The Extremely North Land, the northernmost point of the Douluo Continent, is one of the three forbidden zones for Spirit Masters, and also the largest habitat for Spirit Beasts. The Extremely North Land stretches from the border of the Tianhun Empire and the Sun Moon Empire in the west to the eastern sea of the Douling Empire in the east, spanning nearly ten thousand li. It is home to a wide variety of Extremely North Spirit Beasts, as well as various Extremely North Spirit herbs and mineral veins. However, it cannot be effectively developed because this place is simply too dangerous!
If the danger of the Star Dou Great Forest lies in the numerous Beast Kings of the Great Fierce Land, then the danger of the Extremely North Land lies in its extremely harsh natural environment. Due to the extreme lack of human understanding of the Extremely North Land, even powerful Spirit Masters at the Spirit Saint and Spirit Douluo level dare not venture deep into the Extremely North Land.
Like other Spirit Beast habitats, the Extremely North Land is also divided into multiple areas.
Few Spirit Masters know that the Extremely North Land is actually a huge fan shape, divided into four major regions.
The outermost ring of the Extremely North Land is a unique forest, primarily composed of extremely cold-resistant plants, known as the Extremely North Forest. The Extremely North Forest serves as a buffer zone separating the main continent from the Extremely North Land, and is also the primary marker defining the Extremely North Land. The Extremely North Forest spans nearly ten thousand li from east to west, but its north-south distance is less than five kilometers, making it a narrow forest belt. The number of Spirit Beasts in the forest is relatively small, and most are Hundred-Year Spirit Beasts.
The second layer of the Extremely North Land is what is commonly known as the Far North Ice Field, the largest of the four regions, occupying half of the entire Extremely North Land. The Far North Ice Field is vast and boundless, and eighty percent of the Extremely North Land's Spirit Beast species live here. The natural environment is relatively mild, and it is currently the main area that human Spirit Masters can access. The Spirit Beasts on the Far North Ice Field are generally Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts, supplemented by Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts. The terrain is extremely complex and dangerous, and terrifying blizzards appear from time to time. It is said that the blizzards on the Far North Ice Field are at least comparable to the battle fluctuations of a Spirit King, which is very frightening!
The third layer of the Extremely North Land, and the core area in the minds of the Extremely North Spirit Beasts, is of moderate size, ranking third, and is called the Extremely North Core Circle. The Extremely North Core Circle is mainly composed of ice plains and ice mountains. To this day, no Spirit Master except for a Titled Douluo has been able to emerge from it alive, simply because this layer is too cold. The highest temperature is only minus twenty degrees Celsius, and the daily temperature hovers around minus fifty degrees Celsius.
The famous Three Kings of the Extremely North reside in this Extremely North Core Circle. All the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts of the Extremely North Land also live within it, as do several of the most powerful Spirit Beast species in the Extremely North Land, such as the Ice Jade Scorpion, the Tai Tan Snow Demon, the Extreme Cold Ice Bear, and the Extremely North Dragonwolf. The Extremely North Core Circle is also Zhu Ziyang's destination for this trip!
The fourth layer of the Extremely North Land is the de facto core of the Extremely North Land. This layer is the smallest and most mysterious. At least in the Silver Dragon Wolf's memory, there is only a blank space regarding this place, because no Spirit Beast has ever emerged from it.
That's right, the reason Zhu Ziyang understood the Extremely North Land so well was entirely due to the Silver Dragon Wolf's memory. If not for the Silver Dragon Wolf's memory, Zhu Ziyang would never have dared to enter the Extremely North Land alone.
From the moment Zhu Ziyang entered the Extremely North Forest, he had been in a state of Spirit possession with his second Spirit, the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon. This was because in the Extremely North Land, Ultimate Ice signified a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast, and any Spirit Beasts along the way, upon sensing the Ultimate Ice, would not appear before him.
Although this was like a fox borrowing a tiger's prestige, it truly saved a lot of time. Zhu Ziyang only took two days to enter the Extremely North Core Circle.
"Is this the Extremely North Core Circle? It's really cold!" Zhu Ziyang stood on a low mountain peak, looking at the vast white expanse around him, and couldn't help but exclaim.
From the moment he approached the Extremely North Core Circle, no soil could be seen on the ground. Besides the vast white snow, there was only indestructible ice. These ice surfaces were at least a hundred meters thick, forming an ice and snow continent accumulated over tens of millions of years!
"To my knowledge, the World we live in is actually a giant sphere, suspended in the starry sky, revolving around the sun, which is also a sphere. Because the distance from each point on the sphere to the sun is different, the two ends of the sphere are called the poles," Electrolux said in Zhu Ziyang's mind. "If this statement is true, then we should be approaching the North Pole of Douluo Star, and the temperature would naturally get lower and lower!"
"Really? Is that true?" Zhu Ziyang's mouth was slightly agape, hearing such a statement for the first time, he was very surprised.
"I don't know either!" Electrolux shook his head helplessly and said, "Unless one reaches the god level, it's impossible to break through the World's limitations and enter the starry sky. If one cannot enter the starry sky, then naturally, this statement cannot be confirmed."
"Uh~" Zhu Ziyang was speechless for a moment, so he had to temporarily ignore this very curious point and said, "Forget it, let's find the Silver Dragon Wolf's secret cave as soon as possible. After finding it, quickly refine her spirit ring, and then go home!"
He immediately took action and quickly found the secret cave that only the Silver Dragon Wolf knew about in her memory.
It was on an ice mountain a thousand meters high. Zhu Ziyang found the man-high cave on the mountainside. He carefully checked it and, after confirming there were no traces of other Spirit Beasts, he confidently walked into the cave.
Inside the cave, the ice-attribute elemental energy was very dense. In the enclosed space, some silver-white fur and scales remained, clearly traces left by the Silver Dragon Wolf. Zhu Ziyang nodded, thinking that the Silver Dragon Wolf's memory was correct; this place really was known only to her. Otherwise, it would probably have been occupied by the Ice Demon Snow Soul King long ago.
Zhu Ziyang did not delay any longer and immediately prepared to completely refine the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon's first spirit ring.
He released the Lich King and the Hell Knight to guard him, then immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, mobilized the Power of Death within his body, and began to devour the Silver Dragon Wolf's spirit ring.
A vast and majestic life force instantly poured out, and the cold, hell-like cave was immediately filled with vitality. The Hell Knight and the Lich King, sensing such dense life aura, both changed their expressions and began to tremble. As undead creatures, life force was like poison to them, making them want to avoid it. However, although their bodies trembled incessantly, they still stood firm, protecting Zhu Ziyang.
As the surging life force washed over him, Zhu Ziyang's body began to tremble violently, and the ethereal shadow of the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon behind him flickered, highly unstable. This indicated that Zhu Ziyang's refinement process of his first spirit ring was not going smoothly.
Zhu Ziyang fully mobilized his Power of Death, trying his best to encircle this rampant and untamed life force, like a seasoned rider taming a wild, arrogant horse. Although the process was messy, the result was very gratifying.
The Silver Dragon Wolf's spirit ring contained one hundred and ninety thousand years of life force, constantly washing and refining Zhu Ziyang's physique and bones, and continuously penetrating and solidifying Zhu Ziyang's meridians and acupoints. While taming this life force, Zhu Ziyang's Power of Death and spirit power both achieved unprecedented solidification and compression, with improvements in both quality and strength.
As Zhu Ziyang's refinement of the Hundred-Thousand-Year spirit ring gradually stabilized, the life aura in the cave was also gradually gathered and absorbed by him, and the two undead creatures finally felt a little better.
Time outside the cave passed by little by little. Inside the cave, Zhu Ziyang was fully focused on refining the life force within the spirit ring.
One day passed, and Zhu Ziyang walked out of the cave with a joyful expression on his face. He had successfully refined the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon's first spirit ring and gained a lot.
First, his physique had reached a level capable of withstanding a Hundred-Thousand-Year spirit ring, which was expected. This meant he had directly accomplished what Mu En had previously instructed him to do, and he no longer needed to attach a spirit ring to the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon Spirit to strengthen his physique right now.
Secondly, the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon's first spirit ring had increased from one hundred and ninety thousand to two hundred thousand years. The crimson spirit ring was adorned with two golden patterns, which meant that the Silver Dragon Wolf had officially entered the fierce beast tier. The two major Spirit Abilities provided by its spirit ring had both received significant enhancement and strengthening.
Thirdly, after the spirit ring was completely refined, the residual soul of the Silver Dragon Wolf attached to the spirit ring was expelled. After Electrolux's guidance, it merged with the Silver Dragon Wolf's soul crystal in Zhu Ziyang's spiritual sea. The Silver Dragon Wolf's soul crystal immediately received a small wave of enhancement. In Electrolux's words, it meant that it was about to awaken.
Finally, Zhu Ziyang's spirit power reached level 57, which was a pleasant surprise.
After sensing the time and realizing that only one day had passed, Zhu Ziyang suddenly had a whim and decided to stay for another two or three days before leaving.