Tempering the External Soul Bone

Tang San had no intention of showing mercy to a soul beast that went straight for the kill, trying to take his life and those of his companions.

The enormous dragon finally took shape, and Tang San stared coldly at the Man Faced Demon Spider before him.

"Blue Silver Dragon Soar!"

Tang San poured every ounce of strength into the technique Ling Han had been teaching him.

Blue Silver Dragon Soar!

Although there was only one dragon, its power was still nothing to scoff at.

Boom!

A thunderous crash rang out as the Man Faced Demon Spider took the attack head-on.

Although Blue Silver Dragon Soar was less powerful than Profound Ice Dragon Soar, with Tang San's current cultivation, it still dealt a devastating blow to this thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider.

The tremendous impact and burst of energy instantly tore a gaping hole through the Man Faced Demon Spider's body.

Blood sprayed everywhere, leaving the Man Faced Demon Spider critically wounded and on the verge of death.

With his Blue Silver Spear in hand, Tang San stood just as Ling Han once had before a dying hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Without hesitation, he raised his spear and thrust it down.

The spear pierced the Man Faced Demon Spider's head, killing it instantly.

A purple soul ring floated out, but unfortunately, no one present could absorb it.

"Let's go. This training session will be over soon."

Tang San put away his Blue Silver Spear and addressed the members of the Imperial Fighting Team.

The members of the Imperial Fighting Team looked at Tang San with newfound admiration for his strength.

That had been a Man Faced Demon Spider with two thousand years of cultivation. Even a Soul King would have struggled against it, yet Tang San had killed it just like that.

Their captain truly was impressive.

After the group had gone some distance, Ling Han appeared beside the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.

He carefully studied the corpse, feeling that something about it was not quite right.

Then Ling Han raised his right hand and used one of the Tang Sect Secret Arts, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.

A powerful suction enveloped the Man Faced Demon Spider.

However, it was not meant to draw the corpse into Ling Han's hand, but to extract something inside it.

Sure enough, a dark purple light drifted out of the Man Faced Demon Spider's back and flew into Ling Han's hand.

The Eight Spider Soul Bone.

The object in Ling Han's hand resembled eight spider legs. It was none other than the Eight Spider Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, one of Tang San's greatest cheats in the original story.

Could this be the same Man Faced Demon Spider from the original story?

Ling Han wondered.

Then he put the Eight Spider Soul Bone away.

He was not planning to absorb it himself. Instead, he intended to make some preparations before giving it to Tang San.

Soon, the three days of training drew to a close, and everyone completed it successfully.

Ling Han was delighted that they could even kill a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, so he gave them three days off.

He would not be idle during those three days, either.

After taking everyone back to the academy, Ling Han left.

He headed for Sunset Forest.

"Well, Little Monster, what brings you to my place today?"

Dugu Bo reclined in a chair and greeted Ling Han with a smile.

"Old Monster, you spend all day lounging around. Can't you show a little ambition? Looks like you're stuck at the peak of level 94. Don't you want to break through?" Ling Han teased.

"Hmph, you little brat, now you're trying to boss me around! I finally cured my poisoning. Of course I'm going to enjoy life!"

As he spoke, Dugu Bo lifted his teacup and took a sip, looking utterly content.

"Think about it, Old Monster. If you reach level 95, you'll have that many more years to spend with Yanyan. Wouldn't that be nice?"

At the mention of Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo immediately grew serious.

"Ahem, you do have a point. I haven't even seen Yanyan start a family yet. I can't die just like this. Fine, I'll make some preparations and enter seclusion in the next couple of days to push for level 95!"

Ling Han nodded, then walked to the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He had not come merely to visit Dugu Bo.

Purple light flashed in Ling Han's hand, and the Eight Spider Soul Bone appeared in his palm.

The reason he had not let Tang San absorb it immediately was that he wanted to make the most of it first.

The Eight Spider Soul Bone possessed a devouring ability, making it perfectly suited for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tempering it here for a while might produce some unexpected results.

With that thought, Ling Han released his martial soul.

Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red—nine soul rings emerged one after another.

Dugu Bo knew that Ling Han had become a Titled Douluo.

Yet seeing Ling Han's outrageous soul ring configuration still shocked him all over again.

The Ice Dragon King's dragon soul appeared, circling Ling Han's body.

"Sorry for the trouble, Senior Ice Dragon King."

The dragon soul nodded, then took the Eight Spider Soul Bone in his jaws and flew toward the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Then the Ice Dragon King separated a wisp of his dragon soul to support the Eight Spider Soul Bone, suspending it above the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so it could constantly absorb the well's energy.

The dragon soul returned to Ling Han's body. The task was complete.

Now all he had to do was wait patiently for the day the Eight Spider Soul Bone transformed.

By the time Ling Han left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo was ready to enter seclusion.

Ling Han had never forgotten his promise to resurrect the Snow Empress.

Both the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress were now in his Sea of Consciousness, and Ling Han had already found a way to resurrect them.

He had prepared a pill formula, but had yet to gather all the ingredients.

The hardest ingredient to find was the ten-thousand-year nine-grade ginseng king.

If he wanted to refine two of these pills in one batch, he would have to find a ten-thousand-year nine-grade ginseng king.

Nor could he substitute crystal blood dragon ginseng for it, as that was another ingredient in the formula.

The original story had never specified the location of the ten-thousand-year nine-grade ginseng king, only mentioning that it might have appeared in a forest in the north of the continent.

Searching for it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

And even if he successfully refined both pills, his work would not be entirely done.

He still needed to find two ferocious beasts to serve as new bodies for the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress.

Moreover, those two ferocious beasts could not have lower cultivation than the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress had possessed in life.

That part, however, would not be too difficult for Ling Han.

Once he became a Limit Douluo and condensed his third soul core, he would storm the Core Area of Star Dou Great Forest alone and take those ferocious beasts' lives.

In this era, before the Sun Moon Continent had drifted over, there were probably only two soul beasts qualified to serve as the Snow Empress's new body.

Di Tian on land, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the ocean.

But that hardly mattered. Once Ling Han became a Limit Douluo, even the two of them together would be no match for him.

That thought only strengthened Ling Han's resolve to find the ten-thousand-year nine-grade ginseng king as soon as possible.

Even if he had to scour the entire northern part of the continent, he would find it.

As for the other medicinal ingredients in the formula, more than half could be gathered right here at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so they would not require too much effort.