Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Immediately, the thin layer of ice shattered again, and the previous elemental waves returned. The two annihilation storms began to deform in an extremely strange way, sometimes showing dents, sometimes stretching into long, undulating strips, and a small protrusion vaguely appearing at the top, seemingly provocatively accompanying the shaking of the annihilation spheres.

What's happening here?

The three women were dumbfounded. Not only Nan Qiuqiu, but even Cain was somewhat astonished, puzzled by the strange form of the Annihilation Storm Soul Skill, yet unable to see what was inside through the pink light.

Could it be that Nan Shui Shui still has the power to resist? She was clearly doomed to lose before!

As expected, Cain's prediction was correct. Just as Xue Di had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have thought of something, the two annihilation storms, which had been ravaged to the extreme, finally collapsed under the weight.

The two figures appeared. The South Water Duck sat on the ground, shivering as if from the cold, its soul power fluctuations were very weak.

Kong Tianxu stood still, his 100,000-year soul ring, shimmering with six golden patterns, still radiating a terrifying light as deep as a sea of ​​blood, putting Nan Qiuqiu under immense pressure.

He had just unleashed a 100,000-year-old soul skill, yet he seemed completely unaffected, his expression showing no change whatsoever.

Clearly, the outcome is decided.

He actually, really defeated the mother of an eight-ring Soul Douluo with the cultivation of a Soul King! Nan Qiuqiu simply couldn't believe her eyes.

"Master Nan, I look forward to the joining of the Earth Dragon Sect. I will arrange for someone else to connect with you. You can also stay here to learn about the main activities of my sect. I have other matters to attend to, so I will not keep you company any longer."

Kong Tianxu said calmly, slowly retracting the five extraordinary soul rings behind him, and the jade-like luster on his hand returned to normal.

"Hmm." Nan Shuishui glanced at him timidly, then quickly looked away as if she had been electrocuted, replying in a barely audible voice.

Only then did everyone notice that her face was flushed and her eyes were filled with tears.

It seems that losing to Kong Tianxu, who only has five rings, and losing the entire Dilongmen, is indeed a significant blow to her.

"Mom, are you alright?"

Nan Qiuqiu was originally going to question Kong Tianxu about his earlier belittling of her, but remembering the terrifying strength he had displayed earlier, she decisively backed down. Seeing him leave with Xue Di and Cain, she then went to Nan Shuishui to help her mother up and asked.

"Qiuqiu, Mom is sorry. Mom has lost both of us."

With a pained expression, Nan Shuishui hugged Nan Qiuqiu tightly. In this state, she looked more like a sister to Nan Qiuqiu.

"It's alright, Mom," Nan Qiuqiu comforted softly, but a sly glint flashed in her eyes. She had long been tired of the rigid and solemn old city of Longcheng, and joining the Holy Spirit Cult was a very novel experience for her.

"Of course, it would be better if I didn't have to be a foot-washing maid," Nan Qiuqiu thought somewhat dejectedly.

Suddenly, she sniffed with her pert little nose, then asked in confusion:

"Mom, can you smell something?"

"No! Absolutely not! Qiuqiu, you must have smelled it wrong!"

Nan Shuishui hurriedly buried her daughter's head in her body. The burning, swollen sensation in her chest still lingered. Recalling the rough treatment she had endured, Nan Shuishui couldn't help but bite her lip. At her age, she was like a ripe peach, so tender that even the slightest touch would make her juicy. How could she withstand such stimulation?

She blushed even more, as if she had thought of something, and buried her face in her daughter's hair.

This is the second time, boohoo...

"Tianxu, your strength has improved too quickly. You defeated an eight-ring Soul Douluo so easily. But when did your third Soul Ring become a 100,000-year Soul Ring?"

After walking out of the room for a while, Cain finally couldn't contain his curiosity and asked.

Kong Tianxu smiled at her, then gestured to Xue Di to release the qi seal. The commotion from his battle with Nan Shuishui was considerable, and if they didn't conceal it, it would definitely attract the attention of some powerful members of the Holy Spirit Cult.

"It was just a bit of luck due to the elemental advantage. As for the spirit ring, it's the power of the Snow Empress. My third spirit skill used to have something in common with her origin, so this evolution is to be expected."

Kong Tianxu was not lying. If they didn't use the methods they held as trump cards, the difference between him and Nan Shuishui in terms of pure hard power was not that great.

Of course, this is already quite exaggerated within the existing Soul Master system; a combat power that spans three tiers is unprecedentedly strong.

But for him, it's not an exaggeration at all. As an unprecedented owner of three martial souls, all of which are super martial souls, in terms of total soul power alone, he is already no less than a Soul Saint-level Soul Master, and his quality is far superior. In addition, with his Title Douluo-level physical body and mental power, his current strength is entirely deserved.

Looking at Nan Shuishui, she was completely crushed by him. The difference between their martial souls and bloodlines was obvious. Even a king among sub-dragons like the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon would be weak in front of the Silver Dragon, let alone the even weaker Rouge Dragon.

Furthermore, the Annihilation attribute was completely destroyed by his destructive power. It can be said that Nan Shui Shui was naturally countered by him, and a large part of her strength could not be brought into play.

Of course, even if Nan Shuishui possessed another martial soul of the same level that was not countered by Kong Tianxu, and went all out to fight from the beginning, the result would not change; it would just mean that Kong Tianxu would have to put in a lot more effort.

Faced with the bitter cold and the absence of snow, all her struggles seemed so futile.

As he spoke, Kong Tianxu naturally took her hand and smiled:

"But that's not what you wanted to ask, is it? Don't worry."

The two touched their little fingers together lightly, then lingered for a while before finally interlocking their fingers. A satisfied smile appeared on Cain's face.

Everything is understood without words.

Seeing this, Xue Di followed suit and sidled over, but her movements were a bit clumsy, and Kong Tianxu eventually grabbed her little hand. However, judging from her expression, she seemed to enjoy being passive.

The wonderful feeling of skin touching skin and blood connecting them came instantly. Xue Di seemed to really like this warm feeling of being one with her, and she squinted her eyes in enjoyment. Her cold face even revealed a bit of cuteness, which even moved Cain.

Kong Tianxu squeezed his slender, cold fingers in his palm, lost in thought.

His third soul skill, the Frosty Snow Seal, originated from the Snow Maiden soul beast of the far north and is the innate soul skill of the Snow Maiden lineage. Although the Snow Empress, as an Ice and Snow Maiden, was born of heaven and earth, she still shares many similarities with ordinary Snow Maidens in various abilities.

As one of the ten most ferocious beasts and one of the kings of soul beasts who rule the far north snowfield, the legend of the Snow Empress is widely circulated. Her three ultimate skills, which have killed countless ferocious beasts in the far north, are also full of legendary color.

Sword and palm command the heavens to be cold with ice and snow; the emperor's sword and palm command the emperor to freeze the heavens.

Emperor Hantian, in his domain of snow dances and radiant sunlight, under the elemental amplification of the far north, at his peak, the Snow Emperor could instantly transform an area ten thousand meters in diameter into his own domain, turning it into a forbidden zone amidst the swirling snowflakes. Even the sun's radiance could not compare.

The Emperor's Sword, unparalleled in its icy sharpness. The ultimate expression of icy power, a single, unmatched strike, possessing immense strength.

But neither of these can compare to the final and strongest Emperor's Palm, the Great Cold Without Snow.

As a soul skill derived from the Frosty Snow Seal, Great Frosty Snowlessness also inherits the characteristics of ignoring defense and requiring the palm itself to strike the opponent to unleash its power. Moreover, after the Snow Empress further refined it, no one can even be immune to the attack of the Empress's Palm.

Within the Snow Dance Radiant Sun Domain, the Great Cold Without Snow was unleashed with all its might, instantly transforming the domain into a single palm strike. This was a deadly attack that the Snow Empress once used to fight to the death; its terrifying power was such that even a peak Limit Douluo dared not take it head-on and could only avoid its edge. Those slightly weaker, like Long Xiaoyao, would have to take a detour.

After Kong Tianxu used the power of the Demon Puppet Origin on the Snow Empress, who was just beginning to develop her memories and was completely unprepared, he naturally acquired a portion of the Snow Empress's power, and his third soul ring, which was most similar to the Snow Empress's origin, was able to evolve.

Furthermore, when he is close to the Snow Empress, he can directly borrow her soul power to unleash this soul skill, only needing to consider his own limits. Otherwise, with his Soul King level cultivation, releasing a 690,000-year-old Great Cold Without Snow would be far from easy.

It is truly gratifying, yet also lamentable, that the Snow Emperor's Palm, which was originally a nine-thousand-year-old Frosty Snow Imprint Soul Skill, has been able to evolve into a six-hundred-thousand-year-old Great Frosty Snowless Skill. Because it has lost the amplification from the Snow Dance Radiant Sun Domain, although it is still the Snow Emperor's strongest attack and the pinnacle of six-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Skills, it ultimately cannot unleash its full brilliance.

However, Kong Tianxu had a vague feeling that his third soul ring was not yet at its peak. After deepening his connection with Xue Di and unlocking more of her power, there might be even greater possibilities.

In fact, even Kong Tianxu couldn't fully understand the strange connection he was currently experiencing with Xue Di.

Although the Snow Empress's essence was too powerful to be absorbed normally by humans, he still had a chance to refine the Snow Empress in the Conferred God Platform into a Spirit Puppet Demon Puppet, which was one level below the Natal Demon Puppet, thanks to the strange abilities of the Holy Spirit Demon Puppet Martial Soul and the characteristics of the Heavenly Commandment.

As a result, Kong Tianxu's cultivation level could even leap directly to the Super Douluo level in a short period of time. This is the reason why the Demon Puppet Martial Soul of the Zhongli lineage is regarded as an evil Martial Soul.

For example, Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Demon Puppet, which was assimilated by the power of the Demon Puppet, is a martial soul that is constantly improved by nourishing human souls. With enough human powerhouse souls to nourish her, her cultivation level improved like a rocket, and she became a Super Douluo in her thirties.

Even top-tier human soul masters like the Black and White Twin Sacred Dragons only reached the same level around the age of one hundred, while Ye Xishui, who was at the same age, was already level ninety-eight.

Zhongli Wu's Death God Puppet Martial Soul is similar in principle, but it no longer relies on the human soul, but on a soul beast, refining the powerful physical body of the soul beast into a beast spirit.

Similarly, after capturing a dragon bone that had received the Silver Dragon King's grace and thus had an immortal dragon soul, Zhongli Wu only took ten years to break through from the Soul Douluo level to the Super Douluo level, and thus took over the position of the Holy Spirit Cult Leader.

However, this seemingly shortcut also carries huge hidden dangers. Those who use it will inevitably be controlled by it. After breaking through to Super Douluo, Zhongli Wu could hardly make any progress. He had to slaughter countless soul beasts to barely break through to his current level of ninety-seven. If he wants to make any further progress, he will probably have to turn his attention to super soul beasts of the level of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, or directly devour evil soul masters at the level of Super Douluo.

In the original story, after he reached level 98, he set his sights directly on the Beast God Di Tian, ​​which shows how difficult it would be to break through to the next level.

If Ye Xishui hadn't received direct instruction from Zhongli Laogui, the difficulty of her advancement would have been no less than that of Zhongli Wu.

Therefore, Kong Tianxu would never choose such a bleak path of cultivation. Moreover, he had more important plans for the Snow Emperor in the future, so he did not devour her directly, but instead used the form of a contracted demonic puppet to ensure that the Snow Emperor would not escape his control.

After all, the King of the Ultimate Ice Soul Beasts, who was only one step away from the true level 99 Limit Douluo realm of 700,000 years ago, still possessed enormous resources that could allow him to advance even further. Using them rashly would be a huge waste.

Anyway, his natal demon puppet slot has already been taken by Ye Xishui. Although he is not affected by Ye Xishui's power because he did not participate in the refining process, Ye Xishui is still a very important card in his hand.

Perhaps, once his martial spirit foundation is strong enough and he is no longer affected by external forces, he will seek a natal demonic puppet that is more compatible with him.

"Senior Dragon Emperor, I've finished dealing with things here. When shall we begin?"

Kong Tianxu spoke to the tall figure that had emerged from the darkness at some unknown time.

“Now we can,” Long Xiaoyao casually tore open a spatial rift, glanced at Xue Di with considerable curiosity, and smiled, “but not here.”

"Oh?" Kong Tianxu asked, puzzled.

"Our destination is an ancient ruin, the ruin of the dragon race."

Long Xiaoyao smiled mysteriously with a hint of nostalgia as he stepped into the space.

Chapter 146 Remains of the Twin Dragons

Although he had entered the space, Long Xiaoyao could not directly travel too far through spatial teleportation. What he was doing now was simply flying through some kind of spatial crevices.

In this state, his flight speed is much faster than when flying directly in the air. Moreover, being in space, his identical resonance dual soul cores can draw on the power of space as a supplement through the shortest path, minimizing consumption.

It may not seem particularly special, but achieving this is incredibly difficult, requiring a soul power fluctuation similar to that of a dual-soul core. This not only demands an extreme level of flight speed but also a profound understanding of the mysteries of space.

Even the Snow Empress couldn't do something similar. Although her strength was no less than any human Limit Douluo, and she even surpassed them in total soul power, she only had one soul core and was not a true level 99 Limit Douluo with two soul cores.

Looking at the bizarre and wonderful scenery shrouded in a layer of silver light, Xue Di couldn't help but reach out her slender hand, but she didn't touch it.

She had long since reached the stage of comprehending the power of space, but because of the special physique of soul beasts, she could only condense the soul core through the method of yin and yang complementarity. In the end, she failed due to insufficient physical strength and had to transform into a human to start over.

Beside her, in a dense white light, Kong Tianxu held Cain's hand tightly, his blood-silver soul power flashing and rising.

Even under the combined protection of Xue Di and Long Xiaoyao's soul power, Kong Tianxu could still feel the pressure of the space, and Cain felt as if her soul was about to be torn apart. The merging of soul power enveloped Cain with a faint silver light, which finally stabilized her mind.

Kong Tianxu's eyes flashed with silver light. While helping Cain resist the spatial pressure, he also felt the power of the space with her.

Gradually, he closed his eyes, and the silver light on his body became weaker, but slowly revealed a certain pattern, as if it echoed the silver light in the spatial rift.

Cain immediately felt the pressure on his body lighten, and his perception of spatial power became much clearer.

Has this meant that he has already begun to comprehend the mysteries of space?

Long Xiaoyao turned around in surprise. Sure enough, although the silver light on Kong Tianxu's body was not as dazzling as it was at the beginning, it became more and more solid. Especially around his head, the silver spatial power was as calm as a stream, flowing gently and allowing him to comprehend its mysteries.

When did I first gain some understanding of spatial power? Was it after I became an 80th-level Soul Douluo, or after I became a Title Douluo? I was probably around 30 years old by then.

As expected of a top-tier dragon that can control spatial attributes on its own after reaching adulthood, even the soul bones it left behind can automatically become compatible with space. The Silver Dragon Martial Soul is indeed uniquely endowed.

Long Xiaoyao sighed self-deprecatingly. With his insight, he could naturally see that Kong Tianxu was not only immersed in the mysteries of space through his own comprehension, but that the silver dragon skull was also enhancing his resonance with the power of space.

Having such a genius to teach puts a lot of pressure on him. Long Xiaoyao smiled and used one hand to transform into a dragon claw to tear through the void. A curtain suddenly appeared in the originally monochromatic space, and the scenery of the outside world flashed by rapidly.

Kong Tianxu seemed to sense something and slightly opened his eyes, at which point Long Xiaoyao's voice rang out:

“Use your eyes to see, but don’t stop feeling the space. Be a traveler, not just drift along with the fluctuations of space.”

Kong Tianxu's heart skipped a beat. He held his breath and began to regain his sense of control in the sweeping force of this space. The scenery outside gradually became clearer, and his body gradually began to radiate silver light, as if he had become a part of the space.

Space and time are gradually receding, and amidst this increasingly clear shift in the timeline, Long Xiaoyao's voice rang out once more: