In fact, Charlotte Bennett bringing him to Zulong City-State could be considered as saving his life—at that time, Henry Sullivan had planned to wipe out Xiao Sang Town as well.

Since he was here, he might as well settle down and find a place where he could make a living by doing some temporary work for now. Ideally, it would be somewhere he could plant mulberry trees, since the big eater Little Owen would probably make a fuss if it woke up and found there was no milk to drink.

Owen was the name of the little ice bug.

Speaking of Little Owen, it hadn’t come out for air on its own for many days now. It was rare to see it just lying in its spiritual domain, preparing for hibernation?

Ryan Carter gently closed his eyes to check his spiritual domain.

"Strange, why is there an extra ice cocoon..."

Probing into his spiritual domain, Ryan Carter was surprised to discover that the little ice bug had, at some point, wrapped itself up with its own spun ice silk, transforming into a huge ice cocoon.

Was it about to undergo metamorphosis?

But it used to be a dragon general-level Azure Dragon—he’d never heard of a creature with Azure Dragon bloodline having this ability!

The ice cocoon wasn’t completely sealed yet; there was still a hole at the top.

Through this hole, Ryan Carter could see what was happening inside.

What he saw left him utterly stunned by the world within the ice cocoon!

The world inside the cocoon was truly a masterpiece of nature!

The ice silk that formed the outer layer was intricately interwoven inside in an extremely precise manner, with not a hint of disorder. Instead, it formed a perfect art from chaos to order.

Adorning these nests of frosty silk were bead after bead of icy crystals, dazzling like rare white diamonds, or like countless white stars scattered across a vast, dark night, arranged in an orderly fashion in this tiny world, dreamlike and ethereal.

Each tiny strand of frosty silk bore a long, ancient pattern.

Within each small icy crystal, it was as if an incredible world was contained.

All of this ultimately converged on a tiny holy spirit—that was the gradually winged, now exquisitely graceful Little Owen!

At the core of the cocoon, Little Owen was drowsy, gently stretching its not-yet-fully-grown wings. Its pair of beautiful, lively eyes were trying hard to focus on Ryan Carter, who had entered the spiritual domain.

But the little one was just too sleepy.

In the end, it let its eyelids droop.

In that instant, the frosty silk began to dance, the icy crystals started to shine, and as Little Owen fell asleep again, the world inside the ice cocoon began to operate wildly. Tiny buds broke through the ice, microscopic ice flowers bloomed, life-snow trees spread their canopies to cover the sky, and countless tiny beings were created here...

It was as if the world was being created anew, as if eons were passing in an instant!

At the same time, the hole was filled from the inside out by surging frosty silk, and the ice cocoon was completely sealed.

Ryan Carter could no longer see anything inside.

From the outside, the ice cocoon looked utterly ordinary, but the breathtaking, vast little world within lingered in Ryan Carter's mind, impossible to forget!!

Like a queen, Little Owen slumbered in that icy, vast world—but what exactly was it?

This was probably the fifth year of Ryan Carter's wandering.

Owen had once been an Azure Dragon.

When Ryan Carter was still a young man, he was already a strong one—a Dragon Herder, admired and sought after by many.

But just when Ryan Carter himself thought he was destined for a glorious future, Owen degenerated from a proud, peerless Azure Dragon into the weakest and most insignificant of living creatures—a little ice bug.

Overnight...

Even now, Ryan Carter had not forgotten those white frosty silks that had wrapped half a city!

The massive ice cocoon had enveloped the Azure Dragon Owen, covering half the city, a vast expanse of pure white as if a snow spirit deity had descended.

That stunning scene lasted the entire night.

But in the end, all the white silk melted in the morning light. The Azure Dragon left behind a lifeless shell, which, together with the frosty silk, melted into water under the sun. Only a little ice bug, almost devoid of any intelligence, slowly crawled out...

Ryan Carter stood atop that cold city, watching the little ice bug crawl out from the ice city. How could he, still a youth, possibly believe it!

The White Azure Dragon had actually degenerated!

The once-glorious youth was reduced to a grain of sand in the sea of people, beginning his long journey of wandering.

So many places had he traveled, he could no longer remember.

But the little ice bug—this old youth had always cared for it meticulously. Unknowingly, it had become a bond; calling it family would not be an exaggeration.

For years, Little Owen had remained in its little ice bug form, without the slightest change.

But this time, it was transforming!!

Just now, in a fleeting glance, Ryan Carter had seen Little Owen in its half-transformed state: thin wings, a graceful silhouette, a slender tail...

It seemed to possess the delicate grace and agility of a butterfly-dragon holy spirit, and also the form of the original White Azure Dragon!

And without a doubt, these were all signs that it was about to become a dragon!!!

The ice cocoon was its Dragon Gate.

Once it broke out of the cocoon, it would return to its dragon form!!!

At this moment, Ryan Carter's heart, which had been stagnant for so long, suddenly boiled over!!

The White Azure Dragon was coming back!!