Breaking Through to Dou Zun

Part of why Li Changqing never gave his heart to anyone was that he believed he had no need for love.

There was another reason: he did not know how long he could stay in each world.

Traveling alone was convenient, and he had no ties to hold him back.

But once he truly fell for someone, he knew his own nature. He would never abandon them.

Then every journey between worlds would mean dragging a whole family along.

Taking others with him would be troublesome, but that was the least of it. New worlds were dangerous. Li Changqing had Kunpeng True Blood and would probably be fine, but others might not be.

In the days that followed, Li Changqing devoted himself to quiet cultivation, with Ah Yin at his side.

Ah Yin asked Li Changqing for a cultivation method.

As it happened, Li Changqing had a high-level Black Rank wood-attribute method he had taken from Han Feng. Otherwise, he truly would have had nothing suitable for Ah Yin. He could hardly give her the Kunpeng Method.

Meanwhile, news of Pill King Gu He's death at the hands of the Snake-People Tribe gradually spread through the major powers of the Jiama Empire, causing an uproar.

People who had benefited from Gu He's kindness clamored for revenge against the Snake-People Tribe. But when Yun Yun told them a mysterious Dou Ancestor had arrived there, they fell silent. No one mentioned revenge again.

The Jiama Empire's imperial family felt the greatest pressure. It immediately sent troops toward the Tagor Desert to guard against an invasion by the Snake-People Tribe.

Fortunately, the Snake-People Tribe made no move.

A year later.

Beside the lake near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Inside a small house woven from blue-gold