"Correct."
Hearing this, Tou She Ancient God smiled and nodded. "The Origin Qi within that Emperor Grade Nascent Pill is indeed insufficient to produce a fully realized Dou Di. After all, it was refined from a damaged plane embryo."
"If that's the case, will other means be needed to make up for it?"
Xiao Yan asked somewhat hesitantly.
Could it be that I have to follow Hun Tiandi's example and refine countless living beings to supply the energy this Emperor Grade Nascent Pill lacks?
If that were the case, Xiao Yan would rather never become a Dou Di.
Although he was no saint, he could not commit such an utterly inhuman act. If he truly did so, even if he became a Dou Di, he would already have lost his humanity. What meaning would there be in that?
Tou She Ancient God ignored Xiao Yan's hesitation and smiled faintly. "Incomplete Origin Qi remains incomplete Origin Qi. Even if you rely on it to break through to the Dou Di level, you will ultimately lack the completeness of other Dou Di experts.
"At the very foundation of your being, you will be a notch weaker than other Dou Di experts."
His words made Xiao Yan frown slightly.
"However..."
A mysterious smile appeared on Tou She Ancient God's lips.
"Have you forgotten that you possess the Flame Mantra I gave you?"
Seeing Xiao Yan's eyes gradually brighten, Tou She Ancient God smiled again. "If you can merge every heavenly flame into yourself, you can use the power of their fusion to bridge that final ten-percent gap. With the enhancement of the heavenly flames, your strength may even be slightly greater than that of an ordinary Dou Di."
As those words fell, Xiao Yan's gaze grew brighter still.
"Beyond that, the Peerless Divine