While the outside world was in turmoil, inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well, Huo Yuhao stood at the junction of the ice and fire extremes. On his left was the bone-chilling cold of the icy spring, and on his right, the scorching flames of the fiery spring danced wildly.
Behind him, two dragon souls soared in the sky, while on his shoulders, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot occupied one side each.
In the distance, the remaining four immortal herbs exchanged glances.
Wait, is the master really going to refine his body with ice and fire?
The Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had hit the jackpot this time.
"Have you both remembered? When I reach the junction of ice and fire, you begin," Huo Yuhao includes the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
"Understood," the Infernal Delicate Apricot replied, although she still had some doubts in her heart. She didn't voice them, but her leaves moved slightly, as if nodding.
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice also responded.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao nodded to Gu Yuena not far away, took a deep breath, and with his soul power circulating within him, he leaped into the icy spring.
The extreme cold energy capable of killing a Titled Douluo instantly surged towards Huo Yuhao. However, Huo Yuhao himself was also of the ultimate ice attribute, and his spiritual power had already recovered to the Spirit Domain level. Although the energy of the icy spring was powerful, its effect on him was limited.
On the other side, as Huo Yuhao leaped into the icy spring, the Water Dragon King's soul followed closely behind, integrating into his body.
In the next moment, six soul rings appeared around Huo Yuhao, and his third soul skill, Heavenly Silk Transformation, was instantly activated.
The Water Dragon King's soul no longer had its own body, but the semi-god level ultimate ice soul power and Spirit Domain level spiritual power still resides within it. Otherwise, it wouldn't possess strength comparable to a semi-god.
Now, Huo Yuhao separated its soul power and spiritual power through the Heavenly Silk Transformation, bringing the ultimate ice energy and the Water Dragon King's bloodline power into the Ice Empress Martial Soul's origin. He also pulled the spiritual origin, along with the Water Dragon King's soul, into his spiritual sea.
With the Water Dragon King's soul actively cooperating, Huo Yuhao completed this process on his own, but it still took him several hours to seal away that soul power and spiritual power.
Especially the spiritual power, since the dragon soul had little intelligence and only instinct, it couldn't seal itself. While it could help seal the ultimate ice energy through its spiritual power, it couldn't do much to help seal the spiritual power.
During the process, a situation similar to the Evil Emperor's possession attempt even occurred, as the Water Dragon King's spiritual power enveloped Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.
After all, Huo Yuhao had only just returned to the Spirit Domain level, and there was still a gap between him and the two dragon souls' spiritual power.
It's worth noting that the Spirit Domain level has a vast range, from the initial Spirit Origin level to the Spirit Domain level, it's a range of 0 to 20, 000, involving quantitative changes and multiple spiritual power qualitative changes.
The gap between the Spirit Domain level and the peak of the Spirit Domain level is 30,000, and while it no longer involves true qualitative changes, it's even larger than the gap from zero to the Spirit Domain level. The quantitative changes involved are something many Limit Douluo cannot achieve in their lifetime.
The peak of the Spirit Domain level is often synonymous with the peak of the quasi-god level.
The two dragon souls are naturally not at the peak of the Spirit Domain level, but they are at the late stage of the Spirit Domain level.
However, the sealing process must be completed as soon as possible.
After all, the two dragon souls only have instinct. If they encounter special situations, such as encountering a powerful dragon's pressure, an accident might occur.
Allowing them to retain too much power would be a hidden danger for him and his companions in the spiritual sea, so precautions need to be taken early.
Fortunately, the Water Dragon King itself had no intention of possession, and Huo Yuhao had a soul skill for soul devouring.
The 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 sealing.
After sealing this energy, Huo Yuhao and the beings in his spiritual sea became more alert. The Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, who had just learned of Huo Yuhao's intentions, was also affected, and his expression became serious.
What came next was the main event.
"Xue'er, you'll also participate in what's coming next. Focus on comprehending it; it will be beneficial for your future."
The Snow Empress nodded, "Mm."
Having suddenly obtained such powerful energy, it would normally be sealed away to serve as a foundation for future breakthroughs.
However, Huo Yuhao looked at the blue light sphere formed by the Water Dragon King's energy seal in his martial soul's origin, took a deep breath, and began to exert force with his soul spirits and Electrolux, further compressing the energy within.
Once all the origin was compressed into a small blue pearl, Huo Yuhao suddenly released his control over it.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao began to absorb the heaven and earth energy from the icy spring and took out the Ice God Pearl, drawing out its cold energy and absorbing it.
Usually, when Huo Yuhao cultivated, his soul power flowed like a gentle stream, calm and slow.
However, at this moment, the soul power within him was like a hundred rivers converging into the sea, surging and roaring. The rushing soul power rapidly poured into his dantian, at a speed more than ten times faster than usual.
Even Huo Yuhao's tough meridians began to feel a sense of swelling and pain.
But Huo Yuhao's expression remains unchanged as he used the Heavenly Silk Transformation to gather all the energy into his martial soul's origin.
The blue pearl, sensing the flow of various ultimate ice energies, suddenly emitted a powerful suction force, like a gale sweeping across the land, greedily absorbing the ultimate ice soul power within Huo Yuhao, the cold energy from the Ice God Pearl, and the heaven and earth energy surrounding the icy spring.
The icy spring originated from the Water Dragon King, and its heaven and earth energy was very similar to the Water Dragon King's power.
The energy within the blue pearl was the compressed and sealed origin power of the Water Dragon King.
After being separated from the Water Dragon King's control, it was already unstable.
Now, with Huo Yuhao actively absorbing the icy spring's energy to strengthen it, it was further stimulated.
Instinctively, it began to devour the icy spring's energy, gradually spiraling out of control.
Watching its actions, Huo Yuhao, unaffected by the soul-deep pain, remained focused.
According to Elder Yi, mastering the reversal of extreme attributes was something only divine consciousness could achieve.
However, Huo Yuhao felt he was being too modest. Even with divine consciousness, not everyone could accomplish it. But since even Elder Yi spoke of it in such terms, it shows the difficulty involved.
He had once been able to do it, but his current power wasn't enough to achieve the reversal of extreme attributes on his own. The purity of his ultimate ice and his spiritual power were insufficient to complete the process.
But so-called opportunities were meant to accelerate the cultivation process.
If self-transformation couldn't be achieved, then it would be done through another method, origin out of control!
The Water Dragon King's origin attribute manifested as ultimate ice in the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well. Its energy was undoubtedly the closest to the ultimate ice in the world. After being repeatedly compressed by them, what had once happened in the original story began to occur again, guided by Huo Yuhao's intentions.
Just as the Snow Empress's Snow Core had gone berserk due to the Ice Jade Bed, leading to the reversal of extreme attributes, the Water Dragon King's origin power undergoes a similar transformation.
The Water Dragon King's origin power was the Snow Core, and the icy spring and Ice God Pearl in the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well were equivalent to the Ice Jade Bed, igniting the Water Dragon King's origin power!
The reversal of ice and fire, the extreme leading to the opposite, the reversal of extreme attributes!
Ultimate flames appear within Huo Yuhao's martial soul. The high temperature and the ultimate ice's origin attributes repelled each other, threatening to directly destroy the Ice Empress Martial Soul.
This was an extremely dangerous act. If not handled properly, the Ice Empress Martial Soul will be completely destroyed.
But Huo Yuhao and the beings in his spiritual sea were not the same as they had been in their weakened state ten thousand years ago!
"Begin the next step, reverse again."
Before the origin representing the ultimate flames could erupt, it was compressed once more under the control of Elder Yi, the Snow Empress's divine consciousness, and the soul spirits.
With Huo Yuhao utilizing Elder Yi and the Snow Empress's divine consciousness to control its transformation again, and influenced by the icy spring of the same origin outside, it gradually returned to its original ice attribute.
Ultimate ice—ultimate fire.
Ultimate fire—ultimate ice.
The extreme energies of ice and fire intertwined wildly within Huo Yuhao's body. Each reversal was like dancing on the edge of a knife.
His meridians were repeatedly torn apart under the impact of the violent energy, only to gradually heal under the effect of the Life Gold. Frost formed on his skin at times, while at other times, a red glow of flames appeared.
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot watched in shock, with the latter murmuring, "Can ultimate ice and ultimate fire really be transformed? How is this possible?"
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass interrupted her thoughts, "Stop being surprised and puzzled. Follow the master's instructions and begin the next step."
Unconsciously, Huo Yuhao had already moved from the icy spring to the junction of the two springs, clearly reminding them.
The Infernal Delicate Apricot stopped pondering and exerted her strength together with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
On Huo Yuhao's left shoulder, the Infernal Delicate Apricot stretched out her fiery red leaves, with blazing red light spreading like flowing magma.
On his right shoulder, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass emitted a deep blue light, with cold air condensing into fine ice crystals.
Surprisingly, these two opposing energies did not repel each other but instead intertwined in the air, creating a dazzling red and blue halo.
Over the past twenty thousand years, the two immortal herbs had already formed a mysterious connection of yin and yang coexistence through the unique environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well.
Together, they not only didn't weaken each other's power but instead greatly enhanced and sublimated it.
Unfortunately, due to their attributes, no soul master could accommodate both of them as soul spirits. But in their eyes, Huo Yuhao could!
So they immediately used their full strength, intending to help Huo Yuhao achieve the coexistence of yin and yang, stabilize the state of ice and fire sharing the same origin, and also seize the opportunity to become his soul spirits.
With the assistance of the two immortal herbs, Huo Yuhao's cultivation progress accelerated once more. The dual transformation within his body gradually slowed, faintly forming a special shape.
As this process continued, time quietly passed, and six days went by.
Within the origin of Huo Yuhao's Ice Empress Martial Soul, a strange scene appears, a yin yang symbol composed of ultimate ice and ultimate fire was spinning rapidly.
The two extreme attributes were intertwined, each containing the other, and could transform into one another.
Ice and fire share the same origin, achieved!
For Huo Yuhao, once the reversal of extreme attributes was completed, he could naturally achieve the coexistence of ice and fire.
This was where he differed from Rong Nianbing. After all, the reversal of extreme ice and fire was proof of their shared origin!
Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes, and a pattern of ice and fire flashed in his pupils. He exhaled slightly, and a pale blue light radiated from his body.
A translucent Ice Jade Scorpion Empress phantom appears behind Huo Yuhao, releasing an aura that makes all the plant soul beasts in the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well tremble.
Even the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass felt a shiver.
"Ultimate ice and ultimate fire, appearing on the same martial soul?"
Even though she had participated in the process, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass still found it hard to believe.
Although she and the Infernal Delicate Apricot had achieved the coexistence of yin and yang, the transformation between yin and yang was far beyond their capabilities.
In the distance, the Earth Dragon Golden Melon murmured, "Don't you think that martial soul looks a bit like the Ice Jade Scorpion?"
"The Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul, isn't that the martial soul of the first Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda? Could it be… he's a descendant of the Spirit Ice Douluo?"
TheBlack Jade Divine Bamboo exclaimed in surprise.
The Beautiful Silk Tulip swallowed and said in a low voice, "No, to be able to get along with Her Majesty the Silver Dragon King on equal terms, it's probably not that simple…"
While the immortal herbs were secretly shocked, Huo Yuhao was feeling and observing the changes in his martial soul—
Now, the body of the Ice Empress Martial Soul was still as green and translucent as jade, but the surface of its carapace was adorned with crimson flame patterns.
The scorpion tail was no longer purely ice-blue but displayed a strange interweaving of red and blue, with the tail hook condensing a constantly changing ice flame.
Yes, the Ice Empress Martial Soul had completed its sublimation. Even though he hadn't yet completed the process of unifying the seven elements through the method of ice and fire sharing the same origin, after achieving both the reversal of extreme attributes and the coexistence of ice and fire, the Ice Empress Martial Soul had naturally evolved.
Perhaps, the term "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, with the ability to transform into each other. This was something he hadn't been able to achieve in the past.
After all, this was the Douluo Continent, not the Holy Demon Continent. The martial soul system was based on bloodline, not abilities.
Just like comprehending spatial and temporal powers, you couldn't make your martial soul possess those attributes on its own. What was directly related to the martial soul had always been bloodline.
In the past, although he could achieve the transformation of extreme attributes, he couldn't make the Ice Empress Martial Soul possess the ultimate fire attribute on its own. Unless, like Elder Yi in the original story, he paid the price of part of his divine consciousness to create a martial soul himself… but that wasn't necessary.
After all, he could achieve the transformation of extreme attributes and could use it as usual. Whether the martial soul had such attributes or not didn't affect anything.
But this was a different time. He now had the Silver Dragon King's bloodline, so he needed to complete the method of ice and fire sharing the same origin within the martial soul's origin, to unify the seven elements, complete the martial soul's evolution, and increase his foundation.
With the Ice Empress Martial Soul itself achieving this transformation, even though he hadn't yet returned to the Divine Origin level, he could freely control the two extreme attributes.
However, the cost of achieving this was high. The reversal of extreme attributes requires the attributes to reach an extreme level, with the limit-level ultimate ice origin as the foundation.
Now, the Water Dragon King's origin had completely integrated into the Ice Empress Martial Soul, becoming the nourishment for the martial soul's evolution and the foundation for stabilizing the coexistence of ice and fire. It could no longer be used separately.
The other soul spirits, due to excessive consumption, needed a good period of rest. Huo Yuhao's own spiritual power was almost depleted.
The Snow Empress's divine consciousness had its main body to replenish it, and Elder Yi, with his rich experience in the reversal of extreme attributes, was still in a decent state.
After completing the martial soul's evolution, Huo Yuhao didn't rush to leave the spring. Instead, he carefully felt the various benefits and changes this martial soul evolution had brought him.
The ultimate ice and ultimate fire were, of course, the key answers from ten thousand years ago. Now that the martial soul simultaneously possessed both attributes, its strength was beyond doubt.
Furthermore, having just been in the state of ice and fire extremes, he had completed an enhanced version of the ice and fire body refinement.
The second layer of the Body Secret Technique had unknowingly been surpassed, entering the third realm, and he was one step closer to the fourth realm, the Golden Body.
However, the greatest harvest was probably this flame.
Huo Yuhao raised his hand, looking at the ice-blue flame that appeared in his palm.
It was neither pure ice nor pure fire but a special energy form born from the mutual transformation of the two extreme attributes, possessing the characteristics of both ultimate ice and ultimate fire.
A strange fire born from extreme cold, the Bone Chilling Flame? Was Elder Yi actually Medicine Elder, and his surname was Xiao? Should he play with fire in the future?
Cough, just kidding.
Although this flame could also give people the pleasure of experiencing the extremes of ice and fire, its effects were greatly different from the Bone Chilling Flame.
It was a natural ability derived from the martial soul's evolution, similar to an innate domain, and could be considered Huo Yuhao's own life-bound true flame. It had the same characteristics as an external soul bone, growing with his strength.
Huo Yuhao tried it out. Perhaps because it was born from the transformation of ice and fire, it also had the ability to transform other flames and ice, turning them into part of itself. It had a strong suppressive effect on both ultimate fire and ultimate ice. The springs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well couldn't resist such transformation, let alone ordinary fire and ice elements.
Perhaps it could be called the Ice Devouring Extreme Flame?
However, speaking of the ability to transform flames…
Huo Yuhao looked at his life-bound true flame, narrowed his eyes, raised his right hand, and the Seven-Colored Lotus appeared in his palm.
In an instant, all the fire elements in the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well began to gather toward the Seven-Colored Lotus. Even the Fire Dragon King's soul, which only had semi-god strength, was somewhat affected.
Huo Yuhao's life-bound true flame was also slightly affected, but since it also had the characteristics of ultimate ice, the impact wasn't significant. Instead, the ice elements in the air began to gather toward it.
However, Huo Yuhao still judges that his idea couldn't be achieved for now, "Indeed, it's not possible. The gap in levels is too large."
The Seven-Colored Lotus, which even a first-level god wouldn't dare to touch lightly, and his life-bound flame were incomparable at this stage. His idea would have to be experimented with later.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to retract both flames, an unexpected change occurred.
The Fire Dragon King's soul, seeing the Seven-Colored Lotus, which could be called the ancestor of all flames, and the Ice Devouring Extreme Flame, which coexisted with ice and fire, suddenly let out a roar, causing the distracted immortal herbs to shiver.
The Water Dragon King's soul, which had already integrated into Huo Yuhao's body, also began to respond, wanting to come out.
Huo Yuhao didn't stop it but frowned as he watched the two dragon souls gather and rush into the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well, feeling puzzled.
What were they trying to do?
After a few minutes, the Fire Dragon King's soul and the Water Dragon King's soul each brought out a light sphere from the spring and handed them to Huo Yuhao.
Seeing what was inside, Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted.
They were two leg bones, and the soul bones taken from beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yan Well… could only be the dragon bones of the two dragon souls!