Lightning Strike on the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well

Time sped by like a galloping horse, while days and months flowed away like falling blossoms and running water.

Ten months passed in the blink of an eye.

Over those ten months, Qiangu Yunche finally integrated the medicinal power accumulated within his body over the years, along with the origin power of the Cangming Thunder Dragon Emperor, into his own origin and Martial Soul.

Though he was not yet twelve, he had already grown over 1.85 meters tall. He stood straight and proud, with sharp brows and bright eyes. His features had fully matured, and his handsomeness had reached the point where he could be called walking hormones.

Yet what drew the most attention was the detached calmness about him, as though nothing could truly enter his heart and all worldly splendor was merely passing clouds.

Over the past year, Qiangu Yunche's cultivation had also advanced by leaps and bounds.

After absorbing the Silver Moon Dragon Python's Soul Ring, his Soul Power had been at rank fifty-one. Now, it had reached rank fifty-nine. He was only one step away from becoming a Soul Emperor.

Life Gold, along with the medicinal power and energy that had previously accumulated within him, had elevated his physical constitution to an extremely terrifying level. Obtaining a hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring was already a certainty for him.

The reason Qiangu Yunche had been so eager to bring his physical condition to its absolute peak was to ensure that, when absorbing the immortal herbs, their medicinal power would not conflict with any residual medicinal power or energy within his body, thereby maximizing their effects.

Now that the time was right, Qiangu Yunche did not hesitate any longer. He immediately told his parents and great-grandfather everything he knew about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

As for where he got this information?

Then Qiangu Yunche would have to bring up his trip to the black market last week and make something up...

After Qiangu Yunche explained the matter, Yang Shu had the strongest reaction.

She came from the Breaking Clan, whose ancestors had served as the heads of the Tang Sect's Medicine Hall for thousands of years. Through the oral accounts passed down by her forebears, she was not entirely unfamiliar with the name Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. However, she had always doubted whether the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well truly existed.

After all, even during the Tang Sect's former heyday, no one had ever truly known the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well's exact location.

In Qiangu Yunche's view, aside from those two divine beasts, the only ones on the continent who might know the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well's precise location were likely the descendants of the Poison Douluo's bloodline.

However, after Dugu Bo himself died under heaven's punishment, the Dugu Clan was shunned and loathed by the world. In the end, it completely withdrew from society. For at least several thousand years, there had been no news of Jade Phosphorous Serpent Soul Masters anywhere on the continent.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was a matter of enormous importance. If everything was true, the Qiangu Clan would truly soar to greatness. Thus, Qiangu Qing and Qiangu Liting's family all took it extremely seriously. Time was of the essence, and they decided to set off immediately to investigate Sunset Forest within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Sparse white clouds drifted across the azure sky as five figures flew side by side high above, moving at a speed that could cover a hundred meters in an instant.

Qiangu Qing and Qiangu Liting were both Title Douluo-level powerhouses. High-speed flight was child's play to them.

Yang Shu and Qiangu Yunmei were both high-level Soul Masters with more than seven Soul Rings, possessing a certain degree of flight ability themselves. Coupled with the seventh-rank flying Soul Tools they had obtained through special channels, they could easily keep up with the group.

As for Qiangu Yunche, although he was only a Soul King, he possessed the Emerald Wings External Soul Bone.

The jade-green, translucent Soul Bone gleamed brilliantly beneath the sunlight. Every time its wings beat, the surrounding space seemed to distort slightly.

With the power of spatial resonance, the Emerald Wings granted Qiangu Yunche extreme speed comparable to that of an agility-type flying Soul Master after activating a Martial Soul Avatar. Moreover, because this Soul Bone could actively draw spatial power from the surrounding space to replenish itself, flight barely consumed any of Qiangu Yunche's Soul Power.

In the distance, a vast expanse of lush forest came into view.

Unlike the Star Dou Great Forest, most of which lay in the south, Sunset Forest's vegetation was nowhere near as dense, and its species were vastly different as well.

Only after they flew past the forest's outer regions did the vegetation gradually become more abundant.

However, humanity's slaughter over tens of thousands of years had caused the number and quality of Soul Beasts here to decline drastically. In such a massive forest, even thousand-year Soul Beasts were exceedingly rare, while ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts could not be found at all.

By this point, the five of them could clearly see that a thin layer of white mist seemed to blanket the forest below.

As they ventured deeper, the white mist grew denser in color, while the height and area it covered became increasingly outrageous. By the time they reached the depths of Sunset Forest, the fog had faintly taken on seven colors.

The seven of them lowered their flight altitude somewhat. Qiangu Yunche activated the Domain of Destruction, and its tyrannical aura of destruction began madly tearing into the miasma in the surrounding space like a rabid dog.

This miasma itself contained abundant poison attributes. Once it was destroyed and devoured by the Domain of Destruction, it all transformed into pure Soul Power that flowed back into Qiangu Yunche.

As Qiangu Yunche pushed the Domain of Destruction to its limit and devoured the miasma, a gap roughly twenty meters in diameter rapidly appeared in the thick poisonous clouds overhead. Meanwhile, the poisonous clouds in the surrounding areas began to churn and surge swiftly toward the opening.

"Get down, now."

Qiangu Yunche called out softly, then was the first to rush toward the opening. The others hurriedly followed.

Compared to the dense poisonous clouds above, the miasma beneath them was not quite as terrifying. However, everything here—including the soil, vegetation, and even the enormous scattered skeletons throughout the forest—was seven-colored.

"Crack—"

A sharp sound suddenly rang out in the distance. The group had just stepped out of the crater created by their descent when they saw a massive skeleton tilt to one side. Then, with a thunderous crash, it fell to the ground and shattered into countless fragments. The seven colors on its surface became even more vivid.

Soul Beast bones had always been the hardest parts of a Soul Beast's body. The Golden Dragon Spear and Darkgolden Terrorclaw were prime examples. Yet under the corrosion of this seven-colored poisonous miasma, even beast bones had become as fragile as bowls and plates.

One could only imagine how terrifyingly toxic this miasma was.

"Do not leave my domain, and do not touch anything here."

Qiangu Yunche spoke softly. Only after the Domain of Destruction reduced everything within a twenty-meter radius to powder did he step forward.

After walking roughly two hundred meters, Yang Shu suddenly cried out in surprise and stopped before a plant with an exceptionally strange appearance.

It was an emerald-green plant, not very tall, with nine oddly shaped leaves.

Those leaves resembled human hands somewhat, each with seven fingers. Farther away, some larger plants of the same kind even had leaves with nine fingers.

Yet whether the leaves had seven fingers or nine, a large emerald-green flower bloomed at the top of each one.

The emerald-green mist was emitted from the stamens of those flowers, slowly spreading outward before merging into the seven-colored poisonous miasma.

"Those are... Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers and Jade Phosphorus Nine-Absolute Flowers!"

Yang Shu's voice trembled. She was proficient in medicine and poisonology, so she naturally understood the lofty status these plants held among plant-type Soul Beasts.

The Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower was known as one of the most corrosive and deadly poisons. If it became a plant-type Soul Beast, it would be an unrivaled king among plants.

If an ordinary poison-attribute Soul Master was fortunate enough to absorb a Soul Ring produced by a Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower, they would immediately become one of the continent's strongest poison-attribute Soul Masters!

The Jade Phosphorus Nine-Absolute Flower, meanwhile, evolved from the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower. Unlike the latter, a Jade Phosphorus Nine-Absolute Flower was guaranteed to have cultivated into a plant-type Soul Beast and possessed at least ten thousand years of cultivation!

Through her spiritual power, she could see that what stood before them was a wall of flowers formed from countless Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers and Jade Phosphorus Nine-Absolute Flowers!

If they activated the poisonous clouds and attacked at the same time, then even a group of Title Douluos would have no choice but to flee for their lives.

Qiangu Qing and Qiangu Liting also frowned deeply. Yet beneath their vigilance, a hint of delight could still be seen in their eyes.

The more unusual and terrifying the environment was, the more precious the opportunity hidden within it might be.

Risk and opportunity often went hand in hand. Both of them understood that very well.