Disaster-Fortune Reversal

Bing Di transformed into a small scorpion and hopped onto Mu Xuanheng's shoulder: "It seems I've just become weaker; there are no other changes."

Xue Di: "Bing'er, do you think I would lie to you? How could I forget about you when it comes to such a good thing?"

Mu Xuanheng: "Our mission to the Extreme North can be considered complete. Let's go back and properly digest everything."

A trip to the Extreme North had yielded the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion torso bone, and he had also obtained his fourth soul ring. The current situation called for returning to properly familiarize himself with his new power.

The journey should have been perfectly smooth, had Xuan Zi not insisted on tagging along.

"Xuanheng, I still have some questions. Doesn't a million-year-old molted shell require a million-year-old soul beast to exist?"

Everyone could have just let it slide, but with Xuan Zi asking, many questions began to surface.

Both Bing Di and Xue Di wanted to know how Mu Xuanheng knew about the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and why he knew it would come looking for Bing Di.

Everything regarding the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was naturally explained simply by Bing Di.

"What? A million-year-old soul beast? And it became a smart soul ring for a Shrek student?"

Almost every history book told Xuan Zi that there were no million-year-old soul beasts. But now, there was one.

He desperately wanted to know who had obtained it.

"I don't know the name, but I can recognize them."

"Old man, don't be so surprised. When we get back, just see who acts abnormally, and you'll know who it is, right?"

Xuan Zi nodded; that made sense. "Wait, then how did you know about it, kid?"

Since being found, Mu Xuanheng had almost never left the protective range of Mu En and Xuan Zi. If such a powerful soul beast existed, he should have known about it long ago.

"Remember that time you almost let me die? I went to capture this million-year-old soul beast. But it didn't think much of me; it felt I wasn't a good match."

Xuan Zi trusted Mu Xuanheng, whom he had raised himself, implicitly.

Mu Xuanheng didn't need to offer much explanation; simply saying he had sensed it was enough.

However, Bing Di and Xue Di were different; they had discovered the crux of the matter.

Any behavior that exposed his foresight could easily lead to his own exposure.

The two returned to the spiritual sea to seek confirmation from him.

"I don't want to lie to you, but I can only say that at this stage, I cannot tell you."

The only other person who knew about this was Electrolux, who could browse his memories.

"Little girl, little scorpion. You had best not ask; this matter would cause too much psychological impact for you."

With Electrolux vouching for him, the two soul beasts had nothing left to ask.

They prepared to return to Shrek.

In the distance, someone whispered: "That Taotie bloodline can just follow along. I'll go invite him next time."

Everything was executed perfectly, leaving only Huo Yuhao to have made a wasted trip to the Extreme North.

"Damn it, who exactly took Bing'er away? I refuse to believe I can't find you."

"Brother Sky Dream, what do we do now?" Huo Yuhao was nearly frozen to death; he still couldn't withstand such extreme cold.

"Let's find an Ice Jade Scorpion to be your martial soul first." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had its own backup plan.

Under the influence of its powerful spiritual power, obtaining an Ice Jade Scorpion was not a difficult task.

The difficulty lay in Huo Yuhao's absorption of the soul ring.

Without Bing Di to compress the power, his first soul ring had to be from a soul beast under a thousand years.

With Tian Meng there, it was easy for him to find an Ice Jade Scorpion that met the criteria.

Upon returning to the Sea God Pavilion, he began to test his strength.

Xuan Zi remained the best punching bag.

Mu En sat in his wheelchair, watching.

Mu Xuanheng stood with the Ice and Snow Empresses behind him.

"Don't be so solemn; it's just one soul bone and one soul ring."

Xue Di: "After Bing'er's soul bone was nourished by my origin, it became a 400,000-year-old soul bone directly. Its power will not be weak."

"The soul skills granted to you by my Ice Jade Empress Scorpion torso bone are Eternal Frozen Domain and Ice Emperor's Wrath. They are a powerful domain soul skill and a powerful ice-attribute attack soul skill, respectively. Both consume quite a bit of energy."

Mu Xuanheng activated the torso bone and fired an Ice Emperor's Wrath at Xuan Zi.

Xuan Zi extended his left hand to catch it, and his palm was instantly frozen: "Impressive. If it were an ordinary Title Douluo, it might have frozen half their body."

With a flick of his hand, he shattered the ice crystals.

The strength of the Taotie Douluo was not to be underestimated; there was no way a mere Soul Ancestor could break his defense.

Mu Xuanheng: "Should we test the effects of the Eternal Frozen Domain as well?"

"No need. Try your fourth soul skill. We also want to know what exactly your fourth soul skill is." Mu En valued domain-type soul skills highly, but compared to the fixed soul skills of Chaofeng, they were somewhat lacking.

This time, no one could answer for Mu Xuanheng; he had to realize it himself: "Fourth soul skill, Disaster-Fortune Reversal!"

Knowing the effects of the soul skill, it was time to explain the specific details.

"This soul skill is somewhat complex; it converts disaster into fortune. Simply put, it can turn negative status effects into positive ones."

"Can you only convert your own?"

"Also those of Bing Di and Xue Di, who are strongly connected to me. It doesn't work on others for the time being."

"For the time being?"

"Converting the status of others consumes a lot of soul power, and the effect isn't as significant."

Mu Xuanheng continued to explain: Disaster-Fortune Reversal doesn't just convert disaster to fortune; it can also convert fortune to disaster.

It was impossible to understand just by listening, so he had to use some special methods.

He used control and debuff-type soul skills on himself, which Mu Xuanheng then converted into buff-type effects.

Mu En quickly made a judgment: "In battles between those of the same level, this soul skill has a massive impact. Especially in long-drawn-out fights, it will have a tremendous influence."

He was somewhat puzzled: "Converting disaster into a blessing shouldn't just be limited to these control and debuff soul skills, right?"

Mu Xuanheng nodded: "That's correct. This is a rather idealistic soul skill. Things like the exhaustion of soul power and physical strength, or severe injuries, can all be considered disasters. These disasters can all be converted into attack power."

"A chance for a desperate strike; a good soul skill."

Of the four fixed soul skills of Chaofeng, except for the second one which is purely numerical, they are basically all mechanism-type soul skills. The effects are very powerful.

The unfortunate part was that he couldn't use Xuan Zi as a target this time; he had to be the target himself.

Testing it a few more times allowed Mu Xuanheng to grasp the effects of his soul skill more clearly.

Mu En smiled enigmatically: "Xuanheng, your senior brother has looked for me several times recently. Have you forgotten something?"

"Senior brother? Senior brother Yan Shaozhe?" Speaking of Yan Shaozhe, Mu Xuanheng immediately remembered that he had promised to help treat Ma Xiaotao.

"Oh no, I forgot. I hope nothing went wrong."

Bing Di and Xue Di also returned to Mu Xuanheng's sea of consciousness.

"Don't forget, you promised me you would learn the Three Ultimates of the Snow Empress."

Mu Xuanheng felt like crying but had no tears; he owed too many things.

After they left, Xuan Zi was the first to apologize: "Elder Mu, I still took Xuanheng out."

"If he wants to go out, he cannot be stopped. It is good that you were by his side, but do not forget that you have your own tasks as well. Not just Shrek, but all of humanity is in great need of a new Limit Douluo."

"Yes." Xuan Zi knew he needed to cultivate more diligently. Just as he was about to leave, he thought of something and told Mu En about the million-year soul beast.

"I roughly know who it is. Leave this matter to Xuanheng to handle."

Mu En: "It is also time to arrange for Xuanheng to spar with the official team members."