Douluo: Son of Destruction of Life, Supreme Creator!

But during that long period of time, it was either asleep or hiding from its natural enemies, and the number of high-ranking beings it actually faced was very limited.

Its strength is accumulated through eating and sleeping, and its combat experience is almost zero.

Gu Linyuan took a step forward.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's gaze fell upon him. The emerald green halo gently blended with its own golden aura, like a drop of water falling into a lake, spreading into fine ripples the moment they made contact.

With a hint of slight confusion, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm slowly raised its neck, as if trying to identify the source of that aura. It carried the aura of life, pure and gentle.

"you……"

"That aura on you... is it the one you just injected into my body?"

Gu Linyuan did not answer, but he stood there without denying it.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's body curled up slightly, then slowly unfolded.

It watched as Gu Linyuan approached step by step. His movements were slow, and his footsteps made almost no sound on the ice, yet he exuded a composure that made it impossible for it to look away.

It sensed that life force was approaching, warm and steady, like a fire gradually drawing near in the long winter night.

"Can I not die?"

Its mental fluctuations carried a hint of uncertainty, even from itself.

It has just surpassed a million years, just awakened from that long transformation, and doesn't yet know what its new body can do, or what it will face in this world.

It glanced at the Ice Emperor, then at the Snow Emperor, before its gaze returned to Gu Linyuan. Gu Linyuan did not answer it.

But he did stand there, without moving forward, as if giving it enough time and space to make its own decision.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm remained silent for a long time. Then, it slowly lowered its head.

"I need your spirit ring."

"Therefore, you must die."

Gu Linyuan didn't share Huo Yuhao's hobby of keeping the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm inside his body.

He didn't want his every move to be watched by a soul beast.

For Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, only this soul ring was valuable.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Linyuan activated his martial spirit, holding the Death Scepter martial spirit in his hand.

The terrifying destructive power instantly annihilated his newly formed divine consciousness.

"what!"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm screamed in agony, trying to resist.

But all his escape routes were blocked by Hyotei, Yukitei, and Agin.

The three women's auras pressed down on him, making it impossible for him to escape or resist, and he couldn't even muster much of his strength.

Golden light emanated from its body.

The light, like a river that had been bound for countless years, finally found its outlet, pouring out from its body and converging into a warm and heavy pillar of light. It slowly rose in the center of the cave and condensed into a golden soul ring in mid-air.

The spirit ring hovered there, its entire body gleaming with a warm amber luster, its edges adorned with fine golden patterns, like a jade pendant polished by time, calm and understated. A faint, extremely subtle humming sound emanated from the spirit ring, as if countless tiny fragments were slowly colliding and recombining within it, carrying with it a massive, ongoing process of sorting and consolidation.

Gu Linyuan raised his hand, and the golden soul ring began to slowly descend, making contact with the shaft of the Destruction Scepter.

For a moment, the air in the cave seemed to stand still. Emerald green light and golden halo converged on the staff, forming a flowing pattern of light, like two rivers flowing in different directions into the same channel, tentatively pushing and shoving each other before merging together.

The golden spirit ring settled steadily on the scepter, its light shifting from bright to gentle, from intense to calm. The emerald green and golden halos on the scepter flowed in parallel, like two intertwined threads, weaving a complex yet orderly pattern across its surface.

"here we go."

Gu Linyuan sat down cross-legged.

The light of the golden spirit ring slowly flowed around him, tinging the fine dust particles stirred up by the collisions in the cave with a warm, pale gold hue.

His breathing calmed down, and the power that had been fed back from the Scepter of Destruction was finally merging with the life force within him, achieving a new balance deep within his bloodline.

Hyotei withdrew the icy blue light that had gathered at her fingertips and stood a few steps away, quietly watching him. She did not make a sound to disturb him.

She noticed that Gu Linyuan's breathing rhythm was becoming long and even, as if he was entering a very deep state of tranquility, enveloped in light.

She suddenly felt that he was sitting in this silent cave, surrounded by a soft golden light. Although he was still thin, it was as if something ancient and stable was truly taking root in his body.

It was as if something was slowly and irreversibly taking shape deep within his body.

Xue Di stood at a greater distance, her gaze also falling on the light of that golden soul ring.

She didn't approach or speak, but simply stood quietly in that corner surrounded by ice. Her gaze moved from Gu Linyuan's shoulder to his drooping hand, then to the golden halo surrounding him, as if someone were confirming that a scene she had been watching for a long time was gradually becoming real.

The light of that golden spirit ring reflected in her pupils, adding a faint warmth to her icy blue background, as if something she had never imagined was slowly revealing its outline in that light.

She stood there for a long time, so long that even when Ah Yin had walked to Gu Linyuan's side and squatted down, her outstretched hand hanging in mid-air without falling, she still didn't move.

Chapter 216 Absorbing the Soul Ring, Mental Power Surges

The golden spirit ring slowly rose from the Scepter of Destruction, like a river awakened from its banks, beginning to slowly circle and flow around Gu Linyuan.

Its radiance is warm and rich, with fine golden patterns flowing along its edges. With each rotation, a faint humming sound ripples through the air.

The sound was very soft, like the faint vibration of an ancient bell beneath a frozen lake, leaving only a transparent lingering echo when it reached the surface.

Gu Linyuan's breathing was slow and deep.

With each rotation of the spirit ring, tiny golden specks of light peeled off the ring and seeped into his shoulders, neck, arms, and back, as if drawn by something, inch by inch merging into the depths of his skin.

His brow furrowed slightly, then relaxed.

The process by which those points of light merged into his body was far from gentle.

He could feel a tremendous force slowly advancing along his meridians, like a wide river flowing into a narrow channel. The flow was slow, but it widened the riverbanks at each point it passed through.

His body is being slowly reshaped by the energy of that spirit ring.

Ah Yin squatted a few steps away, her hands folded on her knees, without making a sound.

She watched as the slight furrow between Gu Linyuan's brows appeared and then smoothed out, watched the golden light flow evenly across his skin, and watched his fingertips tremble slightly at times before returning to calm.

Her gaze was fixed on his face, as if she were checking his expression frame by frame to confirm whether the subtle changes were within the normal range.

Only when his brow completely relaxed, and his breathing became even and deep again, as if his body had adapted to the flow of that power, as if the river channel had been widened to accommodate the entire river, did her shoulders relax almost imperceptibly, and the breath that had been hanging in the air finally settle down.

Hyotei leaned against the cave wall, arms crossed, her emerald green eyes fixed on Gu Linyuan.

Her gaze lingered on Gu Linyuan's face for a long time, making sure his complexion was normal and his breathing was steady, before she finally looked away as if she had finally let go of herself, staring blankly at the icicles above the cave illuminated by the golden light for a while.

"A million-year-old spirit ring... he actually managed to take it in."

Her voice was soft, carrying a complex emotion that she herself hadn't fully processed.

Millions of years!

Although the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was lucky enough to hide under the hundred-meter-thick ice without attracting the attention of the Heavenly Dao, it was spared the suffering of the Heavenly Tribulation.

The fact that it has not undergone a heavenly tribulation is the reason why the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is weak.

For soul beasts, the Heavenly Tribulation is both a hardship and a glory and a baptism.

Only after surviving the heavenly tribulation and undergoing a baptism will one's strength be greatly enhanced, allowing them to enter the next level.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm has accumulated enough cultivation, but it has not undergone the Heavenly Tribulation.

Therefore, the actual combat power of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is not even close to that of a million-year-old soul beast.

Even a soul beast that is 200,000 years old is far stronger than it!

But then it falls apart again.

This is a million-year-old soul beast, after all!

In ancient times, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm would definitely be considered a divine beast.

But in this era.

Even if it becomes a million-year-old soul beast, it still cannot be considered a divine beast!

Seeing the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Emperor completely gave up hope.

She understood that as long as the divine realm did not allow it.

So even if one cultivates for a million years, it's impossible to become a divine beast!

To enter that field, you need Gu Linyuan!

Xue Di didn't look at her; her gaze remained fixed on Gu Linyuan.

"The forces of destruction and life maintain a balance within him. Any external energy that enters will be filtered by that balance before slowly integrating."

"The changes in his aura before and after the contact with the spirit ring were smaller than you imagined, which means that the two forces within him were constantly sharing the pressure."

"Moreover, although the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is a million years old, the pressure it faces when absorbing it is only about the same as that of a normal 100,000 to 200,000-year-old soul beast, so it's not difficult for it. Therefore, we don't need to worry too much."

Xue Di said calmly.

Ah Yin stood up, brushed the ice shards off her skirt, walked up to Gu Linyuan, and looked down at him for a moment.

Confirming that he was still sitting peacefully cross-legged, she turned to face Hyotei and Yuki-tei.

"He will probably need a few more hours to fully digest the energy of that spirit ring. You two can go up first, I'll stay here and keep watch."

Hyotei raised an eyebrow immediately.

"When did I say I was going up first?"

She changed her posture, from leaning against the cave wall to sitting on a protruding ice rock, her legs crossed, and the hem of her short skirt rode up a little higher because of this movement.

"I'll wait here."

Her tone left no room for negotiation, and she looked away after speaking.

Xue Di slowly withdrew her gaze, reached out to adjust her sleeves, and spoke in a cold voice.

"The far north is my territory. If something happens on my territory, I have to watch it end."

"Keep an eye on Hyotei as well."

Hyotei suddenly turned their heads:

"What do you mean by 'keep an eye on me'? I'm not going to run away."