It was Lan Yu's avatar.
"Greetings, Ancestor!"
A soft, melodious female voice echoed in Lan Yi's mind—filled with reverence, devotion, and a quiet admiration.
"Lan Yi."
Lan Yu's voice was gentle, yet carried the depth of mountains and seas.
"You've already sensed the changes in the heavenly screen.I need you to stabilize your cultivation base at the hundred-thousand-year level within the next ten days."
"Yes, Ancestor!"
A ripple of excitement surged through Lan Yi's heart.
With the Ancestor's decree—and the environment of the Ice–Fire Yin-Yang Well—she felt absolute confidence.
Lan Yu nodded slightly. His gaze drifted past her, settling on the magnificent herbs surrounding the Ice–Fire Yin-Yang Well, each one glowing with celestial medicinal aura.
The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, the Blazing Delicate Apricot, the Seven Treasures Golden Tulip, the Yearning Heartbroken Red…Treasures among treasures, born directly from heaven and earth.
"Since I've slept long enough," Lan Yu murmured softly, "it's time to wake up."
As he spoke, he extended his right hand.
In his palm, a highly condensed sphere of life essence appeared—shining with dazzling blue-gold radiance, vibrant with vitality itself.
Lan Yu flicked his fingers.
In an instant, the orb split into countless strands of emerald-gold light, each one streaking into the immortal herbs resting around the well.
Buzz—!Buzz—!Buzz—!
A surge of immortal medicine energy exploded throughout the entire Ice–Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Every herb grew wildly under the sudden influx of life essence. Their forms shimmered, shifting rapidly until they condensed into faint humanoid silhouettes.
A powerful, pure aura belonging to plant-type spirit beasts erupted skyward like a roaring tide.
This was—Enlightenment.
By using his demi-god–level life essence, Lan Yu forcibly awakened their intelligence, allowing them to bypass endless years of stagnation and make a direct leap—from "immortal herbs" to true, autonomous plant-type spirit beasts.
They had been here for ten thousand years, accumulating energy endlessly.
But for all that time, they had been suppressed by the Dragon Soul of the Ice–Fire Dragon King slumbering beneath the well—its presence alone keeping them from developing wisdom, preventing their evolution from heavenly herbs into top-tier plant demons.
This too was part of Lan Yu's plan.
And unlike the herb-type spirit beasts that would appear ten thousand years later during the era of Peerless Tang Sect, these herbs were fundamentally different.
They had been born in the depths of the Ice–Fire Yin-Yang Well and had grown within it for countless years, far beyond anything normally possible.
The well itself offered an extraordinary amplification, nurturing them into unparalleled existences.
When this process was complete, Lan Yu did not stop.
He walked to the very center of the Ice–Fire Yin-Yang Well—where the red spring and blue spring intertwined.
He stretched out his hand and tapped lightly upon the water's surface.
"Ice Dragon King, Fire Dragon King…Ten thousand years have passed."
His voice was soft, but within it lay a principle—a resonance that seemed to originate from the very laws of heaven and earth.
The sound sank into the twin springs, flowing down the veins of the land, reaching deep into the earth's core.
"It is time to fulfill the agreement we made."
Rumble—!
The entire Sunset Forest trembled.Half of the Heaven Dou Empire shook violently.
The Ice–Fire Yin-Yang Well erupted, its waters boiling fiercely.Two torrents—one icy-blue, one fiery-scarlet—shot up from the deepest point of the springs.
From within these torrents emerged two colossal dragon phantoms.
One was an enormous ice-blue dragon, its scales carved like divine glacial crystal.The other was a massive deep-red dragon, its armor-like scales resembling molten rock forged in the planet's heart.
Their terrifying draconic might surged outward, shaking even the newly awakened herb spirits.Even the newly enthroned Blue Silver Emperor Lan Yi felt immense pressure crushing down on her.
These were—
The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King.
Two of the nine Dragon Kings.Subordinates of the Dragon God.
Ten thousand years ago, when Lan Yu's avatar first arrived here, he had made a pact with their lingering dragon souls:
He would nourish their shattered souls with his life essence and one day help them rebuild their bodies.
In return, they would guard the Ice–Fire Yin-Yang Well and nurture the Blue Silver lineage within it—and obey Lan Yu at the decisive moment.
Now, with the descent of the heavenly screen, that moment had arrived.
The dragons' roars intertwined, echoing between heaven and earth.
Their power distorted the space surrounding the well, creating rippling waves of warped reality.
Lan Yu simply watched calmly.
The blue-gold life essence in his palm divided into two resplendent streams of light, pouring into the shattered dragon souls.
Under the nourishment of this vast, ocean-like vitality, the two dragon phantoms began to solidify rapidly.
Ice-crystal scales, molten armor-like plates, razor-sharp horns, massive claws—their majestic forms were reconstructed with unstoppable momentum.
When the last trace of life essence was absorbed—
Two dragons, each stretching several hundred meters long, hovered majestically in the sky.Their aura had reached an astonishing level—
500,000 years.
"ROAR—!!"
The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King howled, their voices shaking the heavens, overflowing with the ecstasy of rebirth.
But as their eyes settled on Lan Yu—
The joy froze.Then twisted into profound shock and terror.
To them, this gentle, jade-like "young man" was now something else entirely.
The life force and divine soul power contained within him were like an unfathomable universe—vast, infinite, immeasurable.
"T-this… this is impossible…"
The Ice Dragon King's consciousness trembled violently.
"Ten thousand years ago, you were already extraordinary…but you were nowhere near this level."
Now, Lan Yu was standing at the threshold of divinity—ready to step across at any moment.
Lan Yu's thirty-thousand-year evolution could be divided into three stages.
First Stage — The First Ten Thousand YearsHe developed on the Sun-Moon Continent, building his Blue Silver Empire, competing with spirit beasts and human kingdoms alike.
During this period, even the Evil-Eyed Tyrant from Peerless Tang Sect had been slain by Lan Yu.
The entire continent was unified under him.
His roots took hold deeply, and he cultivated to 900,000 years—surpassing the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline entirely.
All Blue Silver Grass across the land revered him as the Blue Silver Emperor.
Second Stage — The Second Ten Thousand YearsLan Yu began cultivating his avatars.
Because his true body was rooted in the land itself, he could not transform freely like other 200,000-year-old beasts.
Thus he expanded outward, using humans and Blue Silver Grass as carriers.
Yes—Blue Silver Grass.
There was nothing stopping Blue Silver Grass from living underwater.
With Lan Yu's modification via the Life Source, he created the Sea Blue Silver Grass—capable of growing beneath the ocean.
However:
The seas were full of powerful spirit beasts.Blue Silver Grass became prey far too easily.
The ocean was also outside the scope of Lan Yu's long-term plans.Creating the Sea Blue Silver Clan was merely a stepping stone for reaching the other three continents.
Moreover, the ocean was under the constant scrutiny of the Sea God.
The risk was too great.
Thus, Lan Yu only cultivated one Sea Blue Silver Emperor in each of the four seas bordering the four continents.
It was during this time that his avatar carried Blue Silver Grass seeds across the Douluo Continent, scattering them everywhere.
Then he made his way to the Sunset Forest—where he encountered the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, whose souls then existed only as tattered remnants.