Icefire Dragon Kings

Upon stepping into the heart of the dense forest, the silence around him was somewhat unnerving.

Forget the roars of Soul Beasts—even the traces of birds and wild animals were nowhere to be found. It was as though Death had strode through and measured every inch of this region, leaving behind nothing but utter stillness.

The culprit was obvious—the deadly poison released by the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Absolute Flower had formed an invisible net, sealing off this place completely. Any ordinary living creature that entered this territory would likely melt into pus before half an incense stick's time had passed. Over time, this place had become a forbidden land for all living things.

Yu Chen stepped over the withered, yellowing grass beneath his feet and swept his gaze across the lifeless woodland, a mocking curve lifting at the corner of his mouth.

"What an impressive display. Truly admirable."

"Let's go."

Yu Chen shook his head and flashed through layer after layer of poisonous miasma like lightning.

About half an hour later, his vision suddenly opened up.

The valley ahead was like a forgotten gem, and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was finally within reach.

At the center of the valley floor lay an enormous spring pool, a sight truly miraculous. One half was a fiery spring bubbling with crimson blisters, waves of heat rolling out and baking the air until it warped; the other was a deep-blue icy pool covered in frost, its chill biting to the bone. Standing too close would leave a layer of fine white frost on one's hair.

The red and blue spring waters intertwined and swirled at the center, naturally forming a yin-yang taiji pattern. Above the spring, multicolored immortal mist lingered year-round, and the life energy was so dense it was nearly liquid. Compared with the yellow, deathly forest outside, it was practically the difference between heaven and hell.

The area around the spring was covered in special fertile soil, warm and smooth as jade, with immortal herbs of every color growing from it. Each plant shimmered with flowing light and was wreathed in rosy radiance. Tossing any one of them into the outside world would spark a bloody storm among Soul Masters.

Yu Chen looked over this treasure land, a flicker of heat passing through his eyes.

"So many treasures were buried here, only to benefit Tang San for nothing. Today, I'll reclaim them for the original owner."

The moment he raised his foot and stepped into the valley's boundaries, a cold, majestic voice suddenly exploded from the depths of the void, shaking the immortal mist into ceaseless turbulence.

"Who dares trespass into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?!"

The voice came from an enormous crimson flower beside the fiery spring. Its petals spread in layers like blazing flames, scorching heat waves coiling around its body.

Able to speak human language, it was at least a hundred-thousand-year immortal-grade Soul Beast—the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

"This is forbidden ground. Outsider, leave at once! Otherwise, you will turn to ashes—do not say I failed to warn you!" The fiery-red petals trembled as terrifying heat waves pressed down on Yu Chen from all directions, its tone filled with undisguised hostility.

Yu Chen did not stop walking. He did not even bother to defend himself, allowing the heat waves to strike him head-on while a casual smile remained on his lips.

"You think I'll leave just because you tell me to? You flower really think too highly of yourself."

The Infernal Delicate Apricot had clearly not expected this human to be so arrogant. Its petals jolted violently, and scorching fire-attribute Soul Power erupted in an instant. The water temperature of the entire fire pool surged, boiling with a loud gurgle.

"You insignificant human, how dare you act so recklessly before this Flower King! Do you truly not know how the word 'death' is written?"

Yu Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the churning spring as he replied calmly, "The origin of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is the place where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings fell. This place bears the Dragon Clan's mark. Since it is Dragon Clan territory, it is naturally my domain."

The Infernal Delicate Apricot froze, then seemed to hear the most ridiculous joke in the world, its anger growing even fiercer. "Utter nonsense! This place is the exclusive domain of Lord Sea God. Since when did some wild brat who came from nowhere get to spout such nonsense here?"

"Since you refuse to listen to reason, I can only beat you into submission."

As the words fell, Yu Chen's aura abruptly changed.

Brilliant golden dragon scales instantly covered his entire body. His form swelled against the wind, his limbs transforming into thick dragon claws, while enormous dragon horns pierced toward the heavens.

A dragon roar that shook the entire valley suddenly erupted. A Golden Dragon that blotted out the sky descended into the world, its colossal body nearly filling the entire Ice and Fire Valley.

A terrifyingly heavy pressure, far beyond the hundred-thousand-year level, crashed down.

It was the aura of a Dragon Clan beast with a cultivation of five hundred thousand years, crushing everything present!

The fiery spring, which had been boiling and churning, was forcibly pressed into stillness by that pressure. The flame-like petals of the Infernal Delicate Apricot trembled wildly, while its roots instinctively shrank deeper into the earth. Even its voice began to shake.

"Y-you're not human at all! You're a Soul Beast! And a five-hundred-thousand-year Dragon Clan Soul Beast at that!!"

The other immortal herbs throughout the valley were shaken by the terrifying dragon might until they trembled uncontrollably. One after another, they revealed their own phantom forms, lowered themselves in submission, and did not dare so much as breathe loudly.

The Infernal Delicate Apricot, which had been so imposing moments ago, had now completely lost its nerve. Its fiery-red petals drooped limply, and it did not dare release even a hint of temper.

"D-Dragon Lord, please calm your anger! We failed to recognize your greatness and offended you. We beg for your forgiveness!"

Yu Chen's enormous golden dragon eyes lowered, his golden vertical pupils sweeping coldly over the flower cluster. His deep voice shook the spring water into turbulence.

"Weren't you full of spirit just now? I said this place belonged to me, yet you refused to believe it."

"Since you don't believe me, then take a good look at who this land truly recognizes!"

As soon as his words fell, an anomaly suddenly emerged from the depths of the twin springs.

Two utterly different rays of light slowly rose from the springbed—one cold, one fierce. Two hazy yet majestic dragon soul phantoms were completely awakened by Yu Chen's pure, vast Golden Dragon bloodline.

They were the lingering dragon souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, sleeping here for countless years!

Two ancient dragon mights slowly rose, sharing the same origin as Yu Chen's aura and merging with it. Seeing this, all the surrounding immortal herbs were so terrified that they wished they could bury themselves in the soil.

Immediately afterward, two enormous phantoms shot into the sky!

From the icy pool on the left emerged an ice-blue giant dragon, frost coiling around its body; from the fiery spring on the right soared a crimson fire dragon, its flames burning into the heavens.

Though they were only remnants of souls without physical bodies, the vast pressure originating from ancient Dragon Kings was incomparably real, perfectly echoing the Golden Dragon aura on Yu Chen's body.

The Infernal Delicate Apricot completely collapsed to the ground. Looking at the two massive dragon bodies stretching across the valley, nothing remained in its heart but terror.

The remnant souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, once overflowing with ferocious might, now lowered their enormous, majestic dragon heads in unison.

The ice-blue dragon head bowed low, its frost receding; the crimson dragon body curved, its flames fading away.

The two dragon souls that had lingered for ten thousand years slowly performed a gesture of submission toward the Golden Dragon Yu Chen had become.

This sight shattered the Infernal Delicate Apricot's final shred of hope.

Even the ancestors here had bowed their heads and submitted to this Golden Dragon. When he said this place belonged to the Dragon Clan, there was not the slightest exaggeration in it!