Glimmering Light Reflects on the Spring, Tempering Ice and Flame

The moment Su Qing stepped into the Sunset Forest, he activated his martial soul once more. However, what appeared in his hand was not the Silver Dragon Spear, but the Ring Jade, which no longer seemed as tranquil and undisturbed as it had in his past life.

Instead, it was now plated with a layer of gilded light, and his soul power flowed through it without the slightest obstruction. Su Qing was essentially certain that his first martial soul had transformed into the Silver Dragon Spear because the Ring Jade had refined a portion of the primordial divine power from the Silver Dragon King's godhead. It had completely converted that power into Su Qing's own, meaning his first martial soul was not merely that long spear, but also the Silver Dragon King's elemental control.

In other words, he was now a weakened version of the Silver Dragon King. He could wield wind, fire, water, earth, lightning, light, darkness, time, and space. Furthermore, after projecting his spiritual power into the Ring Jade, he made a startling discovery: his god position had not been reclaimed by the Heavenly Dao, but was resting quietly within the unique space of the Ring Jade.

Although only half of his god position remained and repairing it would require a massive amount of faith power, having been a god once before, he did not find this task difficult. On the contrary, among all his pending matters, repairing his god position was the simplest.

After a brief experiment with various attributes, he discovered that the space element was completely bound to the Ring Jade. This meant that, at his current stage, his control over space could at most provide him with an extra storage Soul Tool that no one else knew about, and he couldn't even touch the threshold of the time element yet.

However, as for the other elements, while he couldn't say he could command them as easily as his own limbs, with his current spiritual power, using them as he pleased was not difficult. This was especially true for the wind element; with his level-one god-tier spiritual power, he could even use it to grant himself the ability to fly, and this required almost no consumption of soul power!

Of course, he could also use the wind element to achieve a teleportation effect, though at this stage, the distance was limited to ten meters, it could only be a straight-line displacement, and it consumed one-tenth of his soul power each time—a truly terrifying cost.

However, once he gradually mastered various elements in the future, this soul power consumption should decrease significantly. Furthermore, with the Ring Jade's heaven-defying refining ability, once he became a god again, he would only need to spend time hunting other gods and absorbing their godheads to continuously grow stronger. Although, given his notoriety in the God Realm back then, going to the upper realm would be a death sentence, but what if he didn't ascend and instead sat back and waited for other gods to descend to capture him?

Thinking of this, a curve unconsciously spread across the corners of his mouth.

"I should head back to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well first."

Watching the sky grow dark, Su Qing immediately used the wind element to manifest a pair of airflow wings and flew straight toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, following the path he had taken earlier.

Just as he entered the poisonous miasma, he noticed two rows of footprints on the ground—one charred black, the other frozen solid. Recalling the forest ice-and-fire beings he had seen peeling bark from the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, he quickly understood what was going on. No wonder he hadn't encountered any soul beasts along the way; it turned out two fellows had been carrying the burden for him.

At this thought, a wave of warmth washed over him. Although most of these immortal herbs were unreliable, they were truly good to him. As for their earlier shouts about wanting to kill him when he first arrived, he didn't take them to heart at all. Having raised him for so many years, if they really wanted to kill him, they would have done so long ago.

"Do you think little Qing might be in danger? Why hasn't he returned yet?"

Youyou, the large, pale-pink flower, swayed left and right, occasionally using her leaves to support her calyx as she muttered to herself.

"It's only been a short while. It takes a lot of time for a child to go back and forth, doesn't it? Besides, Jiaojiao and I saw with our own eyes that he was led away by a little girl, so how could anything happen? You're just doubting our capabilities!"

The words of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass were filled with helplessness. This fellow usually acted like she couldn't stand Su Qing, but the moment the little guy left, she started chanting. Who could stand this?

"That is exactly what I'm worried about! Look, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red has been daydreaming for a lifetime, and you still dared to send him into the hands of a girl? Isn't that forcing someone onto a dead-end road?"

Youyou looked as if she were frustrated by his lack of progress; she knew all too well what could happen when a boy and a girl met.

"No, Sister Youyou, I've only been out for two days, how have I ended up on a dead-end road?"

Su Qing looked at Youyou with a helpless expression.

"Oh my, adults are talking, children shouldn't interrupt... Hmm? Little Qing?! You're finally back! Let me see if my cute little Qing is missing any arms or legs!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Youyou was overjoyed and immediately maneuvered her growing leaves toward Su Qing, pulling him in front of her to examine him closely.

"Little Qing, you've learned bad habits after only two days out. Why are you dressed up like a girl?"

Seeing that the black hair and black eyes he had before leaving had turned into silver hair and purple eyes, Youyou was furious. He had only been gone for two days and turned out like this; what would happen if he stayed away longer?

"I didn't dress up, Sister Youyou. I turned into this after I awakened my martial soul!"

Su Qing gave a wry smile. How was he to know he would end up like this? His current appearance was almost identical to Gu Yuena, with perhaps a bit more heroic spirit between his brows, making it just barely possible to tell he was a boy.

"What? What kind of martial soul did you awaken?"

At this question, all the surrounding immortal herbs gathered around.

"A silver spear."

As he spoke, he summoned his martial soul to show the immortal herbs.

"A melee martial soul? No, no, what if you get hurt fighting someone in the future! That stinky chrysanthemum, it's time for you to put your remaining heat to use!!!"

"Wait a moment, it would be better to use our essence to let little Qing undergo body tempering with ice and fire. That way, he can absorb more medicinal power."

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot spoke almost simultaneously. It was clear they wanted to do something for the precious little one they had watched grow up.

"Ah?"

Now Su Qing understood. No wonder they had urged him to come back early; it turned out they had all prepared a surprise for him.

Before he could speak, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Jiaojiao simultaneously channeled a portion of the essence they had condensed over ten thousand years toward Su Qing using their soul power.

"Little Qing, open your mouth. This is the heart of your two sisters. Once they turn into energy and flow through your entire body, you can jump into the pool."

"Alright."

Su Qing nodded, opened his mouth, and swallowed the Red Glue and the Heavy Ice Crystal in one gulp. After a few breaths, feeling the two cold and hot energies intersecting within his body and beginning to merge with his own soul power, he leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and began to circulate his soul power at the intersection of the ice and fire springs to absorb the medicinal power.

"Sigh, it's a pity little Qing can't stay in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well forever."

Watching Su Qing absorb the medicinal power in the spring, Youyou sighed.

"Why is that, Youyou?"

The other immortal herbs that hadn't spent much time in the human world clearly didn't understand Youyou's words. Why couldn't Su Qing stay in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well forever?

"Humans must obtain soul rings after awakening their martial souls, and then they have to go to a Soul Master Academy to study so they can grow faster. If little Qing stays here, he won't even be able to obtain soul rings..."

Just as Youyou was explaining the differences between humans and immortal herbs, Su Qing in the spring had gradually gained control over the ice and fire energies coursing through his body. This meant that among the elements he could manipulate, the ice and fire elements had both ascended to the ultimate attribute.

Subsequently, he began to use the ice and fire power in the spring to cultivate his soul power. Although he hadn't obtained a soul ring yet, the accumulation of soul power would not stop, so he had to make full use of the well's body-tempering effects before he became completely accustomed to the environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.