Battle Through the Heaven: Purple Heaven

As Xiao Bai pondered his path, the five thunder seeds within his dantian erupted in a blaze of five-colored lightning. The radiant hues intertwined, transforming the entire qi sea into a hazy orb of multicolored light that filled his dantian completely.

Xiao Bai sensed he could halt this transformation, but he chose not to.

His arrival had already disrupted the world's original trajectory. He had no absolute certainty of reaching the Dou Di realm. But to stand idly by, knowing the world's destined course, and let events unfold as in the original story—that was something he couldn't do.

After all, who wouldn't want to glimpse the view from the highest peak, having crossed into this world?

Especially since he wasn't empty-handed. With the talisman in his possession, stirring things up was a must. Lying in wait for Xiao Yan to ascend to Dou Di? Who knew if his life would hold out long enough?

His past-life experiences had taught him that being a close ally of the protagonist was a perilous role. In this world where the strong reigned supreme, death didn't always come from deliberate malice. A stray shockwave from a battle between titans could reduce the weak to ash.

A speck of dust falling from the heights of the powerful was like a mountain crushing those below.

So, he had to grow stronger. That's why he took the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade—to delay Hun Tian Di's ascent to Dou Di and buy himself time.

Hun Tian Di's ruthlessness was terrifying. If he became Dou Di, no one could guarantee their survival. As long as Hun Tian Di didn't ascend, there was still room to maneuver. After all, the continent still had Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, two peak Dou Sheng powerhouses capable of rivaling him.

Since the original plan of steadily fusing one thunder seed per realm offered no guarantee of reaching Dou Di, this unexpected opportunity was worth embracing. There was no need to stop it.

The moment the hazy orb in his dantian took shape, a tremendous devouring force surged from it. The vast silver lightning Dou Qi in Xiao Bai's body roared like a mighty river, flooding through his meridians and pouring into the orb.

In mere moments, every trace of Dou Qi in his body was consumed by the orb.

Xiao Bai blinked, unaccustomed to the sudden emptiness. But as the orb absorbed all his Dou Qi, it emitted a misty aura. In a fleeting moment, Xiao Bai felt an illusion—a faint shadow projected from the orb, as if it were a tiny, nascent space.

The shadow was faint, vanishing quickly, like a malnourished embryo unable to fully form.

Before he could dwell on it, a surge of pure, multicolored Dou Qi flooded back from the orb, even more swiftly than it had consumed. It coursed through his meridians, spreading to every corner of his body.

His aura began to climb.

Dou Zhe.

Dou Shi.

Up to Two-Star Dou Wang—the level he'd reached after refining the Gui Water Yin Thunder. Yet the energy surging from his dantian didn't stop. Waves of immensely refined, multicolored energy poured in with even greater intensity.

Three-Star Dou Wang.

Four-Star Dou Wang.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Bai's presence radiated the might of an Eight-Star Dou Wang. The orb continued to supply energy, and his aura kept rising.

"No way it'll push me to Dou Huang, will it?" Xiao Bai muttered, his eyes glinting as he focused on controlling the surging multicolored energy. He peered inward at the misty, five-colored orb in his dantian.

Fearing an unstable foundation from such rapid breakthroughs, he tried compressing the Dou Qi, but no matter how he pressed, the multicolored energy remained unyielding. Its quality was extraordinarily high, several times greater than his previous silver Dou Qi.

As time passed, his aura shattered a barrier, reaching Nine-Star Dou Wang. Yet the orb continued to pulse with vast energy.

"Let's see your limit!" Xiao Bai declared, now genuinely eager. Since this Dou Qi was of such exceptional quality, eliminating concerns about an unstable foundation, he'd embrace the breakthrough.

Push me to Dou Di if you can!

But as soon as the words left his mouth, the orb's outpouring of Dou Qi weakened abruptly. After releasing one final strand of multicolored energy, it flickered and shattered. The five thunder seeds returned to their five-directional arrangement, hovering silently in his dantian's qi sea.

"...!" Xiao Bai was speechless.

As the last thread of Dou Qi flowed into his meridians, he closed his eyes, quietly sensing the changes in his body.

Strong.

Incredibly strong.

If I fought my old self now, I could take on ten of me!

He felt an urge to challenge Great Elder Su Qian to a duel right then and there. Shaking his head, he dismissed the thought. Getting cocky!

He knew this was the illusion of power surging too quickly.

Nine-Star Dou Wang, at the very peak.

He could clearly sense the barrier to Dou Huang just ahead, as if a single push could break it.

Raising a hand, a strand of five-colored lightning Dou Qi materialized in his palm. Xiao Bai examined it closely, marveling.

He could sense the auras of all five thunder seeds within it. This new five-colored lightning Dou Qi combined the traits of Little Yi and the others, a perfect fusion of five into one.

"No wonder I couldn't compress it. This is a five-in-one Dou Qi. With my current cultivation, there's no way I could suppress it!"

A grin spread across Xiao Bai's face. He was thoroughly pleased with this new five-colored lightning Dou Qi.

"From now on, you'll be called Five Elements Lightning Dou Qi!"

After studying it further and gaining a deeper understanding, Xiao Bai recalled the energy into his body.

"Time to head out."

Standing, he stretched lazily, his body crackling like popping beans. As the sound echoed, he carefully assessed the changes in his physical form.

Clenching a fist, he swung with force. The air before him compressed under the gust, forming an invisible air cannon.

Boom!

A stalactite dozens of meters long shattered, scattering debris and raising a cloud of dust. The sonic boom and the sound of breaking stone reverberated through the underground world.

But Xiao Bai paid no mind to the air cannon's power or the shattered stalactite. His eyes were fixed on his clenched fist, shock written across his face as he muttered, "Just now… was that space distorting?"

"Did I almost break space with my physical strength?!"

In this world, affecting space typically required the Dou Qi attacks of a high-tier Dou Huang, often augmented by powerful Dou Techniques. Yet he hadn't used a shred of Five Elements Lightning Dou Qi—just the raw force of his fist.

"I didn't expect the biggest change this time would be my physique!"

After a moment, Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze from his fist, exhaling a turbid breath.

"The gains this time are just too immense."

He shook his head. He'd anticipated benefits from mastering the five elements, but the results far exceeded his expectations.

Yet, recalling the faint message transmitted from the orb as it released its final strand of energy, his elation dimmed.

Received the benefits, huh? But now, not only will there be no more free rides, I've got hard labor ahead!

He stared at the five thunder seeds, now arranged in the five directions within his dantian, their lights intertwining. A wry smile tugged at his lips.

Where the hell am I supposed to find that much five-elemental energy for you to absorb? And it has to be balanced! Just boosting fire and converting it to the other four won't cut it!

The sheer volume of five-elemental energy required was staggering, and it demanded perfect balance through mutual generation. When would he ever gather enough?

Worse, if the fire element grew too dominant, it could disrupt the other four. The five elements didn't just nurture each other—they could also counter one another.

"Forget it. One step at a time. I chose this path, and even if I have to crawl, I'll climb to the top!"

The thought of the needed elemental energy gave him a headache, but he refused to believe the Dou Qi Continent held no solutions.

As he steeled himself, scouring his memories of the original story for answers, a sudden stir arose in his five viscera. Frowning, he looked inward. His organs, now like crystalline furnaces radiating translucent light from their prior enhancement by the five elements, were glowing intensely, as if something were about to burst forth.

"What now?"

Xiao Bai rubbed his temples. This was his body, yet he had no clue what was happening with his organs.

Under his focused gaze, five radiant beams, imbued with a mystical aura, emerged from his viscera.

As he stared at the beams, a sense of familiarity struck him. His thoughts raced, and realization dawned.

"This… it's the culprit that suppressed me for five years during the Dou Zhi Qi stage—the five-colored stream from the talisman!"

His expression grew complex. That stream had held him back for five years but had also protected him, enabling him to integrate the five thunder seeds. He'd nearly forgotten its existence until it reappeared now.

"That's right. With the thunder seeds leaving my viscera, its purpose must be complete. Is it returning to the talisman?"

Watching the now-coalesced, faintly glowing stream, Xiao Bai had a moment of clarity.

But events didn't unfold as he expected. Instead of returning to the talisman in his sea of consciousness, the stream flared brilliantly.

In an instant, five-colored light burst from Xiao Bai's body, illuminating the underground stalactite world in a dazzling array of colors. The radiance surged upward, piercing the cave's ceiling and the mountain rock above. A colossal five-colored pillar, far thicker than the previous yellow one, shot into the sky, shattering clouds and becoming visible to Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others outside.

"What is that?" Little Gold Dragon's eyes widened in shock at the towering five-colored pillar. "No, not again!"

Sensing its origin stirring within, it recalled the valley incident, where a strange devouring force had repelled it. Fear flashed in its eyes, and with a burst of golden light, it fled at top speed.

Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian stared at the pillar, their Dou Qi trembling. Xun Er felt that, without her father's seal, her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame might have burst forth. Xiao Yi Xian's face flushed as she struggled to circulate her Dou Qi against the pillar's devouring pull.

At Jia Nan Academy, countless students gaped at the sudden pillar rising from the back mountains, feeling their Dou Qi threatening to escape. Panic-stricken, they sat cross-legged, frantically circulating their techniques to resist the eerie sensation.

As all eyes turned to the sky-piercing pillar, thick, dark clouds gathered above the azure sky. A howling wind roared, shaking the heavens.

At the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, Su Qian, locked in battle with the invisible fire python, noticed it pause, its massive head turning toward a direction with a hint of fear in its eyes. Seizing the chance to strike, Su Qian suddenly sensed something himself. His cloudy gaze seemed to pierce the void, locking onto the same direction as the python's.

"A phenomenon of heaven and earth… a Tian Class technique or skill is being born!"

As Su Qian stood stunned, Xun Er gazed at the sky's abrupt transformation, her lips parting in disbelief. "Tian Class?"

Xiao Yi Xian, sweat beading on her forehead, gasped, her eyes wide as she looked at Xun Er.

Xun Er's eyes blazed, fixed on the pillar, her face flushed with excitement. "Phenomena of heaven and earth generally arise in three cases," she explained.

"First, the birth of a high-tier pill, which triggers a phenomenon and summons pill lightning.

Second, reaching a certain cultivation realm can cause a phenomenon, but that's a legend from ancient times. In today's Dou Qi Continent, almost no one can achieve it, though some magical beasts' births still trigger such events.

The third is the birth of a Tian Class technique or skill. This isn't about rediscovering an existing technique but creating one from nothing—a technique or skill that has never existed on the Dou Qi Continent. Those who've triggered such phenomena in the past were the creators of every Tian Class technique or skill."

"There's no scent of a pill here, so it's not a pill's birth. As for a cultivation-induced phenomenon, even in Central Plains, such figures are rare. So…"

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes widened, her hands flying to her mouth as she gasped, "You mean Xiao Bai created a Tian Class technique or skill?"

"Exactly!" Xun Er nodded, her heart swelling with joy, her face radiant with pride.

She hadn't expected Xiao Bai to deliver such a shock. Historically, only Dou Sheng powerhouses could create Tian Class techniques or skills. Yet her Xiao Bai, barely nineteen, had achieved this feat. How could she not be proud?

In this generation—nay, in the entire history of the Dou Qi Continent—no one at nineteen had ever triggered a phenomenon of heaven and earth.

Boom!

Under countless gazes, the five-colored pillar piercing the clouds trembled slightly. At its apex, a vague, majestic figure stood firmly in the air, commanding the heavens.

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