At this moment, Snow Empress became increasingly convinced that only the legendary Sea God Tang San could have arranged such a spectacle.
After all, these were thousands of ten-thousand-year soul beasts—something even the Extreme North Ice Plains might struggle to gather. How could this tiny Sunset Forest possibly deserve such treasures?
Ye Wen paid no heed to Snow Empress's turbulent emotions and calmly stepped into the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire, scanning the surroundings.
Ten thousand years had passed, and the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire, with their minimum tenfold acceleration effect on plant-type soul beasts' cultivation, combined with Tang San's intentional transplantation of countless precious herbs and immortal grasses after his ascension to godhood, had long since regained its prosperity—and even surpassed its former glory.
A faint smile tugged at Ye Wen's lips as he said cheerfully, "But now, it's all mine for the taking."
The rules of the God Realm forbade gods from interfering in the mortal world. Aside from sites of divine inheritance, there was no trace of gods on the Douluo Continent.
Moreover, Tang San's arrangement of these millions of soul beasts was unlikely to include leaving behind divine consciousness to constantly monitor this place.
As for the two fools, Da Ming and Er Ming, whom Tang San had exploited a loophole to send down—they were still playing house at the Hao Tian Sect, taking care of Tang San's children.
Now that Ye Wen had broken through here, even if these immortal grasses had evolved into 100,000-year soul beasts, so what? Ye Wen could take whatever he pleased.
However, Ye Wen didn't plan to directly harvest or kill these immortal grasses just yet. After all, aside from their current effects, they were also solid 100,000-year spirit rings.
"Hand them over," Ye Wen commanded.
The awakened You Xiang Qi Luo Immortal Herb, which had been about to let out a shriek of warning, was instantly absorbed into Ye Wen's spatial storage in the next second.
"Annoying," Ye Wen muttered disdainfully.
Come to think of it, this You Xiang Qi Luo Immortal Herb was apparently quite boastful in its own right. Unfortunately, its future had already been decided by Ye Wen—it wouldn't get to act haughty as it did in the original timeline.
Memories often triggered associations, and Ye Wen couldn't help but feel disgusted.
"Tang San's PUA tactics even reached here."
Pushing aside these revolting memories, Ye Wen was determined to rewrite Huo Yu'er's fate.
Speaking of which, who exactly had descended to the mortal realm this time—Tang Wutong or Tang Wulin? He was somewhat curious about Tang San's little schemes.
Next, Ye Wen continued his operations. In the face of absolute power, these self-proclaimed mighty immortal grasses were nothing more than clowns to be manipulated—they only bullied the weak Huo Yuhao in the original timeline.
During the plundering process, aside from medicinal herbs, Ye Wen also made other discoveries.
"The Poison Chapter?"
Ye Wen smacked his lips thoughtfully, recalling that the inheritance Tang San left to the Tang Sect was a castrated version—whether it was Xuan Tian Method or Xuan Tian Treasure Record's Hidden Weapon Manual.
Though the Tang Sect's hidden weapons were incredibly powerful, basic hidden weapons without poison couldn't instantly kill their targets.
For this reason, the Tang Sect rapidly declined after the appearance of the Sun Moon Continent. It wasn't surprising—soul-guided weapons of the same level were simpler to operate, offered more functionality, and were more lethal.
Moreover, there was a rule in the Douluo Continent: the higher the level of a soul master, the better they could resist toxins with their soul power. Unless it was something like the Yan Wang Tie, which consumed vast amounts of rare herbs to create an unparalleled poison, most poisons were useless. Hadn't Poison Douluo become the weakest Douluo?
Though this thing was a useless chicken rib—good for nothing but hard to discard—Ye Wen soon thought of a use for the Poison Chapter.
"You want the Tang Sect to rise again and provide you with faith, Tang San? I'll make sure that doesn't happen. I wonder how Tang Ya will react when she finds out her sect's inheritance is a castrated version. Will her faith shatter? Hehehe, this is interesting."
As the saying goes, "If the enemy can go, so can we." Once upon a time, Tang San turned this place into a mess. Now, Ye Wen recreated the scene from ten thousand years ago.
"When Tang San sees his backyard garden destroyed like this, his expression will surely be priceless," Ye Wen murmured.
Though his earlier actions had been satisfying, Ye Wen suddenly decided not to expose himself.
After all, visible threats were easy to defend against, but hidden arrows were harder to guard against. Ye Wen didn't want to be secretly schemed against by Tang San—even though Tang San couldn't match him in strength.
But a toad crawling on your shoe won't kill you—it'll just disgust you.
At this moment, the advantage of information disparity became apparent. Ye Wen slowly approached the core of the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire—the spring formed by the overflowing energy of the two Dragon Kings of Ice and Fire.
In the original timeline, these two Dragon Kings had been resurrected by the Silver Dragon King as his subordinates.
However, it was clear that in this relatively normal Tang Universe, these two Dragon Kings weren't so fortunate. Ye Wen remembered that, ten thousand years later, they would be summoned through special means to protect the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire. For two mighty god-kings to be used so casually after death—it was truly tragic.
These two Dragon Kings might still prove useful in the future, but for now, they could remain quietly buried here, Ye Wen thought silently.
Besides, these two Dragon Kings were perfect scapegoats for destroying the scene.
Using his overwhelmingly powerful spiritual force, Ye Wen channeled divine power deep beneath the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire.
The next moment, extreme heat and extreme cold erupted simultaneously. Especially the bone-chilling cold caused Snow Empress's expression to change drastically.
As the possessor of the ultimate ice attribute on the Douluo Continent, Snow Empress represented the pinnacle of ice laws. Yet, even the mere overflow of this presence was enough to surpass her and brutally suppress her ultimate ice.
Ye Wen glanced at Snow Empress, seeing her retreat step by step, nearly fleeing beyond the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire. He quickly pulled her to his side and shielded her with his own power.
While destroying evidence, leaving traces of her ultimate ice outside would be disastrous.
With the unleashed power of the two god-kings, the once dog-chewed Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire now transformed into scorched earth and frozen wasteland.
Under the overwhelming power, the remaining scraps of medicinal herbs were either incinerated or frozen into dust, leaving behind only emptiness.
Ye Wen nodded in satisfaction and even recited a line of poetry with interest.
"Falling petals are not heartless things; they turn to spring mud to nurture flowers."
However, Ye Wen already knew from the original timeline that the Yin-Yang Dual Eyes of Ice and Fire were artificially created medicinal gardens. If no one replanted herbs here, even though the environment was extremely beneficial for plant-type soul beasts, immobile plants couldn't grow here naturally.
"Let's go, Snow Empress. This place has no value left."
With that, Ye Wen turned and left.
In the following days, Ye Wen continued to pillage resources across the Douluo Continent—or rather, acted as a righteous hero while doing so.
After all, Ye Wen specifically targeted those wealthy nobles who lacked virtue.
However, due to the chaos caused by evil soul masters in this era, his actions didn't cause much of a stir.
Whether commoners or nobles, people were dying every day on the Douluo Continent.
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