After confirming the previous results, Di Tian spoke coldly to the man.
"Have your soul spirit release the sixth soul skill."
After verifying that the ritual allowed over-level absorption and that the soul beast remained alive after becoming a soul ring, there was one final test left.
The power of the soul ring.
The man froze for a moment before realizing that Di Tian was referring to the scorpion tiger that had become his sixth soul ring.
With a thought, he hurriedly issued the command.
The scorpion tiger nodded and opened its mouth.
A black beam of light shot straight forward, stretching for more than a hundred meters and carving a long scar across the ground.
For a Soul Emperor, this level of power was not weak.
In fact, it could be considered quite strong.
Di Tian quietly let out a breath.
Then he raised his hand.
A torrent of black darkness energy descended instantly, swallowing both the man and the scorpion tiger.
Nothing remained—not even ashes.
From the very beginning, Di Tian had never intended to let the man live.
The soul spirit ritual was one of the greatest secrets of the Star Dou Great Forest.
How could they allow a human witness to survive?
That was why, when selecting participants for the experiment, he had deliberately chosen the scum of both races.
Waste materials.
Now that their usefulness had ended, they were naturally disposed of.
"Not bad."
Only now did the Silver Dragon King, who had been watching silently the entire time, finally speak.
"This is indeed an interesting technique."
"The one who created it must have been a genius."
"Then… the condition we agreed upon can be fulfilled now, correct?"
"Of course."
The Silver Dragon King nodded before turning to Di Tian.
"Di Tian. Bring Tianmeng Ice Silkworm here."
"Yes!"
Di Tian bowed his head.
The next moment, a flash of black light appeared, and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was instantly summoned beside him.
Tianmeng had been sleeping peacefully.
Suddenly sensing spatial fluctuations, he opened his eyes—only to find himself staring directly into the gaze of the Silver Dragon King.
"Uh… h-hello?"
He greeted her nervously, his voice trembling.
The Silver Dragon King ignored him.
Closing her eyes, she summoned countless green light particles from the Lake of Life.
The lights surged toward Tianmeng like rain in a storm.
The Land of Great Beasts was one of the regions with the richest life energy on the entire continent.
And the fastest way to increase a soul beast's cultivation was simple:
Infusion of life energy.
Of course, this method came with a cost.
It consumed a soul beast's future potential, making further cultivation much slower.
But Tianmeng Ice Silkworm already had very little potential left.
So it didn't matter.
After all—
Someone with nowhere left to fall had nothing to lose.
Under the infusion of life energy, the faint golden patterns on Tianmeng's body began to glow brightly.
Not only that—
His already enormous body seemed to be growing even larger.
Soon, his entire body began trembling violently.
At that moment, the Silver Dragon King stopped the infusion and silently sank back into the Lake of Life.
The reason became clear immediately.
Dark clouds gathered over the Star Dou Forest.
A bolt of lightning struck downward from the sky, heading straight toward Tianmeng.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had previously escaped his heavenly tribulation thanks to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.
But when it came to the threshold of one million years, escape was no longer possible.
Fortunately—
He wasn't alone this time.
Di Tian stepped forward through the air, appearing above Tianmeng in an instant.
He raised one hand and blocked the lightning strike directly.
A deafening explosion rang out.
Yet Di Tian didn't move even slightly.
The strength of heavenly tribulations varied depending on the soul beast.
The tribulation Tianmeng faced in the original timeline was actually incapable of destroying him entirely.
Which meant the power of his million-year tribulation was not particularly terrifying.
At least—
For Di Tian, it required only a bit of effort to block.
The heavenly punishment seemed unwilling to give up.
Bolt after bolt of lightning descended from the clouds.
The storm lasted for an entire hour before finally fading away.
Di Tian shook his slightly charred hand and sighed softly.
Each wave of lightning had grown stronger than the last.
By the end, it had actually been capable of injuring him slightly.
But with the tribulation complete, a final golden pattern appeared on Tianmeng's body.
At that moment—
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm officially became the first million-year soul beast in Douluo Continent's history.
Only then did the Silver Dragon King rise from the Lake of Life once more.
Heavenly tribulation was a force descended from the plane itself, extremely sensitive to the presence of god-level beings.
If she had intervened, the tribulation's power would have increased dramatically.
In her current injured state, she wouldn't have been able to withstand it.
That was why Di Tian had been the best candidate to assist Tianmeng through the tribulation.
Meanwhile, the person at the center of all this was completely overwhelmed with excitement.
"Hehehe… I'm a million-year soul beast…"
"The first million-year soul beast in Douluo history!"
"Tianmeng ge."
Bai Chen walked over helplessly and called out to him.
Tianmeng's massive body wiggled as he turned toward Bai Chen in surprise.
"Huh? Oh, it's you kid. Why are you—wait."
Suddenly, realization dawned on him.
"Don't tell me… you're the one who helped me become a million-year soul beast?"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm might have been simple-minded, but he wasn't stupid.
The fact that he had invented Intelligent Soul Rings on his own proved he was actually very intelligent.
Seeing Bai Chen now, everything that had happened recently suddenly connected in his mind.
He understood many things instantly.
Bai Chen smiled faintly.
"That's right."
"And Tianmeng ge, I've already mastered the technique similar to the Intelligent Soul Ring that I promised you."
"Come on—I'll teach it to you now."
Tianmeng stared deeply at Bai Chen before nodding firmly.
"Alright. I understand."
Because his heart was simple, Tianmeng could more easily distinguish who truly cared about him.
The ferocious beasts had been draining his energy for years.
He would never forgive them simply because they helped him today.
But Bai Chen was different.
Not only had he convinced the ferocious beasts to allow Tianmeng to reach the million-year realm, he had also brought him the hope of escaping Star Dou Forest.
At this moment, in Tianmeng's heart, Bai Chen was nothing less than his greatest benefactor.
Perhaps even a savior.
Thus began Bai Chen's Soul Spirit Classroom.
And Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wasn't the only student.
Before the lesson began, Di Tian had summoned the other ferocious beasts so they could all learn the technique together.
According to Tianmeng's calculations:
Within three months at the earliest, or half a year at most, he would be able to reverse-engineer the soul spirit ritual and recreate his Intelligent Soul Ring system.
And when that happened—
Bai Chen would become the first human in Douluo history to possess a true million-year soul ring.