Sunset Forest, Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!

Under the dual feedback of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Ronan's Soul Power Level skyrocketed like a rocket, soaring all the way to level eighty-four in one go!

Now, if he faced that Hundred-Thousand-Year Earth-Armored Giant Dragon again, he would not need Tang Xiao's help at all. On his own, he could smash it to pieces!

"Congratulations." Tang Xiao stepped forward, looking at Ronan, whose aura was unfathomable. His tone carried a trace of complicated emotion.

"An eighty-fourth-level Soul Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."

"Even against a Titled Douluo, you could probably put up a fight now."

"I still have Sect Master Tang to thank for lending me a hand."

Ronan restrained his aura and smiled faintly.

Without Tang Xiao, it would have been difficult for Ronan to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

Tang Xiao waved his hand, his expression turning serious. "I helped you because of Yue Hua."

"Ronan, I do not care what kind of person you were before, nor do I care how great your ambitions are."

"Since you have married Yue Hua, you must take good care of her!"

"If I find out that Yue Hua has suffered any grievance or met with any mishap—"

"Even if you possess a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, I, Tang Xiao, will make sure you pay dearly! The wrath of the Clear Sky Sect is not something you can bear!"

Ronan did not get angry at Tang Xiao's warning.

He knew that this was Tang Xiao's deepest concern for his younger sister as an elder brother.

But Ronan was practically rolling his eyes to the heavens inside.

Marrying Tang Yuehua was part of the deal, wasn't it? He made it sound as if they had fallen in love before getting married.

Still, Ronan knew what was expected of him. Since he had agreed to Tang Xiao's terms, he had to take good care of Tang Yuehua.

"Rest assured, Sect Master Tang."

"As long as I, Ronan, am alive, no one in Heaven Dou City will be able to harm even a single hair on Tang Yuehua's head."

"Remember what you said." Tang Xiao gave Ronan a glance, then sighed.

He looked in the direction of Heaven Dou City, a flicker of loneliness and helplessness passing through his eyes.

"There are still many matters in the sect awaiting my return. Being able to spare the time to help you hunt Spirit Beasts this time was already my limit."

"I... will not go see Yue Hua. Tell her for me to take good care of herself."

Tang Hao had already vanished without a trace, and Tang Xiao dearly wished to see his younger sister as well.

But circumstances would not allow it...

After saying that, Tang Xiao did not linger. His figure flashed, transforming into a streak of black light that vanished into the endless night in an instant.

Watching the direction Tang Xiao had departed in, Ronan shook his head slightly.

With the Clear Sky Sect sealing its gates, the pressure Tang Xiao bore as sect master was easy to imagine.

He did not even have time to see his own younger sister once. That showed just how difficult the Clear Sky Sect's situation had become.

However, none of that had anything to do with Ronan. His top priority now was to stabilize his newly surging strength.

Then he would head to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to obtain the Immortal Herbs.

Several days later, at Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City.

When Ronan pushed open the door to the top-floor office, Tang Yuehua was seated behind her desk, frowning as she dealt with documents.

Hearing the door open, Tang Yuehua abruptly raised her head.

When she saw that Ronan had entered alone, obvious disappointment and anxiety flashed through her eyes.

"Ronan? You're back? Where is my elder brother? Why didn't he return with you?"

Tang Yuehua hurriedly rose to her feet, walked quickly to Ronan, and asked anxiously.

Seeing Tang Yuehua's worried appearance, Ronan sighed inwardly.

He extended one hand and, with utter familiarity, wrapped it around Tang Yuehua's slender waist, pulling her into his embrace.

Tang Yuehua's body stiffened, and she instinctively tried to struggle.

But for some reason, her struggling movements stopped of their own accord.

"He returned to the Clear Sky Sect."

Ronan looked down at Tang Yuehua and spoke calmly.

"The sect has many affairs to handle. It was already not easy for him to make time to help me hunt Spirit Beasts. He asked me to tell you to take good care of yourself."

Hearing this, Tang Yuehua's body trembled violently.

A mist instantly clouded her beautiful eyes, and her face, already somewhat pale from exhaustion, turned utterly bloodless.

"He went back... He would not even see me once...?"

Tang Yuehua murmured, her voice full of undisguised loneliness and sorrow.

Ever since the Clear Sky Sect sealed its gates, she had been left alone in Heaven Dou City, struggling to support Moonlight Pavilion.

She missed the sect and her family every moment of every day.

She had finally learned that her elder brother had come to Heaven Dou City, yet he had hurried away without even meeting her.

That sense of loss was like a dull blade, viciously carving into her heart.

Ronan said nothing. He merely tightened the arm around her waist, pulling her more firmly into his embrace.

He could understand Tang Yuehua's feelings at that moment.

In this dog-eat-dog world, without the protection of strength, even familial love could sometimes be a luxury.

"Don't be sad anymore."

Ronan gently patted Tang Yuehua's back, his voice low and magnetic.

"Your elder brother has his responsibilities, and you have your own life. Besides, do not forget our wager."

"Once I help you break through the shackles of your martial soul and make you a true Soul Master, perhaps we can return for a visit then."

At the mention of the wager, Tang Yuehua snapped out of her grief.

She abruptly pushed Ronan away, two blushes rising on her cheeks as she glared fiercely at him.

"Stop using that obscene wager to provoke me!"

"I'm telling you, there is absolutely no way I will lose!"

Tang Yuehua bit her red lip and spoke stubbornly.

"Is that so? Then we'll wait and see."

Over the next few days, Ronan remained in Moonlight Pavilion and did not step outside.

He focused fully on consolidating the cultivation he had just broken through to level eighty-four, while adapting to the terrifying power brought by the Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Arm Soul Bone.

It was not until half a month later, when Ronan felt that he had adjusted himself to peak condition, that he quietly left Heaven Dou City and sped toward Sunset Forest.

Although Sunset Forest was far smaller than Star Dou Forest, it was still home to a great number of high-level Spirit Beasts.

Ronan's destination this time was the peerless treasure land in the heart of Sunset Forest occupied by Poison Douluo Dugu Bo—the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!

Relying on memories from his past life and his formidable strength, Ronan traveled through Sunset Forest for several days before finally finding the mountain shrouded in dense poisonous miasma.

A layer of sickly green poisonous fog hung around the mountain.

The poisonous fog was incredibly tyrannical. Even the surrounding trees had been corroded until they were withered and yellow, giving off a nauseating stench.

"So this is the Green Phosphorus Poison Array Dugu Bo set up? It does have some tricks to it."

Standing outside the poison array, Ronan narrowed his eyes slightly.