Reborn as Huo Yuhao, but also in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 50 Breakthrough

Chapter Fifty: Breakthrough in Realm

The heavy rain continued throughout the morning. It wasn't until the afternoon that the blazing sun finally broke through the heavy clouds.

Inside the cave, Huo Yuhao gently took out a clean set of bedding from his storage ring and carefully placed the sleeping Little Fairy Doctor on it.

Taking out a few magic cores, Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to create a blade, and with a slight outline, set up a simple warning array around Little Fairy Doctor.

After doing all this, Huo Yuhao slowly walked out of the cave, took a deep breath of the air after the rain, looked up and gazed into the distance, his eyes drawing a rainbow in the sky.

After a long while, Huo Yuhao lowered his head, spread out his right hand, examined the palm lines for a while, and then slowly clenched his fist.

[The Heart of the Dead - Released]!

The gray mist deep within the soul suddenly dissipated. Not only the gray mist that had just merged into the soul, but also the same gray mist that had lingered deep within the soul for countless years, vanished along with it.

Huo Yuhao clutched his chest, letting the familiar tearing and pain burn fiercely within him.

However, this time, they did not continue to spread. Instead, they gradually died down, turning into a seed that sank deep into Huo Yuhao's heart.

For some reason, Huo Yuhao suddenly felt like laughing, and so he just laughed out loud. The laughter was very soft, so soft that it didn't even wake the Little Fairy Doctor who was standing right next to him. Yet it carried a strange rhythm and spread far and wide.

Every living being that heard this sound, whether it was a lurking monster or a plant covered in raindrops, seemed to be infused with vitality and instantly became much more lively.

Huo Yuhao glanced at the sky again; the sun was already setting. He turned and went back into the cave, his gaze falling on Little Fairy Doctor's sleeping face. Suddenly, he slapped his forehead and chuckled, "There's no formation here, just a few steps away. This cave isn't dangerous."

He sat down beside her, took out a blank scroll from his storage ring, and focused his spiritual power on his fingertips to draw a magic circle on it.

……

The sun had already set, and the campfire at the cave entrance flickered, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Inside the cave, Little Fairy Doctor threw back the covers, sat up, and tidied her slightly disheveled hair. Then, rubbing her eyes, she followed the firelight and fragrance toward the cave entrance.

"Why didn't you call me when you ate?" The voice was slurred, with a hint of complaint.

"You were sleeping so soundly, I didn't want to wake you." Huo Yuhao turned to Little Fairy Doctor and waved, "Are you hungry? The fish I just grilled is still warm, come and eat."

Seeing Little Fairy Doctor sit down in a daze, Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, flicked his fingernail with a cool breeze, and precisely tapped the back of her neck.

"oops!"

"Hehe, are you more awake now?" Huo Yuhao chuckled, picking up a pebble and flicking it at Xiao Yan's hand as he was about to "steal" a bite.

"What are you doing? Ouch! I'm not full yet!" Xiao Yan clutched his wrist, glaring at Huo Yuhao with a hostile expression.

Huo Yuhao pouted and rolled his eyes at him: "Eat less, you should lose weight. Look at your round chin, you'll turn into a ball if you keep eating!"

"What did you say? Which eye of yours saw that I've gotten fat?" Xiao Yan rolled up his shirt, showing off his well-defined abs.

"Anyway, I'm not giving you any. If you want some, bake it yourself."

Little Fairy Doctor rested her chin on her hands, watching the two playfully bickering back and forth. She watched quietly for a long time until her stomach protested. Then she picked up a grilled fish, took a big bite, and her eyes curved into crescent moons.

Meanwhile, Yao Chen, while munching on grilled fish, exclaimed excitedly, "Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Yuhao, your cooking skills have improved!"

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on the cliff top, while Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor sat a little further away. Xiao Yan had a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, his face full of sourness. Little Fairy Doctor, on the other hand, made no attempt to hide her happiness, a smile constantly playing on her lips.

"This is outrageous! This is inhuman! How can he break through so quickly? I'm still just a little short of nine stars!"

"Yuhao, breaking through to the Great Dou Master is the most important stage for a Dou Qi cultivator. If the Dou Crystal is not pure enough, everything that follows will be castles in the air." Yao Chen explained the precautions for breaking through to the Great Dou Master with a serious expression.

"The elders of your Xiao family have insufficient Dou Crystals, making it extremely difficult for them to break through to the Dou Spirit stage. As for the Dou King stage, that's just wishful thinking."

Hearing Yao Chen's earnest instructions, Huo Yuhao nodded: "Don't worry, teacher, I know."

After saying that, Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and focused his mind, fully circulating the Zhou Tian Technique. In an instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged in, eagerly drilling into Huo Yuhao's body.

In the night sky, starlight falls and flows in along with the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

"Master," Xiao Yan nudged Yao Chen's waist, his voice tinged with curiosity, "Didn't you say you had a pill for breaking through to the Great Dou Master realm? The kind without side effects, what was it called again, the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill?"

"It's just that in my opinion, there are no side effects." Yao Chen rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan and said in a deep voice, "Didn't you say you wanted to break through to a higher level, even Dou Di wasn't enough, you wanted to break through even higher?"

"Therefore, for the sake of your future, I will not allow you to touch a single pill that directly increases your strength."

Unaffected by external noises, Huo Yuhao's mind was completely immersed in his Qi Sea. At this moment, the Dou Qi vortex within Huo Yuhao's body had completely transformed into a liquid vortex, its solidity resembling a thick, glue-like substance.

Huo Yuhao was already an expert in the energy changes of the three states of gas, liquid, and solid. At this moment, Yao Chen's teachings flashed through his mind: "It's not enough to simply compress it into a solid state. You have to condense it into a crystal and organize the internal fighting energy structure. Only in this way can you go far."

Huo Yuhao guided the天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) to merge and refine it, causing his Dou Qi to become increasingly dense. Until, at the core of the liquid vortex, a dazzling spot of light suddenly shone! The Dou Qi, already so vast it seemed to have nowhere to go, surged frantically towards that tiny spot of light as if summoned. In a short while, an ice-blue rhomboid crystal quietly floated in the center of his Qi Sea.

Battle Qi Crystallization – Complete!

Huo Yuhao sensed it for a moment and thought to himself, "Indeed, the potential of this Battle Crystal far exceeds that of the Soul Core I haphazardly compressed back then. No wonder there's no such thing as a second Battle Crystal in this world; one perfect Battle Crystal is enough."

Having completed his breakthrough, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them before quickly disappearing.

"It normally takes a long time to break through to the Great Dou Master level, and with Yuhao's Dou Qi capacity, it might take even longer." Yao Chen had only said a few words when he heard Huo Yuhao's voice. He was about to turn around and continue to observe Huo Yuhao's condition when he heard Huo Yuhao's voice.

"Breakthrough complete."

"what?"

……

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Xiao Yan crawled out of the cave and saw Huo Yuhao standing at the entrance, with his back to him, doing something.

Xiao Yan had always heard Yao Chen say that Huo Yuhao had reached the state of oneness with heaven and man, but he had never truly experienced it. Only at this moment, as he quietly stared at Huo Yuhao's back, did he truly understand what it meant to be one with heaven and man.

Huo Yuhao stood there, yet he brought a harmonious atmosphere to Xiao Yan, naturally "flowing" into the background. The edges of his silhouette were soft, as if they were blurred by the surrounding light. If he left this place, it would be as if a piece of this world was missing.

A gentle breeze, sunshine, and a light mist surrounded Huo Yuhao, like old friends greeting him.