Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 148 Fusion Successful
Although Yin Chen was enduring extreme pain, like being slowly sliced ​​to pieces and having his bones shattered, so painful that his soul was screaming and he could barely breathe, his spiritual core was like a piece of refined steel that had been hammered countless times, becoming more and more condensed and firm.

Although his eyes were somewhat unfocused due to the intense pain, the golden light deep within them never went out.

However, only Yin Chen himself knew that besides his unwavering will, there was another crucial, unknown reason why he was able to persevere so tenaciously—

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Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters, Secret Room

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, deep within the Demon Forest, in a secret chamber in the core area of ​​the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xia Die, who was also sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened her eyes.

Her beautiful purple eyes were now filled with pain, her smooth forehead was instantly covered with a fine layer of cold sweat, and her delicate body trembled slightly uncontrollably.

"Uh……!"

She let out a suppressed groan, clutching her chest with one hand and bracing herself firmly on the ground with the other, her fingernails turning slightly white from the force.

Just a moment ago, an indescribable, terrifying pain, as if it were about to crush and reshape all the bones in her body, crossed the distance of space and surged into her senses like a tidal wave, resonating strongly with her own soul.

This pain is not transmitted on a physical level, but stems from their essential connection as one soul in two bodies.

When Yin Chen's soul suffered extreme pain due to the reshaping of his torso bones, Xia Die, as the other half of the same soul, inevitably and clearly felt this pain as well.

"One soul, two bodies, so this is an advantage?"

Xia Die gritted her teeth and said.

The main body endures the pain, while Xia Chao can share it, dividing the pain in two and greatly reducing the pain of merging with Hyotei.

Because of Xia Die's presence, it was impossible for Yin Chen to fall into a coma.

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Arctic Ice Cave
Just as Xia Die began to share the pain, Yin Chen suddenly felt that the wave of pain from the depths of his soul, which was almost completely engulfing his consciousness, seemed to have... weakened slightly.

Although the physical pain of having one's torso crushed and reshaped still exists, the extreme torment of having one's soul torn apart, frozen, and obliterated is partially relieved by Xia Die.

This gave his fragile mental state a precious respite, allowing him to focus more intently on guiding the surging energy within his body and accelerating the fusion process.

Time slowly passed amidst extreme pain.

Inside the ice cave, a bright green light completely enveloped the silver dust, forming a giant cocoon of light.

On the surface of the cocoon of light, countless tiny ice crystal runes moved and flickered like living things, emitting increasingly powerful energy fluctuations and an extremely chilling aura that made one's heart tremble.

Under the influence of this chill, the surrounding ice walls became even more crystal clear, and even spontaneously condensed more and sharper icicles.

Zhang Lexuan, leaning against the ice wall, was already utterly shocked by the scene before her.

She watched Yin Chen struggle in pain, watched him being enveloped in a turquoise cocoon, felt the aura emanating from the cocoon growing ever closer to the Soul King level, and even continuing to rise, as well as the extreme ice attribute that made even a Soul Douluo like herself tremble.

She knew she was witnessing the birth of a miracle, the rise of a future powerhouse.

Shrek Academy, no, the entire continent's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure of a continent), may undergo earth-shattering changes because of everything that happened in the ice cave today.

She was the only bystander. How much time passed, perhaps a moment, perhaps eternity, remains unknown.

The enormous emerald green cocoon of light suddenly contracted inward, and all the light and energy were drawn back into Yin Chen's body like a whale sucking in water.

The ice crystals on his body shattered and fell off, revealing skin underneath that appeared to have been reshaped and was now more radiant and lustrous.

The bulging veins subsided, and the pained and distorted expression returned to calm, even carrying a dignified and solemn air.

On his back, a complex and magnificent emerald green scorpion-shaped pattern flashed by, exuding a chilling majesty.

Yin Chen slowly, very slowly, opened his eyes.

What a pair of eyes those are.

Her left eye remained its original brilliant gold, as if it contained fragments of the sun, warm and profound.

His right eye, however, had a pupil that had turned a deep, emerald green, like ancient ice, cold and sharp, as if it could freeze a person's soul.

Gold and green, time and frost—two completely different powers and temperaments—are now perfectly fused together in the same person.

The second martial soul, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, has been successfully fused.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's torso and bones have been successfully fused.

With a slight thought, an unprecedented and immense power surged from the depths of his dantian, flowing through his limbs and bones.

Behind him, a magnificent and lifelike illusory image of an ice-jade emperor scorpion suddenly appeared. Its entire body was like a piece of jade, with its tail held high, exuding an extreme chill and primordial ferocity that made one's soul tremble.

At the same time, a dazzling crimson light spread out from beneath Yin Chen's feet, revealing a 100,000-year soul ring.

However, unlike ordinary 100,000-year spirit rings, this blood-red spirit ring has four dazzling golden lines clearly imprinted on it.

Those four golden lines were a manifestation of the Ice Emperor's cultivation level.

She originally had 390,000 years of cultivation, so normally her soul ring should only have three golden patterns.

But at the final moment of the fusion, Ishtar, who was sitting in the Temple of Time, quietly raised her eyes. A wisp of extremely pure time power crossed the boundary between reality and illusion and merged into the spiritual imprint that the Ice Emperor was about to form. This helped her cultivation, which had been stuck at a bottleneck for countless years, break through the shackles of 400,000 years at the moment of sacrifice and sublimation.

Therefore, Yin Chen's second spirit's first spirit ring is a genuine, 400,000-year-old ferocious beast spirit ring.

Its energy and the soul skills it brings are far more powerful than ordinary 100,000-year soul rings.

Under the massive energy feedback, Yin Chen's own soul power level also began to soar wildly.

The bottleneck of level 42 melted away like ice and snow, and his soul power surged forward unstoppably, eventually stabilizing at level 45.

This improvement was due to Hyotei actively sealing most of its own essence, with only a small portion of energy leaking out.

The beast's energy was incredibly violent. If Ice Emperor hadn't willingly sealed himself away, and if Ishtar hadn't reinforced the seal with the power of time, Silver Dust Soul Sect's cultivation level would have meant certain death by exploding.

Being able to increase one's soul power by three levels is already an unexpected bonus.

After all, the original Huo Yuhao didn't improve much after merging with the Ice Emperor, and Huo Yuhao's cultivation level was level 20 at the time, while his was level 42.

(End of this chapter)