Zi Yan: You Old Geezer, Stop Claiming We're Family! Back Off! Back Off! Breaking Through to Peak Dou Wang (Second Update)

Rumble...

The entire Lava World churned with surging waves. Xiao Yan now bore two Heavenly Flames, their flame seeds controlled by qi fire and essence fire respectively. They transformed into two towering flood dragons, stirring the rivers and overturning the seas within this place.

With just a slight opening of their jaws, they swallowed countless streams of fiery energy like whales gulping down the sea.

"Huff..."

Even Xiao Yan was momentarily stunned.

"What an outrageous level of energy purity."

"Never mind. I'll keep cultivating..."

He casually tossed a jade bottle to Zi Yan, who sat on a huge rock, idly swinging her slender little legs. "That's your supply for three months. If you finish it early, there won't be any reserves."

"Oh, oh!!"

Zi Yan all but wagged a tail as she caught the jade bottle, her face brimming with excitement. She carefully uncorked it and looked at the pills packed inside, swallowing before patting her chest with a proud expression. "Don't worry. With me here, no one will dare disturb you."

"..."

Xiao Yan ignored that remark outright. If even his soul power couldn't detect anything amiss, he might as well wait for death... ...

Three months passed in a flash.

The Lava World lay deathly still and oppressive.

Even the scorching winds that usually howled through it had vanished.

Swinging her fair little legs, Zi Yan propped up her chin and stared toward Xiao Yan. His location had become a fiery cocoon, from which the occasional whistle of the Mystic Staff cutting through the air emerged. Yet the commotion grew weaker and weaker. Had she not clearly sensed the breathing within, she might have thought he had died in there...

"Aren't you done yet? This world is so boring..."

"Child, is that you?"

Just as Zi Yan was