Half a month passed quickly during cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
Li Long maintained a regular routine every day. At dawn, he circulated the Guidance Method and repeatedly tempered his level-seventy Soul Power. In the morning, he sparred with Qian Yao once or twice to maintain his combat readiness. In the afternoon, he worked with the medicinal meals prepared by Qian Yue to condition his body. During nighttime meditation, he awakened the Icefire Dragon Emperor's dragon soul for brief periods and conducted coordination training, ensuring that it could respond immediately whenever he needed to release the domain.
Qian Yao and Qian Yue knew he was preparing for an operation to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, so they did not ask too many questions. However, Qian Yue added several medicinal ingredients aimed at recovery after high-intensity combat to her recipes, while Qian Yao deliberately increased the intensity of her attacks during their sparring, allowing Li Long to maintain a high level of actual combat readiness before departing.
Three days before departure, a message from Qian Shengyuan arrived that evening.
Li Long received a sealed mission directive at the communication point on the outskirts of the Icefire Yin-Yang Well. It listed the specific time and assembly point for the operation.
The operation was scheduled for dawn two days later. The assembly point was a Spirit Hall outpost on the northern outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The participants included Qian Shengyuan himself, the two Super Douluo Mo Yuan and Long Yuan, and four Titled Douluo selected from the Spirit Hall Direct Guard Corps. They would be responsible for sealing off the perimeter and intercepting any interfering soul beasts that might appear.
That night, Li Long adjusted himself to his peak condition. At dawn the next day, he departed from the