After Xiao Gate made a name for itself, Xiao Yan threw himself into refining pills like a madman. Unlike before, however, he did not put them all up for sale. Instead, he stockpiled them and handed them over to Hai Bodong. Those months of frenzied pill refining also raised his strength considerably. By the time he finished the last batch, Xiao Yan had officially reached Nine-Star Dou Wang.
Now, only one star separated Xiao Yan from the Dou Huang Realm. Although the gap was small, breaking through smoothly would still take considerable time. Since nothing much was happening lately, he began considering going into seclusion to cultivate. If he could break through to Dou Emperor, his combat strength would rise significantly, giving him greater confidence in any future struggle for Heavenly Flames or bodhi body-transforming saliva.
"Unfortunately, that green lotus core flame is in Queen Medusa's hands. Otherwise..." Xiao Yan sighed regretfully. If he could devour and refine that green lotus core flame now, its energy should be enough to let him break through smoothly to Dou Emperor. Then he would not have to endure arduous cultivation in seclusion.
With a bitter chuckle, Xiao Yan took the Green Lotus Seat out of his Storage Ring, sat cross-legged on it, swiftly formed a hand seal, and entered a state of cultivation. Before going into seclusion, he had already told Hai Bodong and the others that he intended to break through to Dou Emperor. The pills were for Hai Bodong to sell in batches over the next six months.
However, perhaps because Xiao Yan had advanced too fiercely before, he found breaking through to Dou Emperor exceptionally difficult. Of course, advancing from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor was never easy in the first place. On the Dou Qi Continent, no small number