You Must Take Responsibility for Me!

Zhengtian Academy.

"Headmaster, just who is this genius you mentioned?" Ye Wuqing asked impatiently. "He took my captain's position the moment he showed up. Headmaster, did you take some kind of payoff?"

Ye Wuqing was extremely displeased. After waking up from a nap, not only had his captain's position vanished, but even his title as the academy's number one had been taken away.

"Wuqing, I really wasn't lying to you. That person is a genuine monster." Losk patiently explained, "Just wait a little longer. There are still half a month until the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. You should be able to meet him in a few days."

"Twin Martial Souls? A ten-thousand-year fourth ring? A hundred-thousand-year sixth ring? Or level seventy?" Ye Wuqing sneered disdainfully. "Headmaster, are you kidding me?"

Ye Wuqing secretly swore that once he encountered the person the headmaster had mentioned, he would teach him a harsh lesson. As for the ten-thousand-year fourth ring and hundred-thousand-year sixth ring Losk had mentioned, he did not believe them at all, much less that level-seventy Soul Power.

"Sigh, just wait a little longer." Losk was equally helpless. In previous years, they would have set off long ago by this time, but when he thought of the terrifying Limit Douluo on the other side, he could only patiently wait for Xiao Jinchen to return.

Inside the Exotic Flame Space.

Xiao Jinchen opened his eyes in confusion. His originally brown eyes had actually turned an eerie white.

He shook his somewhat muddled head, and his memories of what had happened in the Exotic Flame Space surged back like a tide.

Xiao Jinchen lowered his head and looked at the Ice Empress in his arms.

"Bing'er, thank you." A trace of tenderness appeared in Xiao Jinchen's eyes as he lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead.

If the Ice Empress had not come to help him at the critical moment, he would have had no choice but to gamble with his own martial soul for a chance at successfully devouring it.

"Mmm."

The Ice Empress softly moaned and slowly opened her amber eyes.

"It... hurts so much." Still carrying the languidness of someone who had just awakened, the Ice Empress felt weak and sore all over.

"Jinchen..." The Ice Empress raised her eyes and saw Xiao Jinchen's handsome face clearly. Her cheeks instantly flushed red.

The Ice Empress tried to get up, only for Xiao Jinchen to pull her back into his arms.

"Bad guy... you got lucky..." The Ice Empress buried her face in Xiao Jinchen's chest and muttered softly.

"You... you have to take responsibility for me!" The Ice Empress suddenly lifted her little face and snapped fiercely at Xiao Jinchen.

"Alright." Xiao Jinchen smiled gently at the Ice Empress in his arms. "Bing'er, I will definitely marry you."

"Hmph!" The Ice Empress gave a soft snort.

"If you dare go back on your word... I'll..." The Ice Empress's amber eyes darted around before she said, "I'll chop off that thing below!"

"Cough, cough, cough." Xiao Jinchen felt his lower body tighten at her words and said softly, "I'll listen to Bing'er in everything."

"That's more like it." The Ice Empress smiled in satisfaction, kissed Xiao Jinchen on the lips, and broke free from his embrace.

The two got dressed and were about to leave the Exotic Flame Space when Xiao Jinchen suddenly froze.

"What's wrong, Jinchen?" The Ice Empress noticed Xiao Jinchen's strange reaction and asked.

"I seem to be level eighty now..." Xiao Jinchen felt the abundant Soul Power within his body and could hardly believe it.

"Huh? Level eighty?" The Ice Empress was startled as well. "Jinchen, didn't you still not have your seventh Spirit Ring?"

With a thought from Xiao Jinchen, eerie white flames ignited in his eerie white eyes. Then, seven Spirit Rings rose from beneath his feet.

Yellow, purple, black, black, black, red, and eerie white—the seven Spirit Rings revolved around Xiao Jinchen's waist, emitting terrifying fluctuations of Soul Power.

"An eerie white Spirit Ring?" Staring at the Spirit Ring on Xiao Jinchen's body, the Ice Empress muttered in shock, "There's actually an eerie white Spirit Ring."

"An eerie white Spirit Ring?" Xiao Jinchen raised his right hand, and Emperor Flame immediately rose up as Bone Chilling Flame separated from it.

"The colors are the same." After pondering for a moment, Xiao Jinchen said, "Could it be that Heavenly Flames can form rings?"

"The essence of humans hunting Spirit Rings is forcibly plundering the power within Soul Beasts, while these Heavenly Flames also contain enormous amounts of the energy of heaven and earth." Xiao Jinchen mused, "That should be it."

"Bing'er, what do you Soul Beasts have inside your bodies? How are Spirit Rings formed?" Xiao Jinchen asked with a gentle smile.

"Soul Beasts contain Soul Power, and Spirit Rings are formed from Soul Power after Soul Beasts die." The Ice Empress answered instinctively.

"Exactly." Xiao Jinchen smiled lightly. "Soul Beasts cultivate for thousands or tens of thousands of years, storing energy in their bodies. And what about these Heavenly Flames? They are condensed from the essence of heaven and earth. They are super energy bombs by nature!"

Xiao Jinchen pointed at the Bone Chilling Flame that had separated from Emperor Flame. "After I devoured this Heavenly Flame, there wasn't much difference from hunting a Soul Beast to obtain energy. That's why this pale white Spirit Ring of mine was condensed from a Heavenly Flame."

"Uh..." The Ice Empress nodded blankly and pointed at the stone pillars in the Exotic Flame Space. "So the Heavenly Flames you mentioned are the flames wrapped around those stone pillars?"

Uh... it seemed he had forgotten that the Ice Empress had never known what Heavenly Flames were. Although she had entered the Exotic Flame Space once before, she had apparently never had any concept of Heavenly Flames. She had probably just assumed the flames he used were part of his martial soul.

"Yes." Xiao Jinchen patiently explained, "Heavenly Flames are not ordinary flames. They are spiritual entities naturally nurtured by heaven and earth, possessing unique laws and violent energy. They are honored as the sovereigns of all flames. In essence, they are highly condensed masses of energy with special abilities of their own."

"And the Heavenly Flames sealed within this Exotic Flame Space were left behind by my teacher." Xiao Jinchen smiled.

"Oh." The Ice Empress nodded thoughtfully. "Does that mean you won't need to hunt Soul Beasts for Spirit Rings in the future?"

"That is indeed possible." A mischievous smile flashed through Xiao Jinchen's eyes. "Every time I devour a Heavenly Flame, you'll have to accompany me and do it again..."

"Who wants to accompany you? Bad guy!" The Ice Empress's pretty face instantly flushed at his words, and she could not help recalling that wild night she had spent with Xiao Jinchen yesterday.

"Alright, let's head out first. It's about time to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament." Xiao Jinchen dotingly stroked the Ice Empress's emerald-green hair.

"Hmph! Bad guy!" The Ice Empress softly snorted and left the Exotic Flame Space with Xiao Jinchen, heading for Zhengtian Academy.

At the same time, the Shrek group, who were exterminating the Hand of Death bandits in the Mingdou Mountain Range, encountered an unexpected change.

"Watch out!" Huo Yuhao sensed that something was wrong around them and suddenly shouted.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom... Violent explosions erupted one after another inside the cave. Terrifying blasts sent flesh and blood flying in all directions through the cavern.

"Hehehe, how does my corpse explosion taste? No matter how strong you are, you're guaranteed to die before my chain corpse explosions. Even if the explosions don't kill you, the poison will!"