Xiao Yan Has Mastered the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler

"Cough, that Eight Extremes Collapse was only the beginning. The Earth Class Dou Technique coming next is what really matters. Watch your master demonstrate it."

Yao Lao pressed a fist to his mouth and coughed awkwardly several times, but the flush on his face was hard to hide.

Still, for the sake of his pride, he decided to grit his teeth and carry on with his demonstration.

Taking a deep breath, Yao Lao clenched his left hand.

The ancient black ring in Xiao Yan's hand suddenly gave off a glimmer of light.

A streak of black light immediately shot out of the ring and transformed into a heavy black ancient ruler that landed in the old man's palm.

Yao Lao gave the ancient ruler a gentle heft and nodded in satisfaction, feeling that the Dou Qi around him had grown considerably denser.

Then he lifted the ruler with both hands and held it horizontally before his chest, smiling at Xiao Yan.

"This is called the Heavy Xuan Ruler. It was forged from a piece of Heavenly Vein Meteoric Iron and weighs a thousand jun. It can continuously suppress Dou Qi. In terms of hardness alone, even experts such as Dou Zun and Dou Sheng cannot completely destroy it."

As he spoke, Yao Lao swung the massive ruler sharply.

Under his guidance, the bone-white Bone Spirit Cold Flame surged out of his dantian.

Raging flames clung to the ancient ruler, and its swing sent a wave of fire flying out.

"Watch closely. This is the Earth Class Dou Technique your master is about to teach you: the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"

As his words fell, the wave of fire rolled forth and swept toward the lake beside them.

In an instant, the lake's surface came into contact with the wave of fire and boiled. More than half the lake water evaporated, and a towering wave a hundred zhang high and deep exploded skyward.

At the sight, Xiao Yan could once again hardly contain his excitement.

It's back. Everything is back. The Yao Lao of the past, the Heavy Xuan Ruler, and the feeling of this Flame Splitting Wave Ruler... everything is back.

In his previous life, Yao Lao had been captured by the Hall of Souls, and Xiao Yan had ventured through the Central Plains alone. It had been a long time since he had experienced what it was like to have Yao Lao by his side.

"Sizzle!"

At the center of the wave, the lingering heat of the scorching fire still seared the water. Wisps of white mist rose from within and dispersed completely the next moment.

"Xiao Yan, it's your turn next."

Yao Lao smiled confidently and tossed the Heavy Xuan Ruler over. Once again, he condensed the cultivation method into a mass of soul power and sent it into Xiao Yan's mind, letting him comprehend it on his own.

This time, however, he did not believe Xiao Yan could comprehend it as quickly as before.

Earth Class Dou Techniques were different from Xuan Class Dou Techniques. Not only were they extremely difficult to cultivate, but using them also required gathering a vast amount of Dou Qi.

At Xiao Yan's Dou Zhe level, he would probably be exhausted after using it once, so the cost of trial and error was extremely high.

"All right, teacher, I'll give it a try!"

Xiao Yan reached out to catch the Heavy Xuan Ruler flying toward him from a distance. As soon as it landed in his hand, its weight dragged half his shoulder down.

"Bang!!!"

The heavy ruler crashed to the ground, blasting a half-meter-long trench into the earth.

Dust rose and soiled the collar of the youth's clothes.

"Hiss... just as I thought, this Heavy Xuan Ruler is still as ridiculously heavy as it used to be!"

Xiao Yan released the handle and rubbed his numb wrist, smiling wryly to himself.

He then closed his eyes, searching for the second wisp of soul power Yao Lao had given him and examining the information within it.

Xiao Yan floated in midair in an empty, dark space.

All around him were densely packed ancient characters, more than a hundred million of them, dazzling to the eye. At last, they turned into light and merged into his soul body.

The content was clearly written in the language of another race, obscure and impossible to understand.

But what made Dou Techniques Dou Techniques was that their contents were passed down through the soul.

Thus, even when the language was unfamiliar, these cultivation formulas could still pass through the soul and reach the depths of the practitioner's heart, translated with perfect accuracy into a language the recipient understood.

Xiao Yan had learned only two languages.

One was the common language of the Dou Qi Continent.

The other was Chinese from Huaxia on Earth, from the life before his previous life.

"Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, a Low Earth Tier Dou Technique. At full mastery, it is powerful enough to split mountains and rend the earth, shatter the void, and be combined with powerful flames to increase its might, with no upper limit."

Xiao Yan murmured to himself and opened his eyes. As his consciousness gradually returned to reality, a familiar excitement flashed in his eyes.

"At last, we can fight side by side again, old friend!"

Holding the Heavy Xuan Ruler, Xiao Yan spoke as though his words carried a deeper meaning. His eyes were full of nostalgia, as if he were speaking to an old friend across a distance.

This time, I will conquer the Dou Qi Continent with you.

Xiao Yan's gaze was firm as he silently recited the words, his fighting spirit high.

Then he immediately activated the Flame Mantra, rapidly accumulating Dou Qi within his body before sending it out through his palm and into the Heavy Xuan Ruler.

The Flame Mantra had now reached Peak Yellow Tier, comparable to Peak Low Xuan Tier, enough to support his perfect execution of the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler's full power.

A moment later, the youth finished gathering his strength.

With a furious shout, he pressed his right palm to his lower abdomen.

A multicolored fire dragon immediately roared out of his body and coiled around the Heavy Xuan Ruler, burning fiercely.

"Come on, Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"

The youth gave a low shout and spun three times on the spot. The Dou Qi accumulated within him erupted, turning into a wave of fire that slashed horizontally toward the far end of the dense forest.

Rumble!

The blast gradually spread to either side, expanding to a width of six meters. Everywhere it passed, not a blade of grass remained, and ashes covered its path.

At last, the wave of fire struck a towering ancient tree.

Crack!

The ancient tree snapped, its upper half crashing to the ground and smashing a swath of woodland. The commotion was enormous.

"Screech!" "Awooo!"

As the ancient tree was destroyed, the birds and beasts in the dense forest were all startled. They quickly scattered and fled, not daring to linger for a moment.

Meanwhile, the old man beside the youth was once again staring in a daze.

"Ah... no way? He learned it again!"

Yao Lao's jaw dropped in shock once more.

Not only that, but his false body, condensed from soul power, was trembling violently.

To get to the bottom of it, Yao Lao immediately changed his body's shape and used his soul power to stretch both eyes directly to a length of over a thousand meters.

His pupils blinked several times as his eyes pressed against the trunk, repeatedly intertwining as he carefully examined the remains of the broken ancient tree.

At the very spot where the wave of fire had struck, the broken edge of the ancient tree had already been completely burned, leaving no visible trace of its growth rings.

Seven-colored flames continued to burn, seemingly never to be extinguished until the ancient tree vanished completely.

Cold sweat broke out on Yao Lao's forehead, and his eyes snapped back.

He hurriedly clutched his heart and exhaled in great gasps. His steps faltered, and he nearly fell.

That execution of the Dou Technique was simply perfect. Judging by the destructive power of Xiao Yan at Peak Six-Star Dou Zhe, the power of that wave of fire just now was close to Mid Earth Tier.

Yao Lao's mouth trembled, his face full of disbelief as he thought to himself in relief.

Although the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler was a Low Earth Tier Dou Technique, that was only the limit of the technique itself.

When combined with powerful flames, however, its destructive power could continue to rise, even breaking through to the level of a Heaven Class Dou Technique.

And Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra, which could fuse flames endlessly.

That meant... his Flame Splitting Wave Ruler theoretically held infinite possibilities.

And the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler Xiao Yan had just unleashed had already fully proven this.

But what Yao Lao found even more unbelievable was that Xiao Yan had learned a Low Earth Tier Dou Technique at a single glance.

Back when he had learned this Dou Technique, it had taken him a full year to master it completely.

Compared with Xiao Yan now, wasn't his performance in his youth nothing but a pile of dog shit found on every street?

"Teacher, what do you think of my Flame Splitting Wave Ruler? Isn't it impressive?"

Xiao Yan looked at Yao Lao and once again revealed a smug smile, as if he could hardly wait to hear Yao Lao's assessment and opinion.

Hearing this, Yao Lao's face flushed red. He kept tugging at his beard, even pulling some hairs out, yet he still criticized him against his conscience.

"It was all right, I suppose... compared with your master learning a High Heaven Tier Dou Technique in a quarter of an hour back then, your talent still falls far short!"

Yao Lao continued to boast of his own abilities, but inwardly he grumbled.

Did this brat start cultivating in his mother's womb? How does he learn things so quickly? He's a complete freak!