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

Xiao Li smiled slightly: "We have already achieved some success in our cultivation. The bloodline of the Dou Di is just icing on the cake. Let's not waste it. There are still many talented young people in the Xiao Clan, as well as younger generations of children."

"How about we let them come in and inherit the bloodline of the Dou Di next time we visit the Heavenly Tomb?"

"This... sigh~ alright, I'm already dead, there's no need for me to make any decisions for you. My decisions back then harmed the Xiao clan, and now I can no longer accomplish the task of revitalizing the Xiao clan, nor can I interfere in anything."

But Heaven hasn't forsaken my Xiao clan. I believe you will do even better than me. Come, come, Xiao Li, sit here and tell me in detail how you cultivated."

Xiao Xuan beckoned Xiao Li to sit down beside him, as he was very curious about how Xiao Li had cultivated.

Xiao Li came to Xiao Xuan's side and told him the story of how he started cultivating. Xiao Xuan listened with great interest and did not find it boring at all.

"Alright, alright, I'm relieved to have you with the Xiao Clan. Next time the Heavenly Tomb opens, you must show me this little genius who's even more talented than you. I trust you wouldn't try to deceive a ghost like me, would you?" Xiao Xuan said with a smile.

"Of course not, Ancestor, you should be prepared. There's only one Dou Di bloodline, and I'm afraid you won't know who to give it to," Xiao Li said with a smile.

"Hahaha, I'm really looking forward to it!" Xiao Xuan laughed loudly. It had been so many years since he had felt this happy.

"By the way, Ancestor, is there still hope for your resurrection? Currently, only Ancestor Xiao Kong is holding the family together. The alliance I have gathered consists mostly of one-star Dou Sheng and half-saints, which is still insufficient to fight against the Imperial Clan."

Xiao Li pressed for an answer, as he wanted to revive Xiao Xuan.

"Resurrect me? I'm afraid that won't work. Xiao Kong left behind a remnant soul back then, but I'm not even a remnant soul now. Your resurrection method is useless against me," Xiao Xuan shook his head and said.

“Ancestor, I have Soul Infant Fruit and Spirit Dragon Heavenly Herb here. Can they restore your original soul energy?” Xiao Li took out three wooden boxes.

These are all treasures he obtained from the ruins of the Thousand Demon Saint.

"Soul Infant Fruit? And the highest quality Gold-grade Soul Infant Fruit at that. These two Spirit Dragon Heavenly Mushrooms have been around for a thousand years, and their medicinal effects are extremely potent." Xiao Xuan looked at the three precious herbs in Xiao Li's hand.

Xiao Xuan shook his head: "After I died, I was able to survive only because of the special environment of the Heavenly Tomb. Now I am not even a remnant soul. These two treasures that replenish my original soul energy will probably not have any effect."

"If it weren't for the strange nature of the Heavenly Tomb, I would have long since vanished into nothingness. I know your thoughts—to resurrect me like you resurrected Xiao Kong. Unfortunately, that won't work unless you break through to the Dou Di realm. Perhaps the power of a Dou Di could resurrect me."

Xiao Li: "This junior does not seek to revive our ancestor now, but only wishes for him to live a little longer. Perhaps our Xiao clan can produce another Dou Di? At that time, we can revive our ancestor! Has our ancestor given up on breaking through to Dou Di?"

"Break through to the Dou Di realm." Xiao Xuan murmured to himself, recalling the Xiao clan's glory thousands of years ago, when he carried the hopes of the Xiao clan on his shoulders.

"Alright! Since that's the case, I'll prolong my life as a ghost a little longer." Xiao Xuan put away the Soul Infant Fruit and the Spirit Dragon Heavenly Herb, then looked at Xiao Li.

"Xiao Li, do you want to inherit the Dou Di bloodline? With your talent, inheriting the remaining Dou Di bloodline can help you break through to Dou Sheng faster. You may not have realized that you have a flaw."

"defect?"

Chapter 206 Advancement to Half-Saint

"defect?"

Xiao Li asked in confusion, "What defect does he have? He's in good health and doesn't have any terminal illness."

"I can see that you've consumed a lot of pills to reach your current level, right? These pills, which you refined yourself, have the greatest effect on your own improvement."

However, taking too many pills can also cause problems. Perhaps your talent has not yet reached its limit, but after reaching the Dou Sheng level, the bottleneck will become more and more solid.

The Medicine Clan is like this; because they consume too many pills, their cultivation level reaches a certain point and they can no longer break through, unless they consume higher-grade ninth-rank pills. But what about the bottleneck after consuming pills?

For example, if there were no changes in the patriarch of the Medicine Clan, he would still be Yao Dan, right? Yao Dan's cultivation level would definitely not exceed that of an eight-star Dou Sheng, because he has consumed too many pills.

Unless he finds the Bodhi Heart or refines a ninth-grade golden elixir, he will never be a nine-star Dou Sheng in this lifetime.

Therefore, your current deficiency is the same. I suggest you undergo a blood transfusion to inherit the Dou Di bloodline of our Xiao clan. Although it is not much, with your nurturing, this Dou Di bloodline is equivalent to a divine bloodline.

It can help you quickly cultivate to the Nine-Star Dou Sheng level.

Xiao Xuan pointed out Xiao Li's shortcomings and then offered his own suggestions.

Xiao Li fell into deep thought; he had indeed considered this question.

"Isn't there any other solution? After I advance to the Dou Sheng realm, can't I improve by taking ninth-grade pills?" Xiao Li asked.

"Ninth-grade pills are certainly possible, but how long can you consume them? With your talent, you could probably become a ninth-grade Xuan Dan master, but ninth-grade Xuan Dan can only be consumed up to the level of an eight-star Dou Sheng, after which it becomes less useful."

To advance from an eight-star Dou Sheng to a nine-star Dou Sheng, one needs a ninth-grade golden core, but a ninth-grade golden core has not appeared for thousands of years.

To refine a ninth-grade golden pill, one must be a ninth-grade golden pill master, but such a level of alchemist has not appeared for thousands of years; at least, there was no ninth-grade golden pill master in my time.

Do you know about the Pill Tower? Back then, the Pill Tower's experts, who were on par with me, Gu Yuan, and the Soul Emperor, were only half-step Golden Core Grandmasters, capable of refining Profound Pills that were close to Golden Core level.

Xiao Xuan meant that unless one reaches the level of a ninth-grade Golden Core Grandmaster, it is impossible to reach the level of a nine-star Dou Sheng by taking pills.

"Ancestor, do you know the prerequisites for refining a ninth-grade golden pill?"

Faced with Xiao Li's question, Xiao Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "It seems you are already prepared. To refine a ninth-grade golden pill, you need to reach the level of a high-level Dou Sheng, that is, a seven-star Dou Sheng. This is the minimum requirement!"

At the same time, one's soul power must reach the Emperor Realm level. Only an Emperor Realm soul can summon the Nine Profound Golden Thunder. After summoning the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, the alchemist needs to use their own physical body as a hub to transfer the thunderous energy of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder into the pill, drawing the profound into gold!

However, taking the Nine Profound Golden Lightning head-on is far too dangerous. Even the old monster Dan was defeated at this very moment; despite being a nine-star Dou Sheng, he couldn't withstand the violent energy of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

Xiao Li suddenly realized that refining a ninth-grade golden pill was like courting death. The eighth-grade nine-colored pill lightning was already so outrageous, and there was also the Black Demon Lightning. The Nine Profound Golden Lightning was no less than the Pure Lotus Demon Flame and the Void Devouring Flame.

Trying to withstand the Nine Profound Golden Thunder with one's own body is just courting death, isn't it?

"I understand, but I still refuse to inherit the Dou Di bloodline. Let's leave it to a more outstanding successor. It would be a waste to keep it on me," Xiao Li said, still refusing.

From Xiao Li's perspective, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao are now a complete pair. He was even worried that Yao Lao might perish due to some unforeseen event, so he prepared a Spirit Fusion Pill for Yao Lao in advance to stabilize his soul.

The combination of anti-inflammatory drugs is about to begin. In just over thirty years, Xiao Li will be completely free. For him, he only needs to endure another thirty years before he can be free.

Xiao Li had already died once, so he cherished his life even more. Therefore, he was unwilling to take that risk. He planned to return to the Xiao family and train Xiao Yan to make him stronger than in the original timeline!

"Who said there's only one Dou Di bloodline?" Xiao Xuan said with a faint smile. Then, a drop of red blood suddenly appeared in Xiao Li's hand. Xiao Xuan pointed his finger and injected the drop of blood into Xiao Li's body.

This drop of blood contained considerable energy, and after entering Xiao Li's body, it went straight to Xiao Li's heart.

boom--

Xiao Li felt his blood burning, responding to that drop of blood.

"Ancestor, this is it!" Xiao Li felt his blood boiling.

"Of course it's the Dou Di bloodline. Since you don't accept the complete Dou Di bloodline inheritance, I naturally respect your choice, but I never said that the Dou Di bloodline inheritance is only for one person."

Xiao Xuan smiled, then pointed his finger, and a strange soul power entered Xiao Li's mind.

"This is a secret technique I created. Using this drop of Dou Di bloodline as the foundation, it gradually activates the Dou Di bloodline within your body. You can use Dou Qi to nurture it or use different flames to nurture it. This drop of Dou Di bloodline will become stronger and stronger over time."

"Once it reaches a certain point, it will activate the Dou Di bloodline within you. Unfortunately, this is a method I only thought of after my death. If I had thought of it earlier, I might not have had to take this risk."

Xiao Xuan sighed and said that he had studied the Dou Di bloodline back then, but he had always failed. However, he had still achieved some results, using a drop of divine-grade bloodline as a foundation to completely activate the Dou Di bloodline in his body.

This process is not particularly risky; the worst-case scenario is simply losing a single drop of divine-grade blood.

Xiao Li had some secret techniques about blood circulation in his mind. He quickly formed hand seals and used his internal fighting spirit to guide the drop of blood. Then he used his fighting spirit to guide his heart, causing a special fluctuation that made the blood in his whole body resonate.

"Ancestor, do you have any more advanced energy cores?" Xiao Li asked anxiously, opening his eyes. He had just experienced some special insights.

"Here are the energy cores from those two Soul Clan bastards." Xiao Xuan tossed two fist-sized energy cores to Xiao Li.

Xiao Li held it in his hand, then took out a cold jade box from his storage ring, opened it, and inside lay a sleeping squirrel.

With a flick of his hand, Xiao Li transformed the squirrel into a pill. He then swallowed the pill and focused on two things at once: circulating his cultivation technique to absorb the energy from the energy core, and using a bloodline secret technique to resonate the Dou Di bloodline with his own bloodline.

"This is the Bodhi Pill? This little guy is actually going to break through to the Half-Saint realm at this time?" Xiao Xuan asked in surprise.

"Breaking through to the Half-Saint realm?" Pei Yuhan, Pei Yurou, and Xiao Ting all came over, watching Xiao Li enter into deep cultivation.

"Ancestor, what's going on? Why is Xiao Li about to break through to the Half-Saint realm? Isn't he only a Fourth-Rank Dou Zun?" Pei Yurou asked.

Xiao Xuan pondered for a moment: "Perhaps this Dou Di bloodline contains a trace of my power. He comprehended the Saint Realm through this trace of power. In fact, the path of becoming a Saint through nine revolutions is a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change."

If one has enough luck, one can advance directly from the peak of Dou Zun to Half-Saint without compressing Dou Qi nine times. That's how I did it back then. There are even those who directly skipped the Half-Saint level and advanced to Dou Sheng in one fell swoop.

Have you ever heard of the Heavenly Crippled Sword Saint? He received a great opportunity back then, directly advancing from the peak of Dou Zun to Dou Sheng, skipping the Half-Saint level.

Everyone nodded. Simply put, Xiao Li comprehended the Saint Realm through that drop of Dou Di bloodline. This kind of comprehension is rare and hard to come by. Many peak-stage Nine-Turn Dou Zun are just one level short of this level of comprehension.

Xiao Xuan clasped his hands in a fist and then looked at the other three: "Xiao Li will probably need to go into seclusion for a while. I will guide your cultivation from now on and teach you some Xiao Clan fighting techniques. You can ask me anything you don't understand."

"Yes."

Chapter 207 Xiao Yan's Disappointment

Northwest Continent, Gama Empire

Wutan City, Xiao Family

Xiao Li's courtyard,

At this moment, Yun Yun was playing with two children, while a handsome young man was sitting cross-legged under a tree nearby.

Suddenly the boy opened his eyes and ran to Yun Yun: "Mother, I have broken through to the third level of Dou Qi."

Yun Yun gently patted the boy's head and said softly, "Yun'er is the best."

"Empress Yun, Empress Yun, Xue'er is the best." The little girl in Yun Yun's arms hugged Yun Yun's neck and said coquettishly.

"Yes, yes, Xiaoxue'er is the best and the most well-behaved."

Yun Yun gently stroked Xiao Xue's delicate nose with her jade-like hand.

"Ah~ Good morning, Sister Yunyun, how long have I been asleep?" A clear voice came from the side room, and a girl who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old walked out, rubbing her sleepy eyes.

"Ziyan, you're awake? You've been asleep for half a year," Yunyun said with a smile.

Zi Yan stretched and loosened her body: "Ah ha~ I'm awake. Xiao Li's pills are really amazing. They made me sleep for half a year. But my energy has also increased a lot. Now I'm equivalent to a six-star Dou Zong."

Yun Yun smiled gently: "After all, it's an eighth-grade pill refined by my husband. It seems to have summoned five-colored pill lightning. Only Xiao Ziyan's body is good enough. Other Dou Zongs wouldn't be able to handle such a pill."

Zi Yan had only recently reached the seventh rank, and now she had directly advanced to so many minor levels. Keep in mind that Zi Yan was an ancient dragon from the Void, and the energy required for her advancement was enormous.

Zi Yan stretched her body properly; after sleeping for half a year, she felt her body was a bit stiff.

"Huh? Little Yu'er, come and let me take a bite!" Zi Yan opened her eyes and immediately saw Xiao Yu hiding behind Yun Yun. She pounced on Xiao Yu, grabbed her, and bit her face.

"Aaaaaah~ Someone's being eaten! Aunt Zi's being eaten! Lady Yun, please save me! Please save me!" Xiao Yu cried out.

Xiao Yu is particularly afraid of Zi Yan because he saw Zi Yan's true form when he was very young and had a nightmare in which Zi Yan wanted to eat him, which made Xiao Yu particularly "afraid" of Zi Yan now.

Yun Yun watched the two lively characters with a smile, but couldn't help but sigh in her heart. In her opinion, it was a foregone conclusion that Zi Yan would become her sister in the future, which was a good thing for Xiao Li.

However, it's good that Zi Yan gets along so well with the little ones. At least the sisters are familiar with each other and there won't be any disputes. They will basically unite to "bully" Xiao Li.

Of course, it's also possible that Xiao Li might "bully" him instead; these are just playful moments between the couple.

dong dong——

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"I'll go open the door." Zi Yan let go of Xiao Yu and ran to open the door.

"Who is it?" Zi Yan opened the door and asked. She saw a boy who looked about eight or nine years old standing outside the door with a worried expression.

"Um, sister, my name is Xiao Yan. Is my second grandfather here?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Sister? You must be Xiao Yan. I heard from Xiao Li that you are the most talented child in the Xiao family now." Zi Yan looked Xiao Yan up and down.

Xiao Yan's heart trembled. He hadn't expected that his second grandfather would value him so much, but that was all in the past.

thump—

Just as Xiao Yan was troubled, Zi Yan delivered a powerful punch to him, knocking him to the ground.

“What did you just call me? Sister? Call me Grandma! Oh no, I should say Second Grandma!” Zi Yan said, hands on her hips.

"Yes, Second Madam." Xiao Yan covered his head, tears welling up in his eyes from the pain. However, he glanced at Zi Yan and realized that she looked only sixteen or seventeen years old. How could she be his Second Madam?

"Zi Yan, stop fooling around, let Xiao Yan in." Yun Yun's voice came, and only then did Zi Yan bring Xiao Yan in.

Upon seeing Yun Yun, Xiao Yan immediately bowed to her and said, "Second Madam, Xiao Yan greets you."

"Xiao Yan, please sit down," Yun Yun said with a smile.

Xiao Yan nodded and sat down very nervously.

Xiao Yan had attended Xiao Li's wedding, and he naturally knew how much of a womanizer his second grandfather was, having three wives, two of whom were sisters. The second wife in front of him was also the teacher of his fiancée, Nalan Yanran.

Theoretically speaking, Nalan Yanran should be Xiao Yan's aunt or cousin, but coincidentally, Nalan Yanran is his fiancée, making the relationship quite complicated.

Yun Yun looked at Xiao Yan, glancing at the Bone Flame Ring in his hand. With her cultivation level, she could naturally see some things, but she didn't reveal them because Xiao Li had told her some things before, and this was a test for Xiao Yan.

Osteitis in the middle,

"Damn, this is actually a peak Dou Zun expert! What kind of family is this? It's even more powerful than my Starfall Pavilion. I'm doomed, I'm afraid I'll have to work for someone else for the rest of my life~ But it's still better than being captured by the Soul Palace."

Yao Lao was speechless. He had seen a lot from Xiao Yan's perspective these past few days. Given Yao Lao's experience and knowledge, he certainly couldn't escape Xiao Yan's notice.