Extreme Flame Grand Canyon

Half a year after the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament ended, three people were sparring in Blazing Fire Academy.

Fan Yihuang now had Level 48 Soul Power, while Qi Xiaomin had reached Level 47. As for Li Hong, his strength had already reached Level 50. He only needed to obtain a Soul Ring to advance to Level 51 and enter the ranks of Soul Kings.

After sparring for half an hour, Qi Xiaomin sat on the ground and panted. "I can't do it anymore. Let me rest for a while."

"Men can't say they can't do it. Get up and keep fighting," Li Hong said.

"She's a woman now. It's understandable that she lacks stamina." Fan Yihuang nodded.

"What do you two mean by that?" Qi Xiaomin immediately became displeased. She rose to her feet and glared angrily at them.

"Alright, alright, we're done joking." Fan Yihuang said, "I heard Liu Xiaoxiao and Chen Fang were sent to Mizong Grand Canyon, while He Qiang and Chen Long crossed the sea and are supposedly heading for Star Luo Continent. They're out there making their way through the world. As long as they survive, they'll definitely gain more than idle people like us."

"So what do you plan to do?" Li Hong asked.

"I'm going to Extreme Flame Grand Canyon," Fan Yihuang said. "I plan to train under external pressure until I reach Level 50, and get a Soul Ring there while I'm at it. I just hope my luck is as good as before and I find Spirit Bones."

Li Hong and Qi Xiaomin exchanged a glance. "Then we wish you success."

"What about you two? What are you planning?" Fan Yihuang asked.

"I'll wait until Qi Xiaomin reaches Level 50, then we'll hunt Spirit Beasts together and look for suitable Soul Rings." Li Hong tossed her flowing long hair. "After that, I plan to enter the Great Soul Arena and take part in life-and-death battles. You were right. Only in the face of mortal danger can one grow the fastest."

"I'm going too," Qi Xiaomin said. "By then, we may only have just entered the Soul King rank, but we'll still be absolute elites. With one Control System and one Assault System, we'll have every chance of dominating the Soul King level. And if the Great Soul Arena no longer serves to temper us by then, perhaps we'll choose other methods of training."

"Then good luck to both of you." Fan Yihuang waved to them and resolutely headed out of the academy.

More than four months later, Extreme Flame Grand Canyon.

Fan Yihuang was sitting with his eyes closed, absorbing a black Soul Ring. Beside him lay a Ten Thousand Year Flame Wolf.

In nearly half a year, Fan Yihuang had successfully raised his Soul Power by another two levels, reaching Level 50. Once he absorbed this Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, he would become a Soul King-level powerhouse.

At that moment, Fan Yihuang suddenly opened his eyes. A powerful aura burst forth, and five Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, one black—circled around him.

Just then, Fan Yihuang noticed the Flame Wolf's corpse beside him. After searching it over, he found two Spirit Bones.

"A left leg bone and a right arm bone... Two more Spirit Bones. My luck really is quite good." Fan Yihuang gazed into the depths of Extreme Flame Grand Canyon. "One could even say it's too good. I wonder what exactly lies inside."

As Fan Yihuang considered this, he shook his head. His most urgent task was to absorb these two Spirit Bones as quickly as possible.

Two hours later, Fan Yihuang had finished absorbing the Spirit Bones. He rose, stretched his body a little, then headed deeper into Extreme Flame Grand Canyon.

Time slowly passed, and more than another month went by in the blink of an eye.

One day, Fan Yihuang discovered a mysterious cave in the central region of Extreme Flame Grand Canyon.

After hesitating slightly and observing the surroundings, Fan Yihuang entered.

The passage was extremely deep. Fan Yihuang walked for more than half a day without reaching its core. As he advanced, the temperature grew increasingly higher.

Torches lined the cave walls, burning fiercely. It was unknown what material they were made of, but after burning here for who knew how many years, they had not gone out. They did not even seem to have been consumed much, simply illuminating the entire cave.

Fan Yihuang looked up and focused his gaze. At the top of the cave, he could vaguely make out some tiny holes, perhaps meant to keep the air circulating.

Several more hours passed before Fan Yihuang finally reached the end of the passage.

The cave's core was a vast basin, completely covered overhead by the cavern. Countless torches burned quietly, lending the place an unusually gloomy atmosphere.

Fan Yihuang looked down and could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

One enormous skeleton after another lay scattered throughout the cave, as though waves of mournful cries echoed from them, recounting their former glory and decline.

At the center of the basin stood a massive altar, upon which rested a skeleton larger than all the others. By Fan Yihuang's estimation, it might have been the remains of a dragon.

At that moment, Fan Yihuang recalled something He Qiang had told them before.

"The Dragon Clan once ruled Douluo Continent for countless years. Later, due to the instigation of petty schemers, the Dragon God waged a massive war against the Divine Realm. In the end, the Divine Realm suffered grievous losses, while the Dragon God split into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. The Golden Dragon King was sealed away, while the Silver Dragon King fled and recuperated in the Star Dou Great Forest. From then on, the Dragon Clan was nearly exterminated, and very few true dragons remained. Thus, the Divine Realm established a rule: beasts were absolutely forbidden from becoming gods, and even the divine beasts originally in the Divine Realm were forbidden from cultivating to the level of a main god."

"Could this be one of the Dragon Clan's graveyards?" Fan Yihuang murmured. Then he leaped down along the rock wall.

Before long, Fan Yihuang reached the ground and walked toward the mysterious altar.

At that moment, a warm current suddenly flowed through his limbs.

Fan Yihuang froze. Before he could react, a strange red light shone from the enormous skeleton and enveloped him. His mind sank, and he lost consciousness.

A dragon soul suddenly drifted out from the enormous dragon-shaped skeleton, its former majesty still faintly visible.

It was one of the Nine Dragon Kings who had once served the ancient Dragon God: the Fire Dragon King.

Fan Yihuang had been drawn here and had even obtained four Spirit Bones in succession because the Fire Dragon King had interfered behind the scenes. The reason ultimately lay in his Martial Soul.

Although the Unicorn Blast Dragon was only a draconic Martial Soul, a trace of true dragon bloodline did indeed flow through it. The Fire Dragon King, meanwhile, had perished many years ago. All that remained was the unyielding obsession within its remains.

It longed for someone to avenge the Dragon Clan, and so it chose Fan Yihuang. It was not that it did not wish to wait for a more suitable successor, but it had waited through endless ages. During the long years it had waited in Extreme Flame Grand Canyon, Fan Yihuang was already the Soul Master most compatible with it.

In truth, all Spirit Beasts around Extreme Flame Grand Canyon carried more or less some thin Dragon bloodline. Like the four Spirit Bones Fan Yihuang had obtained, they should more accurately have been Flame Dragon Wolf Spirit Bones. However, the Dragon bloodline within them was far too thin, so they appeared no different from ordinary Flame Wolves.

At this moment, within Fan Yihuang's body, the Dragon bloodline contained in the four Spirit Bones gradually awakened. That trace of dragon power gradually gained the upper hand and slowly devoured the wolf bloodline.

Not only that, the four Spirit Bones were also slowly evolving.

Under normal circumstances, only External Soul Bones possessed the potential to evolve alongside a Soul Master. For the six ordinary Spirit Bones to evolve was simply far too rare.

Of course, once their evolution was complete, the four Spirit Bones would all transform from Flame Wolf Spirit Bones into Fire Dragon Spirit Bones. Their age might even evolve to the level of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

It was not only the Spirit Bones that were changing. Even his Martial Soul was slowly undergoing a transformation.

The dragon bloodline deep within his body gradually awakened. The mixed and impure draconic traits of the Unicorn Blast Dragon were gradually refined, while the power of flame burned fiercely in the depths of his body.

Once the changes within him were complete, his Martial Soul might be called the Fire Dragon Martial Soul. Or perhaps even the Fire Dragon King Martial Soul.

At the same time, the Fire Dragon King's dragon soul hesitated for a moment. Then the trunk Spirit Bone within its remains gradually separated and flew into Fan Yihuang's body.

After doing this, the Fire Dragon King still seemed to feel it was not enough. After another moment of hesitation, it separated a head Spirit Bone from the remains of a Hundred Thousand Year Fire Dragon and fused it with Fan Yihuang.

Had it been an ordinary person, undergoing such intense changes while fusing with Spirit Bones of such high quality would have caused them to explode and die long ago. But under the Fire Dragon King's control, none of this was a problem.

One day, two days, three days... Fan Yihuang's transformation slowly continued throughout the process.