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Outside.
Sensing the sudden surge of energy fluctuations from within the cave, Xian'er and the other three all revealed joyful expressions.
"There's movement! It's energy waves!" Qing Lin called out excitedly. "Sister Xian'er, do you feel it too?"
"Mhm." Xian'er smiled and nodded. "With this kind of fluctuation, it's clear that Brother Yang is starting to break through."
All of them quietly let out a breath of relief.
They knew that Wei Yang had already reached the critical period where he would advance from peak Dou Huang toward Dou Zong.
Once this surge of energy completely disappeared, it would mark his successful advancement to the realm of Dou Zong.
Three days later.
Xian'er and the others still waited quietly in place. Some were sitting cross-legged in cultivation; others casually flipped through scrolls and books while standing guard.
Suddenly—without any warning—
The volcano crater above them trembled. The surrounding energy of heaven and earth suddenly surged like boiling water, violently fluctuating.
The four of them were startled, and they instantly locked onto the origin of the wave.
Unsurprisingly, it was coming from the direction of the cave where Wei Yang was secluded.
Around the volcano all the elemental energy had begun to stir restlessly, converging madly toward that single cave.
Moreover, the speed of this convergence was accelerating rapidly. By the end, a swirling, multicolored vortex of energy—dozens of meters in diameter—had already formed in mid-air above the volcano crater.
And the center of that vortex was none other than the cave where Wei Yang was cultivating.
It was as if all the energy in this area of heaven and earth, the entire volcano even, was being forcefully extracted and channeled into that one spot.
Even the boiling lava below seemed to show signs of cooling and solidifying, while the surrounding temperature dropped noticeably in an instant.
"Why does Brother Yang need such a terrifying amount of energy to break through?" Xian'er murmured in astonishment, her eyes wide.
"It's even more than I needed when I broke through," Qing Lin also muttered in surprise.
They had both experienced this stage before, and they understood just how much energy was required to advance into Dou Zong.
But still, Wei Yang's absorption seemed nearly insane—like a black hole devouring the world's energy.
Of course, what the two of them didn't know was...
When they advanced, one had relied on ingesting massive amounts of poison, reducing their dependence on external energy.
The other had three magical beast companions—Du Jiao, Big Eye, and Xiao Hong—helping her siphon heaven and earth energy, allowing Qing Lin herself to absorb very little.
And most importantly—neither of them had been cultivating Heaven Grade techniques.
Let alone cultivating while possessing the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
And the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame... was notoriously greedy.
Nicknamed "the rice bucket" for a reason.
Even with the Zong Breaking Pill Pill's immense energy backing him, Wei Yang still found it far from enough.
During his breakthrough, both the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame and the Black Sun Burning Heaven Art demanded an outrageous amount of energy.
On top of that, all incoming energy—whether from the Zong Breaking Pill Pill or the outside world—had to pass through these two filters and undergo purification.
A stream of energy as thick as a thumb… might be reduced to a strand thinner than a thread of wire by the time it made it through.
Then even that would be split again—because half of the refined energy would be consumed directly by the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
Wei Yang only received what was left.
As a result, the actual amount of usable energy he received was significantly reduced.
Heaven Grade cultivation techniques and Heavenly Flames were both massive consumers of energy.
But of course, this came with advantages.
A Heaven Grade cultivation technique refined energy far more thoroughly. The converted Dou Qi was of much higher quality.
This held endless benefits for Wei Yang.
With such exceptionally pure Dou Qi, his foundation would become much more solid than that of an ordinary Dou Zong.
And a strong foundation was absolutely crucial for reaching higher realms in the future.
Meanwhile, the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame's gluttony indirectly increased Wei Yang's combat power.
This was the main reason why Wei Yang's breakthrough required such an extreme, terrifying amount of energy compared to Xian'er and Qing Lin.
The multicolored energy vortex, primarily tinged red, rotated rapidly in the sky above.
The surrounding elemental energy from heaven and earth continued pouring in endlessly.
And over time, the vortex seemed to grow even more unsatisfied—its rate of absorption gradually intensifying.
Even the energy within several kilometers around the volcano had begun to faintly converge toward the vortex.
The vortex, like a predator devouring its prey, wildly absorbed the massive influx of energy and funneled it directly into the cave.
This was perhaps the very first time Wei Yang had operated a Heaven Grade cultivation technique so aggressively—to forcibly plunder energy on such a scale.
For a time, the roar of swirling energy echoed constantly above the crater. The wildly spinning energy vortex extended its pull in all directions, yanking in every trace of elemental energy nearby with brute force.
This caused the surrounding area, within several kilometers, to become violently unstable with energy fluctuations. The ripple effects were already beginning to spread outward at a rapid rate.
Witnessing this scene, Xian'er and the others couldn't help but have a subtle change in expression.
After all, this mountain range was home to countless magical beasts, and such creatures were incredibly sensitive to fluctuations in elemental energy.
If this level of intense energy disturbance continued unchecked, it might not only alarm beasts deep in the range—but even attract strong individuals from beyond the Black-Corner Region.
Although Xian'er and the others were unafraid of confrontation, if any battles were to break out and somehow disturb Wei Yang at this critical juncture...
The consequences would be disastrous.
"Let's go. Seal off the fluctuations!" Xian'er ordered in a calm but firm voice.
"Mm." The other three nodded in unison.
In the next moment, all four of them moved with perfect coordination, flying into the sky and taking up positions in the four directions around the volcano crater.
Their hands quickly began forming intricate hand seals.
As the complex afterimages of their seals flashed through the air, the space around the volcano began to ripple strangely—like water being stirred, sending wave after wave of distortion outward.
Moments later, the space within several kilometers became completely warped.
The multicolored energy vortex and the volcano itself gradually began to fade and blur under this spatial distortion.
The intense energy fluctuations were also being steadily masked.
As the spatial ripples grew increasingly chaotic, the expressions of the four cultivators became more solemn.
Finally—
Their hand seals suddenly shifted, and they shouted in near-unison: "Spatial Seal!"
Buzz—
The surrounding space abruptly solidified, as if the entire world had frozen over in ice.
A strange wave of energy immediately spread outward, eventually engulfing the volcano and the several kilometers around it.
And with that wave of sealing energy, all the violent elemental disturbances and energy fluctuations from the vortex were completely hidden from the outside world.
The four of them let out a breath of relief after completing the task.
Hovering mid-air, they glanced downward—only to find that the landscape below had turned completely empty and still.
The volcano that had clearly existed moments ago… had mysteriously disappeared.
Now, when viewed from above, the terrain looked perfectly ordinary—seamlessly blending with the scenery beyond, like a mirror image of the surrounding mountains.
A volcano that had obviously existed… now looked as though it had never been there at all.
The four of them descended slowly, their movements calm.
But just as they reached a certain boundary line—
The space around them rippled slightly, and their figures slowly faded from sight.
——
Above the "vanished" volcano
The distorted space fluctuated, and the four figures reappeared, emerging from within a spatial barrier, hovering high above once more.
They looked down and saw that massive, multicolored energy vortex still rotating madly above the crater inside the barrier.
At this point, all fluctuations had been perfectly sealed within the spatial formation.
Qing Lin smiled as she raised her delicate hand to wipe the light sheen of sweat from her smooth forehead. She was only a One-Star Dou Zong, and had just recently broken through, so the effort of helping execute a large-scale spatial seal was no small burden.
However, her mood at this moment couldn't be better. A small sense of pride had welled up within her heart.
Because—after all this time she was no longer just a burden.
She could finally lend a hand to her young master.
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