Return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

"I never expected two years to have passed. In the blink of an eye, I'd already become a fourteen-year-old boy."

"Thankfully, that place was covered in Corpse Grass. My Toad Style could breathe and circulate on its own, absorbing the toxins within the Corpse Grass into my body as nourishment."

"Otherwise, I would have starved to death after two years without food or water. Even if that parasite hadn't tried to take over my body, I still would have died of hunger. After two years of autonomous breathing and circulation, my Toad Style had only barely raised my Soul Power by two levels."

"As expected, Ultimate martial souls are difficult to cultivate."

Inside an inn, Dugu Feng was washing the grime from his body.

After two years, the childishness on his face had long since disappeared.

He now gave off an icy impression.

Dugu Feng took out the jade bottles from before and discovered that, after going unfed for two years, the Dragon Threadworms inside had begun slaughtering one another.

In the end, only one or two Dragon Threadworms survived among the dozen or so jade bottles.

Their originally pitch-black bodies had turned crimson, and their temperaments had become exceptionally savage.

Dugu Feng had not expected that his accidental attempt at Gu Cultivation had actually succeeded.

He casually took out some soul beast meat he had hunted when leaving the Star Dou Mountain Range and tossed it into the jade bottles.

He had infused the soul beast meat with his own poison.

The most important part of Gu Cultivation was being able to control the gu.

Otherwise, it would sooner or later turn on its master.

He intended to use his poison to control these Dragon Threadworms.

Dugu Feng then put away the jade bottles.

"I haven't shown myself for two whole years. Grandpa and Sister must be worried sick. I should return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first."

After packing his things, Dugu Feng rose to his feet and used A Leap of a Thousand Li.

He traveled through the night and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Before leaving that valley, he had specifically searched it and found that there were no immortal herbs there.

As for the spirit herb Gu Lei had eaten, it had probably simply not fully matured yet. The soul beasts had not picked it, allowing Gu Lei to obtain it by sheer luck.

The ones that had already matured had likely all ended up in the bellies of the soul beasts that had originally occupied the valley.

It could only be said that Gu Lei had some luck on his side.

Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the moment Dugu Feng entered, a sharp aura abruptly struck at him from the shadows.

Sensing the incoming aura, Dugu Feng immediately circulated the Ice-Fire Toad Palm and counterattacked.

The instant the Ice-Fire Toad Palm collided with that fierce attack—

He felt an overwhelming force crash into him.

Dugu Feng staggered back repeatedly, only steadying himself after retreating more than a dozen steps.

At that moment, a hearty laugh rang out from the valley.

"Xiaofeng, I knew that your disappearance over the past few years meant you were cultivating somewhere and growing stronger!"

With tears in his eyes, Dugu Bo emerged from the shadows. Over the past few years, he had spent no small amount of time searching the Star Dou Great Forest for Dugu Feng.

He had even entertained the thought that Dugu Feng had met with disaster, but he did not believe Dugu Feng could die so easily.

Over the past three years, Dugu Bo had resolved the poison within his body and, with the Soul Core he had condensed—

His cultivation had instead advanced another step. His strength, originally raised to Rank 93 through immortal herbs, had risen once more to Rank 94.

"Quick, let Grandpa see how strong you are now."

Hearing this, Dugu Feng revealed a smug smile. Then, one purple and five black Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet—six rings in total!

"Strange, Xiaofeng, why are your Soul Rings' colors...?"

Dugu Bo's eyes were now filled with indescribable shock.

"My martial soul underwent a mutation. I can increase the age of my own Soul Rings by devouring the Soul Rings of dead, ownerless soul beasts."

"As long as I become strong enough, the Soul Ring age I can raise will increase as well. My first Soul Ring has now reached eight thousand years."

Before leaving the Extreme North, Dugu Feng had deliberately raised the ages of his Soul Rings once again.

His fifth Soul Ring had been raised to ninety-five thousand years, while his sixth Soul Ring had reached ninety-eight thousand years.

His other Soul Rings had also improved to varying degrees.

His current physical constitution was enough to bear a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring as his seventh Soul Ring.

Once he broke through to Soul Saint, his fifth and sixth Soul Rings would reach the hundred-thousand-year limit.

Dugu Bo's eyes brimmed with unconcealed excitement upon hearing this.

But his expression soon turned exceptionally serious.

"Yanyan originally wanted me to find you and have you participate in the Soul Master Tournament. All advanced academies across the continent can take part."

"However, I no longer intend to let you go. The event will be held at Spirit Hall, and given Spirit Hall's nature, they will definitely try to recruit you."

"If you refuse, Spirit Hall will certainly kill you. Rather than taking part in this so-called Soul Master Tournament, you might as well stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and focus on increasing your strength."

"Your Sister Yanyan is already a Soul King. Leading Heaven Dou Royal Academy into the finals should not be a problem. Even if she cannot win the championship, she can at least take second place."

"I never expected that after three years, Sister Yanyan had only reached Soul King."

"Only? Do you know that a twenty-one-year-old Soul King is an unparalleled genius across the entire continent? Do you think everyone is as monstrous as you?"

"Alright, Grandpa, I know I was wrong. I definitely won't leave before reaching Rank 70, but please tell Sister Yanyan for me."

"So she won't worry about me. As for the Soul Master Tournament, I truly did want to participate. After all, I could compete against geniuses from across the continent. But now, that thought is gone."

"Across the entire continent, among geniuses of my generation, very few can defeat me. I'll stay here for one year. Within that year, I will break through five levels in a row!"

Dugu Feng decided to make up for all the cultivation time he had lost over the past two years.

According to his original plan, he should have at least been a Rank 68 Soul Emperor by now.

Instead of the Rank 65 Soul Emperor he was now. Making up those three levels would take at least a year and a half.

All he could do now was cultivate every second he could, because time waited for no one. Spirit Hall would eventually stir up a bloody storm!

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, in particular, would both become gods.

Only by becoming strong enough could he fight them.

He wanted to raise his strength to the Soul Saint realm now. On one hand, he would be able to go to Slaughter City afterward.

On the other hand, he wanted to see whether he had a chance to inherit the position of the Asura God. That was the position of a God King.

It was not as if he had never considered creating a god position of his own, but that was simply too difficult.

To become a god through poison would mean becoming the Poison God, but where would he find believers in poison?

He could not possibly gather countless poisonous creatures and become a god through their faith. That was completely unrealistic.

Even the Sea God had only become a god through the faith of countless sea soul masters and sea soul beasts.

Casting aside all those chaotic thoughts, Dugu Feng jumped straight into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He began absorbing the elements of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After all, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the burial ground of two Dragon Kings. The energy it contained was enough for him to cultivate all the way to Titled Douluo.