Survival of the Fittest!

Not to be, it really is 9.5-purity Void Mysterious Ice. Pure, far too pure! It would taste even better made into shaved ice!

An ice-condensed carriage sped across the Far Northern Snow Field, and Ice Emperor's satisfied sigh drifted from inside the compartment.

Ever since she had tasted the milk shaved ice and stir-fried ice made by Beiming Lieyang in the human world last time, Ice Emperor had completely fallen for it.

Void Mysterious Ice was already a supreme delicacy in the mortal realm to begin with, and pairing it with those sweet toppings doubled the deliciousness.

Let alone now when the mysterious ice's purity had already reached nine and a half times.

Ninety-nine percent, a rare commodity, simply too pure.

If any worm that lived straight inside the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave—eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, growing into a million-year soul beast—were to catch a whiff of this scent.

It would probably get hooked.

During that time searching for the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave, Ice Emperor hadn't dragged Snow Emperor and Beiming Lieyang to make purchases in towns very often.

Fruits, syrups, milk, dried fruits, nuts...

Stuffed a whole pile, all to satisfy that picky mouth of hers.

Snow Emperor sat to one side, watching the joyfully eating Ice Emperor with a smile at the corners of her lips.

Ever since this lass tasted human cuisine, her mouth simply couldn't stop anymore.

"Xuer, you have some too." Ice Emperor scooped up a spoonful of shaved ice covered in jam and nuts and handed it over.

Snow Emperor lowered her head and took a small bite, her eyes growing slightly bright.

The flavor was much richer, and the contained power was also obviously more concentrated.

"Right? Right?!" Ice Emperor's smile was as bright as a flower. "If the Void Mysterious Ice Xiao Yang handles is already this delicious, I'm really looking forward to the god-grade ones!"

Ever since the Void Mysterious Ice was in endless supply, they practically treated the triple-all-attributes amplification as a permanent buff.

Ice Emperor scooped up another spoonful of shaved ice, handing it downward to Beiming Lieyang, who was sleeping soundly while resting his head on Snow Emperor's lap. "Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang, you come have a taste too!"

"Binger, he's resting." Snow Emperor said with a trace of playful reproach.

Beiming Lieyang opened his eyes in a daze, saw a spoonful of shaved ice held out by his mouth, and instinctively opened his mouth to take it in.

The chill wrapped around the richness of milk, the refreshing sweetness of fruit, and the crisp fragrance of nuts melted on the tip of his tongue, giving him such an icy jolt that he snapped awake.

He crawled up from Snow Emperor's lap, smacked his lips, and turned his head to look at Snow Emperor:

"Strange... It seems like... there's the taste of Snow Mom?"

"???" Ice Emperor leaned right over and poked his cheek. "You didn't taste such delicious shaved ice, yet you tasted the spoon Xuer had held in a single bite! Speak, did you secretly taste Xuer's flavor?"

What did you mean by secretly tasting?

I've always known Snow Mom's taste, you know. Nursing and feeding, eating and sleeping were all together, and wasn't it you guys who stuffed food into my mouth when picking dishes for me?

"Alright, alright, stop teasing the child." Snow Emperor watched these two make a ruckus from the side, the corners of her lips holding helpless doting, just like looking at two kids.

Ice Emperor hummed twice, scooped a spoonful of the shaved ice from her own bowl into her mouth, and then with a blank expression scooped another spoonful and handed it to Beiming Lieyang's mouth. "Eat it."

Beiming Lieyang opened his mouth and ate it.

"What does it taste like?" Ice Emperor asked with narrowed eyes.

Beiming Lieyang raised a thumb: "The rich fragrance of milk, the refreshing sweetness of nuts and fruit, matched with the pure chill of the Void Mysterious Ice."

"Little Aunt is simply a super dessert chef!"

"Oh?" Ice Emperor tapped his forehead with her spoon. "You could even taste Xuer's flavor while all dazed just now, how come you can't taste mine now? And you're telling me you didn't do it on purpose!"

A snow-white, soft hand reached out from the side and gently grasped Ice Emperor's wrist: "Binger, you're not allowed to bully Xiao Yang."

"Hmph, and here you called each other good besties. Your heart has already been coaxed away by this little cub. I'm truly pitiful, truly heartbroken." Ice Emperor rolled her eyes, casually picked up the milk tea and took a sip, her eyes narrowing slightly.

Snow Emperor helplessly let go of her hand and shook her head.

Ice Emperor put down the milk tea and leaned over once more toward Beiming Lieyang, who currently had an obedient and well-behaved look as he leaned against Snow Emperor's shoulder:

"Xiao Yang, that Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well you mentioned, where on earth is it?"

"Within the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire, in the Sunset Forest east of Heaven Dou City."

"The place where the two God Kings fell..."

Ice Emperor picked up her shaved ice bowl, comfortably leaned against Beiming Lieyang, using him as a body pillow, and scooped another mouthful of shaved ice.

"Who knows what good things are actually hidden down there? Divine tools? Inheritances?"

"Won't we know once we go?"

Beiming Lieyang was long used to being leaned on by her.

Ever since he was little, he was either used as a hugging pillow to sleep with or used as a cushion for his head, and now that he grew up, he upgraded into a backrest.

This Little Aunt Ice Emperor truly was excessively mischievous.

He leaned further toward Snow Emperor's side. Snow Mom was still the best, always so gentle.

"You two, stop squeezing over here." Snow Emperor looked at these two fellows with a hint of helplessness, one leaning against the other, practically shoving her into the corner.

Ice Emperor raised her chin while Beiming Lieyang lowered his head, the two of them exchanging a glance and laughing hehe simultaneously.

Snow Emperor could only shake her head helplessly.

After confirming the direction, the ice carriage increased its speed, dragging long ice trails as it galloped toward the southeast.

A day later.

Within the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire.

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the edge of the sky a shade of orange-red.

Beiming Lieyang lifted the carriage curtain and looked outward.

Rolling mountain ranges revealed deep outlines in the twilight, large swathes of forest blocking out the sky and sun. The further inward they went, the more a faint trace of a decaying aura could be smelled in the air.

"We're almost there."

Ice Emperor also poked her head over to the window, her golden eyes sparkling: "Is this it? Doesn't look like anything special either."

"You'll know once we go in."

The carriage kept going until it entered the central area of the Sunset Forest.

Snow Emperor's eyebrows twitched slightly: "The elements here... are very chaotic. Cold and heat intertwine together, as if something is simultaneously releasing two completely opposing forces."

"That's the Ice and Fire powers of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

Beiming Lieyang looked at the increasingly dense fog ahead. Red and blue lights faintly showed through the mist, flickering on and off in the depths of the valley.

Ice Emperor narrowed her eyes, looking at the poison-miasma-filled valley entrance: "The fog is poisonous."

With a casual wave of her hand, the cold air condensed into an ice screen, isolating the poison miasma outside: "Let's go."

The three of them stepped into the valley.

Passing through the final mountain col, the field of vision suddenly opened up.

Crimson and ice-blue springs distinct from one another coexisted in the center of the basin. Half boiled like molten lava, while half froze like mysterious ice. Water and fire shared the same origin, mutually non-infringing.

Strange flowers and rare herbs covered the surroundings of the spring eyes, each and every one radiating dense heaven and earth spiritual energy.

Ice Emperor's golden eyes widened slightly: "The ice and fire forces beneath this clash with each other... far too terrifying. If one forcefully charges in, they'll very likely suffer severe injuries."

Snow Emperor stood silently at the edge of the mountain col: "This is the place where the God Kings fell?"

Just as the two of them were about to question Beiming Lieyang, the sky abruptly darkened.

A cluster of green poisonous fog gathered above the valley, rapidly transforming into a somewhat youthful human face as it shouted harshly: "What people?! You dare trespass into this lord's forbidden grounds!"

The Ice and Snow Emperors exchanged a glance: This place... has an owner?

Beiming Lieyang looked at the somewhat youthful face that emerged amidst the poisonous fog, his expression suspicious.

Why did this Dugu Bo look so young??

Had he really entered the manhua version of Douluo Continent???

The poisonous fog surged, and Dugu Bo emerged from the mist like an evil ghost in the smoke—a young man with a full head of green hair and black garments.

At this moment, anger filled his eyes as he swept his gaze across the three of them: "You actually dare to steal this lord's medicinal herbs!"

If not for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well suppressing his fire poison, he would have already died of poison relapse.

Every single spiritual herb here was the flesh and blood of his heart that he had guarded for many years.

Even if he couldn't recognize the wonderful uses of most herbs, he still knew these things were his lifeline.

Now someone actually dared to barge in right under his nose, how could he not be furious?

Dugu Bo's appearance made Beiming Lieyang even more certain that this truly was the manhua version of Douluo.

Regardless of whether it was the anime or the novel, Title Douluo Poison Douluo always had the image of an old man.

Only Title Douluo in the manhua version had the setting of returning to youth.

Yet facing Dugu Bo's questioning.

Beiming Lieyang stepped forward, looking straight at him.

"Steal?"

"You're wrong. Douluo Continent has always been governed by the law of the jungle!"

"The strong possess everything!"