Ice Fire Three Profound Transformations

After the Ice Flying Feathers ended, Chen Ming rose to his feet and walked over to Long Aotian. He injected him with a measure of Life Force while secretly using his Spiritual Sense to dispel the chill of the Extreme Ice from his body.

"Junior Brother, thank you."

After saying that, Long Aotian began circulating his Soul Power to stabilize his injuries.

Chen Ming did not reply, instead looking out at the sea.

At that moment, the churning sea still seemed to speak of the Ice Phoenix's pain.

A long while passed.

The sea finally stilled. Then, a massive spray of water erupted as Du Busi returned to shore, gripping the Ice Phoenix by the neck. His Soul Power surged into the Ice Phoenix's body, firmly locking down every one of its movements.

"It would have been one thing if you had cultivated to your peak. But you're only seventy thousand years old, and you dare act arrogantly before me."

Du Busi snorted coldly and dragged the Ice Phoenix before Chen Ming.

"Little Ming, I'll leave the rest to you."

Chen Ming nodded, took out his Soul Tool Dagger, and drove it straight through the Ice Phoenix's eye and into its brain. A laser instantly exploded within its skull, and the Ice Phoenix's enormous body crashed to the ground.

Even after losing its soul and dying completely, the Ice Phoenix's corpse still contained dense Life Force. Its heart had not even stopped beating, and blood continued circulating throughout its body. Its vitality remained entirely unaffected.

Half a minute passed, yet its life functions continued operating.

However, a soul ring began to condense.

A pitch-black ring of light started forming, absorbing the energy within the Ice Phoenix's corpse. At last, it broke the balance of life within its body, and its frozen vitality rapidly dispersed, turning it into a true corpse.

"Be careful. This Ice Phoenix possesses Extreme Ice," Du Busi reminded him.

Chen Ming nodded, then sat cross-legged and used his Soul Power to envelop the Ice Phoenix's soul ring.

The pitch-black soul ring settled over Chen Ming's head, filling him with a sense of reassurance.

This was perhaps the soul ring he had absorbed with the greatest peace of mind in this life.

The soul ring's energy flowed through his limbs and bones, then entered the Meditation Space and merged into the soul ring framework that the Soul Martial Soul had prepared long ago.

As the energy finished filling it, this soul ring on the Soul Martial Soul detached and settled over Chen Ming's true body, merging into him.

In the outside world, three soul rings appeared around Chen Ming in succession—purple, black, and black.

Everything went so smoothly. Even accounting for the dried blood on Chen Ming's body, it could still be called smooth.

There were no accidents, no danger.

This time, there truly were no accidents or risks.

But Du Busi did not think so.

Because as the three soul rings around Chen Ming began to pulse, and his Soul Power visibly broke through level thirty and surged upward, Chen Ming's three soul rings began to mutate.

That was right—mutate!

Using the second soul ring in the middle as a bridge, the three soul rings actually fused together briefly.

Though they separated the instant they touched, Du Busi could confirm that he had not seen wrong. His eyes were not blind yet.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw the separated three soul rings touch again. Like shyly holding hands, they met and separated, met and separated.

The frequency at which the three soul rings touched grew faster and faster, even becoming clearly sustained. The three soul rings overlapped without separating for a full half minute.

Watching this scene that exceeded his understanding, Du Busi worried that he had fallen under some kind of illusion-type soul skill.

But an Ice Phoenix should not be capable of illusions, should it?

Meditation Space.

Chen Ming linked the three soul rings together and began adjusting their ages.

In truth, he could have directly raised the first soul ring to the ten-thousand-year level, but that would have been difficult to explain. So, he linked the three soul rings together now, allowing them to share their energy.

Put simply, the three soul rings had become DIY.

In the outside world, this meant that his first soul ring had turned black.

As for what lay beneath the surface, careful sensing and probing with Spiritual Power would reveal that the age of the third soul ring had decreased.

When Chen Ming opened his eyes, he met Du Busi's curious dark-green gaze.

"Teacher, do you remember the original purpose behind the arrangement of my three soul rings?"

Du Busi said nothing and showed no reaction.

Seeing this, Chen Ming continued explaining.

"Under the adjustment of the second soul ring, my first three soul rings completed a fusion, allowing ice and fire to coexist and even transform into each other. Then I discovered that I could transfer the ages of the three soul rings."

Transfer their ages.

At that moment, it was not that Du Busi had no reaction. Rather, his thoughts had flown somewhere else as he tried to comprehend Chen Ming's explanation.

"How did you solve the issue of the extreme attribute?" Du Busi suddenly asked. "Your ice attribute is Extreme Ice, but your fire attribute isn't."

Chen Ming had already prepared an answer. "The foundation of the transformation lies in the Life attribute, using the lotus as its vessel."

As he spoke, he proved it to Du Busi by activating his third soul ring. Above his head, he manifested a Snow Lotus with an Ice Phoenix being nurtured within it.

This was real.

Chen Ming's Ice Fire Phoenix Bloodlines had fused together, and the lotus's form had merged into both, becoming the core of that fusion.

Therefore, the transferred years did not belong to the ice and fire attributes, but to the Life attribute.

Upon hearing this and realizing that everything was related to the Life attribute, Du Busi no longer had any doubts.

Seeing this, Chen Ming also breathed a sigh of relief.

This could also be considered groundwork for his first soul ring mutating into a ten-thousand-year one in the future.

Chen Ming carved up the Ice Phoenix's corpse, packed the important parts into his Storage Soul Tool, then looked at Du Busi.

Du Busi sighed helplessly and stepped forward, using his own Storage Soul Tool to collect the remaining scraps.

"Let's go. Tell me what you gained from absorbing this soul ring while we're at it."

"First, my soul power has reached level thirty-five."

Du Busi fell silent at that.

He could not even remember his disciple ever being at levels one, two, three, or four.

After his first soul ring, he had jumped straight to level fifteen. After his second soul ring, level twenty-five. Now, after his third soul ring, he had directly reached level thirty-five.

What, did he only need to cultivate five levels for every ten?

Other people had to cultivate eighty levels themselves to go from level ten to level ninety, while he only needed to raise forty?

Du Busi, an unparalleled powerhouse of his generation, now found himself silently griping about his own disciple.

But Chen Ming's description of his third soul skill soon drew his attention.

"My third soul skill is called Ice Soul Transformation!"

"Ice Soul Transformation?"

"Yes. Ice Soul Transformation condenses the power of the Ice Phoenix and instantly boosts my soul power by... five levels."

"What?!"

Du Busi was stunned. It was his first time hearing of a soul skill in such a form.

Chen Ming nodded, confirming that he had not described it incorrectly—and that Du Busi had not misheard.

"It boosts my soul power. At present, the increase is roughly five levels."

In truth, the extent of this soul skill's amplification depended on the age of Chen Ming's soul ring and his own Soul Power Level.

Moreover, there was one crucial point.

"Most importantly, my third soul skill is connected to my first soul skill."

Du Busi sensed that something was off.

With such an outrageous effect, could there be an even more absurd version?

"Once it fuses with the Fire Phoenix bloodline from my first soul ring—though I haven't succeeded yet—I believe that by repeatedly reversing and adjusting the ages of those two soul rings, my third soul ring will soon become Fire Radiance Transformation. It might even combine ice and fire, achieving a threefold amplification."

"I call these three layers of amplification—Ice Fire Three Profound Transformations!"