Fusion

The ten golden halos around Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pulsed as if they had come alive. He lowered his head and pressed it against Ji Lin's forehead.

The ten golden halos swiftly enveloped Ji Lin's body, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm himself transformed into streams of white radiance that continuously surged into Ji Lin's body.

"So strong, such powerful Mental Power, such incredible physical qualities. His bone age is twelve, right? Thirty-ninth rank Soul Power at twelve—he's a super genius among humans! And this Soul Power aura! It's actually an Ultimate Fire Martial Soul! Hahahaha, I've struck it rich! I'm going places now. With me as a Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring, he'll definitely become a god. My plan is going to succeed."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was beside himself with excitement and hastened his fusion with Ji Lin.

Just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poured himself into Ji Lin's body, an invisible mental ripple spread outward from him. His terrifying Mental Power covered every corner within a hundred-li radius almost instantly.

At that moment, most of the southern region of the Star Dou Great Forest fell into a terrifying silence.

At that very moment, the sky, which had been brilliantly clear just a second ago, suddenly darkened. A thunderous boom rang out high above, and in that instant, the sun's light was completely swallowed by darkness. An immense pressure descended from the heavens, suffocating in its intensity.

As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm struggled to merge himself into Ji Lin's body, his enormous body jolted violently at the thunderous boom. His two tiny golden eyes rolled upward toward the sky, immediately revealing terror. There was also some confusion amid that terror. Clearly, the oppressive feeling in the sky had nothing to do with him and lay beyond his understanding.

A stream of gray air descended from the sky as though drawn by some immense force. In the blink of an eye, it landed at the back of Ji Lin's head and silently slipped inside.

"What's this? Who dares steal my man?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm roared furiously. His immense Mental Power surged forth in an instant, trying to drive that gray stream out of Ji Lin's body.

An extremely blurry figure emerged behind Ji Lin. An aged voice, carrying an indescribable majesty, rang out. "With sun and moon in hand, stars within my grasp, there is no one in this world like me. I never expected that a trace of this old man's remnant soul could still remain."

Faced with the impact of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's immense Mental Power, the blurry phantom seemed utterly unaffected. With a whoosh, it burrowed into the back of Ji Lin's head and vanished.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not intensify his mental assault, because he discovered that after the gray stream entered Ji Lin's mind, it immediately transformed into a gray pearl no larger than a soybean and fell silent. It neither conflicted with his power nor could it be affected by it.

"Could I really be this unlucky? I finally found a human with such powerful Mental Power and such outstanding talent, yet some bastard is trying to steal him from me. Is heaven jealous of genius? I'm so pitiful!"

Though he grumbled, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's movements did not slow in the slightest. The dense white light gradually became more and more substantial as it slowly flowed into Ji Lin's body. Meanwhile, his true body gradually turned transparent, rapidly shrinking in size. From the moment he began injecting his power into Ji Lin's body, there had been no turning back.

Ji Lin's body had completely turned jade-white, just like Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had earlier.

"Wahaha, no matter what, I'm finally free. You bastards who treated me as food, you don't have a chance anymore! Wahaha." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's smug voice gradually faded, while the immense Mental Power that had covered a hundred-li radius also contracted at an astonishing speed and gradually disappeared.

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, several terrifying auras simultaneously stirred violently, as though sensing something. Yet they were destined to return empty-handed.

As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, carrying an incomparably vast spiritual origin, merged into Ji Lin's Sea of Consciousness, Ji Lin's Sea of Consciousness underwent an immediate transformation. Countless specks of light filled it, stretching beyond sight, yet his vision seemed able to extend into every corner of the space.

Those golden lights gathered into ten enormous golden halos that floated in midair. Every speck of light in the space grew much larger because of their appearance.

The ten golden halos began to rotate slowly. Milky-white radiance appeared within each halo, growing brighter and brighter until it gradually formed ten enormous spheres of light hovering there. The height and volume of the entire space increased by an unknown number of times.

At the same time, the specks of light suspended in the air sank below, converging into a pale golden sea that supported the ten enormous golden-white spheres.

At that moment, an inconspicuous gray ball of light appeared beside one of the spheres. It was far smaller than the other ten. The other spheres released dense golden light as if trying to drive it away. Yet the gray sphere merely hovered there calmly. No matter how the golden light crashed against it, it could not affect it in the slightest.

In the end, the ten spheres could only abandon their futile efforts. Each settled down and flickered with a faint glow.

Ji Lin gazed at this magnificent Sea of Consciousness and could not help but marvel at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's vast spiritual origin.

Clearly, Ji Lin had gained enormous benefits. His Sea of Consciousness now surpassed even that of a Soul Douluo.

Ji Lin had not fallen unconscious during the fusion. He clearly knew what was happening to him and had also noticed the gray ball of light within his Sea of Consciousness.

"So your name is Ji Lin." A sudden voice rang out. Then, a translucent little silkworm appeared within Ji Lin's Sea of Consciousness. He came to Ji Lin's spiritual body with a spirited expression. Clearly, he had just copied a set of memories Ji Lin had fabricated with Feather Crossing Dust and learned Ji Lin's name.

"See those ten spheres? They contain the most refined origin power and spiritual power from my million years of cultivation. This energy can raise all ten of your Soul Rings to the hundred-thousand-year level, and it can make your Mental Power the strongest in the world. Not only that, I can also provide you with a second ice-element Martial Soul, making you a peerless genius with Twin Martial Souls, one in ten thousand!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said smugly, "Aren't you shocked? Aren't you excited?"

"Of course, you haven't reached a bottleneck yet. Once you reach rank forty, you'll understand just how amazing I am. As a Million-Year Soul Ring, I can give you four—four whole Soul Skills!"

"Really? Brother Sky Dream, since you're so amazing, could you add your Million-Year Soul Ring to me when I reach rank seventy instead? I remember that the higher the age of the Soul Ring added as the seventh Soul Ring, the stronger the Martial Soul Avatar."

Ji Lin suggested.

"That's right! If my Million-Year Soul Ring is added as your seventh Soul Ring, you'll definitely possess the strongest Martial Soul Avatar. Who could possibly be your opponent then? Why didn't I think of that before?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm became excited as well.