Douluo: Wuhun Longyuan Sword, I have become the scabbard

Chapter 114 Soul Core: Yang
"Is this the Snow Empress's strength? Is this the true strength of a level ninety-nine?"

Above the sky, an unusual and terrifying aura tore apart the space there, causing the immense soul power that the group could not see the boundaries of to be frantically sucked into the shattered space, forming a black hole-like existence.

Before their eyes, the black hole-like entity began to shrink slowly, eventually falling into the palace atop the iceberg.

Although the specific existence could no longer be seen, the speed at which the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) converged towards that place did not slow down; on the contrary, it showed an increasingly rapid trend.

“Level 99? The Snow Empress’s strength is far more than that. Normally, a soul beast that has reached an age of 500,000 years or more would have the strength of a level 99 human soul master. But the Snow Empress’s age is 690,000 years, and now it has reached 700,000 years!”

Hyotei's somewhat arrogant voice rang out, but his tone was filled with worry.

The stronger one's strength, the more powerful the tribulation lightning will be, and the more terrifying the difficulty of breaking through will be.

This is also why the Snow Empress was so determined to condense the Yin-Yang dual soul cores. In fact, there is another way to condense dual soul cores, but the dual soul cores condensed in that way would not provide much improvement for an existence like the Snow Empress, and would be difficult to support her through the 700,000-year heavenly tribulation.

"Yeah."

There are also differences between the ninety-nine levels. The three peerless Douluo currently in existence can all use some divine power. If they use divine power, their strength can reach that of a demigod, and they can use some of the power of a god.

However, this requires them to be within the boundaries of their respective temples. Once they cannot draw upon divine power, their strength is not much different from that of an ordinary level 99 person.

Although they passed the Divine Trial and their spirit ring age increased, at their level, the spirit ring's effect was no longer significant; the focus was more on utilizing their martial spirit.

This is also why Tang Chen, who did not receive divine favor, is the strongest among the three peerless Douluo.

The far north seemed to have also noticed the actions of the Snow Empress, the ruler. Countless soul beasts in the far north turned their gazes toward that core area. Having lived in the far north for tens of thousands of years, they naturally noticed the changes in the far north.

But then the soul beasts' eyes turned horrified, and a terrifying heavenly might appeared in the sky above the far north.

"It seems the tribulation lightning is coming."

As the clouds gathered in the sky, the northern sky began to darken, and a shadow slowly moved toward them. Moments later, their shadows merged with the shadow.

"The Snow Emperor succeeded!?" The Ice Emperor's expression showed no joy, but rather became even more solemn.

Judging from the trend of what appears to be a tribulation of lightning, the Snow Emperor's lifespan has reached 700,000 years.

Even if the Snow Emperor successfully condenses the Yin-Yang dual soul cores, it remains to be seen whether she can survive the 700,000-year tribulation.

Inside the palace, the Snow Emperor looked at the soul core that had condensed before her, but there was no joy in her expression.

He could condense a second soul core tens of thousands of years ago; the difficulty lies in incorporating it into his body and forming a yin-yang complement with his other soul ring.

Ding Quan's golden-red eyes were also fixed on the strange soul core in front of Xue Di.

It was a dark, spherical object, about the same size as the inner core of the Dark Demon God Tiger.

The sphere still generates an extremely strong suction force, and the soul power from the sky pours into it like a funnel. The space around the sphere seems to be shattered, endlessly and frantically devouring everything around it.

This is a soul core that looks extremely stable, and it is constructed with spatial attributes.

Ding Quan could see that the sphere was absorbing the surrounding spatial power, and silver patterns on it were slowly rotating, making the soul core look somewhat magnificent.

It didn't take Xue Di long to condense this soul core, which wasn't difficult for her.

Xue Di glanced at Ding Quan in the corner of the palace, then with a thought, the spinning soul core headed towards her dantian.

Should it be placed in the lower dantian?
Ding Quan's golden-red eyes watched as the soul core disappeared from Xue Di's dantian, clearly having been absorbed into her body.

Uh~!

A painful cry came from Xue Di's body. In Ding Quan's eyes, silver patterns instantly spread from Xue Di's dantian to her body.

At this moment, a similar snow-white pattern spread out from Xue Di's chest.

It seems that the Snow Empress's first soul core was placed in her chest, specifically in the middle dantian, a place where soul power converges. As a being born from pure heaven and earth energy, the Snow Empress was indeed most adept at manipulating soul power.

Ding Quan looked at the two patterns rotating in completely opposite ways on Xue Di's body, even the snow-white pattern on her chest had a touch of silver.

The Snow Empress's previous ice-attribute soul ring was also absorbing the surrounding spatial power.

These two lines intersect at the Zhongwan point on Xue Di's face.

A surge of powerful soul energy erupted from there, and the intense fluctuations of the soul energy made Ding Quan's Xuanhuo Eyes dare not look directly at it.

The soul power unleashed by the two soul cores far exceeded that of the Snow Empress before.

This is the principle of yin and yang complementing each other.

No wonder they used spatial attributes to construct their second soul core; for beings like them, they certainly had a sufficient grasp of spatial power.

The spatial soul core that has now been formed has also absorbed a massive amount of ice-attribute energy from the far north.

Ding Quan narrowed his eyes, his expression somewhat solemn.

These two soul cores do indeed operate in the same way as their own yin and yang attributes. The ice attribute soul core contains spatial attributes, and the newly condensed spatial soul core does indeed contain ice attribute soul power, just like the black and white dots in the yin and yang fish.

However, one's own yin and yang attributes can be transformed into each other, while the Snow Empress's ice attribute soul power is difficult to transform into spatial attribute in an instant.

She did succeed in operating the soul core in this way, but the soul power accumulated in her middle abdomen was not enough for her to convert and absorb. Now, the soul power there was getting brighter and brighter in Ding Quan's eyes.

If this continues, Xue Di's body will be the first to give out.

Dangerous!
Sure enough, Xue Di's expression grew increasingly grim, and at the same time, the snow-white gauze dress she wore, which was formed from soul power, was torn to shreds in the face of this terrifying burst of soul power.

Ding Quan hurriedly stood up, staring straight at Xue Di's body. Although Xue Di's body was very attractive to Ding Quan, it was now like porcelain, with cracks appearing on Xue Di's body and spreading along the patterns formed by the soul core.

The Snow Empress's body could not withstand the soul power generated by the two soul cores; her own soul power was simply too strong.

Her single soul core was enough to give her the strength of level 99, but now that she has condensed the Yin and Yang dual soul cores, her soul power has surged, and her body is the first to be unable to withstand it.

The moment her Yin-Yang dual soul cores began to operate, the sky above grew even darker, and streaks of lightning flashed among the gathering thunderclouds.

The tribulation of lightning is imminent!

But now it seems that there is no need for a tribulation of lightning; the Snow Empress will be torn apart by her own powerful soul force.

"Is this the power of the Yin-Yang complementary dual-soul core? It is indeed powerful."

The Snow Emperor's somewhat uncomfortable voice echoed in the palace. She felt an unbearable power within her body. This power definitely exceeded the level of level ninety-nine. Although it did not reach the level of a god, calling her a demigod was not a problem.

This force was so powerful that even his own body could hardly withstand it. Perhaps one's body would need to reach a similar level to withstand such power.

"That's true," Xue Di nodded. "Unfortunately, physical strength is not her forte. Those beings who are older than her have physical strength far beyond what she can match."

He finally felt the power of this realm, and his lifespan finally broke through to 700,000 years.

Unfortunately, I find it difficult to stay at this level.

A terrifying divine might appeared above the palace. Just feeling this pressure would have suffocated him in the past, but now he didn't seem to feel much pressure.

If her body is not affected, Xue Di believes she can survive this tribulation.

The Snow Empress raised her hand, the cracks on her body had spread to her arm, and the soul power emanating from it directly tore apart the space around her.

He then glanced at Ding Quan, who had a solemn expression, in a corner of the palace, before looking again at the golden Suanni.

"The lightning tribulation has dissipated!"

As the dark thunderclouds in the sky slowly dissipated, Wei'er said with a serious expression.

"Did we fail?" Hyotei's tone was somewhat somber as he looked at the waning spiritual energy in the sky above.

"The Snow Empress succeeded, otherwise the tribulation wouldn't have occurred, but..." Ling turned his gaze to the palace.

The group had anticipated that Xue Di would not be able to survive the tribulation. Xue Di's origin was too powerful; even with only one soul core, she had already surpassed the ordinary level ninety-nine. Once she constructed two soul cores, she would probably find it difficult to suppress the surge in soul power.

"Snow, so much snow!" Snowflakes appeared on the Ice Bear King's huge head, and several more snowflakes appeared when the bear paws scratched at it.

"Soul power feedback?" Ling reached out and caught a few snowflakes that fell. Then, under the gazes of the two ferocious beasts and the two people, it seemed as if a blizzard was falling over the entire far north.

suddenly!

An inexplicable power emanated from the palace atop the iceberg, causing the surrounding snow to freeze in mid-air as if bound by some force, making time and space seem to stand still.

"This is!"

Before Ling could finish speaking, the space was frozen.

The space within a radius of more than 20,000 meters seemed to be detached from this world.

Sacrifice!

Wow, that's a huge area!

Although their bodies were immobilized by the magnetic field, they remained conscious and able to perceive what was happening.

Kaka!

Hyotei's front claws struggled slightly, and the burst of soul power from its body allowed it to break free from the magnetic field, but its movements were still hindered and it was difficult to move around.

Then, looking towards the palace, a blood-red color appeared on the iceberg, and the light from it illuminated the space that resembled a domain.

"Empress Xue has still come to this! You had better become gods!" The voice of the Ice Emperor resounded in Ling and Wei'er's spiritual sea.

The Ice Bear King also patted its heavy paws, issuing a warning.

"Of course!"

"If even Quan Du, who possesses a seventh soul ring that has lasted for seven hundred thousand years, cannot reach that stage, then no one in this world can become a god!"

Ling and Wei'er's voices appeared in Hyotei's mental perception, and then the group fell silent.

At this moment, Ding Quan looked at Xue Di, whose body was about to shatter, and at the same time, a terrifying pressure descended upon him. Only his eyes could move, and his body was completely unable to move.

A striking red ring appeared on Xue Di's body; this was her soul ring.

At the same time, the spirit ring went directly to Ding Quan's right hand, and the Dragon Abyss Sword appeared in Ding Quan's hand involuntarily.

A massive surge of soul power flowed into Ding Quan's body, and he felt his soul power rapidly increasing, reaching level seventy without any hindrance.

At the same time, the soul ring with seven golden patterns landed on Ding Quan's Dragon Abyss Sword without any hindrance.

Seemingly sensing this immense energy, the mark formed by the soul ring on the Dragon Abyss Sword immediately returned to its original state.

Six strangely colored spirit rings—two yellow, one purple, and three black—appeared at Ding Quan's feet.

"Your spirit rings are extraordinary! You might truly become a god!" Xue Di's cold voice echoed in Ding Quan's spiritual sea.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. You'd better enter my spiritual sea first, otherwise I may not be able to protect your soul." Ding Quan's consciousness arrived at the spiritual sea and transmitted his thoughts to Xue Di.

"My mental strength is not as fragile as you think. Without my mental control, my soul power is something you cannot withstand."

"Then be careful!" Ding Quan knew that what Xue Di said was true, so he stopped interfering with Xue Di. With a thought, he began to meditate. Xue Di's enormous soul power instantly seemed to have a destination and rushed wildly towards Ding Quan's body.

Within his five internal organs, Ding Quan absorbed the Snow Empress's soul power with all his might, and the sixth gray soul ring beneath Ding Quan's feet actually lit up, the Yin-Yang conversion was operating wildly, converting the Snow Empress's ultimate ice soul power into his own five elemental attributes.

"This is how you manage to manipulate Yin and Yang attributes. As expected, even knowing this, it would be difficult for me to do it with my own attributes."

Xue Di sensed the rapid changes in the attributes of Ding Quan's soul power. Although she had sensed it before, the current sensation of her own soul power surging into Ding Quan's body was exceptionally clear. She knew she couldn't possibly make the soul core operate in this way.

"Snow Empress, your soul power is too vast. How much of your soul power can you fully control now? I need your help." Ding Quan's body was already throbbing with pain. Snow Empress's 700,000 years of cultivation was far beyond what he could currently withstand.

"You're thinking?"

“That’s right! My body can’t fully absorb your soul power, but if I have a soul core, the soul core can bear it.” Ding Quan said in his sea of ​​consciousness. Once a soul core is generated, it can cause space to collapse, and Ding Quan doesn’t know how much soul power it can contain.

"Based on the amount of soul power I can control, this soul core will be incredibly huge for you, and it will affect your ability to condense the next soul core."

"Don't worry, you already know how my soul core works. All I need to do is have a strong enough physique, which is exactly my strength." Golden dragon patterns have lit up on Ding Quan's body, and his physical attributes are improving at a speed that Ding Quan could never have imagined before.

"Moreover, the attribute of my first soul core is Yang!" As Ding Quan circulated his soul power, the Snow Empress's originally extremely cold ice attribute soul power became extremely strong and Yang within Ding Quan's body, as if flames were burning on Ding Quan's body.

At the same time, this soul power, guided by Ding Quan, arrived at the lower dantian.

The lower dantian is the place where essence and energy are stored. Placing the first soul core here helps to nourish vital energy and enhance physical fitness. A strong body is said to have abundant yang energy, and only a strong body can accommodate more soul power.

(End of this chapter)