Xiao Yan naturally would not stop at the peak of Six-Star Dou Sheng. With a pained roar, the bottleneck at the peak of Six-Star Dou Sheng shattered.
As expected of a protagonist blessed with great fortune. Many elders among the Eight Ancient Clans had been trapped at the peak of Six-Star Dou Sheng, unable to break through that bottleneck no matter what they did.
If they knew Xiao Yan had broken through it so easily, they would probably die of envy.
As the bottleneck shattered, Xiao Yan's strength smoothly rose to the Seven-Star Dou Sheng level.
It continued to rise, advancing from the early stage of Seven-Star Dou Sheng to the middle stage.
That was the limit, after all. The medicinal power of the three Ninth-Grade Profound Pills had already been exhausted.
By now, with the pain finally easing somewhat, Xiao Yan looked as though he had just been hauled out of the water.
He had endured many different kinds of pain before, but compared to this, they had all been insignificant.
"I feel like I saw the gates of hell. It hurt too much."
"Good. There is always a reward for what one gives. Feel your current strength."
Xiao Yan clenched his fists and felt the power surging through his entire body.
"Seven-Star Dou Sheng. I actually skipped over Six-Star Dou Sheng and directly reached the level of Seven-Star Dou God.
"If I go all out now, I should be able to contend with a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, right?"
Xiao Yan was brimming with confidence, but Xiao Xuan promptly poured cold water over him.
"You are thinking too highly of yourself. Do you think you are the only one with methods to temporarily raise your strength?
"Neither Hun Tiandi nor Gu Yuan lacks such methods.
"It is merely that