You? Stop Bragging!

Thunder Venerable's palm strike came at Jiang Yuan, violent Dou Qi surging from his hand.

Just then, a system notification appeared before Jiang Yuan's eyes.

[Dou Zun expert attack detected. Heaven-Defying Comprehension has activated passively. Analyzing the current threat... Analysis complete.]

[The host has comprehended an art capable of sealing a Dou Zun expert's Dou Qi. Named: Forbidden Character Art, a Dou Technique beyond Heaven Tier. Comprehension is complete. It can be used immediately.]

Jiang Yuan lit up at the notification, surprise showing on his face.

A Dou Technique beyond Heaven Tier! Arts above Heaven Tier were rare even across the entire Dou Qi Continent.

And the Forbidden Character Art could seal a Dou Zun expert's Dou Qi outright? Its power was absurd. Jiang Yuan marveled inwardly at just how outrageous his Heaven-Defying Comprehension had become.

But there was no time to dwell on it. Thunder Venerable's attack was almost upon him. Without hesitation, Jiang Yuan began using the Forbidden Character Art he had just learned.

Dou Qi circulated through his body along a strange path, and an invisible force spread outward from him.

As he used the technique, Jiang Yuan gave Thunder Venerable one last warning.

"I'd stop now if I were you. Otherwise, I'll seal every last bit of your Dou Qi. Don't regret it afterward."

Thunder Venerable sneered, his face full of contempt.

"Seal my Dou Qi? A brat like you dares make that claim? You must be so scared you don't even know what you're saying."

Thunder Venerable paid him no mind. Instead, he put even more force into his attack. As far as he was concerned, Jiang Yuan was merely a Pill Tower disciple. Even if he was talented, he could be no more than a Dou Zong.

For someone at that level to claim he could seal a Dou Zun expert's Dou Qi was a joke.

Feng Qing'er burst out laughing too.

"Hahaha! You're not even a Dou Emperor, and you think you can seal my master's Dou Qi? Jiang Yuan, is there something wrong with your head? My master is a Dou Zun expert. Who do you think you are?"

Feng Qing'er's face was full of scorn. She clearly thought Jiang Yuan was bluffing.

The other junior sisters joined in, looking at Jiang Yuan as though he were a fool.

"Has he gone mad with fear? He actually said he'd seal a Dou Zun expert's Dou Qi. I can't wait to see how he talks his way out of this."

The junior sisters kept mocking him. None of them believed a word he said. Even Dan Chen, standing nearby, thought his claim sounded far-fetched.

She knew Jiang Yuan was strong and that his cultivation speed was frightening, but sealing a Dou Zun expert's Dou Qi still seemed impossible.

"Jiang Yuan, you..."

Dan Chen wanted to say something, but she could not find the words. She could only watch anxiously.

Jiang Yuan ignored the laughter. His expression remained calm, and his hands kept moving as his Dou Qi continued to flow according to the Forbidden Character Art.

Just as Thunder Venerable's strike was about to hit him, an invisible force erupted from Jiang Yuan.

It wrapped around Thunder Venerable's Dou Qi in an uncanny way, binding it like countless unseen chains. What happened next left everyone stunned.

The violent mass of Dou Qi in Thunder Venerable's palm vanished the instant it touched that force.

It disappeared completely, as though something had wiped it from existence.

Thunder Venerable froze. Shock slowly spread across his face. He looked down at his palm, then up at Jiang Yuan. His mouth opened, but no words came out.

"How is that possible..."

He had felt a mysterious force suppress the Dou Qi flowing through his body. It was as though all of it had been locked away. No matter how he tried, he could not make it circulate.

"My Dou Qi... What happened to it?"

He tried again to draw on it, but nothing responded. The Dou Qi inside him lay still as a stagnant pool.

Panic seized Thunder Venerable. Terror unlike anything he had ever felt showed on his face. He had lived for centuries and cultivated to the Dou Zun Realm, yet he had never encountered anything like this.

"What did you do to me?"

Thunder Venerable roared at Jiang Yuan, but panic and fear were plain in his voice. Jiang Yuan stood there watching him lose his composure, a faint smile on his face.

"I warned you to stop. You wouldn't listen. Regretting it now?"

Thunder Venerable's face turned ashen. He wanted to lash out, but with his Dou Qi sealed, he could not use any of his strength. He was no different from an ordinary person.

Feng Qing'er and the junior sisters stared, their mouths hanging open. None of them moved.

"Master, your Dou Qi..."

Feng Qing'er was stunned. She had never seen Thunder Venerable look like this. To her, her master had always been a lofty Dou Zun expert. When had anyone ever reduced him to this?

The junior sisters exchanged disbelieving looks, unable to accept what they had just seen.

"Senior Sister, were my eyes playing tricks on me? Master's Dou Qi really seems to be sealed!"

"How could that be? How..."

Shock and fear filled their voices. The way they looked at Jiang Yuan had changed completely. A moment ago, they had been laughing at him. Now they realized they might have provoked someone they never should have.

Dan Chen stood there dumbfounded. It took her a long moment to recover.

She turned to Jiang Yuan, then looked at Thunder Venerable's ashen face. She was still reeling.

"Jiang Yuan, you really sealed his Dou Qi?"

Disbelief rang in Dan Chen's voice. She had thought Jiang Yuan was boasting, but he had actually done it.

No one would believe that someone had sealed a Dou Zun expert's Dou Qi.

"I told him to stop. He chose not to listen. How is that my fault?"

Jiang Yuan shrugged with an easy smile, as though what he had done was nothing worth mentioning.

Thunder Venerable's expression darkened as he stood there. He tried every way he could think of to break the seal inside him, but each attempt failed. The invisible force seemed rooted in his meridians, and no matter how fiercely he pushed against it, it would not budge.

"What kind of sorcery did you use?"

Thunder Venerable gritted his teeth. Anger and dread mingled in his eyes.

"I might as well tell you. It's the Forbidden Character Art, a Dou Technique beyond Heaven Tier!"