Why Have All Your Soul Rings Turned Black?

Dugu Bo suddenly sprang up from the rock and looked down.

The hot spring, a Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, roared and surged wildly like molten iron! Centered on the confluence of the two springs, a massive two-colored vortex, three zhang in diameter, suddenly formed!

Ten feet underwater.

On Su Chen's body, which sat cross-legged, all the charred and cracked old skin had long since fallen off, replaced by a powerful body that shimmered with a warm, reddish-gold light, as if sculpted by the hand of a god!

Beneath his skin, his Eight Extraordinary Meridians had expanded to more than twice their previous size, becoming as resilient as ancient dragon tendons. Every inch of his bones was a translucent crimson-gold glazed color. On his left hand, a deep blue Taiyin Mystic Ice divine pattern flowed, while on his right hand, a crimson Solar True Fire Dao mark leaped. And in the center of his chest, at the location of his heart, a ball of Chaos Pure Yang Dragon Blood of extreme cold and extreme heat, throbbed and beat like a war drum!

Impervious to water and fire! Repelled by all poisons! Indestructible!

"My physical body has reached its peak; it's time to break through!"

Su Chen felt the vast Soul Power within his dantian, pushed to its limit by the power of the two Immortal Herb, almost bursting his dantian, and he did not hesitate for a moment.

Originally stuck at the peak of level 40, the bottleneck became so fragile under the impact of the massive torrent of origin that it was less than a piece of paper!

Boom--!!

Su Chen's internal energy and Soul Power exploded simultaneously, and the spring water ten feet underwater was forced open by this violent shockwave, creating a giant vacuum sphere!

Level 41!

Level 42!

Level 43!

Since he had not yet acquired his Fourth Soul Ring, the immense power of the Immortal Herb and the spiritual energy of the spring water within his body could not directly manifest his level. Under the domineering compression of the "Ancestral Dragon Indestructible Body," it was forcibly solidified and deposited deep into his bone marrow and the origin of his Qi Sea, pushing him to a terrifying level where he could instantly jump several levels once he acquired his Fourth Soul Ring!

At the same time, deep within Su Chen's mind, a dazzling golden system notification silently appeared:

[Ding! Successfully intercepted the core opportunities from the original story Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, completely severing Tang San's path to the Ice-Fire Golden Body! Triggered God-Level Critical Hit reward!]

[Congratulations, Host! Your "Ancestral Dragon Indestructible Body" has evolved into the divine-level technique "Chaos Ancestral Dragon Ice-Fire Golden Body" (immune to all water, fire, and poisons; physical strength doubled; attacks imbued with Ice and Fire Annihilation Dragon Astral Force)! Your External Soul Bone has evolved into the ten-thousand-year quality [Ice-Fire Dark-Gold Dragon Emperor Spear]! Bonus reward: All Soul Ring' age increased by two thousand years!]

Buzz--!!

As the system's critical hit reward arrived, Su Chen's three Soul Ring on his body suddenly erupted with dazzling divine light.

The first and second purple Soul Ring, originally thousands of years old, faded in color and became as dark as ink after being violently infused with two thousand years of energy. The third Soul Ring, which was already over five thousand years old, became as black as an abyss at this moment, radiating terrifying Soul Power fluctuations approaching the ten-thousand-year mark!

The Third Ring Road, all black!!

Just as Su Chen's aura reached its peak and the ten-zhang-long illusory image of the Chaos Ancestral Dragon behind him roared to the sky—

Buzz...!!

A sudden change has occurred!

Deeper beneath Su Chen's feet, in the abyss of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well- Yang Well, where even light cannot reach, it seems that two ancient gods and demons, who have been sleeping for billions of years, have been completely awakened by the supreme Primordial Chaos Ancestral Dragon bloodline and the aura of the Ice-Fire Golden Body on Su Chen's body!

Boom--!!

A vast, desolate, and terrifying Dragon Might, surpassing countless levels of mortal Soul Beast, suddenly awakened and reverberated from the depths of the bottom of the ten-thousand-foot spring!

Su Chen, who was ten feet underwater, felt a numbness under his feet, Delusion-Breaking Divine Pupils instantly shot straight towards the deepest part of the spring.

Piercing through layers of milky white and vermilion spring water, he was astonished to see that at the very bottom of the source of this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, two enormous dragon skeletons, each as large as a mountain range, were intertwined! One was as blue as the ice of a vast ocean, and the other was as red as the flames of raging karmic fire. Even though they had fallen countless millennia ago, the two dragon skeletons still flowed with a terrifying Nine-Colored Divine Radiance!

The remains of the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King!

The reason why this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well can become one of the Three Great Treasure Basins that seize the creation of heaven and earth is that it was formed from the divine power of these two ancient dragon kings after their fall!

At this moment, the two dragon king remains that had been dormant for countless ages, upon sensing the "Chaos Ancestral Dragon" aura belonging to the ancestor of all dragons within Su Chen's body, not only did not exhibit any rejection, but two gentle yet fervent nine-colored divine flames simultaneously lit up in the skulls of their two enormous dragon heads, as if subjects had seen the supreme monarch who had finally returned, emitting a series of deep and devout rumbling resonances!

"So the remains of these two Dragon Kings were buried at the very bottom of this spring!"

Su Chen's heart trembled violently, followed by a surge of joy. However, he had not yet absorbed his Fourth Soul Ring. Before he could completely devour the essence of the two dragon kings' divine remains, he had to first harvest all the immortal Immortal Herb in the garden on the shore and finish giving that old guy Dugu Bo acupuncture before he could do anything else!

With his mind made up, Su Chen withdrew his gaze from the bottomless abyss. The eight [Ice-Fire Dark-Gold Dragon Emperor Spear] on his back, which were flashing with ice-blue and crimson divine patterns, suddenly trembled. He was like an Primordial True Dragon breaking out of the sea, soaring into the sky with the weight of the spring water!

Boom--!!

Suddenly, a ten-zhang-high (approximately 33 meters) red and white water column burst open from the calm surface of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Spring!

A curtain of water cascaded down, and a tall, bare-chested figure with perfectly sculpted muscles as if cast from divine iron, and two true Dragon Qi, one of ice and one of fire, coiled around his body, stepped into the void and landed steadily on the White Jade Shore Stone at the confluence of the two springs!

Sizzle--!

The moment Su Chen landed, his body temperature rose slightly, and the water droplets soaking his body instantly evaporated into a misty white fog. He casually took out a brand-new black and gold robe from his Soul Tool and draped it over his body. Behind him, three jet-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and eight ferocious and dazzling ice and fire dragon Emperor Spear slowly retracted into his body.

Five zhang away from the shore, Dugu Bo, who was about to turn around and leave, was startled by the earth-shattering noise and turned back abruptly.

When he saw Su Chen standing unharmed by the spring, not only had he not exploded and died, but his blood and energy were as vigorous as a humanoid ancient Ferocious Beast, and even his Soul Ring had become a terrifying "three black" configuration, this level 91 Poison Douluo's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, his jaw almost hitting the mud:

"You... you came out alive?! You swallowed two deadly poisonous herbs and soaked under the Ice-Fire Spring for two hours, and... how come all your Soul Ring have turned ten-thousand-year-old black?!"

"It's just two mere medicinal herbs for regulating qi and blood, what's the big deal?"

Su Chen fastened his belt, turned to look at the stunned Dugu Bo, his pale golden pupils sweeping over the garden full of exquisite and beautiful Immortal-Grade Spirit Medicine, and said loudly, "My warm-up is over. Dugu Bo, take off that Wishful Treasure Pouch at your waist that can hold living things and hand it to me. Now, it's time to collect my consultation fee!"