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The scene before him became something Dugu Bo would never forget for the rest of his life.

Boom!

A deafening crash, like mountains collapsing and earth splitting apart, echoed through the heavens and earth. His Medicinal Garden—no, this entire valley—moved. It was even uprooted from the ground.

Then, beneath the shadow of something massive, the valley vanished!

Dugu Bo was instantly beside himself with grief. "No, my Medicinal Garden! How am I supposed to live without it?!"

In truth, after agreeing to Mu Zhe's deal—trading the Medicinal Garden for a method to cure his poison—he had not objected.

But now, he had already assumed Mu Zhe was dead. Although Mu Zhe had cured his poison, the man was dead, so wouldn't the Medicinal Garden still be his? After all, a tenfold increase in plant growth speed was simply too tempting.

Naturally, it was best if such a treasure land did not have to be given away.

This old bastard!

After the valley, along with the bottom of the spring, had been stored away, the former location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had become an enormous crater. Mu Zhe floated within it.

Mu Zhe glanced at that old bastard Dugu Bo and cursed under his breath.

According to their agreement, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was not yet his private property. Only after he cured Dugu Yan's poison would it completely belong to him.

But Mu Zhe was a shameless double-standard prince.

He did not care about any deal. Now that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was in his hands, it was his.

If Dugu Bo still dared to covet the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then he had chosen a Death-Worthy path.

Ahem, he was joking. It was not that exaggerated.

In any case, whether Dugu Bo could even defeat him now was a question.

After all, Mu Zhe's Soul Power Level was not low either. After obtaining the legacy of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, his immunity to all poisons had strengthened further. Perhaps Dugu Bo's poison techniques could not harm him at all.

Ignoring the grief-stricken Dugu Bo, Mu Zhe's Soul Power surged. His third Spirit Ring flashed, and he instantly entered his Inner Space, vanishing from this world.

His Third Soul Skill was called Barren Land, and it truly lived up to its name.

The boundless space contained nothing but barren earth, apart from several desolate mountains Mu Zhe had moved inside.

There was no Soul Power and no rules, so it could only be called a space, not a world.

But at that moment, the land welcomed its first trace of life. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well settled at the center of the space.

Because of the corpses of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, two supreme laws of ice and fire had appeared within the space. Active ice and fire particles began to fill the air.

Soul Power also began to emerge within the space. Quite a few soul beasts Mu Zhe had brought in from the valley looked around the sky in confusion, while tender sprouts began to emerge from the barren ground at the edges.

Everything was developing in a positive direction.

Suddenly, Mu Zhe felt an infinite, mighty force pour into his body, as though he could flatten the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with a single punch.

"Is this... the space assimilating the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into a part of my body?"

After devouring part of the origin of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, Mu Zhe had already formed a faint connection with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. But now, that connection was continuously strengthening.

As the assimilation continued, Mu Zhe felt his very standing constantly rise. Of course, with merely a ten-thousand-year Third Soul Skill, assimilating the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Still, despite the incredibly slow speed, Mu Zhe felt boundless power within this space.

With a casual wave of his hand, an extreme energy of ice and fire gathered in his palm. This feeling was far more powerful than it was outside.

An understanding suddenly dawned on Mu Zhe, as though he had found his own path.

He then cast his gaze toward the outside world, the Douluo Continent, his eyes burning with eagerness.

What if... I devoured the Douluo Continent as well? Wouldn't that make me invincible?

But the thought lasted only an instant. Mu Zhe quickly shook his head and composed himself. This was not something he should be considering right now.

As far as he knew, the Douluo Continent possessed a plane consciousness. Although it had already fallen asleep, it could not be ignored.

Moreover, the God Realm still watched over the Douluo Continent. The gods would not allow others to lay hands upon what they considered their private preserve.

"These matters are too far away. I should go check on Ah Yin first."

After devouring the Divine Soul contained within the origin of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, Mu Zhe had discovered from their fragmented memories that the God Realm was not so easy to deal with.

The difference between gods and humans could be said to be even greater than the difference between humans and dogs.

Even a pig could be force-fed into becoming a Titled Douluo by them, but advancing another step and reaching the level of a god was exceedingly difficult. This showed just how vast the gap between humans and gods was.

Mu Zhe flashed forward, crossing layer upon layer of space in an instant and arriving inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The spring water gave off a hazy glow that barely illuminated the things within. The surroundings were silent and seemed exceptionally lonely.

Ah Yin was currently growing beside the spring. Judging by her aura, she was already a thirty-thousand-year soul beast, comparable to a human Soul Emperor. That was also the level she had reached when she sacrificed herself in her previous life.

However, she seemed to have encountered some obstacle and had been unable to undergo Humanoid Transformation.

"Ah Yin, did you hide my clothes because you have some improper intentions?"

Mu Zhe walked toward Ah Yin completely naked, a wicked smile resting on his lips. He recalled a story—the Cowherd and Weaver Girl.

Wasn't what Ah Yin had done just like the Cowherd? Then the story that came next...

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Ah Yin recovered from the panic caused by the upheaval of heaven and earth. Her soft branches swayed unconsciously, and the worry in her heart instantly vanished.

"Hmph, what intentions could a blade of grass possibly have toward you? Stop flattering yourself."

But unlike what she truly felt, Ah Yin did not hold back with her words.

That bastard thief. Just now, she had thought something had happened below and worried for nothing.

Mu Zhe smiled. "By the way, your cultivation is already comparable to a Soul Emperor. Can't you undergo Humanoid Transformation yet?"

He remembered that in the original story, Ah Yin did not need to recover to the hundred-thousand-year level to undergo Humanoid Transformation again. Did he really have to replicate Tang San's method?

"You..."

"Can't you put some clothes on before talking?"

Ah Yin was furious. She was already so embarrassed, yet Mu Zhe was still speaking to her with a straight face.

"Oh, right. Where are my clothes?"

Ah Yin tossed out a ring. It was Mu Zhe's Soul Tool.

"Your clothes were ruined long ago. Look for something in the ring yourself."

Even with Ah Yin protecting him, ordinary items like clothing could not withstand the erosion of the extreme ice and fire aura. They had been ruined as early as two and a half years ago.

Catching the ring, Mu Zhe sent his Spiritual Power inside and searched through it. Mm, he had prepared quite a few spare outfits back then.

"There aren't any spare clothes left, so let's just leave it like this for now."

However, Mu Zhe opened his eyes and blatantly lied. Today, he intended to help Ah Yin undergo Humanoid Transformation. He had already written the script.

"Forget that for now. Let's talk about your Humanoid Transformation."

Ah Yin glanced at him several more times, heat rising in her heart. More than three years apart, and this child had already grown up.

She shifted her gaze elsewhere, not daring to look at Mu Zhe. "I followed the method for Humanoid Transformation, but I encountered a force of resistance that keeps preventing me from transforming."

Hearing this, Mu Zhe could not help falling into thought. Tang San had used quite a few things to help Ah Yin undergo Humanoid Transformation, the most important of which was power related to gods.

Could it be that the rules of the Douluo Continent were restraining Ah Yin and preventing her from undergoing Humanoid Transformation?