Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Battle Prowess!

At this moment, merely dozens of meters away from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao's insignificant aura as a mere three-ring Soul Elder seemed like a dying candle in the wind before the Ice Empress's overwhelming Beast pressure and extreme chill—so faint it was like silently falling snow.

He stood there, completely beneath the Ice Empress's lofty notice.

From beginning to end, the Ice Empress's gaze remained fixed tightly on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body.

She had no interest in wasting any more words.

To the Ice Empress, this sudden "reunion" was merely the beginning of a meal.

A barely audible whistle cut through the air, yet the surrounding temperature plummeted once more.

The Ice Empress's slender body, covered in jade and diamond-like ice crystals, tilted forward slightly.

The hook on her tail rose high behind her, its tip aimed directly at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. A beam of white light shot toward him.

Facing the Ice Empress's attack, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's gleaming white body did not move in the slightest, and not a trace of panic appeared on his round little face.

A gentle yet extraordinarily resilient platinum shield suddenly materialized out of nowhere, blocking the space directly before Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

The Ice Empress's attack vanished into the shield like a clay ox entering the sea, silently absorbed without a trace.

What made the Ice Empress's pupils contract even more was that a burst of frigid energy, sharing the same attribute as her own attack, immediately surged back toward her in reverse!

Caught off guard, she had no choice but to withdraw her attack at once and drift several feet backward. A thicker layer of ice crystals instantly formed over her emerald carapace for defense.

"You...?!"

The Ice Empress's crisp voice was filled with disbelieving shock.

An ice silkworm?

An ice silkworm good for nothing but running away?

It could actually unleash such exquisite and powerful defensive and counterattacking abilities?

This utterly overturned her ingrained understanding of the ice silkworm race—and of Tian Meng, that "good-for-nothing"—formed over hundreds of thousands of years!

What shocked her was precisely the powerful defensive Soul Skill Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had gained after becoming Huo Yuhao's Spirit Soul, bestowed by his million-year Origin of Life—Life Reflection Shield!

The instant the Ice Empress froze in stunned silence was also the fleeting opportunity Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been waiting for!

Now!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm roared inwardly as the origin light sphere temporarily returned to his body and began to burn fiercely!

Unprecedentedly vast Mental Power transformed into a tangible golden torrent and directly invaded the Ice Empress's spiritual core!

"Ugh!"

The Ice Empress's body abruptly stiffened.

At the same time, the gleaming white shed skin covering Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body suddenly peeled away and spread open, transforming into a massive jade-colored film as thin as a cicada's wing. As though alive, it descended over the temporarily frozen Ice Empress!

Whoosh!

The light film instantly closed, completely wrapping the Ice Empress's jade-and-ice-crystal body and imprisoning her within!

"What?!"

The Ice Empress felt her entire body tighten. That seemingly soft jade-colored film contained unimaginable restraining and isolating power!

Her proud Ultimate Ice Soul Power was instantly cut off from the outside world.

Her incomparably powerful physical strength seemed to have sunk into an invisible mire, making it difficult to break free!

At this moment, even the Ice Empress, a 390,000-year Beast, could not suppress the unfamiliar panic rising in her heart.

"How is this possible?!"

Through the translucent light film, she stared fixedly at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm outside, who looked weak yet had repeatedly displayed inconceivable methods. Her voice trembled slightly with shock and fury.

"You worthless thing... how could you possess such power?!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said nothing more. Here in the Extreme North Core Circle, the pressure the Ice Empress had released earlier could very well have alerted other powerful Soul Beasts.

Controlling the Ice Empress was only the first step. Next, they needed to relocate.

"Yuhao!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm returned to Huo Yuhao's side and said, "We can't stay here. Hurry and go!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Huo Yuhao nodded heavily.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's performance just now had truly surpassed everything he had imagined.

Not only him—within the Spirit Sea, Xiao Yin's enormous silver eye was now wide open as well, while its Spiritual Tentacles curled unconsciously, revealing the turmoil in its heart.

Although it had known that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was a million-year Soul Beast, it had placed an extremely low estimate on his combat power.

Yet he had just imprisoned a Beast, completely reshaping Xiao Yin's understanding.

This time, it truly saw this seemingly unreliable "big bug" in a new light.

Huo Yuhao paused beneath his feet, and the Level 4 Soul Guidance Thrusters that had long been prepared beneath his boots suddenly erupted with powerful pale-blue light.

He no longer concealed his speed. His body transformed into a blurred afterimage as he fled at full speed in the direction they had come from.

Two hours later, the suffocating extreme cold around them had weakened considerably. They had already left the core circle and returned to a relatively safe area.

Only then did Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

It carefully took out the "sealed" Ice Empress and began its earnest persuasion.

Ice Empress was about to face her 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation. Unlike Snow Empress, she had not found a way to transform and rebuild her cultivation, so she could only endure it head-on.

The key was that she had no confidence whatsoever in surviving this tribulation. When the time came, death and the dissipation of her soul might be her only outcome.

Thus, faced with Tian Meng's so-called proposal to "create a god," although she had little faith in it, it seemed to be her only way out now.

Seeing Ice Empress lost in thought, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not continue speaking. Instead, he turned his gaze toward Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao understood and gave a slight nod.

With a thought, silver light flashed, and the Spirit Soul Xiao Yin quietly appeared on his shoulder.

Huo Yuhao's voice followed. "Ice Empress, this Evil Eye and Brother Sky Dream have both formed contracts with me. They are my Spirit Souls."

"Spirit Souls are an entirely new form that far surpasses Soul Rings—a groundbreaking achievement."

"If you agree to become my Second Martial Soul, you will likewise retain all your consciousness and wisdom as a Spirit Soul. You can experience the magnificent human world together with me."

As his words fell, Huo Yuhao's soul power gently rippled.

Two black and one white—three Soul Rings rose in succession from beneath his feet.

"I am nine years old this year, and my Soul Power Level is thirty-two. Among human Soul Masters, I would be considered a genius."

Though the sealed Ice Empress said nothing, a stormy sea had already risen within her heart.

Having lived for hundreds of thousands of years, though she had long resided in the Far North, she was thoroughly familiar with humanity's cultivation system and the rules governing Soul Ring age limits.

Nine years old! Level thirty-two! Two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings! And one million-year Soul Ring she had never seen before!

How could the word "genius" possibly encompass such a thing?

This was clearly an aberrant talent that shattered common sense and overturned all understanding!

If Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's earlier empty promise of "creating a god" had only stirred three parts doubt and seven parts helplessness in her heart—like treating a dead horse as if it were alive—

then witnessing Huo Yuhao's talent with her own eyes made her feel that the chance of success had risen to five parts!

Just as Ice Empress was stunned by Huo Yuhao's talent, a strange energy fluctuation—not particularly vast or overwhelming, yet of an extremely high quality—spread soundlessly from above Huo Yuhao's head without warning.

Above Huo Yuhao's head, light and shadow intertwined as the figure of an elder in an ancient white robe slowly emerged, his form somewhat illusory.

His expression was calm, his eyes as deep as a boundless sea of stars. He gave off no imposing aura whatsoever, merely floating there in silence.

Yet the instant Ice Empress's gaze met his, her entire soul seemed to be struck by invisible lightning, and her whole body trembled violently!

It was not the suppression of power, but the instinctive trembling and awe brought about by an absolute gap in the level of life itself!

Huo Yuhao spoke at the right moment, his voice still calm. "This is Electrolux—Elder Yi."

"He is a supreme existence from another world, whose cultivation has reached the realm of a Quasi-God."

"Quasi... God?!"

Within the seal, these two words echoed through Ice Empress's mind almost soundlessly.

On the Shengmo Continent where Electrolux came from, there were no titles such as Quasi-God or Demigod.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao had used the standards of judgment from Douluo Continent ten thousand years later. His teacher was indeed the strongest person closest to the divine level, so calling him a Quasi-God was not an exaggeration.

Ice Empress's mind went blank. Only one word remained: "God"!

After a while, Ice Empress recovered from her shock.

She shifted her gaze away from Electrolux, looked at Huo Yuhao, and said seriously, "I... am willing to become your Second Martial Soul!"