From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 578 Tang Hao Returns with the Divine Test? [Bonus Chapter]

"How about it? What's your choice? Your body is full of ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow, so it's relatively easy to upgrade you to a million-year-old. See the ice spring? Soak in the middle for a year or two, like cooking hot pot. Once you're cooked—no, once all the energy in your body has melted away—you'll be able to break through to a million years."

Chen Hong smiled slightly as he looked at the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which was currently battling the withered and flourishing giant tree. He noticed that the two 990,000-year-old soul beasts in this world seemed to have a very good chance of reaching the million-year realm. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was a given; that guy was directly stuck at the limit of 999999 years. If it weren't for the ruthless million-year tribulation, he could easily have reached the million-year realm.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is slightly inferior, but not by much. The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm already possesses a large amount of undigested energy within its body. If it is then thrown into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well hot pot for a year or two, it can directly break through the million-year realm.

"Moreover," Chen Hong took out a 'blue walnut' from his hand and shook it in front of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. The latter's small eyes were also fixed on the beautiful blue soul bead in Chen Hong's hand. For some reason, an uncontrollable emotion rose in Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's heart, and it wanted to swallow the blue soul bead in one gulp.

"Awoo!" No sooner said than done, before Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's little head could even react, its little body took the lead, opening its little mouth and swallowing Chen Hong's palm whole.

"You can't eat this right now." A brilliant black lotus bloomed in Chen Hong's deep eyes, and a gentle smile appeared on his face. He watched as Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's teeth were shattered by his fist. The latter woke up instantly in pain, covered its mouth, and looked at the blue soul bead in Chen Hong's hand with some lingering fear.

With a slight thought, all the miscellaneous items in his hand were shaken away. Only then did Chen Hong slowly open his palm, revealing the blue soul bead that had been embedded in his palm at some unknown time, emitting an alluring halo.

"This thing is evil!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm felt a chill run down her spine as she looked at the blue soul bead in Chen Hong's hand with lingering fear.

Just now, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had the thought of wanting to eat the other party, but wasn't that also a kind of action by the other party wanting to devour him?

"It's just the last vestige of self-preservation instinct of a Dragon King-level remnant soul. This thing is really hard to clean up. You want to devour it, but the opposite is true. It wants to devour you more, because your strength is practically a divine pill to help it be reborn." Chen Hong chuckled and whispered to the still-frightened Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

"But one thing is absolutely right, and that is, this thing is very effective for you. Your bloodline limits you. How so? You Ice Silkworms, these insect-type soul beasts, are not native to this world. You are more like naturalized species of this world. The first batch of Ice Silkworms that were transformed into soul beasts are what you are now. So if you don't have any opportunities to change your bloodline in the future, then your form will basically be this kind of big insect for the rest of your lives."

The Ice Silkworm, a type of soul beast, seems to have been captured in its larval form for some unknown reason. When the world's rules were assimilated, the larvae failed to evolve, and the Ice Silkworms that were bred afterward were forever in their larval form.

Furthermore, Chen Hong had his own thoughts on why the Ice Silkworm hadn't completed its evolution. In his previous life, he had dealt with a type of interstellar insectoid race and understood that some insectoid larvae couldn't evolve into whatever form they wanted; instead, they needed other insectoid races to inject corresponding genes to complete their subsequent evolution. Therefore, Chen Hong suspected that the Ice Silkworm's predecessor might also have been some kind of insectoid race that, unable to defeat the Dragon God, was incorporated into the Dragon God's universe and assimilated into soul beasts.

So when you think about it this way, the fact that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm has been at the realm of nearly a million years and still can't evolve suddenly makes a lot of sense.

"This Dragon Ball can help you transform into a dragon. In other words, you won't emerge from your cocoon as a butterfly; you'll only emerge as a dragon. However, if your body is strong enough, you might be able to transform into a dragon butterfly."

"So, do you want to give it a try? You can stay here and eat hot pot for a year or two, break through to the million-year realm and see how it turns out. If you fail in the end, it doesn't matter. This dragon ball gives you a chance to start over. How about it, are you tempted?" Chen Hong used a very seductive voice to entice Tianmeng Ice Silkworm with a smile.

As a perfect vessel for the Heavenly Embryo Pattern, Chen Hong was eager to see what the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm would look like when it broke through to the million-year realm. This data might be helpful for the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's breakthrough to the million-year realm. Of course, it would also be of great help to Chen Hong himself.

For Chen Hong, the Ice and Fire Dragon King Soul Pearl was two opportunities to reshape his physical body. Chen Hong and Ye Lingling each had one, but judging from Ye Lingling's appearance, she probably didn't need it. Therefore, it would be quite good to use it for Tianmeng Ice Silkworm to conduct experiments.

"And don't you like that Hyotei...?"

"Huh?! How did you know that???" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was instantly shocked.

"You can't use your mental power, but I can read your memories. Although there's too much junk information and I can't figure anything out, I can still read minds. Hyotei appears in your mind quite often." Chen Hong smiled slightly and told Tianmeng Bingcan this bad news amidst her drastic change in expression.

"You can't read my mind," Tianmeng Bingcan said weakly.

"Passive ability: When you're in front of me, your thoughts are transparent; I can see your mind, understand?"

"Alright then, you read it." Tianmeng Bingcan immediately backed down.

In the end, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm accepted Chen Hong's suggestion and chose to become a spicy strip in the Ice and Fire Hot Pot, preparing to quickly digest the energy in its body and reach the top of the million-year soul beast in the shortest time.

During the hot pot session at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Chen Hong and Ye Lingling found the Evil Emperor and the Demon Whale King one after another, and used their Heavenly Tribulation to complete the final tempering of the Ice and Fire Dragon Pearl.

"Huh? Tang Hao has returned with the Divine Test?" One day, Chen Hong at sea heard this news that surprised him.

"The disciples of the Douluo Haotian Sect, searching for their son, suddenly came upon the Dragon Tomb Domain. After walking several dozen steps, the space opened up, revealing a landscape of bones on the ground and souls filling the sky. The Dragon Soul Elder said, 'The story here is not to be told to outsiders.' The God Lord went with them, but to no avail."

"Those of the future, you are from a shattered world."

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The Chronicles of the Dragon Tomb - A High-Dimensional Observer - Codename: [Spirit Eye]

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