Chapter 198: The Role of the Million-Year Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm
"No way!!" The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm looked utterly desperate. It had already suffered greatly from being absorbed by Di Tian and the others—if this continued, it was going to be completely drained.
And now, damn it, another group had shown up?
This time, it was really going to be squeezed dry!
Due to its overly tense state, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm didn't immediately notice a few old friends—Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ice Bear King.
With a miserable face, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm pleaded, "Big brothers, noble sirs! Please let me go, won't you~ I beg you, if this keeps going, I'll really be drained dry!"
"I'm serious! I don't have a drop left in me! Not one drop!"
"Stop faking it, Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. I know you can still hold on for at least another ten thousand years," Di Tian said with disdain.
At that moment, Ice Empress was also carefully inspecting the large white bug. Sure enough, it was the one she had in mind. Ice Empress said, "So it really is you, Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm! You're actually still alive. I thought you'd been dead for ages!"
"Eh?! This—this is!!" The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm froze. Its eyes immediately locked onto a certain ice scorpion among the beasts, widening with surprise and joy. "Ice Empress! It—it's you!!"
"And Snow Empress, Ice Bear King—you… all of you! What are you doing here?!"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was dumbfounded and shocked. It was utterly confused yet deeply delighted.
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had also come from the Extreme North, a soul beast of snow and ice, so naturally, it knew the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the other hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts.
"Ice Empress, I never thought I'd see you again before I died! My love!"
"Shut your mouth! Who's your love? Say that again and I'll eat you on the spot!" Ice Empress said with a cold and speechless expression.
That's right—this Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm actually liked Ice Empress.
The funny thing was, the Ice Scorpion tribe fed on Ice Silkworms. In other words, the two were natural enemies.
"Whether you eat me or not, we'll talk about that later. Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Ice Bear King—we're all soul beasts from the same place, we're our own people! Help me! Save me from these forest beasts!"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm quickly cried for help, but soon it noticed something: "Wait a minute… something's wrong! Ice Empress, Snow Empress—don't tell me you're with them?!"
Ice Empress said, "Hmm, about an hour ago we weren't, but now… I'd say we count as allies."
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm felt like a bolt of lightning had struck from a clear sky. Its world collapsed.
It couldn't accept this reality. "Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Ice Bear King—how could you leave the Extreme North and hang out with these savage beasts?!"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm couldn't imagine what had happened while it was captured. What on earth was going on?
But the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm possessed extremely powerful spiritual strength. And the more powerful a being's spiritual power, the more sensitive it was to the strength and cultivation of others present.
It was shocked to discover that Ye Wen's cultivation was close to a million years! His strength was not inferior to that of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian!
From the expressions of the soul beasts, it could also sense that Ye Wen seemed to be their leader!
"Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, right? Now, be obedient and return to where you belong," Ye Wen said calmly.
"Sigh! I really have the worst luck!"
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm knew it couldn't escape. Resisting would only mean unnecessary pain, so it wisely returned to its imprisoned position, allowing its power to be sealed again.
More than a dozen powerful soul beasts now surrounded the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. It looked helpless and pitiful, full of bitterness.
Di Tian asked, "Ye Wen, are you also planning to absorb its energy?"
Ye Wen nodded. "Mm. But actually, I mainly want to see how fast a human's cultivation can increase by absorbing the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's energy."
Indeed, he wanted to use the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's natural energy to accelerate the cultivation of both himself and the soul beasts in human form.
"Then go ahead and try." Di Tian said casually.
Now that they were contracted, Di Tian and the other beasts had absolute trust and loyalty to Ye Wen. They had no problem sharing.
"Hey! Heavenly Dream, get to work!"
"So these newcomers want to suck me dry too, huh?!" the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm looked utterly devastated, but obediently began working.
A faint energy of heaven and earth began to radiate out.
Ye Wen felt it and said, "Its energy isn't as dense as I imagined?"
"I told you! I've almost been sucked dry by that group already! There's no way the energy's still as rich as it was at the start!" the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm complained angrily.
That was the current situation. The energy wasn't as strong as when Di Tian had first captured it, but something was still better than nothing. Di Tian and the others weren't going to let it go. They would simply enter deep sleep and continue draining it until it was completely spent.
Ye Wen didn't mind. He switched back to his human form, sat down cross-legged, and began meditating to absorb the energy emanating from the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
"This feels pretty good! Even though it's not as dense as before, the rate of soul power growth has clearly doubled!" Ye Wen nodded secretly with some delight while meditating.
But that speed still didn't satisfy Ye Wen's expectations, so he began contemplating something.
What if…
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm became a true god and possessed divine power—wouldn't the energy it released be even more incredible? An even greater tonic?
Would that allow their entire group to grow at an even more astonishing pace?
Ye Wen pondered this.
However, he had only one soul beast contract slot left. That final slot still had many contenders.
For example, the Evil Emperor in the Evil Demon Forest of the Sun-Moon Empire, or the soul beasts imprisoned by human gods in the Forbidden Land of the Gods.
In terms of combat power and bloodline, all of them were stronger than the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. Even if this bug inherited a first-level god position, it probably wouldn't be that powerful—might not even be able to defeat a second-level god?
Only those who became his contracted soul beasts were qualified to possess divine thrones of God Kings or first-level gods.
And even if he created a God Realm in the future, the number of divine seats in it would be limited—there would be an upper limit. Divine positions couldn't expand infinitely.
So, a first-level divine seat was quite precious. Giving it to a weakling like the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm… Ye Wen couldn't help but feel a bit reluctant!
It seemed like a bit of a waste!
However, if the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm becoming a god could truly bring them tremendous benefits and greatly accelerate their growth…
Then maybe, just maybe, Ye Wen could consider it.
(END CHAPTER)
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