Chapter 401: Breakthrough to Dou Grandmaster!

Chapter 401: Breakthrough to Dou Grandmaster!

Chapter 401: Breakthrough to Dou Grandmaster!

Despite the excruciating pain caused by the continuous tearing and repairing of his meridians, which nearly made Xiao Yan's vision go black, he could feel his meridians becoming wider and tougher. This encouraged him to persevere, as he knew it would bring immense benefits. Once these tiny meridians were fully opened, his ability to control dou energy would undoubtedly improve, greatly increasing his speed. In combat, being able to direct his energy as smoothly as moving an arm would give him a considerable advantage.

As this energy surged forward, breaking through each small meridian, faint popping sounds could be heard. Small jets of energy suddenly burst out from the pores on Xiao Yan's skin, making him resemble a leaky kettle with numerous holes.

This eruption lasted only a few seconds before completely stopping. Afterward, blood seeped slowly from the pores that had expelled the energy, drenching half of Xiao Yan’s body.

As these pores gradually returned to normal, Xiao Yan could clearly sense that whenever he changed his hand seals to the cultivation form, these pores, now connected to his meridians, acted like wind tunnels, voraciously absorbing energy from the outside world at a rate more than ten times faster than before.

This energy circulated rapidly through his meridians. Each cycle completed would inject a large amount of refined, pure energy into his energy vortex, and each time, the vortex would grow noticeably larger.

Originally, the vortex was filled with only three-quarters liquid energy, but now, the liquid had filled over 90% of the vortex’s capacity, approaching the threshold of a fully complete Dou Master stage.

As time passed, a faint glow gradually enveloped Xiao Yan's body, forming a layer resembling a dou energy garment.

In a corner of the room, the last pill refined by Yao Lao had just been completed. Watching Xiao Yan, Yao Lao murmured to himself, "Luckily, Xiao Yan, your foundation is solid. Otherwise, consuming pills in quick succession to increase your strength would have made your dou energy unstable, affecting your foundational abilities... Now, it’s all up to your own efforts!"

Since his mind was focused on controlling the vortex’s rotation speed to prevent it from exceeding a certain limit and causing damage to his body, Xiao Yan had to tend to it carefully, without the slightest relaxation.

As time passed, the liquid energy within the rapidly spinning vortex in his body was visibly depleting at an unusual pace. Although the energy within the vortex was diminishing, Xiao Yan could distinctly feel that deep within the vortex, a substance with immense energy was slowly taking shape.

“It’s close!”

Sensing the rapidly forming substance, Xiao Yan’s tense mind relaxed slightly. Before long, the vortex that had been spinning with a frenzied whooshing sound was nearly drained of its liquid energy. Suddenly, under Xiao Yan’s focused gaze, a diamond-shaped crystal, only the size of a thumb, began to float gently at the vortex’s center.

With the appearance of this crystal, Xiao Yan felt a profound sense of comfort emanating from deep within his soul.

This small object, known as a Dou Crystal, has the ability to contain all of a person's dou energy within it and is the hallmark of becoming a Dou Grandmaster.

“Teacher, I did it!”

Slowly opening his eyes from his cultivation state, Xiao Yan turned his head, his face beaming, as he looked at Yao Lao’s spirit in the room.

(End of Chapter)v