Douluo Continent: Little Huo Niang Taken Away by Di Tian

Chapter 42 Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, I'm sorry

The immense soul energy accumulated over 110,000 years, like a flood bursting its banks, began to surge uncontrollably into Huo Yutong's "narrow" spiritual sea.

Huo Yutong let out a muffled groan, her face instantly turning pale, and her body trembling slightly.

Such a massive shock to her soul far exceeded the limits she could withstand!

"Yutong, don't be afraid! Tianmeng is here! Watch me!"

The next moment, a vast and solid spiritual force, as boundless as the sea and as solid as gold, instantly formed around Huo Yutong's spiritual sea, like the gentlest dam.

This pure spiritual power, originating from a million-year-old soul beast, gently and firmly regulated, buffered, and diverted the crescent moon's violent soul energy, transforming it into a gentle stream that steadily flowed into Huo Yutong's spiritual sea, and began to slowly merge with her own soul.

"Old Yi, the energy has stabilized! The core contract rune can be inscribed!" Tianmeng reported seriously, a rare occurrence for him.

"Well done!" Electrox's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He moved his hands rapidly, and complex golden runes made of the purest soul power flowed from his fingertips. As if they had a life of their own, they were precisely imprinted on Crescent Moon's soul core and Huo Yutong's spiritual origin.

These runes embody the true meaning of the laws of equality, symbiosis, and mutual assistance, and are the foundation of the soul contract.

With each stroke of her pen, Crescent Moon could feel a new, equal bond being established with the human girl before her, rather than the master-servant imprisonment she had imagined.

Huo Yutong felt as if her soul had been baptized and expanded, and a deep and powerful force was merging with her. At the same time, fragments of moonlight, wolf nature, and unyielding will quietly flowed into her heart.

The whole process may seem slow, but it actually happens in the blink of an eye.

From the outside, all that could be seen was the interplay of silver light and golden runes, enveloping Huo Yutong and Yueya's true forms.

Biji gripped Ditian's hand tightly, Ziji held her breath, and Ditian's eyes were fixed on every slight fluctuation.

Di Qiu was completely stunned, staring at the strange sight before him with his mouth agape.

After an unknown amount of time, when the final contract rune was perfectly imprinted, the golden light and the silver moonlight completely merged, becoming indistinguishable from each other.

Om-!

A slight tremor resounded, and the enveloping light slowly receded.

The crescent moon's enormous body began to become illusory, eventually transforming into an incredibly solid silver stream of light. After circling around Huo Yutong once, it suddenly entered her brow, ultimately forming a bright red soul ring on her body.

At the same time, she also obtained a second soul bone, the right leg bone of the Silver Moon Wolf.

Huo Yutong slowly opened her eyes, her bright eyes becoming even more profound, as if a silver moon were quietly passing through the depths of her pupils.

She successfully absorbed the third soul ring, and her soul power level jumped to level thirty-four! (Most of Crescent Moon's enormous cultivation was sealed by Tianmeng, leaving it for her to absorb later).

She could clearly "sense" that in a corner of her spiritual sea, a magnificent silver wolf was quietly lying down. Although its soul was still weak and needed a long time to be nurtured, the deadly cold poison had completely disappeared, and a new hope shone in its eyes.

The onlookers, including the spirit beasts, began to cheer as they watched the curtain fall, and the cheers echoed throughout the Lake of Life.

After the cheers subsided slightly, Di Tian spoke up: "There is one more thing today."

Di Tian's gaze turned to Tianmeng's illusory figure. "Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, I'm sorry. We imprisoned you for a thousand years, devouring your body and cultivation... On behalf of the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, I apologize to you."

……

silence.

Then, the silence was shattered completely.

"An apology...?" Tianmeng's voice trembled slightly at first, then suddenly rose in pitch, "Do you know how I spent those thousand years...?!"

"It really hurts... Every day, every moment, the pain of having my soul power drained and my body being devoured!"

I beg you... I kneel down and beg you!

I writhe and howl like the lowest of insects, tearing all my dignity to shreds for you to see!

"I hate you! I wish I could kill you! But I can only watch... watch myself being devoured by you like a piece of meat, a thing!"

Because I'm weak... because I'm just a useless ice silkworm, I can't even die!

"You laugh at my shameful behavior...you make fun of my pleas for mercy...has any of you ever considered me a 'life'?!"

Now...now you're apologizing?!

Di Tian was silent for a moment. "The damage has been done, and you don't have to accept it. But this apology is genuine—imprisoning you and hurting you was our mistake."

"What is this..." Tianmeng's voice suddenly fell, leaving only an empty echo, "Now that things have come to this... what is this all about..."

"I'm sorry," Brigitte said first.

"I'm sorry," Murasaki whispered.

"I'm sorry." The Demon King bowed his head.

"I'm sorry," Xiong Jun said in a low voice.

"I'm sorry," the three heads of the Red King said simultaneously.

"I'm sorry," the other soul beasts echoed.

Tianmeng's gaze swept over the soul beasts in the Lake of Life. They were devouring her flesh and blood, tearing at her. Now...

Hyotei looked at Tenmu, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "I'm sorry, Tenmu. If I had caught you first... I would have done the same thing as them."

Tianmeng could no longer speak.

She felt as if all her strength had been drained away, her soul trembled violently, and she suddenly retreated into the depths of Huo Yutong's spiritual sea.

Electrolux's voice rang out softly: "Let her have some peace and quiet."

"The damage we've done to Tianmeng is irreversible," Di Tian said. "Our apology isn't about seeking her forgiveness, but about us having to face our mistakes."

"Di Tian, ​​if you hadn't taken the initiative to apologize to Tian Meng, we probably would never have said 'I'm sorry.'" Xiong Jun's voice lowered slightly.

"We never truly considered what that thousand-year imprisonment meant to her. In our eyes, Tianmeng was always just 'food,'" the Demon King said, lowering his eyes. "We devoured her cultivation and plundered her body, but we never cared whether she also felt pain or fear."

"We mocked her, devoured her, took everything from her... even took away the dignity she deserved as 'life'." The Red King spoke in unison, his words carrying an unusual heaviness.

"What we gave her in the Star Dou Great Forest was not a place to live, but hell," Zi Ji replied softly.

Brigitte remained silent and did nothing.

Beside him, Electrolux's voice was filled with deep sighs: "Emperor, I... sincerely admire what you have done."

When I came to this world, I had lost most of my memories, but some sins are still etched deep in my soul. I know that I have committed unforgivable mistakes, and countless innocent people have lost their lives because of me.

At that time, I was blinded by hatred. When I came to my senses, it was too late to undo the damage. I wanted to repent... but those who are dead can no longer hear me.

“Electra,” Di Tian turned to him, “you are different from them. You know your sins and bear the guilt for them.”

Those evil spirit masters who wreaked havoc on the world never showed the slightest remorse for their actions.

On the shores of the Lake of Life, the spirit beasts present remained silent.