Inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye!
After absorbing the Evil God Pearl, the Dragon Pearl in Chen Yuan's dantian immediately became restless. It instinctively wanted to devour the Evil God Pearl.
The Evil God Pearl seemed to feel the same way. Sensing the presence of the Dragon Pearl, it also wanted to devour it to strengthen itself.
However, Chen Yuan would never allow this to happen. He didn't want the Dragon Pearl to be devoured, nor did he want his body to become a battlefield.
The Dragon Pearl contained only the dark attribute, while the Evil God Pearl possessed six attributes, with evil as the primary one. As the life-bound spirit pearl of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, it had the attributes of evil, strength, time, space, wind, and thunder. In every aspect, it surpassed the Dragon Pearl. If the two were to devour each other, the Dragon Pearl would likely be consumed by the Evil God Pearl.
However, the Dragon Pearl had already become a part of Chen Yuan after he refined it. In his dantian, it served as his spirit core and absolutely could not be compromised.
Therefore, under Chen Yuan's active control, he suppressed the Dragon Pearl's instinct to devour the Evil God Pearl and released a large amount of spirit power to refine the Evil God Pearl.
As expected, the spirit power, which shared the same origin, completely merged into the Evil God Pearl. As the spirit power continued to pour in, Chen Yuan's control over the Evil God Pearl grew stronger, and the refinement process proceeded relatively smoothly.
The key, however, was to allow the Dragon Pearl and the Evil God Pearl to coexist as spirit cores. Even in the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, only the strongest Titled Douluos could condense dual spirit cores.
The main challenge was ensuring that the second spirit core didn't conflict with the first after its formation.
In this regard, Chen Yuan took a shortcut. He didn't condense the spirit core himself. Instead, he absorbed the spirit ring and then used spirit power of the same origin to refine the inner core produced by the same spirit beast, using it as a spirit core.
This process was similar to refining a spirit bone, but the inner core wasn't a spirit bone. It was more like an external spirit bone, which would completely merge with its owner.
In fact, Chen Yuan had already formed a plan in his mind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have absorbed it so directly. Now, it was a matter of whether his theory would work:
"To allow two spirit cores to coexist, a balance must be found. When it comes to balance, one cannot ignore the concept of Tai Chi—yin and yang, where each contains the other. This is a form of balance. If the dark-attribute Dragon Pearl and the evil-attribute Evil God Pearl can find a state of coexistence through Tai Chi, then my first and second spirit cores can coexist as well!"
Returning to the present, as Chen Yuan's refinement of the Evil God Pearl deepened, he began to release his suppression of both the Dragon Pearl and the Evil God Pearl, guiding them to find a balance. After all, he could suppress them temporarily, but not forever. They needed to maintain balance on their own.
Inside his dantian!
The two black pearls, once released from suppression, began to compete for control over the spirit power in the dantian. Both absorbed and released spirit power, each trying to become the sole ruler.
Before long, the two had divided all the spirit power in the dantian between them, and they were still unsatisfied. They each opened a vortex, beginning to absorb energy from the outside world.
This was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, where the energy of ice and fire was abundant. Under Chen Yuan's absorption, there was no sign of depletion. Instead, it seemed to allow him to absorb freely.
During this process, the two black pearls were neither too close nor too far apart. Their vortices intertwined, influencing and penetrating each other, all in an effort to devour the other and gather strength.
Despite his best efforts, Chen Yuan's body still became a battlefield. Fortunately, he could still control the situation. He felt as if two bottomless abysses had formed in his stomach, constantly absorbing the ice and fire energy from the outside world through his body.
Chen Yuan didn't dare to be careless. His mind was tightly focused, constantly monitoring the Dragon Pearl and the Evil God Pearl in his dantian, allowing their powers to influence each other but preventing their physical forms from colliding.
After an unknown amount of time, two black vortices formed in Chen Yuan's dantian. At the center of each vortex was the Dragon Pearl and the Evil God Pearl, respectively.
These two black vortices intertwined and influenced each other. Chen Yuan's spirit power flowed between the Dragon Pearl and the Evil God Pearl through the vortices. The dense, liquid-like spirit power was no less potent than that of a Spirit Sage.
When spirit power transitions from a gaseous to a liquid state, the next step is complete solidification. Once that stage is reached, Chen Yuan's spirit power would rival that of a Titled Douluo in quality.
With spirit power of such quality, Chen Yuan's actual spirit power level was only at the 57th rank. The process of refining the Evil God Pearl had boosted his spirit power by two levels.
If this continued, it wouldn't be impossible for Chen Yuan to achieve complete solidification of his spirit power at the Spirit Sage level, reaching a level comparable to a Titled Douluo.
Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp and full of vitality. He thought to himself:
'Finally, it's done. The first and second spirit cores have temporarily reached a balance. I no longer have to worry about them devouring each other, destroying my dantian, or ruining my foundation.'
Then, Chen Yuan raised his left and right hands. On his left hand, a swirling current of wind formed, creating a small vortex in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye. On his right hand, lightning crackled and flashed, causing the water to churn.
The power of wind and thunder—perhaps because Chen Yuan possessed the Wind and Thunder Wings—allowed him to easily master these attributes after refining the Evil God Pearl. However, the other attributes—time, space, strength, and evil—remained beyond his grasp.
'It seems my refinement of the Evil God Pearl isn't complete. Alternatively, it might need an awakening to truly become mine. However, the current balance will likely be disrupted once the Evil God Pearl fully awakens. A dark-attribute Dragon Pearl would struggle to compete with an awakened Evil God Pearl that possesses six attributes.'
'But for the sake of the evil, strength, time, and space attributes, I can't suppress the Evil God Pearl's awakening indefinitely. The only solution now is to find a way to use the Sword Pill as the core to suppress both the Dragon Pearl and the Evil God Pearl, achieving a new balance when condensing the Sword Pill.'
'The Sword Pill is the life-bound spirit core. The Seven Kill Sword is my core power. With it as the center, what would the new balance look like…'
Chen Yuan pondered deeply, trying to envision the balance of three spirit cores.
Even if he wanted to find a reference, Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years later had three martial souls, allowing him to condense a spirit core for each: a mental spirit core, an ultimate ice spirit core, and a spatial spirit core. This situation was different from Chen Yuan's and didn't offer much reference value.
He would have to rely on himself…
But for now, it was time to leave. With this thought, Chen Yuan began swimming toward the surface.
(End of Chapter)
Word Count : 1,316
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