BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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After hesitating for a moment, Lin Feng finally opened the scroll.

He looked at the cultivation route of the technique that he had already studied hundreds or even thousands of times.

He slowly closed his eyes, and began to replace the cultivation path of the Solar Flame Transformation Art with the circulation route of the Flame Mantra.

As the replacement process progressed, due to the limited capacity of a Low-Grade Yellow Class cultivation technique, it was unable to contain all the Dou Qi within Lin Feng’s body.

The excess Dou Qi in his body began to seep outward.

At the same time, his Dou Qi level started to drop rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, he fell from the peak of Dou Wang to Eight-Star Dou Wang.

Then continued falling—to Seven-Star, Six-Star…

Nine-Star Dou Ling, One-Star Dou Ling...

Nine-Star Da Dou Shi, Six-Star Da Dou Shi…

After stabilizing briefly at Five-Star Da Dou Shi for a few seconds, he dropped again to Four-Star.

After a while, Lin Feng’s Dou Qi level finally stopped declining.

In the end, his cultivation was stabilized at Four-Star Da Dou Shi.

”Years of hard work, gone in an instant… I just hope I can successfully re-cultivate.”

He could feel the Dou Crystal inside his body—diamond-shaped and gradually taking form again, something he hadn’t seen in years.

A slight tension appeared in Lin Feng’s smile.

In less than an hour, he had gone from a peak-level Dou Wang expert to a mere Da Dou Shi.

To say he wasn’t nervous at all would be impossible.

Although he had prepared thoroughly, such a sudden drop in strength still caused unease in his heart.

Focusing his senses on the dim Dou Crystal within, Lin Feng then began to operate the Flame Mantra, drawing in the free-flowing Dou Qi from the surrounding heaven and earth.

Moments later, Lin Feng stopped the slow and extremely sluggish absorption process, sighing to himself:

”At this speed of Dou Qi absorption... forget comparing it to the Solar Flame Transformation Art, even the Scarlet Flame Art I first practiced was at least ten times faster.”

Thinking about his current cultivation level, he couldn’t help but complain:

”I remember in Yao Chen’s scrolls, he mentioned that with his peak Dou Zong strength, switching to the Flame Mantra would drop him to Dou Wang or even Dou Ling. And here I am—falling from peak Dou Wang to Four-Star Da Dou Shi... Seems like my luck really is crap.”

He then stood up and walked to a solid wall.

Golden light slowly emerged from the index finger of his right hand.

A few seconds later, Lin Feng swiftly pointed his finger at the wall of the alchemy room.

Boom!

With a muffled sound echoing throughout the room, the strike left no trace on the pitch-black stone wall.

However, nearly one-fifth of the Dou Qi in Lin Feng’s Dou Crystal was consumed.

Shaking his head, he showed a wry smile:

”Though the Flame Mantra has infinite potential, its starting level is honestly kind of disgusting.”

After thinking for a moment, Lin Feng decided to first consume the medicinal pills he had prepared earlier—those that would temper his tendons and bones, stabilize his foundation, and improve his talent.

Then, he would proceed with the potential-replenishing and enhancement plan he had devised in advance.

He believed that after re-cultivating, not only could he eliminate all the latent side effects of the Life Devouring Pill he had taken before...

But he could also further enhance his cultivation talent and foundational strength.

With that thought, Lin Feng took out several jade bottles containing sixth-tier pills and swallowed one that tempered the bones and tendons.

As the medicinal effects activated within his body, streams of energy flowed through his muscles and bones, beginning an intense refinement.

Normally, this kind of tempering would be quite painful.

However, due to his body having been refined by countless rare treasures in the past...

He didn’t feel much pain at all.

Several hours later, after the effects of the pill had subsided, Lin Feng did not immediately consume another pill.

Instead, he began to acclimate himself to his current Dou Qi.

It wasn’t until the second day that Lin Feng continued taking the Foundation Nourishing medicinal pills.

On the third day, he resumed consuming the Talent Enhancing pills.

After finishing all the pills one by one, Lin Feng could clearly feel that not only had he—

Just then, he retrieved two fourth-tier pills.

These were upgraded versions of the second-tier Path Protecting Pill and Icy Heart Pill.

He had specifically prepared these to assist with absorbing beast flames.

After a slight pause, he retrieved another jade bottle from his storage ring.

Inside it were several Qi Recovery Pills.

The process of devouring flames would consume a significant amount of Dou Qi, so he had prepared these in advance just in case his Dou Qi ran low. With them, he could replenish himself quickly.

Once everything was ready, Lin Feng finally closed his eyes and let his consciousness sink slowly into his body.

Under the guidance of his spirit sense, the beast flame of the Rank 7 Blazing Flame Horned Lizard, located in his lower abdomen, was suddenly and forcefully expelled.

The expelled beast flame seemed momentarily stunned.

After cooperating with Lin Feng for more than a year, why had it suddenly been cast out?

However, Lin Feng had no time to dwell on such matters now.

Within his Dou Crystal, torrents of pale-yellow Dou Qi surged forth like a tidal wave, instantly enveloping the beast flame.

Then, under the guidance of his consciousness, he pulled the flame and directed it into the meridian pathways outlined in Flame Mantra.

As the Dou Qi wrapped around the beast flame, it appeared to sense the danger and began lashing out angrily at the surrounding energy.

Each outburst incinerated large amounts of Dou Qi into nothingness.

But within the Dou Crystal, Dou Qi was being pumped out endlessly.

No matter how fiercely the red flame burned, it couldn’t escape the Dou Qi’s encirclement.

At this moment, Lin Feng paid no attention to the flame’s resistance.

He was fully focused on guiding the Dou Qi, pulling the beast flame into a long, thread-like shape and quickly threading it through the Flame Mantra’s prescribed meridian paths.

As soon as the crimson flame entered his meridians, the searing heat made Lin Feng’s meridians quiver, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Beads of sweat gradually formed on his forehead.

Fortunately, thanks to his former status as a Dou Wang, the meridians in his body were extremely strong.

Although pain flared with every passing moment, it remained bearable.

A short while later, after the beast flame had traveled through about half of the Flame Mantra’s pathway...

Lin Feng could no longer endure it. He immediately grabbed the Path Protecting Pill beside him and swallowed it.

The moment the pill entered his mouth, it transformed into a stream of cool energy, quickly coursing from his throat into every meridian throughout his body.

Under Lin Feng’s conscious control, all the pathways involved in the Flame Mantra’s operation were coated with this faintly cold, white energy.

As the crimson beast flame continued advancing, the instant it touched that white energy, the collision of ice and heat released thick plumes of white smoke.

Still, that seemingly fragile white barrier successfully blocked all the heat released by the beast flame—

Shielding him from the scorching agony of being burned alive.

As the process continued, Lin Feng also took several Qi Recovery Pills to replenish his Dou Qi.

When the beast flame had nearly completed four-fifths of its journey through his meridians, Lin Feng felt a violent and frenzied will slowly begin to surface in his mind.

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