Unfortunately, only one year remained.
Even if it meant survival—
The Skydream Iceworm, like a madman, had been frantically deducing the method of creating an Intelligent Spirit Ring within the Blue Silver Space that would be effective for Ye Yu.
But in the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.
Now, there were only a few months left in the one-year deadline Ye Yu had set.
Yet, the Skydream Iceworm had come to a desperate realization:
It couldn't do it.
It simply couldn't be done!
Even though it had relied on the sacrificial talent that Spirit Beasts naturally gained after breaking through the hundred-thousand-year breakthrough—
And even though it had used its immense spiritual power to control spirit power, researching methods of sealing and stripping its own essence—
And even though it had nearly perfected the method of creating an Intelligent Spirit Ring—
Right now, it suddenly realized something terrifying:
Ye Yu's current cultivation had already reached Titled Douluo.
And, he did not have a second Martial Soul.
There was no way for it to sacrifice itself and embed its soul into a Spirit Ring to offer to Ye Yu.
It couldn't become Ye Yu's Intelligent Spirit Ring.
And without that, everything afterward would be in jeopardy!
There was no way forward!
For the sake of survival, the Skydream Iceworm could only weep bitterly as it confessed this problem to Ye Yu.
"Honorable Spirit Master, it's not that this little worm didn't work hard."
"It's that… Honorable Spirit Master, you've already reached Titled Douluo."
"While I could forcibly become your Intelligent Spirit Ring and attach myself to a second Martial Soul born from the sacrificial process—"
"The problem is…"
"That second Martial Soul would be me—an Iceworm."
"I imagine, Honorable Spirit Master, that you would not want such a result."
"If we proceed this way, I'm afraid I'd still end up dead."
"Please, benevolent and merciful Spirit Master, spare this little worm a path to live!"
"I've already tried my best… But there's truly no other way!"
After hearing the Skydream Iceworm's complaints,
Ye Yu didn't scold it, nor did he continue to use the threat of death to force it to come up with a solution.
Instead, he quietly fell into contemplation.
Because now, with the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree's sub-bodies already "planted" all across the continent like a cheat device,
Ye Yu no longer needed to rely on long periods of cultivation through the Inner Core Method to increase his Spirit Power.
Now, when he cultivated using the Inner Core Method,
It was mostly to maintain peak condition,
While simultaneously tempering his spiritual power and blood essence.
Moreover, by entering the quasi–Heaven-Man Unity state through the Inner Core Method,
He could calmly and rationally deduce new self-created Spirit Abilities.
In that state—
Ye Yu discovered that the effect of deducing his self-created abilities was astonishingly effective!
Right now, he was beginning to form a complete concept of a method to refine the body using blood essence.
This cultivation method was inspired by Mysterious Jade Hand and his successfully deduced Mysterious Jade Body!
Thinking back on the Skydream Iceworm's words,
Ye Yu also realized that after reaching Titled Douluo, he could no longer absorb Spirit Rings.
This posed a significant problem for receiving the Skydream Iceworm's Intelligent Spirit Ring method.
But even if he could go back in time—
He would still choose to forcibly push the Golden Tree's cultivation to the hundred-thousand-year mark,
Allowing the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul to absorb the Golden Tree's 100,000-year Spirit Ring and break through to Titled Douluo.
His Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul was walking the path of ultimate life!
Absorbing plant-type Spirit Beasts with life and metal attributes—
This aligned with the Martial Soul's properties, reinforced its shortcomings,
And allowed powerful Spirit Abilities to unlock even greater potential for development.
But what benefit could come from absorbing the Skydream Iceworm's Spirit Ring?
Aside from gaining more Spirit Abilities from a million-year Spirit Ring,
The attributes were entirely incompatible.
Even if the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul absorbed the million-year Spirit Ring, the resulting abilities wouldn't be strong.
So Ye Yu had no regrets.
Even though he now faced a problem acquiring a second Martial Soul—
Ye Yu remained calm.
In this world, there is no problem without a solution.
If it seems like there is—
It just means you haven't thought of it yet.
From being born with merely sub-rank one innate Spirit Power as a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master,
To growing step by step to his current level—
He had encountered countless seemingly unsolvable problems along the way.
Had he given up at the start, none of this would exist today!
So in the midst of the Skydream Iceworm's whining—
Ye Yu, after deep thought, quickly found a new possibility.
"Tian Meng, about the million-year Spirit Ring granted through your sacrifice."
"I don't particularly care for the full million years of cultivation."
"Can you separate a portion of that cultivation into a spiritual attribute essence and fuse it with my eyes—turning my eyes into a Martial Soul, a spiritual-type Martial Soul?"
"In that case, your Spirit Ring could become the Spirit Ring for this new Martial Soul."
Hearing this, the Skydream Iceworm was momentarily stunned.
After some deep thinking, it spoke hesitantly:
"It's possible, I suppose. This little worm's essence is strong enough."
"If you're willing to give up the full million-year Spirit Ring, I can strip part of its cultivation and convert it into spiritual-type essence to try fusing it with your eyes—turning your eyes into a spiritual-type Martial Soul."
"But doing so would be very difficult."
"Even with my powerful spiritual force to assist, fusing that essence into your eyes won't be easy."
"If it fails, your eyes could suffer…"
"They might even explode!"
"And also, my life force and Spirit Power essence are limited."
"Splitting into two Martial Souls means I may not be able to elevate both to the top tier."
"If you want your eyes to become the strongest possible Martial Soul, then the other—your ice-attribute Martial Soul—might be weakened."
"Even if you later fuse it with a top-tier ice-attribute Spirit Beast to shape it into that form, its overall quality could be lower."
"Unless… you find a way to replenish more Martial Soul essence into the ice-type Martial Soul."
"And make sure the two don't conflict with each other."
Hearing this, Ye Yu simply laughed.
His eyes exploding?
That's it?
With the second Spirit Ability of his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone:
Wildfire Burns Endlessly, Spring Wind Revives Again—a regeneration-level healing ability…
And on top of that, his External Spirit Bone – Undying Heart Laurel, from the Undying Laurel, granted him the Undying Heart, a Spirit Bone Ability—
From the beginning, he already had limb-regeneration-level healing.
And now, with the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree sub-bodies acting like cheats to boost his cultivation,
In less than half a year—
Ye Yu felt his Spirit Power soaring like a rocket!
He had already reached a bottleneck—Peak Limit Douluo.
You could even say—Demigod Realm!
Currently, all his External Spirit Bones had exceeded 900,000 years!
And as for the Immortal Heart Spirit Bone Ability from the External Spirit Bone – Undying Heart Laurel—
Ye Yu felt like he might have already reached the level of bringing the dead back to life and growing flesh from bone.
Even if the fusion failed, and his eyes exploded—
He could recover in seconds!
As for distributing the power between the two Martial Souls—
Ye Yu didn't even need to hesitate.
He would simply max them both out!
For his Eye Martial Soul, it must be of the highest tier!
Only then would it match the prestige of the Purple Demon Eye and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew!
As for the ice-attribute Martial Soul's prototype—
Even if its quality was weakened,
It could easily be restored by infusing Martial Soul essence.
That was way too easy!