Douluo Dalu 2: Heavenly Eyed Douluo

A few minutes earlier.

"Body forging with extreme Ice and Fire—the most effective yet dangerous method of strengthening one's body. The slightest mistake of the flame's heat would burn Yuhao into a crisp, and the chill of the ice would freeze his cells." Electrolux said as he watched over Indra, Ice Empress and Snow Empress strengthening Huo Yuhao's body.

Before the process begins, he retrieved the Frostbane Sword to prevent it from being destroyed and tasked Indra to first envelop Huo Yuhao completely with Amaterasu.

It's simply because Huo Yuhao's body is at the state of being a Pseudo Ice God Physique; it would naturally be resistant to almost all flames in the world—all except for Ultimate Fire, and the Amaterasu certainly fit the bill as Ultimate Fire.

Huo Yuhao had to be bathed in the flames of hell first in order to undergo body rebirth!

"Amaterasu! Hinokagutsuchi!" Indra's eyes narrowed and black eerie flames covered Huo Yuhao's entire body in the blink of an eye, burning his clothes and the vegetation around him into ashes.

Indra had amassed a variety of Mangekyou Sharingan techniques throughout centuries of constant reincarnation cycles in his previous world. He, of course, had inherited all of their abilities as they were his incarnation.

But his own Mangekyou Sharingan techniques held a special place in what remained of his will — Amaterasu and Hinokagutsuchi, the latter especially was special since no one else in the Uchiha Clan history had ever awakened it besides someone but it was an inferior version.

Hinokagutsuchi is a technique that has total control over Amaterasu; both shape and temperature, allowing him to wield the flames with an unprecedented level of precision.

The eerie black flames of Amaterasu wrapped around Yuhao's body; permeating his skin to penetrating into his meridians, burning away some of the Ice God Physique's influences and caused his skin to flush red like a stove being heated!

Crack* Crack*

But as expected of a incomplete divine physique, it retaliated against the black flames with black ice crystals appearing over Huo Yuhao's skin and reinforced his muscles and meridians in response, slowly tearing it apart.

The clash between Amaterasu's infernal flames and the incomplete Ice God Physique's divine frost created a symphony of opposing forces within Huo Yuhao's body, each vying for dominance yet somehow harmonizing to temper him further.

However, without control over the ice element, it was just a matter of time before disaster descends!

Electrolux narrowed his eyes and swiped his right arm in a commanding manner. "Ice Empress, Snow Empress. Now!"

"Yes!"

Both women nodded their heads and raised their hands, distinct jade-green and snow-white auras emanated respectively from their flawless palms.

The growing ice crystals suddenly halted as the combined powers of Ice Empress and Snow Empress exerted their influence. Their respective energies enveloped the divine frost, controlling its expansion and directing it to fortify Yuhao's internal structure instead of resisting the Amaterasu flames.

"Keep going," Electrolux commanded, his gaze narrowed as he acted as a guiding force, maintaining the delicate balance between the opposing energies. "We need to push his body past its limits, but not break it; synchronization is the key!"

After a while, the black flames disappeared—revealing charcoal burnt skin, and much less to say about his internal body ruined by Ultimate Ice and Snow.

A emerald glow filled with Life Energy permeated Huo Yuhao's body and all of his injuries, external and internal, healed in the blink of an eye.

So long as his head and heart aren't destroyed, his monstrous healing factor would kick in.

After that, bone-chilling ice crystals began to form over Huo Yuhao's body, emanating a cold so intense that the air around him visibly froze. However, within his body, black flames surged throughout his muscles, bones, meridians and blood.

The Ice-Fire body forging process was a cycle of relentless destruction and renewal; the process ever changing in order to force Huo Yuhao's body to adapt and become resilient. Each phase pushed him closer to the limits of mortality and beyond, reforging him into something far greater.

The bone-chilling black ice crystals on his hair and skin froze and fell apart, showing burning muscles, before new skin regrew.

The muscles, bones, and meridians within slowly began to melt under the relentless assault of the black flames, their structures seemingly disintegrating into nothingness. However, just as quickly as they were destroyed, his regeneration surged to restore them, reshaping and fortifying every fiber of his being. After that, the body forging process shifted once more.

This process went on for weeks!

Such a body strengthening process is a excruciating experience that could even break some old Soul Sages under half an hour, yet, Huo Yuhao hadn't utter a single pained sound.

Simply because he was still in deep meditation! Both his spiritual power and soul power had increased during this time, making several breakthroughs in his cultivation.

Spirit Abyss Realm early stage!

Soul Power rank 46!

Spirit Abyss Realm middle stage!

Soul Power rank 47!

Spirit Abyss Realm advance stage!

Soul Power rank 48!

Spirit Abyss Realm pinnacle stage!

Soul Power rank 49!

Soul Power rank 50 pinnacle!

Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea was completely from before. If it were akin to a vast sea beforehand, now it was an immeasurable abyss!

Spirit Abyss Realm, this realm of spiritual power was commonly referred to by high level Titled Douluos as the limit for a normal human's spiritual power! If one's spirit were the world, then the upper boundary would be heaven while the lower boundary would be hell!

Now the once "small" forest Skydream and the others lived in had expanded; the tall trees sprouted like bamboo sprouts, blades of Bluesilver Grass grew, and the large sphere of spiritual power burst into the crystal clear lake emitting undulations of Life Energy around the gigantic tree in the middle of the forest.

It wouldn't be a lie to say that it looked exactly like the real Great Star Dou Forest!

"Yuhao's condition has finally stabilized. Damn it, just when I thought everything had calmed down, the seals suddenly came undone and he absorbed it up to the eight seal! Fortunately his physical body endured and his spiritual sea made a breakthrough to the next realm as well as increasing his soul rings' age." Skydream muttered, wiping his brow despite his lack of a physical body.

Although Huo Yuhao's cultivation progress was terrifying, his physical body had undergone the most tremendous transformation!

Each cycle of destruction and renewal during the Ice-Fire Body Forging process had reforged his body to an unprecedented level of resilience. His muscles were denser, his bones stronger, and his meridians wider and more robust, capable of withstanding and channeling far greater amounts of soul power.

From what Skydream could tell according to the memories of Titled Douluos he'd experimented in the past, Huo Yuhao's physical body wasn't any weaker than a defense-type Soul Douluo!

He turned towards Electrolux, indignant. "Hey, what's going on here?! I thought enlightenments were supposed to be beneficial for humans? If we hadn't intervened..."

"I am also confused by the sudden turn of events. My experiences with enlightenment and the records I've read about it all contain about it being beneficial...." Electrolux was similarly puzzled. He cupped his chin in deep thought.

"Enlightenment? What are you guys talking about?" Indra walked towards them, tilting his head. Ice Empress and Snow Empress followed behind him.

At this point, further Ice-Fire forging was useless. Huo Yuhao's body had completely stabilized, reaching a level of resilience that no longer required the extreme tempering process.

Electrolux and Skydream blinked.

"Uh, the state that Yuhao is in right now? It's something called enlightenment, an extremely rare phenomenon that occurs when someone becomes profoundly aware of their sense of self and path.

It's like their understanding of their existence and cultivation aligns perfectly with the world or the Heavens, allowing them to gain insights and make breakthroughs that would normally take years or even decades. Well, that's what I understand at least." Skydream replied, digging up the memories of the Titled Douluos he failed to fused with in the past and a bit of his own experience of becoming the continent's first million year old soul beast after the Divine War.

Electrolux interjected, his tone contemplative. "Enlightenment is supposed to be a tranquil state, one where the cultivator experiences harmony between mind, body, and spirit. It's meant to accelerate growth without harming the individual. But for Yuhao...."

He gestured to the aftermath of the Ice-Fire Body Forging process. "This is far from the norm."

Indra stared at them with a bizarre expression.

"But... Yuhao's not enlightened."

Electrolux, Skydream, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress turned towards him.

"What?!"

Indra nodded and explained, "Yuhao's had absorbed the memories and experiences of his past lives, which had somehow triggered his Eye of Eternity to open up the Seven Paths of Samsara—and one of those paths is called the Preta Path, which allows the user to absorb a limitless amount of energy."

"....No wonder the Eye of Eternity had acted strangely just as there was a sudden surge of soul and spiritual powers. But because of my unfamiliarity of such techniques, I didn't managed to figure out the true cause. I apologize." Electrolux sighed deeply.

"You! Why didn't you say anything about it sooner?!" Ice Empress demanded, glaring at Indra.

Indra shrugged at her. "I simply thought you all knew. And even if you did, would it really change anything? The Eye of Eternity's use of the Preta Path wouldn't be turned off unless the user himself does it."

Snow Empress frowned. "But the flow of energy had stopped a while ago? Does that mean...?"

Indra smirked.

At this moment, in the physical world, the flames and chilling frost receded entirely, leaving behind a figure whose every fiber radiated power and vitality.

His skin had a faint crystalline sheen, while faint traces of fiery energy flickered around him, a testament to the Amaterasu's lingering presence within.

A body that was forged by the use of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice/Snow; extremely resistant to almost all elements in the world, poison, other ailments and could even resist some Ultimate Attributed elements, creating a physique that would stand at the very top of unique constitutions in the world—Ultimate Ice-Fire Physique!

As he opened his two deep-blue eyes, the Eye of Eternity on his forehead slowly closes itself.

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AN: Let's welcome a great cultivator who received enlightenment from patreon and became a One Above All: Shadow260802

AN2: I hope everyone is okay and is doing great, the world might be in a shitty place right now, but there still some things to look forward to in life to keep your spirits up—mine is watching my favorite cultivation novels(BTTH, WDQK, Swallowed Star, etc.) get turned into anime/donghua. I just wished they made proper English translation...

3/4 chapters of the week