Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

The Azure Cloud Refining Array was an unexpected bonus, infinitely shortening what could have been a process that would have taken several years.

Of course, if something unexpected happens, the remaining essence of the Limit Douluo couple, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, plus the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, would be barely enough.

Fortunately, after much planning, the time for our efforts to bear fruit is finally fast approaching.

Kong Tianxu also sat cross-legged, leaving a wisp of soul power to maintain the operation of the two soul skills, Saint Yuan Spirit Gathering and Dark Demon Refining God Devouring, and entered a meditative state to adjust his condition to the best.

His breathing gradually calmed down, and the Heavenly Soul Core in his chest pulsated with a slow and steady rhythm. Each pulse would drive the soul power in his body to complete a full cycle.

The rest depends on how far this so-called power of destiny and the energy stored in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire can go.

……

Time passed gradually.

Ninety-nine days have passed since the Azure Cloud Refining Array was activated.

The once idyllic Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes are now like a faded painting, filled with a sense of decay.

The various plants that once grew all over the mountains have now mostly disappeared. Under the domineering refining power of the Dark Demon's Divine Devouring Technique, they were forcibly decomposed into the most basic elemental energy particles, leaving not even a remnant behind.

The few remaining plants have almost all turned into lifeless gray-white.

From the sky, the entire valley, set against the backdrop of the vibrant Azure Phosphorus Nine-Colored Flower and Azure Phosphorus Seven-Colored Flower, looks like a huge gray scar.

Only the two springs at the very center still retain the last trace of color, one blue and one red, like a pair of eyes slowly closing.

At the edge of the array's core, Kong Tianxu stood with his hands behind his back. Having maintained the operation of the two soul skills for ninety-nine days without interruption, his spirit had long been severely depleted, but his eyes still shone brightly, reflecting the light of the increasingly thin golden eggshell in the center of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Xue Di had left the position she had occupied at the center of the formation on the side of the ice spring. She was now standing beside Kong Tianxu, looking up with him at the huge golden eggshell, which was more than twenty feet in diameter and was floating directly above the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

This eggshell was formed by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion on the forty-ninth day.

On that day, her cultivation reached 700,000 years, and the golden dragon bloodline within her body fully awakened under the stimulation of immense energy. The four elemental powers underwent an unprecedented integration within her body—the ultimate light, the ultimate fire, strength, and spirit—intertwined together by destiny, forming a yin-yang complementary pattern within her soul core.

She achieved a level that even a human Limit Douluo might never reach in their entire life, naturally within a quarter of an hour.

From that day on, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sealed itself within an eggshell woven from four ultimate attributes and the power of destiny, and began its assault on a higher level.

From that day on, her cultivation progress slowed down significantly.

Xue Di gazed wistfully at the increasingly thin, almost transparent eggshell:

"As expected of a chosen one of destiny, his advancement has been relentless without encountering any bottlenecks. The primordial energy of heaven and earth has formed a self-sufficient Yin-Yang soul core. He must have cultivated for 990,000 years by now, right?"

Kong Tianxu shook his head: "It's 999,999 years. Just one last step away from achieving a million years and reaching the demigod level."

"I never imagined that in my lifetime I would have the chance to see a second million-year-old soul beast besides the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm—and not just a pretty face with age but no cultivation. However…" The Snow Empress frowned, "Judging from her expression, this final step seems…"

The sound of a shell hatching rang out at that moment.

A very fine crack began to spread from the top of the eggshell, then a second, a third—countless cracks simultaneously extended in all directions from the same origin, like a blooming golden epiphyllum flower being engraved in mid-air.

A huge golden figure stretched out from within.

Compared to its initial size, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has more than doubled in size. Its four claws are still like a dragon's, its feet tread on golden flames, and its entire body is as clear as glass. Its eyes are now completely reddish-gold, and its vertical pupils are no longer an eerie red, but have become pure gold—with only a wisp of rose-colored halo flashing within them.

However, her swollen belly ruined this breathtaking beauty, with strange patterns covering it. As she breathed in and out the energy of heaven and earth, it shimmered with all sorts of eerie colors, making her look exceptionally eerie.

This is a side effect of absorbing too much foreign energy. Excessive stimulation has ultimately had some impact on her.

At this moment, with her last breath, or more accurately, a breath that swallowed the heavens and earth, apart from the two springs, Ice Spring and Yang Spring, which were still slightly undulating, the last bit of light in the entire valley disappeared in this last breath. Even the grayish-white remaining immortal herbs turned into dust at this moment and were swept into the body of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion by the energy torrent.

Behind her, nine radiant lights shone, ranging from the initial crimson to the deepest dark purple, arranged in sequence to form doors of interwoven light and shadow, illuminating the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye with a bizarre and wondrous light.

Then, a very faint rose-colored light slowly emerged, more dazzling than the other nine lights combined, yet it could never be complete.

The three-eyed golden lion subconsciously continued its breathing exercises, but absorbed nothing.

She had completely drained the energy from the entire Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

She suddenly became agitated, and the energy within her body began to boil uncontrollably.

Golden flames erupted from every pore of her body, the brilliant light and high temperature surpassing the real sun in an instant. Xue Di had to squint her eyes, Cain felt a stinging pain on the outside of his eyelids even in deep meditation, and Xiong Da and Xiong Er covered their beady eyes with their huge bear paws at the same time.

At the height of its blazing light, the three-eyed golden lion raised a dragon claw and, in a fit of rage and unconsciousness, lightly slashed at the void before it.

Space has cracked.

Without any spatial fluctuations, she tore through space purely with her physical strength!

Kong Tianxu had no doubt that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who was also 990,000 years old, would be torn to pieces by a single claw when facing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in this state.

The Snow Emperor's expression was solemn, and extreme cold gathered in his hands, ready to be unleashed:

"Tianxu, although it's only a year away, taking this step in a short time would require an energy equivalent to the total energy of the previous 990,000 years. Should we..."

Before she could finish speaking, a semi-transparent icicle had already formed on her fingertip, ready to be used to suppress the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's rampage.

Kong Tianxu simply shook his head slightly.

"And there's one last feast."

Just then, the three-eyed golden lion suddenly stopped.

She tilted her enormous head, sniffed the air hard, and looked somewhat like the bears Xiong Da and Xiong Er. She turned around and her gaze fell on the two springs on either side of the platform.

Her mouth opened. Wide open. And wide open still. Wide open to the extreme!

The golden sun and moon suddenly appeared, and a terrifying suction force erupted instantly!

The frigid icy spring and the scorching yang spring, the waters of Yin and Yang, rose into the sky like angry dragons! They transformed into two waterspouts, one blue and one red, churning and surging into the giant mouth, stirring up steam that blotted out the sky, until it dried up.

The very foundation of the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire was thus swallowed whole by her.

But those are the ultimate ice and the ultimate fire!

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's belly swelled to its limit. After swallowing two mouthfuls of spring water, its already distended abdomen visibly expanded even further. The skin of its abdomen was stretched to almost transparent, and from the outside, one could clearly see two distinctly different colored lights churning wildly inside.

Two beams of light collided back and forth in her abdominal cavity, each collision causing her body to tremble violently, and her golden scales and hair to stand on end.

But she remained standing. The golden flames beneath her four hooves burned to an unprecedented height at that moment, engulfing the entire platform in a golden sea of ​​fire.

Ice and fire collided, intertwined, and merged within her.

Under the influence of fate, two seemingly irreconcilable forces began to slowly permeate and transform into each other. Her abdominal cavity gradually transitioned from red and blue to an extremely beautiful gold.

The tenth halo, after the eleventh breath of drinking two mouthfuls of spring water, finally closed completely, blooming with an unimaginable rose gold color.

Like a condensed version of the entire sunset's warmth and vastness, the ten halos slowly rotated once in this rose-gold light. At the edge of the halo, countless extremely fine threads of fate could be seen extending out from the halo, densely intertwined, and then suddenly began to collapse inward, with all the halos converging towards the same center at the same moment.

The ten halos merged at the same instant.

A complete rose-gold halo hovered behind the three-eyed golden lion. The halo rotated slowly, and with each rotation, a golden ripple flashed across it. The ripple spread from the center of the halo to the edge and bounced back to the center, repeating endlessly.

The golden light completely covered the entire platform, and when the last ray of golden light faded, the three-eyed golden lion had returned to its normal size.

Her third eye had turned completely rose gold, a deep color that would captivate anyone who looked into it, as if a river of the future, yet to come, was flowing slowly within it, so magnificent that no words could possibly describe even a fraction of its beauty.

On the hundredth day, the second million-year soul beast in history, and the first demigod-level destiny beast that had successfully survived ten heavenly tribulations, finally rose above the world!

And the power she has completely mastered after a million years of cultivation is—destiny!

The three-eyed golden lion turned around, its rose-gold halo facing Kong Tianxu.

The Snow Empress's expression changed slightly, and she instinctively stood protectively in front of Kong Tianxu. At this moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion no longer possessed the overwhelming power that could tear space apart with every move it made; it only had an inner calmness, which made the Snow Empress even more wary.

Within her body lies a terrifying energy as powerful as a sun!

Xue Di is now a peak Limit Douluo. Not long ago, she broke through the Heavenly Tribulation of her sudden exhaustion of 800,000 years of life force with the help of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and the Gold of Life. In addition, she has the inheritance of the Ice God and is no less than Di Tian.

But facing the only fully-fledged demigod in the world with independent consciousness, even though this demigod had many limitations in power and his cultivation was achieved through excessive catalysis, she still had no confidence whatsoever.

The unpredictable force of fate swirled around her, making her heart pound with fear, as if every inch of her strength and every thought was laid bare before the other party.

The three-eyed golden lion's gaze passed over the Snow Empress's shoulder and landed on Kong Tianxu behind her. Her expression remained expressionless, but her right front paw moved forward slightly by an inch.

That one inch caused all the black and white ore on the platform to sink a little deeper.

Kong Tianxu remained indifferent.

Huo Yuhao's neck was already in his hand, and there was not a trace of emotion in his eyes.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly dissipated its condensed energy, and the halo itself transformed into countless tiny rose-colored specks of light that vanished into the air and re-integrated into her body.

The power of destiny surrounding her that had terrified the Snow Emperor vanished completely in the same instant. At this moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion released no pressure and emitted no aura, appearing to be nothing more than a strangely shaped golden-haired beast.

She gave Kong Tianxu a deep look.

"You must keep your word."

Kong Tianxu said calmly, "Of course. Let's begin. First the bone, then the ring."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion closed its eyes. Crimson-gold flames surged from its body, transforming its entire form into a burning inferno.

It wasn't fiery; instead, it carried a gentle tenderness that made you want to cry.

Past events flashed before her eyes:

The first time in the Star Dou Great Forest, the deep and majestic voice of Di Tian calling her name; the first time she saw Huo Yuhao, his eyes filled with confusion; the inexplicable strangeness when she and Wang Dong'er looked at each other at Shrek Academy; and that white-clad youth she both hated and couldn't truly hate...

Having lived for millions of years, she has become a true divine beast of destiny, having gained immense control over the power of fate.

In that instant, she foresaw the trajectory of his future fate—if she had fought back just now, Kong Tianxu would have had a one-third chance of dying on the spot, a one-third chance of surviving with serious injuries, and the remaining one-third chance was uncertain, even she couldn't see it clearly.

Without exception, Huo Yuhao died on the spot. In every possible scenario, Kong Tianxu acted without hesitation, his indifferent gaze chilling her to the bone.

The crimson flames receded inward under the shroud of the rose-gold halo of destiny.

As if appearing out of thin air, or as if permeating from the very essence of heaven and earth, the world changed color. The gray-white rock walls of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye regained their color under the illumination of this light. Although they were no longer as vibrant as before, they presented a warm hue like the morning glow.

Rose-colored flames shot into the sky, followed by auspicious seven-colored light, dyeing the entire sky into a magnificent tapestry.

Countless primordial energies from all directions converged, becoming so dense as to be almost solid, forming a sea of ​​primordial energy clouds stretching for ten miles.

Under the dense, almost tangible cloud of Yuan energy, Xiong Da and Xiong Er sat up at the same time. In the past ninety-nine days, their cultivation levels had been forcibly increased from about ten thousand years to thirty thousand years by relying on the leftovers that overflowed from the edge of the array.

Faced with this liquid elemental energy falling directly from the sky, the two dark gold dinosaur bears didn't even open their eyes. They simply opened their mouths wide and began to devour the energy madly.

Cain and Ma Xiaotao were both in a deep meditative state, unable to see the dramatic changes taking place in the outside world. Yet, their feelings were the most intense.

Their soul power cultivation soared like a rocket, and they could feel the surging tides rising and falling within their dantian every moment. Given their original cultivation levels, such speed was simply inconceivable.

Even the Snow Emperor couldn't help but sit down cross-legged and begin to calmly absorb the elemental energy that had been purified by the auspicious light.

Hyotei's scorpion shadow flickered wildly on her arm.

Kong Tianxu felt as if a golden light, like water, spread before his eyes.