Douluo Continent: I, Long Aotian, will not be a supporting character.

That pale golden membrane was the remains of the million-year-old Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

The remains that entered Long Aotian's sea of ​​consciousness gradually solidified into a platinum shield under the control of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. At the same time, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm also injected its remaining ice attribute power into it, and the platinum shield gradually became more and more solid and heavy.

The Sea of ​​Spirit has no time limit; time is neither long nor short. Under the control of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, the platinum shield finally took shape.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm glanced at the shield with satisfaction, then tossed it toward Long Aotian, who caught it.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm proudly said, "According to your human weapon classification, the shield I forged should have reached the level of a semi-divine artifact. It's only one step away from becoming a true divine artifact. If you have the opportunity to encounter suitable rare and precious materials in the future and incorporate them into it, perhaps this shield will evolve into a true divine artifact. With a divine artifact, your ascension to godhood will be more assured."

"Thank you so much, Tianmeng, you've worked hard." Long Aotian touched the shield and said happily. As for the rare and precious materials that Tianmeng mentioned that could evolve the shield into a divine artifact, Long Aotian naturally knew where to find them. The Dragon Gate Secret Realm in Dragon City of the Heavenly Soul Empire contained Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystal. Ice Extreme Divine Crystal was a divine-grade ice attribute metal, which could definitely evolve the shield into a divine artifact.

Tianmeng continued, "This shield I forged can deflect all physical and mental attacks. Of course, the premise is that the opponent's strength is lower than yours, then it will deflect all of them. If the opponent's strength is higher than yours, then it will deflect only a portion. The mental attack deflection depends on the user's mental strength level, while the physical attack deflection depends on the user's vitality level. If I were to activate this shield, I'm afraid that in the entire Douluo Continent, apart from the Evil Emperor, no other Soul Master or Soul Beast could break through its defense in terms of mental attacks. As for physical attacks, there aren't many that could break through its defense either."

"If you were to activate it, Aotian, the effect would be greatly reduced. After all, although you have great talent, your strength is still far inferior to mine," Tianmeng boasted smugly.

However, Tianmeng was indeed right. With the mental power of Tianmeng's million-year-old soul beast driving this shield, apart from the Evil Emperor, a soul beast specializing in mental attacks, who has the means and ability to break through the defense, even Limit Douluo's mental power is not as great as Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's, and they are indeed unable to break through the defense with mental attacks.

As for physical attacks, Tianmeng's life force has been almost completely drained by the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, so her resistance is much weaker. Super Douluo and above, as well as ferocious beasts, might be able to break through her defenses.

Even so, this semi-divine shield is excellent enough. If it is upgraded to a divine artifact in the future, its defensive power will definitely be on another level.

"Alright, Aotian, give it a name. I hope you can make good use of it in the future and strive to ascend to the God Realm as soon as possible," Tianmeng said.

"Since this shield has the ability to reflect everything, let's call it the Shield of Life Reflection."

"Whatever you want, it'll be yours eventually anyway."

"Alright, there's one last important thing you have to promise me."

"Tell me, Tianmeng, what is it?"

"When you are strong enough, you must help me find a soul beast in the far north. If I ascend to the God Realm, I must take her with me."

Upon hearing Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's request, Long Aotian guessed that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it was probably about finding one of the three great kings of the far north, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion—the Ice Emperor. Sure enough, Tianmeng had Stockholm syndrome; the Ice Emperor wanted to eat him, but he fell in love with her instead.

Tianmeng continued, "The one I want you to find is the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, one of the three great kings of the far north—the Ice Emperor. She is my lover, and she is only about a hundred years away from breaking through the 400,000-year limit. Based on my understanding of her, she absolutely cannot break through the 400,000-year lightning tribulation limit. Originally, I was thinking that if I created a prototype of the ultimate ice second martial soul for you, and then took you to the far north to find the Ice Emperor, I would have her sacrifice herself to you to become the vessel for your second martial soul. In this way, you can have the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion as your second martial soul."

"However, since you already possess twin martial souls, this path is blocked. Therefore, what I want you to promise is that you must become a god within a hundred years and then help me save the Ice Emperor. Otherwise, there's no point in me living alone."

"Okay, Tianmeng, I promise you. I will find a suitable way to save your Hyotei as soon as possible."

"Good lad, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. Aotian, you really are a man of honor."

"Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. My sacrifice took a lot of energy, so I need to rest. You should also get your consciousness back soon. Your two little girlfriends have finished absorbing my scattered spiritual energy and have woken up. They're waiting for you outside."

After saying that, the phantom of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm merged into a golden sphere of light.

Long Aotian's consciousness returned to his body, and he opened his eyes.

The first thing I saw was Vina and Jin Ni.

Long Aotian opened his eyes, and Vina and Jin Ni also opened their eyes at the same time after the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power subsided.

Vina asked, "Brother Ao, how are you feeling? Nothing unexpected happened, right?"

Jin Ni's eyes also revealed a look of concern.

Long Aotian said, "Nana, Jin Ni, don't worry. I've received a tremendous benefit this time. The million-year-old Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed itself to me, not only condensing the first million-year soul ring for my second martial soul, but also providing four soul skills at once. Moreover, it used its remains to forge a top-grade shield. Look."

As she spoke, Long Aotian summoned the Life Reflection Shield from his body. Looking at the shield, Jin Ni said, "As expected of a million-year-old soul beast, it is indeed quite capable. This shield has reached the level of a semi-divine artifact, and it is only one step away from becoming a divine artifact." As an imperial auspicious beast, Jin Ni's eyesight was naturally excellent, and she could see the extraordinary nature of this shield at a glance.

Long Aotian handed the shield to Vina: "Nana, take this. This shield is the Life Reflection Shield, capable of reflecting all mental and physical attacks. The reflection of mental attacks depends on the user's mental strength level, while the reflection of physical attacks depends on the user's life force level. With your current third-level Mustard Seed level mental strength in the Purple Demon Eye, I'm afraid even the mental soul skills of ordinary Title Douluos won't be able to harm you. As for physical attacks, your Martial Soul Snow Lotus is inherently a life attribute. With your life force supporting it, it can at least greatly enhance the ability to reflect physical attacks. It's most suitable for you, so I'm giving it to you. As a support-type Soul Master, you lack defensive means."