Huge Harvest, Thoughts on Fortune

After the Chaos Bead absorbed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into its internal microcosm, it repaired itself slightly, though it was still severely damaged.

All four functions of the Chaos Bead had also been strengthened considerably. For instance, its teleportation duration had increased from two and a half shichen to four shichen, while its number of uses had risen from once every six years to five times every six years!

Once the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was placed inside the Chaos Bead, Zhuang Xingyu became the Heavenly Dao within the Chaos Bead's space. He was now the true master of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and no longer feared the power of ice and fire.

Just then, Zhuang Xingyu suddenly felt as though his soul had ascended. A warm current from the outside world entered through the Baihui Acupoint at the crown of his head, passed through Shangxing, Touwei, Shuaigu, Yangbai, Shenting, Sishencong, the Taiyang Acupoint, and other acupoints, then flowed into his neck, abdominal cavity, and lower limbs. It then returned upward along the same route to the top of his head, completing twelve Great Cycles before finally stopping.

All the doubts that had troubled him in the past seemed to become clear in an instant. Every gesture he made now exuded a charm that compelled others to submit from the depths of their hearts. His Soul Power had not increased, yet his entire being had undergone an earth-shaking transformation!

What was going on? Zhuang Xingyu hurriedly used the Chaos Bead to inspect his entire body, but found nothing wrong. Only when he checked his fortune did he understand the reason!

After obtaining the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Zhuang Xingyu's fortune had increased by a full third! (The fortune represented by the Chaos Bead fragments remained hidden deep within Zhuang Xingyu's soul and had yet to be unsealed, so it had not manifested. Otherwise, with that fortune alone, Zhuang Xingyu could become an immortal and collapse countless trillions upon trillions of Douluo Universes with a casual breath! Unfortunately, it had not yet been unsealed.)

The Dao of fortune was mysterious beyond measure!

No world could possibly have only one absolute Child of Destiny. There would be many people blessed with great fortune. The Child of Destiny and the Great Villain possessed fortune of the same level; it simply depended on who won in the end!

A Great Villain's fortune would not be much lower than that of the Child of Destiny. Anyone who believed that Great Villains had no fortune, or that their fortune was black, was utterly wrong!

Where was there any absolute villain or Child of Destiny?

Whoever won in the end was the Child of Destiny. Whoever lost in the end was the Great Villain.

A chicken would not put all its eggs in one basket! In the beginning, the World Consciousness would not concentrate all fortune upon one person. Instead, it would distribute it among many living beings and make them struggle against one another like insects in a gu. Whoever laughed last would be the true Child of Destiny!

Take the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It simply sat there without moving, and anyone had the chance to obtain it. It all depended on who could truly acquire and make use of it. Once you obtained it, your fortune would increase, allowing you to pull ahead of the other competitors.

It was just like playing a game. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the treasure chest, while Dugu Bo was the monster guarding it.

Tang San's early development had not been particularly impressive. Only after he obtained the Immortal Herbs did he truly surpass the Soul Masters of his generation, after which good fortune came to him one after another. That was because he had obtained the fortune contained within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

In the original work, the great fortune holders of the generation before last were Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi. Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and the others were likely the main great fortune holders of the previous generation, but unfortunately, Yu Xiaogang himself failed to live up to expectations.

This lifetime was a Great Contention Era. The fortune between heaven and earth was far greater than in the previous generations, enough to give birth to a true Child of Destiny.

Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and the others were among those blessed with great fortune. However, based on what he had discovered when observing Tang San's fortune before, all their fortune had been secretly transferred to Tang San by an unseen hand behind the scenes (Chapter 7). This had caused both their achievements and the rate at which their Soul Power grew to fall far below what their talents should have allowed.

Even their intelligence had become extremely, extremely low.

But now, Zhuang Xingyu had arrived! Justice had arrived!

After obtaining the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Zhuang Xingyu did not dare linger. He immediately fled. He had to become thoroughly proficient in the Dao of Lying Low.

Zhuang Xingyu immediately used the Chaos Bead to scout the surrounding area. Thirty kilometers away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he discovered an extremely hidden and safe cave. He then used the Chaos Bead's teleportation function to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and teleport into that cave! (This was one of the Chaos Bead's enhanced functions: it could survey the area within forty kilometers.)

After entering the cave, he blocked its entrance with a huge boulder, then used the Chaos Bead to conceal the surroundings, ensuring absolute safety. No one would be able to discover it.

Only then did he begin carefully inspecting the treasures within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

After Zhuang Xingyu's consciousness swept across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his pupils instantly dilated and his eyes gleamed with excitement. "I'm rich, I'm rich! I knew the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was extraordinary, but I never expected it to contain so many good things! Compared to these, the Immortal Herbs are nothing more than appetizers!"

Sure enough! Zhuang Xingyu was the true Child of Destiny. How could Tang San, that Pseudo Fortune Child of Destiny, possibly obtain these genuine opportunities?

Perhaps they had been newly born because of Zhuang Xingyu's arrival. In any case, as Zhuang Xingyu fluttered his tiny wings, the future of the Douluo Universe had already changed!

Aside from the Immortal Herbs from the original work—the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Aromatic Silk Beauty—and Precious Medicines such as the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma!

At the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, there were even two lizard-like skeletons! They must have been the remains of the Ice Fire Dragon King. Back then, both Ice Fire Dragon Kings had been God King-level existences.

However, the Ice Fire Dragon Kings had died from severe injuries. Most of their remaining energy had dispersed, nourishing the entire Douluo Continent, while a small portion formed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

It was precisely because of this that god-level powerhouses such as the Angel God and Sea God had been born on the Douluo Continent; that the Asura God, Rakshasa God, Sword God, Fire God, and others had left behind inheritances here; and that the Silver Dragon King and the others had come here to recuperate.

Among the many planets controlled by the Douluo God Realm, which one was as special as the Douluo Continent?

However, due to the loss of energy, most of these two skeletons were all show and no substance, gilded on the outside but rotten within.

Even so, two good things still remained!

First were two God King level Soul Bones! One was a Fire Attribute Left Arm Bone, and the other was an Ice Attribute Right Arm Bone.

Though the original work had stated that absorbing a Spirit Bone had no Soul Power requirement for the absorber, that only applied to ordinary Spirit Bones. What Zhuang Xingyu was about to absorb were God King-level Spirit Bones. Aside from the five God Kings, there was likely no one else in the entire Douluo world who possessed such things.

The energy within these two God King level Spirit Bones was still far too violent. Absorbing them recklessly would cause him to burst apart.

But he could not forget that he was now inside the Chaos Bead's space, where Zhuang Xingyu was the absolute ruler. Even a God King would have to take a beating here. Of course, that was assuming he could bring the God King into the Chaos Bead's space.

He immediately invoked the laws within the Chaos Bead and placed multiple seals upon the two God King level Spirit Bones! They now possessed roughly the power of Divine Official-level Spirit Bones. As Zhuang Xingyu's Soul Power increased, they would gradually be unsealed. Once Zhuang Xingyu became a Titled Douluo, they could be fully unsealed!

The second item was a large chunk of Ice Fire Space Stone! This type of stone was highly malleable and felt very similar to a real human body. It could even produce fluids, making it the perfect material for crafting Puppets!

This Ice Fire Space Stone had absorbed a considerable amount of God-level Energy. As long as it was supplemented with Qingyun Sect's secret techniques, it could be refined into a Titled Douluo Puppet with Soul Power between Rank 93 and Rank 95!

If his technique was skilled enough, it could even reach Rank 96. The residual God-level Energy within it could give the Puppet a sixty-year lifespan, and it would not require anyone to replenish its Soul Power.

If there were other equivalent materials, it could even continue growing!

Those Immortal Herbs could also be refined into different kinds of pills according to their respective attributes! Their effects would be greatly enhanced.

Zhuang Xingyu immediately sat down cross-legged, pressed his tongue to his palate, focused his mind on his Dantian, and prepared to absorb the Spirit Bones and increase his Soul Power.

Only by becoming powerful could he refine better pills and stronger Puppets!

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As a newcomer, with so many firsts in my life, such a happy occasion naturally deserves an extra chapter. But I have been busy with some matters lately, and my stockpile of drafts is running dangerously low, so I can only owe you one for now. I will definitely make it up later!

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