Breakthrough! Level 60 Dragon Core

After all living beings submitted, the Icefire Yin Yang Well finally returned to complete tranquility.

No longer did the violent shocks of yin and yang spiritual power colliding remain. The entire secret realm became an utterly pure sacred ground for cultivation. The two origin powers of utmost yin chill and utmost yang blaze merged and flowed docilely under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao contract, transforming into an endless stream of seven-colored spiritual energy that layered around and nourished the white-clad youth at the heart of the secret realm.

Tang Wulin chose to enter secluded cultivation here.

Having returned through time and space after reincarnation, his cultivation foundation had long been incomparably solid. His body, bloodline, and soul power had all reached perfection in tandem. He needed only to break through the final barrier before stepping into the Soul Emperor realm.

The leap from Soul King to Soul Emperor was a crucial chasm in a soul master's life.

Level sixty, the Six-Ring realm, was the true threshold for high-level soul masters. Once one broke through, the nature of one's soul power would undergo a second transformation. Soul power reserves, density, explosive strength, and the upper limit of spiritual capacity would all make a qualitative leap. With six soul rings empowering them, they would completely transcend the category of mid-level soul masters and be able to stand among the core ranks of the continent's powerhouses. It was common for ordinary soul masters to remain stuck at the peak of level fifty-nine for years or even decades. A shortcoming in any aspect—soul power compression, spiritual compatibility, or physical endurance—would prevent them from opening the gates to the Soul Emperor realm.

But none of these shackles existed for Tang Wulin.

His supreme dragon body, tempered by the Dragon God Bloodline, was harder than divine gold and immune to all techniques. His spirit, honed through countless life-and-death battles, was condensed and vast, far surpassing those of the same rank. Combined with the unique nourishment of the world's origin at the Icefire Yin Yang Well and the pure vitality spiritual power continuously bestowed by countless plant spirits, his breakthrough came as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

He sat cross-legged at the exact center of the yin-yang springs, his eyes gently closed and his five centers facing the heavens, entering a state of extreme focus in cultivation.

Around him, six top-tier plant beasts stood in separate directions, silently standing guard.

Qiluo Tulip hovered three feet above his head. Countless seven-colored petals and leaves slowly opened and closed as strands of the purest origin of the Great Dao of vegetation descended, cleansing his meridians and soul power. Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and Inferno Apricot stood to either side, one cold and one fiery, their two ultimate origin powers flowing slowly into every limb and bone of Tang Wulin's body, tempering his flesh, balancing his soul power, and purging impurities. Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and Jade-Scale Seven-Extinction Flower rooted themselves around him, forming an invisible Spirit Domain that isolated all outside interference and stabilized the cultivation aura of the entire secret realm.

Countless plants and spiritual herbs bent and stood quietly. All the spiritual energy, vitality, and earth-vein spiritual power throughout the Icefire Yin Yang Well converged toward the center, transforming into a seven-colored pillar of spiritual energy that pierced heaven and earth and firmly enveloped Tang Wulin.

His seclusion began.

On the first day, an enormous amount of spiritual energy entered his body and washed through his meridians.

Meridians that had already been refined to the extreme without the slightest obstruction widened, strengthened, and ascended once more under the dual nourishment of the Icefire origins and the spiritual power of the Great Dao of vegetation. A faint dragon-gold radiance appeared over the walls of his meridians, while their resilience and spiritual power capacity surged severalfold. His formerly full and saturated peak level fifty-nine soul power began to be continuously compressed and purified by the gentle yet vast spiritual current.

On the second day, his soul power completely unified, flawless as jade.

The originally mixed and impure worldly soul power had all redundant impurities removed under the instinctive selection of the Dragon God Bloodline. It was entirely transformed into dragon-might soul power most compatible with him—warm and heavy, domineering yet restrained. Every strand of soul power contained the endless vitality of vegetation and the heavenly laws of yin and yang polarity.

On the third day, the barrier at the peak of level fifty-nine began to loosen and crack.

The realm chasm that blocked the path of countless soul masters emitted faint cracking sounds under the triple impact of extremely condensed dragon-type soul power, his supreme dragon body, and the profound foundation of his vast spirit. Countless streams of spiritual energy surged madly into his dantian sea of qi. The territory of that sea of qi expanded and reformed wildly, while the speed of the soul power vortex increased by tens of millions of times.

At noon on the fourth day.

Rumble—

An invisible Dao chime resounded from within Tang Wulin's body and spread throughout the entire Icefire Secret Realm.

The level sixty barrier that had troubled countless soul masters shattered completely!

Vast dragon-gold soul power, as boundless as the sea, instantly broke through its shackles and completed its ultimate transformation. The liquid soul power that had filled his dantian compressed and solidified further, its density, purity, and pressure soaring across the board. His sea of qi churned like a dragon's roar shaking the heavens, and the majestic aura of a high-level Soul Emperor erupted, sweeping across the entire Icefire Yin Yang Well.

His soul power level rose rapidly, steadily breaking through level sixty and settling at the peak of level sixty-one!

Soul Emperor!

Tang Wulin had officially stepped into the realm of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor!

Five soul rings, long since stabilized beyond compare—black-white, purple-black, and pitch-black—slowly rose around him, circulating with a steady, heavy rhythm. The empty sixth-ring slot shook the void, and the soul spirit Great Dao between heaven and earth trembled faintly, waiting for the birth of this Dragon Emperor's sixth soul spirit.

At that moment, Qiluo Tulip's petals and leaves trembled lightly as it voluntarily bowed closer.

The king of immortal herbs, with six hundred thousand years of cultivation, shed all the pride of a secret realm sovereign at that moment, leaving only absolute devotion and compatibility. It had long formed a Heavenly Dao contract with Tang Wulin. The origin of its spirit core and the youth's Dragon God laws shared a perfect origin without the slightest conflict. It was the supreme soul spirit most compatible with Tang Wulin and most suited to the Dragon God Great Dao—without equal in the world.

"Master, this disciple is willing to become a soul spirit, to remain eternally within you, bear the dragon path, and walk by your side!"

An ethereal, solemn spiritual voice echoed in Tang Wulin's sea of consciousness. There was not the slightest reluctance in it, only the certainty of destiny returning to unity.

As the words fell, seven-colored rosy light burst forth from Qiluo Tulip's entire body. The foundation of its six hundred thousand years of vegetation laws was released completely and without reservation. Its immense yet gentle spirit body slowly contracted and condensed, changing from the form of a secret realm spirit king towering over heaven and earth into a pure, translucent, brilliantly radiant seven-colored spirit core that floated before Tang Wulin's brow.

Tang Wulin's mind was calm. He opened his sea of consciousness and gently enveloped this supreme vegetation spirit core with the power of his spirit.

There was no need for suppression, no need for adjustment, and no need to resist backlash.

Their Great Dao shared the same origin, their destinies were perfectly matched, heaven and earth served as their medium, and all living beings bore witness.

He lightly stirred his spirit and inhaled.

The dazzling seven-colored spirit core slowly entered through the passage to his sea of consciousness at his brow, merging into the origin of his spirit and his dantian sea of qi.

In an instant, boundless laws of vegetation, the power to command all living beings, the origin of ultimate vitality, and six hundred thousand years of cultivation insights from heaven and earth surged into Tang Wulin's limbs, bones, meridians, and spirit!

Boom!

The sixth soul ring descended in response!

Unlike the turmoil of worldly spiritual energy that accompanied ordinary soul ring absorption, the birth of this soul ring was incomparably gentle, sacred, and grand.

An utterly seven-colored, flawless, translucent top-tier soul ring of six hundred thousand years slowly rose from beneath Tang Wulin's feet and revolved around his body.

Flowing light coiled around the ring's surface, where dense layers of vegetation runes contained the most fundamental Great Dao of all living beings in the world. Every inch of its glow carried supreme vitality that never ceased and the highest authority to command all plants.

All six rings shone together!

Two yellow, two purple, two black?

No!

At that moment, the first five soul rings around Tang Wulin were steady in color and profound in foundation, while the sixth seven-colored soul ring stood above them all. Its spiritual light was dazzling and its Dao aura surged to the heavens. In quality, age, and might, it utterly crushed every soul ring of the same rank in the world!

A Six-Ring Soul Emperor had appeared!

Yet the transformation caused by the soul spirit entering his body was far from over.

The instant Qiluo Tulip's soul spirit took root in the origin of his spirit, an immense amount of incomparably pure origin power washed through his entire body. The Dragon God's Origin that had lain dormant within Tang Wulin for so long was completely, utterly awakened and activated.

At the center of his dantian sea of qi, the dragon-type soul power that had once been scattered, drifting, and gentle began to gather, compress, and reform madly under the enhancement and fusion of the six-hundred-thousand-year vegetation Great Dao.

Countless streams of dragon-might soul power, the origins of yin and yang polarity, endless vegetation vitality, and the realm foundation of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor all converged, collapsed, and fused toward the central point of his sea of qi.

Sizzle—

The faint sound of laws fusing echoed within his body.

A tiny core of ultimate brilliance, golden throughout and inlaid with seven-colored vegetation patterns, slowly came into being and took shape in the deepest part of his dantian.

That was—the Dragon Core!

Tang Wulin's first Dragon Core, and the origin Dragon Core with the deepest foundation!

It was not a crude crystallization of dragon power naturally carried by his bloodline, but a perfect Dragon God's Origin core forged through the fusion of the Great Dao of heaven and earth, the faith of all living beings, yin-yang origins, the foundation of a six-hundred-thousand-year supreme immortal herb, and the realm power of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor!

The Dragon Core was about an inch in size and floated at the center of his dantian. It was clear and translucent throughout, with a golden base covered in colorful patterns as it slowly spun without end. With every rotation, it released warm, vast halos of dragon-path light that nourished his meridians, tempered his spirit, stabilized his realm, and consolidated the foundation of the Dragon God.

From that moment on, his strength was no longer merely an accumulation of bloodline and soul power. It now possessed an origin core.

All dragon power, all spiritual power, and all insights into the Great Dao took the Dragon Core as their root, source, and foundation. Their circulation efficiency doubled, their explosive power doubled, and his endurance rose without limit. The evolution speed of his Dragon God Physique advanced by leaps and bounds.

Once the Dragon Core formed, the dragon path was established!

Outside, the entire Icefire Yin Yang Well erupted into an incomparably grand spiritual tide phenomenon.

Seven-colored spiritual mist filled the sky and surged upward. The earth-vein spiritual energy roared wildly. Countless spiritual plants swayed and bowed in worship. The water-fire yin-yang energies merged perfectly, transforming into endless power of laws that poured into Tang Wulin's body and stabilized both his newly broken-through realm and his newborn Dragon Core.

Tang Wulin slowly opened his eyes.

Two clear, translucent beams of gaze shot forth, carrying endless dragon might and vegetation vitality. They were gentle yet majestic, restrained yet vast.

Six soul rings quietly revolved around him. The seven-colored sixth soul ring gleamed brilliantly, its Dao aura deep and enduring. Within his dantian, the Dragon Core rotated at a steady pace. Its origin was rich and solid, while his realm remained firmly at the peak of level sixty-one without the slightest instability.

He could clearly sense the earthshaking transformation.

His body was stronger, his spirit more condensed, his soul power purer, and his Dao foundation steadier.

In his mind, a brand-new sixth soul skill had already taken shape—Myriad Grass Dragon Venerable Art.

With a single thought, he could command all plants and living beings under heaven, borrowing the power of all life to attack, defend, and heal. With a single thought, he could draw upon the yin-yang origins of the Icefire Yin Yang Well and the power of Qiluo's Great Dao, condense supreme dragon might, and break all techniques in the world. Endless vitality wrapped around him; grievous wounds could heal and a losing situation could be turned around. He had truly become invincible among those of the same rank and capable of fighting beyond his realm.

More than that, after becoming a soul spirit, Qiluo Tulip still retained her independent intelligence and resided permanently within his spirit. He could communicate with her and borrow her power at any time. The countless spirit beings and the earth-vein power throughout the Icefire Yin Yang Well could all be used by him through the soul spirit contract.

Tang Wulin raised a hand, and a strand of seven-colored spiritual light flowed around his fingertip, gentle yet domineering.

Standing amid the spiritual tide that filled the sky, his heart was clear and serene.

He had crossed into another world and walked the path of cultivation once more.

Today, at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, he broke through level sixty, entered the Soul Emperor realm, accepted the Qiluo immortal herb as his soul spirit, and condensed his exclusive Dragon God Dragon Core.

The foundation of his dragon path had been completely forged.

The road ahead was long, fate could be changed, and the Great Dao held promise.

From this day onward, Douluo Continent would no longer have an ordinary young Dragon Emperor.

There would only be a newborn Dragon Venerable, holding all living beings in his hand, bearing a Dragon Core within his body, and stepping upon six soul rings, soon to ascend the world's stage.