One year... two years... three years...
Within the Heavenly Tomb, time passed second by second. Above Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion, a young man sat cross-legged in midair.
Endless thunder flashed around him, so dazzling that no one could look directly at it. Every bolt struck a different part of his body, scattering threads of electric sparks.
An aura like that of the supreme ruler of heaven and earth coiled around him, enveloping this entire realm.
The young man seemed dead. Although his aura was boundless, he showed no sign of awakening.
And so, a strange scene took shape.
Throughout the Heavenly Tomb, every energy being lay pinned to the ground beneath the pressure of his aura, unable to move.
Yet there was no panic in their eyes, only helplessness as they stared at the young man in the sky.
Over three years earlier, that miraculous figure from the Xiao Clan had entered the Heavenly Tomb, refined pills, and then gone into seclusion to break through to Dou Di.
Almost all the energy beings knew about this, and many had fought fiercely over spots closer to where he was cultivating.
They wanted to witness, up close, a sight that had not appeared on the Dou Qi Continent in ten thousand years.
But after two years, everything changed. The young man suddenly released a mighty aura unlike anything they had ever felt, as vast as that of the ruler of heaven and earth.
The energy beings at Dou Sheng level and above within the Heavenly Tomb were certain that only a Dou Di could possess such an aura.
But before they could even rejoice at witnessing the birth of a Dou Di, that aura forced them flat against the ground, their very souls trembling.
Being pinned down by a Dou Di's aura