Chapter 186: Ice and Fire Same Origin: Ice Devours Extreme Flame and Dragon Bones (Five Thousand)

Outside, while the world was in turmoil, inside the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, Huo Yuhao stood at the boundary between the two springs; the cold spring on his left was bone-piercingly frigid, the blazing spring on his right churned with raging flames.

Behind him, two Dragon Souls danced in the sky; on his shoulders, the Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Delicate Apricot, two immortal herbs, each occupied one side.

In the distance, the remaining four immortal herbs looked at each other in dismay.

"No way, is Master really going to refine a gold body with ice and fire?"

The Blazing Delicate Apricot and the Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass have really picked up a huge bargain this time.

"Do you two remember? When I reach the ice-fire boundary, you start."

Huo Yuhao gave a few instructions to the Blazing Delicate Apricot and the Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass.

"Understood." The Blazing Delicate Apricot still had some doubts in her heart, but she did not voice them; her leaves merely rustled, like a nod.

The Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass also answered.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao nodded to Gu Yue Na not far away, took a deep breath, circulated his soul power, and leapt into the ice spring.

Frigid energy capable of killing a Titled Douluo instantly surged toward Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao was likewise Ultimate Ice, and his spiritual power had already recovered to the Spiritual Domain Realm; the ice spring's energy was certainly powerful, yet its effect on him was limited.

On the other side, the moment Huo Yuhao leapt into the ice spring, the Water Dragon King's Dragon Soul followed close behind, entering his body first.

The next moment, six soul rings appeared around Huo Yuhao, and his third soul skill — Silkworm Transformation — activated instantly.

The Water Dragon King's Dragon Soul no longer had its own body, but that half-god-level Ultimate Ice soul power and Spiritual Domain Realm spiritual power still remained on it; otherwise, it would be impossible for it to possess strength comparable to a half-god.

Now, Huo Yuhao used Silkworm Transformation to separate its soul power and spiritual power, and brought that Ultimate Ice energy together with the Water Dragon King's bloodline power into the Ice Empress Martial Soul Origin, pulling the spiritual origin along with the Water Dragon King's soul spirit into his Spiritual Sea.

With the Water Dragon King's Dragon Soul actively cooperating, Huo Yuhao completed this process on his own, but to seal that soul power and spiritual power, he also spent several hours.

Especially the spiritual power, because the Dragon Soul originally had little intelligence, only instinct, and could not self-seal; having it help seal the Ultimate Ice energy via spiritual power was fine, but to seal spiritual power, it could not help much.

During the process, a situation similar to the Evil Emperor Possession of the past even occurred; Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea was covered by the Water Dragon King's spiritual power.

After all, Huo Yuhao had only just returned to the Spiritual Domain Realm, and there was still a gap between his spirit and the two Dragon Souls'.

You must know, the Spiritual Domain Realm span is very large; from the initial Lingyuan Realm to the Spiritual Domain Realm is 0–20,000, involving quantitative changes and multiple qualitative changes of spiritual power, while the spiritual power gap from Spiritual Domain Realm to Spiritual Domain Realm peak is 30,000; although no true qualitative change is involved anymore, the gap is even larger than from zero to Spiritual Domain Realm, and the quantitative changes within are something many Limit Douluo cannot complete in their entire lives.

Spiritual Domain Realm peak is usually synonymous with Quasi-God peak. The two Dragon Souls are naturally not at Spiritual Domain Realm peak, but they are at late Spiritual Domain Realm.

However, sealing is a process that must be completed as early as possible.

After all, the two Dragon Souls only have instinct; if they encounter special situations, such as powerful Dragon Clan pressure, accidents might occur; letting them retain too much power would be a hidden danger to him and the companions in his Spiritual Sea, requiring early prevention.

Fortunately, the Water Dragon King had no intention of possession, and Huo Yuhao had the Soul Devouring soul skill; this battle for the Spiritual Sea ended with Huo Yuhao's victory. After devouring part of the Water Dragon King's spiritual power, he gradually completed the spiritual power seal.

And after sealing this energy, Huo Yuhao and the existences in his Spiritual Sea all tensed up; Wang Qiuqiu, who had just learned of Huo Yuhao's idea, was also affected, her expression turning solemn.

Next is the key point.

"Xue Er, you participate in what comes next as well, focus on comprehending; it will help your future."

The Snow Empress nodded, "Mm."

Suddenly gaining such powerful energy, logically it should be sealed away, saved as foundation for future realm breakthroughs, but Huo Yuhao looked at the blue light sphere formed by the Water Dragon King energy seal at the martial soul origin, took a deep breath, and began exerting force together with the soul spirits and Electrolux, further compressing the energy within.

When all the origin was compressed into a tiny blue bead, Huo Yuhao suddenly released his control over it.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao began absorbing the heaven and earth energy of the cold spring, and took out the Ice God Pearl, guiding the cold air within, and began absorbing.

Normally, when Huo Yuhao cultivates, his soul power is like a trickling stream, flowing calmly and slowly. However, at this moment, the soul power in his body is like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, continuous and surging. The surging soul power rushed into his dantian at a speed more than ten times his usual.

Even Huo Yuhao's tough meridians began to feel bursts of swelling pain.

But Huo Yuhao's expression did not change; he merely used Silkworm Transformation to gather them all into the martial soul origin.

The blue bead sensed various Ultimate Ice energies flowing in, and suddenly surged with a powerful suction, like a gale sweeping the earth, greedily absorbing Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice soul power, the Ice God Pearl's cold air, and the heaven and earth yuan qi permeating around the ice spring.

The cold spring originally came from the Water Dragon King; the heaven and earth yuan qi within is very similar to its power. The energy in the blue bead is the Water Dragon King's origin power compressed and sealed by him; after leaving the Water Dragon King's control it was already unstable. Now Huo Yuhao actively absorbs the cold spring power to strengthen it, and it was instantly stimulated.

Driven by instinct, it began devouring the cold spring power, gradually spiraling out of control.

And Huo Yuhao, watching its actions, was not affected by the pain penetrating his soul; his expression remained focused.

According to I Lao, grasping the Ultimate Attribute's Pi Ji Tai Lai is something only Divine Sense can do, but Huo Yuhao felt he was being too modest; even with Divine Sense, not everyone can achieve it, but since even I Lao spoke so, the difficulty is evident.

He could once do it, but his current power cannot let him complete Pi Ji Tai Lai on his own; the purity of Ultimate Ice and his spiritual power are insufficient to achieve that process.

But so-called opportunity is what accelerates cultivation progress.

Self-transformation cannot be done, then use another method — origin loss of control!

The Water Dragon King's origin attribute manifests as Ultimate Ice in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well; its energy is absolutely the world's closest ice to Ultimate. After they repeatedly compressed it, an event that once occurred in the original work began to happen on Huo Yuhao under his intentional guidance.

Just like the Snow Empress's snow pill went berserk because of the Frigid Jade Marrow Bed, producing Pi Ji Tai Lai, the Water Dragon King's origin power underwent a similar change.

The Water Dragon King's origin power is the snow pill; the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well's ice spring and Ice God Pearl are equivalent to the Frigid Jade Marrow Bed, igniting the Water Dragon King's origin power!

Ice and fire reverse, things at the extreme must reverse, Pi Ji Tai Lai!

Ultimate flame appeared in Huo Yuhao's martial soul; high temperature and the Ultimate Ice origin attribute mutually repelled, about to directly destroy the Ice Emperor Martial Soul.

This is an extremely dangerous act; one mishap and the Ice Emperor Martial Soul would be utterly destroyed, but the current Huo Yuhao and those in his Spiritual Sea are not the weak ones from ten thousand years ago!

"Begin the next step, reverse again."

The origin representing Ultimate Fire had not yet erupted; under the control of I Lao, the Snow Empress's Divine Sense, and the soul spirits, it began compressing again, controlled by Huo Yuhao borrowing I Lao and the Snow Empress's Divine Sense power to transform it again, plus the outside world's same-root-same-origin cold spring influence, gradually returning to the origin ice attribute.

Ultimate Ice — Ultimate Fire.

Ultimate Fire — Ultimate Ice.

Yin extreme gives birth to yang, yang extreme gives birth to yin.

The extreme energies of ice and fire wildly intertwined inside Huo Yuhao; each reversal was like dancing on a knife's edge. His meridians continuously tore under this violent energy impact, then gradually healed under the effect of Life Gold. Frost condensed on his skin surface one moment, crimson firelight rippled the next.

The Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Delicate Apricot watched this scene in shock; the latter murmured, "Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire can really transform? How is this done?"

The Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass interrupted her thoughts, "Stop being surprised and doubtful; as Master instructed, we begin the next step."

Huo Yuhao had unknowingly moved from the ice spring position to the junction of the two springs, obviously reminding them.

The Blazing Delicate Apricot pondered no more, and exerted force together with the Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass.

The Blazing Delicate Apricot on Huo Yuhao's left shoulder spread its fiery red leaves; blazing red light spread like flowing magma; the Octagon Mysterious Ice Grass on his right shoulder bloomed with deep blue radiance; bone-chilling cold condensed into fine ice crystals. Astonishingly, these two mutually opposing energies not only did not repel each other, but intertwined in the air into a magnificent red-blue light halo.

For twenty thousand years, the two immortal herbs had long formed a mysterious Yin-Yang Mutual Aid connection through the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well's special environment.

Together, they not only would not weaken each other's power, but would greatly enhance and sublimate one another. Unfortunately, due to attribute reasons, no Soul Master could accommodate both of their soul spirits at once, but in their eyes, Huo Yuhao could!

So they went all out from the start, intending to help Huo Yuhao complete Yin-Yang Mutual Aid, help him stabilize the state of ice and fire sharing the same origin, and also fight for the opportunity to become the other's soul spirit.

With the assistance of the two immortal herbs, Huo Yuhao's cultivation progress accelerated again, the conversion of the two poles within his body gradually slowed, and a special shape faintly formed.

Just as this process continued, time quietly passed, and six days went by.

Within Huo Yuhao's Ice Empress Martial Soul Origin, a strange scene appeared: a Taiji pattern composed of Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire spun around within it.

The two Ultimate Attributes had each within the other, and could convert into one another.

Ice and fire sharing the same origin, achieved!

For Huo Yuhao, as long as he completed Pi Ji Tai Lai, he could then naturally complete ice and fire sharing the same origin—this was where he differed from Rong Nianbing. After all, the Pi Ji Tai Lai of Ultimate Ice and Fire was precisely the proof that they shared the same origin!

Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes; a pattern of intertwined ice and fire flashed through his pupils. He exhaled lightly, and ice-blue light bloomed from within his body. A translucent, crystal-clear phantom of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared behind Huo Yuhao, and the aura it released caused the plant spirit beasts of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to be deeply moved.

Even Liehuo Xingjiaoshu and the Eight-Angled Profound Ice Grass felt a tremor.

"Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire appearing on one martial soul?"

Even though he had participated in this process, the Eight-Angled Profound Ice Grass still found it hard to believe.

Although he and Liehuo Xingjiaoshu had completed Yin-Yang Mutual Aid, Yin-Yang conversion was still far beyond what they could do.

In the distance, the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd murmured, "Don't you think that martial soul looks a bit like the Ice Jade Scorpion?"

"Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul—isn't that the martial soul of the First Generation Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda? Could... he be a descendant of Spirit Ice Douluo?"

Ink Jade Divine Bamboo said in astonishment.

Qiluo Yuxiang swallowed, her tone low, "No. Being able to get along harmoniously with His Excellency the Dragon King without distinction of rank—it probably isn't that simple..."

While the immortal herbs were secretly shocked, Huo Yuhao was feeling and observing the changes in his martial soul—

Now, the scorpion body of the Ice Empress Martial Soul was still emerald green and translucent like jade, but red flame patterns appeared on the surface of its carapace. The scorpion tail was no longer purely ice-blue, but showed a strange color of intertwined red and blue, and at the tail hook, a mass of constantly changing ice flame condensed.

Yes, the Ice Empress Martial Soul had already undergone sublimation. Even though he had not yet completed the process of using the ice and fire sharing the same origin method to command the seven great elements, after Pi Ji Tai Lai and ice and fire sharing the same origin were both completed, the Ice Empress Martial Soul naturally completed its evolution.

Perhaps, Super Martial Soul could no longer describe it...

Now, the fire element of the martial soul had sublimated into Ultimate Fire and achieved coexistence with Ultimate Ice, and they could convert into each other. This was something he had not been able to do in the past.

After all, this was Douluo Continent, not Saint Demon Continent; the martial soul system looked at bloodlines, not capabilities.

Just as comprehending Spatial Power and Temporal Power could not make a martial soul itself possess both attributes, what was directly related to a martial soul was always the bloodline.

In the past, although he could complete the conversion of Ultimate Attributes, he could not make the Ice Empress Martial Soul itself possess the Ultimate Fire attribute. Unless, like I Lao in the original work, he paid with part of his Divine Sense Power to create a martial soul himself... but that was unnecessary.

After all, he knew the conversion of the Ultimate, could use it normally, and whether the martial soul had this attribute or not didn't affect anything.

But times had changed; he now had the Dragon King Bloodline, so he needed to complete the ice and fire sharing the same origin method within the martial soul origin, thereby commanding the seven great elements, completing martial soul evolution, and increasing his foundation.

And the Ice Empress Martial Soul itself had completed this conversion; even if he had not yet returned to the God Yuan Realm, he could now freely control both Ultimate Attributes.

However, the price for completing this was also high: Pi Ji Tai Lai required an attribute to reach an extreme before it could be completed, and the Limit Level Ultimate Ice Origin could be said to be the foundation.

Now the Water Dragon King Origin had completely merged into the Ice Empress Martial Soul, becoming nourishment for the martial soul's evolution, and was also the foundation for stabilizing ice and fire sharing the same origin; it was impossible to take it out for use again.

The other soul spirits, due to excessive consumption, needed to rest for a while; Huo Yuhao's own Spiritual Power was nearly exhausted, Snow Empress's Divine Sense was supplemented by Body God, and I Lao, being experienced in Pi Ji Tai Lai, was in fine condition.

After completing the martial soul's evolution, Huo Yuhao did not rush to leave the spring water, but seriously felt the various benefits and changes this martial soul evolution brought him.

Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire went without saying—the version from ten thousand years ago—and now that the martial soul possessed both attributes simultaneously, its strength was unquestionable.

Moreover, just now he was in the state of Ice and Fire Two Heavens, and alternatively completed Ice Fire Refining Golden Body, an enhanced version; without realizing it, the second layer of Body God's Secret Technique had already been crossed, entering the third realm, bringing him one step closer to the fourth realm—the Golden Body.

However, if speaking of the greatest harvest, it was probably this flame?

Huo Yuhao raised his hand, looking at the ice-blue flame appearing in his palm.

It was neither purely ice nor purely fire, but a special energy form produced when the two Ultimate Attributes converted into each other, possessing the characteristics of both Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire.

An aberrant fire born of extreme cold—Bone Chilling Cold Fire? I Lao was Yao Lao, and he himself was actually surnamed Xiao? Should he play with fire from now on?

Cough cough, just a joke.

Although this flame could also make people feel the joy of Ice and Fire Two Heavens, its effect was worlds apart from Bone Chilling Cold Fire.

It was a talent ability derived during the martial soul's evolution, similar to the power of an innate domain, and could be considered Huo Yuhao's own Innate True Fire, possessing the same characteristics as an External Soul Bone, growing as his strength increased.

Huo Yuhao tried it; perhaps because it was born in the ice and fire conversion, it also possessed the power to convert other flames and ice, turning them into part of itself. It had extremely strong suppression over both Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice; even the spring water of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well could not resist such conversion, let alone ordinary fire elements and ice elements.

Perhaps it could be called Bone Devouring Extreme Flame?

However, speaking of the ability to convert flames...

Huo Yuhao looked at his Innate True Fire, his eyes narrowing slightly; he raised his right hand, and the Seven-Colored Lotus appeared in his hand.

In an instant, all the fire elements in the entire Ice Fire Yin Yang Well began to gather toward the Seven-Colored Lotus; even the Fire Dragon King Dragon Soul, which now only had Demigod strength, was affected.

And Huo Yuhao's Innate True Fire was also slightly affected; however, because it itself possessed the characteristics of Ultimate Ice, the effect was not great, and even the ice elements in the air began to gather toward it.

However, Huo Yuhao still judged that his idea could not be done for now: "Indeed not possible, the gap in level is too great."

The Seven-Colored Lotus, which even First-Rank Gods dared not touch lightly, and his Innate True Fire—there was no comparison between the two now; his idea would have to wait until later to experiment.

Just as Huo Yuhao intended to withdraw the two flames, an anomaly suddenly appeared.

The Fire Dragon King Dragon Soul looked at the Seven-Colored Lotus, hailed as the ancestor of ten thousand fires, and the Bone Devouring Extreme Flame where ice and fire coexisted, and suddenly let out a roar, causing the spirit herbs who were dazed to all shiver at once.

The Water Dragon King Dragon Soul, already merged into Huo Yuhao's body, heard the sound and began to respond, wanting to come out. Huo Yuhao did not stop him, only frowning as he watched the two dragon souls gather and together rush into the spring eye of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, somewhat confused.

What did they want to do?

After several minutes, the Fire Dragon King Dragon Soul and the Water Dragon King Dragon Soul each rushed out of the spring eye carrying a ball of light, and handed the balls of light to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao saw what was inside, and his pupils shrank.

It turned out to be two leg bones, and the soul bones taken from beneath the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well... could only be the dragon bones of the two great dragon souls!

End of Chapter