Actually, the original Dou Qi attribute possessed by Xiao Lin was Earth.
Normally speaking, the Dou Qi he cultivated would contain the Earth attribute. However, now that Xiao Lin had switched to cultivating the Starry Canon that he had researched and developed himself, his own Dou Qi attribute had naturally transformed into Star Dou Qi.
Star Dou Qi was a type of Dou Qi that allowed for both offense and defense.
Whether it was used to strike others or for protection, it possessed impressive power. Additionally, regarding this Starry Canon, a Mid-Level Earth Class cultivation technique, there was actually still room for improvement.
However, restricted by Xiao Lin's own cultivation, trying to improve it further was currently very difficult. Of course, if it were simply a matter of upgrading it from Mid-Level Earth Class to High-Level Earth Class, Xiao Lin still had the confidence to achieve it.
After all, the word "Heaven" in the early-stage Heaven Realm soul carried weight; it originally corresponded to the cultivation of a Dou Sheng. Therefore, using the soul power of the Heaven Realm to research and create a High-Level Earth Class cultivation technique was still doable.
However, after thinking for a moment, Xiao Lin gave up on the idea.
Because that would be an act where the loss outweighed the gain!
One must know that in the process of upgrading the Starlight Art into the Starry Canon, Xiao Lin had previously spent roughly only one year to upgrade it to Low-Level Earth Class. Here, it must be said once again: the Heaven Realm soul is truly useful!
Even giving him the cultivation of a Dou Zun, he might not necessarily be able to achieve all this in just one year, but a Heaven Realm soul could. It had to be said, a powerful soul was indeed a bug!
It was just that at that time, Xiao Lin was still not satisfied with a Low-Level Earth Class cultivation technique and wanted to go one step further, so he subsequently spent another four years to upgrade it to Mid-Level Earth Class.
Xiao Lin was ultimately restricted by his own strength. Even with the bug-like ability of a Heaven Realm soul, his cultivation being too low still prevented the process of researching and creating techniques from being entirely smooth sailing.
Think about it: Xiao Lin had created the Low-Level Earth Class Starry Canon in just one year, yet it actually took four years to upgrade it to Mid-Level Earth Class.
If nothing unexpected happened, if Xiao Lin wanted to upgrade the Starry Canon to High-Level Earth Class, it would take at least ten years or so to possibly achieve it, or perhaps even longer.
But if Xiao Lin first used the Mid-Level Earth Class Starry Canon to cultivate to Dou Zong or even Dou Zun, and then upgraded the Starry Canon to High-Level Earth Class, it might not even require a single year!
This was what was meant by the loss outweighing the gain. Because the time invested and the benefits harvested were not proportional. That was why Xiao Lin gave up on further deduction after researching the Starry Canon to the Mid-Level Earth Class.
No, one shouldn't say he gave up; it should be said he temporarily set it aside!
Once his Dou Qi cultivation caught up in the future, he would naturally continue the deduction. As for asking why he didn't think about deducing toward a Heaven Class cultivation technique?
That was dreaming!
Not to mention that the birth of every Heaven Class cultivation technique required the baptism of a Lightning Tribulation, the ability of such Heaven Class cultivation techniques to manipulate the power of the world was not something he could create simply by possessing a Heaven Realm soul.
If Xiao Lin truly wanted to deduce the Starry Canon into a Heaven Class cultivation technique, he would at least need to raise his soul power by another level and possess the cultivation of a peak Dou Zun before there was even a slight possibility of success.
Clearly, all of this was still far away for Xiao Lin.
After all, Xiao Lin was not an Alchemist and did not have a specialized Soul Cultivation Technique. To upgrade his soul power from early-stage Heaven Realm to mid-stage was something that might take an unknown number of years.
Therefore, Xiao Lin wasn't considering those things at all right now.
"Whew~, for the current me, the Mid-Level Earth Class Starry Canon is already enough for my cultivation. Next, it's about the improvement of my Dou Qi cultivation..."
With a cultivation technique in hand and soul power unable to be raised for the time being, the only thing Xiao Lin could improve was his own Dou Qi level.
During these five years, although Xiao Lin focused mainly on creating the Starry Canon, his Dou Qi level had similarly improved. After all, when you create a cultivation technique, don't you always have to try cultivating it yourself?
Otherwise, how would you know if the cultivation technique you created is usable?
Furthermore, the cultivation technique Xiao Lin cultivated had changed from Low-Level Xuan Class to Mid-Level Earth Class; no matter what, his Dou Qi level was bound to improve, and this improvement was not low!
One should know that the greatest benefit of increasing a cultivation technique's grade was the increase in the speed at which one could absorb Dou Qi.
Because of the powerful effects of the Starry Canon, during these five years, even though Xiao Lin didn't intentionally focus on cultivating, his Dou Qi level had risen to the peak of a Nine-Star Dou Ling and could break into the level of a Dou Wang at any time!
This was the benefit a high-level cultivation technique brought to a person.
"Then, since the cultivation technique has already been created, it's time to put all my effort into cultivating!"
This was Xiao Lin's most genuine thought at the moment.
One must know that previously, Xiao Lin had focused on researching and creating the cultivation technique; as for cultivation, at most it could only be considered as a way to verify if the cultivation technique was perfect.
Now that the cultivation technique was finished, what else was there to do but cultivate?
It could be said that after awakening his past life's memories, Xiao Lin became very insecure!
Thinking of the grand momentum of the future, Xiao Lin knew that only by possessing enough power to protect himself could he possibly survive until the end and then cling to his grandson's thigh to ascend.
If his strength wasn't enough and he couldn't even survive until the grand finale, then what was the point of talking about ascending to the Great Thousand World?
As for asking why Xiao Lin didn't think of a way to break through to become a Dou Di himself? Don't be joking.
After discovering that he did not possess Fire attribute Dou Qi and could not cultivate the Flame Mantra, the realm of Dou Di was completely disconnected from him.
According to the content of the original story, to reach the realm of Dou Di, without some strange system cheat, there were actually only two ways. First, cultivate the Flame Mantra and then obtain the inheritance of the Tou She Ancient Emperor.
Second, the embryionic Tier Emperor pill. However, an embryionic Tier Emperor pill was ultimately not a true Di Tier Pill and had no way to directly help others become a Dou Di. As for turning an embryionic Tier Emperor pill into a completed pill, Xiao Lin simply couldn't do it! Besides, even if he could, Xiao Lin knew he wasn't as decisive as Hun Tiandi, who directly sacrificed more than half of his entire clan's combat power. Therefore, these two paths to becoming a Dou Di were simply impassable for Xiao Lin!
Since that was the case, clinging to his grandson's thigh was Xiao Lin's best choice. Who told him to be the grandfather of the protagonist, Xiao Yan?
He still understood the logic that when one person attains the Dao, even his pets ascend to heaven. Thus, Xiao Lin's goal was also very simple: to survive until the grand finale. To survive until the grand finale, becoming "a little bit" stronger was a must.
"To stay alive, then let's work hard at cultivating!"
After whispering quietly, Xiao Lin entered a state of cultivation.
Unless necessary, Xiao Lin did not plan to do any extra things besides cultivating. Even the position of General of the Jia Ma Empire that he currently held, Xiao Lin intended to find a time to resign.
To Xiao Lin, as long as he didn't die from practicing, he would practice until he died!