Fusion Failure?

"I think I already said that."

Facing the Ice Empress's questioning, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm answered calmly.

This concerned his future and his life. He had to be careful, careful, and even more careful. Otherwise, forget becoming a god and gaining eternal life—he did not even know whether he could leave the Extreme North.

"Creating a god?"

The Ice Empress narrowed her eyes. After murmuring the words again, she gave a cold, disdainful laugh. "Tian Meng, I don't know where you got this courage and confidence, but the fact that you don't even dare reveal your true body tells me that you're still as cowardly and afraid of death as ever."

"I have no choice."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sighed helplessly. "It's not that I don't want to. I simply can't."

"You can't? What do you mean?"

The Ice Empress looked puzzled and curious, clearly wanting to know why Sky Dream Ice Silkworm claimed he could not.

"Because I no longer have a physical body. Only my soul remains."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not hide his situation. He had come here to make the Ice Empress sacrifice herself to Li Changsheng just as he had, so he had to explain everything without holding anything back.

"No physical body, only a soul?"

Upon hearing that, the Ice Empress frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, she seemed to realize something. Her pupils contracted as she cried out, "Y-You sacrificed yourself to this human!"

Back then, in order to survive her Four Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation, she had sought out Sky Dream Ice Silkworm countless times, intending to devour him and increase her chances of success.

And now, what had she heard? Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who possessed a Million Years of cultivation, had actually sacrificed himself to a human Soul Master and become a soul ring.

If she had not seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it even if beaten to death.

"That's right."

After nodding in admission, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said seriously, "That is precisely why I came to the Extreme North to find you despite the danger to my life."

"I don't want to die, and neither do you. Why not take this gamble together?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm directly laid out the Ice Empress's current situation. "Ice Empress, if I'm not mistaken, you have no chance of surviving your Four Hundred Thousand Year tribulation. Since that's the case, you might as well abandon everything you have now and, like me, become his soul ring. If we join forces, we may be able to help him successfully create a God Position of his own."

"How certain are you?"

The Ice Empress was moved. Just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had said, she did not want to die. Otherwise, she would not have spent so much effort searching for a way to successfully survive her tribulation.

"Fifty percent!"

Seeing the Ice Empress hesitate, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes lit up. He pressed his advantage. "Ice Empress, do you know? He already possesses Twin Martial Souls. Not only that, his soul ring configuration is unprecedented: one purple and two black. With such qualifications, who in the entire history of the Douluo Continent has ever achieved this? To put it bluntly, if he still cannot become a god with our help and such conditions, then we should be questioning whether it is even possible to create a God Position in this world."

"One purple and two black? Is that true?"

Although she was a soul beast, she understood what it meant for a Soul Master to possess one thousand-year soul ring and two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Without exaggeration, even in the era ten thousand years ago, when gods were most numerous, no one could have surpassed him.

"Would I lie to you about something like this?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked.

"To put it bluntly, he has no interest in your Martial Soul at all. All he wants are your soul ring and soul bone."

Those words immediately put the Ice Empress in a foul mood. She snapped, "What? He looks down on my Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion?"

As the second-ranked terrifying existence among the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, she could suppress countless Soul Master powerhouses.

The Extreme Ice she commanded was the pinnacle of all ice attributes. She truly could not understand how this human dared say such a thing.

"Is it that powerful? Even the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, which produced a god ten thousand years ago, could not break through the defenses of his first Martial Soul. What, do you think you are much stronger than the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke calmly, unaffected by the Ice Empress.

To be honest, before meeting Li Changsheng, he had never imagined that a human Soul Master could possess such a powerful defensive Tool Martial Soul.

That other one called the Taiji Diagram was even more terrifying.

He even felt that, if those two weapons wished it, they could overturn heaven and earth, reshape reincarnation, and carve open chaos at any time.

At that thought, a cold killing intent flashed through his eyes, and he directly threatened her.

Though he held some affection for the Ice Empress, it was utterly insignificant before eternal life. If she refused, he truly would spare no cost to kill her here.

"Tian Meng, I hope you aren't lying to me. You know the consequences if you are!"

The Ice Empress fell silent. After carefully considering and weighing the pros and cons, she said through gritted teeth, "Also, swear before the Ice God in my presence. Only then will I completely believe you and cooperate with you."

"No problem!"

He had never planned to deceive the Ice Empress in the first place, so when he heard this request, he agreed without hesitation.

As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm swore his oath, the Ice Empress was equally straightforward and directly released the origin of her spiritual power.

"Well, well, this human is quite impressive. Tian Meng, it seems your luck isn't too bad!"

The Ice Empress was somewhat surprised, clearly far exceeding her expectations.

"Of course!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked rather proud as he reminded her, "But even so, he still cannot absorb your soul ring on his own. We can only rely on our help."

"I understand. Let's begin!"

Naturally, the Ice Empress understood what Sky Dream Ice Silkworm meant, so she agreed immediately.

With Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress assisting him, Li Changsheng began the absorption process.

A blood-red soul ring bearing four golden patterns slowly rose from the Ice Empress's true body.

Its power was immense. After all, she was the second-ranked terrifying existence among the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.

"Something's wrong!"

As time passed, the Ice Empress, who was in the midst of fusing with him, also noticed that something was amiss.

She narrowed her eyes, her expression turning solemn and serious. "Why can't my soul bone fuse with him?"

"Not only that, the Martial Soul can't manifest either! Could something have gone wrong?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's expression also changed.

Damn it, this couldn't have gone off the rails, could it? Was his luck really this bad?