A young and old man could be seen strolling and talking leisurely together towards a wooden cabin. The young man stopped as the old man took a step forward and opened the cabin door. An intense medicinal odor gushed out from the cabin into the open air.

The young man showed a surprised expression due to the strong odor. Furrowing his eyebrows, he immediately followed the old man into the house.

They walked up the stairs to the second level, through the hall, and stopped in a very spacious room. Looking across the room, a finely made white silk bed was draped with see through red curtains near the back wall.

Staring through the curtain, a young woman laid there like a sleeping beauty unaffected by the presence of the two.

An aura of death could be felt as it emanated from the young woman's body. She was hanging by a minuscule thread of life.

Walking towards the woman unfazed by the aura, the young man cycled a tiny amount of qi through her body to observe the cause. He kept cycling the qi and adjusting it throughout her meridians extremely slow to figure out the abnormalities within.

"Disciple Silver, are you able to help her?" the old man asked nervously.

After sitting there for a brief period of time, Silver felt inwardly startled. He felt elated that this kind of world would have such a rare constitution! Although it was rare, he knew what to do.

"Old Yam, your daughter's situation is truly peculiar. She has two innate borned constitution that's been constantly in conflict," Silver finally spoke after deciding the root cause.

"Have you been feeding her yang medicine and herbs? She has both a fire and ice innate constitution, yet the balance is broken between the two. Her fire constitution has become stronger due to herbs with yang properties. Her ice constitution has little yin and can barely struggle against the yang. With so much yang, I'm surprised it has destroyed her entirely."

"Innate fire and ice constitution?" Old Yam asked startled by the news.

"She is of a Huli Jing's descendant, it's not possible for her to have a ice const- her mother had practice the ice element cultivation manual! I'm such a fool, how could I forget her mother is a ice cultivator! But how? Her mother, before she died, never told me she had an innate ice constitution nor did show any extraordinary prowess. She was just a normal cultivator I fell in love with but how . . . "

"The Huli Jing?" Silver asked in shock.

Descendants of mystical and legendary beasts, like the Huli Jings, were rare as they were hunted down to near extinction for their treasured body. To ensure their bloodlines kept going, they begun breeding with mortals, beasts, and occasionally cultivators.

After that they disappear from the world completely to escape extinction. This much was known as they were naturally born from this world before the invasion of the demonic gods.

"Her constitutions is unique, a black fire, burning without a shred of light. And a rare type of ice that cannot be melted by the strongest of flames. It seems the heaven's blessed her with a rare and powerful constitution. I can help her by imparting a cultivation technique made for her innate constitutions."

Back then, he had a senior sister who had the exact same constitution. They were quite close so she allowed him to memorized the manual exchanged for materials to increase her strength.

"Please do! I do not wish for her to suffer any longer. She has been this way since 13 years of age."

"Unseal the sleeping spell then, Old Yam. We must hurry since time is of utmost importance now. I will teach her the skill to harmonize her innate constitution. After that, it will depend on her tenacity."

Old Yam hurried to his daughter side and tapped her forehead unsealing the restriction in her body. He turned towards Silver who stood on the opposite side of the bed with his eyes closed as he tried to connect to his daughter's conscious.

A palpitating pain emerged from within Old Yam's heart, wishing for a miracle.

"Let's begin," Silver spoke as he cycled his qi through the young woman's meridians.

Old Yam's daughter was in a comatose state, but he figured that she was already awake for some time now based on her spiritual activity he had sensed. His soul already quite powerful and will continue to be so as he continued to strengthen it with his Eternal Soul Refinement skill.

'She can actually use divine sense even in a vegetative state for who knows how long. With such a strong-willed personality, I'm willing to help such a person. A great and powerful father and a talented daughter with heaven defying innate constitution. Now I'm more curious of this so-called "dead" mother's background.'

'Alright, I know you've heard our conversation. I will impart a cultivation technique called, Glacial Blaze. Only a person with a fire and ice constitution can use it. Your father won't be able to even use it, much understand it but you can share it if you want.

Follow my lead while I cycle my qi through your meridians as an aide. Remember it carefully, especially the manual I'm imparting. The rest is up to you,' Silver communicated using divine sense.

Placing his right index finger between her eyebrows, he imparted the technique into her brain.

Circulating his qi by the method used in the cultivation technique, a weak qi followed along his. Sweat covered Silver's forehead as he continued to strengthen the young woman's meridians for the following hours.

Surprisingly, she understood the method once but Silver still had to ensure to heal and erase the damages done by her father's caring ignorance.

More beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He furrowed his eyebrows, trying his best to heal the woman.

Another two hours had passed and Silver could feel the changes within the woman's body. The fire and ice that were constantly clashing had finally reached a state of harmony. With a soft sigh, Silver relaxed his tense expression.

His void qi was neutral and pure which ignited a change in her body as he used it to stimulate the stagnated medicine in her body.

Silver stood up and backed away once he realized she was able to cycle her qi on her own.

After a day of waiting, the young woman's qi increased in strength and begun fluctuating. Old Yam felt startled as his he could tell that his daughter was breaking through!

A pure black flame and a freezing cold began spreading slowly across the room. Knowing the dangers of her breakthrough, both Old Yam and Silver fled out of the cabin quick.

Black flames exploded through the roof, burning the whole cabin down. Within the black flames was Old Yam's daughter encased in ice as her qi kept growing stronger.

Several hours passed, as they waited.

Both of them watched the flame and ice retracting into threads, forming a cocoon made of ice and black fire. The brittle soil of where the cabin once stood broke into a dust storm as the cocoon gently landed.

Threads of black fire and blue ice began dissipating and unraveled a young and beautiful woman standing within. Her eyes were looked red and glossy, tears leaking from the edge.

She took her first step, slowly walking towards Old Yam with a happy and pained expression.

"My daughter, your father is a disappointment. I wish I knew as much as young Silver!" Old Yam sobbed rushing to his daughter, giving a teary hug.

He spent 9 years to find ways to cure his daughter. He was able to keep her alive until this fateful day. The mountain of a burden his heart finally disappear after witnessing her get the chance to live once more.

Truly satisfied, he turned to Silver, dropped to his knees and began kowtowing in gratitude. His main worries had been splendidly fulfilled. He did not care about face but gratitude.

"Stand up, Old Yam. You do not need to do this!" exclaimed Silver as he rushed to get Old Yam up.

"Thank you, Silver. Why don't you be my son-in-law? You're the only one who is a complete match with her!" Old Yam beamed standing up in slight embarrassment.

Old Yam showed the brightest and biggest smile than the moon could never hope to achieve. He felt immense gratitude towards Silver.

"You gave me access to the sect's library, of course this is something that needs to be done for you," Silver calmly replied dodging Old Yam's questions in attempt to marry his daughter to him.

"Thank you, Silver, my savior. Without you, I would be very saddened for my father, since he would be alone if I left. So I did my best to keep living, wishing to miraculously break free from this illness. If not for you, my last breath of life would only be filled with regrets," Old Yam's daughter spoke softly in a thankful manner, a red tinge on her cheeks.

"My name is Jing Shi, I am 22 years old this year. I hope we can train in the future as fellow disciples."

"Do not worry, as long as you practice the method I gave you, your cultivation will shatter the heavens! Your talent is of divine grade. Coupled with your rare and unique dual innate constitution, no one can hinder your progress. Cultivate hard, if you need my assistance, I will be basically living in the sect's library from this point on," Silver replied in a tranquil voice gazing at Jing Shi.

For a split moment, he felt a strong connection with her as they both locked their eyes together.

As if the river of time intentionally slowed, a strong yet comfortably gentle feeling began welling from his heart and soul.

An unbreakable thread interlinking with hers formed the moment he saved her.

Coincidentally, Jing Shi had the exact same feeling towards Silver. Fortifying her heart, she made her first life-changing decision.

"Well, show me the way Old Yam," Silver finally spoke again.

Looking at the creepy smirk the old man gave, he shook his head. He felt like a heading was to come from this. Still, Silver threw the thought to the back of his mind. Cultivating was his priority.

Love could complicate his life, especially with a genuine beauty like Jing Shi. He had to keep his heart serene from the unneeded thoughts and emotions.

Fate can be changed, yet, some things can only be inevitable.