Plans for the Future! The First Disciple With the Potential to Become a Dou Sheng
Wait a little longer!
Xiao Xuan had settled on a plan. Eight or nine out of ten of the good things on the Dou Qi Continent were stored away by the major factions.
For now, it was not convenient for him to reveal himself openly. After all, he lacked the power to suppress everything.
What kind of accomplishment was it to be able to give Nine-Star Dou Sheng like Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan a slight thrashing?
If they fled back to their respective clan territories, Xiao Xuan would have a hard time dealing with them. Those Peak Dou Sheng would be presiding over the Dou Di grand formations passed down in each clan.
Just thinking about it was enough to make his head ache!
But if he recovered a little, even they might not be able to take him on head-to-head.
How could those mediocre Peak Dou Sheng, Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan, possibly bridge the gulf between Dou Sheng and Dou Di so easily?
His breakthrough back then had failed, yet it had also succeeded.
Since it was impossible to become a Dou Di through normal means between heaven and earth, Xiao Xuan would carve out a path of his own.
The Emperor's Origin was a gift from heaven and earth to the strongest throughout the ages. But too many such beings had been born, and all those ancient Dou Di had now vanished one after another.
That made the problem a serious one.
They had left nothing but endless disappointment for those who came after them. That was why Xiao Xuan held Tou She Ancient God, the last Dou Di to appear several thousand years ago, in such contempt.
He had merely been born at the right time. In the end, he had not even dared to take responsibility, taking the last of the Emperor's essence from heaven and earth without replenishing it.
He had drained the pond to catch the fish!
Had Xiao Xuan been in his place, he would never have been so utterly heartless.
But perhaps there was more to Tuoshe's story. Otherwise, ordinary Dou Di could not have matched his methods.
A mere piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade, no less than one part of eight,
had possessed boundless might. After Xiao Xuan's failed breakthrough and the grueling battle that followed, it had preserved his last thread of life. After he slumbered and recuperated, it had even allowed him to nearly recover the peak state of his Emperor Realm Soul.
Such methods... defied the heavens!
Xiao Xuan acknowledged the favor. At worst, he would repay it later.
At the same time, he would shoulder the burden of the Dou Qi Continent.
The continent had been silent for too long. It was time for it to come alive again.
The first step was to take his Emperor Realm Soul one step further.
Xiao Xuan had a premonition that the mysteries of future cultivation bound up in the path of the soul were beyond his imagination, and that, with so many experiences and opportunities at work,
there was a chance for a transformation.
Perhaps his soul alone could even clash head-on with a Dou Di.
Of course, the preparations necessary for this step might not be so urgent, or perhaps they required the aid of a physical body.
The second step was to find a suitable vessel for his physical body, a divine object of heaven and earth that could stand alongside a Dou Di.
Ambition? Xiao Xuan certainly had it. Besides, with his current strength, which put him a cut above Peak Dou Sheng, he would have earned such a treasure fair and square.
But divine objects of that kind generally possessed enough power to contend with a Dou Di for a short while. How to obtain one would require careful planning.
Still, Xiao Xuan had a few targets in mind. It would be best if he could obtain one.
If he could not, he could still transform himself.
He could use his Soul Origin to condense a physical body's essential core.
What physical body could be better suited to his soul than one formed with his soul at its core?
But even with Xiao Xuan's abilities, he would have to be careful, careful, and more careful still when working out the precise method of constructing it.
If even the slightest mistake occurred, Xiao Xuan would have to recuperate for a long time.
Even a Dou Di could not take the loss of Soul Origin lightly.
Take it slowly!
Xiao Xuan slowly opened his eyes.
He had arrived.
His first disciple with the potential to become a Dou Sheng would be left to the Xiao Clan in the future as a pillar of its foundation.
After all, the Xiao Clan's losses after its great upheaval had been too severe. If, besides himself, there were no sufficiently monstrous experts and prodigies holding down the fort... it would not look good for him to keep throwing his weight around against the weak.
The Woeful Poison Body, a girl called Xiao Yi Xian?
When his soul force had swept through the vast surrounding area earlier, Xiao Xuan had learned most of the little girl's story.
Her luck had been somewhat poor!
But those experiences seemed to have set her on precisely the right path for her Woeful Poison Body.
Even Xiao Xuan could not say much about this constitution. It was good if used well, and if it was not, Xiao Xuan was confident he could still deal with it.
Even the deadliest poison could not do the slightest harm to a true expert.
What made a true expert? Talent, strength, and will had all reached a state of near-perfect balance. How could a little poison possibly bring someone like that down?
Even Hun Tiandi, who had a fondness for crooked paths, had not thought to use poison against him before.
But against ordinary people, the Woeful Poison Body was highly effective.
Moreover, as long as someone with this constitution was guided properly, it would be no exaggeration to say that reaching the Dou Sheng realm would be as easy as lifting a hand.
"Stop! I'll make you a little smaller."
"When I have time later, I'll give you a Transformation Pill too."
Xiao Xuan patted Little Zi's big head as he gave his instructions.
The once majestic Amethyst Winged Lion King then became a soft, adorable little puppy with purple fur.
So cute!
Xiao Xuan really did put thought into his disciples. After all, girls should all like soft, cute things.
As for Little Zi, the opinion of a sixth-tier magical beast?
Letting him agree was already showing him considerable respect.
"Xiao Yi Xian, right?"
Xiao Xuan descended at a leisurely pace. With his Emperor Realm Soul, although he had no physical body, if he truly did not want others to know, even a Dou Sheng could not detect the difference between his soul and a physical body.
"Hmm?"
Xiao Yi Xian, who had been grinding medicine, immediately assumed a sharp expression.
She might usually seem kind to everyone, but in truth, she could not do without a healthy dose of caution. Otherwise, she would have been swallowed whole, bones and all, long ago.
"Who are you, uncle? Don't you know it's very rude to barge into a girl's room?"
Xiao Yi Xian tucked her hair back and smiled sweetly.
But the little movement her right hand made in secret as she straightened her skirt revealed her intentions completely.
"Uncle?"
Xiao Xuan could not help laughing when he heard the address. No one had ever called him that before.
He had never expected that, as the days went by, he would reach the age where he was called uncle.
"All right, little girl, I won't waste words with you. I'm here to take you as my disciple."
"Let's go outside to talk first!"
He was utterly direct, without a single wasted word. With a sweep of his soul force, Xiao Xuan brought Xiao Yi Xian and Little Zi to an open stretch of forest in the Magical Beast Mountain Range without alerting anyone.
"Standing in midair?"
Xiao Yi Xian stared in astonishment. Her horizons had been limited by a small place like Qingshan Town, but even so, she knew what kind of strength it took to stand in midair.
In particular, this uncle had not even formed wings from Dou Qi.
He had to be at least above Dou Wang!
"Are... are you a Dou Huang expert?"
Xiao Yi Xian pressed her lips together. She felt she was done for. She had always behaved so well outside, so why could she not have stayed polite at home?
Now look what she had done: she had offended a real big shot.
What should I do?!