Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 146 Fusion Begins

Yin Chen felt his meridians being forcibly widened, his bones groaning under the unbearable burden, and every cell trembling and tearing under the onslaught of energy, only to be forcibly repaired by the vitality contained within the snow lotus itself.

This process of destruction and rebirth brings pain far exceeding that of slow slicing.

However, this is just the beginning.

Almost at the same time that Yin Chen swallowed the snow lotus, Bing Di took one last look at Zhang Lexuan, who was sitting not far away by the ice wall, her breath weak but her eyes full of complex emotions.

Once she confirmed that this Shrek Academy prodigy was indeed no threat and could not be interfered with, the last trace of hesitation in her eyes completely disappeared, replaced by a resolute determination.

"Roar--!"

A deep, soul-chilling screech echoed through the ice cave; it was not a human voice, but the roar of an ancient, ferocious beast.

The petite, green-haired girl from Hyotei suddenly burst forth with a dazzling emerald-green light, and within that light, her form underwent a dramatic transformation.

Its body expanded rapidly in the light, and in an instant, a magnificent yet ferocious giant scorpion appeared before Yin Chen.

It is over 1.5 meters long, and its entire body is like a piece of the purest jade, crystal clear, reflecting the dark blue light of the ice wall.

A long, jade-like scorpion tail was raised high, its stinger gleaming with a chilling deep blue light, as if it contained the world's extreme cold and venom.

Its entire body is covered with diamond-like protrusions, which are not decorations, but natural armor formed by the highly condensed ice.

The four scorpion pincers, as if crafted from diamonds, gleamed with a chilling light. The front pincers were relatively small, but the rear pincers were exceptionally large and powerful.

This is the true form of the Ice Emperor, one of the true kings of the far north, a super soul beast with a terrifying cultivation of 390,000 years—the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

After revealing her true form, Hyotei did not pause.

Her huge, emerald-like compound eyes gazed deeply at Yin Chen, carrying a complex mix of emotions that were hard to describe—a resentment at having relinquished hundreds of thousands of years of pride, an expectation for the future, and a desperate trust.

The next moment, a more dazzling, core-like emerald-green rhombus-shaped crystal suddenly lit up in the center of her forehead. It was the imprint of her life's cultivation and soul—her spiritual origin.

"Strip!"

With a silent cry from her soul, the emerald crystal suddenly detached from her forehead, transforming into a fist-sized, extremely condensed emerald ball of light, inside which countless ice crystals and snowflakes seemed to swirl and dance.

The moment the sphere of light detached, Hyotei's enormous, work-of-art-like jade scorpion body seemed to instantly lose all its spirituality, becoming dull and lifeless, standing frozen in place like the most exquisite ice sculpture, but its life force was rapidly waning like a candle flickering in the wind.

The emerald green ball of light, like a fledgling returning to its nest, precisely entered Yin Chen's brow.

...

Yin Chen's spiritual space.

The emerald green orb that Hyotei transformed into pierced through the boundaries of the physical body and entered a realm she had never imagined.

Instead of the chaotic mist or spiritual ocean commonly found in the spiritual space of ordinary Soul Masters, there was an endless, profound, and seemingly unchanging starry sky.

Countless stars twinkled in the distance, and the flowing Milky Way adorned the darkness like a veil.

And in the very center of the starry sky, there floats a colossal temple whose grandeur and antiquity defy description.

The temple is constructed entirely of a strange stone that is neither gold nor jade, but shimmers with starlight and flowing light. Its style is ancient and solemn. Huge stone pillars support the majestic dome, which is carved with countless mysterious runes that are extremely complex and seem to explain the origin and end of time.

The temple floated silently in the void, as if it were the beginning of time and the end of all things.

A vast, boundless, and all-encompassing aura permeated every corner of the space. "Where...where is this?"

The emerald green sphere fluctuated violently, revealing Hyotei's extreme shock.

She has lived for hundreds of thousands of years and has witnessed the spiritual world of countless powerful beings. Even the spiritual space of a Limit Douluo could never be so magnificent and so... transcendent.

This is not like the spiritual world a human Soul Master should have at all.

Just as she was filled with doubt and uncertainty, a calm, ethereal female voice, seemingly devoid of any human emotion, rang out from her side:
"Hello."

Hyotei suddenly turned his head and saw a figure sitting quietly on the long stone staircase leading to the main hall of the temple, which seemed to be formed from starlight.

She was a girl who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. Her face was so perfect that it seemed otherworldly. Her long, silvery-white hair was like flowing moonlight, casually draped behind her, with starlight shimmering at the ends.

She wore a simple yet mysterious white and gold long dress, the hem of which flowed like melting time on the steps.

What is most striking about her are her eyes, a pair of golden eyes that seem to contain an endless galaxy, the past and the future, calm, deep, and carrying a kind of indifferent understanding of eternity.

She simply sat there quietly, yet she seemed to be the sole center of the entire starry sky, this temple of time.

The spiritual energy emanating from her was so refined, vast, and of such a high rank that Hyotei felt as insignificant as a firefly compared to the bright moon.

This is a spiritual power that no human soul master could possess; this is... the power of a god.

"Who are you?! Why are you in Yin Chen's mental space?!"

Hyotei instantly became highly alert, the emerald light sphere transforming into the human form of her green-haired girl, assuming a defensive stance, her voice filled with barely concealed fear.

"Don't worry, Hyotei."

Just then, Yin Chen's familiar voice, carrying a gentle smile, rang out in this spiritual starry sky, soothing some of Ice Emperor's unease.

“Her name is Istaru, the Goddess of Time. Hmm... Like you, she is also a partner whose fate is intertwined with mine.”

"The Goddess of Time... Istaru?"

Hyotei murmured the name repeatedly, his emerald eyes widening in disbelief.

"A god? You...you actually possess a divine inheritance?!"

The shock in her heart was beyond words.

Gods are the highest realm that even a soul beast cannot reach after cultivating for millions of years.

It is a legendary being that transcends the level of life.

Yin Chen, this human boy who is only at the fourth ring, actually has a real god residing in his spiritual space? This completely overturned her understanding of hundreds of thousands of years.

"The succession of divine positions?"

Yin Chen's voice carried a subtle, almost imperceptible undertone.

"Although you may have misunderstood something, but... if you put it that way, it's not wrong."

(End of this chapter)