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After listening to Tian Meng's words, Ye Lan murmured, "Was it sent by Emperor Tian?"
Ye Lan immediately opened his "True Vision" and took a look at the ice silkworm, discovering that this ice silkworm seemed to be a genuine Tian Meng ice silkworm with a million years of cultivation.
Looking at the arrogant Tian Meng ice silkworm, Ye Lan decided to give it a little shock.
"Tian Meng, I hope you can be a bit more modest," Ye Lan said.
Following that, Ye Lan's body shone with a golden light.
Deep yellow, purple, black purple, blood red, golden red, and blood red colors appeared.
Seven soul rings immediately unfolded, and the soul ring that shone with blood and golden light made Tian Meng's ice silkworm's mind tremble.
"The first soul ring, a top-grade light fire attribute soul beast?"
"The second soul ring, a thousand-year-grade king-grade soul beast?"
"The third soul ring, a super soul beast with a time limit approaching ten thousand years?"
"The fourth soul ring... isn't this the Forest King, the ten-thousand-year Titan Ape?"
"The fifth soul ring is almost a million years old?"
"The sixth soul ring... is it the legendary soul beast, Xuan Wu? And its time limit is thirty thousand years?"
"The seventh soul ring... its life force is comparable to the Silver Dragon King? And its time limit is ninety-nine thousand years?" Tian Meng ice silkworm felt Ye Lan's soul ring's strength, and the entire world was shocked.
"You... you're a monster!" Tian Meng ice silkworm exclaimed.
"Brother... oh no, you're my brother! You're my brother!" Tian Meng ice silkworm cried.
"Little Tian Meng was looking for you everywhere, and now I've finally found you! Please let me become your eighth soul ring!" Tian Meng ice silkworm begged.
Just as Tian Meng ice silkworm was begging, Ye Lan's body shone with various colors of light again.
The double pupils, double arms, chest, and eight black tentacles on his back.
"What is this?" Tian Meng ice silkworm asked.
"Are these six external soul bones? And they're all ninety-nine thousand and nine hundred and ninety-nine years old?"
"And is the chest's external soul bone a super artifact?" Tian Meng ice silkworm asked.
Tian Meng ice silkworm looked at the blood and gold soul ring and soul bones, and finally understood what it meant to be a genius.
Originally, his plan was to find a spiritual soul master and sacrifice himself to cultivate a god, but now he realized that the person in front of him was far more powerful.
Ye Lan saw Tian Meng ice silkworm's exaggerated expression and calmly said, "Tian Meng, you're not going to give me a gift, are you? Can you compare to the super artifact in my chest?"
"No, no, no! Big brother! I, Tian Meng, am not worthy! I can only wipe your shoes for you!" Tian Meng ice silkworm said.
"Please, big brother, take me with you! Those soul beasts are too cruel! I'm suffering every day!" Tian Meng ice silkworm cried.
"Okay, okay. Tell me, why has your cultivation recovered to a million years, and why did Emperor Tian send you here?" Ye Lan asked.
Tian Meng ice silkworm explained how Gu Yue Na used a seal to restore its original cultivation.
Ye Lan listened to Tian Meng ice silkworm's explanation and felt a surge of emotions. He didn't expect Gu Yue Na to go to such lengths for him.
"You don't have to sacrifice yourself to become a million-year-old soul bone. I don't want to waste your spiritual power," Ye Lan said.
Tian Meng ice silkworm's spiritual attribute could make up for Ye Lan's weaknesses.
Ye Lan waved his hand and said, "You don't need to do that, Tian Meng. Your life level is not enough, but I can cultivate you."
"Okay, big brother, you decide," Tian Meng ice silkworm said.
"!!? Big brother, the soul beast's aura is on you, but shouldn't it be on Jin Xi Zi?" Tian Meng ice silkworm asked, finally sensing the soul beast's aura on Ye Lan.
"This is the soul beast's aura? No wonder Emperor Tian called me the son of the soul beast," Ye Lan said.
At this moment, he discovered that the mysterious five-fold soul beast growth bonus had become a ten-fold growth bonus.
The soul beast's aura had completely shifted to him.
This soul beast aura, apart from helping the soul beast grow, didn't seem to have any other uses.
As Ye Lan explored the soul beast aura, the entire Ice and Fire Eye began to shake.
The originally blue sky suddenly turned blood red, and at the northernmost part of the blood-red sky, Ye Lan saw a thick black tunnel disappearing into the distance.
Above the black tunnel was a dark, ink-like substance that seemed to devour all light.
Looking at the dark vortex, Ye Lan felt like he was being watched by a certain life form.
"Big brother, what's happening? The Dou Luo Star seems to be changing!" Tian Meng ice silkworm exclaimed.
"I don't know, but for now, let's focus on increasing our strength," Ye Lan said calmly.
Tian Meng ice silkworm was about to help Ye Lan, and with the seventh soul ring, after the soul beast's sacrifice, Ye Lan could upgrade to an even higher level.
With Tian Meng ice silkworm's million-year cultivation, Ye Lan could definitely upgrade several levels.
"You're right, big brother! What do you want me to do?" Tian Meng ice silkworm asked.
Ye Lan said, "Tian Meng ice silkworm is stronger than the Blue Silver Grass, but it's definitely not as strong as the Dark Gold Terror Bear or the Hell Dragon."
"So, I just need to let you evolve."
"Evolve? Can you really do that, big brother?" Tian Meng ice silkworm asked in shock.
"Hehe, evolution is just a transformation of life level. I have everything I need, except for life force."
"Tian Meng, calm down! I'll transfer life force to you!" Ye Lan said.
Ye Lan sat in front of the enormous Tian Meng ice silkworm and opened his "Life Domain".
The "Life Heart" was activated!
The combination of the soul beast aura, life heart, and life domain instantly increased the growth speed of all life forms around Ye Lan by a thousand times.
"Big brother, you're a god! This feeling is too wonderful! What a terrifying boost!" Tian Meng ice silkworm exclaimed.
At this moment, Tian Meng ice silkworm felt like every cell in its body was cheering.
"This is just the beginning. The Blue Silver Awakening Ceremony is about to start! Blue Silver, add points for me!"
"Oh no, the Blue Silver Forest is sacrificing its life force for Tian Meng! I'll provide the life force!" Ye Lan roared.
The Blue Silver Upgrade and the Ice and Fire Eye's effect caused the Blue Silver Grass outside to gain a ten-thousand-year life force boost.
At this moment, their hundred-meter-long bodies shone with a blue sun, and in the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of blue suns surged into Tian Meng ice silkworm's body.
The originally blood-red sky, which was a result of the deep invasion, suddenly turned blue.
Tian Meng ice silkworm was shocked to discover that the dense Blue Silver Forest in the Ice and Fire Eye was all ten-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Grass.
"Big brother, you're too exaggerated! Tens of thousands of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts!"
"Stop talking and quickly absorb the life force!" Ye Lan said.
"Okay, okay! I'll use all my strength to absorb it!" Tian Meng ice silkworm exclaimed.
Ye Lan opened the Blue Silver Awakening Ceremony for Tian Meng ice silkworm and directly cut his wrist to provide life blood.
The gushing emerald blood, combined with the numerous blue suns, made Tian Meng ice silkworm's life force surge.
It felt like its life level was rapidly evolving.
The originally seven-meter-long body was constantly growing!
Twenty meters!
Fifty meters!
One hundred meters!
Five hundred meters!
One thousand meters!!!
After an hour, Tian Meng ice silkworm's body had transformed into a golden silkworm cocoon, one kilometer high!
Ye Lan saw that the golden silkworm cocoon's size had stopped growing and knew it had reached its life level limit.
At this moment, Tian Meng ice silkworm's life level was roughly equal to Emperor Tian's, slightly inferior to the Blue Silver Grass - a Radiant Sheng Ling.
But it was enough, Ye Lan analyzed.
Ye Lan asked, "Tian Meng, how long will it take for you to break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly?"
Tian Meng ice silkworm replied, "I don't know if I'm a butterfly or a moth. My kind has never evolved before. I should be the first Tian Meng ice silkworm to evolve."
"It will take around ten thousand years to break out of the cocoon."
"Big brother, can you live for ten thousand years? Do you need me to break out of the cocoon? I feel like once I break out, I'll be stronger than Emperor Tian!"
"Ten thousand years? Get out of here! Do I still need you as a soul ring after ten thousand years? Sacrifice yourself now!" Ye Lan said.
"Oh, big brother, if the soul skill is bad, don't blame me!" Tian Meng ice silkworm said.
Ye Lan kicked the enormous golden silkworm cocoon, making it shake. "Stop joking around and sacrifice yourself now."
"Okay, okay! Big brother, what kind of soul bone do you want?"
"Head soul bone and leg soul bone. Don't condense the torso!"
"Got it!"
The enormous golden cocoon shone with a golden light, which enveloped Ye Lan's body.
This was Ye Lan's third time accepting a soul beast's sacrifice, and he was no longer as affected as he was during the first two times.
With his current physical qualities, he could completely withstand Tian Meng gold cocoon's sacrifice and only felt a warm sensation.
The vast soul power continuously washed over his body, and at this moment, he felt like the Dou Luo Star's limit had been partially unlocked.
He immediately guided the Tian Meng gold cocoon's million-year-old soul power to wash over his body.
The million-year-old soul power stimulated the external soul bones and meridians in his body.
Ye Lan felt like his entire body was comfortable, and this was a leap in his life level!
In his spiritual world, the life sea, infinite light, and the spiritual world filled with thunder were constantly expanding.
As a million-year-old spiritual soul beast, Tian Meng gold cocoon sacrificed a terrifying amount of spiritual power for Ye Lan.
At this moment, Ye Lan's physical qualities could completely withstand Tian Meng gold cocoon's sacrifice, unlike Ho Yu Hao, who could only seal the sacrifice.
Soon, when the spiritual world expanded to its limit, Ye Lan's soul ring, which shone with a blood-golden light, gradually revealed an eighth soul ring, which was a resplendent gold color!
In an instant, Ye Lan's consciousness displayed the Soul Skill Selection Panel.
The first option on the Soul Skill Selection Panel read "Soul Skill Selection 0/4".
Ye Lan's eyes narrowed, and as he had expected, a million-year-old soul beast could grant him four soul skills!
With the Soul Skill Selection, Ye Lan would undergo another transformation!
He couldn't wait to open his "Consciousness Acceleration", "External Brain", and "Seven Orifices Linglong Heart"!
Under the 25,200-fold frequency, he frantically filtered through the soul skills provided by Tian Meng gold cocoon.
Soul Skill Name: Spiritual Detection
Passive Effect: Blue Silver Grass absorbs Tian Meng ice silkworm's spiritual power, gaining a 100% spiritual power total boost.
Active Soul Skill: Opens a powerful detection ability, and the detection range increases with strength. It can focus on a point and increase the detection distance. The detection distance increases with the consumption of soul power.
Spiritual Detection was Ho Yu Hao's signature soul skill, but with the Soul Skill Selection's enhancement, it also possessed a 100% spiritual power total boost.
However, Ye Lan didn't think much of this boost.
More importantly, the detection function and analytical ability of Spiritual Detection seemed insignificant compared to his True Vision and 25,200-fold manipulation frequency.
Soul Skill Name: Spiritual Replication
Passive Effect: Blue Silver Grass absorbs Tian Meng gold cocoon's spiritual power, gaining "Anchoring" and "Super Judgment".
Anchoring: Anchors the target and immediately gains all its spiritual power. Super Judgment: Any spiritual power attack or spiritual power defense judgment has a double effect.
Active Soul Skill: Anchors the target, and at the moment the opponent uses their ability, the opponent's soul skill is replicated, with a 100% effect. Can replicate soul skills, create new soul skills, and spiritual power techniques.
Note: The anchored spiritual power cannot exceed the user's limit.
After seeing Spiritual Replication, Ye Lan's eyes lit up.
Although Spiritual Replication didn't match his life system, it was an extremely powerful soul skill. Anchoring could ensure that his spiritual power would never be lower than his opponent's.
While Super Judgment, combined with Spiritual Replication, made him almost invincible.
However, Anchoring had a limitation that it couldn't exceed the user's limit.
But this limitation wasn't a problem for Ye Lan.
If he anchored a powerful opponent like the Creator God, and truly replicated their spiritual power, his brain would explode.
The limitation of Anchoring ensured his safety.
Facing a powerful opponent like the Creator God, a single soul skill wasn't enough to guarantee victory.
Anchoring could only ensure that, in a situation where the power gap wasn't too large, he would have a spiritual power advantage.
Unfortunately, Spiritual Replication didn't match his life system.
Ye Lan could only put it on hold, but this soul skill was extremely tempting. If there weren't any other, more powerful soul skills, he would definitely choose it.
(End of Chapter)