Chapter 3: The Million-Year Soul Ring (Part 1)

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  Huo Yu Hao listened to Tian Meng Bing's narration, and suddenly had a strange feeling. Could it be that the name "Tian Meng Bing" was derived from the fact that she dreamed every day?

  "That cave, although I couldn't get out, the feeling of the thousand-year-old ice marrow was really too comfortable. Later on, I didn't even look for a way out anymore, just crawling around inside to find the thousand-year-old ice marrow to eat. When I found a big chunk, I would sleep for a while. Until later, even I myself didn't know how long I had slept, until the first ring of golden markings appeared on my body."

  "The golden thread is of utmost importance to us Ice Silkworms, symbolizing my cultivation reaching the 10 million year level. In my memory, our Ice Silkworm tribe has never had a 10 million year cultivator before. I am the unprecedented first one! At that time, I evolved into a Golden Thread Ice Silkworm. Back then, I already had enough power to break through the thick ice and exit. However, I didn't know that becoming a 10 million year soul beast would come with great restrictions, making it difficult to further increase my cultivation. Perhaps due to good luck, combined with our tribe's lack of combat strength, miraculously, no heavenly tribulation was triggered. Cough cough, I guess I slept too much and got lazy, so I just continued sleeping in the ice cave. Fortunately, because my cultivation level increased, places that were previously inaccessible became breakable, allowing me to discover more top-grade Frost Marrows deep within the ice cave, which also became my food."

  "In this way, I ate and slept, slept and ate, without knowing how time passed. Only the golden patterns on my body can calculate the time of my existence."

  "One day, I finally finished eating all the icy marrow in the ice cave and directly drilled out from the bottom of the ice cave to the ocean. I floated along the ocean, drifting southward along the edge of the continent. It was also during this process that I encountered my first enemy."

  "At that time, I already had nine golden stripes and was a powerful ninety-million-year-old soul beast. I thought I should be an invincible existence in this world. But..."

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  "Up to this point, Tian Meng Bing Xian was clearly a bit embarrassed. "However, I seem to be unable to do anything except sleep, and I'm not very good at fighting either. In the end, it was only by relying on my massive spiritual power that I managed to scare off that enemy. This incident finally alerted me, and I tried to cultivate my attacking abilities. But I discovered that having a long cultivation period doesn't necessarily mean one's strength is great. I am indeed a hundred-million-year-old soul beast, but my combat strength is actually not as good as some ten-million-year-old soul beasts. Those skilled fighters among the million-year-old soul beasts are even more impossible for me to defeat. The outside world is really too dangerous. But now, I've lost my way back."

  "It's dangerous in the sea, perhaps it will be safer on land. So I went ashore. But I found that the land was not peaceful either. Perhaps because of absorbing too much cold marrow, my body had a special smell that could attract the attention of all soul beasts. It would make them think of me as food."

  "Finally, I was caught by a powerful 100,000-year-old soul beast in the Starry Forest. But it didn't kill me right away, instead, it took me to the heart of the Starry Forest. It told me that I possessed too much heavenly energy, and if it could absorb and transform my powers, any soul beast could become a 100,000-year-old soul beast, which would be free from the constraints of cultivation time limits. However, because the power I had cultivated for millions of years was too vast, it needed a long time to absorb it, so it took me back to its lair."

  "But that guy underestimated my strength. Although I'm not very good at fighting, I can make my aura stronger. So, I brought all the 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the Starry Forest. Heh heh."

  "That great melee, almost all the soul beasts in the Starry Forest for thousands of years were involved. They fought so fiercely! I thought I had a chance to escape. But who knew, these guys were cunning and stopped fighting to negotiate after they were almost done. As a result, I ended up being tragic. They finally agreed to absorb my power together, anyway, the soul power in my body was vast enough. Then they trapped me in the center of the Starry Forest, forcing me to release my Heavenly Earthly Primordial Power for them to absorb. The stronger the cultivation of the soul beast, the closer it got to me, and the more benefits it gained. These bastards, they simply treated me as food!"

  "Alas, I had no way to resist, and could only let them manipulate me. My brother was being oppressed by them while thinking of a way to escape their control. My yuan force is very pure, enough for them to absorb for tens of thousands of years. After several thousand years of thought and observation, I discovered that wanting to escape their control wasn't just about escaping, but also hiding my aura. You humans gradually appeared in my line of sight. There were a few times when some particularly powerful humans entered the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt those hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts. Unfortunately, they ended in tragedy. Under my nourishment, the high-level soul beasts within the Star Dou Great Forest are definitely the strongest batch of soul beasts on the Douluo Continent. Although those humans had very powerful weapons, they still suffered a great loss. But it also made me recognize the advantages of you humans."

  "My brother is a spiritual and ice dual-attribute soul beast. After some thought, I decided to try to become a human's soul ring, which would make that person extremely powerful. With my spiritual attribute, I can maintain my consciousness and not disappear, becoming the first intelligent soul ring in human history. Hehe, at that time, I will definitely take revenge and help that human kill all the bastards who have persecuted me. So, I started trying. But who knew, the first attempt failed. The guy I chose seemed to be some kind of title Douluo among you humans. His strength was pretty strong, but he's a waste, actually getting blown up by me in an instant without even seeing my true form, just from the impact of my spiritual power. Only then did I realize that becoming my host isn't so easy after all. First, one must have a spiritual attribute, and then also have enough ability to bear my soul power. This is even more difficult. So, I searched for several thousand years without success. And my soul power was almost crushed by those 100,000-year-old soul beasts. It seemed like I was about to burn out."

  "Heaven still favored me, just when I had given up all hope. The tenth golden stripe appeared on my body. I finally became the unprecedented million-year soul beast. With this tenth golden stripe, I finally possessed the power to contend with those combat-type hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and could also hide my aura. So, I named myself Tian Meng Bing Can (Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm), no longer Jin Wen Bing Can (Golden Stripe Ice Silkworm). But I was definitely not a match for so many hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, and my Heavenly Origin Power had been almost completely absorbed by them, leaving only the most nourishing part - my two major attributes that hadn't been absorbed. Taking revenge on my own was impossible. So, I found an opportunity to escape by hiding my aura and fleeing with the power of my breakthrough."