The distance from Shrek Academy to the Sunset Forest could be described as extremely far. Along the way, they flew over dozens of large and small cities.
During the journey, the three alternated between flying and resting, always maintaining themselves in the most stable condition.
As nightfall approached, a massive city, its lights stretching beyond the limits of sight, finally entered their view. Its magnificent glow reflected across the horizon, dyeing the dim sky with brilliance, and faintly, flocks of birds returning to their nests could be seen.
"That's Tiandou City. We'll fly around it to avoid drawing the attention of their air-defense soul engineers," Huo Yuhao said calmly via soul power transmission after sweeping his gaze over the distance.
At his current level of spiritual power, soul power transmission was already an easily achievable skill.
Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya nodded in agreement. Soon after, the three adjusted their flight direction and headed east of Tiandou City.
After flying at a reduced speed for half an hour, the sky had completely darkened. In the end, the three chose to stop at a suitable campsite and rest for the night, planning to officially enter the Sunset Forest the following day.
Bundles of firewood burned within the campfire. Occasionally, the wood cracked with a pop-pop sound as flames spread outward, casting flickering light that created a hazy, dreamlike atmosphere.
"Speaking of which, I remember the Sunset Forest declined a long time ago, didn't it?" Ma Xiaotao leaned against Huo Yuhao and casually started a conversation, clearly not caring that Tang Ya was also present.
Tang Ya watched their intimate posture, a smile crossing her lips. She nodded and explained, "Ten thousand years ago, there were plenty of thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul beasts in the Sunset Forest. But after ten thousand years, the powerful ones were long since hunted to extinction. According to some calculations, in another thousand years, the Sunset Forest may completely degenerate into an ordinary forest."
Ma Xiaotao sighed with emotion. "The Sunset Forest was once known as one of the three great soul beast gathering grounds, and now it's nearly extinct… No wonder the teachers want to research artificial soul rings to replace soul beasts. Unfortunately, after so many years, there's still almost no progress."
She paused, then asked, "Do you think that if soul beasts go extinct, the profession of soul masters would still exist?"
"If nothing replaces soul rings, then soul masters would definitely disappear," Huo Yuhao analyzed according to his understanding of the original story.
"I agree with Yuhao," Tang Ya nodded. "But these aren't problems our generation can solve. After all, there are still plenty of soul beasts right now. Many people won't pay attention to the hidden issues—at most, they'll say we should try to reduce slaughter."
The three continued chatting until the fire weakened. Only then did they stop and return to their tents to rest. Naturally, Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao each slept in separate tents and did not share one.
Early the next morning, the three set off again.
Using their soul tool flight devices, they slowly advanced at an altitude of about five hundred meters. After half an hour, an incomparably vast forest finally appeared before their eyes.
The main vegetation of the Sunset Forest was very different from the Star Dou Forest. It was dominated by coniferous forests, supplemented by a small number of subtropical plants. Due to its geographical location, the Sunset Forest was closer to the colder northern regions.
Although vast in area, perhaps due to the erosion of ten thousand years of time, the Sunset Forest no longer resembled the birdsong-and-flower-filled paradise recorded in ancient texts. Some places even looked barren and desolate, completely bare.
Having mastered the Gold of Living Beings, Huo Yuhao could clearly sense the severe decay of this forest's vitality—it was like rotten wood.
Logically speaking, even if it had degraded from a soul beast forest into an ordinary forest, its vitality shouldn't have declined to such an extent.
"Yuhao, where exactly is that place?" Ma Xiaotao turned her head and asked via soul power transmission.
"It's at the core of the Sunset Forest. It's wrapped in an enormous mass of miasma, and the Ice and Fire Yin–Yang Eyes are located within it," Huo Yuhao explained.
Upon hearing the word miasma, Tang Ya's pupils instantly contracted. She wanted to say something, but due to the altitude and wind pressure, she couldn't speak aloud.
"Let's descend first. When it's noon and the sunlight is strongest, it'll have a good dispersing effect on the miasma," Huo Yuhao said, noticing Tang Ya's reaction and deciding to land first.
Ma Xiaotao didn't object and activated her soul power, bringing Tang Ya down with her.
The moment their feet touched the grass, a silent forest greeted them. At the instant they landed, several squeak-squeak sounds rang out. Turning their heads, they saw several small, weak rabbit-type soul beasts fleeing in panic.
"Just ten-year soul beasts, but their aura is far weaker than same-age soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest," Ma Xiaotao sensed carefully and concluded. "This place really has declined."
"By the way, Sister Xiaoya, did you want to say something earlier?" Huo Yuhao turned to look at Tang Ya.
Tang Ya thought to herself that she could finally speak. She quickly said, "Yuhao, didn't you say the Ice and Fire Yin–Yang Eyes are inside a miasma zone? I know the way to that place."
Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow. If Tang Ya knew the route, it would save him the trouble of searching—even though he knew the exact location, he had never been to the Sunset Forest before.
"You know?" Ma Xiaotao asked in surprise.
Tang Ya explained, "Sister Xiaotao, I was born in Tiandou City. I've been to the Sunset Forest many times. When my parents took me to obtain my first soul ring, I encountered that miasma region from afar."
"How dangerous is it?" Ma Xiaotao asked, grasping the key point.
Tang Ya showed fear on her face. "Extremely dangerous."
Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao's expression became solemn.
Tang Ya continued, "The miasma in the Sunset Forest is very strange—far more destructive than normal miasma. In the past, a Titled Douluo tried to investigate it. If not for his powerful cultivation, he might not have made it out alive. After that, the area was designated a forbidden zone of the Sunset Forest."
"For thousands of years after, no one dared enter it again. There are even rumors that the main reason for the Sunset Forest's decline is those miasma zones, because according to that Titled Douluo's records, he saw countless soul beast remains."
Ma Xiaotao frowned. "Yuhao, what should we do?"
Tang Ya also looked worried.
Huo Yuhao replied calmly, "Did you forget my ultimate ice attribute martial soul? It's the nemesis of miasma—and even of all poisons. As for why the miasma is so strange, it's because of the Bi Lin Seven Absolutes Flowers I mentioned earlier."
"What?" Tang Ya was stunned. "Caused by Bi Lin Seven Absolutes Flowers? But… to make the miasma that fierce, how many of those flowers are there inside?"
"At least tens of thousands," Huo Yuhao thought for a moment before answering.
"Tens of thousands?" Tang Ya was dumbfounded. Rare Bi Lin Seven Absolutes Flowers outside were as common as cabbages here?
At that moment, Tang Ya finally understood why even a Titled Douluo nearly died inside. Tens of thousands—good heavens.
Let alone an ordinary Titled Douluo; without special countermeasures, even a Super Douluo would be doomed.
But… who on earth gathered so many Bi Lin Seven Absolutes Flowers? Wasn't that deliberately trying to destroy an entire soul beast forest?
For some reason, a name she didn't want to believe faintly surfaced in Tang Ya's heart.
"You're confident you can counter it?" Ma Xiaotao asked seriously.
"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded.
"Remember to prioritize safety," Ma Xiaotao said solemnly, patting Huo Yuhao on the shoulder. Then she turned to Tang Ya. "Xiaoya, you'll lead the way. Let's move out now so we can enter right at noon."
"Alright," Tang Ya agreed.
Immediately, the three rushed into the Sunset Forest, heading deeper inside.
At their relatively fast pace, it took three hours to finally penetrate deep into the forest. With Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection assisting them, everything went smoothly, and they encountered no trouble along the way.
What made Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya sigh repeatedly was the weakness of the soul beasts here.
Three hours—in the Star Dou Forest, charging inward from the outskirts, they would have encountered countless ten-thousand-year soul beasts already. But in the Sunset Forest, seeing an occasional thousand-year soul beast was considered good luck.
As time passed, the sun climbed higher in the sky, brilliant light pouring down upon the earth. The forest, once somewhat chilly, gradually warmed.
The mist lingering among the trees began to dissipate, dew hanging upon the branches.
"Stop." Suddenly, Huo Yuhao called out.
"What's wrong?" Ma Xiaotao asked in confusion.
Huo Yuhao raised his head toward the tall, upright trees. A brighter light flared in his eyes. In the next moment, within Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao's perception, large amounts of fine dust suddenly appeared in the air. It wasn't dense, but it was stable—remaining even when wind passed through, and sunlight only thinned it slightly rather than dispersing it like morning fog.
"It's miasma," Tang Ya said sharply.
"Looks like we're already very close to the miasma zone," Huo Yuhao said, glancing at the still-thin haze around them. "We'll keep moving forward. Remember, don't stray too far from me."
As he spoke, strands of cold air were released from his body. Bone-chilling cold spread outward, covering a five-meter radius around him.
The drifting miasma was immediately driven away, unable to come close.
Seeing this, Ma Xiaotao chuckled. "Ultimate ice really is something."
"Should we fly into the air first? There's only about twenty minutes left until noon," Tang Ya suggested.
Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao both agreed, and the three took to the skies once more.
Upon ascending, a shocking scene appeared before them. Deep within the forest, between intertwined tree canopies, dense fog spread endlessly, making the trees appear and disappear within it.
This fog wasn't simply white—it was mixed with many colors, even shimmering with halos of light.
At the center of the miasma mass, it had piled up into a mushroom-shaped poison cloud, towering hundreds of meters above the ground.
While Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao were still marveling at the layers of thick miasma, Huo Yuhao's gaze locked onto the mushroom-cloud-like bulge.
That was where the miasma was densest—and it also meant one thing: the Ice and Fire Yin–Yang Eyes were there, because only where Bi Lin Seven Absolutes Flowers gathered would the poison mist be so thick.
"Ice Empress, are you there?" Huo Yuhao murmured inwardly.
"Speak," the Ice Empress replied curtly.
"I'll activate the Eternal Frozen Domain to break open the poison cloud, but my current soul power isn't enough to completely crush it. I hope you can help me," Huo Yuhao said gravely.
"Go without worry. I've got everything covered," the Ice Empress replied steadily.
"Thank you." A smile appeared at the corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth.
"The Ice and Fire Yin–Yang Eyes are beneath that mushroom poison cloud," Huo Yuhao said aloud.
Hearing this, both women turned their gazes toward it, amazement filling their hearts as they looked at the cloud piercing the sky.
"When noon arrives, I'll activate my soul skill. Stay close to me. Remember, this journey won't be absolutely safe," Huo Yuhao said solemnly.
Clearly, Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya were already prepared.
Time ticked by. When the sun in the heavens radiated its most intense light, the poison cloud visibly shrank in height and faded somewhat.
"Move!" Huo Yuhao called out.
The next instant, the three pressed close together and charged straight toward the poison cloud. With Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection, there was no worry of getting lost.
"Whoosh!"
Just as they neared the cloud and both women clearly sensed its lethal aura, the temperature around them suddenly plummeted. Their bodies involuntarily shivered, but Huo Yuhao had already protected them, so they weren't afraid of the cold's impact.
Howling icy winds swept through like the arrival of winter. The water elements in the air froze solid, falling like hail to the ground.
Layers of ice crystals formed in the sky like a frozen spiderweb, accompanying Huo Yuhao's movement.
On Huo Yuhao's back, a deep emerald glow shone, and the phantom image of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion flashed past.
"Go!"
Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed with emerald light. With a wave of his hand, terrifying cold winds spanning dozens of meters in diameter transformed into a massive tornado that surged downward. In an instant, all the multicolored poison clouds in its path were torn apart and expelled.
Where the icy tornado passed, everything became a world of snow and ice.
It was as if Huo Yuhao had ripped a massive hole straight through the poison cloud.
Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao were completely stunned.
Was this really power unleashed by a Soul Elder?
The Ice Empress noted that if Huo Yuhao's body could endure more, she could directly freeze everything in the surrounding area.
"Shua." After finishing all this, Huo Yuhao immediately retracted his flight soul tool, summoned white dragon wings on his back, and grabbed Ma Xiaotao's and Tang Ya's hands. "Put away your soul tools. I'll take you straight in."
Seeing Huo Yuhao's slightly pale face and heavy consumption, neither woman hesitated. Soul light flashed around them, and they hovered in the air solely by holding onto him.
"Whoosh." Huo Yuhao spread his wings and plunged straight into the torn opening.
In a few hundred meters, they quickly descended to about twenty meters above the ground. The icy tornado had already vanished, leaving only the extreme cold aura carried by Huo Yuhao's martial soul surrounding him.
"That's Bi Lin Seven Absolutes Flowers!" Tang Ya suddenly gasped.
From her perspective, she could see vast expanses of deep green plants, clustered together like moss.
What was eerie was that faint light continuously flickered at the tops of these plants, as if they were exhaling something that then merged with the multicolored miasma.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the plant mass stretching over a kilometer and said in a deep voice, "Let's enter the valley first."
Without hesitation, he led the two through the Bi Lin Seven Absolutes Flowers and Bi Lin Nine Absolutes Flowers. Terrifying cold radiated from his body.
The flowers that were still releasing poison instantly withered, frost forming on their surfaces. The poisonous mist and multicolored miasma were completely cleared away.
With spiritual detection, the entrance to a concealed valley appeared clearly in their perception.
The valley's edges were steep, like they had been cut with a blade. What made Huo Yuhao frown was that the area seemed to suppress spiritual detection. The effect of his spiritual sharing soul skill plummeted sharply, weakening the deeper they went.
Huo Yuhao said gravely, "Sis, the valley severely interferes with my spiritual detection. I'll retract it. Watch out for vines on both sides—they may attack us from the shadows. Clear them if necessary."
"Got it," Ma Xiaotao nodded.
"Whoosh."
The moment his words fell, Huo Yuhao dove straight into the valley, retaining only the cold aura from his activated martial soul to protect a five-meter radius.
The multicolored miasma at the valley entrance tried to attack the intruders, but upon encountering the cold aura, it immediately recoiled and fled frantically.
They slowly descended from the valley's height. Aside from the faint whistling of cold air, there was complete silence. The valley seemed endlessly deep.
Tang Ya cautiously took out a pile of hidden weapons. Judging by their dark-golden sheen, they were clearly no ordinary weapons.
"Whoosh." Suddenly, amid the howling wind, a trace of abnormal noise appeared.
Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao's brows jumped—they instantly sensed danger.
"I'll handle it," Ma Xiaotao said firmly. Flames erupted from the right arm not held by Huo Yuhao, blazing crimson and flowing like liquid, vividly contrasting against the cold.
The flames crackled like splitting wood.
The instant the fire appeared, shadows lashed out from both sides of the valley. Ma Xiaotao's gaze sharpened, and with a thought, explosive flames swept outward.
Countless shadows were instantly engulfed. Over the next three hundred meters, Ma Xiaotao repelled at least five or six waves of attacks.
"The poison cloud is thinning!" Tang Ya suddenly exclaimed after descending three hundred meters.
As they looked ahead, once the cold dispersed the remaining miasma, an incredibly clear world unfolded before them.
Huo Yuhao remained calm, but Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao were completely stunned.
They had expected something dangerous and barren at the valley's bottom—but what did they sense instead?
Exceptionally fresh air, mixed with astonishing life energy. Every breath eased the circulation of soul power in their bodies. It was no worse than cultivating in the Inner Court—perhaps even better. And this was still nearly a hundred meters above the valley floor. Going lower, the life energy would only be more astonishing.
The distant cliff walls were covered in countless deep-blue vines, decorating the entire surface like gemstones forged of seven-colored light.
Clearly, those shadows that attacked them earlier were these vines. Ignoring their hostility, they were undeniably beautiful.
The multicolored miasma was clearly blocked outside. The only thing descending into the valley was a rainbow-like gentle glow that followed the movement of clouds and spread across the valley.
But what truly held their gaze was the valley floor itself.
Within the not-very-large valley, from left to right stretched endless varieties of plants—some similar, some different. The only thing they shared was the rich treasure-like radiance each plant emitted.
Perhaps due to overwhelming life energy, these plants were either laden with fruit or blooming brilliantly, lush and vibrant.
At the center of this vast plant cluster lay a lake of astonishing appearance.
The lake was sharply divided. The left side was fiery red, faint heat radiating outward. Perhaps due to the high temperature, even the light above it seemed distorted, resembling a cup of aged red wine—intoxicating.
The right side was icy white. Cold mist coiled upward, visible snowflake-like ice crystals drifting about like the season's first snowfall.
The rich life aura filling the valley came from the evaporation of these two pools.
"This… this is the legendary Ice and Fire Yin–Yang Eyes?" Tang Ya's voice trembled.
"That's right," Huo Yuhao nodded, excitement glinting in his eyes.
"Careful. These plants don't seem very friendly toward us," Ma Xiaotao said sharply. She noticed the treasure light on many plants intensifying as their bodies began to sway, seemingly uniting to repel intruders.
"Relax. Leave the rest to me," Huo Yuhao said. Emerald light flashed in his eyes as he controlled the white dragon wings to descend slowly, finally landing steadily on the ground.
Author's note:Some readers asked a special question—when the male and female leads kiss or engage in intimate actions, do Tianmeng Iceworm, the Ice Empress, and Electrolux see it?
My answer is: they don't. Huo Yuhao is the master of the Sea of Spirit. Normally, he shuts off shared vision. The Ice Empress and the others can only sense dangers around Huo Yuhao's body and give warnings.
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