Icefire Body Tempering, the God of Destruction's Iron Fist!

"All right, child."

Long Xiaoyao looked at Tang Ya and said slowly, "Wushang should be fine."

"Every single one of these 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 recognizes you."

"You must cherish this opportunity, and cherish the affection he has for you. Cultivate well."

After saying that, Long Xiaoyao sat down cross-legged and began refining the essence of the immortal herbs according to the method Long Wushang had explained earlier.

Tang Ya looked toward the twin ice and fire springs, worry still lingering in her eyes.

But in the end, she slowly withdrew her gaze.

She believed in Long Wushang—the man who, in her eyes, could do anything, like a child of destiny.

After taking a deep breath, Tang Ya also sat down cross-legged and began refining the opportunity that belonged to her.

Where the ice spring and fire spring met, Long Wushang looked like a human figure of shifting colors.

Icy blue and crimson constantly alternated across his skin. One moment, he was frozen by extreme cold; the next, he was scorched by blazing flames. His entire body seemed to be trapped in an inferno of ice and fire.

Two utterly opposing yet equally tyrannical powers of ultimate attributes collided and fused wildly within his body.

The immense ice and fire energy continuously battered his meridians, bones, and flesh, even destroying his bodily structure over and over again.

At the same time, however, the vast life force contained within the immortal herbs, along with the life essence released by the Blade of Life, continuously repaired his injuries.

Destruction and rebirth cycled without end. This almost cruel tempering process forced Long Wushang to endure pain beyond anything an ordinary person could imagine.

Though he had long been mentally prepared and knew that merging 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 felt as though every inch of flesh in his body was being torn apart, only to be reshaped the next instant.

The excruciating pain relentlessly pushed against the limits of his mind. In the end, despite his preparations, he could no longer hold on.

His consciousness gradually blurred before he finally lost consciousness completely.

After losing consciousness, his body seemed to lose all weight as it slowly sank toward the bottom of the spring.

Who knew how much time passed? As Long Wushang continued sinking, the energy within the Icefire Yin Yang Well grew increasingly terrifying.

The closer he came to the bottom, the nearer he drew to the true core of the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and the purer the ice and fire source energy within became.

Just as Long Wushang was about to reach the deepest part—

A brilliant light suddenly flew out from between his brows.

The Blade of Life floated in the spring water, giving off a gentle yet vast aura of life. It transformed into a barrier of life that enveloped Long Wushang's body.

That life force, so dense it had reached its peak, finally stirred a remnant divine consciousness that had slept at the bottom of the Icefire Yin Yang Well for countless ages.

"Another human has entered this place."

A deep voice sounded from the depths of the spring.

"I can sense an exceptionally pure aura of the dark dragon race from him."

Another, gentler voice replied.

"A dragon of the darkness attribute... and he also carries the aura of a god."

"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.

"Our strength is nearly exhausted. If we keep waiting, we will only fade away between heaven and earth."

"Should we act?"

"Let us examine his memories first."

"If he truly is suitable, then we can make our final choice."

The two lingering consciousnesses slowly released their power and began investigating Long Wushang's condition.

However, the instant their power touched Long Wushang's body, both remnant souls shook 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 Deadly Sins!"

The Water Dragon King spoke in horror.

"How is that possible?"

"How can one human possess the powers of so many gods at once?"

"Could it be... he is the bloodline inheritor of the God of Destruction?"

Just as the two Dragon Kings were stunned, the Destruction Divine Core within Long Wushang's sea of consciousness suddenly erupted. A terrifying aura capable of making heaven and earth tremble descended in an instant.

"This is bad!"

"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 Deadly Sin Gods, who had been cultivating with their eyes closed, opened their eyes at the same time.

They sensed an unusual fluctuation from the lower realm.

Upon the divine throne, the man clad in a black cloak and holding the authority of Destruction also slowly opened his eyes.

The God of Destruction made no movement. With merely a thread of divine consciousness, he silently descended upon the lower realm through the Destruction Divine Core.

Deep within the Icefire Yin Yang Well, space trembled slightly.

A terrifying aura of Destruction descended. The remnant power that had belonged 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 at 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 imagined that after sleeping for tens of millions of years, the first time they actively investigated the outside world, they would encounter once more the being who had 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 exhausted their final 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 rope.

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 source 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 him, a trace of complicated emotion flashing through its eyes.

"We perished countless years ago. Now, we are merely two lingering fragments of consciousness barely clinging to existence."

"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 dragon race's final inheritance, it would never have bowed its head to Destruction.

The Water Dragon King also said solemnly, "Destruction, countless years have passed since what happened back then."

"Today, it was your inheritor who trespassed into our resting place. We only 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.

"Laughable."

"You losers always like to look for excuses."

"You lost because your ambitions were delusional and your strength was insufficient, but that does not mean you were without sin."

"The Dragon God rebelled, causing a war between the God Realm and the dragon race. Countless lives perished because of it."

"If I were to let you go today, then who would repay the sacrifices of those who died protecting the God Realm?"

Destruction's divine consciousness gradually turned cold.

"Since I have found you today—"

"Then use what remains of your lives to repay the sins of the past."

As his words fell, the Destruction Divine Core served as a medium as immense Destruction divine power continuously gathered. Not only that, even the power of the Seven Deadly Sins within Long Wushang's body was forcibly drawn out and fused with the Destruction divine power.

Two terrifying purple-black fist phantoms condensed, like divine punishment descending, and smashed viciously toward the remnant souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings.

The Water and Fire Dragon Kings of today were no longer the peak Dragon Kings who had once dominated the God Realm.

Their divine souls had been worn away over tens of millions of years and were already on the verge of shattering.

Facing the power personally descended by the God of Destruction, they had no chance of resisting.

The terrifying power instantly tore apart the final barrier the Water and Fire Dragon Kings had gathered. The two dragon souls behind it were blasted into nothingness by that force.

The Water and Fire Dragon Kings, who had once shaken the God Realm with their might, finally perished completely in this moment.

The last remnants of their dragon soul power 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, a silver giant dragon sleeping within the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest suddenly opened her eyes.

That familiar yet mournful aura of the dragon race violently shook her mind.

"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 that dragon might appeared at once."

A golden-eyed black dragon that blotted out the sky burst from the Lake of Life, transforming into a streak of light as it sped toward the source of the dragon might.

At the bottom of the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Destruction's divine consciousness looked at the fading remnant souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings, then lowered his gaze to Long Wushang, who remained unconscious.

For some reason, he raised a hand and waved it.

The remaining dragon soul source power of the two Dragon Kings at the bottom of the spring, along with two brilliantly glowing Dragon King divine bones hidden where they had fallen, were drawn toward him at the same time.

"Since you chose to bear the Seven Deadly Sins, you are one of us."

"Then take these as a gift from me."

After saying those words calmly, Destruction's divine consciousness turned into a streak of purple light and fused all of that power into Long Wushang's body.

Then, that divine consciousness representing supreme Destruction silently dissipated.

The Icefire Yin Yang Well returned to its former tranquility.

Only... within Long Wushang's body now lay two terrifying treasures that others would not even dare dream of possessing.

Within his sea of consciousness, an unknown amount of time passed before Long Wushang slowly regained consciousness.

At a glance, he saw the two new objects within his sea of consciousness. More precisely, they were two egg-sized, pill-like treasures.

One red and one blue, they shone against each other as immense dragon power endlessly radiated from them.

The Dark Sacred Dragon soul, which had long coiled within his sea of consciousness, was greedily devouring the dragon power emanating from the two dragon pills.

These were the dragon pills of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. However, after countless years of depletion, their size and power had diminished considerably. Otherwise, they would not have been only the size of eggs.

Even so, the benefits they could bring to soul masters with dragon attributes were beyond imagination.

Could these be the dragon pills of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings? Such pure elemental attributes, such immense dragon power source... Did the Water and Fire Dragon Kings take a liking to me and leave me this legacy?

Long Wushang was nearly stunned senseless by this unexpected windfall. He had awakened from a sleep to find two dragon pills—how could such a good thing happen to him?

My luck this time is seriously incredible.