Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well! Yue Guan Surrounds Shrek, and Grandmaster Is Stunned!

Li Chen set out once more for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

This time, though,

Xiao Hongchen and his sister wanted to come too. They had been cooped up in the Flowing Cloud Mountain Range for nearly half a month and wanted to get out.

Fortunately,

Spirit Hall had delivered excellent metals, allowing Li Chen and the others to each make a Flying Soul Tool. They no longer needed Kong Deming to carry them through the air, so bringing two more people was no trouble.

After breakfast, the five of them set off.

"Woohoo!"

Meng Hongchen spun through the air, delighted.

"The Douluo Continent of ten thousand years ago was so lush! Even the air is fresh!"

"Li Chen, do you think there's an Immortal Herb that would suit me?"

Meng Hongchen flew up beside Li Chen and asked with a smile.

Xiao Hongchen looked over curiously too.

"There is, my friend. There is. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is a treasure trove. There's bound to be an Immortal Herb for each of you."

"That's great!"

Meng Hongchen shouted with joy.

Her Martial Soul, the Red-Eyed Ice Toad, contained a potent poison infused with both ice and fire.

Normally, Meng Hongchen could use her Soul Power to keep the poison suppressed within her Martial Soul.

But!

If she faced a powerful enemy and exhausted her Soul Power, she could no longer hold the poison back.

The Red-Eyed Ice Toad's ice-and-fire poison would then spread through her body. When she had fought Huo Yuhao in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, her white hair and red eyes had been signs of the poison rebounding on her.

Even her grandfather Jing Hongchen had no way to cure it. Soul Tools and medicine could only keep it in check.

That was why

what Meng Hongchen wanted most was an Immortal Herb that could suppress the poison in her Martial Soul.

She had read the historical records. Tang San had once cured Poison Douluo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well ten thousand years ago, and that gave her hope.

Huo Yuhao, meanwhile, said nothing.

He had already been there, albeit ten thousand years later, and knew that the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew suited him well.

Back then,

he had gone to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to pick the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and save Dong'er.

But now...

Everything had changed.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well remained. Dong'er was gone.

Huo Yuhao sniffed. He would have been lying if he said it did not hurt.

Li Chen patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder.

"Yuhao, don't worry. I've received a God King's inheritance and begun my Divine Examination. If I become a god, I promise I'll help you bring Dong'er back."

"What?!"

Huo Yuhao stared at him in shock.

Beside him, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were stunned too.

Kong Deming was the most astonished of all.

"You received a Divine Examination inheritance?!"

"Mm." Li Chen nodded. They were all close; there was no reason to hide it.

Besides,

a Divine Examination was not a Soul Bone. No one could take it by killing Li Chen, so telling them did no harm.

"I'm jealous!"

Xiao Hongchen laughed and shook Li Chen by the arm.

"When you first joined Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Academy, my sister and I were still your seniors! It was bad enough that you skipped grades one after another. Now you've received a Godhood Inheritance!"

"Brother, there's a thick, tragic wall between us now!"

Xiao Hongchen looked heartbroken.

"Waaah... It's over. Once you become a god, Brother Li Chen, all I can do is grow old and die on the Douluo Continent..."

Meng Hongchen was happy for Li Chen, but she could not help feeling sad for herself.

People might not seem so different at first. Put them side by side, though, and the gap became painfully clear.

True, in the Douluo I Era, Titled Douluo and Limit Douluo lived longer than they did in Douluo II.

But

human life was finite.

Without becoming a god,

one day they would all turn to dust.

"Don't get ahead of yourselves. A Limit Douluo can live a thousand years. You two should become Limit Douluo first."

Kong Deming's words brought them back to reality.

In truth,

becoming a Limit Douluo was precisely what Kong Deming hoped for now.

His Martial Soul talent was top-tier: Twin Martial Souls, Silver Moon and Blazing Sun.

If he had not devoted so much time to Soul Tools, Kong Deming would have become a Limit Douluo long ago.

Now,

in the Douluo I Era, Kong Deming's lifespan had naturally grown longer. He was more confident than ever that he could become a true Limit Douluo!

"That's true."

Meng Hongchen nodded. The future was still far away. If she became a Limit Douluo, she would have a thousand years to live. Perhaps she, too, would find a chance to become a god.

Huo Yuhao said earnestly,

"Thanks, brother. Li Chen, if I receive a Divine Examination in this lifetime, help me bring Dong'er back. If I don't, then let her rest."

"Life is too bitter. If I can't take Dong'er to the Divine Realm with me, we'll only have to endure being torn apart by death again. Better that I bear it alone."

Huo Yuhao meant every word.

"Don't worry. You'll receive a Divine Examination."

Li Chen tried to reassure him.

He knew Huo Yuhao had more than enough talent to qualify.

It was just that

in the Douluo I Era, Rong Nianbing, the Emotion God, had not yet arrived in the Douluo Divine Realm.

Li Chen suspected

that Huo Yuhao's Godhood would be the Ice God's or one related to the mind.

But neither of those was a God King.

If they were not God Kings,

those gods could not communicate directly with Huo Yuhao through the Spiritual Domain. Like the Sea God and the Angel God, they could only leave behind Inheritance Ruins where he could undergo a Divine Examination.

As for where those ruins were,

Huo Yuhao would have to search for them in time.

Meanwhile,

in Suotuo City, Balak Kingdom,

at Shrek Academy,

Tang Hao lay unconscious in bed, gravely wounded and wrapped in bandages. His left hand and left foot were gone.

After ten full days unconscious, Tang San finally opened his eyes.

Flender cried anxiously, "Little San! You're finally awake! Xiaogang, come quickly! Little San's awake!"

Yu Xiaogang rushed into the room.

"Little San!"

"Teacher."

Tang San struggled to sit up. Every bone in his body felt broken, one eye was red and swollen, and he hurt all over.

"Little San, who did this?! Tell me! I'll destroy him, whatever it takes!"

Yu Xiaogang's face flushed with rage.

Tang San, his dearest disciple with Twin Martial Souls, had been beaten into this state!

Beside him, Flender's face twitched.

Come on. Can't you see what they did to Clear Sky Douluo? You and your level-twenty-nine Luo Sanpao are going to destroy them? You must be drunk.

"The Sun Moon Sect. They called themselves the Sun Moon Sect."

"The Sun Moon Sect?!" Grandmaster froze. "Did you say the Sun Moon Sect?"

Flender asked, "Xiaogang, what sort of sect is that? Have you heard of it?"

Grandmaster shook his head. "Never heard of it."

Flender nearly fainted. Then why the hell did you act like you had?

"They're very strong. They have a Titled Douluo, a Soul King and a Soul Emperor. And... and they have extremely powerful Hand Cannon Soul Tools!"

Grandmaster and Flender stared at each other.

"Aren't Soul Tools only used for storage? They can be used in battle?!"

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was stunned.

"Forget that for now! Little San's awake, so let's pack up and run!"

Flender spoke urgently.

"No rush."

Grandmaster sneered. "They dared hurt my student. I'll avenge Little San no matter what!"

Grandmaster took out the Papal Decree Bibi Dong had left him. "Little San, don't worry. Your teacher will avenge you!"

Just then,

a group of people approached from outside.

Yue Guan, who led them, barked, "Is this Shrek Academy?! Surround it!"

"They're harboring Tang Hao, a felon wanted by Spirit Hall. Don't let a single Shrek member escape!"

Grandmaster: ???

Flender: !!!