Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "With starting conditions like these, as long as you weren't terribly unlucky, there shouldn't be any problem cultivating to become a Titled Douluo.
"But even so, very few Soul Beasts dared to choose to transform!
"Because we couldn't be sure whether we could cultivate and break through within a mere hundred years.
"Even if we broke through, it would be difficult for our lives to exceed five hundred years.
"Becoming a god was nothing but a fantasy to us.
"The continent had existed for over a hundred million years. We Soul Beasts had been around since before humans existed, but to this day, how many of us had used the method of rebirth to become gods with endless lives?"
"That's also an important reason why Soul Beasts like you, with noble bloodlines, would rather challenge your limit than reincarnate as humans. I'm not wrong, am I?"
Without waiting for the Ice Empress to speak, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued.
"Just like you, I wasn't willing to try that vague and uncertain method.
"I wasn't willing to risk dying in the process of reincarnation, either.
"So I settled for the next best thing and chose another method.
"That is God Creation—to create a god!
"That way, though I wouldn't become a god myself, I could follow that god and share in eternal life, becoming part of the god!
"So I chose to become a Soul Ring—a Wisdom Soul Ring. I'll use my power to help him gradually become a god!"
"That's right. In your eyes, I'm just a worthless weakling.
"But I have a unique, million-year cultivation.
"After becoming his Wisdom Soul Ring, I gave him four skills—twice as many as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
"Although I didn't give him a Soul Bone, I did give him a Martial Soul, making him a Twin Martial Soul user—no, because he's so unusual, he should now be a Triple Martial Soul user!
"This young man is only six years old, but his talent is the greatest I've ever seen.
"If even he can't become a god, I don't think anyone else could!
"Since Qian Yuhan and Poseidon managed it back then, why shouldn't he become a new god?"
At last, the Ice Empress was moved. She asked in a low voice, "How sure are you?"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm replied, "With his talent and my help, I'm at least seventy percent sure.
"After all, you know I'm not good at attacking. I can't give him enough power to protect himself.
"But..."
At this, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly fell silent.
"But what?" the Ice Empress asked, puzzled.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "I know what you're thinking right now. You're wondering whether you could find a human and create a god the way I did.
"It's true that you're stronger than me in many ways. If you were the one creating a god, you'd surely have a better chance of success.
"But you've forgotten one thing: your spiritual power is nowhere near as strong as mine.
"More importantly, I'd bet that, apart from him, there's no one on the entire continent with greater talent!
"Besides, you have only about ten thousand years left to live, while I spent tens of thousands of years thinking through this God Creation plan, and only succeeded after several experiments.
"You don't have time to start over!
"In this situation, even if I were willing to let you go, the path I took wouldn't be one you could follow."
"Then what the hell are you wasting my time for?!"
The Ice Empress erupted in anger. A glimmer of hope had just risen in her heart, only for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to ruthlessly crush it. How could she not be furious?
"Of course I'm not wasting your time, darling. Why would I let you die?
"Since I've told you my plan, naturally I have a way to help you!
"It's true that creating a god by yourself isn't realistic. You couldn't find a human who could withstand merging with you, let alone guarantee that they'd keep a clear mind and an intact Spiritual Origin afterward.
"But I have experience!
"I've done this before!
"And with my powerful Spiritual Origin protecting you, your chances of success would increase dozens of times over.
"Right, if I create a god on my own, even with Qin Yun's talent, the chance of success is only seventy percent.
"But if you join us and the three of us work together, then conservatively speaking, our chances would reach eighty percent—or even as high as ninety!
"With odds that good, isn't it worth taking a gamble?"
The Ice Empress was stunned. She finally understood the real reason Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had said so much.
So it had come all this way and spouted all that nonsense just to trick her into offering herself as a sacrifice!
But then again, if Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was telling the truth, this really was a rare opportunity for the Ice Empress!
Thinking this, the Ice Empress's crystalline yellow eyes fell on Qin Yun, gleaming with a curious light.
Could this six-year-old boy really be as outrageously talented as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm claimed?
Still, one thing was undeniable: despite being without Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's protection for so long, Qin Yun had not lost his body heat in the Core Circle of the Extreme North.
Even setting everything else aside, Qin Yun's physical constitution was undeniably powerful!
Even the Ice Empress had to acknowledge that.
But...
Since her life was at stake, she still had to test things further.
After all, unlike ten thousand years in the future, the Ice Empress still had ten thousand years to live. Asking her to wager those ten thousand years on a chance seemed a little too reckless.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pressed on while the iron was hot. "Well? You'd better think this through. An opportunity like this won't come twice.
"Besides, I'm not who I used to be.
"If you refuse, then for the sake of my own eternal life and my big brother's strength, I'll have no choice but to turn you into a Soul Ring anyway.
"You'll just lose your intelligence!
"You should know that once I've trapped you, I have plenty of ways to end your life. It would only take a little time.
"One way leads to eternal life, the other to destruction. You'd better weigh them carefully!"
If Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's earlier offer had been a lure, then this was unmistakably a threat.
But the world of Soul Beasts was different from the human world. Often, a direct threat worked better.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had lived for over a million years. For the first nine hundred thousand years, it had been a blank slate, spending all its time asleep.
But in the Star Dou Forest, it had struggled against all kinds of powerful Soul Beasts. That was no easy feat!
It had survived and escaped after countless hardships, honing its cunning and intelligence along the way.
At that very moment, just as the Ice Empress was about to give in and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was about to begin making a Wisdom Soul Ring, a pressure several times stronger than the Ice Empress's suddenly descended upon the scene before she could speak.
"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress—if you were plotting something so important, why hide it from me?
"Did you not take me... seriously?"
The Ice Empress: "..."
Tian Meng: "..."
Oh no, how had they managed to draw the attention of that menace?
As the foremost of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, the Snow Empress was not only highly cultivated and bold.
More importantly, the Snow Empress was much harder to fool than the Ice Empress!
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