In the pitch-black cave, a white jade-colored silkworm lay curled up. It opened its eyes, glanced at the scene around it, then closed them again. It no longer knew how many times it had woken from the pain of these few creatures nearby absorbing its energy, but none of that mattered anymore.
It didn't know how long it had been trapped in this cave, and it didn't care. If the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm ten thousand years later had been inspired to begin its plan to create a god after sensing Tang San and the others becoming gods, then the one now had no plans at all. No, that wasn't quite right. It did want to escape and leave this pitch-black cave, leave this Star Dou Forest, but it couldn't. It couldn't defeat a single one of the creatures here. It couldn't even handle the one they called the Auspicious Beast. It was trapped inside this Restriction, while they greedily sucked the energy from its body.
It hoped someone might take it away from here, but who would even know it was here? It gave up. It accepted its fate. It closed its eyes and fell asleep. In its dreams, it was still itself, still in the cavern of the Far North, eating the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. No one could disturb it. It was carefree, without pain or imprisonment. But why had that emerald-green figure appeared in its dream? It had fled from her in the Far North, crossed the ocean, and come to this place far from the Far North. Everything it was enduring now could be said to have begun because of her, so why did it still dream of her? Tian Meng didn't understand why. It didn't know what that feeling was, but Tian Meng knew it wanted to walk across the snowy plains of the Far North like her, facing the wind and snow-not to flee, not to hide, but simply to walk across the Far North's snowy plains as she did. It wanted to swim through the ocean like the fish, and spread its wings to fly through the sky like that black dragon. It also wanted to... Better to keep sinking into its dream. It didn't need to feel the pain of the present or face those greedy gazes. Sleep, sleep.
A powerful wave of spiritual power swept past, and the silkworm opened its eyes once more. The cave was still pitch-black, but all the creatures around it had disappeared, leaving only the Auspicious Beast. Its three eyes stared fixedly at the silkworm. It knew the Auspicious Beast had always wanted to taste its brain, but the Restriction still remained, restricting its body and preventing the Auspicious Beast from eating it. Never mind. It would keep sinking into its dreams.
At the Core Area of Star Dou Forest, a group of figures streaked through the sky before finally stopping above the Lake of Life.
"Everyone, get ready. I'm starting," Evil Lord said. His spiritual power rippled across the Lake of Life. The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python on the outskirts sensed the immense spiritual power and wisely hid themselves. Of all the Ferocious Beasts, Bi Ji was the only one who hadn't absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. She was meditating in her own territory, but when she felt the powerful spiritual force over the Lake of Life, she realized something was happening and hurriedly flew there.
Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts in the cavern were furious. Evil Lord's actions were like a provocation right at their doorstep, and they were enraged. They decided to go out and see who was looking for death, leaving the Auspicious Beast inside before heading out.
Di Tian and the others emerged from beneath the Lake of Life and saw Evil Lord. Their faces were full of confusion. Why had so many troublemakers come to their territory? Bi Ji flew over from afar and came to Di Tian's side. "Di Tian, what happened?"
Di Tian gestured for the Ferocious Beasts not to act rashly. He stepped forward alone and asked Snow Empress, his voice full of anger, "Snow Empress, what is the meaning of this? Why have you brought so many people to Star Dou Forest?"
"Hand over that big worm," Evil Lord said to Di Tian.
Snow Empress said, "That's right, Di Tian. Hand over the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. That's the purpose of our trip."
"The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm? You came all the way here for that creature. What if I say I won't hand it over?" Di Tian heard their answer and understood why this group had come. But if he simply agreed, his prestige as the ruler of Star Dou Forest would be greatly diminished. Then, never mind anyone else, Xiong Jun would certainly challenge his position afterward, and that wouldn't be something he could settle by simply beating him up.
"Then we have no choice but to fight." After Snow Empress finished speaking, she flew toward Di Tian alongside Evil Lord.
"You're asking for death." As he spoke, Di Tian unleashed his imposing aura and attacked the two of them.
When the others behind Di Tian saw him make his move, they flew into battle as well. As planned, Huo Yuhao and the others each intercepted one of the Ferocious Beasts. In an instant, the entire Lake of Life erupted into battle.
"Bear, I'm your opponent." After Ice Empress spoke, she launched an attack on Xiong Jun.
"Little scorpion, don't think too highly of yourself." Xiong Jun swung his sharp claws and clashed against Ice Empress's Ultimate Ice.
Xiao Bai and A-Tai stopped Scarlet King and attacked from both sides, while Myriad Demon King tried to control the forest to support the others, but Raven, Wolf King, and Li Ya held him back. Under attack from all three, Myriad Demon King could barely look after himself.
A Ling and Huo Yuhao stopped Zi JI. Zi JI was astonished to see Huo Yuhao. Why had they brought a human along when there were so many Soul Beasts-and one so weak, at that? Before Zi JI could figure out why, A Ling transformed both hands into a pair of swords like Peacock Plumes and slashed at her. Zi JI could only dodge hurriedly. Behind her, Huo Yuhao relied on the defense and mobility provided by the Ice Extreme God of War Armor to move under the pressure of so many Soul Beasts. Knowing that he was weak and that his Soul Skills would be useless, he could only activate the Holy Necromancer Martial Soul and use the Withering Art and Corrosive Light to support A Ling.
Zi JI saw the gray Soul Ring on Huo Yuhao and didn't know what was going on, but when she felt something wrong with her body, she realized Huo Yuhao was behind it. Then A Ling's slash came down toward her, and she could only withstand it with her dragon claws.
Only Bi Ji came to Di Tian's side. After sensing Snow Empress's and Evil Lord's Cultivation, Di Tian felt his scalp go numb. If he only had to deal with one of them, he had a chance of winning, but with two there, things were extremely tricky.
"Di Tian, I'll help you." Bi Ji came to his side and helped ease the pressure.
"Why is it only you? Where are the others?" Di Tian instinctively looked down. The others on the ground were already locked in fierce battle. The entire Lake of Life was in chaos, and there was no one left to spare to support him.
"Damn it, Snow Empress, are you planning to completely fall out with us and start a war?"
"I told you to hand over the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Otherwise, we can only see this through to the end." As Snow Empress finished speaking, the temperature around them plunged.
"Do you really think I'm easy to bully?" The darkness around Di Tian surged.
"Then come on. Let me see how strong you really are." Evil Lord's powerful spiritual power enveloped the Lake of Life.
Although Bi Ji loved peace and hadn't absorbed any of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's energy, she knew from what she saw that neither side would calm down anytime soon. She couldn't stop the fighting between them, so all she could do was ensure her side didn't suffer too many casualties before they calmed down.
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