Douluo: In an extraordinary world, with unparallel understanding!

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Does the Ice God exist? 

For the soul beasts of the Extreme North, the Ice God is their faith, their unwavering belief. 

The three rulers of the Extreme North all possess the bloodline of the Ice God. 

In fact, aside from the naturally-born Snow Emperor, the races of the Ice Emperor and Titan Snow Demon King also carry the Ice God's bloodline. 

However, despite this divine bloodline flowing among the soul beasts of the Extreme North, the deity has never once appeared there. 

Not even a trace of inheritance has been left behind. 

This is the most agonizing part. 

Su Yu's question seemed less like he was asking Huo Yuhao and more like he was interrogating the two ice-attribute soul beasts who had lived in the Extreme North for countless millennia: does the Ice God truly exist? 

"Do you think the Ice God doesn't exist, Brother Yu?" Huo Yuhao noticed that both Skydream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Emperor, within his spiritual sea, wore peculiar expressions. He looked at Su Yu and asked. 

"The Ice God definitely existed. After all, the Ice God bloodline in the Titan Snow Demon and Ice Jade Scorpion isn't fabricated. But whether the Ice God still exists now—that's the real question," Su Yu replied. 

"Yuhao, your second martial soul is the Ultimate Ice. The Ice God's divine position would align perfectly with you, yet the Ice God appears to have fallen, leaving no inheritance behind. 

Don't you think that if we were to find the inheritance of the Fire God, who is opposite to ice, we might discover some clues about the Ice God?" 

"This…" Huo Yuhao looked conflicted and voiced his concern. "Brother Yu, aren't the Ice God and Fire God supposed to be opposites?" 

"Who told you that opposing elements must always be enemies?" Su Yu rolled his eyes. 

They're both elemental gods. Why must they oppose each other? 

Water and fire may be incompatible, but what does that have to do with ice? 

In fact, when ice and fire coexist, it often results in a harmonious balance of both elements—like a perfect blend of extremes. 

Of course, there's also the possibility that they were indeed at odds. 

But even if there was a conflict, wasn't the previous Ice God already gone? 

If the Fire God were truly the Ice God's enemy, he would likely know the Ice God best—because, after all, who understands you better than your enemy? 

Whether it's about reforging the Ice God's divine position or discovering the remnants of their divine essence left behind at the moment of their fall, the Fire God might actually be more reliable than any other deity. 

Being enemies in the past doesn't mean they have to remain enemies in the future. 

Su Yu's theory was simple: ice and fire could also collaborate. 

Ultimately, it depends on the relationship between the two gods who hold those divine positions. 

If Huo Yuhao were to gain assistance from the Fire God and later ascend as the Ice God, the Ice God and Fire God could naturally become allies in the future. 

"Let's go. Even if it's the Fire God, they're still a god. The inheritance they left behind is worth taking advantage of." 

Even if it offers no clues about the Ice God, the Fire God's inheritance itself must include rewards like soul ring enhancements or divine soul rings. 

At the core of the Endless Mountain Range: 

At the peak of a towering mountain that pierced the clouds, Su Yu and Huo Yuhao stood, gazing at the flaming lava ahead of them. 

"Brother Yu, are you sure the Fire God's inheritance is beneath this lava?" 

How could anyone even enter such a place? 

"This lava is unusual. It contains traces of faith energy," Electrolux said, probing the magma with divine sense and finding it fascinating. "There's also divine power scattered within. As long as you can withstand the initial searing heat and prevent your body from being completely incinerated, you can absorb the energy within the lava to recover yourself. You could even use it to refine your body by absorbing both forms of energy from the magma."

Su Yu wasn't concerned at all—he was immune to fire. 

Without hesitation, he leapt into the lava and disappeared beneath its surface. 

"Brother Yu!" 

Huo Yuhao was stunned. 

He's really jumping in?! 

However, moments later, he sensed Su Yu's soul power fluctuations emanating from beneath the lava. 

"Yuhao, jump in. I'll use Ultimate Ice to shield you from within. If anything goes wrong, we'll still have time to get out," the Ice Emperor said. 

With the Ice Emperor's assurance, Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and followed, leaping into the lava as well. 

The searing lava penetrated everywhere. Even though he was shielded by Ultimate Ice within his body, Huo Yuhao could feel the terrifying fusion of ice and fire, creating a dual sensation of pain and torment. 

Yet, as the initial pain subsided, he felt a warm energy surging through his body. 

Noticing this, the Ice Emperor deliberately reduced the protective barrier of Ultimate Ice within Huo Yuhao. 

As time passed, the Ultimate Ice barrier faded completely. 

Even while submerged in the molten lava, Huo Yuhao no longer felt his life in danger. 

"As expected of a god's handiwork," the Ice Emperor murmured in awe. This was undoubtedly the work of the Fire God—transforming lava into a place of such incredible opportunity. 

At the same time, as the two absorbed the faith energy and divine power within the lava, their physical constitutions improved dramatically. A notification suddenly appeared in their minds: 

*"Undergoing the Life God's Trial. Trial unavailable. Compensation: Lava Body Refinement."* 

Soaking in the lava, Su Yu confirmed he hadn't misinterpreted the message, and the corner of his mouth twitched. 

This Fire God is so stingy. 

You can't undergo the trial of one god while also taking another's? Then how did Tang San achieve dual divine positions ten thousand years ago? 

To Su Yu, it seemed this was simply the Fire God being miserly. 

"Or… could it be the Fire God has already been thoroughly plundered?" 

Such a well-hidden inheritance site shouldn't have trials happening too frequently. Without a god's guidance, who would think jumping into this lava was the key to initiating the trial? 

As Su Yu pondered, the energy within the lava suddenly became intensely concentrated and surged into his body, burning everything inside him. 

"Ahhh!" 

Su Yu felt excruciating, bone-deep pain. 

Even with his fire-immune constitution, the agony caused by the flames' searing intensity remained unbearable. 

This was especially true as the divine power and faith energy within the lava were fully activated. While the temperature didn't quite reach the level of Ultimate Fire, it burned through every fiber of Su Yu's flesh with unparalleled thoroughness. 

However, after the waves of pain, a soothing, cool sensation began to flow through him, providing a faint sense of relief. 

Su Yu's entire body felt warm and pleasantly numb. 

However, he didn't get to enjoy the sensation for long before another wave of burning began. 

Deep beneath the Endless Volcano, magma surged as immense fire-attribute energy flowed through the lava, rushing toward the volcano's peak and entering the crater. 

Su Yu turned his senses inward, observing his body. Within his flesh, faint rays of light emerged, accompanied by intricate patterns forming across his body. 

"Hiss…" 

Though the pain was intense, this process was a fundamental enhancement to his physical body at its very core. The longer he endured, the greater the benefits. 

This stingy Fire God had only offered this one form of compensation, so he couldn't afford to waste it. 

The gathered fire-attribute energy frantically burrowed into Su Yu's body. 

Even more searing pain struck him. 

Yet, the accompanying warm and soothing sensation didn't increase proportionally. 

Still, the fiery energy didn't cause any actual damage to Su Yu's body. After the burning process, the energy merged with the magma's essence and continued to temper his physique. 

It was as if this burning was merely a small form of punishment. 

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. 

During this time, Su Yu and Huo Yuhao had endured the grueling body-tempering process within the lava. 

Eventually, they felt the flow of magma energy slow to a stop. The divine power and faith energy within it had grown faint, and the magma no longer provided any benefits. Instead, it began burning flesh and dissolving everything it touched. 

Su Yu immediately circulated his soul power to repel the magma, leaping out of the lava and landing at the volcano's rim. 

Huo Yuhao, with the Ice Emperor's protection, quickly used Ultimate Ice to isolate the magma from his body. This gave him the opportunity to leap out as well. 

"Brother Yu, I've managed to condense my blood energy!" Huo Yuhao exclaimed, feeling that this magma tempering session had brought him immense improvement. 

"Hmm. Even though we didn't gain the god's trial, we still benefited. Let's go—this place has nothing left to offer us," Su Yu replied calmly. 

Although they hadn't received the Fire God's trial, Su Yu didn't feel the slightest regret. 

The Ice God's matter was something he'd only mentioned in passing. 

If Huo Yuhao had obtained some clues, that would've been a pleasant surprise. But since they hadn't learned anything about the Ice God, there was no need to feel disappointed. 

After all, while Huo Yuhao was said to be compatible with the Ice God, it wasn't an absolute match. 

In truth, domains like Order and Fate were far more suited to him. 

The advancements tied to those divine positions would likely prove easier and more impactful than anything the Ice God could offer. 

As for the Ice God's divine position, it could always be reserved for the Snow Emperor to claim in the future. 

Compared to Huo Yuhao, Su Yu believed that the Snow Empress, who naturally possessed the Ice God's bloodline, would have a much easier time condensing the Ice God's divine position. 

Having spent half a year helping the Snow Empress with her cultivation, Su Yu considered their relationship to be quite good. 

In the future, he could even consider bringing her into his own faction. 

"Of course, all of this depends on figuring out a way to condense divine positions," Su Yu mused. 

Every plan he made hinged on one critical premise: discovering how to break through Level 99 to reach Level 100 and condense a divine position. 

He didn't see this as putting the cart before the horse. 

After all, exploring this method was, in essence, a deeper investigation into the fundamentals of cultivation—a higher level of comprehension. 

Currently, Su Yu was only at the Soul Saint level, far from Level 99. But while advancing his cultivation, he could study these questions simultaneously. 

On one hand, it didn't interfere with his training. On the other, it allowed him to prepare in advance, avoiding the need to spend significant time researching when he neared the bottleneck. 

As for the rewards obtained from inheriting existing divine positions, Su Yu had already received the benefits of the Life God's gifts, hadn't he? 

"Brother Yu, are we still heading to the other side of that spatial passage?" Huo Yuhao asked. 

"Of course!" Su Yu replied without hesitation. "Yuhao, that's an untouched micro-world. Its resources are bound to be incredibly rich. Who knows? We might even find some celestial herbs." 

"Celestial herbs?" 

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel astonished. 

Indeed, in an undeveloped world, there might even be 100,000-year soul beasts. With such an ancient history, who could say whether heaven-defying treasures might have formed? 

After spending a month on the magma body tempering in the Fire God's inheritance site, the two quickly hurried on their way. 

Just before Feng Kuang and his team entered the spatial passage for a second time, Su Yu and Huo Yuhao finally arrived. 

"Su Yu? Yuhao?" 

Sensing their auras, Feng Kuang inwardly marveled. 

Have they grown even stronger? 

Especially Huo Yuhao. Observing his eyes carefully, Feng Kuang felt a strong sense that Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes had undergone a second awakening. 

"Brother Kuang, we were delayed for a month by some matters," Su Yu explained. 

"It's fine," Feng Kuang replied with a wave of his hand. 

After preliminary exploration, Feng Kuang had confirmed that the other side was at least a continent in size, matching the descriptions of Bloodfire. 

A landmass that large, even the entire Body Sect couldn't fully develop it. Two extra people wouldn't make a difference. 

With orderly preparation, they entered the spatial passage. 

Stepping into the passage, Su Yu felt a familiar sensation. 

The dense spatial energy enveloped him, greatly accelerating his understanding of spatial power. 

This immersion in the rich spatial energy brought Su Yu into a state of fascination. 

However, time seemed to pass incredibly quickly here—faster than even in Dragon Valley. 

It felt as if he had blinked only once before a sudden sense of emptiness struck him. Yet, he didn't fall. As a Soul Saint, he already had the ability to manipulate the power of heaven and earth to remain airborne. 

Huo Yuhao spread his bone wings and remained aloft. 

Before they entered, Feng Kuang had already warned them: the other side of the passage wasn't connected to land but rather opened into midair. 

During the previous exploration, Feng Kuang had relied on his formidable strength and experience to traverse the void, despite his soul power regression having stripped him of flight. Using his soul power to step through the air, he returned safely to the Endless Volcano. 

Meanwhile, the Bloodflame Sect, ever opportunistic, had since been completely eradicated. 

"Brother Yu, this place still feels like the Douluo Continent," Huo Yuhao remarked, his intuition kicking in. He had a strong sense they hadn't left the plane of the Douluo Continent. 

Could this so-called micro-world be part of the same plane? 

"You're right. We're still within the same plane as the Douluo Continent. This isn't a micro-world; it's likely another continent hidden somewhere within the ocean." 

Unlike the Sun Moon Continent or the Douluo Continent, this new land seemed less developed. According to records, the highest soul master cultivation level here was only that of a Soul Ancestor. 

However, the relationship between humans and soul beasts on this continent wasn't as tense as on the Douluo Continent. Here, humans revered powerful soul beasts as totems. 

"There's a human settlement about ten kilometers ahead. Do you want to head there to gather some information?" Feng Kuang asked, sharing the insights he had gained from his month-long exploration. 

Su Yu shook his head. "No need, Brother Kuang. I'd prefer to explore this continent a bit first." 

Feng Kuang didn't object and instead departed alone to investigate the blood crystal production site he had interrogated out of his enemies. 

"Brother Yu, are you sensing something again?" 

Huo Yuhao recognized Su Yu's familiar, contemplative state. 

With a serious expression, Su Yu replied, "Yuhao, don't you feel it? The vitality of this continent is extraordinarily dense." 

"Huh? Is it?" 

Huo Yuhao wasn't particularly sensitive to such things. 

Su Yu, however, possessed an affinity for the ultimate life attribute, enhanced by his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, making him especially attuned to such phenomena. 

"My martial soul is feeding back information that the vitality of the Blue Silver Grass across this continent rivals even that of the Star Dou Forest," Su Yu explained. 

Through this connection, he further examined the essence of the continent's energy and noticed that its life attribute was exceptionally active. 

In fact, the activity of life-related rules here nearly rivaled what he had experienced in the Life God's inheritance space. 

A thought surfaced in Su Yu's mind: this Sky Dou Continent might very well be a land of destiny for him. 

"Yuhao, activate your Spiritual Detection. Let's circle the continent and explore it thoroughly," Su Yu decided. 

He intended to fully explore the Sky Dou Continent before considering a return through the spatial passage. 

With his strength and Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection, they were more than capable of conducting a comprehensive survey of the land. 

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