If he continued to take it, it would only result in damage to his own Dao foundation. Too much of a good thing is bad!
The energy of the Great Dao was rampaging through his meridians, rushing upward towards the twelve heavy floors, and downward through the bubbling well at the soles of his feet.
His whole body, from top to bottom, seemed to be thoroughly penetrated by the qi of the Great Dao, reaching every part of him.
After such an unprecedented upheaval of his qi, Leopard Elder felt something and jumped to the corner. He then fell to the ground where a huge leopard appeared, its eyes closed and laying down.
The appearance of its fur showed that it was a robust yet extremely old leopard.
In an instant, this old leopard started to shed fur. At the same time, new fur began to grow rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the chamber was filled with patches of leopard fur.
The shed fur, having lost its shine, was full of decaying senescence.