Electrolux

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watched Huo Yuhao slowly put on his glasses. Such a small gesture somehow felt even more pretentious than his own, leaving him momentarily at a loss. "Yuhao, as a Million-Year Wisdom Soul Ring, do you know how rich my experience and knowledge are?"

"Experience? You mean a million-year experience pack?"

Huo Yuhao chuckled. An experience pack at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's level really was quite a feast for those savage beasts.

Feeling looked down upon, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm decided to win back some dignity. He looked toward the ten enormous golden-white Light Orbs suspended in the Sea of Spirit.

"Yuhao, see those ten Light Orbs? I brought them to you. Isn't it shocking?"

"Mm, I see them. What is so special about them?" Huo Yuhao raised a brow.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave a haughty snort, straightening his worm-like body in a proud, upright pose. "Their use is tremendous."

"In the entire Far North Land, not a single soul beast possesses such enormous source energy. Now that it has fallen to you, Yuhao, you really are blessed."

Not just the Far North Land—Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had wanted to include the Star Dou Great Forest as well, but he suddenly remembered something, and his entire body trembled.

Back when he had been imprisoned, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had once sensed an aura that surpassed Beast God Di Tian. In the deepest part of the shimmering Lake of Life, there had been a dazzling streak of silver light.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm steadied his racing thoughts and let out a long breath, the smug expression returning to his face.

"With these ten Light Orbs, it is like having an internal energy reserve."

"As your cultivation rises and your physique strengthens, the source energy within these Light Orbs can increase the age of your Soul Rings."

"If you can withstand the Soul Ring of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then this source energy will raise every Soul Ring below ten thousand years to the ten-thousand-year level."

Huo Yuhao nodded at that. "That really is useful."

In Douluo Continent's cultivation system, martial souls had to rely on Soul Rings to enhance their abilities, which was already an inferior approach. An ordinary Soul Master's first ring was only ten or a hundred years old, yet even after their cultivation rose, that first ring remained ten or a hundred years old and could not be improved. It was incredibly awkward.

Seeing that he had gained Huo Yuhao's approval, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unconsciously lifted his nose toward the sky and immediately became arrogant.

"With the total amount of source energy I sealed within your body, it is enough to support all ten of your Soul Rings reaching the hundred-thousand-year level!"

Then, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm went on and on about the Million-Year Soul Ring he had brought Huo Yuhao, as well as its four Soul Skills.

He especially bragged about the Illusion System Soul Skill, Mental Dream Weaving, nearly to the heavens.

It carried something of the sentiment: "At the peak of Soul Skills, I stand above the world; with Mental Dream Weaving, there is heaven!"

After boasting for a while, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had gotten carried away and forgotten who he was, standing in the Sea of Spirit like a sturdy ancient pine, unmoving and majestic.

At that moment, the ancient gray bead trembled slightly, and an aged, imposing voice rang out. "Little bug!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm jumped in fright. He thought his earlier complaint about "some bastard stealing my person" had angered the other party, and he instantly lost all composure and cowered.

"Yuhao, save me!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm quickly wriggled to Huo Yuhao's feet.

"Greetings, Grandpa."

Huo Yuhao sincerely bowed to the gray bead. For no other reason than that, in the Original Work, Old Yi had given far too much to Huo Yuhao—even paying the price of his life. After leaving behind a precious gift, Undead Magic, he ignited his Divine Sense to protect Yuhao and the Soul Spirits. He deserved Huo Yuhao's deepest respect.

Throughout Tang Family Continent 2, there were hardly any flaws to be found in Electrolux's character. With his step-by-step guidance of Huo Yuhao, in terms of devotion and sacrifice, he absolutely deserved to be called a benefactor and teacher.

"Grandpa, how should I address you?" Huo Yuhao asked politely.

The gray bead flickered with faint light. "Address me? I have slept for far too long; even I cannot remember how much time has passed. I only know that, guided by some force in my subconscious, I came to this plane."

"Now, only this wisp of remnant soul remains. Yet at the moment before I completely dissipated, I was able to reside in your Sea of Spirit, child. Naturally, I am pleased."

"Among my hazy memories, only the two most resounding titles from my life remain somewhat clear."

"Holy Necromancer, Undead Scourge..."

The gray bead trembled faintly, and the aged voice paused, as though recalling something and trying to gather his scattered, shattered fragments of memory.

Huo Yuhao stood quietly while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm remained silent beside him, afraid of disturbing the other's memories.

After a moment.

The gray bead brightened slightly, and the aged voice sounded again with a trace of realization.

"Oh, I finally remember my own name. My name is Electrolux. You may call me Old Yi."

Wisps of gray mist dispersed from the bead, barely gathering together into a humanoid shape.

Electrolux looked at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. "Little bug, I heard you speak of the Soul Skill Mental Dream Weaving. Its effect is to make people fall into dreams and guide their actions through their subconscious..."

"In essence, it resembles a soul-controlling technique of my undead attribute. Both control another person's body and even their soul. We must not encourage others to abuse Soul Skills of this kind. They should be used properly."

"Oh, I understand, Senior." With his Mental Power suppressed, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm replied softly.

In terms of sheer quantity, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Mental Power could be said to be unparalleled on Douluo Continent. However, it had a fatal flaw: quantity without quality.

He was simply not on the same level as Old Yi.

Electrolux looked at Huo Yuhao and said sincerely, "Child, remember this: when the heart is righteous, the person is righteous. No matter what kind of power it is, in the hands of someone righteous, it will only be used for the right purpose."

Then his voice became low and weak.

"I am too tired. Very little of the power I preserved remains, and I need time to recover gradually. I am about to fall asleep again."

As the gray humanoid figure slowly dispersed and the bead above the Sea of Spirit dimmed, Huo Yuhao bowed once more.

"Old Yi, rest assured. I will certainly follow your teachings and use the abilities I possess correctly."

Only after Electrolux's aura had completely fallen dormant did Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's tense mind finally relax.

Then, wearing a sorrowful expression, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recounted how, while fleeing from his natural enemies, he had accidentally fallen into an ice cave. Yet after consuming Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow, he had somehow slept his way into becoming a savage beast.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's expression then grew increasingly miserable as he described, in painstaking detail, his story from the ice cave in the Far North Land to being imprisoned in the Star Dou Great Forest, and finally breaking through the limit of a Million Year Soul Beast and successfully escaping.

"Yuhao, after hearing my story, don't you think my fate has been rather tragic too?"

"Senior Old Yi just said we cannot misuse our abilities, but it should be fine to treat others as they treated us, right?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had suffered for hundreds of thousands of years. There was no way he could simply let it go.

"Yuhao, once I help you cultivate into one of your human Limit Douluo, we will return and weave every savage beast in the Star Dou Great Forest a dream of 'being imprisoned and having one hundred thousand years of Soul Power devoured.' That should be perfectly reasonable, shouldn't it?"