The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was momentarily speechless at the Ice Empress's cold rebuke. Its massive body shrank slightly, looking somewhat aggrieved, but it still steeled itself and quickly said, " Ice Empress! I know you've always wanted to capture me! But... I like you! I've liked you for a long time! Although I know I'm not good enough for you, I just want to tell you! I'm afraid... afraid that if I don't say it now, I'll never have another chance!"
Its words came out like a machine gun, carrying a sense of tragic heroism and sincerity.
Ice Empress was startled, a hint of surprise flashing in his emerald eyes. "Did the Heavenly Tribulation knock your brains out?"
Tian Meng took a deep breath. "It's true. I know it's strange. You were the one chasing me, which led me to jump into the deep sea, go to the Star Dou Great Forest, and then be imprisoned by Di Tian and the others. But, during these tens of thousands of years of imprisonment, I suddenly realized that I actually feel..."
"Shut up!" Ice Empress's voice was like the coldest wind of the Far North Ice Plains, carrying a chilling killing intent. "If you're going to die, then hurry up and die. Don't get in my way!"
She had been searching for this insect for tens of thousands of years! Its immense Divine Power and ice-attribute essence were an excellent tonic for her!
If she could devour it, she would probably have already reached the same level as the Snow Empress, and it wouldn't be impossible for her to break through the million-year realm in the future!
But now, it's all gone!
Not only were they found by Di Tian and his group first, but now they're going to Sacrifice to a human! How could she not be furious?
She knew very well that her potential had been exhausted, and she would surely die when the next Heavenly Tribulation came!
And yet this stupid bug is still spouting this meaningless nonsense!
Ice Empress was so angry she almost attacked, but was stopped by Snow Empress beside her.
The group of Ferocious Beast looked at this scene with somewhat uneasy expressions.
This dying confession is truly... unique.
Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and Ice Silkworm: predator and prey?
Food can actually develop feelings for the people who eat it?
Gu Yuena's lips twitched almost imperceptibly, and her cool voice rang out. "Time is of the essence."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shuddered and quickly said, "I'm done! I'm done! My lord, I'm ready!"
It took one last deep look at Ice Empress, whose pretty face was flushed with anger, its eyes filled with complex emotions—a mixture of longing and relief—before finally turning into resolute determination.
It turned around, and its massive body floated back to Xuan Ming. Its once crystal-clear body began to burn with dazzling white-gold flames, a sign that it was beginning to Sacrifice its millions of years of cultivation and soul essence.
"Brother! My lord! Let's begin!"
Gu Yuena nodded, and the Dragon God's Heart shone with a brilliant nine-colored light.
Xuan Ming sat down cross-legged, the dragon soul power of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King surging around him.
The next moment, the enormous body of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm completely transformed into a pure white-gold torrent, containing its vast and boundless Spiritual Origin, surging towards Xuan Ming like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea!
Gu Yuena stabilized the energy flow with the Dragon God's Heart, while the remnant souls of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings protected Xuan Ming's soul and body with all their might.
The process went exceptionally smoothly.
A vast, boundless Divine Power surged wildly into Xuan Ming's Sea of Consciousness, propelling his Divine Power to madly rush towards the limits of the Mortal Realm! Pure ice-attribute energy cleansed his meridians, enhancing his foundation.
After an unknown amount of time, when the last trace of platinum-gold energy completely merged into Xuan Ming's body, the platinum-gold Million-Year Soul Ring was completely stabilized, radiating an aura of eternal immortality—
Buzz--!
An indescribable, powerful spiritual force, seemingly capable of discerning the essence of all things and controlling the rules of heaven and earth, quietly spread out from Xuan Ming's center! Although the range was not large, the feeling of qualitative change was incredibly clear!
Xuan Ming slowly opened his eyes. In the depths of his icy blue eyes, it seemed as if a river of stars flowed, making them incredibly profound.
He felt that his Divine Power was stronger and more refined than ever before, and his control over his own power had reached a whole new level!
The First Soul Ring of the Black Dragon Martial Soul, the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Soul Ring, has been successfully attached.
His Divine Power had reached the limit of the Mortal Realm, Half-Step Divine Consciousness!
With a slight thought, the platinum-gold Million-Year Soul Ring shimmered, and information about the four Soul Skill naturally surfaced in his mind. Each skill perfectly matched the vast Spiritual Origin and pure ice attribute power of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and underwent a wondrous fusion and sublimation with his own Slaughter Domain and ice and fire attributes.
First Soul Skill: Spiritual Domain - Eternal Ice Mirror
Effect: Transforms vast Divine Power into a spherical detection field centered on itself, with the radius increasing with the strength of the Divine Power.
Within this domain, all energy flows, material structures, Life force, and even the subtlest spatial fluctuations are as clear as the lines on one's palm.
The enemy's mental attacks and Soul Skill fluctuations will be refracted, deflected, or even partially copied and reflected by countless invisible "ice mirrors" within the domain, greatly weakening the effect of the enemy's mental attacks and causing extremely strong Mental Interference and freezing and delaying effects on the enemy.
It can greatly weaken the effects of illusion and stealth skills, and can perform mental targeting over extremely long distances.
Second Soul Skill: Ice Soul Soul Armor.
Effect: It draws upon the Ultimate Ice energy and vast Divine Power contained within the Soul Ring, forming a platinum-gold ice crystal battle suit on the body's surface.
This battle suit not only possesses extremely strong physical and energy defense, but can also effectively resist mental impacts and soul attacks. When attacked, the Ice Soul Soul Armor will automatically convert a portion of the damage into mental impact and reflect it back to the attacker.
Third Soul Skill: Mental Impact - Absolute Zero.
Effect: It compresses vast Divine Power to the extreme, mixes it with an extreme icy will, and transforms it into an invisible spiritual ice spike that directly impacts the opponent's Soul Core.
Those who fall victim to this attack will not only suffer terrifying psychological trauma, but their very soul will also be frozen in an instant, their thoughts will cease, their movements will become stiff, and they will be completely at the mercy of others.
Fourth Soul Skill: Nether Soul Death Substitution.
Effect: Consumes a large amount of Divine Power and Soul Power to create an ice crystal molt clone that is completely identical to oneself.
This clone possesses some of the original's strength and can perfectly Simulation the original's aura, making it indistinguishable from the real thing.
When the clone is destroyed, it unleashes a powerful mental shock and ice explosion, disrupting the enemy.
The main body can instantly swap positions with the remains of the clone within a certain range; the distance and cooldown time decrease as strength increases.
These four Soul Skill cover almost all aspects of control, defense, attack, and survival, and are all closely related to Divine Power, perfectly transforming the millions of years of accumulated strength of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm into Xuan Ming's actual combat power!
The next step is to further increase the limits of the total amount of physical body and Soul Power.
Deep Sea Demonic Whale King!
Chapter 327 Gu Yuena's Proposal
Xuan Ming slowly rose, closed his eyes, and carefully experienced the vast, boundless Divine Power that seemed to be able to perceive the heavens and earth in a single thought.
With a slight thought, he attempted to connect this newly formed, Half-Step Divine Consciousness level Divine Power with the omnipresent ice and snow elements of the Far North.
Buzz--!
An unprecedented sense of control welled up inside me.
In his mental perception, nearly half of the Far North Ice Plains seemed to have become an extension of his body!
Endless ice and snow, biting winds, deep-seated ice layers... the flow and state of all ice elements were clearly presented before his "eyes".
He even felt that with just a thought, he could draw upon the ice-attribute energy of this vast world for his own use, just like Level 99 Peerless Douluo mobilizing the power of heaven and earth!
He had a slight thought, not to attack, but merely to tentatively and gently "pluck" the omnipresent string of ice element.
In an instant, the entire Far North seemed to come alive!
A deafening rumble of glacier movement echoed in the distance, the snowflakes in the sky suddenly became violent, and the snow on the ground moved without wind, forming huge whirlpools!
Although it lacks any world-destroying aggression, this sign of having taken control of the entire Far North Ice Plains plains is enough to make any ice-attribute being tremble from the depths of its soul!
The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress's expressions changed drastically almost simultaneously!
For the first time, an expression of disbelief and shock appeared on Snow Empress's usually noble and indifferent face.
She could clearly feel that the Ultimate Ice energy in the surrounding world, which she had always been able to control, had, in that instant, shown a tendency to break free from her control and instead obey the young man's will!
That level of control, that depth of resonance with the entire Far North, was even... above her, the Heavenly Snow Woman! How could this be? He was clearly human!
Ice Empress was so shocked that he took half a step back, his emerald green eyes filled with fear.
She not only sensed that supreme control over the ice element, but also felt a deadly threat from the trace of aura that Xuan Ming unintentionally revealed!
It was an absolute suppression originating from the level of Life and the spiritual realm! It was as if the other party could freeze her soul with just a single thought!
Xuan Ming slowly withdrew his Divine Power, and the disturbances in the Far North gradually subsided.
He understood that with his Half-Step Divine Consciousness Divine Power, combined with his own Ultimate Ice attribute and the blessing of the Ice and Fire Divine Crown, he could unleash power comparable to or even surpassing that of an ordinary Peerless Douluo in this Far North.
His gaze swept over the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, and a thought flickered in his mind.
Blood Spear is still missing two Soul Ring.
The God's Trial might offer God-Given Soul Ring, but that would inevitably be an extreme challenge.
As for these two before me... the Ice Empress's potential has been exhausted, and he will undoubtedly die in the next Heavenly Tribulation.
Although the Snow Empress is powerful, her chances of surviving the 700,000-year Heavenly Tribulation are equally slim.
If they were to Sacrifice, it would undoubtedly result in two extremely powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, especially the Snow Empress's Soul Ring, which would be of exceptional quality.
But the thought only flashed through his mind before Xuan Ming suppressed it.
Gu Yuena has staked the future of the Dragon Clan, and even her own fate, on herself.
The Ferocious Beast such as Di Tian, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress are the true top combat force of the Soul Beast Clan. They are the pillars that allow the Soul Beast Clan to survive even if he fails.
We must not easily shake these foundations in order to increase our strength in the short term.
Hunting ocean enemies like the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King is acceptable, but these powerful Soul Beast overlords who guard their respective territories should not be taken lightly.
Just as Xuan Ming composed himself and was about to signal to Gu Yuena that they should leave the Far North, a sudden change occurred!
The fragment of the Sea God's Heart on his forehead, which had been dormant and had already begun to merge with the Ice and Fire Divine Crown, suddenly seemed to be activated by his vast Divine Power at the Half-Step Divine Consciousness level, and burst forth with a strong nine-colored halo!
An indescribable, ancient sense of weariness and drowsiness swept over his soul like a tidal wave!
"Huh?!" Xuan Ming's expression changed, and he tried to resist, but the drowsiness came too fiercely and strangely, directly affecting the essence of his soul!
Before he could even utter a word, everything went black, his consciousness rapidly faded, and his body swayed as he fell backward.
Gu Yuena flashed and caught him just in time.
Her silver-purple eyes stared intently at the Ice and Fire Divine Crown on Xuan Ming's forehead, its light shifting erratically. She could sense a dormant oceanic will within it resonating and clashing violently with Xuan Ming's immense Divine Power.
"His Divine Power suddenly increased too much, which triggered the ancient divine thoughts remaining deep within the Sea God's Heart. He needs time to adapt and integrate," Gu Yuena explained to Di Tian and the others who had gathered around. At the same time, she carefully examined Xuan Ming's condition and confirmed that he had only fallen into a self-protective slumber due to excessive mental strain and was otherwise unharmed.
She gently settled Xuan Ming, set up a protective barrier, then raised her head and calmly looked at the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, whose expressions varied.
Gu Yuena's gaze lingered for a moment on Snow Empress's noble and aloof face, which concealed a hint of calamity, before turning to Ice Empress's delicate face, which still held a mixture of fear and resentment.
She paused for a moment, then her clear, cold voice slowly rose, carrying a barely perceptible sigh, " Snow Empress, Ice Empress, your cultivation is nearing its limit. What are your chances of surviving the next Heavenly Tribulation?"
Upon hearing this, both the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress trembled slightly.
A hint of sadness flickered in the Snow Empress's ethereal eyes as she slowly shook her head. "A seven-hundred-year heavenly Heavenly Tribulation... Forgive my bluntness, but without an extraordinary stroke of luck, the hope is slim."
Ice Empress bit her lip, her emerald eyes filled with resentment and helplessness. "I... I'm afraid I won't even be able to withstand the next Heavenly Tribulation. My potential is exhausted."
Gu Yuena looked at them with a complicated expression.
She knew all too well the cruelty of Heavenly Tribulation to Soul Beast.
She paused, her tone calm yet tinged with a heavy weight. "You've witnessed his growth. He's our only hope. His Martial Soul still needs Soul Ring."
Upon hearing this, both Snow Empress and the other person were stunned, and even Di Tian and Bi Ji were somewhat shocked.
Gu Yuena slightly raised her hand, stopping any potentially heated words they might utter. Her voice remained calm. "I'm merely suggesting a possibility. It's not an order, much less forcing you."
"Follow him and help him become a god. If you succeed, on the day he becomes a god, he will use his Divine Power to reshape your bodies, free you from the suffering of the Heavenly Tribulation, and perhaps even... go further. At that time, you will also be the heroes of the revival of the Soul Beast Clan."
If we fail, all is lost.
"This is a gamble. You're betting everything on him." Gu Yuena's gaze swept over the two of them. "The choice is yours. You can think it over slowly before he wakes up."
Having said that, Gu Yuena said no more, but quietly supported the sleeping Xuan Ming and waited.
The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress fell silent, facing a tremendous choice.
Is it to await the almost inevitable, soul-shattering Heavenly Tribulation, or to gamble everything on this human being, a being shrouded in uncertainty yet already displaying astonishing potential?
Out of pride as the overlords of the Far North, they were absolutely unwilling to entrust everything to a human.
However, even they wavered when faced with a near-certain death from the heavenly Heavenly Tribulation...
Three days later.
Xuan Ming's consciousness slowly rose from a deep stillness. The weariness that had swept over his soul had faded away, replaced by an unprecedented clarity and stability.
He felt his Divine Power was like divine iron that had been forged through countless trials, solid and restrained, without the previous restlessness and superficiality. The realm of Half-Step Divine Consciousness had been completely stabilized.
He slowly opened his eyes. The swirling starry sky in the depths of his icy blue eyes had vanished, replaced by an ancient, icy pool, unfathomable yet calm and still.
"Big brother! You're awake! How are you feeling? My Soul Ring are working great, right? Let me tell you..." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual thoughts, tinged with a hint of flattery and self-aggrandizement, immediately echoed in his mind, chattering on and on.