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

Chapter 128 Xiao Kong's Self-Reflection

"Holy crap, a Heaven-rank technique! This is outrageous! Long live the Dean!" Xiao Li was almost overwhelmed with excitement. This was the first Heaven-rank cultivation technique and combat skill he had ever acquired in his life!

"Heavenly Ranks." Yun Yun murmured to herself, looking at the two scrolls in Xiao Li's hands.

"A Heavenly Rank technique! I never thought I'd see one again. You truly are a powerful figure on the continent. It's a pity this is a lightning-attribute technique. If it were fire-attribute, that would be much better. Li, I need a fire-attribute Heavenly Rank technique."

When you enter Zhongzhou later, you'll need help from Bangli; pay attention to Heavenly Rank Fire-attribute cultivation techniques.

"Alright, I've given you all the treasures. Now get to work and refine these Dou Sheng remains into Dou Sheng bone marrow. I'm waiting for you," Mang Tianchi urged.

"Why did the dean call me?" Xiao Li asked.

"Because you won't steal my Dou Sheng bone marrow. I can obtain more Dou Sheng bone marrow, and it's easier to refine Dou Sheng bone marrow with different flames."

"If I bring them back to Thunder Clan, I might not even get half. They're a bunch of greedy bastards; I'd rather lose them than give them to them."

Mang Tianchi said angrily, "Some guys in the Lei Clan have no skills, but they're definitely number one at causing trouble."

"Well, alright then, Dean, I'm only a Dou Zong. Even if I had a different kind of fire, refining it would be quite difficult. Um, my teacher also has a different kind of fire. How about I help you refine this Dou Sheng's remains after my teacher breaks through to Dou Zun?"

Xiao Li rubbed his hands together and said, "Although we can't get the remains, it's not bad to get more Dou Sheng bone marrow. Let this old guy keep hitting me on the head and I'll rip you off a little more."

"Huh? Your teacher? That kid with the Heavenly Sun Physique? Wait! How did he reach the Dou Zun level so quickly? He also has a different kind of fire?" Mang Tianchi felt like he had been in the Demon Thunder Saint's Secret Realm for ten years.

"How about it, Dean? We're practically family, it's just a matter of paying a little more, but it's still better than your shady family!" Xiao Li said with a smile.

Mang Tianchi frowned, then thought of those birdmen in his clan, those shameless scum, and Mang Tianchi got angry just thinking about it.

"Hmm, alright, I agree. I doubt you two would dare to play tricks on me! Anyway, 80% of the Dou Sheng marrow extracted from this Dou Sheng's remains will be mine, and the remaining 20% ​​will be yours. I've already been generous enough."

"A complete Dou Sheng's remains can yield a considerable amount of Dou Sheng marrow, and 20% is already a substantial amount," Mang Tianchi said with a pained expression.

"No problem, two parts, two parts. Dean, you go back to the academy first. After my teacher breaks through, he will come to the academy to find you and help you refine the Dou Sheng bone marrow." Xiao Li was not greedy. This Dou Sheng's remains were so complete that there must be a lot of Dou Sheng bone marrow to be extracted.

"I'll be waiting for you at Canaan Academy. Don't keep me waiting!" Mang Tianchi said, then broke through the void and left.

Yun Yun frowned and went to Xiao Li's side: "Li, who is this old gentleman, and how can he be so powerful?"

Xiao Li: "That's the dean of Canaan Academy, Mang Tianchi, a seventh-rank Dou Zun, probably an eighth-rank one. Oh, you don't know that after a Dou Zun reaches the peak of Dou Zun, he will compress his Dou Qi."

To break through to the legendary Saint Realm, peak Dou Zun experts will follow a path called Nine Revolutions to Sainthood, which involves compressing Dou Qi nine times. The term "Nine Revolutions" is a quantifier specifically used to measure the difference between a peak Dou Zun and a Half-Saint.

This Nine Revolutions is not complicated. It simply involves compressing and condensing the Dou Qi nine times upon reaching the peak of Dou Zun. This process is repeated nine times until the Great Perfection is achieved!

The battle qi within the body will also undergo a qualitative change under this compression, allowing it to leap across the immeasurable chasm and ascend to the Saint Realm. Of course, there is a distinction between Battle Saint and Half-Saint within the Saint Realm, which we will discuss later.

Xiao Li told Yun Yun about the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood, and only then did Yun Yun realize that the gap between Dou Zun was so huge. She thought that she could protect Xiao Li after becoming a Dou Zun, but she didn't expect that her strength was not enough, or rather, she was still very weak.

"If there's nothing else, I'll continue my seclusion. Yun'er, let me know when my teacher returns." Xiao Li then entered the seclusion room again, when he suddenly remembered something.

"Okay." Yun Yun nodded in agreement, and then walked towards her cultivation room. Now she wanted to cultivate and become stronger!

In the seclusion room,

Xiao Li took out two sections of white jade-colored arm bones: "These should also be the remains of a Dou Sheng."

"Yes, that's right. That junior just now had the bloodline of a Dou Di from the Lei Clan flowing through his veins, but the purity wasn't high. It was probably around a fifth-grade bloodline, but he actually cultivated it to such a level."

When Mang Tianchi appeared, Xiao Kong didn't say anything to Xiao Li. In front of a seventh-rank Dou Zun like Mang Tianchi, Xiao Kong needed to keep a low profile. If he communicated with Xiao Li, he would definitely be discovered. But that doesn't mean Xiao Kong didn't notice Mang Tianchi.

As the eldest elder of the Xiao clan, Xiao Kong was very knowledgeable about the Dou Di bloodline. He himself was a near-divine bloodline holder, but he did not reach the nine-star Dou Sheng level like Xiao Xuan. Moreover, he had to rely on himself after reaching the Dou Sheng level.

In other words, once you reach the Dou Sheng level, the effects of the Dou Di bloodline become less useful, and even a divine-grade bloodline requires a long time to reach its peak.

In the imperial clan, the bloodline of the Dou Di is the only standard for testing geniuses. The talent of a fifth-grade bloodline is barely enough to become a Dou Zun. After reaching the Dou Zun level, the bloodline of the Dou Di becomes a burden. However, Mang Tian Chi has cultivated all the way to the seventh-level Dou Zun and has not yet seen the limit!

Perhaps, the Dou Di bloodline is not absolute. We have really placed too much importance on the Dou Di bloodline. Success and failure both depend on the Dou Di bloodline. Even when Emperor Ancestor became a Dou Di, he did not possess the Dou Di bloodline.

"Patriarch, it seems we are still bound by bloodlines. If I had awakened to this sooner, I might have been able to break through to the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm and escape the Xiao Clan's predicament!"

Xiao Kong pondered, now he began to re-examine the Dou Di bloodline, and then he looked at Xiao Li.

"This child has almost no Dou Di bloodline within him, yet he has cultivated to such a level. Dou Di bloodline can only bring temporary speed, not permanent speed. Didn't Old Ghost Dan and Old Ghost Fenyan become Nine-Star Dou Sheng back then?"

Xiao Kong recalled that the five strongest people on the continent a thousand years ago were Xiao Xuan, the patriarch of the Xiao Clan; Gu Yuan, the patriarch of the Gu Clan; Hun Tiandi, the patriarch of the Hun Clan; the founder of the Pill Tower; and the ancestor of the Burning Flame Valley!

They were all nine-star Dou Sheng! Take the Pill Tower for example. Back then, it was at its zenith and was known as the number one alchemist holy land on the continent. It wasn't just talk. Even the Medicine Clan was inferior to the Pill Tower in terms of alchemy at that time.

In terms of playing with fire, the Burning Flame Ancestor is no less skilled than the Flame Clan, and in some techniques, he is even more powerful than the Flame Clan's Battle Saint!

Further ahead, there were a series of powerful figures such as the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and the Heavenly Crippled Sword Saint. None of them had the bloodline of the Dou Di, yet they all reached the peak of the Dou Sheng realm.

"Perhaps, my Xiao clan needs a powerful figure without the bloodline of a Dou Di to lead the Xiao clan back to its peak!"

Xiao Kong whispered, and Xiao Li, who was still fiddling with the Dou Sheng bone arm, suddenly looked up: "Elder, what are you saying?"

Xiao Kong shook his head: "It's nothing. These two Dou Sheng bone arms are from the Soul Clan Dou Sheng I killed back then. You can refine them into Dou Sheng bone marrow."

"Um."

(End of this chapter)