Douluo: Ice Demon Yuhao (Patreon)

Chapter 12: Memories of the Skydream Ice Worm

This is an ice field.

A thousand miles of barren land, desolate and uninhabited. The air is frigid, but it is also incredibly pure.

Though there is no sun in the sky, the light is bright, and the boundless azure sky is free of clouds.

In the distance, several towering snow-capped peaks and icebergs present a serene pale blue under the blue sky.

Despite being an ice field, the environment here is beautiful, like a heavenly realm that purifies the Spirit.

On the vast expanse of soft snow, there are two figures. One is a blue-haired youth lying on the ground, in a deep slumber. The other is a golden-haired young girl sitting next to him, curiously observing him.

The two are none other than Huo Yuhao and the Skydream Ice Worm, who have completed their fusion.

"What a terrifying Sea of Consciousness." The Skydream Ice Worm looks around at this magnificent ice world. The boundless ice and snow remind her of her homeland, the Far North, which she left a million years ago.

She mumbles to herself, "Young man, are you really just a tenth-level human?"

Huo Yuhao is still unconscious and unable to answer her. The Skydream Ice Worm's accumulated power over a million years is indeed terrifying, and he needs time to digest and absorb it.

"But never mind, the more exceptional you are, the better it would be for me as a spirit ring,. Oh, by the way, young man, I still don't know your name~" She grins mischievously.

"Hey, young man, let me take a look at your memories."

"After all, we are now companions, so it's okay to take a look, right? Hehehe~"

The Skydream Ice Worm has no sense of invading others' privacy and simply proceeds as she pleases.

She extends her hands towards Huo Yuhao's head, and with a burst of white light, countless light particles overflow and gather into two light clusters, one large and one small, both of a light blue hue.

The Skydream Ice Worm reaches out to touch the smaller light cluster.

Instantly, countless unfamiliar memories rush into her mind.

She sees the life of a young boy.

This is a very different boy.

From a young age, he displayed extraordinary intelligence and cleverness, learning everything quickly. When he was with his mother, he always wore a sincere smile from the bottom of his heart.

But sometimes, when it was quiet at night, he would gaze at the stars alone, his face showing a depth and maturity that belied his appearance.

His life was not a happy one, as his father's position was always vacant, and his mother suffered much oppression because of him. For his mother's sake, he did something crazy...

The Skydream Ice Worm silently digests all this. Huo Yuhao's memories of more than a decade pass like a movie.

"So, your name is Huo Yuhao, and you've been exceptional from a young age..." she murmurs.

She glances at the still unconscious Huo Yuhao again, feeling some admiration, but her attention is quickly drawn to the larger light cluster.

With a puzzled look on her face, she reaches out to touch the blue light cluster, but a calm and aged voice rings out.

"You'd better not look at that."

Startled, the Skydream Ice Worm quickly turns around, only to see the familiar grey figure.

"You scared me..." The Skydream Ice Worm pouts.

This mysterious grey figure has already taken up residence in Huo Yuhao's mind and transformed into a grey light sphere. The Skydream Ice Worm has no idea who or what he really is.

But fortunately, he doesn't seem to have any malicious intent. Though wary, she gradually becomes more audacious.

"Why? " She sticks out her tongue and reaches for the light cluster. "I'll just take a look~"

Once again, a strange memory floods into her mind, but this time, the Skydream Ice Worm is stunned, frozen in place, her expression full of shock.

This is also Huo Yuhao's memory, but what does she see?

"This... what is this?"

She sees... another world.

It is a world completely different from the Douluo Continent!

There are no Spirit masters, no Spirit beasts. Instead, a young boy lives in that colorful world for more than a decade.

"What is going on? Could it be that there are other worlds too?" The Skydream Ice Worm is profoundly shocked; this surpasses everything she has known in her million-year life.

Suddenly, her face changes, and she grimaces in pain, clutching her head.

"Ah——"

She moans softly, and countless white and golden light particles overflow from her body.

Beside her, the grey figure speaks calmly, "I warned you. Like me, his Spirit originally didn't belong to this world. Don't peek so easily."

Then, he dissipates and turns back into the grey light sphere.

"What is this place?"

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao wakes up, puzzled by his surroundings. He notices the pain on the face of the Skydream Ice Worm beside him.

"What's wrong with you?" He asks, but then frowns as he sees the countless light particles flying towards him.

"What is this?"

Huo Yuhao extends his hand, and one of the light particles falls into his palm.

"Don't look..."

"Please…." The Skydream Ice Worm pleads weakly, her voice choked with sobs.

Huo Yuhao hasn't reacted yet when a long and unfamiliar memory suddenly appears in his mind, and countless images rapidly change before his eyes.

He seems to be in a completely new ice field, different from the heavenly realm earlier. This place is a hell.

Roaring and biting cold winds, mixed with coarse snow like iron sand, almost obscure the entire sky, leaving it in perpetual darkness.

As far as the eye can see, there is only endless ice and snow.

"What is this place? Is this a place where two spirit beasts have a brawl?"

Huo Yuhao is not afraid; instead, he watches with great interest.

Since he knows this is an illusion, he naturally treats it like a virtual reality movie.

The two giant figures, reminiscent of snow monsters, look like humans covered in white fur with blue faces and fangs.

The two snow monsters exchange punches and display their power through the most primitive form of combat. But the first one is clearly no match for the second.

Huo Yuhao watches while offering no commentary, but he shakes his head in disappointment.

The first one is simply no match for the second; the gap between them is too huge.

"Roar——"

The second snow monster roars, lifting the first snow monster's body high and then slamming it onto the ice field.

Crack, crack...

The already unstable ice cracks open, and a hundred-meter-long blue-white trench devours everything on the ice field.

Even the hiding snow worm is swallowed by the ice and snow.

The trench gradually closes, and the devastated ice field quickly returns to its original form under the blizzard.