The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Sacrifice, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline Awakens-Swallow Him!

The fat silkworm preened and posed, trying to tempt Meng Chen.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm knew perfectly well that if he was captured again, escaping a second time would be all but impossible.

With his strength, he could leave the Star Dou Great Forest and take on an ordinary Titled Douluo, but running into a Peak Douluo would spell trouble.

If he returned to the Far North, his beloved Bingbing would hunt him down.

So he had to carry out his grand plan: become the Wisdom Soul Ring of a Soul Master with tremendous potential, reside within that Soul Master, and have them avenge him by killing the Soul Beasts that had abused and imprisoned him.

Meng Chen, right before him, possessed spiritual power of exceptionally high quality, and his body carried an aura remarkably similar to that being's. Without question, he was the ideal candidate.

Before Meng Chen could ask anything else, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm glanced warily toward the core of the Star Dou Great Forest, then turned back to Meng Chen and said urgently,

"I'm going to start now. Don't worry, I'll be gentle. It'll hurt a little, but I'll do my best to make it as painless as possible."

Whoosh!

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm moved at a speed Meng Chen's naked eye could barely follow. His fat head slammed straight into Meng Chen's forehead. Meng Chen's vision went black, and he collapsed.

But the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not rush to carry out his plan, because he sensed a powerful presence rapidly approaching.

With no time to think, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm swept up Meng Chen's body and fled in a streak of golden-white light.

A short while later, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm found a secluded stone chamber. After using his spiritual power to set up a barrier against detection, he began his sacrifice.

Buzzz!!

The next instant, the nine golden bands on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body seemed to come alive, pulsing rhythmically.

They swiftly enveloped Meng Chen's body, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm transformed into streams of white light that surged into him.

"Hiss! What kind of monster is this human kid? There's actually such terrifying power inside him. Wait, what are these... seals? These seals are restraining that terrifying power!"

"Wow! I've struck an absolute jackpot! Still, this kid's body is a little too weak. I'll have to add a few more seals for you."

Even as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm exclaimed in surprise, his actions did not slow. He sealed his 900,000 years of cultivation bit by bit, bringing it within the limits Meng Chen could withstand.

The dense white light gradually grew more solid, slowly flowing into Meng Chen's body. During this process, the silkworm's physical body grew increasingly transparent and rapidly shrank.

As the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself, Meng Chen's body also changed. His skin became as fair as jade, the same color as the silkworm's body, and gave off a faint icy-blue glow.

At the same time, a Soul Ring as red as fresh blood silently appeared. Nine golden markings adorned it. After circling Meng Chen three times, it faded again, merging into his body and disappearing.

"Next, let me expand your Sea of Consciousness. I don't want my future home to be too small to fit me."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began advancing into Meng Chen's Sea of Consciousness, already itching to move into his new home.

But as he entered the Sea of Consciousness, a terrifying dragon silhouette appeared. Before the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's horrified eyes, it awakened and opened its enormous maw toward him.

"Stay away from me..."

After an unknown length of time, Meng Chen slowly woke. He shook his head, gradually coming to his senses, and murmured softly.

"Mmph... that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm..."

A long while later, Meng Chen's expression kept shifting between confusion and astonishment, a look of disbelief spreading across his face.

Because, within his Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's soul origin had actually-actually been swallowed!

After sealing the Soul Ring's power, that fellow had recklessly barged into Meng Chen's Sea of Consciousness, triggering the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

Seeing someone coming to steal its territory, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline wasted no words. A single instant of awakening was enough to subdue the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, whose spiritual power could be called the greatest in the world.

Then it devoured him cleanly and decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

Good riddance. Having a fellow like that living in my Sea of Consciousness would've been trouble.

Meng Chen thought to himself. He was not Huo Yuhao. Opening up his Sea of Consciousness meant exposing all his secrets to the other party.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sudden rush at his face had caught him completely off guard. Fortunately, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline had abruptly awakened, or the consequences would have been unthinkable.

Exposing his secrets was the lesser concern. If the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had tried to take control of him instead, wouldn't he have been completely screwed?

"Where am I now?"

Meng Chen looked around. He was in a stone chamber of twenty or thirty square meters, a little over three meters high, with a semicircular ceiling.

There were heaps of cobwebs inside the chamber, but no animal droppings. It was fairly clean.

"What's that?"

A glowing object caught Meng Chen's attention.

It was golden-white, only a thin layer thick, and made of an unusual material. Smooth as jade, it gave off a faint chill.

Meng Chen gently stroked it and discovered that it was not something like animal hide. It seemed more like a shed silkworm skin.

"A shed skin. It belongs to that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm."

That was Meng Chen's guess. After putting the golden-white shed skin into the Storage Soul Tool Qian Renxue had given him, he walked out of the chamber.

"I wonder if the beast tide is over?"

Outside the stone chamber, Meng Chen heard beast roars still echoing through the forest and promptly decided to retreat inside.

Just as Meng Chen prepared to shelter from the beast tide's onslaught, his gaze caught something nearby.

"Hm? What's that?"

Meng Chen spotted a patch of black. Was it a person?

After considerable hesitation, he crept toward a crushed thicket and carefully reached out to part its branches.

A black-robed figure appeared before Meng Chen. Most of the robe had been torn apart, hanging from the figure like strips of rags, and it was stained with plenty of blood.

Roar-

A roar suddenly sounded close by. Meng Chen had no time to think. As soon as he reached out and picked up the black-robed person, a pleasant fragrance mingled with the smell of blood filled his nose.

Wait, a woman?!

Meng Chen's heart jolted. It was too dark for him to have noticed much; only after touching her did he realize something felt different.

But this was no time to worry about whether the person was a man or a woman.

His feet flew like the wind. Little Meng Chen carried the much larger black-robed woman and dashed toward the stone chamber.

To keep Soul Beasts from disturbing them, Meng Chen sprinkled a portion of specially formulated beast-repelling powder at the entrance.

This special beast-repelling powder was supposedly made from an extremely powerful Soul Beast's poop. It could make Soul Beasts wary enough to retreat.

Hopefully it works.

Meng Chen carried the black-robed woman into the chamber, took a piece of cloth from his Storage Soul Tool, spread it on the floor, and gently laid her on it.

Looking at the black-robed woman, a question instinctively arose in Meng Chen's mind.

He had saved her entirely on instinct.

Perhaps it was because he did not want to watch a life fade away just like that.

After a brief silence, Meng Chen looked at the black-robed woman again and sighed softly.

"Fine. If you're going to do a good deed, see it through; if you're escorting the Buddha, take him all the way west. Having me save your life is an honor for you."

Looking at the black robe, which had already been reduced to strips, Meng Chen hesitated for a moment before reaching out and pulling it off.

The next instant, an utterly stunning face was revealed, pale and bloodless, with an oval shape and delicate, nearly flawless features.

Several curls of wine-red hair tinged with violet fell beside her face. Her dark brows were slightly furrowed, sweat drenched her skin, and a little blood still lingered at the corner of her mouth.

The instant he saw the black-robed woman's true face, Meng Chen froze.

He was dazzled, but also puzzled.

"Why does she look a little familiar?"

The longer Meng Chen looked, the more he felt he had seen this face somewhere before. He simply could not remember where.

People were like that. The harder you tried to find something, the less likely you were to find it. Even if it was right before your eyes, you could still fail to see it.

Since he could not remember for now, Meng Chen stopped dwelling on it. Saving her came first.

He took out a towel, dampened it with drinking water, and wiped the black-robed woman's face, then cleaned away the blood at the corner of her mouth.

Next, he took out a bottle of healing potion made by a support-type Soul Master.

Before feeding it to her, Meng Chen deliberately checked the label and tasted a tiny bit.

Only after confirming that it was healing medicine, not an aphrodisiac passed off as something else-a dog's meat sold beneath a sheep's head-did he relax.

Meng Chen had no desire to cosplay Xiao Yan.

With his current little body, he was not ready to take that kind of ride yet.