Black Dragon Mountain

Di Tian looked at the wisp of compressed Soul Power that had appeared in Bi Ji's hand.

He nodded gently. "Congratulations. Now you can start condensing your first Soul Core inside your body."

"All right, husband! I can share more of your burdens from now on!"

Bi Ji threw herself at Di Tian, and they embraced tightly.

Di Tian gave Bi Ji a gentle nibble.

"Compressing a Soul Core inside your body isn't the same as compressing gas into a solid outside it. If you make a serious mistake, it won't be as simple as your body bursting a little. Whatever you do, don't damage your origin."

"I know, I know. Husband, you're so long-winded." Bi Ji wriggled free of his bear hug.

She then found a corner of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and continued practicing the compression of Soul Power into a solid, steadily carving out space in her dantian to condense a Soul Core, her first Soul Core...

In another corner of the pool, Zi JI slowly opened her eyes. She had completed another round of cultivation.

The Qi of the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons circulated around her body.

She had heard every word of her master and mistress's conversation. While she was happy for her mistress, she also thought of how slowly her own cultivation was progressing and felt helpless. She had absorbed less than thirty percent of the Dragon Qi.

After nearly three months of cultivation, she had only increased her cultivation by twenty thousand years. She couldn't help blaming herself.

Zi JI's vision suddenly went dark. Di Tian was already standing in front of her.

"Zi JI, starting today, I'll teach you how to refine and absorb the energy of the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Kings."

"You and I both have the darkness attribute, and darkness has an ultimate devouring ability. Your current cultivation isn't enough to fully unleash the devouring method. Next, I'll show you pure darkness power."

"All right, master. Thank you for teaching me." Zi JI was almost one hundred percent obedient to Di Tian's words.

Di Tian said no more. Pure Dark Origin Energy emerged as he compressed his Soul Power.

Under the cyclone's compression, the dark energy spun continuously.

It entered a spot in a corner of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. First came the fire element: the instant it made contact, its energy was devoured by Di Tian's Soul Power. The ice element was then devoured as well after a struggle.

"This move is called Myriad Dragon Flame. I've already passed it into the depths of your sea of consciousness. Practice it well. Your talent goes beyond this."

"Thank you, master!" Zi JI immediately moved to kneel and bow.

Di Tian's Soul Power stopped her.

"Cultivate well. Don't waste time on these pointless things!"

Over the days that followed, Di Tian taught Zi JI for another three days.

Then, with a splash, he too entered the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's spring. Di Tian made arrangements with Zi JI and Bi Ji.

"I'll be going into seclusion for the next three months. Unless something urgent happens, don't disturb me. Oh, and don't pick the Immortal Herbs nearby without good reason. They haven't finished growing yet."

"Understood," the two replied in unison.

In the spring, Di Tian began trying to condense his Second Soul Core, a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core!

In the original story, Di Tian had only condensed his Second Soul Core ten thousand years later.

But with the Dragon Essence of the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Kings here, it was not impossible to condense one.

At that thought, Di Tian grew even more confident. Having gained experience with his first Soul Core, he found condensing his Second Soul Core considerably easier this time.

But creating a Second Soul Core with Yin-Yang Complementarity was the hardest part!

Di Tian calmed his mind and settled his Qi. Failures at the beginning were normal. For roughly the first ten days, his Dragon Body was expanded and compressed by Soul Power, then exploded...

After all, trying to make the Second Soul Core coexist with the first was an extremely difficult task in itself.

At his dantian, the two Soul Cores constantly competed to draw in Soul Power. Under the erosion of "Eclipse," a newly formed Soul Core was guided by the Soul Power cyclone into exploding, damaging his body.

Eclipse was Di Tian's first Soul Core. At present, it had absolute control over his Soul Power. As soon as the Second Soul Core tried to intrude and absorb Soul Power, "Eclipse" detected it and guided it into self-destruction!

The explosions inside his body occasionally made Di Tian cough up blood and shattered his Dragon Bones.

But even so, they didn't give Di Tian the slightest thought of giving up.

Thus, from that day onward, booming sounds constantly rang out through the Sunset Forest. They were explosions caused by Di Tian's cultivation of his Second Soul Core.

On the tenth day of Di Tian's cultivation,

there was still no progress.

Meanwhile, Bi Ji had finished condensing her first Soul Core inside her body.

Every day, she watched her husband with a heart full of worry. She wanted to use her healing ability, only to discover that Di Tian had long since put up a barrier. They couldn't get close to him at all.

Bi Ji could only spend more time practicing with her Soul Core, constantly showing Zi JI its wondrous uses.

After compressing her Soul Power from a gas into a solid, she sent it into her Soul Core. The Soul Core was like a bottomless pit, storing an endless stream of Soul Power.

Soul Power was continuously injected into it and stored.

Whenever she wanted to call on it, a single thought was all it took!

Zi JI, the most competitive of the Ferocious Beasts, saw this and fought even harder in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, even beginning to move toward the center of the spring.

Even as her body felt the alternating pain of searing heat and freezing cold, she gritted her teeth and persevered, going from a few minutes at first to several days and nights in the end.

Whenever she could no longer hold on, Zi JI would look toward her master.

There, Dragon Bones shattered and Dragon Blood was everywhere, yet not a single cry of pain could be heard...

Time flew, and Zi JI's improvement was enormous. In just two months, her cultivation rose from its original two hundred and forty thousand years to two hundred and eighty thousand years.

It was truly terrifying!

But she soon discovered a new problem: the presence of the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Kings was having an even weaker effect on her.

At that point, she stopped soaking in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, because the effect was minuscule, not even as good as cultivating on her own.

So she went ashore and discussed her insights on condensing a Soul Core with Bi Ji.

Meanwhile, at the Holy Dragon Sect on the Douluo Continent,

a great upheaval was taking place within the sect.

The seizure of power had been initiated by Tuo Ba Yun.

On that day, dark clouds loomed over the city.

Tuo Ba Yun's Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Martial Soul Avatar blotted out the sky and sun, pressing down on every elder of the Holy Dragon Sect until they could barely breathe.

The elders had all barely reached the Soul Douluo level. How could they possibly fight a Super Douluo?

With the sect master killed in an instant, along with the deaths of the direct relatives in their line,

everyone in the Holy Dragon Sect immediately gave up resisting and supported Tuo Ba Yun as sect master.

On his first day in office, Tuo Ba Yun announced three things.

First: from this day forward, the Holy Dragon Sect would be renamed Black Dragon Mountain and withdraw deep into the mountains, taking no part in the affairs of the continent for a hundred years.

Second: from this day forward, Long Aoyang and Lin Wanqing would be the sect master's wives, equal in status.

Third: any sect willing to become a vassal of Black Dragon Mountain was welcome, but it had to seal off its mountain just as his sect would.

The three announcements had barely been made when they caused a tremendous uproar across the Douluo Continent.

First came the Elephant Armor Sect, Black Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, Fire Leopard Sect, and a series of other sects. They had all been on good terms with the Holy Dragon Sect for hundreds of years.

Suddenly hearing of such a change, several old friends were puzzled and went to inquire.

However, the answer they received was that no visitors would be received.

This made the sect masters lose a great deal of face, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the other party was now a sect with a Super Douluo holding the fort.

Besides them, Spirit Hall also immediately sent a Soul Douluo to investigate.

Black Dragon Mountain still refused to open its doors to visitors. After Qian Daoliu received the news, he thought for a moment. Spirit Hall was currently in a period of expansion, and there was no need to concern itself with such a small sect. He waved his hand and recalled the scout.

Inside Black Dragon Mountain, that old fellow Tuo Ba Yun followed Di Tian's instructions to the letter and began working with his two wives on the path of Martial Soul inheritance.

He lived a life without shame or restraint...

His behavior greatly displeased several elders, but there was nothing they could do.