On the Dou Qi Continent, the differences between cultivation methods depended on several factors.
First was how much Dou Qi the Dou Qi Vortex could hold. If two people were at the same level, but one practiced a Yellow Tier Cultivation Technique and the other a Profound Tier technique, the latter's endurance in battle would far surpass the former's.
Second was the difference in the quality of their Dou Qi. At the same level, if someone practicing a Profound Tier technique needed to expend one measure of Dou Qi, someone practicing a Yellow Tier Cultivation Technique would need to expend ten times that amount, or even more, to achieve the same result.
Third was their efficiency at absorbing the energy of heaven and earth and refining it into Dou Qi during cultivation. As above, if two people wanted to absorb the same amount of Dou Qi energy, the one practicing a Profound Tier technique might need only ten minutes, while the one practicing a Yellow Tier technique would need a hundred.
Fourth, in battle, someone practicing a Yellow Tier Cultivation Technique could never wield Dou Qi as smoothly and swiftly as someone practicing a Profound Tier technique.
Taken together, these reasons made it abundantly clear why countless people on the Dou Qi Continent regarded a good Dou Qi Technique as a matter of utmost importance. The higher the tier of the technique they practiced, the greater the benefits it brought.
Thus, countless powerful fighters threw themselves forward, one after another, to obtain those high-tier techniques. Sometimes, even knowing they were moths flying into a flame, they willingly let the fire devour them.
The change in Xiao Yan's strength this time came from the evolution of the Flame Mantra he practiced.
At that moment, he stared blankly at the Dou Qi