Return to the Sun Moon!

"Come to think of it, that Ice Silkworm was a Nine-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. How come it didn't drop a single Soul Bone?" Dugu Bo scanned the surroundings but found no Soul Bone left behind by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and voiced his confusion.

Logically speaking, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was guaranteed to produce a Soul Bone. So why had Tian Meng, a Nine-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, dropped nothing at all?

Xu Yunxiao and the others searched as well, but likewise found nothing.

"For Tianyang to obtain a Nine-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring is already an immense stroke of fortune. As for the Soul Bone, so be it if there isn't one. We can look for something more suitable later." Xu Yunxiao took it in stride and smiled as he consoled Xu Tianyang.

"What do they know? Brother gave all his origin power to little Tianyang, so naturally there was no power left to condense a Soul Bone. The benefits this brings can't be compared to some mere Soul Bone! Besides, Brother didn't leave nothing behind. Little Tianyang, go collect that white membrane."

"That is the exuviae of the Ice Silkworm Clan. Brother is nine hundred thousand years old, after all. Not only is my exuviae extremely breathable and impervious to water and fire, it can also conceal one's aura. Its uses are endless—it's no worse than a Soul Bone."

After hearing Dugu Bo's words, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had been comfortably lying in Xu Tianyang's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, sprang up like a carp and spoke viciously.

Though the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had always been carefree and boisterous, it had a sensitive side as well. Between it and Xu Tianyang, it was more dependent on Xu Tianyang than the other way around. Xu Tianyang had already acquired an aura related to a Deity; perhaps he was the chosen successor of some Deity.

Having seen part of Xu Tianyang's memories, it understood his ambitions even more clearly. Thus, it wanted to demonstrate its value and deepen its connection with Xu Tianyang.

"Father, this thing is no worse than a Soul Bone." Xu Tianyang picked up Tian Meng's Exuviae and said with a smile.

"Oh?" Xu Yunxiao curiously accepted it and examined it for a moment before uttering a soft sound of surprise. "The material of this thing is rather peculiar. With some research, it might be useful in quite a few areas."

Xu Tianyang nodded, then looked up at the sky and said softly, "We've delayed long enough. Since we've accomplished our goal, let's leave."

The Extreme North Land was, after all, Snow Empress's territory. Every moment he spent here filled him with a sense of danger. Now that they had achieved their goal, it was naturally best to depart as soon as possible.

"Alright, let's move!"

Immediately afterward, three streaks of light tore through the sky and flew into the distance.

Ten minutes after they left, two figures appeared there.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress frowned as they looked over the vast white land. Then, as though she had sensed something, Snow Empress waved her delicate hand.

In an instant, heaven and earth changed color. A massive figure rose from the snow and fell onto the ground—it was the corpse of a Titan Snow Demon.

"Who dared to hunt a member of the Titan Snow Demon Clan?" Ice Empress looked at the dead Titan Snow Demon in the distance, fury rising in her heart.

Though the dead soul beast was not from her Ice Jade Scorpion Clan, the soul beasts of the Extreme North Land had always stood united. She could not help feeling enraged at this moment.

"It should have been those humans who caused the earlier anomaly. Unfortunately, we arrived too late." Snow Empress lightly furrowed her brows, her voice icy.

"Snow Empress, I'll pursue them!"

"Ice." Seeing Ice Empress about to rush off in pursuit, Snow Empress stopped her. "It's already too late. This isn't the Extreme North Core Circle, but the outer region. They have probably already left the Extreme North by now."

"Go notify A Tai to come here. I'll take a look around the outskirts."

As her words fell, Snow Empress's figure gradually blurred amid the snowstorm. At last, she vanished completely from Ice Empress's sight.

Half a month later, the group finally returned to Mingdu.

Over the past half month, news of the Sun Moon Continent had begun to spread across the Douluo Continent. Numerous spies from the Douluo Continent suddenly appeared along the border, but fortunately, the Sun Moon Empire had prepared in advance, and no disturbances broke out in the major cities.

However, news of the Douluo Continent had also spread within the Sun Moon Empire. The empire was now in complete turmoil, and Mingdu in particular had seen many unfamiliar faces with formidable strength.

Now that Xu Yunxiao had returned, the burden on Mu Mengyu's shoulders had lightened. With Xu Yunxiao holding the fort, the restless factions also quieted down.

Dugu Bo was taken away by Lin Fan, who planned to conduct a thorough examination with the aid of Soul Tools.

After assuring his mother that he was safe, Xu Tianyang sat quietly in his room alone, sorting through the gains from this trip.

"Tianyang, your Sun Moon Empire is pretty strong. Besides your parents being Titled Douluo, there are actually so many Soul Douluo as well," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said from within Xu Tianyang's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.

When they had passed through Mingdu, Xu Tianyang had not blocked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's perception of the outside world. With its immense Spiritual Power, it had surveyed most of the nearby auras.

"Still, your Sun Moon Empire has rather poor luck. There are so many high-level Soul Douluo, yet the only Titled Douluo are your parents."

Xu Tianyang's heart stirred at those words, and he explained, "Brother Sky Dream, the people of the Sun Moon Empire pursue cultivation through Soul Tools and do not place much importance on martial soul cultivation. They used medicinal pills for assistance in the early stages, which made it even harder to break through once they ultimately reached a bottleneck."

"So that's how it is." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded in realization, then said nervously, "Tianyang, you absolutely can't be like that. Our future goal is to become Deities. We can't aim too high and neglect the fundamentals; every step we take must be steady. Your talent is so high that there's no need to rush."

"I understand, Brother Sky Dream." Xu Tianyang nodded in agreement.

"The ranks of Soul Engineers and soul masters are closely tied together. A Level Nine Soul Master must be a Titled Douluo. The reason so many Soul Engineers in the empire have been unable to break through to Level Nine isn't because their Soul Tool technology is inadequate, but because their cultivation has held them back. I want to help them, but I don't know where to begin." Xu Tianyang looked at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, his tone regretful.

Xu Tianyang had once devised several plans for helping some of the Sun Moon Empire's still-promising Soul Engineers break through to Titled Douluo.

One of them involved the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. With the quantity of those herbs, they would be enough to produce ten Titled Douluo for the Sun Moon Empire.

The second was high-quality Soul Bones, but that method was somewhat not worth the cost. Given the Sun Moon Empire's resources, they had only managed to gather the Soul Bones needed for Mu Mengyu's breakthrough. That had only been possible because Mu Mengyu herself had decent talent and sufficiently high cultivation. After Mu Mengyu, the Sun Moon Empire no longer had the capacity to help a second Soul Douluo break through in this manner.

"Hahaha." Hearing this, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was thrilled and said smugly, "Tianyang, Brother Sky Dream may not be able to think of a way to solve the problem of every Soul Douluo breaking through to Titled Douluo, but I can increase the chances somewhat. Perhaps your parents' cultivation can even advance further."

Xu Tianyang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Really? Teach me, Brother Sky Dream!"