"Lazy pig, we're here."
Inside the carriage, Snow Empress was gently massaging Beiming Lieyang's head as he rested on her lap.
Ice Empress leaned over from the other side, a mischievous smile on her lips. She plucked up a strand of emerald-green hair and lightly brushed it across the tip of his nose.
"Bing'er, don't disturb Xiaoyang while he's resting." Snow Empress raised a hand to block her, her tone mildly reproachful.
"Xue'er, you're getting more and more biased."
"You used to tease me like this too."
"Cough, cough..."
Ice Empress cleared her throat, turned toward the window, and changed the subject.
"We've reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Shouldn't he be getting up by now?"
Beiming Lieyang's ears twitched slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes to see snow-covered mountains.
Then he saw Snow Empress's cold yet breathtakingly beautiful face. She was looking down at him, her gaze as soft as moonlight that could never melt away.
Instinctively, he nuzzled against her soft lower belly once more before reluctantly sitting up.
"You little rascal, did you sleep well?" Ice Empress immediately leaned in close, right in front of his face.
"Auntie, you can be my body pillow next time," Beiming Lieyang said casually.
"What?! How dare you use your auntie as a body pillow?"
Ice Empress deliberately put on a stern face, her brows nearly standing on end.
Without another word, Beiming Lieyang pulled her into his arms and held her like a doll.
"Hmph, Auntie, did you forget? A few years ago, you used me as a body pillow every day, and as a pillow too. Sometimes, you even used me as a backrest—I'm only following your example."
Ice Empress's face instantly flushed. She turned her head away, slightly lifted her chin, and adopted the posture of someone refusing to admit anything.
"I don't remember." She spoke with complete confidence.
"Didn't you say you were here to get something? Go on, hurry up."
"Fine, getting the Spirit Bone is more important." Beiming Lieyang released her and straightened his collar.
"A God King-level Spirit Bone..." Ice Empress's eyes gleamed.
Even Snow Empress revealed a rare look of anticipation.
Through Beiming Lieyang, they had already learned about the hierarchy of the God Realm.
God Official, Third-Class God, Second-Class God, First-Class God, God King, and even the supreme Dragon God.
They had also finally understood why Soul Beasts had to endure a Heavenly Tribulation every hundred thousand years.
The root of that calamity could all be traced back to the Dragon God.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Bring it up and let your auntie see it!" Ice Empress urged as she jumped from the carriage.
Beiming Lieyang smiled and nodded, leading the Ice and Snow Emperors toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Dugu Bo, meanwhile, had remained dutifully stationed outside the poisonous miasma.
Sensing intruders, he first shouted sharply, "Who goes there? How dare you trespass into my Lord's forbidden grounds?"
But once he recognized them, he immediately flashed over and bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Lord. Greetings, my two ladies."
"Senior Dugu, you've worked hard." Beiming Lieyang smiled and nodded.
"Since my Lord entrusted this task to me, I would not dare neglect it." Dugu Bo straightened, his gaze carrying solemn gratitude.
"My Lord granted my granddaughter and me a way to cure our poison, and even helped my Martial Soul evolve. For such immense kindness, I am grateful beyond words. How could I not devote myself wholeheartedly?"
He paused, then spoke again somewhat awkwardly.
"However... Lord, please do not call me 'Senior' anymore.
You have already broken through Level 50 at such a young age. With talent like yours, I truly cannot bear that title."
"Then what should I call you?" Beiming Lieyang thought for a moment. "Old Poison?"
Dugu Bo was briefly stunned, but his expression visibly relaxed.
"That title... isn't bad. It sounds much more pleasant than 'Senior.'"
Ice Empress and Snow Empress nodded faintly nearby.
This man knew his place.
"Old Poison, you've gained quite a bit these past few days, haven't you?" Beiming Lieyang sensed that Dugu Bo's aura had become more solid.
Dugu Bo cupped his hands and replied, "Thanks to the Immortal Herbs bestowed by my Lord, cultivation became much smoother after my Martial Soul transformed. And besides..."
He glanced at Snow Empress, his tone turning subtle. "After that lesson from my lady, I actually saw through several bottlenecks. It could be considered breaking down before standing anew."
He had never expected that getting beaten up could actually improve his cultivation.
"Not bad." Beiming Lieyang nodded and casually tossed out a piece of Void Mysterious Ice the size of a human head.
Dugu Bo caught it instinctively. The moment he looked down, his scalp went numb.
This was his Lord's ice-blue Martial Soul!
He remembered it clearly.
This thing had been infused with the power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The powers of ice and fire clashed within it, and even a Title Douluo could not withstand it!
He immediately let go as though he had been burned. With a clang, the ice fell to the ground and rolled twice.
Yet after it landed, an inexplicable sense of regret rose in Dugu Bo's heart.
It felt as though he had missed something, yet also as though something had caught hold of his mind.
"Old Poison, do you really think I'm trying to harm you?" Beiming Lieyang looked speechless.
Dugu Bo came back to his senses and awkwardly picked up the ice again. It felt cold in his hands, but he could not bear to put it down.
"Break off a small piece and try it."
Dugu Bo hesitated for a moment, then broke off a piece the size of a fingernail and placed it in his mouth.
The Void Mysterious Ice melted the instant it entered his mouth. An incomparably pure chill flowed down his throat and into every part of his body. Then—
His aura exploded upward, and every one of his attributes forcefully surged by a huge margin!
"Th-this... what is this?!" Dugu Bo abruptly raised his head, his pupils shrinking.
"Void Mysterious Ice. It triples all attributes."
"Triples them?!" Dugu Bo's mind exploded with a buzz.
As a Title Douluo, he knew Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda better than anyone.
This directly tripled them?!
He could not help swallowing as he stared intensely at the Void Mysterious Ice in his hand.
That tiny piece alone had tripled all his attributes.
And he could feel that the effect would last for some time.
This was such a large piece.
"Wait... Lord... this is your Martial Soul?"
"Mm."
Dugu Bo drew in a sharp breath.
Didn't that mean his Lord possessed an endless supply of Void Mysterious Ice?!
He truly had not expected this.
His Lord was actually a terrifying support-type Soul Master!
If Ning Fengzhi learned of this, he would probably die of envy.
Even if the Void Mysterious Ice flattered the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda with everything it had, it still could not compare.
"Alright, I'm going beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
Dugu Bo quickly stepped aside, and the look in his eyes as he watched Beiming Lieyang gained another layer of fervor.
At the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Beiming Lieyang lowered his head and looked at the spring where scarlet red and icy blue intertwined.
Two utterly opposing forces collided soundlessly, filling the air with a suffocating pressure.
"How deep is it down there? Where is the Spirit Bone?"
Ice Empress asked curiously.
"Ten thousand zhang below."
"!!"
"Wouldn't the pressure down there be terrifying? How can you get down there?"
Both Ice and Snow Emperors were worried.
They had thought this place was quite shallow.
"Don't worry. Have you forgotten my third Spirit Ability?"
Remembering Beiming Lieyang's third Spirit Ability, the two women immediately relaxed.
His third Spirit Ability was Glazed Ice and Snow Heart.
It allowed him to transform into ice and snow. As long as the ice and snow remained, he would not perish.
As Beiming Lieyang spoke, he stopped concealing himself and released his aura in an instant.
Fifth Turn Mid-Stage!
Five Spirit Rings rose and fell around his body.
Black, black, black, black, red.
The blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring was especially glaring beneath the sunlight.
Dugu Bo had just carefully put away the Void Mysterious Ice when he looked up and caught sight of that row of Spirit Rings. His entire body froze.
He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him and rubbed them hard.
There was no mistake. Four black, one red.
Four ten-thousand-year rings and one hundred-thousand-year ring!
Level 56.
His Lord had only been Level 50 before leaving.
In other words, while they had been away, they had hunted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?!
He swallowed with difficulty, his Adam's apple bobbing.
The two ladies beside him possessed terrifying strength, so it did not surprise him that they could suppress a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
But a Level 56 Spirit King dared to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
What kind of monstrous talent was this?!
The standard yellow-yellow-purple-purple-black-black-black-black-black set of Spirit Rings on his own body suddenly felt too embarrassing to show.
He looked up at Beiming Lieyang again, with only one thought left in his heart.
What kind of monster had he pledged himself to?
At that moment, Beiming Lieyang activated his third Spirit Ability—Glazed Ice and Snow Heart.
The cold around him condensed, and he directly transformed into an enormous ice dragon a hundred zhang long. Its scales were crystalline, and its dragon roar shook the heavens.
Carrying biting wind and snow, it dove fiercely toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, plunging headfirst into the mist-shrouded spring as its body rapidly descended.
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