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Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's vast Mental Power paused slightly as he stared at the enormous eye before him, one possessing a sinister, eerie beauty.

This was by no means a purely mental construct. Its core fluctuations carried the unique life imprint of a soul beast... Was it a member of the Evil Eye Clan?

Though he had never been to the Evil Demon Forest of the Sun Moon Empire, he had still heard of the Evil Eye race.

What alarmed him even more was that this Evil Eye's current state... was remarkably similar to the Wisdom Soul Ring he had studied for so long.

It was neither a soul ring nor a companion beast, but a deeper, stranger form of symbiosis and attachment.

He had just declared that he would become an "unprecedented Wisdom Soul Ring," yet before his words had even faded, he encountered another similar existence within this boy's Spirit Sea.

It felt like he had just bragged about giving someone a one-of-a-kind treasure, only to turn around and discover an exquisite item of the same kind sitting on their table.

The pride of a Million-year Soul Beast made even his surging mental currents ripple with a trace of embarrassment.

"What... are you?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's tone carried shock and a faint, barely perceptible annoyance. "How are you here?!"

The sixteen tentacles behind Xiao Yin spread open like a peacock's tail, carrying even a hint of boastfulness. "I... am Lord Yuhao's First Soul Spirit!"

A Soul Spirit?

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm instinctively wanted to mobilize his power and read Huo Yuhao's memories for information.

Yet he was startled to discover that a strange yet resilient barrier shrouded the outer edge of the boy's spiritual core. In his current state, he could not easily penetrate it!

Still, it was easy to tell that the Lord Yuhao this Evil Eye spoke of was the boy before him.

But what exactly was a Soul Spirit?

Once the fusion process began, it was like a river flowing into the sea—difficult to reverse.

His immense spiritual origin continued pouring in, maintaining the fusion process.

The confidence accumulated over a million years allowed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to quickly compose himself. He then assumed the bearing of a senior before Xiao Yin.

"Little Fellow, have you seen the foundation of my million years?"

Above the Spirit Sea, golden spheres condensed from Mental Power slowly revolved. Each contained terrifying energy fluctuations; they were the million-year origin power Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had sealed away.

"Follow me from now on, and I guarantee you... uh, I guarantee you'll benefit greatly!"

Xiao Yin's enormous pupil contracted imperceptibly. Feeling the residual waves emanating from those golden spheres above, he was secretly alarmed as well.

As expected of the Million-year Soul Beast said to have helped Spirit Ice Douluo ascend to godhood. He was truly unfathomable.

Yet on the surface, his icy pupils remained utterly calm. With an air of complete indifference, he emphasized once more, "I am Lord Yuhao's First Soul Spirit."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was choked by this utterly unyielding attitude. He truly could not understand what this Evil Eye was so proud of.

But he could see it clearly now. Trying to put on airs and establish his authority before this Evil Eye was probably not going to work.

Forget it. The important matter came first.

The fusion had entered its most critical moment.

Huo Yuhao's body trembled slightly as an indescribable, irresistible torrent of immense Mental Power silently burst outward from him!

In an instant, throughout an area of the Star Dou Great Forest spanning a hundred li in diameter, every being with consciousness or life fell into a simultaneous halt of thought.

Within a hundred li, all was silent. It was as though time and space had been paused.

Only the most instinctive physiological functions continued mechanically. The ability to think had been completely "overwritten" by that vast Mental Power.

Amid this eerie silence, where all living beings had lost their voices and the Spirit Domain was under absolute control...

"Rumble!!!"

A dull, earth-shaking peal of thunder suddenly exploded above the Star Dou Great Forest without warning!

The previously clear sky abruptly darkened like ink. Rolling leaden clouds gathered from nowhere, hanging so low that they seemed ready to crush this ancient forest.

Then, a terrifying pressure even stronger than Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Mental Power descended from the heavens!

The air instantly grew thick and sticky like glue as invisible pressure blanketed the land.

It was as though the entire sky had turned into a massive block of lead, making souls tremble and leaving one on the verge of suffocation.

Within Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea, the contest between Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Xiao Yin was instantly forgotten.

They both "looked up" in unspoken accord, staring in horror at the terrifying pressure descending from the outside world—a pressure that seemed capable of freezing their very souls.

Under their watchful gaze, a strand of gray airflow, as thin as a hair yet condensed to the utmost degree, fell straight down from the gloomy sky, where leaden clouds hung low and thunder flickered faintly!

Like iron filings drawn to a magnet, that gray airflow shot directly into the back of Huo Yuhao's head!

At the same time, an almost transparent phantom of an elder appeared out of thin air behind Huo Yuhao.

He wore ancient clothing, and his features could not be seen. Only an ancient bearing, weathered by endless ages yet looking down upon the universe, spread outward.

"With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the Stars; there has never been another like me in this world..."

The aged voice was not loud, yet it seemed to strike directly within the depths of their souls like a great bell, carrying the loneliness and pride of one who had seen through life and death and transcended the cycle of reincarnation.

"Who would have thought... that a wisp of this old man's remnant soul could remain!"

Before the words had faded, the indistinct phantom flickered like a candle in the wind. Then it transformed into a speck of gray light and shot into the back of Huo Yuhao's head, vanishing without a trace.

Before Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Xiao Yin's eyes, a barely perceptible point of gray quietly emerged high within Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea, then rapidly gathered and settled.

In the end, a tiny grey bead no larger than a soybean quietly floated there.

It emitted no powerful energy fluctuations. It simply existed in silence, yet seemed like a "point" capable of devouring all light and sound.

Even the streams of Mental Power circulating nearby became obscure and sluggish as they passed close to it, instinctively detouring around it.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wore a dazed expression that said, "There's another expert?" Then his tiny eyes filled with incredulous shock, and even a hint of grievance.

"Is it easy for me to find a suitable host? Why are one after another... all coming here to join the fun?!"

He had thought there was merely an additional spirit soul neighbor who had moved in before him. Why had another "uninvited guest" now fallen from the heavens?

Judging by the display, its background was probably no less formidable than his own!

Xiao Yin's enormous silver eye was likewise fixed firmly on the Grey Bead, its sixteen Spiritual Tentacles trembling faintly without conscious control.

Deep within its memories, it did not recall Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao ever having such an encounter!

The vast Mental Power that had blanketed a hundred-mile radius receded like the tide, and the stagnant forest quietly regained its former rustling and movement.

The frost around Wu Ming and Wu Yang melted away. They could not help but shiver as they looked around in confusion, completely unaware of what a momentous event they had just experienced!

Huo Yuhao had already regained control of his body. His expression remained calm, as though none of the harrowing events just now had ever happened. He merely said evenly to the two behind him, "Keep moving."

He released a thread of his consciousness and cautiously surveyed the surroundings, selecting a suitable soul beast for Wu Yang.

At the same time, he divided his attention and sent his Mental Power into his own Spirit Sea, which had already undergone tremendous changes.

The once relatively empty spiritual space could now be described as bustling beyond belief.

A massive silver eye, wicked yet elegant, floated at its center, with sixteen Spiritual Tentacles slowly drifting around it.

High above, an inconspicuous yet impossible-to-ignore Grey Bead quietly hovered.

Ten golden spheres of light radiating immense energy fluctuations revolved around one another in a steady pattern like miniature suns.

And there was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, his entire body lustrous and translucent as he worked hard to hold his head high and puff out his chest in a dignified pose.

When he saw Huo Yuhao's consciousness descend, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately perked up. White-gold light flowed around his body as he tried to project the unfathomable air expected of a Million-year Soul Beast.

"Ahem, Xiao Yuhao."

"You're already a two-ring Soul Grandmaster. I've temporarily sealed my million years of origin power within your Spirit Sea."

"Once your Soul Power reaches rank thirty, I'll officially become your third soul ring."

"And I'll be a Wisdom Soul Ring unprecedented in the history of Douluo Continent!"