Appearance

An invisible, terrifying majesty that seemed to hail from the ancient wilderness erupted from Xiao Wu as she crouched inside the ice hut, spreading outward like a shock wave!

With it came a terrifying, seemingly boundless Spiritual Power. It blazed forth without restraint, like a towering beacon lit on the deathly still icefield, issuing the most direct, brazen challenge to a certain being.

The shimmering white Soul Ring pulsing around Xiao Wu began to change color. The white swiftly faded, and dazzling gold spread across it like liquid. Within a few breaths, it had become brilliant gold, bathing the little ice hut in splendor.

Then, dense clusters of golden light, each containing an immense Spiritual Origin, emerged from between her brows.

One cluster, two, three... Nine clusters of golden light emerged in succession and hovered before her.

The nine clusters paused briefly in midair, then, as though answering a summons, rushed toward the center, colliding and merging!

Blinding golden light filled the entire ice hut and even shone through its walls, forming a fleeting golden pillar on the dim icefield.

The light gradually receded. Before Xiao Wu's ice hut hovered the clear phantom of an enormous, plump, round silkworm, gleaming white from head to tail and formed entirely of Spiritual Power and Soul Power.

His little eyes held none of their usual fawning or slyness. All that remained was an almost crazed resolve and a glimmer of hope buried deep within.

This was the Spiritual Origin incarnation of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

His vast will rolled out like thunder, carrying a release pent up for a million years and a deliberately cultivated arrogance. Without the slightest attempt to hide it, he sent it roaring toward the heart of the Far North:

"Ice Empress! I know you sensed me! I,