After ten months, Xiao Yu finally emerged from seclusion.
Since obtaining the Spirit-Gathering Array, Xiao Yu had spent eleven months soaring from a newly advanced Dou Emperor to the strength of a Four-Star Dou Emperor.
He was thoroughly satisfied with this result. After all, gaining three stars in less than a year, and in the Dou Huang Realm at that, was enough to leave many people gaping in disbelief.
These cultivation results also indirectly demonstrated the tremendous help the Great Desolate Flame provided to Xiao Yu's cultivation.
Xiao Yu could say with absolute certainty that, at this pace, he could reach Peak Dou Emperor within three years without taking an Emperor's Extreme Pill.
If he took an Emperor's Extreme Pill, it would only be faster. He might need less than two years.
On the original story's timeline, Xiao Yan would only have been a Peak Dou Wang by then, and even that strength had come from numerous fortuitous encounters.
Of course, Xiao Yu himself was his own greatest stroke of fortune, something others could only envy.
Inside Xiao Yu's palace.
Within the magnificent, imposing building, Xiao Yu sat alone.
Tap... tap... tap...
With one hand propping up his chin and the other tapping the tabletop, Xiao Yu kept his eyes closed. Numerous Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills appeared in his mind as he deepened his understanding of them, little by little.
"Come in."
Sensing someone outside, Xiao Yu withdrew from his thoughts and called out.
Creak.
The door opened, and a burly middle-aged man walked in. He was none other than Yan Mo, who had previously said he wanted to join the Xiao Court.
"Yan Mo pays his respects to the Court Master!"
Yan Mo bowed as he spoke.
Xiao Yu asked, "What is it? Do you have something