Douluo: Son of Destruction of Life, Supreme Creator!

The skirt hem barely covered the middle of her thighs, and the edge was decorated with a ring of fine, ice-blue velvet that swayed slightly with her gentle movements.

She turned slightly to the side, as if admiring the snow scene in the distance, but her bright green eyes kept glancing at Gu Linyuan, shining like two cat eyes hidden in the snow.

When she noticed Gu Linyuan's gaze, she seemed startled and quickly looked away, then casually stretched.

The hem of her short skirt rode up a little higher with this movement, revealing a section of her thigh that was slightly red from the cold, which was dazzlingly white in the grayish-white light.

"Brother Lin Yuan, you're awake?"

"You shouldn't feel too cold sleeping at night, right? How about I get you an ice silk robe?"

Hyotei turned around, stuck out their tongue, and came to greet them.

As she spoke, she approached, her boots crunching softly on the snow.

Gu Linyuan stared blankly at her obviously strange short skirt.

The clothes themselves aren't strange, but they do look odd on Hyotei.

He knew that Hyotei must know quite a bit about humans.

She must have looked down on all the convoluted and complicated things that humans do in the past.

But now, they're even wearing short skirts.

"not cold."

"You're dressed like that, it looks like you're the one who's cold."

Gu Linyuan smiled slightly from a young age.

Hyotei blinked, looked down at her exposed legs, then looked up at him, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"I'm not afraid of the cold. I am the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and the wind and snow of the far north are like a spring breeze to me."

As she spoke, she took another half step forward, getting so close that Gu Linyuan could see the fine frost-like patterns on her eyelashes.

"Besides, wearing too many clothes is just a nuisance."

There was a hint in her tone that she herself wasn't entirely sure of.

Gu Linyuan knew what "Ice Emperor" meant.

After learning his true identity, Hyotei's attitude towards him completely changed.

This was especially true after A-Yin arrived.

"Hyotei. It's you again."

Ah Yin had already stepped out from behind Gu Linyuan.

Her pace was neither hurried nor slow, falling right into Hyotei's peripheral vision. Today she wore a plain white long dress, the hem of which reached her ankles, the fabric wrapped in a very faint golden light, making her figure appear exceptionally slender, like a blue silver grass growing from the depths of the snow, cool and graceful.

Her gaze swept over the exposed part of Hyotei's thigh without lingering, she simply reached out and gently brushed away a non-existent snowflake from Gu Linyuan's shoulder, then let her hand fall to his side, her fingertips resting naturally on the back of his hand.

"Master, shall we begin the search for that ice silkworm today?"

She didn't look at Hyotei; her voice was gentle and calm, completely ignoring Hyotei.

“I just checked the life force in the far north, and the strongest direction is in the northwest.”

Hyotei's gaze fell on A-Yin's fingers resting on the back of Gu Linyuan's hand, paused for a moment, then looked up at A-Yin's face, his gaze sweeping over the slight curve of her eyes.

"Life force?" Hyotei raised an eyebrow.

She finally understood that Gu Linyuan had come here to find the method for the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

The more powerful a soul beast is, the more vigorous its life force is.

There's simply no way to hide from it.

A-Gin's gaze swept over Hyotei, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly:

"I am originally a life-type soul beast, so my perception of life energy is more acute than that of ordinary soul beasts. Moreover, my master has already released his life domain, which is much faster than me searching for the source of life within its range than I can do alone."

As she spoke, she raised her other hand, and a wisp of pale golden light rose from her fingertips. The light slowly spread in the air, like a very thin veil covering the ice field.

"If that ice silkworm has truly been dormant for over a million years, its life force will be extremely strong. As long as you are in the right direction, you can sense its presence."

She turned her head to look at Gu Linyuan, her gaze softening slightly, and said nothing more.

Hyotei stood a few steps away, watching Gintoki. A look of displeasure churned in his emerald green eyes, but it was quickly masked by a nonchalant smile.

She stepped back half a step to make way, crossed her arms in front of her chest, and the hem of her short skirt rose slightly with her movement.

"Then let's get started."

The Snow Emperor stood on the ice steps outside the Ice Palace, remaining silent.

Her gaze shifted from Gu Linyuan to A Yin, then to Bing Di, and finally back to Gu Linyuan.

She stepped down the icy steps, her boots leaving no marks on the ice, as if the far north itself was making way for her.

A gust of wind blew from the west, stirring up a few flakes of fresh snow. The sky outside the Ice Palace brightened a little more.

A group of four people were walking on the icy plains of the far north.

The sky was a very light grayish-blue, with low-hanging clouds pressing down near the horizon, as if they might fall at any moment.

The snow on the ground was frozen solid, leaving only faint marks when stepped on.

A Yin walked beside Gu Linyuan, the pale golden light at her fingertips never extinguished, forming a thin and continuous light trail about an arm's length in front of her, like a very faint thread, slowly stretching forward from above the ice surface.

She tilted her head slightly, as if sensing the end of the light trail, occasionally pausing to readjust her direction.

Gu Linyuan walked beside her, his palm facing outward, a faint emerald green light slowly spreading outward from him.

The light had no fixed boundaries, like ripples constantly pushed open by the wind, creating a faint shimmer on the surface of the ice as it swept across the icy plain, like a layer of awakened life. He could sense the presence of those faint life forms.

The moss hidden beneath the ice and the tiny insects lurking in the cracks seem to be breathing softly from the depths of the earth. Some of these breaths are active, some are still, some are scattered on the surface, and some are clinging tightly to the edges of the rocks.

He went through these faint pieces of information one by one, like someone unfolding a nautical chart, crossing out the coordinates that had already been confirmed, leaving only the unmarked areas, and continuing to explore deeper.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's vitality must be extremely vigorous; even in its dormant state, that level of vitality would emit light like a deeply buried lamp shining through the ice. He needs to find that light.

Hyotei walked at the very back of the group, her gaze constantly shifting between A-Yin and Gu Linyuan.

Every time Ah Yin stopped to adjust her direction, she would take one last look at those raised hands.

Even the most arrogant Hyotei had to admit that Gintoki had now surpassed them in every way.

But the more she did this, the more unhappy she became.

It is only because I have been blessed by the goddess of life that I have such good fortune.

If she can also gain the favor of the Goddess of Life in the future, she will definitely be much stronger than Ah Yin.

Chapter 214 Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm Breakthrough, Million-Year Soul Beast

"Brother Lin Yuan, are you tired?"

“You haven’t rested at all after walking for so long. Do you want to stop for a bit? I know there’s an ice cave ahead with some very fat ice-scaled silver fish.”

"Let me make you some silverfish sashimi."

Ah Yin didn't turn around, but she paused slightly and said in a harsh voice.

Hyotei's overtures are obvious to any woman with a sound mind; any woman would know what Hyotei is up to.

As a woman herself, she knew all too well.

Humph.

"With the life domain supporting him, the master will not get tired no matter how far he goes."

"Moreover, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is at a critical moment. Every moment of delay could mean missing the best opportunity."

Ah Yin deliberately retorted.

Hyotei paused for a moment, his emerald green eyes narrowing slightly.

"I didn't say I wasn't leaving, I was just asking a question."

Hyotei was so angry that his chest heaved.

This promiscuous and wicked woman is deliberately making things difficult for herself!

After saying that, she felt that her response was not very clever. She was silent for a moment, but then she quickly took two steps to catch up with Gu Linyuan and walked side by side with him.

Xue Di walked at the front without turning around, but she heard the conversation behind her and her lips twitched very slightly, as if she had been briefly touched by something.

She didn't say anything, but continued to walk in the direction Ah Yin pointed out.

The pale golden light trail stretched forward in front of her, like an extremely thin line, gradually drawing closer to a location deep in the far north.

After walking for nearly two hours, Ah Yin stopped.

The ground in front of her looked much the same as the surroundings, covered with ice and snow. But in her perception, the pale golden light trail seemed to have been cut off here, like a line severed in the middle, with both ends suspended in mid-air, unable to extend an inch further.

She crouched down, placed her palm on the ice, and felt the subtle vibrations coming from below with her fingertips.

"It's right below here. It's very deep, at least several hundred feet away."

Gu Linyuan also stopped in his tracks.

As she stopped, the life domain contracted slightly, as if refocusing its power on the area beneath her feet.

He crouched down, his palms covered in ice, and could feel an extremely faint, heart-like pulse rising from below through the thick layer of ice, slow and even, as if something were breathing slowly in a very deep place.

He could feel that aura pulsating at an extremely steady rhythm, that power sinking, accumulating, waiting for a certain critical point to arrive.

The ice silkworm was in the final stage of its transformation, crossing the barrier that spanned from 990,000 to 1 million years.

"It's breaking through."

"We've come at the perfect time."

Hyotei stood beside him, her emerald green eyes fixed on the ice layer, as if sensing the fluctuations accumulating beneath it.

"Millions of years..."

A complex emotion flashed in Hyotei's eyes.

Gu Linyuan and A Yin are both familiar with life forms, which is why they were able to sense the existence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

Even if she and Hyotei were standing right there, they wouldn't be able to detect its presence.