Proof of the Mystic Water Pill, the Shui Clan's Allegiance

Martial Soul Evolution was exceedingly difficult; they understood that all too well.

The "breeding" strategy their clan had followed for generations was, put plainly, meant to combine the superior genes of both parents, selecting and optimizing them generation after generation so their descendants would possess stronger Martial Souls and higher Innate Soul Power.

Yet the price of doing so was that the Shui Clan's Martial Souls were especially prone to mutation.

Though most were beneficial mutations—for instance, Shui Yue'er's Jade Dolphin among the younger generation was quite an excellent mutated Martial Soul—the Shui Clan's true inherited Martial Souls were the Water-Condensing Flying Luan and Ice-Condensing Flying Luan.

The long-cherished wish of every generation of Shui Clan ancestors was for those two inherited Martial Souls to one day evolve into an Ice Phoenix or Water Phoenix.

That was also why they could not form marriage alliances with those top-tier Martial Soul clans.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Clear Sky Hammer, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the Dai Family's White Tiger... Though these top-tier Martial Souls were powerful, once combined, their descendants' Martial Souls would only be overwritten, awakening the other party's top-tier Martial Soul. The Shui Clan's inheritance would be severed.

Thus, their choices had always been small and medium-sized Spirit Master clans, or talented independent cultivators.

Their Martial Soul quality had to be high enough, preferably similar to the Ice-Condensing Flying Luan or Water-Condensing Flying Luan. Only then could their descendants possibly evolve in the direction of a phoenix.

Through this "method," and after generations of unremitting effort by the Shui Clan, the first genius in the clan's history to awaken an Ice Phoenix Martial Soul was finally born among the younger generation—

Shui Bing'er.

But if there were another way to evolve their Martial Souls, why would they need