Icefire Theft, the Despicable Opportunity of Plundering Soul Beast Origins

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

The frigid mist lingered year-round as the dark, pitch-black Myriad Poisons Pearl floated silently in Li Xuan's palm. Undercurrents churned within the orb, containing a suppressive power capable of restraining all of Tang San's poisons and hidden weapons.

The numbers on the system panel in his mind were clearly fixed, without the slightest error.

[Current Shock Points Balance: 91,600,000.]

[Held Item: Myriad Poisons Pearl (completely suppresses Tang San).]

[Character Status: Tang San (mentally terrified, disguise completely shattered).]

The previous Blood-Red Sky Screen had mercilessly torn away the first layer of Tang San's hypocritical skin.

The entire Man Faced Demon Spider clan had been exterminated, three hundred and seventy-two lives reduced to stepping stones he could trample at will on his path to growth. Cold-bloodedness, double standards, and cruelty had been branded deeply into the hearts of everyone across the continent.

People had already understood that this so-called Child of Destiny's kindness had always been selective.

And the greatest opportunity Tang San possessed—the Icefire Yin Yang Well—also held a filthy past that everyone had overlooked.

That spiritual spring, which nurtured treasures of heaven and earth, had never belonged to humanity.

Li Xuan's gaze was indifferent as his fingertips lightly turned the Myriad Poisons Pearl.

"System, begin the twelfth Sky Screen Review."

"Theme: <Icefire Origin Theft, the Shameless Plunder of Two Great Ferocious Beasts' Origins>."

[Command confirmed! Sky Screen loaded!]

[This review: Opportunities that did not belong to humanity, heaven-defying foundations forcibly seized!]

Buzz—!

A two-colored Sky Screen woven from emerald green and crimson instantly spread across the entire heavens.

One half burned like fire, while the other was frigid as ice. Blinding dual-colored light enveloped the continent, and strange fluctuations caused by the extreme temperature difference filled the air.

Ink-black words slowly emerged upon the Sky Screen.

[Douluo Regrets Reckoning, Issue Twelve: The Spiritual Spring Has Owners, Its Origin Forcibly Seized.]

[This issue reveals: The Icefire Yin Yang Well, sustained for millennia by two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!]

The dual-colored heavenly radiance descended, and hearts across the continent abruptly tightened.

On the outskirts of Heaven Dou City, within a secluded forest.

Tang San leaned against an ancient tree, his face so pale that it was utterly bloodless, both hands clenched tightly into fists. Xiao Wu huddled at his side, her clear eyes filled with unease.

The Icefire Yin Yang Well.

It was the most important secret realm of his life.

The Aromatic Silk Beauty, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot—countless immortal herbs had tempered his body and cleansed his meridians, forging an invincible physique.

In his heart, it had been an opportunity bestowed upon him by heaven, something perfectly natural and justified.

Yet the Sky Screen's mention of millennia of nourishment caused his heart to sink sharply.

The Sky Screen's image suddenly shifted.

Scorching magma merged with an icy spring, white mist curled through the air, and rosy light filled the heavens.

Within the breathtaking secret realm, two enormous figures had remained entrenched year-round.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, entirely azure with crystalline scales, lurked in the depths of the cold spring; the Blazing Fire Qilin, completely crimson and wreathed in flames, slumbered at the bottom of the magma.

[The Icefire Yin Yang Well was born of heaven and earth, taking ten thousand years to form.]

[The origin power here belongs to two ancient Hundred-Thousand-Year Ferocious Beasts.]

[The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and Blazing Fire Qilin have guarded the spiritual spring for generations, spending a thousand years of blood essence to nourish the immortal herbs of heaven and earth.]

The icy narration resounded through heaven and earth, directly exposing the truth of the secret realm.

The scene shifted, displaying the events of a thousand years.

The two great ferocious beasts never infringed upon each other and remained dormant year-round. They drew in and exhaled origin power, nourishing the spiritual spring while expending their own Soul Power and blood essence to cultivate countless peerless immortal herbs.

This secret realm was their home; every immortal herb was the fruit of their thousand years of cultivation.

[Their nature is gentle. They have no desire to harm others, never set foot in human territory, and live without contention.]

[They have always avoided humans who intruded, with no record of ever taking the initiative to hunt them.]

Within the dense forest, Tang San's pupils constricted violently.

He would never forget the scene when he had first entered the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

The two great ferocious beasts had merely watched from afar. They had not blocked him or attacked him, allowing him to enter the depths of the secret realm.

At the time, he had only assumed that the ferocious beasts feared humans and were naturally foolish.

But now, the truth lay before him—

That had not been fear. It had been tolerance, acquiescence, the purest form of yielding between living beings.

The Sky Screen's image abruptly turned, freezing on the day Tang San entered the secret realm.

The youth moved lightly as he entered the heart of the spiritual spring, his greedy gaze sweeping over the immortal herbs covering the ground. Ignoring the two great ferocious beasts lurking in the distance, he brazenly plucked rare treasures and wantonly absorbed the spiritual spring's origin.

[Tang San entered the secret realm without grace, virtue, or contribution.]

[He harvested every mature immortal herb and plundered the spiritual spring's pure origin.]

[Using resources cultivated by the two great ferocious beasts over a thousand years, he forged an indestructible divine body and cleansed all poisons from himself.]

The images were direct and cruel, clearly recording every scene.

He trampled upon the land guarded by the ferocious beasts, took away the immortal herbs they had nourished, and occupied the origin they had fostered.

There had been no payment, no exchange, no gratitude.

Only naked plunder.

[The two great ferocious beasts endured and yielded, watching the entire time without making the slightest move to stop him.]

[They held to their bottom line, neither harming humans nor fighting over resources.]

[What they received in return was the Child of Destiny's unrestrained theft and occupation.]

Boom!

The entire continent erupted in uproar.

Everyone had always believed that the Icefire Yin Yang Well was an ownerless secret realm and that the immortal herbs were treasures bestowed by heaven.

No one had known that this paradise had originally been the home of ferocious beasts.

Those heaven-defying immortal herbs had been cultivated through a thousand years of blood essence from the two great ferocious beasts!

Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian threw back his head and let out a low roar, anger filling his pitch-black pupils.

Gentle Soul Beasts were slaughtered, while ferocious beasts guarding their mountain were plundered.

This so-called Child of Destiny had, from beginning to end, merely been a greedy wretch who continuously plundered the resources of living beings.

Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi stood quietly upon a reef, her cool eyes impassively looking toward the sky.

The Sea God slaughtered marine Soul Beasts, while Tang San plundered land-dwelling ferocious beasts.

Gods and destiny alike were plunderers.

The former site of the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of self-mockery.

He had once believed that Tang San was kind by nature and possessed a righteous heart.

Now it seemed that the selfishness in his son's bones was even uglier than his own.

Upon the Sky Screen, a final line of scarlet, mocking words suddenly branded itself into the void.

[The world calls him extraordinarily gifted and favored by heaven.]

[In truth: He tramples living beings' flesh and blood, plunders ferocious beasts' origins, and steals heaven and earth's gifts.]

Within the dense forest.

Tang San's entire body turned cold, his blood and qi surging wildly.

The scenes from the Icefire Yin Yang Well continuously replayed in his mind.

The two great ferocious beasts had silently lurked there, gazing from afar without attacking or showing hostility.

So that had not been foolishness. It had been kindness.

So that had not been an opportunity. It had been plunder.

"I... I only took the immortal herbs..."

Tang San's lips trembled as he murmured softly, unable to offer any defense.

He could calmly accept gifts from gods, the sacrifices of others, and opportunities bestowed by heaven and earth.

Yet he had never reflected on the fact that everything he gained had never belonged to him in the first place.

[Ding! Detected that the understanding of living beings across the continent has been overturned. Negative emotions are skyrocketing!]

[Anger Points gained: +5,900,000!]

[Contempt Points gained: +6,100,000!]

[Current Shock Points Balance: 103,600,000!]

[Congratulations, host! High-level authorization unlocked: Soul-Sense Concealment Formation Blueprint.]

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

An ancient blueprint lined with pale golden patterns slowly unfolded, its surface carved with complex formation markings. This formation could permanently conceal detection by the Divine Realm and block the lock-on of divine senses.

Li Xuan casually put away the blueprint, his handsome face utterly calm.

The extermination of the Man Faced Demon Spider clan, the plundering of the Icefire ferocious beasts.

Tang San's two most glamorous and dazzling achievements in his growth now had completely become filthy original sins.

Hypocrisy, greed, cold-bloodedness, double standards.

The sacred halo belonging to the Child of Destiny had already shattered by more than half.

"Not enough."

Li Xuan murmured softly, his gaze cold and clear. "His most fatal and most indefensible sin has yet to be exposed."

The two-colored Sky Screen slowly faded, and the temperature difference between heaven and earth returned to calm.

Just as everyone across the continent cursed, despised, and rejected Tang San, a line of black and blood-red preview text suddenly branded itself across the heavens.

[Next issue preview: Soul Bone Plunder.]

[Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft-Boned Rabbit, the coercive scheme behind the sacrifice!]

Within the dense forest.

Xiao Wu shuddered all over and raised her head blankly.

Soft Bone Rabbit, sacrifice, scheme.

Every word filled her heart with extreme terror.

Tang San's body stiffened, his pupils widening as a bone-piercing chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

That scene—the one he least wished to mention, most wanted to conceal, and remembered most deeply—would ultimately be revealed to the public.

Li Xuan gazed toward the dense forest from afar, a cold curve lifting at the corner of his lips.

"Tang San, you treated the one you loved most as a trump card."

"This time, I will let the entire continent see every scheme you used against Xiao Wu."