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Chapter 284 Yin-Yang Twin-Headed Dragon (Combined)

Deep within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy lies a secret chamber sealed off by several layers of level nine soul guide shields.

The air was filled with a strange interplay of dense, chilling death energy and pure, warm energy, creating a chilling balance.

Mo Hongchen stood at the edge of the secret chamber, his expression solemn, his gaze fixed on the figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the chamber—Yin Wansheng.

Before him floated a crystal ball the size of a fist, radiating a hazy glow. Within the crystal ball, the illusory image of a strange being was sealed.

It was a dragon shrunk countless times. But it had two ferocious heads. One head was as black as ink jade, with viscous, oil-like yin energy flowing between the gaps in its scales, and two ghostly green flames in its eye sockets, radiating a deathly stillness that could freeze one's soul—this was the head of the Ghost Dragon!
The other head was completely different. Its scales were a warm, reddish-gold color, as if they were cast from molten gold. Its pupils were like two shrunken suns, bursting forth with scorching and pure yang energy—this was the head of the Yang Jiao!
The spirit of the Yin-Yang Twin-Headed Flood Dragon!

A dying water-attribute dragon fell into the Yin Sha Desolate Land and transformed into a ghost dragon. Then, in the land of extreme Yang, it obtained a heaven-defying opportunity and was born with the head of a Yang dragon!

The perfect coexistence of two extreme attributes makes its rarity and potential almost comparable to that of a true dragon's bloodline!
If it weren't for Mo Hongchen's extensive connections within the Federation and the Temple of War, coupled with his exchange of the Netherworld Ghost King Butterfly Soul and several rare and precious soul tools, these treasures would likely have been permanently sealed away by the Federation, never to see the light of day, awaiting the arrival of the core talent they needed.

Yin Wansheng, his eerie green flames beneath his hood, gazed at the two-headed dragon within the crystal ball, his mental fluctuations conveying an extremely subtle... reluctance.

"Dragon-type soul spirit," the cold, stiff voice echoed in Mo Hongchen's mind, "will be restrained by Tang Wulin."

Mo Hongchen understood. Tang Wulin's True Dragon bloodline did indeed possess a natural, almost law-like, suppression over dragon-type martial souls and spirits. Even Mo Hongchen's Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul was completely suppressed, so Yin Wansheng's worries were not unfounded.

"This soul spirit is a symbiotic relationship between Yin and Yang, and is a crucial step for you to harmonize your foundation and move towards becoming the Yin-Yang Ghost Emperor. Its value far exceeds that of a top-tier soul spirit with a single attribute."

Mo Hongchen explained in a deep voice, with an unquestionable authority, "As for the dragon race's restraint... the essence of power is fundamental. Once you achieve yin-yang harmony and the Ghost Emperor's body is initially formed, the dragon race's characteristics may be transformed and surpassed. Moreover..."

He paused, then said meaningfully, "Your martial soul is a spirit-type martial soul, so how could it truly be bound by mere bloodline restraint?"

Yin Wansheng remained silent for a moment. Mo Hongchen's words had awakened him. What he sought was the sublimation of the essence of power, rather than being confined to the dragon-like form brought about by the soul.

Moreover, with Gura's original form present, if they truly feel something is amiss, it's not impossible to use "ancient memories" to deduce a bloodline reversion and change to a more original form that isn't severely restrained.

The combat power boost provided by the spirit is far less important to him than its role as a "medicinal catalyst" for harmonizing yin and yang.

"Alright." Yin Wansheng finally agreed, his cold voice devoid of any further hesitation.

Mo Hongchen said no more, and with a flick of his finger, a burst of soul power precisely shattered the sealing crystal ball.

"Roar—!" "Rao—!"

A yin and a yang, a deathly silence and a blazing dragon's roar resounded simultaneously! The ghost dragon's head spewed out viscous black mist of yin energy, while the yang dragon's head released dazzling crimson-gold flames! The two extreme forces instantly filled the entire secret chamber, colliding and annihilating each other with hissing explosions!

Yin Wansheng's wide cloak moved without wind, and dense gray-black Yin energy surged out like a burst dam.

The phantom of the Yin Ghost King behind him materialized automatically, wielding chains and shackles, emitting a silent roar as if provoked, its martial spirit instinctively resisting the approach of the pure yang energy.

"Prepare for fusion," Mo Hongchen uttered in a low voice, as if he had anticipated this. With a wave of his hand, the mountain of jade boxes piled up in the corner of the secret chamber instantly opened! Instantly, a dazzling array of colors shone forth!
There is the "Red Sun Crystal Marrow," which originates from deep within volcanic lava and contains pure fire and yang energy; there is the "Mysterious Yin Jade Paste," which grows at the bottom of an extremely cold and yin pool and has condensed into yin energy for thousands of years; there are the "Two Elements Flower" and "Yin-Yang Fish Bone Powder," which can subtly harmonize yin and yang.
There were even a few "Primordial Stones" containing a faint chaotic aura and of average quality... Most of these natural treasures were not of top quality, but they were numerous and varied.

All of these were spiritual objects related to Yin and Yang that Mo Hongchen was able to gather in a short period of time using the power of the academy!
Yin Wansheng did not hesitate. He opened his Ghost King Domain to its fullest extent, suppressing the berserk instincts of the two-headed dragon's soul. At the same time, he opened his mouth and swallowed the dragon whole! Countless spiritual objects turned into streams of light and were forcibly absorbed into his body!

boom--!
Unimaginable pain instantly swept over every inch of Yin Wansheng's soul and body!

On the left was the purest Netherworld Qi carried by the Ghost Dragon's head. It surged wildly into Yin Wansheng's body, attempting to assimilate everything and strengthen his Yin Ghost King origin. This should have been nourishing, but the amount was too large and too fierce, like cold steel needles piercing his meridians.

On the right is the supreme yang power emanating from the head of the Yang Jiao, which is like the true fire of the sun.

The moment this power entered his body, it was like the most potent poison to Yin Wansheng. His body, which had been tempered by Yin energy to the point of resembling a zombie, felt as if every inch of his flesh and every wisp of Yin energy and soul power had encountered its natural enemy, emitting a sizzling burning sound.

It was as if it wanted to completely ignite and purify him from the inside out. It was a rejection and pain originating from the very source of life, worse than being torn apart a thousand times!

Even more terrifying is that these two diametrically opposed forces are clashing, colliding, and annihilating each other within his body.

His meridians were like a riverbed repeatedly eroded and torn apart by two torrents, on the verge of collapse! His bones groaned under the unbearable weight, and beneath his bluish-gray skin, cold black lumps would sometimes swell up, and at other times they would radiate a scorching red light, as if he were about to explode and die at any moment!

"Ugh... Ah—!"

Even with Yin Wansheng's will as firm as a rock, he couldn't help but let out a suppressed, painful roar, like metal twisting. His body trembled violently, and the cloak covering his body had already turned to ashes under the energy impact, revealing the body underneath, covered with strange bluish-gray patterns, which was now twisting and deforming between ice and fire.

His hood slipped down, revealing a pale, handsome face contorted with extreme pain, his eerie green pupils sometimes unfocused, sometimes bursting with a terrifying, malevolent light!
Inside the sealed chamber, the energy raged like a raging sea, with yin and yang energies like two ancient, ferocious dragons tearing and colliding wildly through Yin Wansheng's meridians and flesh.

Yin Wansheng's zombie-like body seemed to have become the most tragic battlefield. His bluish-gray skin twisted and deformed between extreme cold and burning, and his bones groaned under the unbearable pressure. Every energy annihilation brought excruciating pain as if his soul was being torn apart. Even his cold and tenacious will was on the verge of collapse.

Mo Hongchen's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he almost mechanically and precisely injected the mountain of Yin-Yang spiritual objects into Yin Wansheng's body.

Crimson Sun Crystal Marrow, Profound Yin Jade Ointment, Yin-Yang Flower... These spiritual objects, which would be enough to cause Soul Emperors and Soul Saints to fight over in the outside world, are now being frantically thrown into the furnace of Yin and Yang clashes, just to maintain that fragile balance that could break at any moment.

Watching the spiritual artifact rapidly deplete at a visible rate, even with Mo Hongchen's considerable wealth, his heart couldn't help but clench with a sharp, agonizing pain. This amount of consumption was enough to cultivate several Soul Douluos!

Just as Yin Wansheng felt his consciousness was about to be completely overwhelmed by boundless pain, and the raging energy within his body was about to explode out of control—

In the distance, Gula sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, surrounded by a hazy, chaotic aura, as if he were at the source of the river of time.

Through his connection with his avatar, his consciousness traversed endless space, precisely anchoring itself on Yin Wansheng's soul core, which was nearing its limit.

"Ancient Memories... Tracing Back to the Source!"

Gula uttered a low shout in his heart, and deep within his sea of ​​consciousness, the strange rune bearing the imprint of endless time suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance.

A vast and boundless torrent of information, seemingly encompassing all things in the universe, instantly surged into the core of his deduction!

Countless possible branches of the Yin Ghost King's martial soul bloodline, subtle paths to the fusion of Yin and Yang energies, and how to guide the raging two-headed dragon's soul essence... were frantically deduced, collided, and filtered in his extraordinary mind!
Countless failed paths were instantly eliminated, and countless tiny energy nodes were redefined.

Like a master surgeon and energy architect, Gula forcefully carved out and stabilized an optimal fusion route within the chaotic and violent energy storm inside Yin Wansheng's body!
This approach is not about forcibly suppressing, but rather about deeply exploring the potential for "accommodation" and "transformation" hidden deep within the Yin Ghost King's bloodline, which is buried by extreme Yin energy!

"Now! Draw Yang into Yin, and Yin will give rise to change!" Gula's will was like a divine oracle that opened the heavens and the earth, directly imprinted on the depths of Yin Wansheng's soul.

Yin Wansheng, on the verge of collapse, suddenly shuddered. A cold, vast will, filled with supreme wisdom, instantly took over his chaotic senses.

Almost instinctively, following the guidance of that will, he abandoned the futile attempt to forcibly suppress the yang energy. Instead, he guided the purest and most violent wisp of yang dragon's original power within his body, piercing it fiercely into the core imprint of his Yin Ghost King Martial Soul like a sharp cone!
"laugh--!"

As if a scorching hot iron had been branded into the ice, Yin Wansheng let out a bloodcurdling scream that sounded inhuman. His entire soul seemed to be set ablaze! But just on the verge of extreme pain and destruction, a miracle occurred.

The core mark of the Yin Ghost King that had been pierced did not shatter.

With the millisecond-precise deduction of Gula's "ancient memories" and the excavation of his bloodline potential, and with the massive amount of Yin and Yang spiritual objects outside nourishing and buffering him at all costs, the "Yin Extreme Wall," which had been tempered by the extreme Yin energy billions of times and was already incredibly solid, was actually carved open by this extreme Yang power, leaving a barely perceptible crack!

Om-!
An unprecedented and strange fluctuation erupted from Yin Wansheng! It was no longer a simple, cold, and deathly stillness, nor was it a chaotic conflict between Yin and Yang! It was a kind of... inclusiveness! A nascent form of a cycle!

The dark, ferocious, and deathly ghost king phantom behind him suddenly underwent a dramatic change.

The edges of the tattered black robe of the phantom were stained with an extremely dark, yet real, warm, crimson-gold pattern.

On the Ghost King's blurry face, deep within an empty eye socket, a faint yet incredibly tenacious golden light shone, like the first star ignited in the darkness, stubbornly shining brightly!
Although extremely weak, and far from being able to contend with the overwhelming Yin energy, this bit of "Yang" attribute was born in a real and true way, just like the first ray of light at the beginning of chaos!
"Yin Yang... Ghost King!" Mo Hongchen exclaimed in shock, his heart pounding wildly, his eyes bursting with unbelievable ecstasy! He saw it! He really saw that first step from death to life, a step that only existed in theory!
The Yin Ghost King Martial Soul, after fusing with the Yin-Yang Twin-Headed Flood Dragon Soul and a massive amount of spiritual objects, and under the unseen, miraculous guidance of Gula, forcibly broke through the shackles of pure Yin, giving birth to a trace of pure Yang origin! It transformed from "Yin Ghost King" into "Yin-Yang Ghost King"!
Although it's only in its nascent stage, and although its yang attribute is pitifully weak, it means the direction is right! The path is open!

All the resources and effort that Mo Hongchen had invested before turned into unparalleled excitement at this moment!
That initial pang of heartache had long since vanished, replaced by an immense, indescribable sense of satisfaction—he had made the right bet! He had witnessed the birth of a legendary martial spirit that existed only in theory!

At the same time, the raging two-headed dragon spirit, drawn by the newly born martial soul origin possessing a rudimentary form of Yin-Yang transformation, completely dissipated its last resentment and resistance. The immense spirit energy, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, obediently and thoroughly merged into Yin Wansheng's martial soul and spirit ring.

boom--!
The fifth spirit ring has completely solidified! On the deep black spirit ring, there is a faint, almost imperceptible layer of dark golden light flowing through it!
The pain in Yin Wansheng's body receded like a tide, replaced by an unprecedented, transformative sense of comfort and power!
He slowly opened his eyes. The eerie green flame in his left eye remained, but a deep golden light had appeared in the depths of his right eye. With a thought, a chaotic sphere of light appeared in his palm, and the yin and yang energies circulated. He effortlessly wielded his fifth soul skill, "Yin-Yang Reversal," controlling it with more than ten times the smoothness of before!
More importantly, a clear premonition, originating from the depths of his blood, was etched into his soul like a brand:
The Yin-Yang Ghost King has been formed, but this is only the beginning. Although the newly generated Yin and Yang energies within his body coexist, they are clearly distinct, like two parallel lines, unable to truly merge and circulate, endlessly regenerating.

Only when breaking through to a higher realm, with supreme will and opportunity, can one forcibly compress, condense, and fuse these two completely opposite yet co-originating primordial forces of Yin and Yang... forming the legendary Yin-Yang Soul Core, which contains the power of creation and destruction!
At that time, Yin and Yang will rotate, life will continue endlessly, the Ghost King will transform into an Emperor, reigning supreme over the netherworld! That will be true transcendence! That will be the ultimate form that Yin Wansheng has been pursuing!
As Mo Hongchen looked at Yin Wansheng, whose aura had become completely stable, whose body was surrounded by strange fluctuations of life and death, and whose eyes were as deep as an abyss, and felt the weak but real pure yang aura within the other party's body, the wild joy on Mo Hongchen's face gradually settled into a deep, indescribable awe and expectation.

He let out a long sigh of relief, looking at the mountain of spiritual remnants piled on the ground. Instead of feeling any pain, he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction and pride.

"It was worth it!" Mo Hongchen's voice was hoarse with excitement. "I've become the Yin-Yang Ghost King... and I'm only one step away from reaching the legendary Ghost Emperor realm of the Holy Spirit Sect!"

He knew that what he held in his hands was no longer just a promising genius, but a future legend that was being nurtured and could potentially overturn the continent's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure)!
(End of this chapter)