Subduing Sister Tian Meng! Spirit Detection!

"???"

Tian Meng suddenly raised her head, her gaze fixed on Jiang Yi in astonishment.

No, how could you possibly know that?

Besides, when she was captured, she only had a cultivation base of over nine hundred thousand years; back then, she was still called the Golden-Patterned Ice Silkworm.

The name Tian Meng was only adopted after she broke through the million-year threshold.

"Are you one of them?"

Tian Meng's eyes narrowed, her gaze wary as she looked at the youth before her.

No wonder this kid was clearly so weak, yet managed to pull out that bizarre object and catch her off guard.

If he were one of Di Tian's subordinates, then it would make much more sense...

That guy called himself the Beast God, having lived for far longer than she had, and his strength was truly terrifying.

Her cultivation base exceeded her combat power, whereas Di Tian was the exact opposite; his combat power far surpassed his cultivation, and his cultivation was not low to begin with.

In the Far North, perhaps only the Snow Empress could stand against him, and even then, only with the advantage of the terrain.

"Are you referring to Di Tian? Naturally not... how could the dignified Beast God have any connection to a human like me?"

Jiang Yi chuckled, seeing right through Tian Meng's thoughts.

He spoke bluntly on purpose, aiming to add a layer of mysterious buff to himself in Tian Meng's mind.

The Master Ball could only trap Tian Meng; to sign a contract with her, Tian Meng had to be willing of her own accord.

"Don't be nervous!"

Jiang Yi watched her guarded expression, blinked, and flashed what he considered a friendly smile, looking like a creepy uncle trying to abduct a little girl.

Although Tian Meng had lived for tens of thousands of years, her life of eating and sleeping meant her worldly experience might not actually surpass his.

"We are not enemies!"

Having said that, he bent down and reached out to pat the little girl Tian Meng on the head.

Tian Meng instinctively wanted to dodge, but the hand landed squarely on the top of her head regardless.

A gentle caress, carrying a kind of... tenderness she had never experienced before?

Tian Meng subconsciously squinted her eyes, but immediately recoiled as if burned, stepping back two paces with a flushed face.

"Don't, don't touch Big Sister! Who gave you permission to touch me!"

"And—how are you even able to touch me?"

Tian Meng straightened her little face and bared her teeth at him, looking exactly like a roaring little tyrannosaurus.

"This is my Martial Soul space! Naturally, I am the one in charge here!"

Jiang Yi smiled, finding the little girl's reaction quite amusing.

If he weren't afraid of being suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, he would have liked to try other methods of subjugation... perhaps something like the Legend of Jiang the Mad in the Peerless Tang Sect?

"What exactly do you want?"

Tian Meng pouted, casting a look of disdain at Jiang Yi's hand as it reached out again. But she couldn't resist, so she could only pretend not to see it.

Though, it actually felt quite comfortable...

Pah, pah, pah!

Tian Meng spat mentally, pulling her thoughts back.

This human didn't seem to be one of Di Tian's people; otherwise, she would have been sent back to the Lake of Life long ago.

"I want you to be my pet!"

Jiang Yi said with a beaming smile.

Tian Meng froze for a moment, then immediately turned her head away, righteously refusing.

"Impossible!"

She lifted her chin haughtily, glancing at Jiang Yi out of the corner of her eye.

"Even if I, Tian Meng, were captured by Di Tian to be drained dry, or trampled to death by Bing'er... it is impossible for me to become someone else's pet!"

She was a dignified million-year soul beast, the very first million-year soul beast in the history of the Douluo Continent.

Does this lady have no face to save?!

Jiang Yi glanced at her, reminding her in a leisurely tone:

"Haven't you noticed that your vitality is no longer leaking away?"

"Hmm???"

Tian Meng raised an eyebrow, only then belatedly discovering the issue.

She looked down at her small hands and touched her little face.

Within this mysterious space, the life-force decay brought about by her heavenly tribulation had actually stopped.

Breaking through to a million-year cultivation level was a double-edged sword for her; while it allowed her to escape the imprisonment of Di Tian, the heavenly tribulation descended, and her lifespan faced exhaustion.

This was also the reason she had always wanted to attempt "creating a god."

However, with her cultivation sealed, her perception of herself had weakened significantly. Only after being reminded by Jiang Yi did she suddenly realize that the heavenly tribulation had vanished.

Moreover, she didn't even have to abandon her physical body—this was far more useful than a Wisdom Soul Ring.

Thinking of this, the eyes of Tian Meng became clear.

She raised her head, looking at the human youth before her seriously for the first time.

He looked less than thirteen years old, and his strength was pitifully weak. In her prime, she could have slapped ten thousand... no, one hundred of him to death with a single strike.

Yet, it was this very person who had captured her using that strange ball.

Should she be a pet?

But I am a noble million-year soul beast! How could I have so little backbone?

But... I don't have to die...

And this human doesn't seem all that annoying, either...

Tian Meng blinked, looking up at Jiang Yi once more, only to feel that his figure had become a bit more imposing.

Then... I suppose I can reluctantly agree?

"Ma... Master..."

Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum, her face flushed bright red, and her fingers twisted together in front of her.

"Little Dream has finally waited for you..."

After saying this, she looked as if she had been completely drained, squatting on the ground and burying her face in her knees.

Ahhhhh!

Outside.

A wisp of azure light overflowed from the Master Ball, coiling around Jiang Yi's fingertip.

"Mmm~"

Jiang Yi felt a cool sensation spread from the center of his brow, where an azure pattern emerged, resembling a spreading Ice Silkworm.

At the same time, a purple soul ring rose from beneath his feet, circling slowly as the bottleneck of level twenty shattered with a roar.

His soul power began to surge wildly—

Level twenty-one, level twenty-two, level twenty-three... level twenty-eight!

Only after rising by a full eight levels of soul power did the aura on Jiang Yi's body gradually settle, returning to calm.

"Phew! Success!"

Jiang Yi slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, a flash of divine light passing through his eyes.

One soul ring condensed per Master Ball; only by signing a contract with a pet could it be considered truly subdued by him.

After Tian Meng submitted, he had finally condensed his second soul ring, breaking through by eight levels of soul power in one go.

"How about it? Am I amazing?"

A blue light flashed on Jiang Yi's shoulder, and a chubby baby silkworm appeared out of thin air, her voice filled with unconcealable pride.

She was about the size of a palm, her body a mix of gold and white, with two soft antennae on her head twitching rhythmically.

"Heh..."

Jiang Yi chuckled without replying, merely looking at the two soul rings on his body with satisfaction.

One yellow, one purple!

The innate attribute Tian Meng shared with him was mental power; his physical body hadn't been enhanced much, so a three-thousand-year soul ring was already the limit.

"You are just too weak! You can't show off my strength at all!"

Tian Meng glanced at that purple soul ring with disdain.

To avoid blowing Jiang Yi apart, she had to seal her own origin; that feeling of being restricted was not pleasant at all.

"Take it slow! No rush!"

Jiang Yi didn't mind.

As long as his pets grew stronger, his soul ring age would automatically increase as well.

Just like his first soul ring, as the Gale Thunder Falcon's cultivation grew, it had already increased from one hundred years to eight hundred years.

"Fine!"

Tian Meng muttered, but she was secretly delighted in her heart.

The current result was much better than what she had previously deduced.

This guy's martial soul was truly miraculous, as if it were born specifically to subdue soul beasts.

"Tian Meng."

Jiang Yi suddenly spoke with a serious expression.

"W-what is it?"

Tian Meng snapped back to reality, looking at Jiang Yi, feeling inexplicably nervous.

Jiang Yi said nothing, simply reaching out to grab Tian Meng from his shoulder and refining her in one swift motion.

"Hey, hey, hey! You could at least give me a heads-up—"

Before Tian Meng could finish, she had already merged into Jiang Yi's body. In an instant, a brilliant azure radiance bloomed, and the mark on his forehead lit up once more.

It was a golden silkworm pattern!

Due to the unique nature of his Martial Soul, Jiang Yi's spirit ring was the Master Ball, which did not provide him with spirit skills directly.

To share a pet's spirit skills, he had to continuously increase their intimacy.

His intimacy with the Gale Thunder Falcon was as high as eighty-nine, allowing him not only to use all its spirit skills but even to have the Gale Thunder Falcon share its body with him.

After possession, he could gain all the attributes of the spirit beast, including its physical body and vitality, which, when combined with his own spirit power, achieved an effect where one plus one was greater than two.

Of course, this was only possible under the premise of high intimacy.

According to Jiang Yi's estimation, the boost provided by spirit beast possession should not be inferior to some Martial Soul Fusion Skills.

As for Tian Meng, having just been subdued, her intimacy was somewhat low, so she only shared one spirit skill with him for the time being.

Spirit Detection!

Jiang Yi shifted his thoughts, and his perspective soared upward until the scenery within a thousand-meter radius was fully within his view.

Everything around him was presented with absolute clarity in his mind:

Bei Bei, who was still grilling fish, a small deer in the forest, and Tang Ya and the other girl bathing in the stream...

Cough, cough!

Jiang Yi took a critical look, and after confirming that Tang Ya was not bullying Huo Yutong, he nodded in relief.

"Not bad! Tian Meng, this spirit skill of yours has great potential!"

Jiang Yi praised her sincerely.

Spirit Detection was excellent; with the support of Tian Meng's spiritual power, it was basically impossible for anyone below the Title Douluo level to detect him.

"Pervert!"

Tian Meng's disdainful voice echoed in the depths of Jiang Yi's mind. Since the two were merged, their various senses were naturally shared as well.

To think he would use Big Sister's spirit skill for such things...

It's actually quite great.

Big Sister loves watching too, hee hee!!!

Back in the Far North, she often critically observed Bing'er and Xue'er, though she had been discovered once by accident.