Chapter 416: Seven Golden Patterns
"Ice Empress," the Titan Snow Demon King said, "I just arrived as well. The Spirit Beast undergoing tribulation had already left by the time I got here."
Facing the Ice Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King's attitude was clearly respectful.
There was no helping it. Strength commanded respect. He was currently only a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, while the Ice Empress was already approaching four hundred thousand years. The difference could be seen from the fact that one was called a King, while the other was called an Empress.
"Left?"
The Ice Empress knew that the Titan Snow Demon King did not dare lie to her, so she immediately chose to believe him. She surveyed the surrounding environment, hoping to find some traces that would let her track down the Spirit Beast that had just been undergoing tribulation.
The Ice Empress was clearly more concerned about this unknown Spirit Beast. After all, she had sensed the might of the Heavenly Tribulation from afar. It was definitely a four hundred thousand year Heavenly Tribulation.
The Ice Empress was currently just shy of four hundred thousand years, which meant that the unknown Spirit Beast undergoing tribulation was stronger than her.
For many years, the Ice Empress had been the second strongest existence in the Extreme North Land. Now, an unknown existence had suddenly appeared, threatening to push her down to third place. How could she not be concerned?
After searching for a while, the Ice Empress actually found some traces.
Inside the ice cave where Yu Tianlin and the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had stayed for half a year, the Ice Empress detected a familiar aura.
"This is... an ice silkworm?"
The Ice Jade Scorpion race fed on ice silkworms, so she was naturally very familiar with the aura of ice silkworms.
Although the Ice Empress sensed the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's aura, that was all she found.
To prevent himself from being found by Gold Crocodile Douluo, Yu Tianlin had concealed his aura extremely well. Furthermore, when he quickly left with the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm earlier, he had activated his Domain, which could erase the traces of their departure.
"Could it be that an ice silkworm broke through to four hundred thousand years?"
The Ice Empress scoffed.
"Ice silkworms are so weak. Could one really pass the Heavenly Tribulation?"
The Titan Snow Demon King outside did not speak.
His body was too large to enter the ice cave, so he could only listen to the Ice Empress speak from outside.
"Snow Demon."
After chuckling a few times, the Ice Empress emerged from the cave. Looking at the Titan Snow Demon King, she said very naturally, "Help me search for this unknown Spirit Beast that underwent tribulation. For now, focus the search on ice silkworms. How about it?"
Although she thought the idea of an ice silkworm passing the Heavenly Tribulation was a joke, this was the only trace left behind, so the Ice Empress could only start her investigation from this direction.
"No problem."
The Titan Snow Demon King felt that the Ice Empress's request was perfectly reasonable.
"I will mobilize my clansmen when I return."
Just as the two sovereigns of the Extreme North Land decided to search for the unknown Spirit Beast that had undergone tribulation, their target had already been taken by Yu Tianlin back into the underground ice cavern.
Although Yu Tianlin's Domain could shield the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm from the descent of Heavenly Tribulation, he could not keep the Domain activated indefinitely. So, he simply brought the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm back to the underground ice cavern, which could naturally isolate the Heavenly Tribulation.
After returning to the underground ice cavern, Yu Tianlin deactivated his Domain. Sure enough, the Heavenly Tribulation did not descend again.
"Phew, I was truly terrified today."
After returning to a familiar place, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's tense spirit and body finally relaxed. He gratefully said to Yu Tianlin, "Big Brother, I really owe you this time. Otherwise, I definitely would have died under the Heavenly Tribulation. From now on, you will be my Big Brother forever."
"Don't celebrate too early," Yu Tianlin said, glancing at him. "Your Heavenly Tribulation isn't over yet."
Next, Yu Tianlin explained the situation regarding the Heavenly Tribulation to the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
"Phew, so that's how it is."
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had been somewhat nervous, but after hearing Yu Tianlin's explanation, he actually relaxed and chuckled.
"I thought it would be worse. Actually, this is very easy to solve. I just need to stay in the underground ice cavern and never leave."
Yu Tianlin was speechless.
What kind of lazy thinking was this? Was he seriously planning to stay in this underground ice cavern for the rest of his life until death?
Even if the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wanted to do that, Yu Tianlin would not agree. He still planned to use the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm to draw lightning in the future.
Speaking of drawing lightning, he should first check on his first Spirit Ring.
Thinking of this, Yu Tianlin quickly summoned his first Spirit Ring.
He saw that his first Spirit Ring, which had originally been red with five golden stripes, now looked as if those stripes had vanished. The color of the Spirit Ring had also turned orange-gold.
"Orange-gold?"
Yu Tianlin's heart stirred, and he carefully observed it. He realized that the golden stripes on the Spirit Ring had not disappeared. Rather, there were so many of them, and they were so dense, that they had merged together and blended with the original red color, making the ring appear orange-gold.
Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that Yu Tianlin's first Spirit Ring had seven golden stripes.
Seven golden stripes meant that the age of his first Spirit Ring had reached seven hundred thousand years.
Yu Tianlin became uncontrollably excited.
If it were merely a seven hundred thousand year Spirit Ring, Yu Tianlin would not be this excited. However, the significance represented by his first Spirit Ring was different.
In Yu Tianlin's view, the number of golden stripes on his first Spirit Ring could roughly be seen as the checkpoints of a Deity assessment, and seven golden stripes meant reaching the seventh stage of the Deity assessment.
Furthermore, Yu Tianlin had clearly sensed this back at the Thunder God's Hammer. As long as his first Spirit Ring could reach the seven hundred thousand year level, he would have a high chance of lifting the Thunder God's Hammer.
Therefore, Yu Tianlin now only wanted to rush back to Thunder Gorge immediately and pick up that Divine Artifact belonging to the Thunder God.
It could be said that the seven golden stripes were a huge turning point for him.
However, Yu Tianlin still suppressed this impulse, because there were more important matters at hand.
Of course, he had not forgotten that this was brought about by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's Heavenly Tribulation. Because of this, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's value in his eyes immediately soared.
Aside from everything else, his first Spirit Ring was still a significant distance away from one million years, and this task would likely fall to the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm as well.
Since the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was so important, Yu Tianlin naturally could not leave him in the ice cavern. He had to find a way to help him solve the Heavenly Tribulation problem.
After careful consideration, Yu Tianlin quickly came up with an idea.
The Heavenly Tribulation was set by the God Realm, so only the power of a God could isolate it. Since Yu Tianlin was a God Inheritor, and specifically the Thunder God's Inheritor, he might just be able to do it.
He decided to try.
Closing his eyes slightly, Yu Tianlin activated the golden lightning brand on his brow.
The golden lightning brand immediately burst forth with brilliant light. The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in front of him trembled, as if he were about to be pierced through by this golden lightning bolt in the next moment.
However, under Yu Tianlin's conscious control, this naturally did not happen.
As the golden lightning brand shone, his first Spirit Ring seemed to come alive, and the seven golden stripes upon it began to tremble mysteriously.
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