At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—
Soaking within the spring that merged extreme cold and extreme heat, Li Chang'an suddenly opened his eyes. His consciousness had just returned from that mysterious square to his physical body.
After merging with that divine statue, he naturally received some information — memories inherited within his bloodline. These memories made him finally understand the truth of that mysterious square and those ancient, time-worn statues.
That square filled with countless statues did not truly exist in reality. It was a dreamlike, illusory space.The so-called square and statues were merely manifestations shaped by his own subconscious perception. If it had been someone else, what they saw might have taken an entirely different form.
In essence, Li Chang'an had just fallen into a state similar to a dream.
As for those statues within the square — they represented the many bloodlines rooted within his soul. The dull gray statues symbolized bloodlines that had yet to be activated.
Li Chang'an himself could not quite understand why his past life's bloodline carried so many traces of mythical beasts.
However, he speculated that perhaps his ancient ancestors had hunted and devoured those mythical creatures, integrating their blood into their own genes — which were then passed down to their descendants.
After all, ancient texts like The Classic of Mountains and Seas that recorded mythical beasts could, from a modern point of view, almost be considered cookbooks describing the characteristics of ingredients.Clearly, the ancients had recorded the hunting and consumption of those beasts, so inheriting their bloodline was not far-fetched.
But since he had reincarnated, how could those bloodlines still follow him?
The only explanation was that the bloodlines of those mythical Fierce Beasts were not confined to the physical body — they had been engraved deep into the soul, forming sets of genetic templates.Because Li Chang'an's soul originated from his previous life, he had brought those bloodlines with him into this world.
Had he remained in that lawless, spiritually barren world of his past life, he would never have been able to awaken those ancient mythic bloodlines.
But here in the world of Douluo, that possibility existed.
And by chance, after consuming the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs and bathing in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well — that unique environment unexpectedly activated one of his mythic genes!
The one vivid statue standing tall among the many gray, lifeless ones in the square symbolized the initial awakening of that bloodline.
"To think that eating an immortal herb and taking a bath would awaken my latent bloodline... I just wonder how the mythic beasts of my previous world compare to the divine beasts of this one,"Li Chang'an thought to himself.
He wasn't blindly confident that the mythic beasts from his previous world were stronger or superior to this world's divine beasts.Without an actual comparison, who could say which side was stronger?
Besides, myths were often exaggerated. Whether those creatures were truly as powerful as described, no one could say for sure.And since his ancestors had been able to hunt and eat them, the "divine status" of those beasts didn't seem all that lofty anymore.
In his previous life, Li Chang'an was just an ordinary human. If not for this transmigration — if not for the coincidence that awakened his ancient bloodline — he might still have believed his old world was nothing more than a mundane technological society.
So even after realizing that he had awakened an ancient mythical Fierce Beast bloodline, he didn't feel overly excited.After all, the bloodline was only partially awakened. He would need to fully awaken it before he could truly wield its power.
And how could he awaken it?
It was simple — energy.
Pure and vast energy!
The spring water of the Ice and Fire Well was indeed filled with energy, but it was not pure enough — its quality was insufficient to complete his bloodline awakening.
Thus, his gaze shifted toward the depths below.
"It was once the corpse of a divine beast — something that doesn't decay or rot, that's just the norm, right? I wonder if the meat's edible... or how much energy it still contains?""If I recall, divine beasts in this world have something like inner cores or spirit pearls.""If I can find the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' inner cores, the energy they hold should be more than enough to awaken my bloodline!"
With that thought, Li Chang'an looked down at the bottomless abyss beneath him. Without hesitation, he flipped over and dove downward.
After consuming two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs, he was now completely adapted to the well — like a fish in water. He didn't even need to breathe; the energy within the spring sustained all the nutrients his body required.
He was truly like a fish swimming freely, moving without restraint through the shimmering spring as he plunged deeper and deeper toward the bottom.
The further he went, the wider the surrounding tunnel became. At the same time, the heat and cold of the water intensified dramatically.
The water here contained the elemental powers of the fallen Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, and the energy was terrifying.If not for the special resistance he gained from the two immortal herbs, even touching this water would have been enough to completely dissolve his body.
The deeper he went, the greater the resistance he felt.
This dark passage seemed to lead straight down to the depths of hell itself!
A faint unease stirred in Li Chang'an's heart, but the thought of the potential treasures waiting below drove him to push on with renewed determination.As he descended further, the tunnel grew broader — shaped like a cone, narrow at the top and expanding below.
Such a strange formation made it easy to imagine what had happened in ancient times — two Dragon Kings falling from the heavens like meteors, slamming into the earth with such force that their bodies pierced deep into the planet's core. The collision created a cavernous hollow, and the conflicting powers of ice and fire erupted violently within it!
It was much like a volcanic eruption — a vast chamber below and a narrow vent above.
As countless millennia passed, the vent stabilized and solidified, and the land around it transformed into a mountain basin. Under nature's immense power, the forces of fire and ice gradually balanced and merged...Finally giving birth to the miraculous Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
Nature truly was wondrous beyond comprehension.
Li Chang'an sighed in admiration.
He noticed that the deeper he went, the purer the surrounding energy became. Clearly, he was approaching the core.The energy that reached the surface of the Ice and Fire Well was but the diluted residue of the immense power contained below.
Yet even that faint remnant was enough to create such a blessed paradise — it showed just how powerful the two Dragon Kings must have been in life.
According to the novels he'd read in his past life, those two Dragon Kings had been peak gods, only one step below a true God-King.Even in death, the lingering power of their corpses could create such a miraculous site... perhaps the gods of this world weren't weak after all.Calling this world's "divinity" mere low-tier fantasy was clearly an insult to its true power.
He couldn't help but wonder — if he fully awakened his ancient mythic bloodline, how would he compare to the gods of this world?Would he surpass them... or fall short?
(End of Chapter)
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