In the end, Huo Yuhao still hadn't managed to gain fifty percent control.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power was far, far greater than his.
Huo Yuhao couldn't affect Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in the slightest, let alone do anything else.
Actually, Huo Yuhao hadn't wanted to complete that option either, but the reward had been too tempting.
Since he couldn't complete it, he might as well give up.
"Now we're in this together, brother. From now on, you'd better listen to me. I won't let you down."
"I'll make sure you soar!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said with utter confidence.
It was very satisfied with Huo Yuhao's aptitude. Although his Innate Soul Power was currently only level one, unlike other people, his Innate Soul Power was steadily increasing.
And it could recover all the way to level ten on its own!
It had noticed this while fusing with Huo Yuhao.
"Sure, sure. Make me soar!" Huo Yuhao nodded perfunctorily.
Then Sky Dream Ice Silkworm launched into a long-winded account of its past experiences.
It started with how, at the age of thirteen, it had been hunted down and accidentally fallen into Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow deep inside a crack in the ice, where it slept its way into becoming a nine-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast.
Then came the time when the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest captured it and used it as a living battery. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had released its aura, drawing every Soul Beast over to fight for the battery, until a great battle broke out.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had thought it could escape, but after the Soul Beasts discussed it among themselves, they stopped fighting and started raising it together as their battery.
Later, it had tried to borrow the power of a Titled Douluo to escape, only for the Titled Douluo to be blown apart by its spiritual power.
Fortunately, after breaking through to become a million-year Soul Beast, it had finally escaped from the group of Soul Beasts that had treated it like a battery.
"It was then, when I was completely spent, that I met you."
"And you're the person best suited to me—not only do you have a Mental Attribute, but you're also very talented."
Huo Yuhao hesitated, then gathered his thoughts. "I think... actually, you should be the Child of Destiny."
Even though he'd already known what had happened, Huo Yuhao still found it unbelievable hearing the story straight from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked in confusion, "The Child of Destiny? What's that?"
"It means you're incredibly lucky," Huo Yuhao said with a smile. "Silkworm Baby: I sleep, I rise!"
Huo Yuhao thought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was pretty simple-minded. When it had just told him about its past, it had held practically nothing back.
He just wanted to tease it a little.
As for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm later tricking Huo Yuhao into looking for Ice Empress, that wasn't its fault either. It had simply fallen head over heels.
Besides, risk and opportunity went hand in hand. Without this, would Huo Yuhao have obtained the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul?
Unexpectedly, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was instantly hit where it hurt. "How dare you! I'm Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, not some silkworm baby! I'm the one and only million-year super Soul Beast with a Mental Attribute, from heaven to earth!"
Huo Yuhao spread his hands helplessly. "But didn't you get all that by sleeping?"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm snapped, "What's wrong with sleeping? Being able to sleep is a strength of mine, okay? Could you sleep for that long?"
"Besides, don't you sleep too?"
"Anyway, you're not allowed to make fun of me for that!"
Seeing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm react so strongly, Huo Yuhao could only nod. "All right, I'll change the subject."
"Brother Sky Dream is so powerful—you even soloed a Titled Douluo. Wait, you blew him up by accident, didn't you?"
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao looked at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, doing his best to hold back a laugh.
"Waaah! Shut up, shut up! Just shut up already!"
"I just had a little too much energy, and he couldn't handle it. How is that my fault?"
"Fine, I'm actually a total weakling... I'm not a fighter... Boo-hoo..."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm drooped its head and spoke listlessly.
But Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. It quickly regained its fighting spirit, and besides, it was counting on Huo Yuhao to avenge it.
"All right, enough about old history. Let me tell you about the power I've given you."
"You're still young, but I believe you'll become incredibly powerful in the future!"
"They liked using me as a mobile energy source, didn't they? Then we'll kill every last one of them and turn them into Soul Rings and Soul Bones!"
"Sure, sure, Brother Sky Dream. You're certainly good at dreaming." Huo Yuhao patted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's head.
"Don't you worry about that," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm huffed. "Part of the power I've given you is those ten balls of light in front of you. They're my origin power, but since you're still too weak, I've placed ten layers of seals on them."
"This is a method I came up with after what happened to that Titled Douluo I blew up."
"Once I fused with you, there was no turning back. So I had to make sure that helping you wouldn't put your safety at risk."
"Otherwise, if you died, I'd be done for too."
"It's a shame that those guys absorbed all the Soul Power I had left. Otherwise, I reckon you could've gained at least ten levels."
When Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had fused with Huo Yuhao, it had discovered that he absorbed Soul Power extremely quickly and processed it just as fast.
"These ten balls of origin power are, in another sense, the power of your First Soul Ring. You just can't control it for now."
"So your First Soul Ring looks like it's a million years old, but in fact, it only has the power of a thousand-year Soul Ring."
"But as you level up, its power will gradually increase. You can even merge this power into the other Soul Rings you absorb!"
"One thousand years?" Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow.
For an ordinary Soul Master at level ten, a Soul Ring of around four hundred years was already the limit, but he had a full thousand years!
And Huo Yuhao was only a little over level ten right now!
Huo Yuhao guessed it was because his body's negative conditions had been cleared and he had the self-cultivation Soul Art.
Those two factors had let him absorb more of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power to strengthen his body.
That was probably why things had turned out this way.
"That's right, one thousand years. You heard me correctly." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm grinned.
"Once your body can withstand Soul Rings of a higher age, you'll be able to use more of your First Soul Ring's power."
"If you don't want to have just one million-year Soul Ring, you can spread this power around and give it to the other Soul Rings you absorb. With the power I've sealed inside you, I can give you a maximum of ten ten-thousand-year Soul Rings."
"Great, great." Huo Yuhao laughed even louder.
As expected of the ultimate cheat—one Soul Beast was worth ten ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts!
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued, "There's one more thing. You should know this as common knowledge among Soul Masters.
"When a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast is killed, it's bound to drop a Soul Bone and a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring with two Soul Skills."
"As a million-year Soul Beast, what I give you is naturally even more special!"
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