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"Roar~"
As its core flame was continuously devoured by Xiao Lin, the roars of the fire python formed by the Fallen Heart Flame gradually weakened. After an unknown amount of time, the body of the fire python had shrunk by nearly half.
As for the roars, they had long since ceased.
Clearly, seeing that it could not break free, the fire python formed by the Fallen Heart Flame had simply given up.
Furthermore, under the condition of its core flame being continuously devoured by Xiao Lin, the Fallen Heart Flame's intelligence was constantly dissipating.
Finally, at the moment when the Fallen Heart Flame's intelligence was about to turn completely chaotic, Xiao Lin stopped his absorption of its core flame. Along with this, Xiao Lin also released the restrictions on the fire python.
The moment those dense rune chains vanished, the fire python formed by the Fallen Heart Flame did not hesitate for a single second; it dove headfirst back into the magma world!
It never wanted to see this devil Xiao Lin ever again!
At this moment, the Fallen Heart Flame felt incomparable regret for its action of striking the seal.
In the end, let alone breaking the seal, even the core flame it had painstakingly strengthened over the past few years thanks to the Spirit Gathering Formation had been devoured by Xiao Lin in a single stroke, sending it back to square one.
Its life was just too hard!
Therefore, the moment Xiao Lin gave up the restrictions on the fire python, it fled without a second thought.
As for Xiao Lin, after letting the fire python return to the magma world, he closed his eyes and sat cross-legged alone directly above this magma world. At the same time, the Dou Qi on Xiao Lin's body was constantly fluctuating.
That's right—after devouring a portion of the Fallen Heart Flame's core flame, Xiao Lin's Dou Qi realm was about to begin its breakthrough!
Previously, when Xiao Lin was in the Sky Serpent Empire, he had broken through from an Eight-Star Dou Zong to a Nine-Star Dou Zong after drinking the Red Flame Celestial Liquid and refining it with the help of the Heavenly Water Cold Pond.
Not much time had passed, yet he was actually about to break through again!
Since Xiao Lin was already a Nine-Star Dou Zong, his next breakthrough was obviously to become a Dou Zun—a level representing the truly powerful experts of the entire Dou Qi Continent!
One must know that a Dou Zun expert is sufficient to establish a sect even in the Central Plains, where experts gather like clouds.
In the Central Plains, among the bottom-tier first-rate forces like the Four Pavilion, there is at most only one Dou Zun expert in the sect, and usually only a low-to-mid-level Dou Zun.
In other words, once Xiao Lin broke through, he could completely establish a power no less than the Four Pavilion in that place of outstanding people, rich recore flames, and gathered experts.
Of course, this premise did not include the Falling Star Pavilion when Yao Lao was still around. But even so, it proved the gold standard of the Dou Zun realm.
After all, in the entire Dou Qi Continent—not counting Magical Beasts and excluding the eight ancient clans—there aren't many wild Dou Sheng.
Now, after devouring a portion of the Fallen Heart Flame's core flame, Xiao Lin was preparing for the breakthrough to Dou Zun.
As time passed, the aura around Xiao Lin's body continued to rise!
Soon, the rising aura reached a critical threshold.
One could say that as long as he crossed this threshold, the Dou Zun realm would be beckoning to Xiao Lin. However, breaking through to Dou Zun was not such an easy task after all.
As Xiao Lin cultivated, a month's time passed by.
The riot in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower above had long since ended as the Fallen Heart Flame returned to the magma world. The teachers and students who had taken refuge in the Peace Town had also returned to Jia Nan Academy.
The development of Jia Nan Academy had also returned to the right track.
However, because Xiao Lin had been inside for over a month, several acquaintances, including Grand Elder Su Qian, began to worry about Xiao Lin's safety.
If it weren't for the fact that the Fire Sealing Grand Formation was being controlled by Xiao Lin and was still continuously operating, Grand Elder Su Qian would likely have broken the seal to go down and look for him.
Because the Fire Sealing Grand Formation was still being manually controlled, Grand Elder Su Qian realized that Xiao Lin was still safe.
Just like that, after approximately another two months or so, Xiao Lin, who had been cultivating at the bottom of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, finally opened his eyes at a certain moment.
"Boom"
At the same time, a violent wave of Dou Qi swept out in all directions with Xiao Lin as the center!
Even the magma world below was affected by the Dou Qi Xiao Lin unconsciously emitted, causing pillars of fire to surge upward. However, before these fire pillars could touch Xiao Lin's body, they were blocked by the Dou Qi radiating from him.
Furthermore, after Xiao Lin unconsciously emitted an aura that surpassed the Nine-Star Dou Zong realm, the space around him seemed to be affected, becoming warped and distorted.
"Crack"
In the next second, the space around Xiao Lin shattered like a mirror.
Yet, Xiao Lin, standing within this shattered space, was not affected in the slightest!
At this moment, the mysterious and unpredictable power of space surrounded Xiao Lin.
That spatial power, which he could only barely utilize during the Dou Zong realm, now seemed to have transformed into his sharpest sword and his sturdiest shield in his hands!
"Phew~"
After feeling his own state, Xiao Lin exhaled a mouthful of turbid air with a calm expression. However, despite his surface calmness, the joy in his eyes—which reflected the radiance of the stars—could not be hidden.
"Dou Zun, it is done!"
Opening his hands, Xiao Lin no longer suppressed the emotions in his heart.
That's right, with the help of devouring a portion of the Fallen Heart Flame's core flame, Xiao Lin had spent three months at the bottom of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and finally successfully broke through to the Dou Zun realm!
From now on, Xiao Lin could finally say that he was a powerhouse of a region!
It was no exaggeration to say that if one excluded the factor of the Hun Clan, with Xiao Lin's current Dou Zun realm, he could completely act as a hegemon in the Northwestern Region.
The strength of the Dou Zun realm indeed gave Xiao Lin such capital. To be honest, Xiao Lin had not expected to have such an opportunity this time, breaking directly into the Dou Zun realm.
It must be said, what he originally thought was a side effect of the Spirit Gathering Array had instead become his greatest benefit this time!
The Fallen Heart Flame used the effect of the Spirit Gathering Formation to strengthen its core flame, and Xiao Lin relied on devouring a portion of that core flame to successfully break through to the Dou Zun realm.
Which he previously didn't know when he would reach. Was this not a case of a blessing in disguise?
At one point, Xiao Lin even thought that he should let the Fallen Heart Flame's core flame continue to grow, so as to prepare for harvesting its core flame again in the future to increase his strength.
One wonders if the Fallen Heart Flame would be so angry that its intelligence would dissipate on the spot if it knew about Xiao Lin's "inhumane" thoughts?
It can only be said that sometimes, Xiao Lin was indeed quite "inhumane."
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