Meanwhile, on the mountain behind the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
This was a secluded spot behind the Xiao Clan grounds. Ordinary clan disciples rarely came here; only Xiao Yan often cultivated here.
Ever since the members of the Heavenly Chat Group had returned, Xiao Yan had been resting and regulating his breathing here.
At this moment, his Dou Qi cultivation held firmly at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
This realm was already the limit ordinary low-level cultivators could reach. Only a single step separated it from Dou Shi, yet that step had held countless people back.
But for Xiao Yan, Mr. Lucky, who possessed the Immortal Blood Pill and the companion amethyst source, bottlenecks had never been a problem.
"Teacher, I'm going to take the companion amethyst source and the Immortal Blood Pill to break through. Sorry for the trouble, but please stand guard for me."
An aged yet gentle voice came from the Storage Ring on his finger. It was Yao Lao's voice.
"Go ahead and break through, Yan'er. With me here, no one can interfere."
Yao Lao spoke with certainty. Transparent soul power slowly spread around him, enveloping the entire rear mountain, preventing any aura from leaking out and screening out all disturbances from outside.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged, his mind as calm as still water.
Several days of regulating his breathing had already brought his body, Dou Qi, and mental state to their peak. All that remained was to break through.
He raised his hand, and a bottle of crystalline source wreathed in purple radiance appeared above his palm, shimmering light flowing slowly within it. It was the companion amethyst source. This rare substance, born within the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body, contained incomparably pure energy-enough to turn even a fourth-rank magical beast directly into a fifth-rank one.
With his current physical strength, Xiao Yan had no fear of backlash from the purple flame. Without further hesitation, he swallowed the companion amethyst source.
Hum!
In moments, a vast surge of pure purple energy erupted, flooding his limbs and every part of his body, coursing through all his meridians!
The massive quantity of purple energy frantically increased his Dou Qi, tempered his meridians, and battered his Dou Qi bottleneck.
His previously stagnant Nine-Star Dou Zhe cultivation began to loosen!
Under the onslaught of the companion amethyst source's domineering energy, the bottleneck within Xiao Yan rapidly loosened and crumbled.
Vast amounts of Dou Qi swept through his entire dantian. His energy vortex expanded and transformed without pause, his Dou Qi breaking through one level after another.
One-Star Dou Shi!
Two-Star Dou Shi!
He advanced with unstoppable momentum, never pausing at all. By the time he had absorbed all the energy, Xiao Yan's cultivation had settled firmly at Nine-Star Dou Shi!
As his cultivation soared, his Dou Qi grew more substantial, his meridians widened, and the purity of his Dou Qi increased dramatically. The companion amethyst source had tempered his meridians until they were exceptionally sturdy.
As the energy of the companion amethyst source was completely exhausted, Xiao Yan exhaled a long breath of turbid air. He now stood at the pinnacle of Nine-Star Dou Shi, with only one final barrier separating him from Da Dou Shi.
After breaking through to Nine-Star Dou Shi, Xiao Yan did not hesitate in the slightest.
He turned his palm over again, and a rounded, blood-red pill with a rich medicinal fragrance suddenly appeared. It was the Immortal Blood Pill he had previously claimed in the chat group.
An ordinary cultivator who had just broken through a major realm would certainly need time to stabilize their cultivation and would never dare attempt successive breakthroughs to higher realms.
But the Immortal Blood Pill's medicinal properties were exceedingly pure, without violent side effects. It was perfect for taking advantage of his current abundant momentum to continue breaking through!
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and placed the Immortal Blood Pill in his mouth.
As the pill entered his throat, it dissolved into a surging, scalding, blood-red torrent. Its violent medicinal power instantly flooded every corner of his body, hammering the barrier between Nine-Star Dou Shi and Da Dou Shi.
Immense energy churned and surged within his dantian. Xiao Yan concentrated on controlling his Dou Qi, guiding the medicinal power to break through his restraints.
Xiao Yan soon broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm, and a great deal of medicinal power still remained within his body.
One-Star Great Dou Master!
Two-Star Great Dou Master!
Nine-Star Great Dou Master!
The bottleneck shattered once again!
The energy vortex in his dantian expanded and reformed wildly. His Dou Qi underwent its second qualitative leap, and powerful Dou Ling Dou Qi flowed through his meridians.
One-Star Dou Ling!
Xiao Yan stepped straight into the Dou Ling realm.
First, the companion amethyst source had propelled him from Nine-Star Dou Zhe to Nine-Star Dou Shi. Then, with the Immortal Blood Pill, he had broken through to One-Star Dou Ling in one go. Relying on the companion amethyst source and the Immortal Blood Pill, he had achieved a leap in cultivation that others would struggle to attain in decades.
With his realm initially stabilized, Xiao Yan did not get up and leave the stone chamber.
He immersed his mind in the chat group, downloaded the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi from the Heavenly Chat Group, and began quietly studying and cultivating it.
Previously, his body had not been strong enough to cultivate the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi at all. Now that he had broken through to Dou Ling, his physical strength was sufficient to practice this cultivation method.
Following the newly downloaded method for the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, Xiao Yan gradually guided and organized his energy, opening entirely new circulation routes within his body and using the Dao resonance of the fire element's origin to reshape his own Dou Qi circulation structure.
Ordinary cultivation methods merely moved the Dou Qi of heaven and earth through the meridians. The Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, however, required constructing an invisible fire Dao formation within the body, using the body as its foundation and Dou Qi as its formation patterns, harnessing the greater forces of the fire element in heaven and earth to temper the body and solidify the foundation of the fire Dao.
Threads of scorching, domineering fire attribute Dou Qi slowly traveled along the newly opened routes, tracing and constructing the rudimentary formation.
Time slowly passed, and several hours slipped by unnoticed.
Soon, Xiao Yan cultivated the "Red Emperor Talisman" and the "Fire Emperor Talisman" within his dantian.
He had successfully cultivated the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi!
At the very instant he succeeded in cultivating the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, Xiao Yan suddenly sensed a strange change within his body.
The Flame Mantra cultivation method within him had actually been completely overridden by the newly formed Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, and the purple flame had also been completely refined.
It was not that the Flame Mantra had vanished entirely. Rather, the level of the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi was far too exalted, and it had domineeringly taken control of his cultivation, directly overriding the Flame Mantra.
Slightly startled, Xiao Yan hurriedly focused on examining his interior, carefully sensing the changes in the power within him.
He raised his hand and gently gathered his power. A clear purple origin flame rose and danced in his palm. From deep within the flame emanated a pressure that made all flames bow.
Xiao Yan opened the Group Chat.
[Xiao Yan: "Brothers, I've luckily managed to break through to Dou Ling, and I've successfully cultivated the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi. I'm getting ready to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame and break through to Dou Wang. Well? My breakthrough speed is pretty good, right?"]
[Ye Fan: "As expected of Mr. Lucky. In the original timeline, you only broke through to Dou Di in your thirties. Doesn't that mean you can do it at twenty now?"]
[Shi Hao: "Brother Xiao Yan, you're amazing!"]
[Fang Han: "I'm also going to start preparing to break through to the Divine Ability Secret Realm."]
[Jiang Xian: "Xiao Yan, now that you've successfully cultivated the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, are you still going to cultivate the Flame Mantra?"]
[Xiao Yan: "Brother Jiang, what's the most important thing for a person? Forgetting their roots. What's the Flame Mantra? I barely know it."]
[Jiang Xian: "Nice."]
[Xiao Yan: "Haha, just kidding. My Flame Mantra was directly overridden by the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi."]
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