Douluo V: Reborn White-headed Eagle, Many Children, Many Blessings

"Great, welcome to the team."

A satisfied smile appeared on Su Ran's face. He then inquired about another important purpose of the trip:

"I've heard that there's a soul beast called the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in your far north? Ice Emperor, do you know where it is now?"

"The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm?"

Upon hearing this, Hyotei paused slightly, a hint of reminiscence flashing in her emerald eyes, and hesitated before saying:

"You mean... that million-year-old ice silkworm with ten golden stripes on its body?"

"It is him. Where is he now?" Su Ran asked, her gaze focused.

"This... I don't know." The Ice Emperor shook his head, his brow furrowed slightly as he fell into thought. "The last time I saw him was more than a thousand years ago. At that time, I intended to devour him to increase my cultivation. Although I injured him, he ultimately managed to escape into the depths of the ice."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, a hint of amusement flashed in Su Ran's eyes, and she smiled, "You actually want to devour him? As far as I know, he is deeply in love with you."

A look of undisguised contempt and disgust instantly appeared on Hyotei's exquisite face. She let out a cold snort, her voice as sharp and icy as ice:

"He has a million years of cultivation, but his combat strength is extremely weak. Moreover, ice silkworms are a common ingredient in the diet of my clan."

"How could I, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, possibly deign to look down upon such a prey that is all show and no substance, only capable of fleeing?"

She paused, her tone unconsciously softening. She glanced at Xue Di beside her, a faint blush rising on her cheeks, and her voice lowered. "Besides... I already have someone I love in my heart."

Su Ran took in Hyotei's subtle expressions, understood, and nodded:

"Okay, I understand."

As long as it's confirmed that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is still dormant in the far north, that's fine.

This Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is a veritable mobile treasure trove bestowed by the heavens and earth. Although its cultivation age is terrifying, its true combat strength is far from comparable to peak beings like Emperor Tian and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Even the Ice Emperor before him is no match for it.

In the original story, he was imprisoned by Di Tian and other ferocious beasts for many years, draining his vital energy. Yet, he managed to escape and become Huo Yuhao's intelligent soul ring, demonstrating the extraordinary vitality and spirituality he possessed.

However, in this vast and endless Arctic ice field with ice layers that are tens of thousands of years old, finding a deliberately hidden ice silkworm is like finding a needle in a haystack.

After a moment's thought, Su Ran turned her gaze back to Hyotei, having already made up her mind.

"Hyotei, I need your help to lure him out."

"Me?" Hyotei looked up in surprise, her blue eyes filled with confusion and resistance. "How am I supposed to lure him out? He's trying to avoid me!"

"Simple." Su Ran's lips curled into a half-smile. "We'll just look for him on the ice plains. You just need to walk and call out: 'Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, I've come to find you! Come out quickly, let's be partners.' That's all."

Upon hearing this, Hyotei was stunned for a moment, then her fair cheeks flushed red, and turned blue with shame and indignation. Her delicate body trembled slightly from the intense friction.

As one of the three Heavenly Kings of the far north, a hegemon who commands thousands of ice-type soul beasts, and a peak existence of nearly 400,000 years, she was asked to call out to the obsessive ice silkworm that she had always regarded as food and had once hunted down, as if calling out to a playmate.

This was even more embarrassing and humiliating for her than defeating her outright.

She looked up abruptly, her eyes filled with a mixture of coldness and anger. She was about to retort, but when her gaze met Su Ran's calm yet unfathomable eyes, and the look of dissuasion and helplessness that Xue Di gave her, her boiling emotions cooled down as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over them.

Circumstances dictate that she had no choice but to submit, leaving her with no room for refusal.

"...Okay." The word was almost squeezed out from between Hyotei's teeth. She turned her face away, no longer looking at Su Ran, her hands clenched tightly, her knuckles turning slightly white.

The group then began to slowly make their way across the vast and desolate ice plain.

The biting wind whipped up tiny ice crystals, blowing past everyone.

Hyotei walked slightly ahead, her beautiful face covered with a layer of frost, her lips pressed tightly together.

Every so often, she would utter, with utter stiffness and almost no emotion, the phrase that filled her with shame as she rapidly recited it towards the vast, icy plain:

"Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm... I've come to find you. Come out quickly... let's be partners."

Her voice was dry and her tone flat. Every time she finished speaking, her cheeks would twitch slightly involuntarily, as if she had done something extremely shameful. Her eyes darted away, as if she wanted to disappear into an ice crevice immediately.

……

Meanwhile, deep within the far north ice plains, in a secluded place rarely visited by humans.

This is a huge natural ice cave deep beneath the ice layer. The light is dim, but it is not extremely cold. Instead, it is filled with pure and rich ice-attribute energy.

Scattered on the walls and floor of the ice cave are numerous ancient ice marrows of varying sizes, crystal clear, and emitting a soft blue light. These rare treasures, which would cause soul masters and soul beasts to fight fiercely in the outside world, are as common as ordinary stones here.

In the center of the ice cave, beside an exceptionally large pile of millennia-old ice marrow, lay a soul beast of astonishing size.

Its entire body is like the purest white jade, crystal clear and lustrous. It has a diameter of over one meter and a length of over seven meters. Its round body makes it look rather honest and lazy.

What's most peculiar is that its jade-like body is evenly surrounded by ten dazzling golden lines, emitting a faint golden halo.

At this moment, the giant ice silkworm is immersed in a deep sleep, its regular breathing causing its body to rise and fall slightly, and it occasionally smacks its lips, as if it is tasting something delicious in its dream.

"Hmm...who...is calling me?"

"The voice... sounds so familiar..."

"It sounds like... Bingbing? It's Bingbing's voice!"

"Bingbing is calling me?! She wants me to be her partner?"

The sleeping Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm gradually detached its consciousness from its chaotic dream.

The intermittent call that reached the depths of his soul, though stiff and awkward, carried the unique aura and timbre that had haunted his dreams for countless years, making his heart leap.

The murmur echoed softly in the empty ice cave, and then his round little eyes, which had been tightly closed, suddenly opened!

A fleeting look of initial confusion crossed his eyes, which was then overwhelmed by immense shock and uncontrollable elation.

Bingbing actually called him her partner.

Doesn't that mean you accept him?

Let's be partners first, then...be together...

They produced a bunch of adorable silkworms.

Thinking of this, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm couldn't resist any longer. It wriggled its round, bulging body and suddenly darted toward the ice surface.

"Bingbing, I'm here!"