Just as Dugu Bo sat cross-legged to absorb the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, Lan Yu led Tang Shan to a crevice at the edge of the spring not far away.
"Brother, what are you squatting here for?" Tang Shan bent her slender waist, leaning her little head toward Lan Yu with a soft, sweet voice.
"The Earth Dragon Golden Melon."
Lan Yu didn't stop his movements, mimicking the tone and cadence of her voice.
"Brother, don't mock me~"
He had only caught a glimpse earlier and wasn't sure if this Earth Dragon Golden Melon had reached the quality of an immortal herb.
At this moment, he exerted force with his hands, and the entire melon, roots and all, broke through the soil. Looking at the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, which was nearly the size of an infant's head, he traced the fine, spiral-shaped dragon scale patterns on its skin.
The joy in Lan Yu's eyes intensified; this was one of the immortal herbs he had specifically prepared for Tang Shan. Its effects were to solidify her foundation, purify her bloodline, and allow her to comprehend the power of the earth.
"Xiao Shan, it's time for your Haotian Flood Dragon to evolve!"
"Really? Brother~"
Tang Shan's eyes sparkled. She subconsciously leaned forward, resting her hands gently on Lan Yu's shoulders. Her entire body pressed against his back, and the two soft mounds on her chest squeezed tightly against the back of his head, her soft voice laced with anticipation.
Feeling the warmth and softness against the back of his head, Lan Yu couldn't help but feel a ripple of emotion in his heart.
It wasn't until Tang Shan called out "Brother" again with a hint of confusion that he snapped back to reality. He quickly stood up, gave a light cough, and said with a straight face, "Naturally, it's true."
As he spoke, he weighed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon in his hands, turned, and handed it to Tang Shan: "Xiao Shan, take this and chew the melon body directly."
Tang Shan suppressed the excitement in her heart, sat cross-legged in front of him as instructed, and began to chew the Earth Dragon Golden Melon in small bites.
Feeling the heavy, dense energy surging within her dantian, she slowly closed her eyes and mobilized her Soul Power to assist in absorbing the medicinal properties.
For a time, the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well fell into a deep silence.
I don't know how much time passed before Dugu Bo was the first to open his eyes. Feeling the comfort spreading through his body, he couldn't wait to stand up, stretch his limbs, and walk toward Lan Yu, who was guarding Tang Shan.
"Little Monster, this Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma is truly remarkable. How is it that not only have the defects in my martial soul been mended, but my Soul Power has also increased by a rank?"
"That's normal. Although the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma isn't an immortal herb, its medicinal power far exceeds that of ordinary ten-thousand-year herbs."
Lan Yu glanced back at him, his tone indifferent. "Old Poison, you are a Title Douluo after all, and your martial soul's strength far surpasses that of other soul masters, so it naturally consumes more medicinal power. Otherwise, your Soul Power could have increased by at least a few more ranks."
Dugu Bo nodded at these words, his gaze shifting to Tang Shan, who was still sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed. "How much longer will this little girl take to wake up?"
"Hard to say. You should head back first, and remember to bring Dugu Yan over tomorrow," Lan Yu said.
"Fine. There's a wooden hut I built not far from here; if you two are tired, go inside and rest."
Dugu Bo didn't linger. After leaving those words behind, he leaped away, his figure quickly disappearing from Lan Yu's sight.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the previously silent atmosphere was suddenly broken by the sound of a dragon's roar emanating from Tang Shan.
Suddenly, a heavy wave of Soul Power erupted from Tang Shan's body as she sat cross-legged.
A long, majestic dragon shadow flashed behind her, instantly merging into her body.
A moment later, Tang Shan slowly opened her eyes, and the first thing that met her gaze was Lan Yu's concerned expression.
"Brother, my martial soul has evolved from a Haotian Flood Dragon to a Haotian Azure Dragon?" Tang Shan stood up and hugged Lan Yu tightly, her voice filled with excitement.
Haotian Azure Dragon? Could it not be the Clear Sky Divine Dragon?
Lan Yu suppressed the doubt in his heart and reached out to gently stroke Tang Shan's hair: "My Xiao Shan is the best."
"No way~"
Tang Shan's cheeks flushed, and she gave a coquettish pout. Seeming to remember something, she grabbed Lan Yu's hand and walked toward the black and white spring: "Brother, I remembered! What those two immortal herbs are!"
Stopping by the spring, Tang Shan pointed her slender finger toward the white pool, where an immortal herb shaped like a white peony, its petal tips stained with blood-red, grew with its roots tightly attached to a mysterious stone.
"This is Lovesick Heartbreak Red."
Immediately after, without waiting for Lan Yu to speak, she moved her finger to the black pool, where an herb, entirely ink-purple and nearly black, with a stem like twisted, withered bone joints, bore only a single dark red bud the size of a needle tip at its apex.
"This is Resentment Burning Heart Profound."
"They represent the extremes of love and hate, respectively."
Listening to the young girl's gentle explanation, Lan Yu fell into a sudden silence.
Has this place turned from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into the Love and Hate Yin Yang Well?
Furthermore, the formation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was due to it being the place where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings fell.
Could it be that these Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Resentment Burning Heart Profound... do the dragon race have Love and Hate Dragon Kings?!
Just as Lan Yu was pondering, the black and white spring water suddenly began to boil, churning incessantly as if something deep within the Yin Yang Well were about to awaken.
Deep within the Love and Hate Yin Yang Well.
A long, genderless consciousness suddenly awoke. It slowly opened its eyes, a void of chaos within them: "If it weren't for the faint divine power carried by these two dragon souls—who were at the God King level during their lifetimes—waking me, I don't know how much longer I would have slept."
Thinking this, it drifted upward along the spring water. The moment it touched the surface, it felt as if it had been electrocuted; its entire body shuddered, and it returned to the spot where it had just awakened.
Hmm...
It then remembered that it was merely a remnant divine soul left behind before its true body fell, unable to leave this place of inheritance.
Sigh...
Sighing, He began to carefully sense everything in the outside world. When He detected Lan Yu and Tang Shan, He couldn't help but be taken aback.
A man and a woman?
Forget it, you'll have to do! With a wave of His hands, a beam of red light shot from His chest, breaking through the surface of the water and plunging straight into Tang Shan's body.
He had originally intended to choose Lan Yu; after all, He had planted several threads of emotion upon him. Yet, for some reason, He felt a faint sense of unease. Now reduced to nothing more than a fragmented divine soul, He dared not take the risk and was forced to give up, turning His choice to Tang Shan instead.
Once the inheritance was injected, He could no longer maintain His form and drifted back into a deep slumber.
Just as that streak of red light shot out of the water and entered Tang Shan's body:
Far above in the nine heavens, within the God Realm.
"Is this the aura of the God of Love?!"
The God King of Evil and the God King of Goodness exclaimed in unison.
At the same time, in the Forest of Life of the God Realm, endless emerald light flowed incessantly.
The God King of Life stood beneath the Ancient Tree of Life, her clear gaze falling upon that small figure on the Douluo Continent as she whispered to herself, "Is she the descendant of that soul beast that took human form ten thousand years ago..."
Beside her, the God King of Destruction was shrouded in purple-black light of destruction, his tone suppressing a hint of irrepressible excitement: "Xiao Lu, we have waited so long; the opportunity has finally arrived."
The God King of Life frowned. "Hasn't Asura been eyeing her for a long time?"
"Don't even get me started on that old thing; it makes me furious."
The God King of Destruction's voice deepened. "In order to extricate himself, he actually dared to summon a living soul from another plane, intending to place it into a male infant as his successor.
But after listening to Evil's rotten idea to flip the gender, it was simply absurd.
In the end, no one knows what went wrong, but that soul was scattered by the child's original soul. Now that he sees this little girl has such outstanding talent, he has come to claim her as his successor."
Having said this, a flash of determination crossed his eyes:
"If he, Asura, can break the law he is sworn to uphold as the God Realm's enforcer, why shouldn't I, Destruction, do the same?!"
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