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Gu Yuena's silver-purple eyes also flashed with surprise, but she quickly grasped the key: "You mean, as long as there are enough treasures that can help Spirit Beasts grow quickly, you can break through the final limit in a short time?"
"Sh-should be?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental force carried uncertainty. "Every time I found a suitable treasure before, my cultivation would greatly increase after waking up from a nap… This last time I slept the longest, and when I woke up, it was almost a million years. If there's another time… maybe it will work?"
This method of breakthrough, relying on external accumulation, was shockingly crude.
Xuan Ming looked at Gu Yuena: "The Far North, with its special environment and diverse heavenly treasures, is the most likely place on the continent to contain a large amount of such resources."
Gu Yuena instantly understood Xuan Ming's plan. She no longer hesitated and made a decisive move: "Di Tian, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, come with me to the Far North!"
She didn't call Xiong Jun, Myriad Monster King, and other fierce beasts because, on one hand, the Star Dou Great Forest needed a defending force, and on the other hand, as the co-lord of Spirit Beasts, as long as she entered the Far North, the Spirit Beasts there would naturally obey her command.
Gu Yuena then looked at Xuan Ming: "Are you waiting here, or…?"
"Let's go together," Xuan Ming said calmly.
"Good!"
The decision was made, and everyone wasted no time.
With a wave of Gu Yuena's hand, a silver spatial gate opened in the air, revealing a World of snow and wind behind it.
She stepped in first, followed closely by Xuan Ming, while Di Tian and the other four fierce beasts also transformed into human forms and entered one after another.
The Far North, core region.
The biting cold wind, like knives, swept through, stirring up a sky full of snow. The temperature here was terrifyingly low, making it impossible for ordinary Spirit Masters to survive.
Gu Yuena, Xuan Ming, and Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji, who had transformed into human forms, appeared in a huge ice valley.
Without needing to say much, Gu Yuena simply stood there quietly, her silver hair gently fluttering in the wind and snow.
She didn't even deliberately release her aura, but the invisible pressure belonging to the Silver Dragon King and the heart of the dragon god had already silently spread like mercury, enveloping the entire core region of the Far North.
This pressure was not overbearing or sharp, but it carried a supreme authority originating from the essence of life, as if a monarch had descended upon his territory.
In an instant, several powerful auras in the depths of the Far North were startled, and with immense reverence and submission, they quickly rushed towards the source of the pressure!
The first to arrive were three of the most powerful beings.
The one at the head was elegant in form, as if carved from ice and snow, with an ethereal and refined temperament. Her eyes were clear ice-blue, exuding an ancient and powerful aura. She was the Snow Empress, the Ice and Snow Goddess!
Slightly behind her was a Spirit Beast about 1.5 meters long, emitting an extremely strong low temperature all over its body, with ice-white and emerald green colors. It was precisely the second strongest cultivator here, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, with over 300,000 years of cultivation.
Further back, a colossal figure like a snow mountain rushed over quickly. Although not as powerful as the previous two, its aura was equally fierce. It was a white giant bear with over 200,000 years of cultivation, the Tai Tan Snow Demon King!
The three great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, gathered!
Behind them, hundreds of figures arrived one after another, all of them patriarchs of various Spirit Beast tribes in the Far North, or Spirit Beast overlords with nearly 100,000 years of cultivation, or even over 100,000 years.
At this moment, these beings who ruled the Far North all lowered their proud heads before Gu Yuena, their eyes filled with reverence and submission from the depths of their souls.
As the strongest in the Far North, the Snow Empress stepped forward, her posture incredibly respectful: "May I ask, what is your command, my Lord, upon your arrival?"
Her voice was ethereal, with a hint of an almost imperceptible tremor.
The existence of the Silver Dragon King was a legend to all Spirit Beasts. Now, seeing her in person and feeling the suppression from the source of her bloodline, her heart was filled with absolute obedience.
Gu Yuena's gaze calmly swept over the Spirit Beasts of the Far North, and her clear voice rang out: "Search this place for all treasures that can help Spirit Beasts grow quickly, and bring them all to me."
No explanation, no discussion, just a simple command.
"We respectfully obey your command, my Lord!" The Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and all the Far North Spirit Beasts responded in unison without any hesitation.
They wouldn't even have a shred of doubt about Gu Yuena's command.
In the face of absolute bloodline and power, resources seemed insignificant.
The Snow Empress immediately turned and issued instructions to the Spirit Beasts behind her.
The Spirit Beasts of the Far North quickly sprang into action. They had lived here for generations and had a deep understanding of the area. Normally, everyone would hide their treasures, but now, it was clear that they couldn't.
A highly efficient search operation quickly unfolded across the vast Far North.
In just a few days, various rare treasures were continuously sent to the ice valley where Gu Yuena and the others were. There was Ice Spirit Jade Marrow growing under ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, the heart of snow lotus containing immense vitality, extreme cold dragon saliva grass that could refine bloodlines, and even some strange crystals and spiritual fruits that even the Snow Empress couldn't name, but whose energy was exceptionally pure… Xuan Ming looked at the rapidly accumulating pile of various heavenly treasures, resembling a small mountain. Many of these treasures were of extremely high quality, emitting various spiritual lights and containing incredibly pure energy.
"Is this enough?" Gu Yuena looked at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
At this time, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had already been released from its cocoon by Di Tian, its plump and crystal-clear body trembling slightly with excitement.
"Enough! Enough! Too much!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental force was filled with ecstasy. "So many high-quality treasures… I… I feel like I can definitely break through!"
In its small eyes, it seemed to see a broad road leading to the million-year level!
"Begin," Gu Yuena said calmly.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm could no longer hold back. Its huge body wriggled and lunged at the pile of treasures, beginning to devour them frantically.
Its body was like a bottomless pit, and a large number of high-quality heavenly treasures disappeared at a visible speed, integrating into its body.
The mental fluctuations and ice-attribute energy emanating from its body began to climb and undergo qualitative changes at an astonishing speed!
The Spirit Beasts of the Far North watched from the side with reverence. Although they felt a pang of heartache for these treasures accumulated over countless years, they dared not defy Gu Yuena's will even more.
"Di Tian, what's going on?"
Just as Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was devouring the cold marrow, the Snow Empress finally couldn't help but seek out Di Tian.
The co-lord of Spirit Beasts, mobilizing the resources of the entire Far North for one ice silkworm?
Was this ice silkworm special in some way?
If she remembered correctly, wasn't this the ice silkworm that the Ice Empress was chasing? Did this guy run off to the Star Dou Great Forest?
"Do you want to become a god?" Di Tian asked.
The Snow Empress's expression changed slightly, "What do you mean?"
"The fate of the Spirit Beast race is at stake here," Di Tian said.
"Is it to continue to shrink into a corner, barely surviving, waiting for an unknown reckoning or slow demise? Or… to seize this opportunity, give it our all, and gamble for a future."
The Snow Empress's pupils contracted slightly: "Gamble? How to gamble? What is the stake?"
Di Tian was silent for a moment, "My Lord has entrusted the future to me."
Originally, they only regarded Xuan Ming as a choice to try, but now, the Silver Dragon King regarded him as everything.
If Xuan Ming failed, Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, would both die with him.
The Spirit Beast race would also be left to merely linger on… Time flew by rapidly. In nearly a month, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's energy absorption speed gradually slowed down. Its body became bloated, entirely sculpted like the most perfect blue diamond, emitting terrifyingly vast energy fluctuations and brilliant blue-gold light!
Its aura had reached a critical point! It was only a hair's breadth away from the legendary million-year level!
However, at this moment, its absorption speed suddenly slowed down, and its body trembled slightly, as if it had encountered some invisible barrier.
"Uh… so full… can't eat anymore…" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental force conveyed, carrying satisfaction and a hint of… laziness?
It seemed to want to sleep again!
"It swallowed too quickly. It needs time to digest, at least another hundred years to complete," the Snow Empress said.
"A hundred years?" Xuan Ming stood up.
"I don't have that much time to wait slowly."
Before his words finished, his aura suddenly changed!
Boom—!
A violent, sharp, terrifying aura, as if it could tear apart the sky, suddenly erupted from his body! That was not spirit power, but… pure lightning will! It was a trace of the origin of Heavenly Tribulation contained within the divine-grade lightning core fragment he had absorbed and refined!
This trace of aura was deliberately stimulated and amplified by him, fiercely rushing towards Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, which was at the critical point of breakthrough and whose aura was extremely unstable!
Buzz—!!!
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's huge, crystal-clear body shook violently! Its saturated energy was as if a spark had been thrown into it, instantly becoming violent and uncontrollable!
More importantly, this faint but extremely high-essence Heavenly Tribulation aura that Xuan Ming invoked was like a signal, a fuse, instantly triggering the laws of heaven and earth in the unseen World!
"What are you doing?!" the Snow Empress shrieked in alarm, her beautiful face filled with horror!
Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the others also changed their expressions drastically!
Gu Yuena's silver-purple eyes flashed with brilliance, but she did not stop him. Instead, silver light swirled around her, preparing to deal with anything.
Rumble rumble rumble—!!!
The sky over the entire Far North instantly darkened at a visible speed! It wasn't the gathering of dark clouds, but rather as if the entire firmament was enveloped by an immensely vast, immensely majestic, dark-red divine light filled with destructive will!
That was not a cloud, but pure light condensed from endless laws of judgment, death, and destruction! Majestic, vast, causing all living things to feel fear!
Under the shroud of dark-red light, the cold wind stopped, the ice and snow wailed, and all the Spirit Beasts in the Far North, including the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, felt a tremor and insignificance originating from the deepest part of their souls!
The million-year Heavenly Tribulation! It had been forcibly triggered!
"No—!!!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm let out a shriek of extreme terror!
Its lazy, cowardly mental force was completely drowned by the fear of death! It could clearly feel that the heavenly might locking onto it was enough to completely erase all traces of its existence!
Escape? Nowhere to escape! Block? Unable to block at all!
The shadow of death, like a cold tide, instantly submerged all of its consciousness!
In this extreme fear and despair, the instinct for survival overwhelmed laziness! Overwhelmed cowardice!
"Roar—!!!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm let out an unprecedented roar, filled with endless madness and determination! The vast energy within its body, which was saturated and even beginning to dissipate, was forcibly compressed, condensed, and ignited by the threat of death! It launched an all-out, suicidal charge towards that incredibly solid million-year barrier!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Streaks of bizarre and terrifying tribulation lightning began to fall! Each one contained the will of destruction and judgment, fiercely striking Tianmeng Ice Silkworm!
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm erupted with a brilliant blue-gold halo around its body. Its vast and ocean-like mental force formed a solid barrier, and its pure ice-attribute energy transformed into layers of ice armor, desperately resisting the bombardment of the Heavenly Tribulation!
Crack! The barrier shattered! The ice armor disintegrated! Scorched marks appeared on Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's body, and it let out a painful wail, but the speed at which it impacted the barrier became faster and faster!
This was a breakthrough racing against death!
Gu Yuena's expression was solemn. The heart of the dragon god emitted a nine-colored halo, and a gentle yet powerful force enveloped Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. It wasn't to help it resist the Heavenly Tribulation, as that would attract even more terrifying heavenly punishment, but to stabilize its soul essence and strengthen its will, allowing it to remain conscious under the destructive pressure of the Heavenly Tribulation and more efficiently break through the bottleneck.
Di Tian, the Snow Empress, and other powerhouses held their breath, watching this breathtaking scene nervously.
After enduring an unknown number of tribulation lightning strikes, when the last terrifying lightning bolt, like a blood-red giant dragon, fiercely struck, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm let out a heart-wrenching roar, and something within its body seemed to shatter with a crash!
Buzz—!