Beside him, Yan Lingji and Tide Siren still watched the fat worm with disgust, as though looking at some creature that should never have existed in this world.
After eating the Void Profound Ice, dark-red markings appeared across the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's pure-white body. His eyes were scarlet as he gazed at Ye Guixu with utter devotion.
"Master! Master! Please allow your humblest worm to offer you the most insignificant of gifts!"
"O great master, this humble little worm shall offer you a soul sacrifice!"
Ye Guixu sat on his throne, his elbow resting on the armrest and his chin propped on his palm. As he watched this utterly frenzied worm, the corners of his mouth slowly curled upward.
"Then begin. Burn your soul completely and offer it in sacrifice."
"Yes! My great master!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm twisted his barrel-like waist and bowed devoutly, scarlet light bursting from his eyes.
"My great master, after I sacrifice this spiritual origin of mine, this body will leave behind a skin. That skin has a great use."
"If you refine it a little, then have the two Titled Douluo at your side take you to the Far North, you will be able to lure out the Ice Empress Emperor Scorpion, who is nearly four hundred thousand years old. Then you can obtain another soul beast's sacrifice..."
"My lingering aura on the worm skin, combined with the soul fluctuations on your Million-Year Soul Ring..."
"No, how could I leave any soul fluctuations behind!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thrashed wildly, directly igniting his own soul origin.
"Since I am offering all my loyalty to my lord, naturally I must sacrifice even my soul fluctuations in their entirety!"
"O great master!! Let this humble little worm offer you his final shred of strength!"
Boom.
An incomparably vast beam of golden light erupted from within Ye Guixu and shot into the heavens!
The clouds for dozens of li around were churned into a vortex by the golden light. The spiritual energy between heaven and earth surged wildly like boiling water, stirring the clouds in the sky into relentless billows.
Countless strange golden symbols flowed across Ye Guixu's flesh, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body directly opposite him rapidly faded in the golden light.
The ten golden markings around his body flashed ceaselessly, pouring all his light, all his soul, all his life force-everything, down to the very last trace-into Ye Guixu.
Soul sacrifice.
It disregarded every condition. Regardless of whether one could withstand it or what level one was, as long as a soul beast willingly offered its soul in sacrifice, one could absorb its soul ring flawlessly.
The spiritual power within Ye Guixu surged wildly, boundlessly powerful.
Dazzling light radiated from the Doomsday Twin Pupils. The black hole and white hole illuminated one another, unleashing terrifying power.
At the same time, the power of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origin surged wildly through his body, and soul rings slowly appeared around him.
Black, black, black, red, gold!
His level climbed repeatedly, reaching level 60!
And a great deal of power still lay submerged within his body.
Yet despite the vast immensity of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power, its essence remained impure and scattered.
The five ultimate attributes squeezed and compressed it furiously, repeatedly tempering and purifying that impure spiritual power until it became supremely refined.
Just then,
a tiny point of light appeared between Ye Guixu's brows, black and white intertwined like the chaos at the universe's birth.
His spiritual power collapsed inward wildly as though drawn by a black hole, only to be continuously expelled and reshaped by the white hole.
Through repeated compression and tempering, that refined spiritual power began to spin and compress, becoming a miniature vortex.
The vortex spun faster and faster, contracting tighter and tighter, until it finally condensed into a solid core under extreme compression.
Black as ink, with faint rose-gold patterns of light flowing along its edges, it resembled a miniature black-hole vortex, hovering quietly between his brows.
The spiritual soul core was complete!
At that instant, Ye Guixu's spiritual power underwent another transformation.
He was like a true black hole, radiating a darkness that devoured everything. The surrounding space twisted along with it, as though about to be sucked inside completely.
Yan Lingji and Tide Siren were pulled to his side by that terrifying attraction. Fortunately, they were not completely drawn inside.
As the spiritual soul core fully condensed, Ye Guixu opened his eyes.
His black-and-white twin pupils blazed with terrifying light, and space twisted wherever his gaze fell.
A tiny black dot appeared, radiating endless attraction, yet under his control, it devoured nothing around it.
"Congratulations on reclaiming your authority once more, Master."
Yan Lingji and Tide Siren wrapped their arms around Ye Guixu's neck, softly whispering congratulations into his ears.
"Not bad. Ever since you two appeared, everything has gone smoothly for me."
Ye Guixu revealed a rare smile.
Hearing their master's praise, the two women's eyes instantly became tender and alluring, glistening with springtime warmth.
"Thank you for your praise, Master."
Then each kissed Ye Guixu on the cheek.
In excellent spirits, Ye Guixu held the two great beauties in his arms and looked out over the sea of clouds beyond the window.
Thanks to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he had also obtained an empty slot for a second martial soul.
And he had reached level 60, so he could obtain another soul ring.
Which one should I find?
Just then.
A thunderous roar exploded at the edge of the sky.
"You damned worm!!"
The ground shook violently as a Dark-Gold Giant Bear, as massive as a mountain, tore recklessly through the sea of trees. Ancient trees snapped everywhere he passed, and the earth split three feet deep.
The earth boomed when Xiong Jun landed on all fours. When he stood upright, his sky-blotting shadow fell directly over the Void Star God Mecha.
His dark-gold fur gleamed like metal beneath the sunlight. His scarlet eyes locked firmly onto Ye Guixu, filled with nearly crazed fury and killing intent.
"Who the fuck are you, you piece of shit?!!"
Xiong Jun roared down from above, the sound waves making even the surrounding air tremble.
"That damned fat maggot! What did you do to him?!!"
His enormous claws suddenly clenched, his bones creaking:
"You fucking made that damned worm sacrifice himself as soon as you arrived?! You got rid of my food! Do you fucking know what the consequences are?!"
"I don't care what godforsaken corner you crawled out of, you worm! Don't even think about leaving this forest alive today! I'll tear apart that pile of scrap metal of yours and crush every bone in your body, bit by bit!"
The more he spoke, the more furious he became. His soul power climbed wildly, and his dark-gold aura swept across the surroundings like a storm, pressing the nearby blue silver grass flat against the ground. The entire forest hummed and shook beneath his oppressive might.
Sitting in the Cockpit, Ye Guixu watched with interest as the enraged giant bear clamored below, the corners of his mouth slowly curling upward.
"I was just worrying about not having a sixth soul ring. To think you'd come running here yourself."
"A sixth soul ring?!!"
As though he had heard the greatest joke under heaven, Xiong Jun threw back his head and laughed wildly.
"Hahahaha! You're a fucking Quasi-Soul Emperor without a sixth soul ring, and you want to make me your soul ring?!
"I've lived for hundreds of thousands of years, and I've never heard such an outrageous joke!
"Even Di Tian wouldn't dare speak to me like that! Who the hell do you think you are?!"
Before his laughter faded, the soul rings around Ye Guixu had already begun to emerge.
Black, black, black, red, gold!
Five soul rings pulsed outward. That Golden Soul Ring in particular was like an exploding sun, its golden light instantly sweeping across hundreds of meters and enveloping Xiong Jun's enormous body.
The aura of that Golden Soul Ring was identical to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's, so intense that Xiong Jun's pupils abruptly contracted.
"You!!"
"That damned fat maggot really sacrificed himself to you?! How could he..."
Xiong Jun's words caught in his throat, because Ye Guixu's aura had already begun to climb.
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