The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Wild Fantasy

"Wasn't a sacrifice only possible when a soul beast over ten thousand years old had developed intelligence?"

Ye Guyi carefully recalled the soul beast knowledge Elder Jiang had taught them.

"So, Little Junior Brother wants to find a ten-thousand-year soul beast to sacrifice itself?" Bibi Dong's eyes widened.

"Idiot Senior Sister, Little Junior Brother already said it was a fat maggot..."

Even Qian Renxue hesitated toward the end. "Why a fat maggot? Isn't Little Junior Brother about to obtain his third soul ring? What does that have to do with a maggot?"

The three little ones looked at each other, their faces all bearing the same question: Why was the Divine Trial's content so strange?

Luo Jiuyou's mouth twitched as he silently complained inwardly.

It really was a fat maggot—just a fat maggot at the million-year level.

But that bug should still be in the core region of the Star Dou Forest, being used as a living battery by those ferocious beasts.

He could not even get near the edge of the core region, so how could he make it willingly sacrifice itself?

Meanwhile, deep underground, a gigantic fat maggot lay in the dirt, its entire body charred black by the Lightning Tribulation and covered in flowing bug juice.

If its body had not still been trembling slightly, anyone would have thought it had already been struck dead.

"Ow... That hurts..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm struggled to raise his head.

"Where is this? I... I survived the Lightning Tribulation? Hahaha! Brother Sky Dream's luck really defies the heavens! Even the Heavenly Tribulation can't do anything to me!"

But the very next second, a chilling sensation descended from above his head.

He stiffly raised his head to look toward the layers of earth above.

That thundercloud was still circling overhead, and it had become even denser and thicker than before.

"How... how is the Heavenly Tribulation still here?! Was that just an intermission?!"

"No, don't!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm once again put his inherited digging skills to use and desperately burrowed deeper underground.

But the lightning in the sky instantly locked onto him. It tore through the soil and struck him with unerring precision.

"Boom!"

"Unlucky, unlucky, unlucky! I'm so unlucky!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was struck until his entire body turned black, and his consciousness began to blur.

"What do I do, what do I do... I don't want to die..."

He forced himself to spread his spiritual power and scan the surroundings, when he suddenly discovered four figures in the distance.

"People?! Right... Since soul beasts can't become gods, then Brother Sky Dream can just raise a human into a god!"

The four youngsters all had quite good talent, especially the white-haired, red-eyed boy among them, whose strength was far greater than the others'.

Though he carried a bloody aura around him, compared to the others—

one possessed a light-type aura, and another an evil-type aura—

this guy was still the best choice.

His aura should be easier to hide.

You, then!

But the aura of the one beside him was terrifying.

It felt like divine power.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gritted his teeth.

Whatever.

He would risk his life. Otherwise, he would be struck to death.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm frantically dug through the earth and charged in that direction.

He could feel the Lightning Tribulation above him brewing an even more terrifying attack. He did not have much time left.

Aboveground, Qian Daoliu also sensed that something was wrong.

The thundercloud's range was moving toward them.

His expression changed. Just as he was about to take the four children away, the ground not far ahead suddenly bulged into a large mound.

A plump, enormous bug sprang from the earth, its entire body charred black as bug juice splattered everywhere. Its eight short legs flailed madly.

Bibi Dong took half a step back in fright. "Holy... holy shit!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was already charging at them with a howl. Ten golden rings burst from his body and surged madly toward Luo Jiuyou as he shouted:

"Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! Brother doesn't want to be struck to death!"

Qian Daoliu was about to intervene when ten golden rings suddenly lit up around that fat maggot and enveloped Luo Jiuyou.

It was the light of sacrifice.

His movements paused as he recalled Luo Jiuyou saying that he needed "a soul beast to willingly sacrifice itself."

Then he remembered that this was the content of a Divine Trial, so he withdrew his hand.

Though he was still puzzled. He had barely finished speaking when one had appeared.

That gigantic fat maggot had come running out.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm roared, "Sacrifice!"

The ten golden rings instantly enveloped Luo Jiuyou, and vast spiritual power and Soul Power flooded into his body like a tidal wave.

Yet at the exact instant the sacrifice was completed, the lightning above finally descended.

The final Heavenly Tribulation, carrying world-destroying might, struck straight down.

"No!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's remaining consciousness howled amid the lightning, struggling in unwillingness.

He had thought he had found a path to survival, only to end up making a wedding dress for someone else.

Heaven is unfair... This Sky Dream Ice Silkworm refuses to accept this!

As the lightning faded, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's figure completely vanished. All that remained was an enormous mass of spiritual power and Soul Power, which merged into Luo Jiuyou's body without obstruction.

With Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's consciousness gone, the Asura Demon Sword in Luo Jiuyou's hand released the divine will of the Asura God, who personally helped him seal away the excess energy.

Luo Jiuyou's body grew slightly hot as immense energy continuously surged through him.

His blood energy roiled wildly. His left hand once more turned into a hideous Ghost Hand, crimson as blood, while red light flared from his eyes.

Dense blood energy swirled around his body, wrapping him entirely.

It formed a massive blood-red cocoon.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power frantically scoured every inch of his flesh.

The blood fiend aura rampaged through his limbs and bones, while his physique continuously grew stronger through repeated tempering.

The intense pain made Luo Jiuyou let out a muffled groan.

"Little Junior Brother—" The three little ones looked at Luo Jiuyou anxiously.

Qian Daoliu stretched out a hand to stop them. "Don't move. He is carrying out his Divine Trial."

The next instant, the blood-red cocoon enveloping Luo Jiuyou's body suddenly expanded.

A massive blood-red phantom rapidly condensed above the cocoon.

Filled with surging killing intent and blood fiend aura, it spread outward and formed a domain.

The three little ones felt as if invisible hands were pinning them down. Their Soul Power stagnated, and part of their strength was suppressed.

Qian Daoliu's expression shifted slightly. "Divine Slaughter's Domain?"

He stared at that massive blood-red phantom, shock flashing through his eyes.

This kid had obtained a domain so quickly?

The blood-red phantom seemed to possess consciousness. It glanced at Qian Daoliu before turning into a streak of blood-red light and flowing back into the cocoon.

After quite a while, the blood-red cocoon finally cracked apart, revealing Luo Jiuyou within.

He had grown noticeably taller. His original clothes were stretched by his slightly firmer muscles, especially around his left hand, where two additional shackles had appeared, firmly locking down his blood-red arm.

Scarlet blood mist swirled around him, making him resemble a blood fiend god of slaughter who had walked out of hell.

The sight left the three little ones utterly stunned.

Why did Little Junior Brother seem to have changed so much?

The blood fiend aura around him was clearly much denser.

The next moment, three soul rings appeared around Luo Jiuyou, leaving everyone present stunned.

Red, red, gold.

"R-Red soul rings?!"

"What level is a golden soul ring?"

"Red... that seems to be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, right?"

The three little ones were all dumbfounded. What kind of soul ring configuration was this?

Even Qian Daoliu could not help rubbing his eyes before staring again.

Was this the result of a Divine Trial?

After his own Divine Trial, his soul rings had only been eight black and one red. Now Luo Jiuyou directly had two red and one gold?

What kind of configuration was this?