Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

Chapter 82 The Story of the Ice and Fire Dragon King

"Ice and Fire Dragon Kings—aren't you dead? No—I mean—"

Gu Yuena was speechless for a moment before saying, "Didn't you all sacrifice yourselves in that great war of the gods back then?"

How could this be—”

On the ground, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, kneeling in reverence, exchanged a glance, and then together explained the whole story to Gu Yuena.

It turns out that during the great war in the divine realm, although the Ice and Fire Dragon King died on the battlefield, he did not completely perish. Instead, he managed to preserve a part of his dragon soul within his dragon body.

After the Ice and Fire Dragon King died in battle, his body ended up on Douluo Star. During the long geological evolution, it was buried deep in the earth, and the place where their bodies were buried evolved into a valley surrounded by mountains.

Because of the energy emanating from the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon King, this valley gradually transformed into a natural treasure. The passage connecting their burial site became a lake, which, influenced by the ice and fire energy emanating from the remains, evolved into a dual spring of extreme cold and heat. Nourished by this spring, the soil of this valley allows any exotic flowers and plants to grow several times, even dozens of times, faster than outside. This treasure land thus acquired a name—the Eye of Ice and Fire.

(Commentary: The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Douluo Continent is essentially the tomb of the Ice and Fire Dragon King. So, how did the Tang Sect of Bashu, who recorded the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, come to have their own Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?)

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye is located in a valley surrounded by mountains. Its geographical location is remote and secluded, and no human has discovered this place for a very long time.

One day, a poison-attribute soul master whose martial soul was a snake accidentally discovered this valley. He set up a poison array outside and used it as his own medicinal garden. However, because he had limited knowledge, he did not recognize most of the herbs growing here and dared not eat them indiscriminately. He could only use the special environment of this treasure land to suppress the backlash poison of his martial soul.

A decade or two later, this person brought a human child. The child immediately recognized that this place should be called "Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye". After mastering the Ice and Fire Alchemy, he won the bet against the poison-attribute soul master. After cultivating here for half a year, he searched out all the herbs in the place and left.

In the years that followed, the grown-up human child, along with his father who only had one leg and one arm, planted his mother in the best location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. In the years that followed, he completed his engagement to a transformed soul beast and the rebirth of his mother there.

Several years passed, and when the human child returned, he was no longer human, but a deity who had inherited the positions of the Sea God and the Asura God of the divine realm.

In order to seize the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire for himself, the god added more safeguards to the existing poison array around the valley, and for the next ten thousand years, no human ever found this place again.

Ten thousand years later, the daughter of the sea god brought a group of people to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, turning it into their private medicinal garden. They frequently came here to demand various rare herbs, even celestial herbs.

This continued for thousands of years until one day, the God descended upon this place, packed up the valley where the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire was located, and moved it to the small plane it is now in.

Afterwards, His Majesty the God mobilized the authority of the sky over Douluo Star to stabilize the slowly dissipating dragon soul of the Ice and Fire Dragon King. After thousands of years of nourishment and growth, it transformed into a soul beast under the rules of heaven and earth of Douluo Star and joined the reincarnation plan, transforming and cultivating again, which is how they came to be as they are now.

After listening, Gu Yuena exclaimed, "I see. I was wondering why the Ice and Fire Dragon King's bloodline and aura were so weak. There's nothing wrong with them."

Ice and Fire Dragon King: ———— We've all transformed and rebuilt our cultivation, so let's not laugh at each other. Even if we're weak, we're still stronger than you are now.

They were both reincarnations of dragon souls. Since only a small portion of the dragon soul was present, their cultivation level after transforming into soul beasts was only equivalent to that of a half-million-year-old soul beast. Fortunately, their potential was not affected. During their soul beast period, they possessed the pure bloodline of the Ice and Fire Dragon King. After transforming and cultivating again, the martial soul they awakened was also a pure Ice and Fire Dragon King martial soul.

Therefore, as long as one becomes a god, the minimum guarantee for the future is a level one god.

"By the way, that human who inherited the positions of the Sea God and the Asura God, that must be Tang San, right?"

After asking the question, Gu Yuena became increasingly angry.

The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire is a legacy of the Dragon Clan, yet it has somehow nurtured a bunch of human gods, one of whom is even the successor of the first Asura God! It's infuriating!

Gu Yuena did not blame the Ice and Fire Dragon King for not killing the humans who discovered this treasure land when they found it.

After all, the divine realm was watching from above at that time, and there was no need to risk being discovered and annihilated by the divine realm for such a trivial matter by killing a human.

Moreover, before the Ice and Fire Dragon King's dragon soul received nourishment from the authority of the sky, it was in a state of slow dissipation. If it were to make a move, it would accelerate the dissipation of the dragon soul.

Therefore, it's normal to choose not to harm humans in order to survive.

"Yes, it's Tang San," Meng Xinghe said. "Tang San is the only one in the entire God Realm who possesses both the Sea God and Asura God positions. Moreover, the reason why Shrek Academy and Tang Sect know that this treasure land is called the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, and why they recognize the rare flowers and herbs growing here, is because of the knowledge that Tang San brought from another universe, called the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record."

"Of course, the Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect did not know that these things came from another universe, but firmly believed that they were all researched by Tang San. At the same time, Tang San also gave an order to the immortal herbs that had developed sentience here: if any descendants bring a token here in the future, they can take away a share of the opportunity from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuena slowly turned around and looked at a certain spot in the valley with an unfriendly gaze—that was the place with the best soil in the valley, where all the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well grew.

As if sensing the intense killing intent, the group of immortal herbs and ferocious beasts immediately manifested their forms. They all knelt down in front of Gu Yuena like slaves in feudal times, begging for mercy repeatedly.

"My lord, we are truly innocent!"

"That bastard Tang San is a god, while we are just medicinal herbs. Faced with a god, do we have any other choice but to agree?"

"Your Majesty, so you know this too!"

The purple-clad man at the head of the herb-gathering looked at Meng Xinghe and said, "Since we moved here, we have worked diligently to care for the flowers and plants, providing them for your subordinates to harvest. Over these thousands of years, we have certainly put in a lot of hard work, if not great achievements! You can't just stand by and watch us perish!"

This scene reminded Meng Xinghe of the first time he came to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and the completely different faces of the various immortal herbs.

"Please don't say that. Actually, I still miss the way you were when we first met. Please come back to that rebellious side of yourself."

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