A Heavenly Paradise

The four soon left Spirit Hall. Given their identities and status, all they needed to do was file a report. In particular, Guangling Douluo was one of the worshippers. If he wanted someone to handle a task, he could simply say the word and take them along without needing anyone's permission.

Following the map they had drawn, the four arrived at the outskirts of the poison formation surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest.

For Titled Douluos, the poison formation before them was nothing. They could pass through it simply by raising a Soul Power barrier.

Li Pu found it quite amusing. The timing was undoubtedly perfect. The poison formation had been laid by Dugu Bo, not by Tang San after he took control of the place. It wasn't yet impossible for just anyone to enter. Later, the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers would guard the outside, turning it into an absolutely deadly environment filled with terrifying poison.

After entering the valley where the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well lay, the four saw a heavenly paradise.

The valley wasn't particularly large, but all kinds of plants grew there. Wherever they looked, they saw so many colors they couldn't count them.

Beautiful flowers competed in splendor, and every kind of plant was laden with fruit. Many of them even gave off a faint glow, some stronger than others.

Even at a glance, it was clear that these plants were extraordinary.

The most stunning sight was the strange lake in the middle.

One side was icy white, wreathed in a faint mist, while the other was a fiery red, its light shimmering and distorting the air above it.

Though they occupied the same pool, the two sides were sharply divided. Neither encroached upon the other, each remaining on its own side.

Even from far away, they could sense the dense energy of heaven and earth in the air.

The heavenly paradise before them left all four staring in a daze.

Everything in front of them was simply too beautiful.

"This... this is a treasure trove beyond compare!"

"That's the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and there's the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, the Aromatic Silk Beauty..."

Chrysanthemum Douluo's voice began to tremble. Then he let out a cry and went wild with excitement.

"Awooo~"

Without another thought, he charged toward the precious plants.

"I can say for certain that nowhere else on the Douluo Continent is so suitable for plants to grow. Even the Botanical Garden at Spirit Hall can't compare." Bibi Dong hardly knew how to describe what she was feeling.

"And if this place wasn't cultivated by people, how could somewhere like this even exist on the continent?"

"It's because of that lake. The lake's strange energy is what gives this place such abundant life and makes it so magnificent," Li Pu said.

Guangling Douluo raised a question. "By rights, this place should be teeming with Plant-type Soul Beasts. Why can't we see any?"

Plants were much less likely than animals to develop intelligence. Out of a thousand plants, not even one might gain sentience, and some places made it more likely than others.

By rights, this heavenly paradise before them should have been an ideal place for Plant-type Soul Beasts to emerge, yet they couldn't see a single one.

"Could something be suppressing them? Maybe none of these plants can become Soul Beasts." Guangling Douluo couldn't help looking toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. He had the feeling that something terrifying lurked within.

"Perhaps. I've heard that places like this might form from the remains of a fallen god, transforming into a heavenly paradise that nurtures the surrounding land. But the god's remnant soul might still remain. As long as it hasn't been erased by time, nothing in the area can develop intelligence," Li Pu said.

"Gods can actually fall?" Guangling Douluo wasn't convinced.

"How else do you explain what happened here? And how could Spirit Hall have failed to discover this place over the past thousand years?"

Guangling Douluo had no answer to either question.

"Could this be where the Fire God and Ice God fell?" Bibi Dong ventured.

In truth, this was where the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King had fallen.

"It might have been the resting place of divine beasts, too," Li Pu said.

"Whatever it is, this place belongs to Spirit Hall from now on. I just wonder if there's a divine seat here."

Guangling Douluo was immediately filled with anticipation.

Becoming a Titled Douluo was every Spirit Master's dream. Ordinary Douluos longed to break through to Super Douluo, Super Douluos set their sights on becoming Limit Douluos, and the eyes of Limit Douluos turned toward the distant, ethereal realm of godhood!

Yet to become a god, one had to inherit a divine seat or gather faith.

And the first step toward that goal was reaching Level 99, the rank of a Limit Douluo.

"That's a nice thought, but would a divine seat really be left behind when a god falls? How did those gods die? If another god killed them, wouldn't that god take their divine seat?" Li Pu went on.

"Surely not. I was still holding on to hope!"

Guangling Douluo felt a little disappointed. He knew perfectly well that becoming a god wasn't as easy as he'd imagined.

He soon came around. "Never mind. Discovering this place is good enough. My Ice attribute isn't an Ultimate Attribute yet. With the power of that icy spring, I'm sure I can gain Ultimate Ice. Combined with my existing Ultimate Light, I should have a chance of reaching Level 99—or at least Level 98!"

"The Immortal Herbs here are pretty good, too. Have you thought about taking one?" Li Pu asked.

Guangling Douluo smiled. "Do you really take me for a child? Of course these good things should be left for younger people like you. I'm an old man. Taking one would be a waste."

At their age, they didn't need to waste Immortal Herbs trying to break through their limits and reach higher realms. The herbs were better left for their descendants.

"True. The younger you are, the more effective a heavenly treasure is. At our age, it wouldn't work as well," Li Pu said with a smile.

"One Immortal Herb carries such potent medicinal power. If someone younger takes it, they might be overnourished to death in one go!" Guangling Douluo laughed.

An Immortal Herb wasn't easy to refine. It was like a thousand-year-old ginseng: if an ordinary person swallowed a whole one, they'd bleed from every orifice and die from the excess nourishment.

Li Pu found the comparison amusing. An Immortal Herb was equivalent to a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Eating one was like swallowing an entire hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

"Who'd be stupid enough to go around swallowing medicine at random?"

Even something meant to strengthen the body couldn't just be taken on a whim.

Chrysanthemum Douluo continued to rave through the valley, recognizing every medicinal plant with perfect precision.

Aside from the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which matched his Martial Soul, he also found other Immortal Herbs: the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and more.

He even found the legendary king of Immortal Herbs, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red he had spent his entire life searching for.

"Lovesick... Heartbreak Red..."

Chrysanthemum Douluo stopped before the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Tears streamed down his face as he reached toward it with trembling hands. A strange emotion welled up inside him, and he dropped to his knees.

He couldn't tell whether he was happy, sad, remorseful, or simply relieved.

"I finally found you. I finally found you. I finally found you..."