"What a huge cave entrance. Whatever lives here must be a behemoth. But how strange?" Tianlin marveled at the size of the cave, but then noticed how unusually quiet it was.
Since arriving in the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, he had seen ten-thousand-year soul beasts everywhere. But since arriving here, he hadn't seen a single one.
"Little friend, don't just stand at the entrance daydreaming. Come in quickly," the voice urged anxiously.
Tianlin stepped into the cave, and what he saw inside astonished him even more. It was a golden cave, covered in gold everywhere. No wonder the entrance shimmered with golden light.
Once inside, Tianlin finally saw the source of the voice that had spoken to him: a snow-white, large, fleshy worm with nine golden stripes on its body. It looked noble and magnificent, but it seemed to be sealed inside a transparent, yellow crystal.
"Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, it really is you."
Tianlin knew this large, fleshy worm. Its real name should be Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, but it only gave itself that name after breaking through a million years. Right now, it was just the Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
"You little brat actually recognize me? Could it be that I'm famous not just in the soul beast world, but even among you humans? I'm doomed!" The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm immediately wailed. It was the soul beast closest to a million years, and if humans learned of its existence, they would definitely hunt it down at any cost.
That would be even worse than falling into the hands of other soul beasts. At least with soul beasts, it would have a chance to survive, just being used as a battery and a cultivation cheat.
"Stop, stop wailing. Don't worry, no other humans besides me should know about you," Tianlin interrupted its wailing. After all, among the two transmigrators on this continent, he was the only one who had read Unrivaled Tang Sect.
No wonder, after hearing the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's tone, he thought of seeing it rather than hearing it, because he hadn't actually heard it speak, only read about it.
"Phew, that's good. You scared me to death! But since you recognize me, then I'm even more certain that you must be my savior from back then. Although I don't know why you turned from a pearl and a sword into a human, please do a good deed to the end and save me one more time!" The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said pitifully.
From its words, Tianlin heard several key pieces of information: pearl, sword, and save again. Could it be that his Spirit had once saved its life?
"Are you talking about these two, the sword and the pearl?" Tianlin asked, raising his left and right hands. The Demon Sword and the Holy Spirit Pearl appeared one after the other.
"Yes, yes, yes, those are them! So they became your Spirits. It's just a pity that now there's only one sword and one pearl left. If the others hadn't been snatched away, you would definitely have become the strongest existence in history. After all, I've lived for hundreds of thousands of years, but I've never seen such powerful divine artifacts," the Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm sighed.
Hearing this, Tianlin stroked his chin and began to speculate, "You said the others? It seems that something I don't know about happened twelve years ago. Rumor has it that a meteor streaked across the sky twelve years ago and fell into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest. The place it fell should have been the Lake of Life, right?"
"That's right, it was the Lake of Life. I was miserable back then, being treated as a tonic by those ferocious beasts every day, constantly being drained of my original soul power for their cultivation. It was truly a sight to break the heart and bring tears to the eyes. But just when I was desperate, suddenly, two beams of light fell into the center of the Lake of Life. The powerful force instantly shattered the space and injured all the ferocious beasts. I took advantage of that moment, relying on my powerful mental strength, to force back Bi Ji, who wasn't good at fighting among the ferocious beasts, and escaped from her direction," the Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm recalled.
"Oh, and it wasn't a meteor, but two beams of light, one black and one white, constantly colliding. After falling into the Lake of Life, the black light disappeared, and the white light revealed itself, which were those two swords and six pearls."
"What, two swords and six pearls! I ask you, what do the other pearls and that sword look like?" Tianlin asked excitedly.
He had a guess that more than just the Demon Sword and the Holy Spirit Pearl had come to the Douluo Continent with him.
"I remember that the other five pearls contained the five elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and lightning. Such powerful treasures naturally attracted the soul beasts with the same attributes to fight over them. For example, the Red King was almost risking his life to fight other ferocious beasts for that fire-attribute pearl."
"Those are the Five Spirit Pearls. What about the sword, what does it look like?"
"Green hilt, silver blade!" The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm answered everything it knew. "Speaking of that sword, I should be most grateful to it. Among the ferocious beasts, there is one named Demon Spirit, whose attribute is darkness, which doesn't match any of those pearls, so it didn't care about the pearls at all and instead chose to capture me."
"But just as it was chasing after me, its aura attracted that divine sword. The divine sword merely released its divine power, suppressing it so that it couldn't move. It's just a pity that the divine sword had no master at the time, otherwise it would have been easy to kill that bastard Demon Spirit."
The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's tone revealed deep regret, but Tianlin was extremely excited. "The Illuminating Courage Divine Sword, also known as the Demon Suppression Sword, it can't be wrong. This sword has absolute restraint against demonic and evil beings. That's great! Do you know where the other pearls and the sword are now?"
"I only know that they must have fallen into the hands of those ferocious beasts. I'm not sure exactly who has them. Back then, to seize the treasures, the major ferocious beasts killed each other. The furious Di Tian unleashed a powerful attack, scattering the two swords and the pearls. One sword and five pearls were taken away by the ferocious beasts, while the other sword and one pearl flew off somewhere, and it turned out that they became your Spirits when you were born."
The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm recounted the events that happened twelve years ago in detail. Hearing this, Tianlin knew that he had another mission. No matter how much effort he had to put in this life, he had to take back the remaining sword and five pearls from the ferocious beasts.
"In addition, what I'm more concerned about is not the two swords and the pearls, but the black light that suddenly disappeared. From that light, I felt unprecedented darkness and evil. Di Tian and Demon Spirit also have dark attributes, but their darkness is like a crow compared to a phoenix compared to that black light. Do you know what that black light is?" The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked.
Tianlin shook his head. He really didn't have a clue about what the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said at the end. It seemed that he still had many truths to uncover.
"By the way, didn't you escape? How did you end up here again?" Tianlin asked in confusion.
"Well, it's like this. Among the ferocious beasts, besides the Demon Spirit, there's another Soul Beast whose attributes are completely incompatible with those beads. It's called Bear Lord, and its true form is a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Its attribute is metal. After the Demon Spirit was suppressed by that sword, it avoided the sword and secretly chased after us from another direction."
"This guy is very selfish. He didn't plan to return me to the other ferocious beasts at all. Instead, after capturing me, he secretly sealed me in this cave, turning me into an exclusive cultivation tool for him and one of his sworn brothers." The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said awkwardly. Having just escaped only to be caught again, this Soul Beast who had lived for ninety-nine thousand years actually felt quite embarrassed.
"I see, no wonder there are no other Soul Beasts near this cave. So this is the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's territory." Tianlin understood, then thought of something, "Wait, doesn't that mean the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear could come back at any time?"
"Yes, I felt it just now. At this time, it should be almost at the cave entrance." The Golden Pattern Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said calmly, speaking sarcastically.
At this moment, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded outside the cave. There should be two giant Soul Beasts. Tianlin broke out in a cold sweat. One of them was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear! This time, he was really done in by this big meat worm.
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