Straight Man Di Tian

"Di Tian, is this the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm you mentioned?"

Having arrived at the place she had agreed upon with Di Tian, Ziji saw this legendary great tonic.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had a round, plump head that looked soft and fleshy.

Controlled by Di Tian's Soul Power, it was like fish on a chopping block, incapable of putting up any resistance.

This enormous silkworm was over a meter in diameter and more than seven meters long.

Its entire body was jade-white and crystalline, with a flowing halo beneath its skin. On its head were a pair of tiny eyes gleaming with golden light.

"Another Soul Beast? Looks like my hopes of escaping have gotten even slimmer."

As it watched Ziji approach, the despair in the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's heart deepened further.

Who would have thought that it, a million-year Soul Beast without precedent, would end up in such a miserable state?

"I can tell its cultivation is very high. But for a Soul Beast like this, hasn't it transformed into a butterfly even at this stage?"

Ziji noticed that beginning half a meter below the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's head, there was a ring of golden markings around its body at regular intervals. From head to tail, there were no fewer than ten such golden rings.

Normally, silkworm-type Soul Beasts like this would transform into butterflies or moths.

"Only idiots turn into moths."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm curled its lip disdainfully.

"For us, remaining in silkworm form is equivalent to accumulating energy. Once we truly transform into a butterfly or moth, it becomes the final gamble. Unless we encounter a Heavenly Tribulation barrier we have no way of overcoming, we generally wouldn't choose that path."

Because of its unique nature, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had entered a dormant state very early on.

Together with the existence of Mystic Ice Marrow, it had accumulated an unprecedented amount of energy.

This allowed it to skip the process of spinning a cocoon and transforming into a moth.

Furthermore, because the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's race was inherently weak, the strength of its Heavenly Tribulations had also been greatly reduced.

Only through the convergence of several fortunate opportunities had this one-of-a-kind million-year Soul Beast come into being.

"Silence."

As Di Tian's pressure descended upon it, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately shut its mouth.

In terms of cultivation, Di Tian was clearly at a disadvantage.

But when it came to actual combat strength, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm probably could not defeat even one of Di Tian's fingers.

"Ziji, let's cultivate together. With this Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, it shouldn't be long before you become a Ferocious Beast as well."

As the strongest existing Dragon Clan Soul Beast, Di Tian had long taken a liking to Ziji, who was likewise a talented Dragon Clan Soul Beast.

This Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was Di Tian's gift to hint at his feelings.

For Soul Beasts, cultivation and strength were everything.

And with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, this peerless tonic, cultivation would yield twice the results with half the effort.

"Thank you for your kindness, Di Tian."

Ziji rejected Di Tian's hint without hesitation.

"I haven't fallen so low that I need to rely on external aid like this to become a Ferocious Beast."

"Ziji, you should understand."

Di Tian blocked Ziji's path with a claw.

"I am a black dragon with the purest bloodline, and I possess the ultimate darkness attribute.

"And you possess perfectly fused darkness and water attributes.

"If you were to unite with me, we would certainly be able to produce sufficiently powerful offspring and restore the Dragon Clan to glory."

In Di Tian's eyes, no one could refuse such benefits.

Two sufficiently powerful beings coming together and producing an even more powerful next generation.

Wasn't that the most perfect thing possible?

"Di Tian, are you saying I'm merely a tool for you to bear offspring?!"

The enraged Ziji spread her wings and flew out of Di Tian's cave.

"You big black dragon, you really are stupid enough. How could you possibly win a girl over like that?"

Watching Di Tian, who had always treated it as his captive plaything, suffer a setback, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm mocked him gleefully.

"This is none of your business!"

With an angry roar, the humiliated Di Tian rebuked it.

"Di Tian really is a bastard."

After returning to her own cave, Ziji was still furious.

Her feelings toward Di Tian had always been rather complicated.

After all, Di Tian was currently the strongest Dragon Clan Soul Beast, a legend she had heard about since childhood.

He was the dream lover of millions of Dragon Clan girls—no, dream dragon.

But Di Tian's words today had left Ziji extremely angry.

"What's wrong? You don't seem to be in a very good mood."

Sealed within the crystal, Su Chen could not cultivate even if he wanted to because his body had yet to recover.

While he was bored out of his mind, he happened to see Ziji return and took the initiative to speak.

"Nothing. It has nothing to do with you."

Still seething with anger, Ziji raised one of her massive claws and snapped back irritably.

"Tch, don't make it sound like I'm dying to know."

Since he had only recently awakened, there were still many things he could explore.

Su Chen began carefully examining his recovering body to see whether he could find anything interesting.

After resting with his eyes closed for half an hour, Ziji was ultimately the first to lose her patience.

"Hey, human. Do you have a name?"

"A name? Of course I do. My name is Su Chen."

After carefully studying his body, Su Chen had indeed discovered an interesting fact.

Because most of his body had been completely destroyed, he was essentially reconstructing a new body.

Perhaps he could skip the process of opening his meridians bit by bit and directly reconstruct a set of fully connected meridians.

"Su Chen."

Savoring the name, Ziji felt that there was nothing strange about it.

By human naming conventions, it seemed quite normal.

"How do you humans usually unite?"

"Huh?"

Ziji's words left Su Chen somewhat baffled. Was this dragon really bringing up such an intense topic right away?

"I mean, under what circumstances do you humans come together? Between males and females."

To prevent Su Chen from misunderstanding her meaning, Ziji deliberately clarified.

"Oh, that? There are probably many different situations."

Su Chen was somewhat speechless. So this dragon was actually consulting him about relationship problems.

He went through several common situations one by one: mutual affection, matching family status, and political marriage.

Su Chen watched the giant dragon's reaction with some curiosity.

"Ah~"

Ziji let out a rather disappointed sigh.

"Sure enough. Even in your human world, do such situations still exist?"

"That's inevitable. There's nothing that can be done about it. Those who hold high positions but lack strength probably don't have much room to choose."

"So what you mean is, as long as one has strength, one can live freely?"

At that, Ziji's eyes suddenly lit up.