The golden dragon claw descended, severing the trembling Golden Chrysanthemum in a single strike. A violent, destructive aura surged into its body, grinding its life force into nothingness.
Having grown in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, these plants carried traces of the Frost and Fire Dragon Kings' presence. How could they possibly resist Lin Yun, whose Golden Dragon King bloodline was now fully unleashed?
Thus, the scene before them unfolded—Lin Yun slaughtering a hundred-thousand-year soul beast as effortlessly as plucking a chicken.
As the Golden Chrysanthemum's life faded, a blood-red soul ring pulsating with terrifying soul power slowly rose from its remains.
Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Chrysanthemum Soul Ring.
Ignoring the hundred-thousand-year torso bone floating within the soul ring, Lin Yun sat cross-legged, stuffing the flower—along with the condensed essence of its hundred-thousand-year cultivation—into his mouth. Then, he guided the soul ring onto himself.
The Devouring Dragon talent once again proved its MVP status, voraciously digesting the medicinal properties of the Eyes of Autumn Water and the Golden Chrysanthemum while simultaneously aiding Lin Yun in absorbing the soul power from the hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
A chaotic medley of soul power, immortal herb energy, and Golden Dragon King bloodline power swirled violently within Lin Yun's body, forming a turbulent storm.
The bloodline energy, the strongest of the three forces, had already begun to dominate.
Seizing the moment as the Golden Chrysanthemum's effects took hold, Lin Yun began compressing his bloodline energy, channeling it into his lower dantian, where it condensed into a crimson crystal.
The crystal, spinning at a terrifying speed, voraciously devoured Lin Yun's bloodline energy to strengthen itself while expelling all traces of soul power and spiritual energy, ensuring absolute purity.
This was the embryonic form of a Bloodline Soul Core.
Fortunately, Lin Yun was also absorbing the Eyes of Autumn Water, which greatly enhanced his spiritual power, allowing him to multitask—simultaneously absorbing the soul ring's energy while guiding the Golden Dragon King's bloodline power to form the soul core.
Once this Bloodline Soul Core fully took shape, Lin Yun would gain control over his rampaging bloodline and fully master the Golden Dragon King martial soul.
Having consumed three body-enhancing immortal herbs in succession was Lin Yun's confidence in attempting to condense a Bloodline Soul Core at the Soul King level. Without them, even with the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, he would have been drained dry just forming the core's rudimentary structure.
Faced with such a golden opportunity, Lin Yun naturally chose to push forward.
Though the Golden Dragon King bloodline's rampage had nearly drowned him in endless madness and bloodlust, it was also the perfect moment to fully conquer this power.
As the soul ring's energy was gradually absorbed, the blood-red hundred-thousand-year ring finally settled into Lin Yun's fifth soul ring slot before retracting into his body alongside the other four.
With the soul ring successfully absorbed, the bottleneck at level 50 was instantly shattered, and Lin Yun's soul power surged rapidly.
The immense soul power from the hundred-thousand-year ring directly elevated Lin Yun's extreme-attribute soul power by three levels, reaching level 53. The lingering effects of the immortal herbs he had previously consumed then pushed him another three levels, landing him at level 56.
Had the Golden Chrysanthemum's soul bone not been so low in age and located in the critical torso position—which Lin Yun chose not to absorb—he might have even approached the Soul Emperor threshold.
At his current cultivation speed, even with daily consumption of heavenly treasures and the assistance of the Tome of the Sun, breaking through a single level would still take four to five months.
Without cheats, five levels of soul power would require at least a year and a half of cultivation.
This trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had significantly accelerated his growth.
With the soul ring successfully absorbed and his turbulent soul power stabilizing, Lin Yun could finally focus entirely on condensing the soul core.
In Douluo Dalu 2: The Unrivaled Tang Sect, soul cores were the first hallmark of true power. In the original work, Huo Yuhao was the first genius to condense a soul core before reaching level 90, while others only managed it at level 89 when breaking through to Titled Douluo.
A soul core was synonymous with strength.
Without sufficient foundation, attempting to condense one was either a matter of waiting until breaking through to Titled Douluo—or never reaching that level at all.
The difficulty spoke for itself.
Simultaneously absorbing a soul ring while condensing a soul core was akin to walking a tightrope—one misstep, and Lin Yun would have been shattered beyond recovery.
But as the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. If he hadn't taken this risk, how could he have ever tamed the even more ferocious Golden Dragon King bloodline?
As the soul core grew stronger, Lin Yun managed to free his focus just before it spiraled out of control, devoting all his attention to stabilizing it.
Soul power soothed the agitated bloodline energy, while spiritual power smoothed the chaotic soul core, bringing the two into balance.
The unstable core steadied, and the bloodline energy merged into it in orderly strands, strengthening the embryonic soul core. Under Lin Yun's control, what could have been a catastrophic explosion instead became a stable, endlessly generative fusion reactor—a blood vortex.
Externally, it resembled a black hole, surrounded by swirling bloodline energy. But at its core lay a hyper-condensed soul core of pure bloodline power.
The analogy of nuclear explosion versus nuclear fusion was fitting.
Either it would detonate—or become a perpetual, boundless source of power.
With this Bloodline Soul Core, Lin Yun's path to a divine-level physique was now unobstructed—even if he never encountered another fortuitous opportunity in the future.
"Success!"
Inspecting the steadily rotating Bloodline Soul Core in his dantian, Lin Yun exhaled deeply in relief. With its formation, the violent, bloodthirsty negativity in his soul had completely dissipated. This meant he could freely wield the Golden Dragon King's power from now on.
Now, his martial soul could shift between the Golden Dragon and the Golden Dragon King at will. Normally, he could still disguise it as the former, but at critical moments, a single thought would unleash the true might of the Golden Dragon King.
This was permanent—unlike Bei Bei or Xu Sanshi, who had to overdraw their bodies for temporary awakenings.
ROAR—!
A triumphant draconic roar erupted as Lin Yun's eyes snapped open, his blood-red vertical pupils radiating boundless draconic pressure. The entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well seemed to be shrouded in a crimson haze.
This was the true Golden Dragon King!
"To think you actually succeeded. It seems my wife and I underestimated you."
A calm, amused voice rang out, laced with faint surprise.
The moment it spoke, every immortal herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—save for Lin Yun, the Ice Empress, and Elder Tian—instantly fell into a deep slumber.
"Uncle Fire!"
(End of Chapter)
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