Chapter 177

In the end, Yang Yun could only dispel that idea a little.

Soon, nine towering pagodas that reached into the clouds took the Lake of Life as their center, each situated in one of the eight directions ten thousand li away from the Lake of Life.

Each had a child fire inside.

The ninth Refining Heart Tower was situated on the shore of this Lake of Life.

With a thought from Yang Yun, debris peeled off the tower and condensed into a sentence: "This tower can increase the cultivation speed of soul beasts, but requires soul power nourishment; when nourished to a high level, it may have miraculous healing effects."

The first half of the sentence appears on all Refining Heart Towers, while the second half appears only on the Refining Heart Tower of the Lake of Life.

The Extreme North is not small in area, but more people still come to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for soul rings.

From now on, perhaps the Star Dou Great Forest will go from being a single core to becoming eight cores.

Moreover, the longer this Refining Heart Tower is used, the greater its reliance on the Fallen Heart Flame becomes; in the end, it's truly uncertain how long the Soul Beast Sovereign Gu Yue Na can remain.

Furthermore.

Indeed, nourishing the child fire can indeed absorb and remove the injuries caused by divine power, but while using it, it will be the same as those soul beasts that cultivate by relying on the Refining Heart Tower.

So Yang Yun's plan is an overt scheme.

If Di Tian and the others come out to destroy the Refining Heart Tower, it would be even simpler; these child fires contain Yang Yun's mental power, and at that time Yang Yun can directly locate Di Tian's alternate space by means of the mental imprint.

By then, I'm afraid my second martial soul will have to gain many more soul rings.

Perhaps the trial of the Destroyer God King could be completed directly for several rounds.

Yang Yun waved his Flame Spear Chongli and unleashed a "Fire Dragon Bite Burst" toward the sky; the scorching heat wave raised the temperature of the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest by over ten degrees.

Only the next day did this heat wave begin to ease slightly.

All the spirit beasts inside the other space clearly understood that Yang Yun was showing off to them; if any of these heart‑refining towers ran into trouble, they could easily blame it on them.

The Darkgold Fearclaw Bear wore a furious expression, yet it dared not speak out.

In just one day, his tribe's numbers had plummeted; a little investigation revealed who was behind all this.

"Boss, my tribesmen feel that this strange fire tower has greatly sped up their cultivation nearby; recently half of my tribe has been slaughtered, so I want to occupy a place to restore our tribe's vitality."

The Darkgold Fearclaw Bear, aka Bear King, spoke in a low, muffled voice.

Ditiān wanted to say that this thing the human made isn't necessarily good, but Bear King's tribe had indeed been slaughtered in large numbers.

If they were to stop it, they might still act in secret.

He simply waved his hand and said, "Alright, Bear King, you don't need to say more; your tribe can occupy two places to rest and recuperate, but after recovering you must give up one."

"As for the rest of you, if you also want to occupy a spot, take one each; those who don't want it can keep the status quo. Let the other spirit beasts compete for themselves, and do not slaughter indiscriminately."

At this moment, the Silver Dragon King's mental power had already seen the words inscribed on the heart‑refining tower outside the Lake of Life.

"Ditiān, what do you think this thing means?" the Silver Dragon King asked, looking at Ditiān approaching from behind.

As for this question, Ditiān didn't know how to explain; in his view, humans and spirit beasts are eternal enemies, and whatever the reason, it's all a conspiracy and trickery.

Those under him were merely tool spirit beasts helping him with his experiments.

If they couldn't resist the tower's temptation to accelerate cultivation, they shouldn't blame Ditiān for using them.

"My lord, I believe that no matter what this thing is, it was always made by humans, and it is even the inheritor of the gods; it absolutely cannot be trusted."

The Silver Dragon King pressed his lips and said no more. "Ditiān, go secretly investigate that person in the human world—though it may be hard to finish—but during this time, all spirit masters who have entered the Star Dou Great Forest are to be arrested and secretly interrogated."

"We must find out that person's true situation; as for this thing, let Bìjī try infusing it with soul power to see what happens, and also inform the Red King that the Three‑eyed Gold‑eyed Rhinoceros must absolutely not be allowed near these nine towers."

Ditiān received the order and left.

The Silver Dragon King felt the divine power still raging inside him; the power of the Five Great God Kings is not easily digested, let alone that he is still injured.

After recuperating for ten thousand years, his injuries at most would not worsen any further.

"Where exactly lies the future of the spirit beasts?"

The gods have already blocked the spirit beasts' path of ascent; that fish in the ocean has cultivated for no more than a million years, yet that final limit can never be surpassed.

It is like a heavenly chasm that is hard to cross.

Star Luo City.

Breaking Heaven Sect.

After Yang Yun returned to the sect, time seemed to slow down all at once, and Ah Li also left to go back into the earth fire.

If Oscar just leaves it unattended in the earth fire, something could go wrong.

That guy, the Master, can talk so much; if it weren't for Ah Li's high prestige in the earth fire and his unwavering word, some fence‑sitters would really be swayed by the Master.

After all, interests move people's hearts, and the Master is quite adept at exploiting human weaknesses and using noble‑sounding pretexts to win people over.

But now, the so‑called followers under the Master are all those Ah Li placed there.

This guy wants to form a small clique in his own earth fire—his intentions are despicable; the ultimate goal is probably still for Tang San.

If it weren't for the Bright Holy Dragon martial soul inside that guy, Ah Li would have already stabbed him to death with a spear.

You should know that the Mad Blood Douluo, the person Ah Li wants to transplant a martial soul onto, is only twenty‑five years old and has already become a Title Douluo, with combat power that is extraordinarily strong.

Just hearing the name tells you that when the Mad Blood Douluo fights, it sums up to one word—mad!

The Bright Holy Dragon martial soul exists precisely so that the Mad Blood Douluo can steady his mind and not lose control during battle, thereby allowing the Mad Blood martial soul to be exerted to the utmost.

Although this martial soul sounds like that of an evil soul master, in fact the Mad Blood cultivation path, aside from needing the blood of powerful spirit beasts, is not overly evil.

The required amount is also not large, far from being as evil as evil soul masters who must rely on huge amounts of flesh and blood to boost their soul power.

Ah Li had also considered giving the Mad Blood a head soul bone to boost mental power, but the result was clearly unsatisfactory.

Moreover, thanks to the head bone's support, the duration of the madness has become considerably longer.

At that moment, the Mad Blood encountered the Master of the Jade Pig martial soul, and from it he sensed a faint aura.

Finally, after consulting with Ah Li, a not‑so‑glorious plan came into being just like that.

"Pig‑raising plan," activate.

Inside the Breaking Heaven Sect.

Yang Yun's life after returning was very comfortable; when Shui Bing'er led the team back from hunting souls, she and Ye Lingling shared the firepower a bit.

When Shui Bing'er didn't come back, Ye Lingling relied on the Blue Silver Royal Leg Bone and the strong vitality of her second martial soul to withstand firmly.

(End of chapter)