Fusion! Disturbance!

An ethereal voice rang out, instantly putting Huo Yuhao on guard.

Rumble! Rumble!

The next second, the ground before Huo Yuhao suddenly cracked open, as though something was about to burrow out from beneath it. As the fissures widened, an icy-cold aura rose from within.

"My lord!"

Wei Qing instantly appeared in front of Huo Yuhao, releasing a fierce killing intent as his gaze locked onto the enormous ice silkworm that burst from the ground.

Huo Yuhao also braced himself. Judging by the aura emanating from it, this was no ordinary creature. Its presence was like facing an iceberg, leaving Huo Yuhao somewhat breathless.

"Damn it! Why has coming to Star Dou Forest been so troublesome?" Huo Yuhao grimaced. The moment he entered this forest, it felt as though something had fixed its eyes on him.

As the ice silkworm emerged from the earth, ten golden rings appeared around its enormous body, proclaiming its strength.

"Hey, hey! Don't be nervous! I mean no harm!" A young girl's voice entered Huo Yuhao's mind, leaving both men unable to understand what this powerful soul beast intended to do.

Seemingly noticing their confusion, the ice silkworm immediately began introducing itself. "Hello! My name is Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, the first million-year soul beast on this continent! I'm one of the pillars of the soul beast world!"

While Tianmeng Ice Silkworm enthusiastically introduced itself, Huo Yuhao and Wei Qing ignored everything else and only remembered that it was a million-year soul beast.

"A million-year soul beast? Tianmeng Ice Silkworm?" Huo Yuhao asked uncertainly.

Tianmeng nodded, opening its huge eyes with an utterly certain expression. Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. He somehow felt this fellow was trying to fool him, yet its aura could not possibly be fake!

"Since you're a million-year soul beast, why did you choose me?" Huo Yuhao looked at Tianmeng in confusion. He was no longer the innocent youth he had once been. After Wei Qing and Liu Ju's teachings, he had long learned to think things through carefully.

"Well! Of course, it's because I'm a spiritual-attribute soul beast and can only fuse with a spiritual-attribute Soul Master. I tried it before, but Soul Masters without spiritual attributes simply exploded and died."

As it spoke, Tianmeng even put on a teary-eyed expression at just the right moment, drawing speechless and disdainful looks from Huo Yuhao and Wei Qing.

"My lord, I think we should leave! This fellow is not a mentally normal soul beast!" Huo Yuhao nodded beside him as well. Just as the two were preparing to leave—

"Hey, hey! Don't go! I was merely describing some of my experiences!" Tianmeng could not let them leave. It had no desire to be captured and used as a power bank again!

After some back-and-forth, the two finally stopped walking.

"Fine! You intend to become my soul ring, right? But as I recall, don't you die immediately after a sacrifice? Why would you sacrifice yourself?"

"Aiya! It's not a sacrifice, it's fusion. Let me become your intelligent soul ring. That way, my soul can be preserved and remain within your Spirit Sea."

"No!" Before Tianmeng could finish, Wei Qing directly interrupted. The Spirit Sea was equivalent to a person's primordial spirit. If someone invaded it, the consequences would be unimaginable, let alone if the invader was a soul beast.

To Wei Qing, who had often fought the demon race, the soul beasts here were not much different from those demons. Those not of our kind must have different hearts!

Wei Qing's shout also calmed the somewhat tempted Huo Yuhao. That was his Spirit Sea—wasn't this equivalent to letting a ticking time bomb into his head?

"You plan to possess my body?" He raised a hand, and an icy longsword appeared in it. He stared coldly at Tianmeng, who hastily waved its hands and continued explaining.

After learning that Tianmeng, too, was troubled by the prospect of death, Huo Yuhao and Wei Qing relaxed their suspicions slightly, though they remained highly vigilant.

"Uncle Wei Qing, enter my Spirit Sea. If this big worm makes any suspicious move, strike and kill it immediately!" Huo Yuhao had come up with an idea: let Wei Qing watch over Tianmeng within his Spirit Sea.

"I understand!" Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Wei Qing immediately grasped his lord's plan. It would kill two birds with one stone. He promptly transformed into light and entered Huo Yuhao's brow.

"Eh! That uncle was... was that a soul skill?" Tianmeng was shocked. This fellow actually possessed a soul skill that could summon people!

"Stop talking nonsense. If you want to fuse, then come. But let me warn you: if you try any underhanded tricks, I won't mind dying with you!" Of course, this was merely meant to intimidate it.

"Don't worry! I'm a kind soul beast!" Tianmeng patted its chest, confidently expressing its sincerity.

"Fine! Then how do we fuse?"

"Simple! Just bring your forehead over!" As it spoke, Tianmeng slowly approached. Human and beast pressed their foreheads together, and the next second, an enormous torrent of energy surged wildly into Huo Yuhao's body.

Ugh!

The immense energy fluctuations swept across the mixed region of Star Dou Forest, and the heavens and earth changed color.

"You bastards in the core region, Tianmeng has escaped this time!" Tianmeng roared, looking smugly toward the core region.

Yet in a corner unknown to either human or beast, a threadlike strand of golden-blue energy began approaching Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea.

The moment it advanced, a terrifying force of freezing ice sealed it away and absorbed it. As though it had received an excellent tonic, the Snow-Treading White Wolf immediately emitted a dazzling blue radiance.

At the same time, high above the outside world, the sound of space shattering rang out. An aura of ultimate death appeared, yet it also carried an aura of ultimate light.

"With sun and moon in my grasp, stars within my grasp, none in this world can compare to me! This old man is truly still alive!"

Before the aged voice could finish speaking, it was drawn into the immense energy produced by Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's fusion, entering Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea together with Tianmeng.

Looking at the gray sphere that had suddenly appeared, Tianmeng was furious. It had finally gotten this kid to lower his guard, and now this little ball wanted to come steal its prize too!

Just as Tianmeng was about to attack the sphere, a large hand held it down.

"You little worm, don't overestimate yourself. That fellow has been acknowledged, so you cannot touch him!" Wei Qing's voice rang out as he restrained the agitated Tianmeng.

"But we don't know whether that thing is good or bad!" Tianmeng spoke worriedly.

"Don't worry. Since it has been acknowledged by the Snow-Treading White Wolf and the Human Emperor Sword, it cannot be someone with evil intentions. You, on the other hand, are quite decent for an ice silkworm. You have also been acknowledged by the Snow-Treading White Wolf."

Wei Qing looked at Tianmeng with interest, causing it to proudly puff out its chest.

While they chatted and discussed the current situation—

In the Douluo God Realm, a man with long blue hair and golden-blue divine armor was struck flying into the seat at the head of the hall. This was the owner of the golden-blue divine power that had attempted to invade Huo Yuhao: Tang San!

The one who had sent him flying was Han Emperor Wu, Liu Che, who had received word from the planar consciousness and sent a trace of his primordial spirit here. Yet the moment he arrived, he saw Sea God Tang San attempting to lay hands on his son.

Liu Che had finally found hope after the pain of losing his son. The sight before him was more than he could bear. He directly unleashed a terrifying sword qi, sending Tang San flying and smashing him viciously into his Divine King throne.