Time flew by, and after the commotion caused by the last Family test, the Xiao Family gradually returned to its former tranquility.
The young boys and girls threw themselves back into their daily cultivation, as if the noise of that day was just a pebble thrown into a lake; after the ripples passed, it returned to calm.
Deep in the back mountains of the Xiao Family, a place where few people ventured.
On a giant green stone as smooth as a mirror, Xiao Qing sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his figure as steady as a mountain.
With him as the center, the energy of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of meters was being stirred in a near-violent manner.
It formed a visible pale white energy current, as if drawn by an invisible force field.
It surged frantically into Xiao Qing’s body, rushing through his broad and tough Meridians with a faint whistling sound.
This hidden place was a cultivation spot Xiao Qing had taken great care to find, specifically to conceal the startling phenomena triggered during his cultivation.
When ordinary Dou Practitioners Cultivate, the energy they draw from heaven and earth is absorbed in small streams, flowing steadily for fear that too much energy would burst their Meridians.
Xiao Qing was completely different.
Once he entered a cultivation state, his body seemed to turn into a bottomless black hole, unscrupulously devouring all the surrounding energy like a whale.
The scale and scope of the disturbance were enough to make even a Great Dou Master turn pale with shock and feel inferior.
All of this stemmed from Xiao Qing’s extraordinary [Innate Spirit Body]!
This Physique seemed born to harmonize with heaven and earth and devour energy.
Without needing to consciously circulate a Cultivation Technique, the energy of heaven and earth would surge toward him spontaneously with extreme affinity, over a vast range and with terrifying efficiency.
If not for the severe limitations of his Cultivation Technique, Xiao Qing’s cultivation speed would be even more horrifying.
The “Mystic Fire Mantra” Xiao Qing currently cultivated was only at the Yellow Rank Middle Stage, which belonged to the bottom tier of the Dou Qi Continent’s cultivation system.
Its efficiency in absorbing and converting energy was relatively low, becoming his greatest shortcoming.
If he could switch to a Profound Rank Low Stage Cultivation Technique and use it as a Foundation, combined with his Innate Spirit Body and the [Law of Fire], his cultivation speed would likely soar several times over, comparable to or even exceeding the efficiency of a Great Dou Master!
However, during these three months of dedicated cultivation, Xiao Qing’s gains were still unimaginably massive.
The core transformation came from the ultimate evolution of his [Talent]!
The original Spiritual Grade [Flame Control · Initial Stage], after Xiao Qing unhesitatingly spent a massive accumulation of [Innate Spiritual Rhyme] to constantly “add points” and upgrade it through the mysterious book, had undergone an essential, Heaven-Defying leap.
It broke through the mortal boundaries and evolved to a level that could shock the entire continent.
Heaven Grade [Law of Fire · Initial Stage]!
[Law of Fire · Initial Stage]: The Incarnation of heaven and earth’s flames, the darling of the Law!
It can ignore damage from most exotic flames with a status lower than itself and holds absolute authority of dominance and suppression over mortal flames!
The user gains extremely high immunity to physical attacks, nearing elementalization!
After rising to a Heaven Grade talent, the essence of Xiao Qing’s life seemed to have completed a thorough sublimation.
From the perspective of the Dou Qi Continent, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Xiao Qing was a Heavenly Flame that had taken human form and could grow infinitely!
His true combat power increased geometrically.
The characteristics of a flame Incarnation allowed Xiao Qing to be immune to most pure physical impacts, and the flames he wielded contained a trace of the power of the world’s Origin Law—vast, majestic, and capable of incinerating all things!
With Xiao Qing’s Peak Dou Practitioner strength before the Breakthrough, if he used his flames, anyone in the Dou Master Realm would surely die upon contact, and it would be enough to cross ranks to heavily injure or even kill a Great Dou Master.
Only experts at the Dou Ling level, relying on their vigorous Fighting Qi, could barely contend with and resist Xiao Qing’s terrifying flames that contained a trace of the Law’s power!
The dual Heaven-Defying boosts of the [Innate Spirit Body] and the [Law of Fire] allowed Xiao Qing’s cultivation speed to reach an incredible level.
While it had seemed slow during the Dou Zhi Qi stage due to insufficient energy accumulation, once he stepped into the Dou Practitioner Realm, it was like a hidden dragon emerging from the abyss.
His cultivation efficiency was comparable to soaring on a rocket, advancing by leaps and bounds!
At this moment, the Fighting Qi in Xiao Qing’s Dantian was already full, compressed to a limit, reaching the critical point of the 9-Star Dou Practitioner Peak!
Surging power roared through his Meridians, waiting only for that final step to blast open the barrier and step into the brand-new Dou Master Realm!
Xiao Qing’s mind was focused like never before.
The Fighting Qi in his body circulated rapidly according to the path of the “Mystic Fire Mantra.” His fingers quickly formed several profound and complex hand seals like phantoms, completely releasing the suppression on his aura as he prepared to welcome the final Breakthrough!
Boom!
As if an invisible dam had suddenly burst, the already surging energy in the surrounding heaven and earth instantly became even more violent, pouring into his body at an even more ferocious and terrifying speed.
Xiao Qing’s body began to frantically devour all the incoming energy, even forming a small energy vortex behind him.
Sinking his mind into his body, Xiao Qing carefully guided this massive but slightly mottled flood of heaven and earth energy.
An ordinary person facing such a vast and chaotic energy would have to spend a great deal of time and mental effort on difficult refinement and purification, but Xiao Qing skipped this most time-consuming and laborious step.
The [Law of Fire] operated on its own.
All the foreign energy entering his Meridians was instantly tempered and purified by that supreme power of the Law the moment it touched Xiao Qing’s Origin Fighting Qi, turning into the purest Origin Fighting Qi energy essence!
This was the fundamental reason why Xiao Qing could absorb heaven and earth energy so frantically and unscrupulously without worrying about his Fighting Qi being superficial or his Foundation being unstable!
The power of the Law was the strongest purifier!
The pure energy flood was like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, all poured into the crimson cyclone in his Dantian that had already spun to its limit.
The cyclone expanded and solidified at a visible rate, spinning faster and faster, emitting a low, storm-like humming sound.
Xiao Qing’s body began to emit an increasingly intense red light, illuminating the surrounding rocks in a brilliant crimson.
More heaven and earth energy from an even wider range was forcibly drawn in, injecting into the energy vortex above Xiao Qing’s head.
Just as the critical point of the Breakthrough was about to arrive, Xiao Qing suddenly felt a power deep within his body, a power from his Bloodline Origin that had been dormant for a long time, quietly touched by these powerful energy fluctuations and the aura of the Law.
A divine tremor originating from the depths of his Bloodline emerged from his heart!
Immediately following, a warm current with an ancient and noble aura appeared, beginning to wash over Xiao Qing’s entire body, his internal organs, and even the depths of his Soul!
This is?!
Dou Di Bloodline!
Under the dual stimulation of the [Law of Fire] and the Breakthrough opportunity, it began to truly recover and awaken!
The appearance of this ancient and noble power instantly bestowed a trace of immortality upon his Fighting Qi, forcefully breaking through that solid cultivation barrier!
After a long time, the sound of a barrier breaking echoed within his body.
Bang!
It was as if some boundary of life level had been completely shattered!
A power far more than ten times stronger than the Dou Practitioner stage began to emerge in Xiao Qing’s Meridians, emitting a startling aura!
1-Star Dou Master!
Success!
At this moment, the black ring on Xiao Qing’s finger faintly flashed with a white light invisible to the naked eye!