Douluo Continent, my martial soul is the Silver Dragon King.

Gu Yuena stared blankly at Lu Chen's resolute face.

One of the most important reasons why Lu Chen kept choosing the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was that Lu Chen only had level 20 soul power, which was not enough to absorb a million-year soul ring.

Therefore, he had to make Tianmeng Ice Silkworm willingly compress its power and integrate it into his body.

At the same time, Lu Chen also knew that once Tianmeng Ice Silkworm lost the suppression of Di Tian and Xiong Jun, it would definitely turn against them.

So he specially put on a show with Gu Yuena to make Tianmeng Ice Silkworm willingly become his first soul ring.

"I never expected you to actually succeed," Gu Yuena exclaimed. "How am I supposed to deal with someone like you in the future...?"

At this moment, in Lu Chen's mental world, the nine golden patterns on the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm transformed into ten golden halos, like the sun in the mental world, suspended in mid-air.

"So your name is Lu Chen." Tianmeng Bingcan's voice suddenly rang out, "You don't seem surprised by this world, and... your spiritual sea is even more spacious than I imagined."

"oh."

Lu Chen replied expressionlessly, his tone neither warm nor cold.

"Hey, what's with that expression?!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was very dissatisfied with Lu Chen's reaction.

"If I were you, I'd be ecstatic! To have a 990,000-year-old soul beast as my first soul ring. Oh, wait, to correct me, I'm now the first million-year-old soul beast in the history of Douluo Continent! Please call me Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm!"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm smugly stood with its hands on its hips, showing off.

Lu Chen said calmly, "Okay, big bug."

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm looked at Lu Chen with a sullen expression and said irritably:

Do you even know what a million-year-old soul beast really means?

Not only did I give you a million-year-old divine soul bone, but I can also grant you a second martial soul when you reach level 20!

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly paused, and after sensing the soul power on Lu Chen's body, it was startled:

"Wait, how come you're already at level 20 in soul power?!"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm stared at Lu Chen as if she had seen a ghost.

"Wasn't it agreed that the highest innate soul power level for human soul masters is level ten? Where did you get level twenty?"

Lu Chen calmly explained, "A god-level martial soul is equivalent to innate level 20 soul power."

"A god-level martial soul?"

"You mean you have the legendary god-level martial soul?"

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm stared wide-eyed. It had originally thought that its million-year soul ring was Lu Chen's biggest talking point and reliance, but it never expected that Lu Chen had a god-level martial soul.

You should know that having a million-year soul ring doesn't guarantee becoming a god, but having a god-level martial soul guarantees becoming a god as long as you don't perish!

"A god-level martial soul! It's actually a legendary god-level martial soul!"

Good heavens, what kind of being did I just encounter?! ......

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed to be possessed, constantly repeating those few words.

Lu Chen didn't want to chat with a reading machine, so he took advantage of a break to escape from his mental sea.

When Lu Chen came out and opened his eyes, he saw Gu Yuena's pretty face.

That near-perfect face was very, very close to him.

He could even feel Gu Yuena's warm, fragrant breath on his cheek. She seemed about to fall, as if an angel was about to gently kiss him.

Seeing that Lu Chen had opened his eyes, Gu Yuena didn't change her ambiguous posture. Instead, she asked seriously, "You're awake?"

"Um."

Lu Chen responded and stood up from the ground.

Gu Yuena, hands behind her back, took small, light steps and asked casually, "How does it feel to have a million-year spirit ring as your first spirit ring?"

"It's alright, pretty much as rumored. The first spirit ring has four spirit skills."

Lu Chen shook his shoulders to warm up.

"The only difference between me and Huo Yuhao is that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm gave me a soul bone that is a million years old."

Lu Chen was not surprised that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm could provide him with a soul bone.

The main reason why Huo Yuhao did not obtain the soul bone of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had escaped after being devoured by many soul beasts for ten thousand years, and the remaining energy was not enough to condense a soul bone.

Now, ten thousand years ago, it would be perfectly normal for a soul bone to burst out of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

"So what are your plans next?" Gu Yuena asked curiously.

"Need I say more? We'll definitely go to the far north to get our second soul ring," Lu Chen replied without hesitation.

Gu Yuena blinked and said, "You want to emulate Huo Yuhao? Unfortunately, your martial soul isn't the Spirit Eye, so Huo Yuhao's path might not be suitable for you."

"I have no intention of following Huo Yuhao's path," Lu Chen replied.

"My elemental control martial soul requires a strong foundation of mental power, so I chose the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm as my first soul ring to enhance my mental power. For the next eight soul rings, I will choose extreme elemental soul beasts of different attributes."

Choosing the ultimate ice as the second soul ring will strengthen the ice element into ultimate ice; choosing the ultimate fire as the third soul ring will transform the fire element into ultimate fire.

Gu Yuena instantly understood what Lu Chen was talking about. Her eyes gleamed as she exclaimed, "So, as long as your next eight spirit rings are all from spirit beasts of ultimate elements, then you can control the abilities of eight ultimate elements?!"

Seeing that Gu Yuena understood immediately, Lu Chen nodded and affirmed, "That's right."

At this moment, a hint of regret flashed in Gu Yuena's eyes. "Lu Chen, you're so outstanding, why are you human?"

Lu Chen shrugged helplessly and said, "How should I know? Fate has the best plan."

"However—", Lu Chen changed the subject.

Lu Chen looked at Gu Yuena with tender eyes and said earnestly:

"Thank you for agreeing to cooperate with me in taking down the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to obtain a million-year soul ring at level 20 soul power."

Gu Yuena was taken aback when she saw Lu Chen's serious expression.

She didn't expect Lu Chen to thank her for this, which was completely different from his previous stubbornness.

Gu Yuena quickly came to her senses, crossed her arms in front of her chest, and turned her face away: "Hmph, at least you have some conscience."

Lu Chen smiled slightly at Gu Yuena, as if he had said everything yet also as if he hadn't said anything at all.

Seeing that Lu Chen was staring intently at her, Gu Yuena blushed immediately. "Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

"You're not that difficult to get along with."

After saying that, Gu Yuena disappeared from the spot, leaving Lu Chen alone facing the air.

It was only when Lu Chen was the only one left that a smile appeared on his lips.

He appeared to be thanking Gu Yuena, but in reality, he was trying to manipulate Gu Yuena's feelings.

Only by not giving when others want it, but giving it when they are disappointed, can you touch their hearts.

However, Lu Chen did not believe that these tricks would be effective immediately, after all, the other party was the Silver Dragon King who had lived for countless years.

However, persistence pays off; if you keep doing it, even a fake can become real.

However, Lu Chen was not an ungrateful person. Although his actions were driven by personal motives, his thanks were genuine.

"With so much deception and reality at play, who can truly discern the truth?"

Lu Chen spoke leisurely as he walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest...