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Chapter 25 — Which Side Are You From?
"Anyway… that's just how things are. Young fellow, consider yourself lucky—Brother has chosen you!"
As if confirming Huo Yuhao's own thoughts, compared to his previous life, this time the Skydream Ice Silkworm explained things far more swiftly. So swiftly, in fact, that it didn't even notice the unusually strange reaction of the young man before it.
"Time is tight, Brother will start now. Don't worry, I'll be gentle. I won't hurt you."
"?"
Huo Yuhao froze. He hadn't expected the Skydream Ice Silkworm to be so hasty. Instinctively, he tried to say something.
"Wai… wait a moment—"
Before his words could even finish, he saw that enormous head charging straight toward him.
The Skydream Ice Silkworm, mistaking Huo Yuhao's hesitation for fear, had already been frightened by the terrifying aura earlier. It didn't think twice now—it just wanted to escape this nightmare-laden place as quickly as possible.
At the critical moment, Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destinysuddenly opened on his forehead, and an indescribable aura surged out. Though this aura did not feel overwhelmingly strong to the Skydream Ice Silkworm, it was enough to make it shiver involuntarily, halting its forward momentum completely.
"Wh-what… is this thing?"
"Brother Skydream, listen to me first."
Ignoring the shock in the Skydream Ice Silkworm's voice, Huo Yuhao quickly recounted the matter of the Spirit Contract in his mind. After all, he would be transforming into a spirit anyway, so he might as well skip the intermediate steps and go straight to the point this time.
After hearing him out, the Skydream Ice Silkworm calmed slightly, its small golden eyes blinking twice.
"A Spirit Contract… such a thing exists? How come I've never heard of it before?"
"Because it comes from the future… created by my master."
".?"
What are you even saying?
Why do I feel like I don't quite understand?
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, the Skydream Ice Silkworm felt its mind shrink slightly, not knowing how to respond.
To be honest, it didn't fully believe in this contract.
Judging by Huo Yuhao's description, a spiritwould indeed be superior to an intelligent spirit ring—after all, it could occasionally emerge from the spiritual space to stretch its limbs.
But all of this relied solely on Huo Yuhao's words. Whether it truly had such effects, no one could say. Yet judging by what this human had already displayed, it was obvious he was no ordinary person, lending his claims a fair degree of credibility.
As for whether Huo Yuhao might be lying, the Skydream Ice Silkworm didn't even consider that possibility. It had already come here to serve as a spirit ring. Why would the human go through the trouble of fabricating lies? It was utterly unnecessary.
Moreover, for some unknown reason, from the very moment it saw this human, it felt a strange sense of closeness. Even though it recognized this feeling as abnormal, it couldn't summon even a trace of caution toward him.
Could this be what humans call destiny?
Blinking twice again, the Skydream Ice Silkworm stared into Huo Yuhao's calm gaze. After a moment, it finally made up its mind. Its voice resonated once more in Huo Yuhao's mind:
"Alright, I'll follow your lead. We'll perform the spirit ritual. How should I proceed?"
"Just like the intelligent spirit ring you planned, Skydream-ge—simply seal the power. Oh, and you'll need to relax your mind as well."
Though the process resembled a sacrifice, a proper spirit ritual still required the host to reach a sufficient level of endurance. To perform a spirit ritual with the million-year-old Skydream Ice Silkworm, it naturally needed to employ the sealing method he had developed through years of study.
"Good, let's make it quick. Otherwise, that fellow will sense me."
"That fellow?"
Huo Yuhao felt a twinge of curiosity, but he didn't press the matter. Once both were ready, the ritual began swiftly.
Huo Yuhao raised his hand to the Skydream Ice Silkworm's head, chanting incantations. A golden hexagram manifested, completely enveloping both human and silkworm.
The moment the array appeared, the Skydream Ice Silkworm immediately understood what Huo Yuhao meant by 'resonating hearts.' Through this ritual, it could clearly sense Huo Yuhao's emotions.
Calm… gentle… utterly without malice.
As it probed deeper into Huo Yuhao's state, its golden eyes suddenly shone with excitement.
"To think he possesses such physical and spiritual power… Brother truly found a treasure this time!"
As these words fell, the ten golden rings on its body began to ripple like waves. A massive surge of spiritual force spread instantly throughout the Star Dou Great Forest, sending all its inhabitants into a stunned daze.
The massive body of the Skydream Ice Silkworm began to melt and shrink, like wax exposed to fire, its coloration fading rapidly.
Suddenly, the clear sky darkened. With a thunderous boom, a gray energy mass appeared, cutting through space as if it had materialized from nowhere, piercing directly into Huo Yuhao's forehead. The Skydream Ice Silkworm's previously jubilant expression froze.
"Hey, hey, hey… Brother claimed him first! Which side are you from? Not even asking for Brother's title before trying to steal him?"
However, the gray energy mass fell silent once inside Huo Yuhao's body, showing no reaction. Seeing this, the Skydream Ice Silkworm could only shrug and reluctantly accelerate the fusion process.
"If it weren't for time, hmph!"
As its spirit entered Huo Yuhao's spiritual space, the scene before it caused cold sweat to break out.
"My, my goodness… this is too lively. What kind of person did Brother choose as a host?"
Within the modest spiritual space, ripples of spiritual energy spread like a small pond. Floating above were eight light orbs, one drifting far from the others. The gray mist surrounding it clearly marked it as the energy mass that had just tried to steal the host.
Adding in the ten sealed fragments of original power Huo Yuhao had brought, the spiritual space now held eighteen light orbs, making it feel crowded.
Aside from the gray orb, the remaining seven differed only slightly in color and aura. The dark blue and dark yellow orbs were the most prominent, while the others, though faintly colored, were mostly covered by gray.
Careful sensing revealed that these, too, were some form of origin power. Whenever the Skydream Ice Silkworm's spiritual form neared, its corresponding emotions were subtly stirred, prompting it to retreat from the seven orbs just as it had from the gray one.
Fortunately, the seven orbs had no self-awareness—they floated silently, motionless.
But that was not the most shocking sight. When it looked up, it saw the golden vertical eye Huo Yuhao had displayed earlier. Feeling the aura of the Eye of Destiny up close, it finally understood what it truly was.
"Th-this… this is… an artifact!?"
(End of Chapter)