Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Bottom of the Pool; Dugu Yan's First Day of School: Xianting University

After a day and night of preparations, just as the sun was rising,

Dugu Bo swallowed a Creation Pill refined from an Earth Dragon Golden Melon! While refining the pill to evolve his Martial Soul, he also had to condense a Soul Core!

After swallowing the pill, Dugu Bo could clearly feel the medicinal effects of the Earth Dragon Golden Melon constantly transforming his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul. The process wasn't pleasant, but even so, it was far easier than the numbness, stabbing pain, and full-body convulsions that came when his poison flared up!

As for the Soul Core, other people had no clue how to form one, but Dugu Bo had a little experience. His poison pill was, in fact, the initial prototype of a Soul Core!

The whole process went smoothly. With a Creation Pill and the formation of a Soul Core, Dugu Bo's Martial Soul successfully evolved into a Jade Phosphorous Earth Dragon! At the same time, his Soul Power broke through to level 94! He looked more than a decade younger!

"My Martial Soul evolved! And my Soul Power rose by three levels!" Dugu Bo was startled by his own transformation. He had never imagined that Soul Power could be cultivated so quickly—he'd jumped three levels in one go! As everyone congratulated him, he kept exclaiming that he'd wasted all those years.

With Feng Xiaodi and Dugu Bo finished, it was Zhu Zhuqing's turn.

By then, Zhu Zhuqing knew what a God-Bestowed Soul Ring was. Refining one would allow her to condense a Soul Ring with an upper limit of a hundred thousand years.

What's more, God-Bestowed Soul Rings didn't cause the spiritual shock that came from Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

While Zhu Zhuqing calmly refined her God-Bestowed Soul Ring, Xiao Wu sat with her chin propped on her hand, watching Zhu Zhuqing.

Suddenly, Xiao Wu felt the sunlight blocked. She looked up, and her heart gave a thump.

It was the powerhouse who had pinned the Clear Sky Douluo down with one hand!

Xiong Jun asked with a beaming smile, "Little rabbit, why did you come to the human world?"

Xiao Wu answered truthfully, "My mother was killed by the Spirit Hall Pope. I wanted to..."

"Your mother died?" Xiong Jun cried out, his face full of shock.

The Soft-Bone Charm Rabbit who had kept the Star Dou Forest running like clockwork had actually died?!

"Uh... yes! That's why I want to avenge her against the Spirit Hall Pope! But Soul Beasts cultivate too slowly. There's no way I can get revenge before the Spirit Hall Pope dies of old age! So I chose to take human form and use a single lifetime to get my revenge!"

When she finished, Xiao Wu cautiously watched Xiong Jun's reaction.

Over the past few days, she'd carefully thought about how to answer the question of why she'd come to the human world. After pondering it for several days, Xiao Wu had completely left out her longing for the human world: I, Xiao Wu, have only one thing on my mind—revenge!

That answer can't be wrong, right? You Immortal Court people believe that every grievance must be repaid, too! Xiao Wu murmured to herself.

Xiong Jun settled into thought for a moment and felt that Xiao Wu's reasoning made sense. No matter the world, if she wanted revenge against the pope of the most powerful force, Spirit Hall, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast's cultivation and speed were nowhere near enough. She had no choice but to take human form...

"Huh? Wait! You said you wanted revenge against whom?"

"Bibi Dong, the Spirit Hall Pope!" Xiao Wu answered with grave seriousness.

"Bibi Dong!" Xiong Jun's mouth twitched, and his expression nearly cracked.

Xiao Wu asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiong Jun composed himself and waved a hand, deciding to leave the matter alone. They could wait until Empress Bibi Xi came to Douluo World No. 1 in person. Perhaps by then, Empress Bibi Xi would kill her own Doppelganger, Bibi Dong!

"It's nothing! Tell me about the Star Dou Forest. Which hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts live in the Core Circle? And which Ferocious Beasts live on Lake Heart Island, in the middle of the Lake of Life? Is the Silver Dragon King there? What about the Black Dragon King, the Emerald Swan, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and the Demon Eye Demon Tree?"

"Huh? The Silver Dragon King? The Black Dragon King? The Emerald Swan? The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear? The Demon Eye Demon Tree? Who are they? The only ones who lived with me were Da Ming and Er Ming. Oh, right, they're the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, both hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts." Xiao Wu looked utterly bewildered.

Now it was Xiong Jun's turn to look surprised. He asked uncertainly, "Don't tell me you didn't know there were Ferocious Beasts on Lake Heart Island!"

Xiao Wu thought for a moment and said, "Senior, I heard my mother say that powerful Soul Beasts lived on Lake Heart Island and that I must never go near it. She wouldn't tell me more, either. As for which Soul Beasts lived there, I don't know."

"Is that so?" Xiong Jun immediately lost interest, thinking, Looks like I'll have to go back when we need the Life Gold!

At that very moment,

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was about to finish absorbing her Soul Ring, Qian Pingchuan said, "Uncle, I'd like to go to the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

"You want to search for the Soul Bones left behind by the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings?"

"Mm!" Qian Pingchuan nodded and said, "Uncle, you should know that my father was able to rise so quickly in such a short time because he absorbed a pair of External Soul Bones left behind by the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. I think there'll be another pair of God Tier External Soul Bones at the bottom of this pool!"

Dugu Xue nodded slightly. "Then be careful. You've eaten a Creation Pill refined from those two Immortal Herbs, but don't let your guard down!"

"Mm." Qian Pingchuan jumped into the water with a splash and went to search for the External Soul Bones.

In the main Immortal Court world, separated by a world barrier,

today was Dugu Yan's first day of school!

A commercial Soul Guidance Car stopped outside the administration building of Xianting University. The school's leaders were waiting to greet her in person.

After a round of pleasantries, Dugu Yan was handed over to the homeroom teacher of Sophomore Dragon Major Class 1, a man in his early thirties with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

"Teacher Yu, my dad just said you're from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Is that right?"

"Mm."

"Teacher Yu, what level of cultivation do you need to teach at Xianting University?"

At that, Teacher Yu said, "To teach at Xianting University, you need to be at least an exceptionally talented high-ranking Soul Douluo! Otherwise, how could you teach the students?"

"An exceptionally talented high-ranking Soul Douluo! Gasp—then what about you, Teacher?"

"Me? I only barely broke through to Titled Douluo at thirty-five. If my Martial Soul weren't a powerful Beast Martial Soul like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, I wouldn't have made it in as a teacher at Xianting University."

"Breaking through to Titled Douluo at thirty-five! That's amazing!"

Dugu Yan's shock was completely genuine! In Douluo World No. 1, the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had only one Titled Douluo. And, as far as anyone knew, the youngest Titled Douluo on the Douluo Continent was Tang Hao, who had reached that level at forty-four.

Teacher Yu maintained an awkward smile, thinking, I wonder if Dugu Yan really means it when she says I'm amazing.

Breaking through to Titled Douluo at thirty-five only just counted as "above average."

"Teacher Yu, could you tell me a little about our class first?"

"Our Dragon Major Class 1 has thirty-two students. Most of their Martial Souls have dragon bloodlines, such as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Fire Dragon, Ice Dragon, Jade Phosphorous Earth Dragon, Bone Dragon, White Armored Earth Dragon, Flood Dragon, and so on..."

There are so many dragon-type Martial Souls! Dugu Yan was amazed.

After introducing the class, Teacher Yu continued, "Oh, right, the school leaders have already told me about your situation. If you have any trouble adjusting to your studies or daily life, you can come find me or send me a message. Do you know how to use a Soul Guidance Mobile Phone?"

"I do. Thank you, Teacher." Dugu Yan nodded lightly and tightened the strap of the bag over her shoulder. She didn't understand why students in Immortal Court had to carry schoolbags. Wouldn't it be better to put their things in a Storage Soul Tool?

After leaving the administration building, they walked across campus.

Students were everywhere, all dressed in T-shirts and shorts, their faces bright with youthful smiles.

Dugu Yan had never imagined a campus could be so harmonious.

"Teacher Yu, don't these students need to cultivate?"

"Of course they do! Our school has a lot of students. There are more than fourteen thousand across all four years! The students you see are only a small fraction. They're on break and have come out to eat, buy daily necessities, and things like that."

"Fourteen thousand?! Gasp—that's too many!" Dugu Yan was utterly astonished. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she couldn't have imagined it, much less believed it!

In Douluo World No. 1, the entire Soul Master population of the Tiandou Empire—from level-one Soul Scholars to Titled Douluo above level ninety—numbered at most around fourteen thousand!

And here, at Xianting University alone, there were this many people!

"Um, Teacher Yu, Xianting University is the best university in Immortal Court, right?"

"You could say that. But in some fields, other universities are a little better than Xianting University. For example, Xianting Medical University, Xianting University of Science and Technology, and Xianting Military University. They're on par with us in pill refinement and Soul Tool manufacturing, respectively."

"Ohh... Do they have more than fourteen thousand students, too?"

"More or less. These past few years, all the universities have been busy expanding enrollment. Besides these four key universities, Immortal Court has more than thirteen hundred universities in total!"

"How... how many?" Dugu Yan's eyes widened in shock. She exclaimed inwardly, I've learned something new again! I've learned something new again! Immortal Court's foundations are beyond imagination!

More than ten minutes later,

the two arrived at the sophomore Dragon Major Class 1 classroom. There were about thirty students inside, all chatting and boasting.

"Everyone, settle down."

Teacher Yu clapped his hands. At the sound of their homeroom teacher's voice, all the students immediately quieted down.

Dugu Yan stood by the lectern and met row after row of curious eyes. Then she suddenly spotted two familiar faces in the crowd!

They were the younger siblings in the photo Dugu Xin had shown her.

The two siblings' eyes had gone wide. Why was someone who looked almost exactly like their older sister, Dugu Yan, standing in front of them? Could their sister have come to play a trick on them?

"Let me introduce our new classmate. This is Dugu Yan. She'll be studying and cultivating with all of you over the next few years. Let's give her a welcome!"

Clap, clap, clap, clap—

"All right!" Teacher Yu raised a hand to quiet them and said, "Dugu Yan, introduce yourself. Just tell us about your hobbies."

"Mm."

Dugu Yan nodded, then introduced herself. "My name is Dugu Yan. I'm twenty years old, so I'm a little older than most."

"Wow, big sister!" someone shouted.

Dugu Yan blushed a little at the commotion.

"Because of a flaw in my Martial Soul, I used to worry every day that it would flare up. I didn't really have any hobbies before, but now I'm thinking I might try to find one."

"What? Big sister, you don't even have a single hobby?"

Dugu Yan smiled. "That's right! But that's all in the past! The flaw in my Martial Soul has been fixed, and my future will be bright! I can take my time figuring out what I like."