One week later, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Within the spring eye, at the boundary between the scorching Yang Spring and icy Yin Spring, Chu Chengzhou was circulating the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption technique, devouring and refining the seemingly endless water and fire energy within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Chu Chengzhou had overestimated himself and underestimated this precious location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
If no destruction was done and it was simply about refining water and fire energy through Nine Breaths Qi Absorption for personal use, with his current refinement efficiency, he estimated that even sucking for ten or eight years wouldn't dry up the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He had already been absorbing for five or six days, but in his perception, the immense water and fire energy contained within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well seemed to not have decreased at all.
He didn't know whether it was because the energy accumulation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was too massive—equivalent to taking just one drop of water from a large bucket, with the difference before and after being too subtle to detect—or whether the special terrain formation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had a recovery efficiency for water and fire energy that exceeded his current devouring and refining efficiency.
Abruptly, a violent soul power fluctuation spread from Chu Chengzhou's body. His soul power level advanced, stepping into the Level 90 quasi-Titled Douluo realm.
Breaking through the bottleneck at Level 89 peak—this was merely a distant dream for most Soul Douluos, and even most Titled Douluo experts had been stuck at this bottleneck for quite some time.
But for Chu Chengzhou, the Level 89 peak bottleneck didn't exist.
It wasn't because of previously consuming immortal medicinal herbs. Having good cultivation talent didn't mean soul masters wouldn't encounter the Level 89 peak bottleneck—it just meant this bottleneck couldn't hold them for long. The most important factor was still the yin-yang complementary three soul cores condensed within his body.
In later generations, Titled Douluos on the mainland could be called rampant—not because later generation soul masters had better talent, but because the cultivation environment was more favorable, and thanks to the emergence of the soul core system.
Even Level 98 peak Douluos could break through bottlenecks with the help of homologous resonance second soul cores to advance to Level 99 Limit Douluos, showing how strong the assistance of soul cores was for breaking through bottlenecks.
Bottleneck? What bottleneck!
Moreover, Chu Chengzhou's current situation was similar to twin martial soul soul masters adding high-year soul rings to their second martial soul to break through—not relying on his own talent and insight to breakthrough, but refining external energy to improve his soul power level.
Chu Chengzhou: Enjoying ultimate smoothness!
Subsequently, accompanied by faint spatial fluctuations, a flash of silver radiance appeared on Chu Chengzhou's body, and he appeared on the shore of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After putting on his clothes, he summoned his Space Holy Dragon spirit summon Xiao Yin and headed toward the Star Dou Forest.
Faint starlight scattered down. In the night sky of the core area of the Star Dou Forest, a majestic dragon shadow appeared.
Although night had already fallen and it wasn't suitable for spirit ring hunting, Chu Chengzhou didn't care about this at all.
For ordinary soul masters, the Star Dou Forest at night was dangerous, but for the strong, the Star Dou Forest under nightfall wasn't much different from daytime.
Coincidentally, Chu Chengzhou felt that he was strong enough to be called a powerful expert—moreover, one ranked among the top experts in the mainland soul master world.
Perhaps his luck was good. Not long after entering the core area of the Star Dou Forest, Chu Chengzhou sensed from afar a spirit beast with considerable strength that was enjoying its "midnight snack."
This was a White Armor Earth Dragon with cultivation years as high as over ninety thousand. Its four limbs were thick and sturdy, its massive body covered in white scales, looking majestic and extraordinary.
Immediately, Chu Chengzhou had Xiao Yin fly toward the direction of that White Armor Earth Dragon.
Of course, Chu Chengzhou didn't plan to make it his ninth spirit summon.
Although the White Armor Earth Dragon's bloodline level wasn't very low—barely qualifying as a top-tier spirit beast—apart from its decent defense, other aspects were only average, not catching his eye.
The reason he sought out this White Armor Earth Dragon was simply to find a guide.
However, what he was looking for wasn't a 100,000-year beast king, but spirit beasts with high bloodline levels and strong strength under the same cultivation years.
Unlike the ocean, due to the large number of soul masters coming to hunt spirit rings every year, the number of 100,000-year spirit beasts in the Star Dou Forest was scarce and not easy to find. Chu Chengzhou could only set his target on spirit beasts with cultivation years under 100,000.
As for the specific cultivation years... as long as the bloodline was strong and he had cheats in hand, if he couldn't find high-cultivation-year ones, lower cultivation years didn't matter.
Don't think that 100,000-year spirit beasts' bloodlines were all at least top-tier level—but there were still gaps between top-tier bloodlines and other top-tier bloodlines.
Previously, his strength was limited, his choices weren't large, and suitable ones were fine. But now that he had the conditions, naturally he needed to pick the powerful ones.
Not long after, the White Armor Earth Dragon that was happily enjoying its "midnight snack" seemed to sense danger approaching. It looked up and saw the uninvited guest that had silently arrived in the sky above.
White Armor Earth Dragon: "..."
Without giving the White Armor Earth Dragon time to react, surging spiritual power emerged. The Void Illusion Realm activated, and Chu Chengzhou controlled its consciousness.
"My faithful servant, quickly guide your great master!"
After conveying his command through spiritual power, Chu Chengzhou said in a charlatan-like manner.
A 90,000-year spirit beast, although its intelligence wasn't as good as 100,000-year spirit beasts that could rival humans, was still quite decent and could clearly understand what command Chu Chengzhou had conveyed.
"Roar—"
The White Armor Earth Dragon growled softly and obediently became a guide.
Ten minutes later, guided by the guide, Chu Chengzhou discovered a 90,000-year Silver Moon Heaven Wolf.
Silver Moon Heaven Wolf? Not great, reject.
Another half hour later, an 80,000-year strong assault-type Golden Armor Tyrant Dragon?
Tsk, metallic hybrid bloodline dragon, still better to pass.
A 70,000-year Six-Eyed Golden Toad?
A rare mental-type spirit beast—Titled Douluos like She Long wouldn't necessarily be able to defeat it, but it didn't meet expectations, reject.
A nearly 100,000-year agile assault-type spirit beast, Lightning Falcon?
Appearance wasn't bad, speed was fast, but bloodline level barely reached top-tier, not great.
A 90,000-year strong assault-type Vajra Exploding Ape?
Titan Giant Ape was much stronger than it, rejected.
"Worthless, what use are you?! Scram!"
From the spiritual power perspective, Chu Chengzhou glanced at the 90,000-year Vajra Exploding Ape sleeping under a tree seven or eight miles away, embracing two smaller-sized Vajra Exploding Apes to his left and right. From mid-air, Chu Chengzhou scolded the White Armor Earth Dragon serving as guide in the forest below, releasing his control over it.
This guide was clearly not professional enough—none of the ones found were formidable experts. Bad review, better to fire it!
Without caring about the White Armor Earth Dragon whose consciousness had returned to normal and was now frantically fleeing, Chu Chengzhou turned his attention to the largest Vajra Exploding Ape in the distance.
Embracing two to the left and right? Looks like you're living quite comfortably—perfect, you're the one!
With Void Illusion Realm activated, the 90,000-year Vajra Exploding Ape sleeping under a large tree seven or eight miles away, embracing others to its left and right, became the new guide.
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