Breaking Through to Da Dou Shi

The pill entered his stomach and instantly transformed into a vast surge of energy, like a rushing river rolling down with unstoppable force before roaring angrily as it poured into his meridians.

Ye Chen's mind trembled. Maintaining his cultivation hand seals, he instantly used his immense Soul Power to take control of the surging energy. With every circulation along the cultivation technique's route, a small amount of purified energy was infused into the vortex within his Dantian.

The Mysterious Yang Breakthrough Pill had been refined using Yang Fire. It contained boundless energy, yet it was not violent, so the surging energy merely made Ye Chen feel as though his meridians were swelling. It did not cause him any pain...

From this point alone, the Mysterious Yang Breakthrough Pill was far superior to the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill that had appeared in the Original Work.

The only pity was that the Mysterious Yang Breakthrough Pill could only be refined with Yang Fire at the Yang Fire Ancient Altar...

In the Original Work, the Ye Family's Yang Fire Ancient Altar had become blocked and could no longer produce Yang Fire. This rendered the Ye Family's secret line of medicinal pills impossible to refine, and it was one of the greatest reasons for the Ye Family's rapid decline.

As he continuously absorbed the energy, the liquid within Ye Chen's already full Dantian vortex continued to increase, and a faint stabbing pain, as if it wanted to burst apart, arose.

Ye Chen frowned slightly, and a bead of sweat rolled down his forehead.

At this moment, his entire body was enveloped in a faint milky-white radiance. The glow covered his body, forming the appearance of a Dou Qi Gauze Robe...

The Dou Qi Gauze Robe was the hallmark of reaching the Dou Master level. Once the gauze robe condensed into a solid form and became armor covering the entire body, one would officially break through to Da Dou Shi.

The Dou Qi Gauze Robe around Ye Chen's body continuously twisted, as though it were constructing and testing something. Faintly, the originally illusory Dou Qi Gauze Robe began to display traits akin to solid matter.

Naturally, Ye Chen, immersed in cultivation, could not sense the changes occurring around him...

Wisps of white smoke drifted from the incense burner in the room. A faint, almost imperceptible fragrance gave one a sense of mental calm.

The Calming Pill was a medicinal pill specially used to assist cultivation. It continuously emitted a unique fragrance with calming effects, allowing him to maintain the greatest possible control over his mind at all times.

At this moment, Ye Chen had focused all his attention on the overflowing Dou Qi vortex within his body.

As time passed, Ye Chen felt that his Dou Qi vortex had finally reached its true limit. It could no longer contain even the slightest bit of energy...

If he forcefully injected more, the vortex would likely burst. Once it broke, his Dou Qi would dissipate, and he would become Trash. He might even be worse off than the fallen Xiao Yan from the Original Work.

His brows tightened as Ye Chen began controlling the liquid Dou Qi energy in his Dantian, continuing to compress it!

Gaseous energy could be compressed into higher-grade liquid energy, and liquid energy could likewise be compressed into an even higher-grade solid energy.

This so-called solid energy was precisely the secret behind how Da Dou Shi Strong Persons could summon Dou Qi armor that seemed almost tangible.

As Ye Chen's hand seals changed, the vortex within his body first fell instantly silent. A moment later, rings of ripples suddenly surged across the vortex's surface...

As the fluctuations grew increasingly violent, the sight before him eventually resembled boiling water. Milky-white waves bubbled continuously from the center of the vortex.

The instant the Energy Ripples began to fluctuate, the vortex, which had originally been rotating slowly, also began silently accelerating, accelerating...

Within an extremely short time, the originally loose vortex had transformed into a crazily spinning spiral sphere...

The humming produced by its rotation slowly spread through Ye Chen's body, as though it contained some mystical rhythm. It passed through his meridians, penetrated his bones, melded into his cells, and finally reached beyond his skin, entering the Dou Qi Gauze Robe that constantly twisted across his body's surface.

A halo flickered. White light burst forth from all around Ye Chen's body, illuminating him like a thousand-watt light bulb and making the entire room brightly lit.

At the same time, the Dou Qi Gauze Robe covering Ye Chen's body began to change. The originally milky-white Dou Qi continuously gathered and fused with his chest as its center, ultimately forming a suit of white armor imprinted with flame patterns...

The Heavenly Sun Profound Fire was originally a Milky White Flame, so after the Dou Qi produced by the Heavenly Sun Profound Fire Art solidified, it took on its current appearance.

Although this Dou Qi armor had only begun to take shape, its defensive power was already incomparable to the previous Dou Qi Gauze Robe. Yet Ye Chen did not stop converting the Dou Qi within his body. He continued compressing it with all his strength, striving to completely stabilize his cultivation in one go.

"Almost..." Sensing the rapidly forming substance within his Dantian, Ye Chen's tightly wound nerves eased slightly.

Time slowly passed, and the liquid energy within the vortex rapidly diminished. A diamond-shaped crystal no larger than a little fingernail suddenly floated above the liquid in his Dantian, rapidly absorbing the energy within it...

Dou Crystal!

Only when one possessed a Dou Crystal could one truly step into the hall of Dou Qi cultivation...

Though this little thing appeared insignificant, it was the crystallization of all the Dou Qi within a person's body. It contained an enormous amount of energy that left one speechless.

The formation of the Dou Crystal signified that Ye Chen had officially entered the ranks of Da Dou Shi.

Moreover, because he had hardly used any pills that enhanced strength to forcibly leapfrog his cultivation before this, the foundation of this body was exceptionally stable. At such a crucial moment of transformation, the energy within his body did not encounter any of the dangerous conditions caused by the side effects of consuming pills...

Before Da Dou Shi, human cultivation remained in the foundation-building stage. Even those with the greatest talent needed to carefully consolidate their foundation during this stage and could not afford the slightest negligence.

This could be seen from the early cultivation process of Xiao Xun'er, the Gu Clan's Young Lady...

As the daughter of the Gu Clan's Clan Leader, even though she had been sent to the Xiao Family since childhood, the resources she could command were still beyond the imagination of the Top Powers in Central State.

Yet even so, throughout the years she grew alongside Xiao Yan, and even until she left Jia Nan Academy and returned to the Gu Clan, her cultivation speed could not be considered particularly fast. She prioritized her foundation above all else!

This was also why Ye Chen had spent a full five years strengthening his foundation!

Da Dou Shi!

As the Dou Crystal within his body stabilized, the thumb-sized crystal suddenly shone brilliantly. At the same time, a Milky White Flame rose around Ye Chen's body, scorching the air within the room.

"Da Dou Shi, breakthrough complete!"