Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Tailed-Beast Transformation: Susanoo-Clad Great Buddha!

Deep in the forest, the Tall Young Man with a black ruler strapped to his back had waited for ages. His confident smile gradually froze.

"What's going on? Why did Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's mental presence suddenly move farther away?"

He frowned.

"Impossible. The Fallen Heart Flame's pull on mental power is unmatched..."

"No, there's another mental presence in that direction drawing him in!"

His expression darkened. He slowly rose and looked into the distance.

"Interesting. It seems quite a few interesting people have come to Star Dou Forest this time!"

"Now let's see whether you can withstand my Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler!"

"He's here!"

Tang Chuan, seated cross-legged on the ground, snapped his eyes open. The three tomoe in his Sharingan spun so fast they nearly blurred together.

The next instant, the ground a short distance ahead of him began to shake violently without warning.

Cracks raced across the earth, gradually widening into fissures.

Pale golden-white light shone from deep within them. Wisps of icy air escaped, and the temperature around him plunged.

At last, a round head more than a meter across slowly emerged from a fissure.

The huge head looked carved from translucent white jade. A pair of tiny, gleaming golden eyes at its crown peered around curiously.

Starting half a meter below his head, a golden band encircled his body at regular intervals.

There were ten golden bands in all.

Huo Yuhao watched from the corner of his eye as the huge head emerged from the ground. A flood of emotions swept through him.

Brother Sky Dream, it's been a long time!

But I'm sorry. This time around, your story will have to go differently!

Once I find a way to get Tang Chuan killed, I won't forget to reclaim the Million-Year Soul Ring that was supposed to be mine!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm crawled fully out of the fissure and wriggled happily on the ground.

His little golden eyes fixed on the jade box in Tang Chuan's hand. Then he looked at Tang Chuan, seated cross-legged before him, and his heart leaped.

A human with a mental attribute!

And Mysterious Ice Marrow!

Two surprises at once!

"I've finally found a human with a mental attribute! It's a shame I can't cry, or I'd be bawling my eyes out!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sighed.

Then he wriggled toward Tang Chuan, unable to wait any longer.

"Bear with me, kid. I'm coming in!"

"It might feel uncomfortable at first, but you'll start feeling better soon!"

"How many seals will I have to put on myself so this frail body can handle me? Being an intelligent soul ring sure isn't easy!"

As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chattered away, he set the ten golden rings around his body pulsing.

They were about to turn into a white halo and flow into Tang Chuan's body, just as they had in the original story.

But at that moment, Tang Chuan spoke.

"My body isn't too weak. Your control over your power is too crude."

"Now release your hold on it. I'll use that power to perform a sealing technique and make us one!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm froze. His tiny golden eyes filled with confusion.

"Huh? A sealing technique? What sealing technique?"

"Kid, I'm a million-year soul beast. I already have ten seals of my own. You don't need to worry about my power bursting your body..."

"Enough."

Tang Chuan frowned, his tone leaving no room for argument.

"Give me control of your mental power!"

"Trust me. It'll do you good, not harm!"

"Uh..."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was bewildered, but he was trusting by nature. Having just escaped, he instinctively felt he could rely on this human fate had brought him to.

With the Mysterious Ice Marrow tempting him right before his eyes, he hesitated only a moment before obediently relinquishing control of his mental power to Tang Chuan.

After all, as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm saw it, the boy before him was just a weak human soul master.

Even with control, what could he possibly do?

"Now!"

Tang Chuan's eyes flashed. He felt the vast mental power of a million-year soul beast surging wildly within him.

His hands flew through signs so quickly they left afterimages. Then he slammed a palm into the ground.

"Eight Trigrams Seal!"

In an instant, a massive formation blazed to life on the ground beneath him and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

The formation was octagonal, with an ancient, forceful character appearing at each corner.

Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui!

The eight characters formed a ring and shone brilliantly!

In the ninja world, this was the sealing technique the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had used to seal the Nine-Tails inside his son Naruto.

The Eight Trigrams Seal was formed by layering two Four Symbols Seals!

The trigrams stood opposite one another, their power endlessly renewing itself!

Its brilliance lay in the gap it deliberately left while sealing its target.

That gap allowed the sealed being's power to leak through for the host to use.

In other words, Tang Chuan had no intention of accepting an "intelligent soul ring" the way Huo Yuhao had in the original story.

He meant to seal Sky Dream Ice Silkworm inside himself like the Nine-Tails and become a "Jinchuriki" on Douluo Continent!

Not only could he draw on a million-year soul beast's Soul Power whenever he fought, but he could also use the gap in the seal to siphon away Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power bit by bit, refine it, and make it his own!

Now that was how you took everything!

Under the tremendous power of the Eight Trigrams Seal, the ten golden rings around Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shook violently.

Then, amid a burst of dazzling golden light, they rapidly contracted and condensed.

At last, they became a strange golden sigil that radiated an ancient aura and slowly branded itself onto Tang Chuan's lower abdomen.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's enormous body did not dissolve into pure energy and dissipate into the world as it had in the original story.

Instead, his form blurred and turned into a streak of white light that was drawn into the golden sigil.

The seal was complete!

Tang Chuan slowly opened his Sharingan. Feeling the ocean of Soul Power in his lower abdomen, he trembled with excitement.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was his!

He possessed the Twin Martial Souls of Blue Silver Grass and Sharingan, and he had mastered numerous Ninjutsu techniques.

Now, with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his million-year source of power, his future Susanoo-clad Great Buddha would surely be invincible!

Meanwhile, in the dim Sealing Space...

An enormous barrier made entirely of dark red iron bars stood silent. Beyond it lay unfathomable darkness.

Behind those bars stood Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the million-year soul beast who had led Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts in circles. He was utterly dumbstruck.

His little golden eyes stared at the dark red bars before him. He stood as still as though he had been frozen in place.

"What's going on?"

He touched the iron bars, then looked at the dim space around him, as bleak as a sewer. His mind went blank.

"Am I still asleep?"

"This has to be a dream, right?"