Planning for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

Heaven Dou City.

Outskirts of the city.

On a picturesque mountain peak, hundreds of people were working hard to construct a magnificent building at its summit.

"The sect finally has a mountain gate."

Du Busi looked at the ever-growing sect with deep emotion.

The Soul Master Tournament would not be held for another two years, but the construction of the Body Sect's mountain gate needed to keep pace.

According to his plan, the Body Sect would make a name for itself at the Soul Master Tournament. Once it became famous across the continent, Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls would know to join the Body Sect.

That way, many of their kin could avoid taking the wrong path.

Take Elder Chi Xiao, for example.

His Heart Martial Soul possessed immense potential among Body Martial Souls.

Unfortunately, because it had not been cultivated properly, much of that potential had been squandered.

His first two Soul Rings had both been Ten-Year Soul Rings. The first had been acquired with the help of a teacher from an ordinary junior Soul Master academy, and it had not even been particularly compatible with his Heart Martial Soul.

Elder Chi Xiao had hunted for his second Soul Ring himself. However, his martial soul was only a heart, and his first ring was not particularly strong. Though he possessed level-twenty Soul Power, he was helpless against Hundred-Year Soul Beasts and could only hunt a ninety-something-year White Soul Ring.

In truth, his potential had already been delayed at that point. His chances of obtaining a third ring had become infinitely close to zero.

And that was indeed what happened. After wasting five years at level twenty-nine, he was discovered by the Body Sect and brought back for training.

By then, Elder Chi Xiao was already thirty years old.

Only with the stimulation of the Body Sect's Secret Medicine, alongside the combined assistance of Mystic Water Pills and Soul Ascension Pills, did Elder Chi Xiao finally cross the threshold of level thirty and continue down the path of cultivation.

After that, his third Soul Ring was directly absorbed as a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and he had made it this far.

If Mu Yuan had not developed the Bloodline Furnace method and Elder Chi Xiao had not successfully condensed Bloodline Power, Elder Chi Xiao's future would have been fixed at Soul Saint.

One had to understand that the heart was extremely important to a person. If it was truly gone, one died. A missing arm could still be survived, but without a heart, there was no surviving.

By all rights, this was a martial soul that had the potential for a Gold-level Second Awakening, to become a Super Douluo, and to serve as a pillar of the sect!

Yet because he had not received proper training, his potential had been damaged, and he had been stopped at Soul Saint.

Du Busi had watched Chi Xiao join the sect and struggle forward every step of the way.

He did not want more of their kin to repeat the same mistakes.

In the past, he had no way to prevent it.

Now, he did.

Wei Na's appearance had connected the Body Sect with the Heaven Soul Royal Family, and the two sides had gradually begun cooperating.

Combined with Mu Yuan's influence, the battle with Xuan Zi outside Eastsea City and the extortion of Shrek had pushed him onto his current path.

To truly establish the Body Sect's mountain gate, so that all their kin with Body Martial Souls would have a home to seek!

For Soul Masters, constructing a sect was not especially strenuous work.

In only a few days, the sect's basic framework had been completed.

Spring passed into autumn.

In the blink of an eye, ten months had gone by.

Mu Yuan was now only two months away from turning eleven.

"Thanks to the Spirit-Eating Engraving Knife's frigid yin power and a trace of life force, my cultivation speed has been incredible. I rose four levels in ten months."

Yes, four levels!

Even after reaching the Soul Elder stage, Mu Yuan's cultivation speed had not slowed.

Four levels in ten months might have seemed slow, but it was actually extremely fast.

Ten months ago, Mu Yuan had just broken through level thirty-five.

Two months ago, Mu Yuan had reached level thirty-nine.

If not for the major hurdle ahead and the bottleneck it presented, Mu Yuan could actually have gained five levels in ten months—six levels in a year!

At this point, Long Aotian was under the greatest pressure in the sect.

Back when Mu Yuan broke through to two rings, Long Aotian had happened to acquire his third Soul Ring.

When Mu Yuan was level thirty, he was level thirty-five.

Now Mu Yuan was level thirty-nine, and so was he.

As the Senior Brother, Long Aotian suffered every day.

He simply could not understand how Mu Yuan's cultivation speed could be so fast.

Their configurations were clearly about the same: a Thousand-Year Second Ring and a five-thousand-year third ring.

Why was there such a difference?

Long Aotian's cultivation speed was not slow, either. After acquiring his third Soul Ring, he gained four levels in a year and reached level thirty-nine in only two years.

But because Mu Yuan put too much pressure on him, he became anxious. Unable to overcome that mental barrier, he remained stuck at level thirty-nine for nearly half a year.

However, on this very day, Long Aotian finally ground through the level-forty bottleneck through sheer persistence.

He arrived at the sect's main hall.

"Ao Tian has broken through level forty. Congratulations."

Du Busi's face was full of smiles. He looked rosy and vigorous, and his voice was rich with energy.

His cultivation had been going exceptionally smoothly lately, and he was about to break through to level ninety-nine.

The effects of the Bloodline Furnace method had exceeded all expectations.

During the group's monthly discussions and summaries, the details of the Bloodline Furnace method had continuously improved, and its efficiency in purifying bloodline energy had far surpassed its initial state.

Du Busi's Soul Power Level had reached level ninety-eight. His control over all his abilities had long reached an unfathomable level.

Under the refinement of the Bloodline Furnace, not only had his Poison Arts not been dissolved, they had instead fused into every part of his bloodline energy, creating a bloodline version of the Poison Arts.

With his bloodline energy purified and Bloodline Power about to condense, he had hope of using Bloodline Power to drive his Soul Power and form a Second Soul Core. His mood had been improving by the day.

"Everyone, who can make a trip this time and help Ao Tian hunt a Soul Beast?"

Du Busi had no intention of personally helping his disciple hunt for a Soul Ring.

It was not that he did not want to. He simply could not leave.

Not long ago, Mu Yuan had informed Du Busi of the intelligence regarding Sunset Forest.

This was also a decision Mu Yuan had made after careful thought.

The Body Sect had treated him well and never slighted him. He was always given the best of everything; there was never any shortage of Mystic Water Pills or Soul Ascension Pills. Whenever the Sect Master encountered a suitable Soul Beast, he would return to the sect and personally take Mu Yuan alone to hunt it.

The Scarlet Spirit Bone suited him, so Du Busi gave it to him.

The Deep Sea Demon Octopus was full of emotion and had the potential to drop a Soul Bone, so Du Busi silently tortured it to increase Mu Yuan's chances of obtaining one.

And that was only a small part of it.

What truly moved Mu Yuan was every day he spent cultivating within the Body Sect's environment.

He could genuinely feel the warm atmosphere, as if he were at home.

When the Body Sect disciples shouted about family, they meant it from the bottom of their hearts.

The sect had never failed him, so naturally, he would not hide things from them.

At an appropriate opportunity, he told Du Busi about his suspicion that the poisonous miasma in Sunset Forest might conceal the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

At the time, Du Busi's Bloodline Furnace cultivation had been progressing, and he had been searching for poisons to cultivate his Poison Arts. Mu Yuan had brought up the poisonous miasma in Sunset Forest with him.

At the same time, he was deliberately controlling the pace at which he persuaded Du Busi to explore the depths of the poisonous miasma.

"Huo Yuhao running away from home, receiving Tian Meng's sacrifice, joining the Tang Sect, entering Shrek, and later forming a bond with Wang Dong—these are a series of major events. Tang San will definitely be watching closely."

This period was the best opportunity for the Body Sect to strike like lightning and plunder the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as thoroughly as possible.