Chapter 36: Ice Fire Tempering Body

Yang Xiong summoned his martial soul and Soul Ring, simultaneously used the second soul skill Golden Heart, and even summoned the Xuanming Armor; although the turtle shell on his back looks unsightly, his chest and abdomen are fully covered with thick turtle shell, raising his bodily condition to the utmost.

Yang Xiong, gripping an iron spear, approached the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass; even though his condition was at its peak, an extreme chilling aura spread through his entire body, as if he were about to freeze solid.

Yang Xiong gritted his teeth and, with a single slash, cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass; his left hand held it, and his entire hand seemed about to turn into an ice block, making all protections ineffective.

At this moment Yang Xiong's face was resolute; he had no retreat left, and would endure even the severest pain.

Yang Xiong swiftly approached the Blazing Fire Apricot Tender, cut it off at the root with his Jade Knife, and his right hand quickly grasped the Blazing Fire Apricot Tender.

Once the Blazing Fire Apricot Tender was in his hand, his previously iron gloves turned scorching red as if about to melt, and even the Heavenly Silkworm Silk gloves could not endure such heat; a burnt aura seemed to emanate from his hand.

Even though Yang Xiong at this moment used the second soul skill Golden Heart, with his soul power rapidly healing his body, both hands endured extreme pain; his left hand seemed to solidify into a block of ice, while his right hand felt as if being roasted in magma.

Yang Xiong gritted his teeth and swiftly placed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Fire Apricot Tender together; under the clash of extreme cold and heat, the cold and hot auras surprisingly disappeared within moments, like red and white energies dueling.

At this moment Yang Xiong did not hesitate, quickly thrust the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Fire Apricot Tender into his mouth, chewing them clean and swallowing them whole. The cold and hot auras of the two immortal herbs merely suppressed each other, and within just ten breaths they would erupt, possibly even more terrifyingly.

When the two immortal herbs entered his mouth simultaneously, the cold‑hot aura suddenly burst forth, and his entire abdomen emitted an explosion‑like aura.

First, an extreme cold aura surged out, and he instantly felt as if immersed in ice; his entire body turned blue, from flesh, skin, cells to bone marrow, every cell seemed frozen solid, making him like an ice block, a hundred times colder than during his initial Body Tempering.

In an instant, the blue aura vanished, and his body immediately turned bright red, as if immersed in magma; heat radiated from his entire form, and his hair was nearly ablaze.

His body alternated red and blue; at times as cold as Yi Wan Nian ice, at others as scorching as magma, and even his soul power shifted under the two auras, making him feel on the verge of collapse.

At this moment Yang Xiong endured immense pain; his whole body seemed no longer under his control, tormented as if subjected to relentless torture.

Using his last shred of reason, Yang Xiong gritted his teeth, staggered to the side of the Ice Fire Dual Apparatus Eye, disregarding everything else, and leapt straight into the spring water.

After entering the spring water, the pain did not lessen but grew stronger, especially because he could not vent the extreme cold and heat outward; he was in extreme agony, and his whole body began to contort.

Especially, the Ice Fire power, after entering the spring water of the Ice Fire Dual Apparatus Eye, became even more intense; his body seemed pulled by two forces, as if about to be torn apart.

Although Yang Xiong has a second soul skill capable of repairing his body and even eliminating negative effects, compared with the spring water of the Ice Fire Dual Apparatus Eye and the internal Ice Fire power, these are far too weak.

Compared with Tang San in the original work, Yang Xiong lacks the Mysterious Heaven Skill's endless vitality, but after years of tempering his body is definitely tougher than Tang San's, especially given the uniqueness of his primary martial soul, where his body itself is his martial soul.

In Yang Xiong's understanding, Ice and Fire are the world's two poles; to truly let his body withstand both forces, they must intertwine and rotate together.

Yang Xiong employed Meditation, using his last consciousness to make his internal soul power surge rapidly, especially circulating the torso's soul power back and forth, forming a circular closed loop.

In this extreme pain, Yang Xiong seemed to perceive the essence of his martial soul, seeing the body's veins, while the soul power surged and roiled within those channels, as if endless.

What Yang Xiong did not know was that as his soul power pulled, the spring water of the Ice Fire Dual Apparatus Eye was also drawn; the previously distinct red and blue waters now merged and swirled together.

To a person from Blue Star, the spring water formed a distinct mark, resembling a Tai Chi.

While Yang Xiong controlled his final consciousness to circulate his internal soul power, the last thread of consciousness began to fade, and he gradually sank, yet his internal soul power continued to surge uncontrollably like a great river, and the Ice Fire power of the two immortal herbs seemed to form a massive cycle.

Under the corrosion of the Ice Fire Dual Apparatus Eye's spring water, the turtle shell on his back began to melt, but the Profound Armor External Soul Bone, like Yang Xiong's own bones, kept dissolving and regrowing; eventually its form changed into pieces of armor attached to the surface of his torso.

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After an unknown length of time, Yang Xiong gradually regained consciousness; still lying in the spring water of the Ice Fire Dual Apparatus Eye, he no longer felt the pain of the Ice Fire power, and even felt a particular exhilaration within the Eye, as if the Ice Fire power of the two immortal herbs had merged into each of his cells.

Yang Xiong couldn't help but roar; risking his life, he finally succeeded, not only completing Ice Fire Tempering Body but also achieving his true transformation, and even the experiment he had once imagined succeeded.

Nevertheless, Yang Xiong did not hesitate; he quickly crawled out of the Ice Fire Dual Apparatus Eye, immediately changed into a new set of clothes, packed everything, and swiftly climbed out along the iron chain. This is Dugu Bo's lair; he didn't know how long he had stayed in the Eye, and encountering a returning Dugu Bo would be troublesome.

After undergoing Ice Fire Tempering Body, Yang Xiong was no longer afraid of any poison mist; he swiftly exited the Poison Array and hurried toward the direction of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where it is best to stay hidden within the sect for now.

(End of Chapter)