The Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North have gathered!
Behind them, hundreds more figures arrived one after another. They were all patriarchs of various Soul Beast clans in the Far North, or Soul Beast overlords with cultivation of nearly 100,000 years or more.
At this moment, these beings who reigned supreme in the Far North all lowered their proud heads before Gu Yuena, their eyes filled with awe and submission from the depths of their souls.
As the strongest being in the Far North, the Snow Empress stepped forward with utmost respect. "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
Her voice was ethereal, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor.
The existence of the Silver Dragon King was legendary to all Soul Beast. Now, seeing him in person and feeling the suppression of his bloodline source, she felt only absolute obedience.
Gu Yuena's gaze calmly swept over the numerous Soul Beast in the Far North, and her clear, cold voice rang out. "Search for all the treasures here that can help the Soul Beast grow rapidly, and bring them all."
There was no explanation, no discussion, just a simple command.
"We obey Your Majesty's decree!" Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and all the Far North Soul Beast responded in unison without any hesitation.
They wouldn't even entertain the slightest thought of questioning Gu Yuena's orders.
Resources seem insignificant in the face of absolute bloodline and power.
Snow Empress immediately turned around and gave commands to the Soul Beast behind her.
The Soul Beast of the Far North sprang into action. They had lived here for generations and knew the area very well. Normally they would keep their secrets, but now, it was clear they could no longer hide them.
A highly efficient search operation was quickly launched across the vast Far North.
Within just a few days, all sorts of rare treasures were continuously sent to the Ice Valley where Gu Yuena and the others were. There was Ice Spirit Jade Marrow growing beneath millennia-old black ice, Snow Lotus Heart containing immense Life, Extreme Cold Dragon Saliva Grass that could temper bloodlines, and even some strange crystals and spiritual fruits whose energy was exceptionally pure, whose names even the Snow Empress couldn't recall...
Xuan Ming looked at the various rare and precious materials that were rapidly piling up before him, like small mountains. Many of these treasures were of extremely high quality, radiating various colors of spiritual light and containing extremely pure energy.
"Is this enough?" Gu Yuena looked at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
At this moment, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been released from its cocoon by Di Tian, and its plump, crystalline body trembled slightly with excitement.
"Enough! Enough! Too many!" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual will was filled with ecstatic joy. "So many high-quality treasures... I... I feel I can definitely break through!"
In its tiny eyes, it seemed as if it could see the broad road leading to a level of millions of years!
"Let's begin," Gu Yuena said calmly.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could no longer restrain itself. Its enormous body writhed as it pounced on the pile of treasures and began to devour them frantically.
Its body was like a bottomless pit, with large amounts of high-quality natural treasures disappearing at a visible rate and merging into its body.
The spiritual fluctuations and ice-attribute energy emanating from its body began to rise and undergo a qualitative change at an astonishing speed!
The Soul Beast of the Far North watched in awe. Although they felt sorry for these treasures that had accumulated over countless years, they dared not disobey Gu Yuena's will.
" Di Tian, what's going on?"
Just as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was consuming the Cold Marrow, the Snow Empress finally couldn't resist approaching Di Tian.
The ruler of Soul Beast mobilized resources from the entire Far North just for a single Ice Silkworm?
Is there anything special about this Ice Silkworm?
If she remembered correctly, wasn't this the Ice Silkworm that was being chased by the Ice Empress? This guy ran off to the Star Dou Great Forest?
"Do you want to become a god?" Di Tian asked.
Snow Empress's expression changed slightly. "What do you mean?"
"The fate of the Soul Beast Clan hinges on this," Di Tian said.
"Should we continue to cower in a corner, eking out a living, waiting for an uncertain reckoning or a slow demise? Or... seize this opportunity, give it our all, and gamble on a future?"
Snow Empress's pupils contracted slightly. "A bet? How? What are the stakes?"
Di Tian was silent for a moment, then said, "My lord has entrusted the future to me."
Initially, they only considered Xuan Ming as an option to try, but now, the Silver Dragon King sees him as everything.
If Xuan Ming fails, Gu Yuena and the Silver Dragon King will die with him.
The Soul Beast Clan is now barely clinging to life.
Time flew by, and after nearly a month, the speed at which the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm absorbed energy gradually slowed down. Its body swelled up, becoming as if it were carved from the most perfect blue diamond, radiating a breathtakingly powerful energy fluctuation and a dazzling blue-gold brilliance!
Its aura has reached a critical point! It's only a hair's breadth away from the legendary million-year level!
However, at this moment, its absorption rate suddenly slowed down, and its body trembled slightly, as if it had encountered some kind of invisible barrier.
"Uh... so full... I can't eat anymore..." came the spiritual message from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, carrying a sense of satisfaction and a hint of... laziness?
It seems to want to sleep again!
"It swallowed too quickly and needs time to digest. It will take at least another hundred years to complete," said the Snow Empress.
"A hundred years?" Xuan Ming stood up.
"I don't have that much time to wait."
Before he finished speaking, his aura suddenly changed!
boom--!
A violent, sharp, and terrifying aura, seemingly capable of tearing the heavens apart, suddenly erupted from his body! It wasn't Soul Power, but... pure Thunderclap will! It was a trace of... the primordial aura of Heavenly Tribulation contained within the God Level Thunder Core fragment he had absorbed and refined!
He deliberately amplified and stimulated this aura, and it rushed towards the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which was at the critical point of breakthrough and whose aura was extremely unstable!
Buzz--!!!
The enormous, crystal-clear body of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trembled violently! Its saturated energy seemed to have been thrown into a spark, instantly becoming violent and uncontrollable!
More importantly, the faint yet extremely powerful aura of Heavenly Tribulation that Xuan Ming stirred up was like a signal, a fuse, instantly triggering the laws of heaven and earth in the darkness!
"What are you doing?!" Snow Empress exclaimed in shock, her beautiful face filled with horror!
Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the others also had their expressions change drastically!
A glint flashed in Gu Yuena's silver-purple eyes, but she did not stop it. Instead, silver light flowed around her, and she was prepared to deal with anything.
Rumble rumble rumble--!!!
The sky over the entire Far North darkened instantly at a speed visible to the naked eye! It wasn't the gathering of dark clouds, but rather as if the entire firmament was shrouded in an incomparably vast, majestic, and Destruction dark red divine light!
That was not a cloud, but a radiance formed purely from the endless Law of Destruction! Majestic and boundless, it instilled fear in all things!
Under the crimson light, the cold wind stopped, the ice and snow wailed, and all the Soul Beast of the Far North, including the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, felt a tremor and a sense of insignificance from the deepest part of their souls!
Million-Year Heavenly Tribulation! It has been forcibly triggered!
"No--!!!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out a terrified scream!
Its lazy and cowardly spirit was completely overwhelmed by the fear of death! It could clearly feel that the divine power that had locked onto it was enough to completely erase all traces of its existence!
Escape? There's nowhere to escape! Defend? There's no way to stop them!
The shadow of death, like a cold tide, instantly overwhelmed all its consciousness!
In the midst of this extreme fear and despair, the instinct for survival overcame laziness and cowardice!
"Roar--!!!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out an unprecedented, frantic, and resolute cry! The immense energy within its body, saturated and even beginning to dissipate, was forcibly compressed, condensed, and ignited by the threat of death! It launched a desperate, suicidal assault on the incomparably solid million-year-old barrier!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One after another, eerie and terrifying bolts of tribulation lightning began to fall! Each bolt contained the will of Destruction and judgment, striking fiercely towards the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm erupted with a dazzling blue-gold aura. Its vast, ocean-like Divine Power formed a solid barrier, and its pure ice-attribute energy transformed into layers of ice armor, desperately resisting the bombardment of the Heavenly Tribulation!
Crack! The barrier shattered! The ice armor vanished! Blackened wounds appeared on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body, and it let out a painful howl, but its speed in attacking the barrier only increased!
This is a breakthrough in a race against death!
Gu Yuena's expression was solemn. The Dragon God's Heart emitted a nine-colored halo, and a gentle yet powerful force enveloped the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. It was not to help it resist the heavenly Heavenly Tribulation, which would attract even more terrifying heavenly punishment, but to stabilize its soul origin, strengthen its will, and allow it to remain clear-headed under the Destruction pressure of the Heavenly Tribulation, so as to break through the bottleneck more efficiently.
The powerful figures, including Di Tian and Snow Empress, held their breath and watched this breathtaking scene with bated breath.
Having endured countless tribulation lightning bolts, when the final, terrifying Thunderclap, resembling a blood-red dragon, struck down with devastating force, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out a heart-wrenching roar, as if something within its body shattered with a deafening crash!
Buzz--!
Chapter 326 Million-Year Soul Ring, Half-Step Divine Consciousness
A vast, profound, and eternally powerful aura, far greater than before, erupted from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm! Its entire body transformed into a translucent white jade, radiating a heart-palpitating pressure!
Millions of years! It succeeded!
The tribulation clouds in the sky slowly dissipated, as if heaven and earth had acknowledged this newly emerged Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
However, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, having successfully survived its tribulation, quickly began to weaken. Although its body exuded the pressure of millions of years, it gave the impression of being outwardly strong but inwardly weak, like a lamp running out of fuel.
"I... I succeeded... but... I think I'm going to die..." came the weak spiritual thought of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, filled with intense fear and resentment.
It looked at Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena with a complicated expression.
It was Xuan Ming who attracted the heavenly Heavenly Tribulation, forcing it onto this dead end, but it was precisely this desperate situation that allowed it to complete its final transformation.
Gu Yuena stepped forward slowly, her silver-purple eyes calmly gazing at it. Her voice was clear yet carried an undeniable power. " Tian Meng, you have existed for a million years, but your essence is depleted, and your life is nearing its end."
A message came from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, its voice trembling with tears. "My lord... save me... I don't want to die..."
Gu Yuena shook her head slightly. "Your physical body is beyond saving. But your soul and Spiritual Origin still have a glimmer of hope."
She paused, her tone carrying a guiding yet promising quality. " Sacrifice to him, merge your Million-Year Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and all your Spiritual Origin into his body. Help him ascend to Godhood."
"If he succeeds, on the day he becomes a god, he will have Divine Power to reshape your body and resurrect you. At that time, you will be a hero of the revival of the Soul Beast Clan, revered by all beasts."
"Resurrection...? A hero?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's mental fluctuations intensified, and a glimmer of hope rekindled in that faint light.
It glanced at Gu Yuena, whose aura was unfathomable, and then at Xuan Ming, whose eyes were icy and whose aura was powerful.
It knew this was its only way to survive.
Rather than perish completely, let's gamble with everything we have left!
"I... I'm willing!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's resolve hardened. "My lord, elder brother! I'm willing to Sacrifice! Please... you must resurrect me!"
Gu Yuena nodded. "Rest assured, with the Dragon God's Heart as our witness, the Soul Beast Clan always keeps its word."
"Before that," Xuan Ming suddenly spoke, looking at Gu Yuena, "You should first consume its Life essence to heal your injuries. The subsequent trials will only be more difficult, so you need to recover your strength as much as possible."
Gu Yuena was slightly taken aback. She looked at Xuan Ming and saw that his eyes were calm but firm, so she nodded.
She does need to recover. Previously, she had only split off a part of her soul from her main body to give birth to Gu Yuena. Although the power was not strong, it did not continue the injuries of the main body.
Now that she has merged into one, if it weren't for the energy brought by the Dragon God's Heart, she might fall into a deep sleep at any moment.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had no other choice at this moment. It painstakingly gathered its last strength, and a pure, milky-white halo containing immense Life energy separated from its body and slowly drifted toward Gu Yuena.
This is not its Spiritual Origin or Soul Ring energy, but rather the purest Life essence accumulated over millions of years of cultivation, which has miraculous effects on repairing injuries and replenishing vital energy.
Gu Yuena absorbed the Life essence into her body, and her pale complexion visibly regained some color, while her breathing became much more solid.
Although a full recovery is still a long way off, at least the foundation has been stabilized.
"Let's begin," Gu Yuena said to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, stepping aside as the Dragon God's Heart hovered in front of her, emitting a soft nine-colored halo that enveloped Xuan Ming and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, preparing to stabilize the Sacrifice process.
At the same time, within Xuan Ming's body, the remnant souls of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King were fully awakened and no longer retained.
The red and blue dragon soul power surged forth, intertwining around Xuan Ming's body. On one hand, it helped him stabilize his body and withstand the impact of the Million-Year Soul Ring. On the other hand, their dragon soul aura also resonated subtly with the power of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, further reducing the repulsion.
"My lord, um... could I... could I say goodbye first?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said somewhat nervously.
"Farewell?" Gu Yuena was slightly taken aback.
"ASAP."
"Thank you, my lord!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's figure flickered and arrived not far away, facing Ice Emperor, who had transformed into human form and was standing with Snow Empress Ice Empress.
Her delicate face lacked the arrogance of the Snow Empress, but possessed a cold and aloof beauty. On each side of her captivatingly fair face were four emerald green magic patterns, and her long, dark green hair cascaded down her back.
At this moment, Ice Empress's emerald green eyes were coldly glaring at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, making no attempt to hide her displeasure and... a hint of annoyance at being beaten to it.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and with a tremor in her mind and an unprecedented seriousness, said, " Ice Empress, actually I... I..."
"Get out!" Before it could finish speaking, Ice Empress coldly shouted, his voice crisp yet carrying a chilling edge.