When Sky Dream Ice Silkworm heard Huo Yuhao's words, the joy in his eyes turned to sorrow before settling back into calm. Yet the way he looked at Huo Yuhao had become even more fervent than before.
"So, does that mean my plan still succeeded?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice brimmed with excitement, and his gaze upon Huo Yuhao grew even brighter. It was the unburdened joy of seeing a path forward.
As for what Huo Yuhao had said, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not truly care all that much. As long as he became a god and could live forever, his goal would be achieved.
Naturally, Huo Yuhao knew exactly what Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was thinking. The corners of his lips curled up as he calmly began rewriting the future.
"Oh, right. During the process of becoming gods in our previous life, Ice Empress did not make it to the end. Under that god's schemes, she died in martyrdom to protect our ultimate interests," Huo Yuhao said indifferently once Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's initial excitement had begun to fade.
The excitement and radiance in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes dimmed the instant Huo Yuhao finished speaking. Although becoming a god and surviving had always been his foremost goal, sacrificing Ice Empress for that goal was not something he found entirely unacceptable.
But giving up Ice Empress's life himself for that goal and having Ice Empress lose her life because of someone else's schemes were completely different concepts to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
After several seconds of silence, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm adopted a solemn expression and looked at Huo Yuhao. "Then from here on, we need to figure out how to turn things around."
Huo Yuhao nodded, then looked at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and said seriously, "If we want to maximize our gains, I have two suggestions."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked at Huo Yuhao, while Huo Yuhao examined his body. "First, in the life where we lost, you became my first soul ring. While you gave me four powerful soul skills, the lack of lasting potential was also a fact."
"This time, if possible, I want you to seal your power within me. When I reach the seven-ring Soul Sage realm, you can then grant me a million-year seventh soul ring. In our human soul master system, the seventh soul ring grants the Martial Soul Avatar regardless of its age, so this is also the soul skill that depends most heavily on the soul ring's cultivation."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded. "If I seal my power inside your body rather than directly becoming your soul ring, that would be beneficial for me as well. Before you reach level seventy and become a Soul Sage, my power will not be restrained. Though it will be somewhat difficult to carry out, it is worth trying."
Huo Yuhao nodded, then looked at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. "As for the second condition, we can discuss it after the fusion. I know your situation very well—you're still being hunted by Di Tian, aren't you?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed through Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes. He nodded, then pressed his pale white head against Huo Yuhao's forehead.
Huo Yuhao saw a white mass rush toward him. In the next instant, the ten golden rings around Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body began pulsing as though they had come alive.
The ten golden rings swiftly enveloped Huo Yuhao's frail body, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm himself transformed into streams of white light that continuously surged into Huo Yuhao's body.
At that very moment, the sky, which had been brilliantly clear just moments ago, suddenly darkened. A thunderous roar exploded in the high heavens. In that instant, the sun's radiance was completely swallowed by darkness, and an immense pressure descended from above, so suffocating that it was hard to breathe.
A stream of gray air fell from the sky as if drawn by an enormous force. In but an instant, it landed at the back of Huo Yuhao's head and silently slipped inside.
"What is this thing that dares steal someone from me?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm flew into a rage and was about to wield his spiritual power against the gray mass when Huo Yuhao's spiritual form appeared before him and pressed his head down.
"He isn't an enemy. Don't get distracted. Focus on sealing all your power so none of it leaks away and goes to waste," Huo Yuhao said. Hearing this, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm no longer tried to contend with the other party using spiritual power. Instead, he concentrated on forming seal after seal with his spiritual power and imprinting them within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
As Huo Yuhao's strength steadily rose, those seals could be undone one by one, allowing Huo Yuhao to absorb the spiritual power within.
By then, in the realm of spiritual attributes, no one on the entire continent would be Huo Yuhao's match.
A blurry figure also appeared in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, condensing behind him. An aged voice carrying an irresistible majesty rang out within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
"With the sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; beneath heaven, none are like me. I never thought that even a trace of this old man's remnant soul could emerge into the world."
After speaking, the figure ignored Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and turned his gaze toward Huo Yuhao's spiritual form. Then he said in a deep voice, "Boy, your soul is so powerful and radiant that my remnant soul was able to awaken in this Sea of Consciousness. Do not worry. I bear you no ill will."
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to ask something, Electrolux's figure had already merged into the Sea of Consciousness. Immediately afterward, Huo Yuhao withdrew from it.
"Wahaha! No matter what, I'm finally free! You bastards who treated me as food, you'll never get another chance! Wahaha!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's smug voice gradually faded. The vast spiritual power that had previously covered a radius of a hundred li also rapidly contracted at an astonishing speed before gradually vanishing.
Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, several terrifying auras suddenly fluctuated violently, as though sensing something. But they were destined to find nothing.
Huo Yuhao interrupted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who was still laughing wildly in the Sea of Consciousness. "Shut up already. They can't hear you anyway. If you've got the guts, go brag to their faces. Rambling on in my Sea of Consciousness means I'm the only one suffering your demonic noise."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stopped laughing and looked toward the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest. "Next, we need to obtain your first soul ring. I know of a spiritual-attribute soul beast in the outer region. It has a hundred years of cultivation, but it is extremely fast. Do you want to give it a try?"
Huo Yuhao nodded. "Hurry up and lead the way. There are still plenty of powerful soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that could swallow both of us whole. The best course is to finish hunting the soul ring and leave the Star Dou Great Forest as soon as possible."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded and began leading Huo Yuhao toward the western side of the Star Dou Great Forest's outer region...
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