The Heavenly Dream Iceworm was originally a spirit-type soul beast. With its immense spiritual power, even if most of its life energy was drained, it shouldn't have just casually lost its life, right?
"If my guess is correct, its escape means it has officially broken through to a million years. But it doesn't know that becoming a million-year soul beast signifies the arrival of the divine tribulation for ascension, and with its strength, it's impossible for it to pass it." A sharp glint flashed in Di Tian's eyes.
Even someone as powerful as him wasn't entirely confident of safely passing the divine tribulation for ascension, let alone the Heavenly Dream Iceworm, whose combat power couldn't even compare to an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Although the Heavenly Dream Iceworm possessed a million years of cultivation, that was nothing but a castle in the air. Facing the divine tribulation, its chances of survival were almost zero.
"A million-year divine tribulation for ascension!" Bi Ji's face showed shock. She truly hadn't expected that the Heavenly Dream Iceworm could actually break through and become a million-year soul beast.
One must know that on the Douluo Continent, a soul beast's million-year cultivation was equivalent to a human's hundred-level ascension to godhood.
However, after the shock, a hint of regret appeared on Bi Ji's face.
If the Heavenly Dream Iceworm's strength hadn't been so weak, if it could have successfully passed the divine tribulation and become a deity of the soul beast race, then perhaps the plight of the soul beast race would have improved.
But the cruel reality lay before them: the suppression of the world's rules made the chances of a soul beast ascending to godhood extremely slim.
Bi Ji didn't understand why this world had to treat the soul beast race in such a way.
Powerful beings like Di Tian could only be trapped on this small Douluo Continent, unable to break through that restraint and pursue higher realms.
Recalling the humans who had continuously ascended to godhood ten thousand years ago, an unspeakable sense of unwillingness surged in Bi Ji's heart.
Could it be that their soul beast race was truly destined to passively await their demise under the suppression of these worldly rules? She was unwilling, truly unwilling...
"Di Tian, Bi Ji, the Auspicious Beast is acting up again, wanting to take human form. I can't control it anymore; you two deal with it."
A voice like a nightingale's song, melodious with a hint of helplessness, rang out. Following the sound, a woman gracefully approached.
Her figure was graceful, her black-purple hair cascading down like a waterfall, swaying with every step.
On her enchanting face, a pair of purple eyes shimmered, revealing charm and allure with every glance, as if holding endless temptation.
She wore a low-cut, tight-fitting long dress that accentuated her figure perfectly. Her long, straight legs were subtly revealed through the slit of the skirt, and above her proud peaks, her snow-white shoulders and deep cleavage exuded a fatal attraction.
If Bi Ji was a gentle and intellectual lily under the warm spring sun, then she was a mandrake blooming in the dark night, enchanting and captivating.
"Zi Ji, weren't you supposed to be watching the Auspicious Beast?" Bi Ji's previously gentle face instantly clouded with worry upon hearing this, her beautiful eyes filled with a headache.
Zi Ji helplessly spread her hands, sighed softly, and said with a wry smile, "I have to be able to keep an eye on it first!"
Recently, as if driven by some mysterious force, the Imperial Auspicious Beast had been acting as if possessed, constantly clamoring to take human form.
This had left the fierce beasts exasperated and at a loss for what to do.
"The Auspicious Beast only has one chance for a perfect human transformation in its lifetime. How can it transform so easily? No, I must go see."
Bi Ji couldn't sit still. She had always cherished and protected the Auspicious Beast as if it were her own daughter.
Now that her "daughter" was in her rebellious phase, how could she let her continue to act recklessly?
Di Tian stood by silently, but a subtle hint of doubt flashed in his deep eyes.
In the past, the Auspicious Beast had never had the thought of transforming. What exactly had happened to change it?
Moreover, he keenly noticed that the Auspicious Beast had not only been rapidly increasing in intelligence recently, but its personality had also become increasingly rebellious.
One must know that the former Auspicious Beast had been obedient to Bi Ji's every word.
Now, even Bi Ji's words were barely effective, and only he could barely suppress the Auspicious Beast.
Di Tian's brow furrowed, and a sense of unease quietly spread in his heart.
The growth of soul beasts was inherently extremely slow, let alone the uniquely blessed Imperial Auspicious Beast.
The current growth rate of the Auspicious Beast's intelligence was too fast, so fast that it made him wary.
He had carefully observed the Auspicious Beast, but besides noticing that it had become smarter and more rebellious, he hadn't detected anything abnormal.
"Alas!" Di Tian sighed heavily. He really wanted to awaken his sleeping master and let him see the current situation of the Auspicious Beast.
But to disturb his master's slumber merely based on his own conjecture was something he truly couldn't do.
Now, he could only hope that his master's avatar would return soon, to see if any clues could be found.
"Di Tian, the Mountain-Moving Ape has left its territory. It must have gone after that Heavenly Dream Iceworm."
On a thick tree, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly opened, and a deep male voice broke the brief silence.
"Let it be." Di Tian shook his head slightly. This Mountain-Moving Ape was the hundred-thousand-year soul beast responsible for guarding the Heavenly Dream Iceworm during this period.
The fact that the Heavenly Dream Iceworm had escaped right under its nose was undoubtedly a great humiliation for the usually proud and arrogant Mountain-Moving Ape.
What's more, the Mountain-Moving Ape had always coveted the Heavenly Dream Iceworm's last bit of primordial power, hoping to devour it to break through itself, advance further, and join the ranks of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts.
Time flew by, and three days passed in a flash.
Zhang Lexuan was at a critical juncture in absorbing her soul ring. After three days and three nights of arduous effort, she had finally managed to erase the remnant soul of the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor. At this point, she was only one step away from completely absorbing this precious hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
Presumably, it wouldn't be long before she could successfully break through and officially become a powerful Soul Douluo.
Just then, the previously calm ground suddenly began to tremble slightly, as if some colossal creature was rapidly approaching.
Lu Jingming sharply opened his eyes, filled with surprise and uncertainty. He instinctively looked at Jing Liu beside him.
Jing Liu's expression was calm and composed. She spoke faintly, "Your soul ring has arrived."
"(⊙_⊙)?"
Lu Jingming looked bewildered, his mind filled with incredulity.
What great luck had he stumbled upon? He hadn't done anything, and a soul ring was actually delivering itself to his doorstep? Since Jing Liu said so, it meant that the incoming soul beast had a cultivation of at least eighty thousand years.
After all, his first four soul rings were two purple and two black, and his fourth soul ring had already reached the fifty-thousand-year mark.
Theoretically, his fifth soul ring could absorb a soul beast of at least eighty thousand years.