Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master

Chapter 105 Dou Zong

Tianyan Mountain

At this moment, Xiao Li sat upright on the top of Tianyan Mountain. The fire-attribute energy of heaven and earth here was extremely rich. Xiao Li was going to break through to the Dou Zong level here!

Long before the Pill Gathering ended, after he consumed the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, his cultivation naturally reached the Nine-Star Dou Huang level. The intense pill refining at the Pill Gathering made Xiao Li's Dou Qi incredibly solid.

It has been nearly two months since Xiao Li entered the Sound Valley. He has spent most of his time refining medicine and cultivating. Now his cultivation has reached the peak of Dou Huang, but he is still a little short of it.

"Almost there!" Xiao Li opened his eyes, then took out a jade bottle from his storage ring and poured out a pill the size of a longan.

"Breakthrough Pill, help me break through to the Dou Zong realm!" Xiao Li swallowed the Breakthrough Pill and then began to circulate his cultivation technique to break through.

Xiao Li entered a state of cultivation again, and fire-attribute energy continuously gathered on Tianyan Mountain, entering Xiao Li's body.

Xiao Li entered a state of complete absorption. To escape this state, he would either need to successfully break through or fail.

As Xiao Li entered a breakthrough state, time passed quickly: one day, two days, ten days, twenty days, one month, two months...

. . . . . .

Outside of Tianyan,

A man and a woman stood side by side, gazing at the tiny figure at the very top of Tianyan Mountain.

"It's been almost three months already. I didn't expect his breakthrough to take so long. The fire attribute energy in Tianyan Mountain has become quite thin," Tianyinzi said with a smile.

"After all, he's a prodigy, so he can't be described by ordinary standards. His talent in fighting qi is only good, not much different from ours back then, but his talent in alchemy is truly heaven-defying."

"Brother, have you ever heard of an eighth-grade alchemist at the Douhuang level?" Su Wanyin asked calmly.

Tianyinzi shook his head: "I've never heard of it. Before he went into seclusion, didn't he refine six Hunyuan Breakthrough Pills? One of them reached the eighth grade, second color level. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."

Su Wanyin looked at the figure on the mountaintop: "So the future of our Yin Valley depends entirely on him. Apart from the fact that he kept the three Hunyuan Breakthrough Pills, one of which was the eighth-grade, second-color one, he gave the rest of the Hunyuan Breakthrough Pills to me."

I distributed it to the elders in the valley. The elders have been cultivating for many years and are just short of this enlightenment. Now that they have the Primordial Chaos Breakthrough Pill, it would be best if they could break through. If they cannot break through, the Primordial Chaos Breakthrough Pill can also preserve their cultivation and prevent any backlash.

Furthermore, the Sixth Elder seemed to have gained some insights from observing Xiao Li's alchemy practice. She said that by spending some time in seclusion, her alchemy skills could be further improved.

Tianyinzi nodded: "Sixth Elder, Jiajing, I didn't expect her to make another progress. It's a cause for celebration. She has been focusing on medicine cultivation, which has caused her cultivation to be stuck at the eight-star Dou Zong level for a long time. I hope she can make another progress."

"Our Sound Valley is about to gain several more Dou Zun elders, which is truly a cause for celebration. They have cultivated diligently for many years, just missing that one crucial spark of understanding. Now that they have finally achieved their goal, it is wonderful."

Su Wanyin nodded: "Yes, although our three valleys all have a strong foundation, why are we overshadowed by the two sects? It's just that the two sects have far more Dou Zun than our three valleys."

Tianyinzi frowned: "Sigh... if only I had..."

boom--

Just as Tianyinzi was speaking, the calm Tianyan Mountain suddenly erupted with a burst of energy, and then the energy around Tianyan Mountain began to fluctuate violently.

Tianyinzi and Su Wanyin looked up at the top of Tianyan Mountain at the same time, and saw that all the energy in the surrounding world was flowing into the tiny figure on the mountaintop.

"Looks like he's broken through. Not bad, not bad. He should only be twenty-two years old. Becoming a Dou Zong at twenty-two years old already puts him far ahead of many of his peers in Zhongzhou," Tianyinzi said with a smile.

"However, this little guy's breakthrough made quite a commotion; almost all the powerful figures in the Sound Realm could sense it." Su Wanyin covered her mouth and smiled.

boom--

An astonishing aura emanated, directly repelling the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy). Then, a figure stood in the void, his body as straight as a javelin, exuding a majestic aura.

"So this is a Dou Zong? As expected, he's not on the same level as a Dou Huang."

Xiao Li sensed the changes within himself, and then felt that the spatial power around him had become much clearer. With a thought, he could easily stand in the void.

Walking on air, a Dou Zong powerhouse!

The Dou Zong realm is the true watershed for powerful figures on the continent. Only those who successfully reach this level possess the basic conditions to thrive in the Central Plains.

Xiao Li felt the difference in his body. He looked inside his body and found that it was as if he had been reborn. His meridians had expanded more than ten times over, and there was a faint layer of fighting spirit crystals outside his meridians and even his bones.

No wonder the remains of a Dou Zong are so precious, serving as important materials for refining bodies and puppets. It's because their bodies contain Dou Qi crystal layers that are not easily corrupted, making their physical strength far superior to that of a Dou Huang.

Xiao Li felt that the circulation of his viscous fighting qi alone could cause changes in the space between heaven and earth. Every move he made could shake the space, and if he fought with someone, the aftershocks of the fight could tear the space apart.

"I'm now around a one-star Dou Zong. The high-level Earth-rank cultivation technique and the Breakthrough Pill directly helped me skip the adjustment period. Not bad, not bad. Once my cultivation is sufficiently refined, I can take the Zong Yuan Pill."

Xiao Li had already prepared pills for himself. As for arduous cultivation? That was out of the question. There was a significant gap between each star level of a Dou Zong. Most Dou Zongs would need several years or even more than ten years to improve their strength by one star through normal cultivation. Xiao Li didn't have that much time to waste on that.

If you can take pills, then take them; the rest will have to be handled by the Yin-Yang Heart Flame's Body Tempering Technique.

Xiao Li sensed someone waiting for him not far away with his soul power, and then took a step and arrived in front of Tian Yinzi and Su Wanyin.

"Thank you for your protection, Supreme Elder and Valley Master," Xiao Li said, clasping his hands in thanks.

"Oh, why be so polite? It makes you seem distant. Now that you've broken through to the Dou Zong realm, how do you feel?" Tian Yinzi said with a faint smile.

Xiao Li: "I'm in great shape. I feel that refining eighth-grade two-color pills will be much easier now. My soul power has also reached the peak of the early stage of the Spirit Realm thanks to this breakthrough. After some hard training, I can reach the middle stage of the Spirit Realm."

Su Wanyin pouted: "You just broke through to the Dou Zong realm, and your soul power is about to reach the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm. I've been cultivating for so many years, and I don't know how long I've been stuck at the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm. You little guy are actually about to catch up with me. It's really annoying."

Tianyinzi affectionately patted Su Wanyin's head, then looked at Xiao Li: "What do you plan to do now?"

Xiao Li: "I plan to go back to the Northwest Continent and visit my home. It's been over a year since I left home, and it's time to go back and see it, otherwise things will get chaotic at home."

Tianyinzi nodded: "Alright, during the time of our seclusion, my father and I have already constructed the space wormhole leading to the Northwest Continent. The First Elder has already led the Fourth Elder, several Dou Zong Elders, and dozens of Dou Huang Deacons to the Northwest Continent."

"So fast?" Xiao Li was also surprised that the spatial wormhole was constructed so quickly.

"It's alright. Father personally went to the Northwest Continent and chose a place with good enough feng shui to set up the location of the Sound Pavilion."

I will choose a spacious place in the Tianyin Mountains, use the spatial jade tablet to determine the location and open a spatial wormhole, and then gather the power of the strong in the valley to complete the opening of the spatial wormhole.

"Now you can go home. It will take about twenty days to travel from here to the Northwest Continent," Tianyinzi said with a smile.

"Saying thank you might be too formal, but I can't think of any other words. Thank you very much, Elder."

(End of this chapter)