Compared to the original story, where Tang San underwent a rebirth-like transformation after consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and refining his body with ice and fire...
As a Titled Douluo, Qian Xunji had already fused with the Golden Dragon bloodline, which possessed the power of the extreme. His current physical constitution was unimaginably powerful!
So even if he consumed the Crimson Flame Pill and the Mysterious Ice Pill—both refined with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot as the main ingredients—while cultivating inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the improvement to his body would likely not be too significant.
But the reason Qian Xunji intended to take the Crimson Flame and Mysterious Ice Pills wasn't primarily to enhance his body or cultivation.
When it came to cultivation improvement, using the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot for ice-fire body refinement was actually less effective than taking other pills. That was because the majority of the medicinal power from those two herbs would be absorbed into the body.
On one hand, they strengthened the physical body.
On the other hand, they granted immunity to energy attacks below the level of ultimate ice and fire.
Of course, that in itself was still quite useful to Qian Xunji.
But what he valued most was that by taking the Crimson Flame and Mysterious Ice Pills, he could dive to the very bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
According to what Qian Xunji knew from his previous life, buried at the very bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were the corpses of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, who had perished during the ancient Dragon Clan era.
In their lifetimes, these two Dragon Kings had absolutely reached the level of first-class gods!
If he could obtain the million-year soul bones left behind by the two Dragon Kings, it would basically be a one-way ticket to the top!
Not only would his cultivation soar dramatically, but the eight million-year soul skills granted by the two soul bones would also transform his strength completely!
Qian Xunji felt that even that old bastard wouldn't be his match anymore.
Just the thought of it made his heart pound with excitement!
Although the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings might still have remnants of their souls lingering within their corpses, Qian Xunji wasn't worried. After all, when he'd "fulfilled" Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang's love story before, the Reversal System had rewarded him with the Golden Dragon bloodline.
Fused with the Golden Dragon bloodline, he should be considered one of their own to the Dragon Clan.
'If the Dragon Kings' remnants really do exist, there's no way they wouldn't offer me the inheritance themselves!'
It was definitely worth the risk!
Beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, after giving Ling Yuan some final instructions, Qian Xunji began to undress.
He was preparing to take one Crimson Flame Pill and one Mysterious Ice Pill, then jump into the well to undergo ice-fire refinement.
This scene left Ling Yuan completely stunned.
When a bundle of clothes suddenly landed in her arms and she instinctively caught it, she finally snapped back to reality. Her delicate and beautiful face instantly flushed bright red.
"Yaaah!" Her heart cried out as she quickly turned around, her heart pounding wildly in her chest.
'Your Holiness, why are you like this!'
'Suddenly undressing in front of someone—I'm a girl, you know!'
'This is so embarrassing! This is so embarrassing! Aaaaah!'
Lingyuan's face was burning hot, a mix of shame and excitement swirling inside her.
But when she thought back to the moment Qian Xunji had taken off his clothes—his broad shoulders, chiseled muscles like carved stone, the smooth, aesthetic lines of his body, that narrow waist, and those perfectly defined eight-pack abs...
Her heart thumped even faster.
'When did His Holiness get such an amazing body!?'
He had already become more handsome and composed ever since his style changed, his aura growing more unrestrained and mysterious.
'He's absolutely irresistible...'
On the other side, after swallowing the Crimson Flame and Mysterious Ice Pills, Qian Xunji felt a surge of cold and searing-hot spiritual energy burst forth inside him, constantly washing over his body.
He took a deep breath. Beneath his shoulder-length golden hair, his flawless, handsome face curved into a faint smile, thin lips lightly upturned.
As a stream of frosty white breath escaped from his mouth, he couldn't help but smile lightly.
The fire and ice spiritual energy released from the pills had already reached the extreme level.
But for him, it was nothing more than a bit of cold and heat, nothing he couldn't handle.
'Looks like after fusing the Golden Dragon bloodline, not only has my strength improved massively, but my endurance and recovery abilities have grown far beyond what I expected!'
He didn't waste time thinking about it further.
After swallowing the pills, Qian Xunji leapt into the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
A massive splash erupted, scattering blue and red water high into the air. As the two colors collided, a loud sizzling hiss rang out, and thick white mist billowed forth.
As he sank into the well, Qian Xunji finally understood the true meaning of "ice and fire duality."
Inside his body, the medicinal power of the Crimson Flame and Mysterious Ice Pills continuously surged outward. Each time it did, it attracted opposing energies—ice and fire spiritual energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
These forces clashed with the medicinal power inside his body, then fused into pure spiritual energy, which refined and nourished his physique.
And after diving into the well, Qian Xunji suddenly sensed—perhaps due to the effect of the Golden Dragon bloodline—a summoning force calling to him from the very depths of the well.
It beckoned him to dive deeper.
His heart filled with joy and excitement.
'As expected!'
'Even though I transmigrated to a time before the main Douluo Dalu story begins, the world-building still overlaps with the later series!'
Sensing the call from the depths, Qian Xunji immediately swam further downward into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
With the help of the medicinal power within him and the powerful physique granted by the Golden Dragon bloodline, the extreme cold and heat of the well posed no hindrance at all.
After descending several thousand meters, the previously narrow passage of about ten meters in diameter suddenly opened up.
He had now entered the underground section beneath the mountain that housed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
But the true destination was still much deeper!
Qian Xunji continued to dive for another thirty thousand meters. By now, the surrounding space had turned into a vast subterranean world, boundless in every direction.
All around, the place was filled with blue and red waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Finally, as he approached the very bottom...
In this underground world brimming with ice-blue and fiery-red spring water, Qian Xunji saw them.
Two enormous corpses, each the size of a small mountain. Their bodies were covered in shimmering blue and red scales, muscular and majestic, with razor-sharp claws, wide dragon wings, long necks, and fierce, regal dragon heads.
The corpses of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings lay there silently, eyes closed.
As Qian Xunji drew near—
Suddenly, a brilliant explosion of red and blue light burst from the corpses of the two Dragon Kings.
A deep dragon roar, echoing straight into the soul, rang out.
Two ghostly dragon forms—identical in appearance to the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings—emerged from the corpses.
They were not illusions.
They were the remnants of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' souls, hovering above their own bodies.
Two enormous dragon eyes, one pair blue, the other red, locked onto Qian Xunji.
A deep, resonant voice echoed through the depths.
"To think... that the noble Golden Dragon bloodline still exists in this world!"