Douluo: Starting by Taking Control of the Holy Ghost Cult's Saintess

"It's that big bug Tianmeng. You're actually still alive. As expected of the longest-living fellow in our Land of Extreme North," the Ice Empress's crisp voice sounded from all directions, responding to the previous voice. Accompanied by a terrifying sound wave, the snow on the ground almost instantly rose three meters high, like a suddenly stirred-up wave. At this moment, only the area within a hundred-meter radius around the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's body remained calm, all protected by the vast spiritual power emanating from it.

"Bingbing, you haven't even died yet, why can't I be alive? Still remember what I said back then? If I don't die, one day, I will become your partner," the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice suddenly became very gentle. That even somewhat fawning voice gave Huo Yuhao goosebumps. As expected of a million-year simp!

With the current combination of Huo Yuhao and the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, coming to this Land of Extreme North was undoubtedly a huge risk. Although the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was powerful, it was now undoubtedly attached to Huo Yuhao, having become his first soul ring. Even if it was a wisdom soul ring, it was still a part of the soul master's body. Whether it was strong or weak still mainly depended on Huo Yuhao's ability.

"Ten Thousand Demon King, I didn't expect you to actually appear in this place, the Land of Extreme North," the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm turned its head to face the towering great tree, its eyes suddenly turning cold. "You, who rarely leaves your deep abode in Star Dou, why have you come to disturb the reunion between me and Bingbing?"

Ten Thousand Demon King? One of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest? Huo Yuhao was extremely surprised. Why would that Demon Eye Demon Tree, ranked fifth, appear in this place?

The trunk of the demon tree continuously twisted and deformed, finally gradually transforming into a human form in the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's spiritual perception.

The Ten Thousand Demon King appeared as a middle-aged man. His appearance was not particularly handsome, and his face was somewhat pale green. Even his eyes were a bluish-green. It was a creepy shade of green, and within its depths, it was filled with a demonic brilliance. The Ten Thousand Demon King's figure was not tall but was very slender. He wore a long, dark green robe that moved without wind, slowly fluttering backward. A head of long hair of the same color was also the same. It was just that his long hair was too long, fluttering a full ten meters behind him.

Among the plant-type soul beasts on the entire continent, there were always some exceptionally talented existences. Once they fully grew up, they were even more terrifying than the vast majority of animal-type soul beasts.

This Ten Thousand Demon King, whose main body was a Demon Eye Demon Tree, was just like that. He was originally a Demon Eye Demon Tree that grew on the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. There was nothing remarkable about his bloodline itself.

Although the Demon Eye Demon Tree was considered a rare tree species in the Star Dou Great Forest, it wasn't particularly powerful even if it cultivated to become a soul beast. Because they were of the spiritual attribute, what they were best at was paralyzing and controlling opponents through the tree eyes that grew on their bodies, and then killing the opponent with corrosive tree sap, which would then become its nutrients after rotting.

Among the five great ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, if someone understood all of their personalities, then if they were to choose an enemy from among them, the Ten Thousand Demon King would probably be the one everyone was least willing to choose. He might not have the Beast God's strength or the Bear Lord's explosive power, but he had the sinister cruelty of a viper and an endurance far surpassing ordinary soul beasts. He was definitely an extremely terrifying enemy.

After Di Tian discovered its existence, he had no choice but to forcibly keep it next to his own habitat for surveillance. Because when Di Tian discovered the existence of the Ten Thousand Demon King back then, it had already ruled over more than a third of the soul beasts in the outer periphery of the Star Dou Great Forest. With its help, these plant-type soul beasts were all growing rapidly.

The reason Di Tian did not kill it was out of fear. Plants were the last barrier of the Star Dou Great Forest. The importance of the Ten Thousand Demon King, who controlled a large number of plant-type soul beasts, to the Star Dou Great Forest was self-evident! It made even Di Tian not dare to kill it. In Di Tian's eyes, its existence was even more important than the Emerald Swan, Bi Ji.

"Tianmeng, since you've come seeking death, then I shall grant your wish!" the Ice Empress's crisp voice was suddenly full of killing intent. The emerald-green sky also instantly turned dark green. A thick killing intent descended from the sky, and the air within the hundred-meter radius guarded by Tianmeng's body instantly shrank.

"Ice Empress, since this fellow has appeared, why not take it back to Star Dou to continue to play its role?" The Ten Thousand Demon King stood with his hands behind his back, looking with great interest at the location of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. "The Master has given an order. From this day forth, all the ferocious beasts on the continent are to gather at the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest. This big bug can also be considered half a ferocious beast. We might as well take it back and wait for the Master's judgment."

Hearing the words "the Master," the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's face instantly became incomparably ugly. It seemed that when it was imprisoned by Di Tian and those other ferocious beasts back then, it had been absorbed as nutrients by the master the Ten Thousand Demon King spoke of no small number of times.

The Master? The Silver Dragon King is out? Huo Yuhao was astonished. Isn't that fellow still recovering from her injuries? From the perspective of the original novel, even if the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena became the Life God-King in the future, she would still have to honestly call Huo Yuhao "brother-in-law"!

The original Huo Yuhao's little brother-in-law, Tang Wulin, hasn't even been born yet, and this cheap younger sister-in-law is already out causing trouble?

Speaking of which, the ability of these soul beasts to transform into human form was truly blessed by heaven. In the original novel, that Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena was the darling of life. In her human form, she was the undisputed number one beauty in the entire Douluo series, with no one else coming close.

While Huo Yuhao was lost in his reverie over here, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm over there ignored the Ten Thousand Demon King at its side and continued to speak with calm elegance, "No, what I said are my heartfelt words. I have lived for a million years, and in these million years, I have spent the vast majority of my time in dreams. And deep in my heart, the only one who has left a mark, who has made my heart move uncontrollably, is you. Bingbing, do you know why I chose to come back at this time? Because I calculated that in less than a hundred years, you would reach your limit, a dead end. At that time, you would be unable to break through the next great limit and would be annihilated in this cold world. So, I came back. I can't wait any longer. A long life is already meaningless to me, and my own life doesn't have much time left either. I came back so that you can live on, so that we can truly be together."

Huo Yuhao and Bibi Dong in his spiritual sea both sighed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. How much of a simp can this Tianmeng Ice Silkworm be! Huo Yuhao was not the original owner with his glass heart. Although what Tianmeng did was indeed for the Ice Empress's sake, its ultimate goal was still to bring about Huo Yuhao's success.

Although the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's spiritual power was strong, at this moment, all its energy was focused on sensing the Ice Empress and the Ten Thousand Demon King, and it did not notice Huo Yuhao's thoughts about it.

The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm continued to say mischievously, "Baby, we haven't seen each other for so many years. Are you still not willing to come out and see me?"

The Ice Empress's cold voice sounded again, "Tianmeng, do you know that to your race, I am a natural enemy?"

The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm smiled faintly, "Of course I know, but so what? Who stipulated that one cannot fall in love with their natural enemy? Precisely because of this, I love you even more."

The Ice Empress expressed her disdain, "Unfortunately, you are not qualified to like me. However, I am still very moved that you are willing to send yourself back as food for me to eat. For us to become one in this way, how can I not grant your wish? You should be able to feel that I am approaching you. Wait for me. Within a quarter of an hour, I will be by your side. I will grant you this love. I will treat you well. I will chew your body and energy bit by bit and make them a part of me."

The Ten Thousand Demon King frowned but did not speak to stop her. In this place, the Land of Extreme North, he did not dare to be too presumptuous. Even if the Beast God Di Tian were here, he could not stop the vast majority of things the Ice Empress wanted to do.

The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed to have long been accustomed to the Ice Empress's personality and said helplessly, "Can't you be a little gentler? Always so cold and domineering. No wonder you are still single. By the way, I've always wanted to ask you, is that joke that spread throughout the Land of Extreme North true? Did you really fall in love with the Snow Empress back then?"

"Tianmeng, I will definitely tear you to pieces!" The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's words instantly touched the most painful spot in the Ice Empress's heart. Its voice instantly became hysterical. The dark green sky also suddenly turned into a deep black.

Just at this moment, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice sounded in Huo Yuhao's mind, "Yuhao, get ready. When I say start, you must be ready with your third soul skill. That old schemer, the Ten Thousand Demon King, is here. Many things will not be as easy as they were originally, you know?"

"Don't worry," Huo Yuhao replied.

The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's emotions seemed very tense. And at the next moment, the Ice Empress, who had just said she needed a quarter of an hour to appear, finally showed herself.

The dim sky once again turned emerald green. A beam of emerald-green light created a horizontal line in the sky. Almost in a flash of green light, a soul beast appeared opposite the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

The Ice Empress was very beautiful. Its body length was about one and a half meters, not yet as large as the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's original body. It was a scorpion, a scorpion of ultimate beauty. It had two colors on its body: one was the color of ice, and the other was emerald green.

The front part of the Ice Empress's body had four overlapping layers. Each layer was slightly longer than half a foot. Its head grew on the very front layer, and its silver-white mouthparts shone with a dark, cold light. The front half of its body was covered with a special kind of scale—hexagonal protrusions that shone with an incomparably brilliant luster, like diamonds. These protrusions were densely packed on its front half and its six long, powerful legs. Under the reflection of the snow light, they emitted an incomparably brilliant luster. It was as if at this moment, it had become a source of light, and thousands of brilliant colors were refracted from it.

Its two front pincers were both a meter long. The front pincers were also covered with those strange, diamond-like hexagonal protrusions. Only the very front claws were the same as its mouthparts, a mirror-like, glossy silver-white.

The Ice Empress's eyes were like two yellow diamonds inlaid on it, hexagonal in shape. The crystal-yellow light flickered, giving off a feeling of sparkling treasure.

Unlike the multi-jointed tail of an ordinary scorpion, the Ice Empress's long tail had a total of only five segments. Each segment was an alluring emerald green. The emerald green shone with a light full of life. The five segments were of the same color. The segment closest to the upper body was the widest, and it became narrower towards the back. At the position of the last segment was a tail hook covered with diamond particles, held high. The very tip was a hook with a mirror-like, glossy silver-white sheen.

A soul beast as brilliant as a gemstone, how could it not be worthy of the word "beautiful"? And to just use beautiful to describe it was really a bit pale and weak. Even Bibi Dong in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea couldn't help but stare in a daze.

Seeing it, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's eyes couldn't help but show a look of intoxication. "Bingbing, you've come... you are still so charming. I remember the last time I saw you, your tail had six segments, but now it has fused into five! I love this tempting green the most. It seems my memory is not wrong, you are not far from your great limit..."

The Ice Empress snorted with disdain, and the crisp female voice sounded again, "Bragging will only make you die faster. You've been hiding so well for so many years. You suddenly came back this time, just to die?"

The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said with deep affection, "Of course, I came back to let you live on! My one-sided, bitter love is finally coming to an end. For so many years, every time I fell into a deep sleep, I would dream of you. Darling, now we can finally be together forever."

The Ice Empress finally couldn't stand the infatuated look on the simp's face. Its highly raised tail hook suddenly lit up, and a beam of pure white light instantly shot towards the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's body.

"Ice Empress, be careful!" the Ten Thousand Demon King suddenly shouted a reminder.

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(Translator's Note: The chapter title refers to the Silver Dragon King. In the original novels, her human form, Gu Yuena, becomes the lover of Tang San's son, Tang Wulin. From Huo Yuhao's future-knowledge perspective, this makes her his future younger brother's wife, or his "younger sister-in-law.")