Skydream Iceworm looked at the boy before him, utterly puzzled.
By rights, his control over spiritual power should have been extremely precise. Everyone on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest should have fainted, so why hadn't that boy?
But after scanning the boy's entire body again, he discovered to his surprise that the boy was actually a Soul Emperor.
Moreover, like Huo Yuhao, he possessed a spiritual-type Body Martial Soul: Spirit Eyes.
"Huh? What's going on?"
"Clearly, in my perception, only that rank-ten Soul Master kid had a spiritual Martial Soul. How did another one pop up?"
"Did Di Tian and the others suck too much out of me? Has even my spiritual power gone haywire?"
Faced with a problem in the very field he excelled at most, Skydream Iceworm was completely dumbfounded.
He understood why he hadn't detected him, but it wasn't too late now. This boy was clearly more talented than Huo Yuhao.
He looked no older than fifteen or sixteen, yet he was already a six-ring Soul Emperor.
But just as Skydream Iceworm entertained the thought of becoming his Soul Ring, his eyes suddenly rolled back for a moment, and he abandoned the idea.
"Ah, forget it. I'll stick with my original choice."
Watching Skydream Iceworm mutter to himself, Huo Yuhao was utterly bewildered.
This soul beast before him was clearly incredibly powerful, so why did he keep talking to himself?
Meanwhile, within the Sea of Spirit, the Ice Emperor folded her arms across her chest and spoke to Yun Luo in her usual proud, languid tone.
"Yun Luo, aren't you going to thank this emperor for blocking that strike for you? Otherwise, you would have fainted too."
"Yes, thank you, Lady Ice Emperor, for saving me."
"Hmph, that's more like it."
The Ice Emperor's brows lifted slightly, thoroughly pleased deep down, looking every bit the tsundere who took it as her due.
"But why does this big worm in front of us seem so familiar?"
When Yun Luo had called the Ice Emperor out to block the attack, she had naturally seen the worm outside as well.
She found the worm's aura extremely familiar. She should have encountered him a very long time ago.
With that thought, the Ice Emperor began recalling whether she had ever seen this iceworm.
Then she suddenly remembered that shameless iceworm who had hidden in an ice cavern, crazily devouring mysterious ice marrow, and escaped ten thousand years ago.
That sleazy iceworm had even had the gall to say he liked her!
"Yun Luo, I know that iceworm outside."
Hearing the Ice Emperor's words, Yun Luo feigned a puzzled expression and said,
"Hmm? You know him?"
"That's right. This emperor met him ten thousand years ago. You could call him the luckiest iceworm this emperor has ever seen. He devoured so much mysterious ice marrow that his cultivation was very high."
"This emperor kept hunting him down ten thousand years ago. Unfortunately, he escaped in the end."
As though recalling something disgusting, the Ice Emperor stared darkly at Skydream Iceworm outside.
"Uh, Ice Emperor, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. I remembered how this worm disgusted me ten thousand years ago. Something fit only to be food actually dared to say he liked me."
After saying that, the Ice Emperor's expression grew even worse. In fact, if she hadn't been a soul now, she would have wanted to throw up.
Seeing this, Yun Luo voiced his idea.
"Ice Emperor, what would you think if I wanted him to become my Soul Spirit?"
"No, absolutely not! This emperor refuses to stay here with him. If that's what you're going to do, you might as well kill this emperor."
At those words, the Ice Emperor instantly bristled, her voice turning abruptly shrill with utter resistance.
Hearing the Ice Emperor's words, Yun Luo nodded.
In the original story, the Ice Emperor had agreed to fuse with Skydream Iceworm partly because he had restrained her, and partly because there truly had been no other way to help her survive her heavenly tribulation at the time.
Now that she had a perfect host, why would she let Skydream Iceworm come disgust her?
Besides, she currently had the Sea of Spirit all to herself and could do whatever she wanted.
If Skydream Iceworm came in, just imagining it made the Ice Emperor shudder.
"No, he refuses to stay with that food."
Hearing the Ice Emperor practically roar those words, Yun Luo smiled a little awkwardly.
"All right. I definitely won't let him become my Soul Spirit."
The Ice Emperor had only just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Yun Luo continue.
"Since he likes you, let's do this..."
After hearing Yun Luo's plan, the Ice Emperor looked at him with disdain.
"How could you..."
"Please, Lady Ice Emperor."
"Think of our grand plan to become gods. Think of the Snow Empress. Just this once."
Looking at the Ice Emperor before him, who wanted to refuse, Yun Luo could only bring these things up.
Hearing Yun Luo's words, the Ice Emperor wrestled with herself for a long time before finally steeling herself and saying through gritted teeth,
"Fine. This emperor will do as you ask."
Just as Skydream Iceworm was about to knock Yun Luo unconscious and then tell Huo Yuhao what he wanted.
Skydream Iceworm, who had still been hesitating and wavering, intending to discuss a contract with Huo Yuhao, suddenly caught a wisp of incomparably familiar Far North cold Qi, and his eyes instantly lit up.
"Bingbing, is that you? My Bingbing."
After sensing this presence, Skydream Iceworm completely forgot Huo Yuhao and all his plans.
His entire mind was drawn to that presence.
His enormous worm body eagerly flew toward Yun Luo, practically wagging its tail.
Seeing Skydream Iceworm leave, Huo Yuhao was wildly delighted. He hurriedly struggled to get up, intending to drag the unconscious Bei Bei and Tang Ya away from this dangerous place as quickly as possible.
But he had barely shifted his body when a spiritual shock suddenly descended, precisely enveloping his sea of consciousness.
Buzz-
Huo Yuhao went limp and collapsed straight to the ground, instantly sleeping like a baby.
Meanwhile, Skydream Iceworm arrived before Yun Luo and spoke excitedly:
"Bingbing, is that you? Bingbing."
Within the Sea of Spirit, the Ice Emperor manifested a human form and appeared beside Yun Luo.
"Bingbing, my Bingbing."
Looking at the Ice Emperor appearing before him, Skydream Iceworm had stars in his tiny eyes.
If Skydream Iceworm had taken human form at that moment, he would have looked no different from a lecher.
"My Bingbing is so beautiful in human form too."
Looking at him like that, the Ice Emperor could barely hide the disgust on her face.
But Skydream Iceworm soon came to his senses and asked in some confusion,
"Bingbing, why are you here? And inside a human's body, too. Could you have the same idea?"
Seeing the Ice Emperor together with a human, Skydream Iceworm mistakenly assumed she shared his idea: choose a human, then create a god.
Skydream Iceworm, who had originally very much wanted to become Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring, was willing to become Yun Luo's Soul Ring when he saw that the Ice Emperor had become this human's Soul Ring, all so he could be with her.
"Bingbing, did you also choose to become a human's Soul Ring because you couldn't break through, betting on him becoming a god?"
Recalling how heaven and earth had changed colors ten thousand years ago, and godhood had been attained in an instant, Skydream Iceworm couldn't help growing extremely excited.
The Ice Emperor suppressed her irritation and nodded.
"Did you come here after I hunted you down ten thousand years ago?"
"Boo-hoo, Bingbing, so you care about me this much."
Hearing the Ice Emperor's words, Skydream Iceworm was instantly overwhelmed by his grievances. He was just about to speak when the Ice Emperor cut him off.
The Ice Emperor couldn't be bothered to waste any more words either. Pointing at Yun Luo, she said,
"Forget it. You don't need to tell me. This emperor came out to ask you just one thing: are you willing to become his Soul Ring?"