Dream Iceworm

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Dream Iceworm (天梦冰蚕)
Alias(es)	Sky Dream Ice Silkworm; Tianmeng; Tian Meng
Species/Race	Million-year ice- and spiritual-attribute iceworm soul beast; the first true million-year soul beast of the Douluo plane 6
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jiang Yue's intelligent soul ring and life-and-death partner 7 8
Occupation/Role	Seeks to create a god, ascend to the Divine Realm, and attain immortality through his host; advises Jiang Yue on soul-ring absorption and contributes to research into consciousness-preserving soul rings 6 7 135 156
Status	Alive as a soul within Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit after sacrificing his original body; frequently dormant, with final fusion as the Passionate Sword's seventh soul ring still pending 8 36 73 74 161
First Appearance	Chapter 6

Background

Originally an iceworm with almost no combat power, Dream Iceworm fell into the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cavern while fleeing predators. There, unrestricted access to Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow allowed him to accumulate a million years of cultivation without undergoing heavenly tribulation. His body became filled with ice- and spiritual-attribute origin power and exceptionally pure heaven-and-earth essence. 6 9

For ten thousand years, the ferocious beasts of Star Dou Forest drained and absorbed this essence, using it to raise their own cultivation. After reaching the million-year level and developing his tenth golden stripe, Dream Iceworm escaped before his remaining origin power could be entirely drained. 6 7

Unable to survive his coming million-year heavenly tribulation in his weakened condition, he devised a plan to become a human's intelligent soul ring and make that human a god. His earlier attempt to fuse with a quasi-Titled Douluo failed because the high-level host had no room left to contain his immense origin power. He therefore needed a low-level spiritual-attribute soul master before the tribulation arrived. 6

Dream Iceworm detected Jiang Yue while the latter absorbed his thousand-year second soul ring. Impressed by Jiang Yue's age, spiritual attribute, twin martial souls, and exceptional cultivation, he waited until the absorption was complete before revealing himself and choosing Jiang Yue as his host. 6 7

During their fusion, Dream Iceworm froze the surrounding forest within a hundred li through spiritual power without harming anyone or leaving them memories of the event. He unsuccessfully attempted to inspect Jiang Yue's memories, but the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword repelled him; Jiang Yue then slapped him upon meeting his spiritual form. 7

Jiang Yue declined to develop the blank ice martial soul Dream Iceworm could provide, preferring to preserve his twin-martial-soul path. Dream Iceworm accepted this decision and agreed to become Jiang Yue's seventh soul ring, where his million-year cultivation would create an unprecedented Martial Soul True Body. He then used his origin power to raise Jiang Yue's first soul ring to the thousand-year level and deepen the second ring before entering slumber. Although Jiang Yue did not intend to use it, the blank ice martial soul remained dormant within him after their fusion. 8 79

Recruiting the Ice Empress

Dream Iceworm later helped Jiang Yue plan to recruit the Ice Empress as a guardian, with the possibility of persuading her to become a soul ring voluntarily. Her approaching four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation and concern for the missing Snow Empress offered potential bargaining opportunities. Her Ultimate Ice was needed to help Jiang Yue enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 63

During Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er's expedition to the Extreme North, Dream Iceworm awakened in anticipation of meeting the Ice Empress. He used Mental Detection to guide them through the blizzard and identify hidden soul beasts. To lure the Ice Empress out, he combined his spiritual origin with his Silkworm Shed Skin to recreate his former physical appearance and aura, causing changes in the celestial phenomena before loudly declaring that he had returned for revenge. 73

After the Ice Empress answered his provocation, Dream Iceworm withdrew into Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit and prepared his teleportation skill in case negotiations failed. He also urged Jiang Yue to investigate the Extreme North's unusual disorder. Jiang Yue concealed Dream Iceworm's presence from Di Qiu'er, who initially imagined capturing him for a future million-year soul ring and eating his flesh. The Ice Empress ultimately accepted Jiang Yue's bargain and accompanied the group into the human world. 74 75 76

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dream Iceworm willingly contributed spiritual origin after Jiang Yue consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. Together with Living Gold's stabilizing influence, this helped expand Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit and bring his spiritual power into the Spirit Abyss Realm. 78

The dormant blank ice martial soul subsequently reacted with the Mysterious Ice Crystal during Jiang Yue's Ice-Fire Body Tempering, upsetting the balance between ice and fire. Dream Iceworm could not directly resolve the crisis. Electrolux instead guided Jiang Yue in stripping away the martial soul's ice origin, after which it transformed into a special ice-fire constitution rather than a conventional martial soul. Following the tempering, Dream Iceworm raised Jiang Yue's existing soul rings to the maximum ages his strengthened body could withstand. 79 80 81

When Jiang Yue later absorbed a roughly two-hundred-year-old time-attribute soul beast as his fifth ring, Dream Iceworm poured spiritual origin into it, raising its color from yellow through purple to black. 86

Loyalty and Soul-Ring Research

Jiang Yue tested Dream Iceworm's loyalty by waking him with an illusion that their Sea of Spirit was burning and under attack. Dream Iceworm immediately offered to rescue him, then inspected Jiang Yue and their surroundings before realizing it was a prank. When questioned seriously, he affirmed that Jiang Yue's life and their shared god-making plan took precedence over his love for the Ice Empress. 95

Their subsequent discussion concerned the possibility that the Ice Empress would turn hostile when Jiang Yue sought to make the Snow Empress his soul ring. Dream Iceworm accepted that killing the Ice Empress might become necessary, but warned that doing so in Mingdu could expose them to powerful soul weapons and endanger their survival. They agreed to prepare for both negotiation and violence. 96

Dream Iceworm later agreed to guide Jiang Yue through an attempt to make the elderly Heavenly Dragon Horse into a Wisdom Soul Ring for Ye Guyi. The goal was to preserve the horse's soul rather than simply kill it for a conventional ring. Electrolux joined the research, viewing Dream Iceworm's method as a starting point for investigating and potentially changing the world's cultivation system. The group acknowledged that success was uncertain. 135

Godhood Contingencies and the Sixth Soul Ring

As Jiang Yue's physique improved through whale glue, Dream Iceworm became excited about the greater quantity of origin power he could safely unseal. He advised Jiang Yue on the feasibility of absorbing a hundred-thousand-year sixth ring, estimating that he could help manage roughly one hundred twenty thousand years' worth of power by rank sixty while warning that exceeding safe limits could kill them both. 156

Dream Iceworm later admitted that his god-making plan had always depended on attracting the Divine Realm's attention rather than guaranteeing a divine inheritance. He and Jiang Yue agreed to pursue godhood through faith as an alternative. If godhood ultimately proved impossible, they hoped to extend their lives through Living Gold and continue traveling together. 157

During Jiang Yue's sixth soul-ring absorption, Dream Iceworm upgraded the spatial-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant's black ring to the hundred-thousand-year level. He and Electrolux guarded Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit while Living Gold supported his body through the simultaneous ring and soul-bone fusion. Jiang Yue emerged as a level-sixty-four Soul Emperor, bringing their planned final fusion at level seventy closer. 160 161

After Jiang Yue obtained the Snow Empress Embryo from Jing Hongchen, Dream Iceworm supported reserving her for the Unfeeling Sword's seventh ring and helping seal her immense power until Jiang Yue could safely withstand it. He also suggested obtaining the Ice Empress's soul ring and soul bone, even by force. Jiang Yue promised to seek a gentler solution out of consideration for his feelings, but Dream Iceworm privately reaffirmed his resolve to kill her himself if necessary to protect Jiang Yue and their pursuit of immortality. 167

Appearance

Dream Iceworm is a gigantic, plump iceworm with a jewel-like body and ten golden markings that signify his million-year cultivation. 6 7

• More than one meter in diameter and over seven meters long. 6
• White-jade body with spotless, crystalline-translucent skin. 6
• Radiance flows beneath his outer layer, making him resemble a rare heavenly treasure. 6
• Ten magnificent golden stripes run from behind his head to his tail. 6
• His spiritual manifestation in Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit resembles an enormous silkworm grub. 36
• Can recreate a physical manifestation with the same aura as his original living body by combining spiritual origin with his Silkworm Shed Skin. 73

Personality

Dream Iceworm is flamboyant, boastful, and eager for admiration. Upon revealing himself to Jiang Yue, he introduced himself as the “incarnation of heroism and chivalry” and emphasized his million-year lifespan. 7

Despite his theatrics, he is cautious and survival-driven. He waited rather than interrupt Jiang Yue's soul-ring absorption, abandoned his attempt to read Jiang Yue's memories when it threatened the host's life, and remains intensely wary of actions that could endanger their shared Sea of Spirit. 6 7 41

His central motivation is immortality. He wants Jiang Yue to become a god so that he can ascend alongside him, and regards this goal as more important than his feelings for the Ice Empress. 6 8 36

Dream Iceworm is also notably lazy, explaining that Jiang Yue is such a worry-free host that he has little to do besides sleep. His total waking time since fusing with Jiang Yue had not exceeded five days by Chapter 36. 36

His affection for the Ice Empress can make him intensely jealous and melodramatic. When she adopted human form, he protested Jiang Yue's attempt to touch her tail and objected even to Di Qiu'er's close attention to her. He described the Ice Empress as the emotional sustenance that helped him endure imprisonment in Star Dou Forest. 76

Nevertheless, Dream Iceworm can set aside his joking manner when discussing their shared fate. He openly acknowledges that surviving Jiang Yue's death through another host would amount only to prolonging his own life briefly, and he repeatedly places their partnership above romance. He is willing to kill the Ice Empress if she threatens Jiang Yue or their god-making plan. 95 96 167

His ambitions also become more realistic as their partnership develops. Rather than insisting that divine inheritance is assured, he accepts faith-based godhood as an alternative and a long life of companionship with Jiang Yue as a fallback if ascension proves impossible. 157

Abilities & Skills

Immense Spiritual Power

Dream Iceworm's spiritual power is his greatest strength; in certain respects, even the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler cannot match him. 6

• Communicates directly through spiritual transmission. 6 7
• Uses spiritual detection to locate suitable spiritual-attribute soul beasts and assess targets' attributes, age, and cultivation. 6 43
• Can project spiritual power across an area of roughly one hundred li, temporarily immobilizing nearby life without causing harm or leaving memories. 7
• Used Mental Detection to guide Jiang Yue's attacks against the Sealed Nether Wraith. 45
• Used Mental Shock to disperse the Sealed Nether Wraith's spiritual assault and disable its component beast souls. 45
• His spiritual power remains below the quality of divine consciousness. 41
• Guides travelers through blizzards and detects concealed soul beasts in the Extreme North. 73
• Can channel spiritual origin into Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit to stabilize and strengthen it during a spiritual breakthrough. 78
• Guards Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit alongside Electrolux, preventing the resentment within an Evil Eye Tyrant soul ring from entering during absorption. 160
• His manifested million-year spiritual power can alter celestial phenomena over the Extreme North's core region. 73

Simulation

As an iceworm, Dream Iceworm possesses a perfected Simulation soul skill that conceals his presence and blends targets into their surroundings. 6

• Could move through Star Dou Forest without being actively discovered by other creatures. 6
• Concealed Jiang Yue while searching for a fourth soul ring. 43
• Hid Jiang Yue from the pursuing Three-Eyed Golden Lion. 46
• Combined Simulation with his ultimate escape technique to help Jiang Yue teleport out of danger. 46 47
• His concealment is sufficiently effective that the Ice Empress cannot locate him when he chooses to remain hidden. 75
• Jiang Yue learned to reproduce its effects with his own spiritual power, hiding himself and Di Qiu'er after reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm. 79
• During planning for the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cavern, his concealment was described as sufficient for Jiang Yue alone, but not for bringing a large Ice Jade Scorpion unnoticed into a human city. 68

Intelligent Soul Ring and Origin Power

Dream Iceworm partially fused with Jiang Yue as an intelligent soul ring, while reserving his complete fusion for Jiang Yue's seventh soul-ring slot. 7 8

• His million-year seventh ring is intended to grant Jiang Yue an extraordinarily powerful Martial Soul True Body. 8
• His origin power raised Jiang Yue's first soul ring from hundred-year to thousand-year level and strengthened the second ring. 8
• Can unseal more of his power to further increase the ages of Jiang Yue's prior soul rings. 42 46
• His million-year ring is stated to be capable of providing four soul skills, a blank ice martial soul, and enough origin power to raise ten soul rings by one hundred thousand years each. 7
• Jiang Yue declined to develop the blank ice martial soul, but it remained dormant within him and later became the basis of his unusual ice-fire constitution. 8 79 80 81
• Raised Jiang Yue's first four rings to the limits of his strengthened physique after Ice-Fire Body Tempering; all four were subsequently revealed as black ten-thousand-year rings. 81 82
• Raised Jiang Yue's roughly two-hundred-year fifth ring to the ten-thousand-year level. 86
• Upgraded Jiang Yue's sixth ring from the spatial-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant to a red hundred-thousand-year ring. 160 161
• Can seal excess soul-ring energy to make unusually high-age absorption possible. His unsealing capacity depends on Jiang Yue's physical constitution. 96 156
• Their planned final fusion requires Jiang Yue to reach Soul Sage and take him as the seventh ring; Dream Iceworm also links their complete integration to the condensation of a spiritual-attribute soul core. 96 161
• Is expected to help seal the Snow Empress's immense power until Jiang Yue can safely absorb her as the Unfeeling Sword's seventh ring. 167

Wisdom Soul Ring Research

Dream Iceworm pioneered a method that allows a soul beast to become an intelligent, or Wisdom, Soul Ring while preserving its soul. His method is described as an initial foundation for the development of soul spirits, with Electrolux's expertise providing the means to advance the concept further. 6 135

• Requires the participating soul beast to possess sufficient intelligence and spiritual power to protect its soul. 135
• Offered to guide Jiang Yue step by step through attempting the process with the Heavenly Dragon Horse. 135
• His knowledge of soul beasts and soul rings complements Electrolux's broader research into the world's laws. 135
• The method remained incomplete enough that Jiang Yue warned the group to prepare for possible failure. 135
• Di Tian regarded the demonstrated concept primarily as a means of preserving a soul beast's soul rather than a wholly new method of obtaining soul rings. 147

Escape and Emergency Offense

Dream Iceworm possesses a teleportation skill that can carry Jiang Yue away from danger. He prepared it in advance during the meeting with the Ice Empress, intending to activate it immediately if she attacked. 46 47 74

Despite his race's general lack of combat strength, Dream Iceworm retains a lethal trump card. At full strength, he is stated to be capable of killing the Ice Empress and enabling Jiang Yue to absorb her soul ring forcibly. He is willing to use this power if escape or negotiation fails. 74 75 131

Limitations

Dream Iceworm's race possesses almost no direct combat power and sits near the bottom of the food chain in the Extreme North. His survival relies primarily on spiritual power and Simulation rather than physical strength. 6

• He frequently enters prolonged slumber to stabilize and recover his power. 8 36
• He has not fully unsealed his origin power for Jiang Yue to absorb. 37 42
• His remaining silkworm molt allows him to abandon a host only at great cost: he can take only his soul and must leave behind his other resources. 7
• The amount of origin power he can release is constrained by Jiang Yue's physique; forcing soul-ring absorption beyond safe limits risks killing both of them. 156
• He could not directly solve the ice-fire imbalance during Jiang Yue's body tempering because of the close connection between Jiang Yue's body and soul. 79
• Killing the Ice Empress in Mingdu would not be safe or discreet because of the city's powerful soul weapons and the danger of exposing their presence. 96 131
• His god-making plan does not guarantee a divine inheritance and originally relied on attracting the Divine Realm's attention. 157

Power Progression

Stage / Event	Development	Citation
Mystic Ice Marrow cultivation	Accumulated enormous ice- and spiritual-attribute origin power through consuming Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow, eventually reaching one million years of cultivation and developing his tenth golden stripe.	6 7
Escape from Star Dou Forest	Escaped after the ferocious beasts drained most of his heaven-and-earth essence, preserving his remaining origin power and relying on perfected Simulation.	6
Initial fusion with Jiang Yue	Sacrificed his original body and entered Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit, reserving his final intelligent-soul-ring fusion for the seventh slot.	7 8 74
First soul-ring enhancement	Raised Jiang Yue's first ring from hundred-year to thousand-year level and strengthened his second ring before entering slumber.	8
Extreme North manifestation	Combined spiritual origin with his Silkworm Shed Skin to recreate his former body and aura, causing celestial changes with his million-year spiritual power.	73
Spirit Abyss support	Contributed spiritual origin to strengthen and stabilize Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit during the breakthrough produced by Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.	78
Post-tempering enhancements	Raised Jiang Yue's four existing soul rings to the maximum ages his improved body could withstand, resulting in four black ten-thousand-year rings.	81 82
Fifth soul-ring enhancement	Raised the roughly two-hundred-year time-attribute ring through yellow and purple to black ten-thousand-year level.	86
Physique-supported unsealing	Jiang Yue's whale-glue-enhanced physique increased the amount of origin power that could be safely released; Dream Iceworm estimated he could help manage roughly 120,000 years of ring power by rank sixty.	156
Sixth soul-ring enhancement	Upgraded the spatial-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant's ring to hundred-thousand-year level and helped protect Jiang Yue during simultaneous ring and soul-bone absorption, after which Jiang Yue reached level sixty-four.	160 161

Equipment / Items

• Silkworm Shed Skin — Dream Iceworm's snow-white molt, which can change into a long hair-ribbon-like form. 8
  • Disguises the true colors of Jiang Yue's enhanced soul rings; even Di Tian is stated to be unable to see through the concealment. 8
  • Provides defensive protection and continuously nourishes Jiang Yue's spiritual power. 8
  • Withstood the Soul-Calming Cauldron when wrapped around Jiang Yue's hand. 23
  • Can serve as Dream Iceworm's final means of changing hosts. 7
  • When fully activated by Dream Iceworm, its defense is stated to be sufficient against the Ice Empress and Purple Ji, though not necessarily against Di Tian or Bear Lord. Jiang Yue cannot initially unleash all of its abilities himself. 23
  • Protects Jiang Yue from the Extreme North's severe cold. 73 74
  • Serves as the physical basis for Dream Iceworm's reconstructed manifestation when combined with his spiritual origin. 73

Relationships

• Jiang Yue — Chosen host, intelligent-soul-ring partner, and Dream Iceworm's intended path to godhood and immortality. Dream Iceworm respects Jiang Yue's decision to delay their complete fusion until the seventh soul ring, though he regularly worries about Jiang Yue's risks. 6 7 8 41
  • Regards their fates as genuinely bound together and prioritizes Jiang Yue over the Ice Empress. Jiang Yue, in turn, promises to seek a gentler resolution with her out of consideration for Dream Iceworm's feelings. 95 96 167
  • Their partnership develops beyond reliance on a guaranteed divine inheritance: they agree to explore faith-based godhood and, failing that, extend their lives and travel together. 157
• Ice Empress — Dream Iceworm has affection for her and originally wanted her to become the first soul ring of the blank ice martial soul; however, he ultimately prioritizes his own survival and god-making plan. 8 36
  • She regards him as food and hopes to consume his remaining origin and heaven-and-earth energy to overcome her cultivation limits. 74 75
  • His love for her helped sustain him during imprisonment, and her human form provokes comic jealousy. Nevertheless, he repeatedly states or resolves that he will kill her if she endangers Jiang Yue or their shared future. 76 95 96 167
• Electrolux — A fellow resident of Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit. Dream Iceworm helped direct the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife's baleful aura toward Electrolux's remnant divine consciousness to awaken him, but remains wary of his superior spiritual quality. 41 42
  • Collaborates with him on Wisdom Soul Ring research and guards Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit alongside him during dangerous absorption. 135 160
• Di Tian — One of the ferocious beasts Dream Iceworm escaped after they exploited his heaven-and-earth essence. Dream Iceworm retains enough fear of Di Tian to mistake an unrelated disturbance for his arrival. 6 7
  • Dream Iceworm's residence within Jiang Yue remains concealed from Di Tian during discussion of the consciousness-preserving soul-ring method. 147
• Di Qiu'er — Initially recognizes him as the escaped million-year beast formerly held in Star Dou Forest and proposes capturing him for Jiang Yue's future ring, while also imagining eating his flesh. Jiang Yue initially hides the fact that Dream Iceworm already resides within him. Later, she proposes using his Wisdom Soul Ring method to preserve the Heavenly Dragon Horse. 74 135
• Heavenly Dragon Horse — An elderly, injured soul beast proposed as a recipient of Dream Iceworm's Wisdom Soul Ring method for Ye Guyi. Dream Iceworm agrees to guide the attempt, though success is not assured. 135
• Snow Empress — A prospective seventh soul ring and Martial Soul Avatar for Jiang Yue's Unfeeling Sword. Dream Iceworm supports sealing her immense power until Jiang Yue can absorb it safely and treats securing her as part of their larger plan. 167

Notable Quotes

“I am the incarnation of heroism and chivalry, the soul beast king who possesses both wisdom and beauty, a peerless powerhouse who has cultivated for a million years, Dream Iceworm—the record holder for the longest lifespan in Douluo Continent.”
— Dream Iceworm 7

“You can't blame Brother for this. Little Jiang Yue, you're simply too worry-free as a host. There's nothing for me to worry about at all.”
— Dream Iceworm 36

“Our fates are truly bound together. If something happens to you, I'll suffer along with you. We both have to stay safe. Nothing can be allowed to go wrong.”
— Dream Iceworm 95

“How about this? I'll guide you through it step by step later. With the two of us brothers working together, I guarantee we'll get everything sorted out for you. There won't be a single problem.”
— Dream Iceworm, offering assistance with the Wisdom Soul Ring method 135

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