Devouring Soul Origin

Xiao Jinchen walked closer to the two balls of light to take a look.

Within those two rays of light were a miniature ice dragon and fire dragon, both of which were wriggling constantly, radiating powerful soul energy.

"Soul essence?" Xiao Jinchen muttered uncertainly. "Have they been blasted down to nothing but their soul essence?"

"To think it's actually soul essence; that means I should be able to devour it directly." At this thought, Xiao Jinchen felt a surge of joy.

Cyan spirit power surged rapidly from Xiao Jinchen's palm as he reached out, grabbing toward the soul essence of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings.

"Hum!"

The moment Xiao Jinchen's palm touched the soul essence of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings, it began to struggle violently, the force of which nearly shook his grip loose.

"Hmph!"

Xiao Jinchen's gaze turned cold and sharp. With a cold snort, he unleashed the Emperor Flame from his palm, directly suppressing the struggling essence of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings.

"Gulp!"

Xiao Jinchen opened his mouth and swallowed the soul essence of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings in one go.

After Xiao Jinchen swallowed the soul essence, his body trembled slightly. Immediately, a stream of exceptionally pure soul essence energy spread out, finally wrapping around his forehead and seeping continuously through his mouth, nose, and every pore of his body...

As more and more soul essence was absorbed, a strange, crystal-like layer gradually began to form over the surface of Xiao Jinchen's soul...

As the soul essence of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings was continuously absorbed by Xiao Jinchen, ripples of invisible soul fluctuations swept out with him at the center.

The invisible soul power fluctuations expanded directly beyond the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, even shrouding the entire Sunset Forest. Every living creature within the Sunset Forest felt a pressure emanating from the depths of their souls in that instant.

Outside.

Beside the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, the Ice Empress sat on a bluestone, swinging her snow-white jade legs. She puffed out her cheeks and grabbed a stalk of immortal herb, pulling it with all her might, nearly falling backward in the process. After confirming no one had seen her clumsy moment, she chewed on the blade of grass, rested her chin in her hands, and blinked her large amber eyes while muttering, "So boring..."

"Hum!"

Just as the Ice Empress was muttering to herself, an incomparably powerful soul force suddenly swept out from the bottom of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, enveloping the entire Sunset Forest.

"Thump!"

The blade of grass in the Ice Empress's mouth instantly fell to the ground. Like a kitten that had its tail stepped on, she bounced off the bluestone, her previously swinging jade legs snapping straight.

The Ice Empress widened those beautiful amber eyes, staring at the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well in disbelief. She even forgot to breathe, a giant question mark spinning frantically in her mind.

"What on earth is A-Chen doing down there!"

At the bottom of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Hoo."

His spiritual power had reached the level of a Limit Douluo!

Xiao Jinchen felt his powerful spiritual energy and couldn't help but grin.

"Hmm? Devouring the dragon souls of the two great Dragon Kings didn't actually push my spiritual power to the level of a God-level powerhouse." Although Xiao Jinchen was a bit puzzled, he didn't dwell on it.

After reveling in his joy for a while, Xiao Jinchen turned his gaze toward the distant remains of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings.

With a thought, Xiao Jinchen quietly activated Three Thousand Lightning Movement, transforming into a streak of blue lightning as he bolted toward the remains of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings.

The blue lightning arrived in an instant, dissipating just an inch away from the two massive skeletons. Xiao Jinchen's figure landed as lightly as a falling leaf, standing steadily upon the broad spine of the Fire Dragon King.

"Sucking Palm!" Xiao Jinchen's gaze swept over, precisely locking onto the Fire Dragon King's chest. Without the slightest hesitation, he held his hand out in a grasping motion, and a gentle yet irresistible suction force erupted.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, a torso bone radiating a rich aura of origin was forcibly pulled out from the Fire Dragon King's skeleton, hovering above his palm.

"Finally got it." Xiao Jinchen's lips curled upward as he used the same method to obtain the Ice Dragon King's torso bone as well.

Xiao Jinchen carefully examined the two God-level Spirit Bones in his hands.

The two torso bones of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings hovered above Xiao Jinchen's palm.

The one on the left was a deep, icy blue, as if carved from ten-thousand-year black ice. A bone-chilling frost flowed across its surface, and fine, dense ice-crystal patterns could be vaguely seen moving between the bone joints.

The one on the right was a mass of scorching dark red. The surface of the bone resembled obsidian cooled from magma, yet inside, it surged with scalding fire elemental energy, emitting a high temperature that distorted the air.

Two distinct, opposing forces of cold and heat intertwined and collided in Xiao Jinchen's hands, yet they maintained a perfect balance.

Xiao Jinchen casually stored the heavy torso bones of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings into his Storage Ring.

Spirit bones were the primary material for refining medicinal pills, and in the Dou Qi Continent, spirit bones were known as Magic Cores.

It wasn't that Xiao Jinchen didn't want to absorb them, but he simply couldn't! Du Busi had once given him a hundred-thousand-year right arm bone, but during the absorption process, it had simply melted! That's right, it melted! It melted until not even a scrap remained!

At the time, it had left both Xiao Jinchen and Du Busi stunned. The fact that there was a situation where one could absorb a spirit bone only for it to melt away had pained Xiao Jinchen for quite a while. It was likely due to the presence of the Heavenly Flame within his body; the moment the spirit bone was absorbed, it was incinerated by the flame.

"Time to head out." Xiao Jinchen brushed off his clothes, which had been torn to shreds during his struggle with the dragon souls of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Jinchen tapped his toes, his figure turning into a streak of blue lightning as he shot straight up along the central spring of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Splash!"

With a crisp sound of water shattering, the surface of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well was violently torn open by a powerful wave of air. A torrential downpour poured down, shrouding the area for a thousand feet around the well. Ripples spread across the surface of the lake, and the crisp sound of the heavy rain lashing against the valley was continuous.

Like a green dragon breaking through the water, Xiao Jinchen landed steadily on the bluestone beside the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

The Ice Empress, who had been sitting to the side in a daze, didn't even have time to react before a deluge of spring water drenched her from head to toe. The immortal herb she had been holding in her mouth was swept away by the shockwave, vanishing without a trace.

"Thump!"

The Ice Empress's foot slipped, and she tumbled off the bluestone in a disheveled heap, landing hard on her backside against the wet stone surface.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Choking on several mouthfuls of water, the Ice Empress began to cough violently. Her once delicate and adorable face was now covered in droplets, and her hair clung to her cheeks in wet strands, making her look exactly like a drowned rat.

The Ice Empress wiped the water from her face in a flurry, and as she looked up, she locked eyes with Xiao Jinchen, who was struggling to hold back his laughter.

Only then did the Ice Empress suddenly realize what she must look like—her hair plastered to her face, her clothes clinging to her body, and sitting ignominiously on the ground. She couldn't have looked more pathetic.

A wave of heat surged instantly from the base of her neck to the tips of her ears.

"Xiao! Jin! Chen!" the Ice Empress pointed at Xiao Jinchen, fuming with rage.