Dragon Phoenix Golden Toad

A sense of indescribable comfort washed over his entire body.

He did not know how much time had passed, but as the comfort gradually faded, Mu Han opened his eyes to see a pristine white ceiling.

He silently sensed his physical condition.

His body felt essentially normal, yet his perception of it was far clearer than before.

The spiritual power that had troubled him for so long had finally broken through, advancing from the Spirit Connection Realm to the Spirit Sea Realm.

For a soul master, this was an absolutely vital threshold.

It was the mandatory path leading toward becoming a high-level soul master.

Theoretically, this was enough to cultivate up to a nine-ring Titled Douluo, though the soul ring configuration would be limited to five purple and four black at best.

After all, it was a combination of two thousand-year soul spirits and one ten-thousand-year soul spirit.

A more likely scenario would be six purple and three black.

However, a thousand-year soul spirit could provide three thousand-year soul rings.

And a ten-thousand-year soul spirit could provide four ten-thousand-year soul rings.

Therefore, five purple and four black was theoretically possible, and even superior.

He wondered what the state of his own soul spirit was.

Thinking of this, Mu Han focused his mind; a high-pitched dragon roar suddenly erupted, followed immediately by a crisp phoenix cry.

The Vermilion Clear Ice Toad was still the same Vermilion Clear Ice Toad, and it remained a thousand-year soul spirit.

Yet, behind the toad, a massive, ferocious, and majestic dragon head had emerged.

The dragon head was entirely crimson, and beside it appeared a crystalline, snow-white Ice Phoenix.

The noble and elegant Ice Phoenix chased the majestic fire dragon, the two intertwining and branding themselves onto the back of the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad.

Because its habitat was located on the border between the far north and human territory, the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad was also known as the "King of the Crevice."

The reason they chose that location was that the fire attribute within the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad made them ill-suited for the depths of the far north.

In reality, however, it was mostly because their strength was insufficient to compare with the three great heavenly kings of the far north.

Even when Mu Han's Vermilion Clear Ice Toad soul spirit mutated and gained a metal attribute, it felt as though it had merely been gilded.

Yet, at this moment, the roar of the giant dragon and the cry of the Ice Phoenix bestowed upon it a sense of magnificence.

"This must be because of Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi, right?" Mu Han muttered to himself.

The original work mentioned that those two possessed the Bone Dragon King and Dark Phantom Eagle martial souls, respectively.

Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was the Dark Eagle Dragon.

Mu Han's fusion skill with his soul spirit, Ice Fire Refining Gold, had also gained a dark attribute after being strengthened.

Thus, it had simply swallowed the Dark Eagle Dragon whole.

The ancestors of land soul beasts were diverse, but almost all flying soul beasts possessed some degree of phoenix bloodline.

The phoenix was the king of all birds, which was why there was the saying, "all birds pay homage to the phoenix."

It was just that the Dark Phantom Eagle was quite far removed from a phoenix.

However, the Bone Dragon King itself was a top-tier dark-attribute martial soul.

Furthermore, both Mu Han and his soul spirit, the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad, had each absorbed a drop of essence blood from the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian.

Consequently, the bloodline of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King stimulated the Bone Dragon King martial soul.

The Bone Dragon King martial soul, through the connection of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Dark Eagle Dragon, then stimulated the Dark Phantom Eagle martial soul.

The aura of the phoenix within the Dark Phantom Eagle's bloodline was released.

Coupled with the atavistic Bone Dragon King, this was why the auspicious dragon and phoenix effect had appeared.

As for why it was a fire dragon and an ice phoenix?

The ice and fire within the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad happened to correspond to them; perhaps this was the true Ice Fire Refining Gold?

However, one could probably no longer call this soul spirit a Vermilion Clear Ice Toad.

Would Dragon Phoenix Golden Toad be more appropriate?

Beyond this, Mu Han also wanted to attempt spirit forging.

Back when he had just broken through to level twenty, Mu Han had wanted to try it.

In fact, even before the breakthrough, Mu Han had already been eager to give it a shot.

Just as he had wanted to challenge thousand-forging when he was only at level ten.

But thousand-forging was different from spirit forging.

If thousand-forging failed, it failed. How many times had Mu Han failed over these past few years?

Yet, spirit forging could not afford failure.

Spirit forging was the communication between soul power and metal, as well as the fusion of one's own heart and soul with the metal.

Thousand Refinement merely brings out the full potential inherent within the metal itself.

Yet, Spirit Refinement is the process of triggering a mutation in the metal!

To successfully complete a Spirit Refinement, one must fuse their body and mind into one.

Therefore, once a Spirit Refinement fails, having the metal scrapped is the least of one's worries.

If it fails, the mind and spirit will inevitably suffer severe damage; if that damage is irreparable, it means the end of one's forging career.

That is why Mu Han did not gamble at all.

A normal Spirit Refinement requires the level of a four-ring Soul Ancestor.

In the original work, Tang Wulin possessed innate divine strength, but under normal circumstances, he would still need to reach the third ring.

Later, he was pushed during the entrance exam, which stimulated his potential, allowing him to complete his first Spirit Refinement at level twenty-eight.

So, there was truly no need for Mu Han to attempt it before the second ring.

After he broke through to the second ring, he had already intended to give it a try, but the Class Promotion Tournament happened to begin right then.

As a result, he made another breakthrough during the Class Promotion Tournament.

His cultivation remained at the second ring, but his spiritual power had already reached the Spirit Sea Realm level.

Nowadays, for him, Spirit Refinement is as easy as pie.

However, he knew that the outside world was likely in chaos at this moment.

He remembered that the family backgrounds of Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi were not simple.

Although they were not considered major clans, they were still of a considerable scale.

Their own prodigies had died in the Class Promotion Tournament, and in a way that left not even a corpse behind.

How could the two families let the matter rest?

Although it is said that fists and kicks have no eyes, what meaning do right and wrong have at a time like this?

Mu Han was not trying to shirk responsibility.

It was just that showing up at a time like this would only add to the chaos. It would be better to let his foster father, Mu Chen, handle it for him.

Although the current Federation is a society ruled by law and claims to be equal for all on the surface.

But in a world centered on a cultivation system, how could there possibly be equality for all?

Mu Chen is an eighth-rank Saint Craftsman and, furthermore, the junior fellow apprentice of the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.

With Mu Chen's status, even Title Douluos must show him a degree of respect.

Even the official Federation authorities need to give him face.

If the Wang Family and Zhang Family are willing to accept compensation, that is keeping their dignity.

If the two families do not want to keep their dignity, Mu Chen has ways to make them "dignified."

Therefore, when Mu Han called Mu Chen via soul guidance communication, Mu Chen was not overly nervous.

Since there was no one on the other side they couldn't afford to offend, it was just a matter that could be solved by paying money.

And as a Saint Craftsman, would Mu Chen be short of money?

Anyone who can become a Master Craftsman is bound to be wealthy enough to rival a nation. How could they ever lack money!

A Saint Craftsman's services are even more priceless, because the price is set by the Saint Craftsman themselves.

This is the rule of the Blacksmith Association.

Generally, when a Saint Craftsman accepts a task, the vast majority of the time it is because they need some rare materials.

And whatever a Saint Craftsman wants in exchange for their services, they can almost always obtain.

Just then, Mu Han noticed there was someone else in the infirmary.

He saw a familiar figure lying in the bed next to him: "Xie Xie?"

A member of the protagonist group in the original work, Xie Xie, who is now in Class 2 of the first grade.

How did this guy end up in the infirmary? Could it be that he was also injured by him?

However, the last time he fought him was before the typhoon.

Could it be that this guy has been lying here for over a week after being knocked down?

But he didn't seem to have any external injuries.