Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 325 Million-Year Heavenly Tribulation

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A hint of surprise flashed across Gu Yuena's silver-purple eyes, but she quickly grasped the key point: "You mean, as long as you have enough treasures that can help a soul beast grow quickly, you can break through the final limit in a short time?"

"I think... I guess so?" The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual will was uncertain. "Every time I found a suitable treasure before, my cultivation would greatly increase after I woke up from a nap... This time I slept for the longest time, and almost a million years had passed when I woke up. If I had another chance... maybe it would work?"

This breakthrough method, which relies on the accumulation of external resources, is so simple and brutal that it's outrageous.

Xuanming looked at Gu Yuena: "The far north has a special environment and a wide variety of natural treasures. It is the place on the continent most likely to contain a large amount of such resources."

Gu Yuena instantly understood Xuan Ming's plan. Without further hesitation, she decisively declared, "Di Tian, ​​Bi Ji, Zi Ji, come with me to the far north!"

She didn't summon Xiong Jun, Wan Yao Wang, or any other ferocious beasts. On one hand, the Star Dou Great Forest needed to retain its forces. On the other hand, as the ruler of all soul beasts, once she entered the far north, the soul beasts there would obey her commands.

Gu Yuena then looked at Xuan Ming: "Are you going to wait here, or..."

“Let’s go together,” Xuanming said calmly.

"it is good!"

The decision was made, and everyone acted without delay.

With a wave of her hand, Gu Yuena opened a silver spatial portal in the air, revealing a world of swirling snow and wind behind it.

She stepped in first, followed closely by Xuanming, and the four ferocious beasts, including Ditian, also transformed into human form and filed in.

The far north, the core area.

A biting wind swept through like a knife, whipping up swirling snowflakes. The temperature here was terrifyingly low; ordinary soul masters simply couldn't survive.

Gu Yuena, Xuanming, and Di Tian, ​​Bi Ji, and Zi Ji, who had transformed into human form, appeared in a huge ice valley.

Without saying a word, Gu Yuena simply stood there quietly, her silver hair fluttering slightly 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 spread silently like mercury spilling onto the ground, enveloping the core area of ​​the entire far north.

This pressure was not domineering or fierce, but it carried a supreme aura originating from the very source of life, as if a king had descended upon his territory.

In an instant, deep within the far north, several powerful auras were startled and, filled with utmost awe and obedience, swiftly rushed toward the source of the oppressive force!

The first to arrive were the three beings with the most powerful auras.

The leader, with an elegant figure as if sculpted from ice and snow, possessed an ethereal and otherworldly aura. Her eyes were a clear ice-blue, radiating an ancient and powerful aura. She was the Snow Empress, the Ice and Snow Maiden!
Behind her was a 1.5-meter-long Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, radiating extremely low temperatures and possessing ice-white and emerald-green hues. It was the second most powerful scorpion in the area, with over 300,000 years of cultivation.

Further on, a massive figure, as large as a snow mountain, rushed over. Although not as powerful as the previous two, its aura was equally fierce. It was a white giant bear with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation, the Titan Snow Demon King!

The three great kings of the far north have gathered!
Behind them, hundreds more figures arrived one after another. They were all patriarchs of various soul beast clans in the far north, or soul beast overlords with nearly 100,000 years of cultivation and more than 100,000 years of cultivation.

At this moment, these beings who reigned supreme in the far north all lowered their proud heads before Gu Yuena, their eyes filled with awe and submission from the depths of their souls.

As the strongest being in the far north, the Snow Empress stepped forward with utmost respect: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

Her voice was ethereal, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor.

The existence of the Silver Dragon King was legendary to all soul beasts. Now, seeing him in person and feeling the suppression of his bloodline source, she felt only absolute obedience.

Gu Yuena's gaze swept calmly over the many soul beasts in the far north, and her clear, cold voice rang out: "Search for all the treasures in this place that can help the soul beasts grow quickly, and bring them all."

There was no explanation, no discussion, just a simple command.

"We obey Your Majesty's decree!" The Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and all the Northern Soul Beasts responded in unison without any hesitation.

They wouldn't even entertain the slightest doubt about Gu Yuena's orders.

Resources seem insignificant in the face of absolute bloodline and power.

Snow Empress immediately turned around and gave commands to the soul beasts behind her.

The spirit beasts of the far north sprang into action. They had lived here for generations and knew the area very well. Normally they would keep their secrets, but now, it was clear they could no longer hide them.

A highly efficient search operation was quickly launched in the vast far north.

Within a few days, all sorts of rare treasures were continuously sent to the Ice Valley where Gu Yuena and the others were. There was Ice Spirit Jade Marrow growing beneath millennia-old ice, Snow Lotus Hearts brimming with immense life force, Extreme Cold Dragon Saliva Grass capable of tempering bloodlines, and even some strange crystals and spiritual fruits whose names even the Snow Emperor couldn't recall, yet whose energy was exceptionally pure…

Xuanming looked at the various rare and precious materials that were rapidly piling up in front of him, like small mountains. Many of these treasures were of extremely high quality, radiating various colors of spiritual light and containing extremely pure energy.

"Is this enough?" Gu Yuena looked at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

At this moment, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had been released from its cocoon by Di Tian, ​​and its plump, crystal-clear body trembled slightly with excitement.

"Enough! Enough! Too many!" The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual consciousness was filled with ecstasy. "So many high-quality treasures... I... I feel I can definitely break through!" In its small eyes, it seemed as if it could see the broad road leading to the million-year level!

"Let's begin," Gu Yuena said calmly.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm could no longer restrain itself. Its enormous body writhed as it pounced on the pile of treasures and began to devour them frantically.

Its body was like a bottomless pit, with large amounts of high-quality natural treasures disappearing at a visible speed and merging into its body.

The spiritual fluctuations and ice-attribute energy emanating from its body began to rise and undergo a qualitative change at an astonishing speed!
The spirit beasts of the far north watched in awe. Although they felt sorry for these treasures that had accumulated over countless years, they dared not disobey Gu Yuena's will.

"Di Tian, ​​what's going on?"

Just as the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was consuming the Cold Marrow, the Snow Emperor finally couldn't resist approaching Emperor Tian.

The Lord of Soul Beasts mobilized resources from the entire far north for a single Ice Silkworm?

Is there anything special about this ice silkworm?
If she remembered correctly, this ice silkworm was the one that Ice Emperor was chasing, right? This guy ran off to the Star Dou Great Forest?
"Do you want to become a god?" Di Tian asked.

Xue Di's expression changed slightly. "What do you mean?"

"The fate of the Soul Beast race depends on this gamble," Di Tian said.

"Should we continue to cower in a corner, barely surviving, waiting for an uncertain reckoning or a slow demise? Or... seize this opportunity, give it our all, and gamble on a future?"

Xue Di's pupils contracted slightly: "A bet? How? What are the stakes?"

Di Tian was silent for a moment, then said, "My lord has entrusted the future to me."

Originally, they only regarded Xuanming as an option to try, but now, the Silver Dragon King regards him as everything.

If Xuanming fails, Gu Yuena and the Silver Dragon King will die with him.

The Soul Beast race is now barely clinging to life.

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Time flew by, and after nearly a month, the speed at which the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm absorbed energy gradually slowed down. Its body swelled up, becoming as if it were carved from the most perfect blue diamond, radiating a breathtakingly powerful energy fluctuation and a dazzling blue-gold brilliance!
Its aura has reached a critical point! It's just 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 kind of invisible barrier.

"Uh...so full...can't eat anymore..." came the spiritual message from Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, carrying satisfaction and a hint of...laziness?
It seems to want to sleep again!

"It swallowed too quickly and needs time to digest. It will take at least another hundred years to complete," said the Snow Empress.

“A hundred years?” Xuanming stood up.

"I don't have that much time to wait."

Before he finished speaking, his aura suddenly changed!
boom--!
A violent, sharp, and terrifying aura, seemingly capable of tearing the heavens apart, suddenly erupted from his body! It wasn't soul power, but... pure thunderous will! It was a trace of the primordial aura of heavenly tribulation contained within the divine-level thunder core fragment he had absorbed and refined!
He deliberately stimulated and amplified this aura, and it rushed towards the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which was at the critical point of breakthrough and whose aura was extremely unstable!

Om-! ! !
The enormous, crystal-clear body of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm trembled violently! Its saturated energy seemed to have been thrown into a spark, instantly becoming violent and uncontrollable!
More importantly, the faint yet extremely powerful aura of heavenly tribulation that Xuanming stirred up was like a signal, a fuse, instantly triggering the laws of heaven and earth in the darkness!

"What are you doing?!" Xue Di exclaimed in shock, her beautiful face filled with horror!

Di Tian, ​​Bi Ji, and the others also had their expressions change drastically!
A glint flashed in Gu Yuena's silver-purple eyes, but she did not stop it. Instead, silver light flowed around her, and she was prepared to deal with anything.

Rumble, rumble—! ! !
The sky over the entire far north darkened instantly at a speed visible to the naked eye! It wasn't the gathering of dark clouds, but rather as if the entire firmament was shrouded in an incomparably vast, majestic, and destructive dark red divine light!

That was not a cloud, but a radiance formed purely from the endless laws of judgment, death, and destruction! Majestic and boundless, it instilled fear in all things!
Under the crimson light, the cold wind stopped, the ice and snow wailed, and all the soul beasts in the far north, including the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, felt a tremor and insignificance from the deepest part of their souls!

A million-year celestial calamity! It has been forcibly triggered!

"Do not--!!!"

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm let out a terrified scream!
Its lazy and cowardly spirit was completely overwhelmed by the fear of death! It could clearly feel that the divine power that had locked it in was enough to completely erase all traces of its existence!

Escape? There's nowhere to escape! Block? There's no way to block!
The shadow of death, like a cold tide, instantly overwhelmed all its consciousness!

In the midst of this extreme fear and despair, the instinct for survival overcame laziness and cowardice!

"Roar--!!!"

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm let out an unprecedented, frantic, and resolute cry! The immense energy within its body, saturated and even beginning to dissipate, was forcibly compressed, condensed, and ignited by the threat of death! It launched a desperate, suicidal assault on the incomparably solid million-year-old barrier!

boom! boom! boom!
One after another, eerie and terrifying bolts of tribulation lightning began to fall! Each bolt contained the will of destruction and judgment, striking fiercely towards the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm!
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was enveloped in a dazzling blue-gold aura. Its vast, ocean-like spiritual power 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 vanished! Blackened wounds appeared on the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's body, and it let out a painful howl, but its speed in attacking the barrier only increased!
This is a breakthrough in a race 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 the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. It was not to help it resist the heavenly tribulation, which would attract even more terrifying heavenly punishment, but to stabilize its soul origin, strengthen its will, and allow it to remain clear-headed under the destructive pressure of the heavenly tribulation, so as to break through the bottleneck more efficiently.

The powerful figures, including Di Tian and Xue Di, held their breath and watched this breathtaking scene with bated breath.

Having endured countless tribulation lightning bolts, when the last terrifying lightning bolt, resembling a blood-red dragon, struck down fiercely, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm let out a heart-wrenching roar, as if something within its body shattered with a deafening crash!
Om-!
(End of this chapter)