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The power of original sin he had inherited was extremely similar to Destruction's divine power. Therefore, the power Da Ming had sensed was very likely another evolution of the power of original sin, not necessarily the power of Destruction.

After all, Da Ming's strength was only so-so. It would be easy for those Gods of Original Sin to deceive him with a few tricks.

Still, this matter had to be handled carefully. Huo Yuhao was the most crucial link in Tang San's grand plan spanning ten thousand years.

From the moment Huo Yuhao was born, everything about the child had been within Tang San's arrangements. It could be said that the effort he had invested in Huo Yuhao was no less than what he had invested in Xiao Wutong.

In Tang San's eyes, Huo Yuhao would inevitably become Shrek's new core in the future, inherit the Sea God's will, and become Wutong's most suitable future partner.

More importantly... he could help Tang San establish a new legacy on Douluo Star.

Yet now, such a tremendous upheaval had appeared.

A successor of Destruction had forcibly intervened. Not only had they disrupted Huo Yuhao's growth trajectory, but they had even left power resembling Destruction's divine power within his body. This had already crossed Tang San's bottom line!

After a long silence, Tang San slowly spoke to Da Ming before him. "Da Ming, I will personally investigate the matter of Destruction's divine power."

"What matters most now is restoring Huo Yuhao first."

"Have Er Ming fetch an immortal herb from the Icefire Yin Yang Well. His strength must be raised as soon as possible."

At the mention of the Icefire Yin Yang Well, a trace of gravity appeared in Tang San's eyes.

Da Ming had not expected Tang San to be willing to open up his treasure-like Icefire Yin Yang Well for Huo Yuhao. After all, despite all their years in the lower realm, neither he nor Er Ming had ever entered that place even once, because Tang San had never allowed them near it.

Just as Da Ming was wondering why Tang San was being so generous, his next words immediately made everything clear.

"However... this opportunity cannot be given for free. Make sure he remembers that this is help we gave him. Make him remember this favor, and cultivate his gratitude."

Tang San leaned back upon his divine throne once more, his eyes regaining the confidence and majesty belonging to a God King.

Since Destruction wanted to fight, then let them fight.

Douluo Star was his foundation. It held the arrangements he had laid down over countless years, his legacy, his faith, and his chess pieces.

He did not believe that, on his own home ground, he would still lose to Destruction.

What was more... Huo Yuhao was the one he had chosen, the Tang Family's future son-in-law.

If he could not even defeat a successor of Destruction...

Then what right did he have to become Tang San's son-in-law and take away his precious daughter? This was also a test for him, was it not?

Who could possibly fathom the mind of a God King?

Although Sunset Forest was far less vast than the Star Dou Great Forest,

finding a hidden valley within it without a map was still no easy task.

Fortunately, Long Wushang was not entirely without clues. The Icefire Yin Yang Well's characteristics were actually quite distinctive. With some simple analysis, they could roughly narrow down several possible locations.

First was the poisonous miasma. After ten thousand years of growth, the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolutes Flower's range had definitely reached a terrifying scale.

With such overwhelming toxins covering the area, there would absolutely be no traces of soul beast activity around that valley. Thus, they only needed to observe the traces of various soul beasts along the way to find some clues.

If a certain area suddenly contained a large blank stretch where not even plant-type soul beasts or low-level soul beasts like Blue Silver Grass existed, then the Icefire Yin Yang Well was most likely nearby.

Of course, there was another obvious characteristic. The Icefire Yin Yang Well itself contained an ice spring and a fire spring.

When the two utterly different and terrifying energies of extreme cold and scorching heat converged, they would inevitably release heaven-and-earth energy outward without end. So long as they reached the vicinity and carefully sensed this special energy, they would most likely gain something.

After briefly explaining how to search for the treasured land to Tang Ya and Long Xiaoyao, the three split up and ventured deeper into Sunset Forest.

Starting from the outskirts, they continuously moved inward, carefully observing the distribution of soul beasts and changes in heaven-and-earth energy along the way.

However, imagination was beautiful, while reality was not so smooth. They searched for an entire week, nearly covering half of Sunset Forest, yet still found no trace of the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Tang Ya had begun to doubt whether the treasured land Long Wushang spoke of truly existed. Even Long Wushang himself was beginning to doubt it.

He wondered whether the God King had concealed that treasured land through some special method, which was why he could not find it.

Fortunately, diligence did not disappoint. Long Xiaoyao seemed to have made a discovery—he sensed some unusual heaven-and-earth energy.

However, the energy was disrupted by the terrain and some natural barrier, flickering in and out of perception and making it difficult to pinpoint.

It was not until that evening that Long Xiaoyao finally caught that special heaven-and-earth energy once again.

He immediately looked southeast from his current position. The powerful spiritual power of an Ultimate Douluo silently spread outward, passing through vast stretches of dense forest before probing ahead along the mountain range.

After several minutes, delight finally appeared on his face. It happened to be near evening then, and Long Wushang and Tang Ya had also finished their day's search and gathered with him again.

"I found something."

Long Wushang was exhausted in both body and mind after searching all day. Just as he was about to rest, he heard his old father say something that made him instantly invigorated.

He asked impatiently, "What did you find?"

"There is an area that is very strange. It seems to have absolutely no traces of soul beast activity."

Long Xiaoyao closed his eyes and continued expanding his senses. "For several miles around, I cannot find even a hundred-year soul beast. The vitality of the plants is also very weak, and it gets worse the closer one gets to the center. There are also faint fluctuations of ice- and fire-attributed energy."

Tang Ya's eyes lit up slightly as she looked excitedly at Long Wushang beside her. "Did we find it?"

"Let's go take a look first." Long Xiaoyao opened his eyes and extended a massive hand, carrying the two of them into the air.

The three rapidly accelerated, quickly crossing several mountain ridges and arriving in the depths of Sunset Forest.

As soon as they approached the area, Tang Ya smelled a sickeningly sweet, fishy stench.

She instinctively held her breath. The soul power within her body began circulating on its own, yet her skin still felt numb.

"Careful. The air here is poisonous."

Long Xiaoyao waved his hand, and powerful soul power formed an invisible barrier before the two of them, blocking the toxins in the air.

Looking ahead, they saw a low valley. Under the bright moonlight, they could faintly make out dense green poisonous mist covering the valley entrance. The mist clung to the ground and flowed slowly, leaving not a blade of grass wherever it passed.

There were no insects or ants on the ground, and even the soil had turned an abnormal dark green.

Farther inside grew vast clusters of jade-green flowers. Their petals were not vibrant, with dense serrations along their edges, while dark green fluid flowed through their stems.

Whenever the petals opened and closed, they spewed large amounts of poisonous gas, which joined the miasma above the valley.

When Long Wushang clearly saw those flowers, his heart surged with wild joy. There was no way he could be wrong about this.

These were the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolutes Flowers.

The highly poisonous plants Dugu Bo had personally planted to guard the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

After ten thousand years, these poisonous flowers had long since multiplied into a massive poison domain.