Chapter 359 - 56

Chapter 56: External Soul Bone Ice and Fire Lotus WingsFrozen within the ice, Dai Youheng was experiencing an unprecedented level of extreme pain.The extreme ice armor, formed from the ice crystal snow lotus, protected his physical body from being instantly torn apart by the violent ice and fire energy, but it also firmly trapped all the pain and energy Impact within his body, with nowhere to vent.The vast energy of the hundred thousand year spirit ring, like a breached floodgate or a red-hot iron brand, was forcefully poured into his relatively slender meridians, frantically scouring, expanding, and even tearing them apart!Each Impact brought with it excruciating pain, as if his body was being pulverized. Furthermore, this energy contained the two extreme attributes of ice and fire, which violently clashed and collided within his meridians, bones, and internal organs!One moment, he felt as if he had been thrown into the core of the sun, his internal organs scorched and melted by the extreme fire, every cell screaming in agony; the next, he was instantly cast into the absolute zero abyss of the universe, his blood frozen, his soul about to be sealed by the extreme ice, his thoughts becoming sluggish and congealed.Ice and fire, two forms of extreme pain, alternated at an astonishing frequency, sometimes even occurring simultaneously. This far exceeded the limits of what an ordinary person could endure, enough to drive even the most resolute individual to complete madness.Even more terrifying was the impact from the soul level.As the Snow Empress had warned, although the ice fire twin lotus lacked sentience, its hundred thousand years of accumulated primal instinct and resentment, mixed with the fragments of the dual extreme ice and fire laws, transformed into an incredibly violent mental storm, frantically assailing Dai Youheng's consciousness.In his spiritual sea, it was as if a heaven-burning sea of fire and a world-ending ice tide had simultaneously erupted! His consciousness continuously sank into a hell of extreme heat and extreme cold, countless chaotic runes representing the essence of ice and fire, like the cruelest instruments of torture, crushed his soul, attempting to completely obliterate his consciousness.Even with the ice crystal snow lotus protecting his body, given his Spirit Ancestor cultivation, absorbing a hundred thousand year spirit ring, which was a leap of too many ranks, was still extremely difficult."Hold your mind, circulate your cultivation technique, and guide them! Don't be afraid, I will bear it with you." The Snow Empress's will, like a flickering candle in the wind, still resonated firmly within his almost collapsing consciousness, continuously reminding him.She gently held Youheng's hand, even actively taking on a large portion of the soul Impact, enduring this living hell of pain alongside Youheng. While it was true that if Dai Youheng died, she would also perish, her genuine assistance was undeniable.Dai Youheng gritted his teeth, all his willpower focused on maintaining that last sliver of clarity.The Golden Adamant Evil Warding Body was pushed to its limit, a faint golden light flickering with difficulty inside the ice armor, desperately repairing the damaged meridians and guiding the violent energy to circulate along the cultivation technique's path, gradually transforming it into his own spirit power.This was an incredibly difficult and slow process. His body trembled violently beneath the ice armor, his skin surface at times as red as a branding iron, at others purplish-blue with frost. His spirit power struggled to climb in a tug-of-war between frantic consumption and rapid replenishment, assaulting higher levels.Actually, regarding the ice fire twin lotus, she had not told Dai Youheng one thing: the ice fire twin lotus originally could not produce a Spirit Bone. All its power was concentrated in its fire lotus and ice lotus, and the fire lotus and ice lotus, in turn, used all their power to condense fire lotus seeds or ice lotus seeds, leaving no power to produce a Spirit Bone.However, the one Dai Youheng absorbed was an unprecedented anomaly that had achieved dual extreme ice and fire coexistence!One lotus condensed fire lotus seeds, while the other maintained all of the body's power and pushed it to its extreme. This perfect balance and strength might have truly broken conventional wisdom, offering a slim possibility of a Spirit Bone being born.Moreover, if a Spirit Bone were indeed born, its form would certainly not be one of the conventional six Spirit Bone parts. It was highly likely that the essence of its ice lotus and fire lotus power would be directly bestowed upon Dai Youheng in an unprecedented way.Time slowly passed in extreme agony.A day and a night went by... The energy surging within the ice sculpture showed no signs of weakening; instead, it grew even more intense.Just before dawn on the third day, the energy fluctuations within the ice sculpture reached an unprecedented peak."Ah—!!!"A roar, as if suppressing millions of years of pain and defiance, suddenly erupted from within the ice sculpture.Boom!!!The thick ice armor covering Dai Youheng's body shattered at this moment, transforming into a sky full of crystalline ice dust.The vibrant red hundred thousand year spirit ring, suspended above him and continuously injecting energy, suddenly burst forth with brilliant light, then, like a whale sucking in water, rapidly contracted, finally imprinting itself steadily onto the fate reversal heavenly demon pill Spirit within Dai Youheng's body, becoming his second spirit ring—a vivid red, hundred thousand year spirit ring exuding powerful pressure!A powerful spirit power fluctuation erupted from Dai Youheng's body like a tsunami, his level skyrocketing at this moment!However, the anomaly had only just begun!The moment the spirit ring absorption was complete, before Dai Youheng could even fully appreciate his surging power, the space behind him suddenly underwent a violent distortion.Immediately following, two distinct yet equally vast and immense energies gushed forth, rapidly condensing and manifesting behind him, taking the form of the two lotus flowers of the ice fire twin lotus, resembling a pair of wings.The left wing was the purity and elegance of extreme ice, named the Ice Crystal Lotus Wing.It was entirely composed of countless extreme ice crystals, as thin as cicada wings and as sharp as blades. These ice crystals were not haphazardly arranged but interwoven in layers according to an incredibly profound pattern, like natural Dao lines, forming a massive wing surface.Each ice crystal was like a lotus petal carved from the purest, flawless sapphire, containing a deep, ethereal blue light that constantly refracted and flowed within, emitting a hazy yet icy glow, mesmerizingly beautiful and chilling to the soul.The right wing was the wildness and scorching heat of extreme fire, named the Blazing Red Lotus Wing.In stark contrast to the left wing's serene beauty, it was the embodiment of vitality and destruction. It was not composed of solid matter, but of eternally burning, constantly leaping and roaring liquid flames and molten light!Its form was more like a crimson lotus in full, extreme bloom, simultaneously burning wildly, its fiery tongues at the edges tirelessly twisting and hissing, emitting a terrifying high temperature capable of incinerating all things.The flames were pure and transparent, with a core of almost white, extreme heat, gradually transitioning to a deep, majestic dark red at the periphery. As the light fiercely flowed, it seemed as if molten lava slowly surged within the wing membrane, dazzling and impossible to look at directly, let alone approach.The most miraculous aspect was that these two wings, whose attributes were absolutely opposing and should have annihilated each other, perfectly merged and coexisted at their base. They did not grow from the shoulder blades but were connected to two slowly rotating energy vortices that spontaneously formed on Dai Youheng's back—these were, strikingly, two illusory lotus flowers of pure energy, one blue and one red!These two illusory energy lotus flowers were the core of power and the balancing point for this miraculous pair of wings. They slowly rotated, subtly harmonizing the violent and opposing energies of ice and fire, bringing them to a dynamic, perfect balance.ice fire lotus wings! An external Spirit Bone!They gently unfurled, scattering crystalline ice dust on one side and blazing sparks on the other, possessing both the purity and eternity of ice and snow, and the passion and destruction of flames. Their very existence was a contradictory miracle, a work of art akin to a divine marvel, and furthermore, a supreme Spirit Bone containing infinite possibilities and power!