The Actor Tianmeng

Di Tian accepted the order and departed, transforming into a black shadow as he left Gu Yuena's healing space.

At this moment, inside a special cavern at the bottom of the Lake of Life, the Sky Dream Iceworm lay upon a massive stone platform, his face wearing its usual expression of numbness and helplessness.

Of course, this was all a deliberate act put on by the brilliant Sky Dream Iceworm to numb the fierce beasts guarding him.

Upon learning that a spirit-type human had arrived at the Lake of Life, and that this human even possessed a version of himself from ten thousand years in the future within his Sea of Spirit, the Sky Dream Iceworm had nearly jumped for joy.

The version of himself from ten thousand years later had said it: they would find a way to rescue him!

It was only a matter of time.

He glanced sideways at Xiong Jun, who was once again absorbing his origin energy, and curled his lip.

Go ahead and absorb all you want; you'll only be able to do this for a little while longer.

Once Brother gets out of here and focuses on training Huo Yuhao, I'll be sure to give you all a heavy beating in the future!

He wasn't sure how soon "soon" was, according to his other self, and he wondered if he should take a nap first.

Having one's origin energy absorbed from within was a truly miserable sensation!

Just then, Di Tian walked in from outside.

He deactivated the restrictions on the Sky Dream Iceworm, and the creature's chubby, massive body felt as though it had no weight at all in Di Tian's grasp.

The Sky Dream Iceworm, who had just been lost in thought, went: "!!!"

Has my escape plan already been discovered?!

"Di Tian, where are you taking this big worm?"

Xiong Jun, who had been cultivating, snapped his eyes open and blocked Di Tian's path.

"This is the order of the Lord. Step aside, Xiong Jun."

Di Tian's voice carried an unquestionable majesty, his golden eyes staring at Xiong Jun without a flicker of emotion.

Since it concerned the Lord, no matter how displeased Xiong Jun was with Di Tian's actions, he obediently stepped aside.

Only after Di Tian had walked far away did Xiong Jun strike the Sky Dream Iceworm's exclusive "bed" with a heavy blow.

"The Lord clearly said before that the big worm's origin energy had no effect on her!"

"How could she possibly need it again now!"

Xiong Jun even suspected that Di Tian might be using the Lord's name as a pretext to swallow the Sky Dream Iceworm himself!

Of course, he didn't dare to voice such thoughts.

The Sky Dream Iceworm was carried away in Di Tian's hand, behaving himself and not daring to move a muscle.

His small eyes, however, kept darting around, observing his surroundings until Di Tian brought him into a space he had never noticed before.

Inside this space, besides Huo Yuhao—the host he had communicated with mentally and who had become his future self—there was also a young girl who appeared to be human.

"My Lord, the Iceworm has been brought here."

Gu Yuena's humanoid form was quite tall, so she simply sat upon the Gold of Life.

At Gu Yuena's invitation, Huo Yuhao sat down as well.

The moment he made contact, the rich life force seemed to be absorbed by Huo Yuhao.

This sensation made Huo Yuhao let out a soft, involuntary sigh.

"It seems the Gold of Life is also helpful for your development."

Gu Yuena watched Huo Yuhao, who was still in his small dragon-human state, with a beaming smile, feeling more satisfied the more she looked at him.

"Given the rank of your martial soul, you must have known its name when you awakened it. Could you tell me?"

There was nothing he couldn't say about that.

"It is the Ancestral Dragon."

"Ancestral Dragon..." Gu Yuena fell into thought after hearing this. "Among the dragon race, I have never heard of the existence of such a clan. Perhaps it was a race that went extinct before the Dragon God attained godhood."

"Too much time has passed, and the several great Dragon Kings who fought alongside the Dragon God have since fallen one after another, which is why there are no records left."

Huo Yuhao remained as quiet as a mouse, listening as Gu Yuena continued to fill in the details of his "background."

A thousand words from others were never as effective as a single point one imagined for themselves.

Identities were all just things people made up in their own heads!

He was just a child; he didn't know anything!

"However, with your appearance, the Ancestral Dragon clan can flourish once again."

Gu Yuena wanted to say "our dragon race," but it would have been too abrupt, so she decided to wait a little longer.

Just then, Di Tian returned with the Iceworm, whose strength was not great but whose origin was pure.

"My Lord, the Iceworm has been brought here."

Di Tian loosened his grip, and the Sky Dream Iceworm tumbled to the ground, bouncing a few times before slowly crawling upright.

As soon as it entered, it sensed the dense life energy in the space, which made its body, having suffered for several years, feel much more comfortable.

Sky Dream Iceworm looked up and saw two figures sitting atop the Gold of Life.

The aura of one was so powerful it was suffocating; Sky Dream Iceworm knew this was the Lord of Di Tian and the other soul beasts, whose existence it had sensed but never before seen.

And the other was the human soul master it had been longing to sacrifice itself to!

Before entering this space, the two Tian Mengs had already coordinated, and now it was time to test their acting skills and improvisation.

"Are you the one who connected to my Sea of Spirit earlier, wanting to sacrifice yourself to me?"

After more than a year of tempering, Huo Yuhao had become a reliable little actor.

Besides, he wasn't lying.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Brother!"

Sky Dream Iceworm nodded repeatedly, though no expression could be discerned on its silkworm face.

Huo Yuhao's question didn't require it to lie; playing its natural self was enough.

"You are a spirit-type soul master, right? Brother is a 990,000-year-level spirit-attribute soul beast; there is no soul ring more suitable for you than Brother's!"

"But my teacher told me that the age of the soul ring one's body can absorb depends on physical constitution, otherwise, one risks exploding and dying."

Huo Yuhao couldn't appear too eager, as it would make his motives seem too obvious, which wouldn't be good.

"Rest assured, Brother can place a seal on myself; it won't cause any harm to your body!"

Sky Dream Iceworm shuffled over to the Gold of Life, forcing a somewhat fawning smile onto its silkworm face.

"My origin can also help increase the age of your future soul rings! As a soul master, you should know that soul skills with higher age limits are far, far more powerful than those with lower ones!"

Huo Yuhao had communicated this through Tian Meng in his Sea of Spirit, having Tian Meng use that strange, split-personality-like state to specifically state it to the Tian Meng before them.

Huo Yuhao could see that the Dragon Clan truly wanted to invest in him.

Since that was the case, why not make them increase their stakes!

"You are actually capable of such a thing."

Gu Yuena was also surprised by Sky Dream Iceworm's words.

"Uh... actually, it's still a little short right now."

Sky Dream Iceworm shrank its body.

"You drained me too hard before!" This was a line Sky Dream Iceworm added itself.

Seeing Di Tian frown, Sky Dream Iceworm hurriedly added, "I am currently a 990,000-year soul beast. Wouldn't it be better to let me increase my cultivation by another 10,000 years, become a million-year soul ring, and then sacrifice myself to him?"

"A million-year soul ring! This would be an unprecedented feat since the birth of the soul master system!"

The version of itself 10,000 years from now would be a million-year soul beast; it refused to be a 990,000-year one!

Even if it was still itself, that wouldn't do!