Good news: that soul was not a transmigrator.
Bad news: Wu Ling had arrived ten thousand years in the future.
After Wu Ling emerged from the void, he followed that aura with his gaze and saw an enormous white worm and a young girl.
The big worm was rather interesting, but Wu Ling's attention was fixed entirely on the girl. He arrived beside her almost immediately. He was just about to seize this unconscious person, who was very likely adapting to a new body and reading through memories, when a spiritual impact blasted him several meters back.
"Hey, hey, hey! One after another, you all try to steal Brother's person. Do you think this million-year Soul Beast title was something Brother ate his way into?"
Seeing the big worm get angry, and hearing what it said, Wu Ling calmed slightly. "A million-year Soul Beast worm... Tian Meng Iceworm? Soul Land 2!"
Only then did Wu Ling settle down and investigate carefully. To his surprise, the white worm's Spirit Power had indeed reached the level of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, while its spiritual power surpassed that by far.
Combined with its obvious appearance and its own self-exposure, Wu Ling would have had to be stupid not to guess that this worm was Tian Meng Iceworm. But according to the timeline, the Tian Meng Iceworm of Soul Land I should still have been watched to death by Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts. A million-year Tian Meng Iceworm appearing outside could only happen around the opening period of Soul Land 2. Thus, Wu Ling confirmed that his current time period truly might be the era of The Peerless Tang Sect.
With that in mind, Wu Ling also understood that the soul from earlier was probably Electrolux from Throne of Seal.
Wu Ling was happy now, because there was no second transmigrator.
At the same time, he was troubled, because for some unknown reason, he had arrived ten thousand years later.
Finally, he looked at the collapsed "Asher Vale" on the ground. Although the child was still young and had not yet grown into her features, Wu Ling confirmed that this was a girl. Once he noticed that, two guesses formed in his mind.
The first guess was that his own actions had produced a butterfly effect, causing the "Asher Vale" of ten thousand years later to become a girl.
The second guess was that this was not the world he came from at all. This was actually some parallel world of Soul Land.
Tian Meng Iceworm was just as wary and suspicious. The name Tian Meng Iceworm was something it had invented itself. Aside from itself, only the little girl before it had heard the name earlier. Other than that, not even Di Tian and those fellows knew it.
As for whether this person had secretly listened in, Tian Meng Iceworm laughed coldly on the spot. Did he think a million-year level of spiritual power came from sleeping all day?
Wu Ling pretended to examine "Asher Vale" and Tian Meng Iceworm several times. Then he made a show of understanding. "I see. You want to seal yourself and enter this girl's body?"
When Tian Meng Iceworm heard Wu Ling's question, it guardedly chose not to say anything. Inwardly, however, it was already screaming complaints. "There is no way Brother is this unlucky, right? I finally found a human with a spiritual attribute, and two bastards still came to fight me for her. Is heaven jealous of talent? Brother is so pitiful!"
Wu Ling waved a hand and explained, "Relax. You probably saw that thing just now too. My target is him. I have no intention of interfering with the two of you. In fact, I need to make sure she stays alive."
As he spoke, Wu Ling took a potion from his storage ring. It stabilized the mind, and it had been mixed with a small amount of immortal herb powder. It was definitely high-grade goods. The moment Wu Ling opened the bottle, Tian Meng Iceworm understood how precious that potion was.
Wu Ling held the potion in one hand and spread his other hand open, indicating that he carried no weapon or anything of the sort. Under Tian Meng Iceworm's gaze, he came to "Asher Vale" and gently fed it to her. As the potion entered her stomach, her expression gradually calmed, and her spirit became peaceful and stable.
"Good. I think you have seen my sincerity. Continue. To guarantee this girl's safety, I will protect you while you complete the process. After you are done, I will speak with her personally."
Tian Meng Iceworm still did not fully trust Wu Ling, but its movements did not slow in the slightest. From the moment it began injecting its power into "Asher Vale's" body, it had already lost any path of retreat.
The white light covering Tian Meng Iceworm gradually became more and more solid, then slowly poured into "Asher Vale's" body. During the process, its true body grew increasingly transparent, while its size rapidly shrank.
After some time, "Asher Vale's" body had completely turned jade-white, just like Tian Meng Iceworm before. The wounds on her shoulders also healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Wahahaha! No matter what, Brother is finally free. You bastards who treated Brother as food, you have no chance anymore! Wahahaha!" Tian Meng Iceworm's proud voice gradually faded. The vast spiritual power that had covered a hundred li also contracted at shocking speed and disappeared.
Deep within the Star Soul Forest, several terrifying auras fluctuated violently at the same time, as if sensing something. But they were doomed to return empty-handed.
Just as Tian Meng Iceworm's voice vanished completely, a luminous white ring silently appeared beneath "Asher Vale." It circled her body three times before fading again, merging into her and disappearing.
The moist white color gradually receded. A faint icy blue shade began to emerge beneath "Asher Vale's" skin. It lasted for roughly a dozen seconds, then slowly faded as her skin returned to its original color. Her body tilted and fell beside the tree she had been leaning against.
A thin white membrane with a pale golden hue quietly flew up from the ground. It rapidly shrank, condensed into a small mass, and drilled into "Asher Vale's" chest before vanishing. Tian Meng Iceworm no longer left even the slightest trace of aura behind.
The huge pit in the road had somehow closed again. Aside from the fallen "Asher Vale," only the corpse of the baboon she had killed remained nearby. Everything else seemed to have returned to normal.
Wu Ling raised his head and looked toward the outer edge of the Star Soul Forest. Two Spirit Masters were rushing in this direction.
Wu Ling released Rose and had her watch over "Asher Vale." He brought the Dragon Frame with him and went to meet those two Spirit Masters.
After passing around several large trees, the appearances of the two Spirit Masters came into Wu Ling's view. At the same time, he saw their Martial Souls.
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Blue Silver Grass. As expected, it is you two. Perfect timing. I have a few questions that require help."
The Dragon Frame rushed out before Wu Ling's words had fully faded.