The fused blood of the Ice and Fire Dragon King was gradually absorbed by Yu Yan, and its effects manifested within his body.
Blue and red intertwined energy ripples spread throughout Yu Yan's body, stirring the medicinal power of the two Immortal Herbs—the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the blazing apricot cactus—still hiding inside him and not yet fully digested, triggering another evolution.
While sensing the energy inside him, Yu Yan seemed to feel a sentiment called disdain from the red-blue blood; it disdained those two world-defying Immortal Herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the blazing apricot cactus.
The red-blue blood did not directly raise his spirit power cultivation; Yu Yan could feel it strengthening his very self. He felt as though he were soaking in a spring of perfect temperature, his body radiating a feeling called delight.
All eight extraordinary Meridians opened without a sound; spirit power could rush to every part of his body in the blink of an eye, and the Meridians themselves quietly widened several times over.
A tingling sensation spread through his bones; after absorbing the Ice and Fire Dragon King's blood, they were visibly growing stronger.
In his eyes, the golden glow born from taking the gazing through autumn water dew began to shine brighter; the latent medicinal power not yet absorbed merged into his eyes, slowly strengthening his mental force.
Every inch of his body was cheering—this was an evolution of life itself.
A Spirit is inherited through Bloodline; as Yu Yan himself evolved, the Ice and Fire Twin Fish—already on the path toward Jiao transformation—also began to change.
The Ice and Fire Twin Fish swelled and distorted; their bodies stretched to 9.9 metres, fish bodies becoming long, sleek Jiao forms, smooth fish heads turning into fierce Jiao heads, round pupils becoming chilling vertical slits... and as they transformed, a faint Dragon pressure spread from Yu Yan's position, interrupting Xiao Wu's Cultivation.
Opening her eyes, Xiao Wu saw Yu Yan seated cross-legged at the centre of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, circled by one blue and one red Flood Dragon.
The Ice Jiao bore dark-sea-blue scales, moon-silver scales on its belly, and white misty mane where head met body.
The Fire Flood Dragon had molten-red scales, vermilion-gold patches along its body, and a fiery red mane at neck.
Framed by the two ferocious Flood Dragons, the usually mild-looking Yu Yan now radiated raw aggression.
?
A giant question mark popped into Xiao Wu's mind; she could not grasp how, after only a short spell of Cultivation, Yu Yan had changed so drastically.
Was this even reasonable?
However bewildered, she could see Yu Yan was at a critical juncture; she must not interrupt. Any questions could wait until the transformation ended.
Roughly two or three hours later, having finally absorbed the Ice and Fire Dragon King's blood and sensing the benefits it brought, Yu Yan slowly opened his eyes.
'I never imagined that a single drop of fused Ice and Fire Dragon King blood, most of its might worn away by time, could bring me such gains—yet both Ice and Fire Dragon Kings were supreme God Kings; a change this great is only to be expected.'
Above Titled Douluo comes God Officer, then third-rank Divinity, second-rank Divinity, first-rank Divinity (Archgod), half-step God King, God King, and finally Creator God.
The Nine Great Dragon Kings are all God King experts, equal to the five great God Kings of the God Realm—Kindness, Evil, Life, Destruction, and Asura.
Before their fall, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings were naturally God King powerhouses; even the tiniest thing from their bodies brings Yu Yan boundless benefit.
After a long exhale, Yu Yan opened his eyes and saw Xiao Wu standing not far away, curiosity written all over her face.
'If you want to know what happened to me, listen while I tell you slowly...'
Before she could ask, Yu Yan began recounting how he had dived into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, discovered the red-blue draconic blood, returned to shore and absorbed it.
Aside from matters concerning the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings that he could not yet reveal, he told her everything.
'So you're saying you found a mass of unknown, mighty Ice and Fire Dragon Clan blood beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and all these changes came from absorbing it?'
Suspicion filled Xiao Wu's gaze; knowing Yu Yan, if he truly understood nothing about it and the success rate were really so low, he would never have absorbed that so-called unknown blood.
'Mm, that's right.'
Not knowing how to explain the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings to her, Yu Yan simply skipped the topic.
One lie demands countless others; better to stay silent for now.
Realising he would not explain, Xiao Wu wisely dropped the questions—continuing would yield nothing.
'Your Spirit's form has changed; have your Spirit Abilities changed?'
No longer asking about the blood, she switched topics; after her own Spirit changed, her second spirit ring had transformed drastically, so she wondered whether his Spirit Abilities had shifted.
'Mm... every ability feels slightly stronger, but nothing fundamental has changed.'
He had confirmed that the moment he opened his eyes.
'That's good, then.' Xiao Wu pondered. 'Do you think what lies beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is a legendary Divinity?'
She had weighed the question carefully; it touched no secrets yet mattered most to her.
Becoming human, besides avenging her mother, she sought to break the Spirit Beast shackles and become a god.
'Most likely; were it not divine, I couldn't have gained so much from a single drop of faded blood.'
This he could answer, and he shared his 'guess' at once.
After he admitted a divine being lay beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiao Wu pressed, 'I see—then does this place hold an Opportunity to ascend to godhood?'
'That, I truly don't know.'
Yu Yan knew the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' corpses were his greatest Opportunity on the Douluo Continent, and he had some confidence he could become a god with them; whether others could use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he had no idea.
'I see.'