One-Star Great Dou Master, Preparing to Leave

After leaving.

Zhou Changqing returned to his base, the tallest Mountain Peak nearby.

At the foot of the mountain, he entered the Cave he had dug as a temporary dwelling and began cultivating.

About another half month had passed since his lightning-tempering experiment had succeeded.

During that time, Zhou Changqing's daily routine consisted of cultivating, studying artifact patterns, and, most importantly, tempering his body with lightning.

Unfortunately, thunderstorms did not come at his beck and call, nor could he draw down Heavenly Thunder whenever he pleased.

Over that half month, aside from the storm during his successful experiment, it had only rained three times.

An average of once every five days.

And those three rains had not all been thunderstorms. One had been a light shower.

Fortunately, he no longer needed to experiment. During those two thunderstorms, Zhou Changqing had made full use of every lightning strike that landed on the lightning rod atop the mountain.

As a result, his strength had improved considerably.

First was his physical strength.

After two rounds of lightning tempering, his body had grown tremendously stronger.

He had gone from being able to hold his own against a Middle-Tier Dou Shi to being able to overpower a Peak Dou Master!

The Gold-Binding Bear from earlier was proof!

That Gold-Binding Bear had been a peak Tier 2 magical beast!

Its physical strength was fully comparable to that of a human Peak Dou Master fighting with all his might.

The fact that Zhou Changqing could overpower that Gold-Binding Bear through physical strength alone was ample proof.

Next was his Dou Qi cultivation.

Compared to his physical improvement, the increase in his Dou Qi was much less impressive.

He had yet to break through to Da Dou Shi and remained at peak Nine-Star Dou Shi.

Zhou Changqing was