Xiao Se smiled lightly. "Leave that to me. I know a secret technique called Breath Concealment Art. Even your Super Douluo or a hundred-thousand-year soul beast wouldn't be able to sense you. Time is tight, so I'll teach it to you later. For now, let me take control of your body."
Bibi Dong nodded slightly, and Xiao Se's soul once again took hold of her body.
The Breath Concealment Art activated. Clairvoyant vision opened.
Under the cover of night, Xiao Se controlled Bibi Dong's body, silently slipping away from the camp and sprinting toward the center of Sunset Forest.
With Xiao Se's Mysterious Mist Steps and the aid of his clairvoyance, they traveled rapidly. Two hours later, Bibi Dong arrived before the inverted cone-shaped valley described in the original story.
"There's… a hot spring down there?"
Standing at the cliff's edge, Bibi Dong stared blankly at the rising steam, genuinely surprised.
Xiao Se nodded. "The treasure is below. If I'm guessing correctly, this should be the legendary Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well. We've struck gold. But the area may have poisonous vapors. I'll coat your body with my alien fire—just in case."
Before Bibi Dong had time to react, Xiao Se—controlling her body—extended her hand. A soft blue flame rose from her palm, spreading across her body, and with that, he leapt straight down into the valley.
Passing through layers of thick mist, the true form of the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well finally appeared before their eyes.
A spring divided into two colors—milky white and fiery red.
One side exuded extreme cold, the other radiated magma-like heat. Cold and hot intertwined, forming a magnificent natural wonder.
Xiao Se smiled softly. "Bibi Dong, see those two immortal herbs growing at the border between the white and red springs? That's the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot. Both are extremely poisonous. Taken alone, even your world's Title Douluo would die instantly. But if fused and consumed together, they balance each other. You'll gain immunity to all ice- and fire-attribute energy attacks. Not only that—your constitution will be reforged, and your soul power will rise sharply."
Before she could say a word—
Xiao Se wrapped both herbs in alien fire, merged them, and swallowed them directly into Bibi Dong's stomach. Then he returned control of the body to her.
Bibi Dong was still marveling at the scenery when her body suddenly alternated between burning hot and drowning cold. Shocked, she tried to circulate soul power to resist—but it was useless.
"Bibi Dong! Refine the medicinal power! If you can't bear it, jump into the spring. You've taken both immortal herbs—the water won't harm you!" Xiao Se urged.
Hearing this, Bibi Dong no longer cared how or why Xiao Se fed her those herbs without permission. She sat down immediately and circulated her soul power to absorb the violent medicinal force. Eventually, unable to endure the torment, she plunged straight into the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well.
The moment she entered, the alternating cold and heat had torn parts of her clothes—then the fiery spring instantly burned the fabric to nothing.
Bibi Dong slid into unconsciousness.
Seeing the breathtaking sight before his eyes, Xiao Se wiped his nosebleed and quickly released the Vast Sea Barrier to cover the entire spring, ensuring no one could see inside.
Time passed quietly.
By noon the next day, Bibi Dong slowly opened her eyes.
"Oh? Awake already?" Xiao Se's gentle voice sounded in her mind.
"Mn…"
Bibi Dong stretched—and froze.
Her entire body felt incredibly light, comfortable, almost reborn.
Xiao Se smiled. "Looks like your physique has undergone a huge transformation. You can now handle a much higher-year spirit ring. For your fourth ring later, you can aim for a much stronger one."
"What… did you do yesterday?"
Bibi Dong still hadn't pieced everything together.
She only remembered Xiao Se force-feeding her two strange herbs… then that unbearable cold and heat… and then falling into the spring…
"Nothing much," Xiao Se said casually, then explained everything that happened while she was unconscious.
The effect was immediate—
Bibi Dong's face turned bright red.
Her clothes had been burned away… she fainted… she woke up in a new outfit… meaning Xiao Se must have—
Her blush nearly reached her ears.
"From today on, you are forbidden to ever mention this again."
Bibi Dong puffed her cheeks and spoke in a tiny, fierce voice.
At the end of the day, she was still just a young girl—not yet the ruthless Pope of Spirit Hall. Having her entire body seen by a boy around her age, especially one she… didn't dislike, left her completely flustered.
"Sorry. I'll take responsibility," Xiao Se said with an embarrassed smile.
"You're only a soul. You can't even leave my body. How exactly do you plan to take responsibility?"
The thought flashed across her mind—and her newly recovered face instantly flushed red again.
Desperate to escape the topic, Bibi Dong changed the subject.
"Didn't you want those immortal herbs? Which ones? I'll help you pick them."
"Just look around," Xiao Se said, still smiling.
Bibi Dong turned toward the spring—
And froze.
Everything was gone.
The area that originally overflowed with rare herbs and immortal plants was now bare, scraped clean like someone had peeled off a thick layer of soil.
"You… you're insane. You didn't leave a single one?"
Bibi Dong stared speechlessly.
"Those ordinary herbs will grow back in a few decades. The immortal ones may take longer, but give it… ten thousand, maybe eight thousand years, and everything should return." Xiao Se said with a harmless smile.
"You're a demon."
Bibi Dong couldn't help rolling her eyes.
Time sped by.
Five years passed in a blink.
During those five years, Xiao Se and Bibi Dong became increasingly close. With his help, she not only absorbed a ten-thousand-year spirit ring for her fourth ring, but her soul power skyrocketed to level sixty-nine.
At just nineteen years old, she needed only one more level to become the youngest Soul Sage in history.
(End of Chapter)
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