While the player is in Battle Through the Heavens, the system is in The Great Ruler.

Chapter 41 Breakthrough, Nine-Star Great Dou Master!

After a while,

Lu Yu slowly opened his eyes, deliberately feigning confusion, and said, "Senior, this cultivation technique..."

The old man stroked his beard and smiled: "What? Do you feel it's too compatible with your method of shaping spiritual veins?"

His eyes gleamed with excitement as he said, "I have traveled the continent for hundreds of years, and I originally thought that the idea of ​​the Burning Technique was extremely bold. I never expected that there would be such a wonderful method in the world."

He floated to Xiao Yan's side, his speech unconsciously quickening as he continued, "The biggest flaw of the Burning Flame Technique is its slow early-stage cultivation; it requires absorbing multiple different kinds of strange flames to reveal its true potential. But with this method of shaping spiritual veins..."

The old doctor paused, pointed to the jade slip, and said with a smile, "As long as you find the first strange fire to create a spiritual vein, Little Yanzi, even if you can't find other strange fires for the time being, your cultivation speed will definitely not be slow!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up with excitement.

But then he seemed to realize something, and shook his head with a wry smile, saying, "But teacher, isn't the hardest part finding the first strange fire? We don't even have one yet..."

The illusory figure of the old apothecary paused slightly, then chuckled and said, "Foolish child, do you think my experience over the years is just for show?"

With a flick of his illusory finger, a soul message entered Xiao Yan's mind: "As far as I know, there is a strange flame in the Pill Tower of Central State, and several other places..."

"Don't be impatient, take your time, your teacher will accompany you in your search."

"There is always a way out; there will always be a day when your wishes come true."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded emphatically, the disappointment in his eyes gradually replaced by determination.

Seeing Xiao Yan regain his confidence, Lu Yu nodded inwardly, then straightened his sleeves, cupped his hands in a salute, and said, "Senior Yao, Brother Yan, it's late, so I'll take my leave now."

The illusory figure of the old medicine master nodded slightly: "Go. You must have gained a lot from this trip; you need to digest it properly."

Stepping out of the back mountain, a night breeze caressed his face. Lu Yu looked up at the starry sky, silently planning his next cultivation journey.

He thought to himself, "There are still more than two months until the Canaan Academy's enrollment period. I need to speed up my cultivation..."

……

After returning to the room,

Lu Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, and with a flick of his wrist, two pill bottles appeared in his palm.

The bottle contained the Purple Heart Breakthrough Pill, a peak fourth-grade pill, whose value was comparable to an ordinary fifth-grade pill. This pill was most effective for Great Dou Masters; consuming one would increase their strength by one star.

What's most remarkable is that two pills can be taken consecutively within the same realm without developing significant drug resistance.

Lu Yu stared at the pill bottle, his mind churning. He had indeed considered asking Gu He for the sixth-grade pill as payment, but after careful consideration, he abandoned the idea.

While sixth-grade pills are desirable, they are far too unattainable for him at his current level. Even if he were to acquire one, he would struggle to keep it given his current strength, and it might even bring him trouble.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to directly exchange for pills that can improve current strength and accelerate cultivation.

"It's still because of insufficient strength. If the realm were higher, there would be no need to act so cautiously."

Lu Yu murmured to himself, a resolute glint in his eyes. Without hesitation, he uncorked the bottle and popped a Purple Heart Breakthrough Pill into his mouth.

"Gudong-"

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into a warm, gentle current that flowed slowly along his meridians. He immediately held his breath and concentrated, circulating the Great Floating Pagoda Technique carefully to guide the medicinal power through his body.

Three hours later, after the first pill had been fully absorbed, he had broken through to the eighth-star Great Dou Master. Without hesitation, he took out the second pill and swallowed it.

This time, the instant the pill entered his stomach, an even more violent energy suddenly erupted, raging through his meridians like a raging torrent. Lu Yu groaned, his forehead instantly covered in fine beads of sweat, but he still gritted his teeth and focused all his energy on refining the pill.

"boom!"

With a muffled thud within his body, an invisible barrier shattered. Surging battle qi, like water bursting its banks, flowed ceaselessly through his meridians. Lu Yu suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze flashing with intense light—a nine-star Grand Dou Master, he had achieved it!
"call……"

"At this rate, I should be able to break through to the Dou Ling level before Canaan Academy starts." Lu Yu exhaled a breath of turbid air, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

He then focused his mind and looked inward, observing the faintly visible pagoda within his body.

Seeing that its condensation level was less than 30%, he shook his head and sighed, "Once we get to Canaan Academy, the condensation speed of this pagoda should be much faster."

The pagoda created through the Great Floating Pagoda Technique is essentially an energy creation.

Since the Fallen Heart Flame can temper battle qi, it can certainly temper the Floating Pagoda as well, thereby accelerating the condensation of the Floating Pagoda.

If he remembered correctly, Mu Chen had used the power of heavenly lightning in the Thunder Domain of the Northern Cang Spiritual Academy to accelerate the condensation of the Floating Pagoda, thus stepping into the Tower Transformation Realm in the late stage of the Divine Soul Realm and condensing the Floating Pagoda.

The Thunder Domain of the Northern Cang Spiritual Academy is a treasure land for cultivation. The power of heavenly thunder within it has the effect of refining spiritual power, which is similar to the Fallen Heart Flame of Canaan Academy.

"It would be even better if we could obtain the complete Fallen Heart Flame..."

"Perhaps after refining it, it can be directly tempered and condensed into a pagoda."

Lu Yu tapped the edge of the bed with his fingertips, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and thought to himself, "The Blood Lotus Pill and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring are ready. We'll just have to act according to the situation."

"The best option is to obtain the mature Fallen Heart Flame from the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. Even if that fails, the nascent form in the hands of Venerable Heavenly Flame is also a good choice."

"At that time, we can exchange some treasures that are beneficial to the growth of the strange fire through the simulator, and then feed it until it matures."

Thinking of this, Lu Yu gently stroked his storage ring. With the simulator in hand, ordinary strange fires were of little use to him.

However, we must plan for strange flames that can assist in cultivation, such as the Fallen Heart Flame, or those with special effects, such as the Pure Lotus Demon Flame or the Void Devouring Flame.

"but……"

Lu Yu frowned slightly, feeling the somewhat unstable fluctuations of his battle qi, and muttered to himself, "I still need to hone my cultivation first."

A glint flashed in his eyes, and as if suddenly remembering something, he took out a fiery red jade bottle from his storage ring. The bottle was warm, and five lotus seeds shimmering with a bluish light could be vaguely seen floating quietly inside—these were the byproducts of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.

"This item contains the essence of earth fire, perhaps..."

A thoughtful look flashed in Lu Yu's eyes. He took out a lotus seed and swallowed it without hesitation.

The moment the lotus seed entered his stomach, the Earth Core Flame within his body suddenly throbbed violently, pouncing on the lotus seed like a hungry wolf. Layers of azure-red flames enveloped the lotus seed, slowly drawing out wisps of pure Earth Fire power and merging them into the flame.

"It really works!"

Lu Yu was overjoyed. He saw that after absorbing the power of the earth fire, the bluish-red color at the core of the Earth Core Flame became even deeper, and the flames became even more intense.

He immediately guided the mature Earth Core Flame to circulate throughout his meridians. Wherever the scorching fire waves passed, the ethereal battle qi was repeatedly tempered, gradually becoming more solid and flowing more smoothly and freely.

Time slipped away quietly as I focused on my practice...

The next day, early in the morning.

Lu Yu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air. At this moment, not only was his realm completely stable, but his internal fighting spirit was also purer than before his breakthrough due to the repeated tempering by the strange fire.

After absorbing the essence of earth fire from the three lotus seeds, the crimson and blue color at the heart of the Earth Core Flame became even deeper. Although it did not evolve again, its power increased considerably.

"There are two lotus seeds left..."

Lu Yu gently stroked the warm jade bottle, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.

He pondered for a moment, then put the jade bottle back into his storage ring: "It would be more appropriate to save it for when I'm stabilizing my realm after the next breakthrough."

"The method for creating a different kind of fire vein should also be sent to Xun'er..."

(End of this chapter)