"Alright, child."
Long Xiaoyao looked at Tang Ya and said slowly, "Wushang should be fine."
"Every one of these things is a rare treasure, something ordinary soul masters might not obtain even after a lifetime of searching."
"Since Wushang was willing to give them to you, it proves that he acknowledges you."
"You must cherish this opportunity, and cherish his feelings for you as well. Cultivate diligently."
After saying that, Long Xiaoyao sat down cross-legged and began refining the immortal herb essences according to the method Long Wushang had explained earlier.
Tang Ya looked toward the twin icefire springs, her eyes still filled with worry.
But in the end, she slowly withdrew her gaze.
She believed in Long Wushang, the man who seemed capable of anything in her eyes, like a chosen son of destiny.
After taking a deep breath, Tang Ya also sat down cross-legged and began refining the opportunity that belonged to her.
At the convergence of the ice spring and fire spring, Long Wushang resembled a human-shaped patch of strange color.
Ice-blue and crimson continuously alternated across his skin. At times, he was frozen by extreme cold; at others, he was seared by blazing flames. His entire body seemed to be trapped in an icy inferno.
Two utterly opposing yet equally tyrannical ultimate elemental powers clashed and fused wildly within his body.
The powerful icefire energy continuously battered his meridians, bones, and flesh, even destroying his bodily structure over and over again.
Yet at the same time, the immense life force contained within the immortal herbs, along with the life essence released by the Blade of Life, constantly healed his wounds.
Destruction and rebirth cycled without end. This nearly cruel tempering process subjected Long Wushang to pain beyond ordinary imagination.
Even though he had been mentally prepared and knew that fusing with the power of the Icefire Yin Yang Well would never be easy, only after truly experiencing it did he understand just how severe the pain was.
It was as though every inch of his flesh was being torn apart, only to be reshaped the next instant.
The excruciating pain constantly battered the limits of his mind. In the end, even with all his preparations, he could no longer endure it.
His consciousness gradually blurred before he finally fell completely unconscious.
After losing consciousness, his body seemed to lose all weight and slowly sank toward the bottom of the springs.
No one knew how much time passed. As Long Wushang continued sinking, the energy within the Icefire Yin Yang Well became increasingly terrifying.
The closer he drew to the bottom, to the true core of the Icefire Yin Yang Well, the purer the icefire origin power within became.
Just as Long Wushang was about to reach the deepest point—
A brilliant light suddenly flew out from between his brows.
The Blade of Life floated within the spring water, releasing a gentle yet vast aura of life. It transformed into a barrier of life that enveloped Long Wushang's body.
That life force, dense to the extreme, finally awakened a lingering fragment of divine consciousness that had slumbered at the bottom of the Icefire Yin Yang Well for countless ages.
"Another human has entered this place."
A deep voice rang out from the depths of the spring.
"I sense an exceptionally pure aura of the dark dragon race from his body."
Another, gentler voice replied.
"A dragon of the darkness attribute... and there is also the aura of a god upon him."
"Like that human from back then, he bears traces of power left behind by the God Realm."
The two voices fell silent for a moment.
"Very little of our power remains. If we keep waiting, we will merely fade away between heaven and earth."
"Should we act?"
"Let us first examine his memories."
"If he truly is suitable, we can make our final choice."
The two lingering consciousnesses slowly released their power and began probing Long Wushang's condition.
However, the instant their power touched Long Wushang's body, both remnant souls trembled violently.
"This is..."
"Destruction Divine Power?"
The Fire Dragon King's voice was filled with shock.
"No!"
"Besides Destruction Divine Power, there is also..."
"Greed, wrath, envy, pride, sloth, gluttony, lust..."
"The power of the Seven Original Sins!"
The Water Dragon King spoke in terror.
"How is that possible?"
"How can a human possess the powers of so many gods at once?"
"Could he... be a bloodline inheritor of the God of Destruction?"
Just as the two Dragon Kings were stunned, the Destruction Divine Core within Long Wushang's Spiritual Sea suddenly erupted. A terrifying aura capable of making heaven and earth tremble descended in an instant.
"Not good!"
"Retreat!"
God Realm.
Endless purple lightning ravaged the skies, and the power representing the authority of destruction filled heaven and earth.
Within the Supreme Divine Hall, the Seven Original Sin Gods, who had been cultivating with their eyes closed, opened their eyes simultaneously.
They sensed a special fluctuation from the lower realm.
Upon the divine throne, the man clad in a black cloak and wielding the authority of destruction slowly opened his eyes as well.
The God of Destruction made no movement. With only a strand of divine consciousness, he silently descended into the lower realm through the Destruction Divine Core.
Deep within the Icefire Yin Yang Well, space trembled faintly.
A terrifying aura of destruction descended. The lingering power belonging to the Water and Fire Dragon Kings was instantly suppressed before this supreme divine might.
"I never expected..."
"You two have yet to completely fade away."
Destruction's indifferent voice echoed across the bottom of the spring.
Upon hearing that familiar voice, the remnant souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings both changed expression.
They never could have imagined that, after slumbering for tens of millions of years, their first attempt to investigate the outside world would lead them to encounter once more the being who had once made the entire dragon race pay such a terrible price.
During the Dragon God War, the dragon race had been defeated and destroyed.
As two of the Nine Dragon Kings, the Water and Fire Dragon Kings had also suffered grievous injuries.
Unwilling to become prisoners of the gods of the God Realm, they used their last strength to tear through space and flee the God Realm, eventually descending upon the Douluo Continent.
But by then, they were already at the end of their strength.
Hunted by the gods, they fled all the way before finally perishing beneath Sunset Forest.
Before dying, the two Dragon Kings released the last of their origin power.
Ultimate Fire and ultimate water collided. After tens of millions of years of evolution, they eventually formed the Icefire Yin Yang Well of today.
"Destruction..."
The Fire Dragon King looked at the divine consciousness before it, a trace of complexity flashing through its eyes.
"We perished countless years ago. Now, we are merely clinging to existence with a strand of lingering thought."
"In that war, the dragon race already paid the price."
"Why must you insist on exterminating us completely?"
As one of the Nine Dragon Kings, it possessed its own pride.
If not for the final inheritance of the dragon race, it would never have lowered its head to Destruction.
The Water Dragon King also spoke solemnly, "Destruction, countless ages have passed since what happened back then."
"Today, it was your inheritor who entered our resting place. We merely wished to investigate his identity and had no intention of harming him."
Faced with the explanations of the two Dragon Kings, Destruction's expression did not change in the slightest.
"Ridiculous."
"You failures always like to seek excuses."
"You lost because you were delusional and too weak, but that does not mean you were without sin."
"The Dragon God's rebellion led to war between the God Realm and the dragon race, causing countless lives to perish."
"If I let you go today, then who will repay the sacrifices of those who died protecting the God Realm?"
Destruction's divine consciousness gradually turned cold.
"Since I have found you today—"
"Use the last of your lives to repay the sins of the past."
As his words fell, powerful Destruction Divine Power continuously gathered through the Destruction Divine Core. Not only that, even the power of the Seven Original Sins within Long Wushang's body was forcibly drawn out and fused with the Destruction Divine Power.
Two terrifying purple-black fist phantoms condensed, crashing fiercely toward the remnant souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings like divine punishment descending.
The Water and Fire Dragon Kings of today were no longer the peak Dragon Kings who had once roamed freely through the God Realm.
After being worn down for tens of millions of years, their divine souls were already on the verge of shattering.
Faced with power personally descended by the God of Destruction, they had no possibility of resistance whatsoever.
The terrifying force instantly tore apart the final barrier the Water and Fire Dragon Kings had condensed, while the two dragon souls behind it were blasted into nothingness by that power.
The Water and Fire Dragon Kings, once renowned throughout the God Realm, finally perished completely at this moment.
The power of their remaining dragon souls erupted like a volcano dormant for tens of millions of years, instantly sweeping across the entire Douluo Continent.
Terrifying dragon might shot into the heavens.
Far away, within the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest, the silver giant dragon sleeping beneath the waters abruptly opened her eyes.
That familiar yet sorrowful aura of the dragon race made her mind tremble violently.
"It is the aura of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings..."
Her expression changed drastically. She immediately summoned Di Tian and issued an order.
"Go investigate the location where the dragon might appeared at once."
A golden-eyed black dragon vast enough to cover the sky burst from the Lake of Life, transforming into a streak of light as he sped toward the source of the dragon might.
At the bottom of the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
Destruction's divine consciousness watched as the remnant souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings gradually dispersed, then lowered his gaze to Long Wushang, who remained unconscious.
For some reason, he raised a hand and waved it.
The remaining dragon soul origins of the two Dragon Kings at the bottom of the spring, along with two Dragon King divine bones shining brilliantly that had been hidden within the place of their deaths, were drawn over at the same time.
"Since you chose to bear the Seven Original Sins, you are one of us."
"Then take these things as a gift from me."
After saying those words indifferently, Destruction's divine consciousness transformed into a streak of purple light and fused all the power into Long Wushang's body.
Afterward, this divine consciousness representing supreme destruction silently dispersed.
The Icefire Yin Yang Well returned to its former tranquility.
Only... within Long Wushang's body now existed two terrifying supreme treasures that others would not even dare dream of obtaining.
Within his Spiritual Sea, an unknown amount of time passed before Long Wushang slowly regained consciousness.
At a glance, he saw the two additional objects within his Spiritual Sea. More precisely, they were two egg-sized, pill-like treasures.
One red and one blue, they complemented each other as immense dragon power continuously radiated from the two little objects.
The Dark Sacred Dragon soul that had long coiled within his Spiritual Sea was greedily devouring the dragon power emitted by these two dragon pills.
These were the dragon pills of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. However, after countless years of depletion, much of their size and power had been lost. Otherwise, they would not be only egg-sized.
Yet despite their small size, the benefits they could bring to a dragon-attribute soul master were beyond imagination.
"Could these be the dragon pills of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings? Such pure elemental attributes, such immense dragon power origin... Did the Water and Fire Dragon Kings take a liking to me and leave behind this legacy for me?"
Long Wushang was nearly stunned senseless by this surprise. He had awakened from a nap to find two dragon pills waiting for him. How could such a good thing actually happen to him?
His luck this time was really rather good.
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