Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

In the Shura God Temple of the Divine Realm, the Shura God saw through Tang Hao's thoughts. He snorted. "After all this, he's still dreaming of love. Spineless. But that suits me just fine."

With that, the Shura God flicked two points of light toward the Lower Realm. They sank into Tang Hao and Ah Yin. He then concealed Tang Hao's hiding place from the Heavenly Secrets.

"The Great Treasure's divine technique has yet to reach its full power, and it isn't time for the Son of Destiny to be born." The Shura God glanced at Tang Hao and Ah Yin. "You need my permission to conceive. If I say you can have a child, you can. If I say you can't, you'll be a hen that lays no eggs and a rooster that can't fertilize them."

For the time being, Ah Yin and Tang Hao became infertile.

With the Shura God hiding Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect used its influence to search the Douluo Continent for years without finding him.

In Sunset Forest stood the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Anyone familiar with stories about Douluo I knew this treasured place had been the foundation of the Shrek Seven Devils' rise to godhood, and one of Tang San's opportunities that every transmigrator had to seize.

The Eight Spider Lances were uncertain; whether someone took them or not hardly mattered. But any transmigrator who let even one Immortal Herb fall into Tang San's hands was unqualified.

Unfortunately, when Huo Yuhao had crossed over to the Douluo Continent, it had already been ten thousand years later, in the era of Douluo II. Tang San had long since sealed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Entering it meant falling into his scheme.

Back then, Huo Yuhao had decided to give up every opportunity there. Only after he realized he could not escape Tang San's machinations had he come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and accepted its gifts.

After betraying Tang San in the Divine Realm, Huo Yuhao had arrived on the Douluo Continent forty thousand years earlier. Naturally, he had no intention of missing the opportunities here.

With his Golden Dragon King bloodline as its foundation, Huo Yuhao had forged a powerful body and fused three Divine Seeds. Ordinary Immortal Herbs offered him little benefit. Two things here did draw him, though: what the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King had left behind. Huo Yuhao had taken their Soul Bones and absorbed the Soul Rings formed from their Dragon Souls, forging an unrivaled foundation. But that had also stripped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of its source. If he had done nothing more, its remaining ice and fire energy would have sustained it for roughly another thousand years.

So before ascending to the Divine Realm, Huo Yuhao had deliberately left behind two source Soul Spirits, one from each Dragon King, to sustain the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

More than forty thousand years had passed since he last set foot in this treasured place.

"You're here," the Ice Dragon King said.

Huo Qiqiang nodded. "I've brought a few disciples to gather resources."

"Then the time is nearly upon us," the Fire Dragon King said. "Our agreement—"

"I'll fulfill it within a hundred years," Huo Yuhao said.

"That's wonderful. I hope we made the right choice back then," the Ice Dragon King said.

"You chose to follow me. I won't let you down," Huo Qiqiang said.

The two Soul Spirits opened the Special Space. The space before them in Sunset Forest twisted, and the spectacle of Ice-Fire Canyon appeared before Huo Yuhao and his companions.

Qian Renxue spread her wings and flew into the sky. From above, she saw the canyon below shrouded in thick mists of icy blue and flame red. Beneath the mist, rare plants covered the slopes, their brilliant glow faintly visible.

At the center of the valley lay the true wonder: a circular pool. One half held icy-blue water that radiated cold; the other held flame-red spring water that radiated scorching heat.

Gazing at the sight, Qian Renxue sighed in admiration:

"So this is the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the opportunity the Shrek Seven Devils relied on to become gods. It's magnificent. I have to admit,

Tang San really did have fortune on his side."

She thought back over the history of the Shrek Seven Devils' ascent to godhood, then something occurred to her. "Before Tang San, this place belonged to Dugu Bo. There were only two people in his family: him and Dugu Yan. He died of poison soon after the war against Spirit Hall ended, and she died young not long after her grandfather. With Immortal Herbs growing all over these mountains, was there really nothing that could cure the flaws in their Martial Souls?"

"There are dozens of herbs here that could have cured or eased the poison in their Martial Souls," Huo Qiqiang said. "But Tang San traded nothing more than the Soul Bone Poison-Gathering Method for this entire place."

Qian Renxue sneered. "Poor Dugu Bo. He was sold out and still helped count the money."

Huo Qiqiang turned to the three behind him. "Follow me."

He entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, with Lu Yuan, Zhao Quan, and Xiao Zhi close behind.

Immortal Herbs were nothing more than ordinary flowers and grass in the Divine Realm. Eating them offered a god little benefit. There,

Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums were steeped into tea for guests.

Only when consumed before becoming a god could such herbs greatly improve one's foundation. In the Lower Realm, however, finding even one Immortal Herb in ten thousand years was rare. That was what made a treasure trove like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so precious.

Huo Qiqiang picked an Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, an Infernal Delicate Apricot, and a Light Spirit Pistil. He gave one to each of the Body Sect's three prodigies and told them how to consume them.

"These herbs match the attributes of your Martial Souls. Once you consume them, your already powerful Body Martial Souls can advance to Ultimate Fire, Ultimate Ice, and Ultimate Light. Absorbing them will be painful, but endure it, and the path ahead will be clear."

"Thank you, Master." The three drew the Immortal Herbs to themselves with Soul Power and consumed them as Huo Yuhao had instructed. Then they sat cross-legged and began refining their medicinal power.

While they refined the herbs, Huo Qiqiang asked, "Do you know the names of these Immortal Herbs and how to pick them?"

"Before we came, I borrowed Soul Douluo Yue Guan's Immortal Herb Catalog," Qian Renxue said.

"Pick whichever herbs catch your eye. Just leave the roots," Huo Qiqiang said without concern.

"I can take any of them?" Qian Renxue asked.

"Go ahead."

"Thank you for the gift." Qian Renxue thanked him and headed for her first target: the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Several hours later, Xiao Zhi, Lu Yuan, and Zhao Quan finished absorbing their herbs. As Huo Qiqiang had expected, their Martial Souls had advanced into Body Martial Souls with Ultimate Attributes, and their Soul Power had risen to level forty, the rank of Soul Ancestor.

Huo Qiqiang took them out to hunt ten-thousand-year Soul Rings. By the time they returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Qian Renxue had picked the Immortal Herbs clean from the mountainsides.

"You did say I could pick whatever I wanted, so..." Qian Renxue stuck out her tongue, looking sheepish.

"I meant what I said."

To Huo Qiqiang, the Immortal Herbs here were nothing special. He had gained the most precious opportunity here tens of thousands of years ago,

and the herbs themselves mattered little to him. With their roots left intact, they could grow again. If he urgently needed any, he could simply take them from a garden in the Divine Realm.

Besides, he had brought Qian Renxue here because his plans for the future required a Spirit Hall stronger than the one in the original story.

Huo Qiqiang took out two more books and handed them to Qian Renxue.

"What are these?"

"The Clear Sky Sect's Exploding Ring Secret Technique and Great Sumeru Hammer, along with the Mysterious Heaven Skill Tang San practiced and its accompanying secret techniques."