some solid object were rotating.

That was because the liquid Dou Qi had been compressed to the limit and had become incredibly viscous, reaching the point of Dou Qi crystallization.

Tiny crystals had already begun to appear within the viscous liquid.

"Teacher!"

Xiao Yan called out to Medicine Elder again.

Medicine Elder flicked his finger, sending the jade bottle in his hand flying toward the Green Lotus. The bottle tipped over, and purple liquid flowed onto the lotus platform before instantly being absorbed.

That purple liquid was the Companion Purple Crystal Source obtained from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave dwelling.

The enormous energy contained within a bottle of Companion Purple Crystal Source was transformed by the lotus platform into pure fire-element energy and entered Xiao Yan's body.

Because the energy was too immense for Xiao Yan to absorb in time, it gathered around him and formed an energy shield that enveloped him.

With this energy, Xiao Yan could focus fully on compressing the liquid Dou Qi in the vortex.

As more and more tiny crystals appeared in the liquid, Xiao Yan's soul power split into countless threads again, locking onto those tiny crystals and drawing them toward the center of the vortex.

The tiny crystals were drawn to the center, where they fused together and grew.

As the crystal grew, even without Xiao Yan drawing them with his soul power, the tiny crystals within the liquid were pulled toward the center by an attractive force.

The crystal gradually became a diamond-shaped crystal of violet and crimson.

When the diamond-shaped crystal grew to the size of his thumb, it generated a powerful suction force that firmly held the rapidly rotating liquid in place.

At that point, even without Xiao Yan's soul power restraining it, the liquid would not burst out of the vortex.

He was one step away from completion.

Since his soul was not tired from sitting atop the lotus platform, Xiao Yan continued with the final step.

The central diamond-shaped crystal held the spinning liquid in place, while his soul power became a vast net that slowly compressed the liquid's space of movement toward the center, step by step.

As his soul power compressed it, more and more tiny crystals formed, merging into and enlarging the diamond-shaped crystal.

When the final drop of liquid disappeared, the diamond-shaped crystal emitted a faint violet-red glow, brightening and dimming like breathing.

At the center of the vortex, the diamond-shaped crystal began to rotate slowly. As it spun, rings of Dou Qi ripples spread outward.

"Success!"

Xiao Yan let out a breath of foul air and opened his closed eyes. Two violet-red beams shot from his pupils.

The violet-red beams shot nearly thirty feet away and lasted a full ten minutes before gradually fading.

By the lakeside, Medicine Elder revealed a gratified smile as well.

Xiao Yan, a one-star Grand Dou Master.

From an Eight-Star Dou Master to a one-star Grand Dou Master, Xiao Yan had taken half a month.

After Xiao Yan advanced to Grand Dou Master, the Portable Space trembled slightly and expanded once more.

The concentration of heaven and earth energy within the space was six times that of Wutan City.

It had reached a radius of seventy-five li, and would expand by another ten li with every subsequent advancement.

As the Portable Space expanded, a profound and mysterious stream of information entered Xiao Yan's mind.

The space had gained a new ability.

Xiao Yan could grant Space Authority to another person, but there was only one slot.

The person who received Space Authority would possess the same abilities as Xiao Yan within the space.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan flashed into the villa, leaving Medicine Elder alone and desolate by the lakeside.

Little Fairy was sleeping, lying lightly dressed on the bed, with glimpses of her fair skin exposed.