The Holy Spirit Cult: So Huo Yuhao Is Our Holy Son!

Huo Yuhao's first Soul Skill was called Spiritual Destruction.

It was this Evil Eye Tyrant's innate ability. Its powerful spiritual assault could shatter any spiritual attack and even directly destroy an enemy's soul.

Now, with a Soul Spirit as the medium, it had become Huo Yuhao's first Soul Skill.

A tiny silver-gray evil eye, no bigger than a thumb, drifted gently down onto his shoulder.

Its tentacles were as fine as hair, and its vertical pupil sparkled. It even looked rather well-behaved.

Huo Yuhao tilted his head and glanced at it.

The little evil eye touched his neck with a tentacle, and a muffled voice came through its spiritual fluctuations.

"...Don't expect me to call you master."

"Suit yourself."

Huo Yuhao looked away and gazed deeper into the hall.

"I'll gladly help myself to the wealth the Holy Spirit Cult has amassed over the years!"

In the Black World, on the plaza at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao sat on the grass, staring blankly at the scene on the Heavenly Screen.

The miraculous Soul Spirit-had he actually invented it?

In his Sea of Consciousness, Electrolux's figure floated in midair, a thoughtful look on his aged face.

"I see."

After a moment, Electrolux slowly nodded.

"I've been studying the runes of that six-pointed star formation."

"The core of Contract Magic is an equal bond on the level of the soul."

"And this world's Soul Ring system is, in essence, the solidification of a Soul Beast's origin after its death."

"The Soul Spirit Contract on the Heavenly Screen combines the two."

"It uses Contract Magic to preserve the Soul Beast's soul and consciousness, then uses the rules of this world to condense the origin within the Soul Beast into a Soul Ring on the Soul Master."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rolled over in the Sea of Consciousness and gave a lazy snort.

"Doesn't sound that hard."

"For a big, meaty worm like you, it really isn't."

Electrolux shot back without turning his head. Then he turned to Huo Yuhao, his tone softening.

"Yuhao, the next time you absorb a Soul Ring, I should be able to contract the Soul Beast as a Soul Spirit."

"Its soul will not perish, and its consciousness will endure."

"And when that happens, you'll gain a fine companion."

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up at once.

"Really?"

"Naturally, I wouldn't lie to you."

Electrolux smiled faintly, then added another remark.

"But let me be blunt up front. As miraculous as the Soul Spirit Contract is, it still has to follow the restrictions on absorbing Soul Rings."

"If you want to absorb Soul Rings beyond your level, like you did on the Heavenly Screen, you'll have to improve yourself further."

Huo Yuhao nodded vigorously.

A Soul Spirit that could stay by his side all the time?

If he could really have one, his strength would probably improve even faster than Brother Sky Dream had planned!

In the Black World, at the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Did you all see that clearly?"

Xiong Jun spoke in a coarse voice, his bear eyes wide and round.

"That Huo Yuhao stuffed the soul of a thousand-year Soul Beast into his own body."

"Not only did he not kill it, but that Soul Beast even helped him fight?"

"It was an Evil Eye Tyrant."

The Myriad Demon King's voice was low.

"The son of the Evil Emperor of the Evil Demon Forest."

"The Evil Emperor's son fused with a Soul Master?"

Zi JI sneered. It was impossible to tell whether the expression on her face was schadenfreude or something else.

"If the Evil Emperor finds out, he'll probably go mad with rage on the spot."

Bi Ji shook her head gently.

"Never mind whether the Evil Emperor goes mad."

"Did you notice that after the Soul Spirit was formed, Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring was purple?"

"But his first Soul Skill, Spiritual Destruction, was far more powerful than an ordinary Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

"You mean..."

The Myriad Demon King looked at Bi Ji.

"What I mean is, even though its cultivation was reset to zero, that Evil Eye Tyrant was still a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast at its core," Bi Ji said.

"Although its years of cultivation have decreased, what Huo Yuhao possesses is essentially a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, only its effect is somewhat weaker."

"But if we could obtain the method for creating Soul Spirits, could it reduce the slaughter of Soul Beasts by Soul Masters?"

Hearing Bi Ji's words, Xiong Jun opened his mouth, an extremely complicated expression on his rugged face.

Some of the killing intent faded from Zi JI's eyes, replaced by silence.

The Scarlet King lowered his head and looked at his claws, also lost in thought.

In the Star Dou Great Forest today, many Soul Beast species had already been driven to extinction by human Soul Masters' hunting.

But Soul Masters needed Soul Rings to cultivate, which meant that Soul Beasts and humans were destined to fight to the death.

Yet the so-called Soul Spirits that had appeared on the Heavenly Screen seemed capable of breaking that deadlock.

Di Tian had not spoken all this time.

His golden dragon eyes remained fixed on the little evil eye perched on Huo Yuhao's shoulder on the Heavenly Screen, his gaze profound.

"Beast God."

The Myriad Demon King turned to him.

"The method for creating Soul Spirits seems capable of reducing humanity's slaughter of Soul Beasts."

"If we Soul Beasts could get control of this method..."

"You're right."

Di Tian finally spoke.

"If Soul Spirits truly work as the Heavenly Screen says, humans will no longer need to hunt and kill Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings, and Soul Beasts will no longer have to die because humans need to break through."

"This is a change unlike any in the past ten thousand years."

"But this change cannot be left in the hands of a human."

Di Tian turned his gaze to all the fierce beasts present.

"Search for this Huo Yuhao with all your might. Whether on the Douluo Continent or the Sun Moon Continent, scour every inch of land and make certain you learn his identity."

"I want to know who this human called the Child of the Plane really is!"

At the same time, in the Black World, at the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters.

Zhongli Wu shot to his feet.

The terror and anger on his face had vanished completely, replaced by an almost manic excitement.

"Did you see that?"

"Necromancy! Walking corpses! Soul extraction! And the Soul Spirit's contract formation!"

"Could Huo Yuhao be the Holy Emperor reincarnated?"

The Evil Soul Masters below first exchanged glances, then someone began to chuckle softly.

The laughter grew louder and more widespread, until it merged into a buzzing roar of fervor.

"A born Evil Soul Master..."

An elder of the Holy Spirit Cult murmured, a greedy light flickering in his eyes.

"No, he's even more evil than an Evil Soul Master!"

"He has no need for the Holy Cult's secret techniques at all. He could become the source of secret techniques himself."

"The Holy Emperor's favor..." another elder said, his voice trembling.

"This must be the Holy Emperor's favor. The Holy Emperor sent this Huo Yuhao to us!"

Zhongli Wu raised a hand, and the clamor in the hall immediately fell silent.

"Pass down my order!"

His voice carried an unquestionable fervor.

"Mobilize all the Holy Cult's informants in the Sun Moon Empire and on the Douluo Continent. Find Huo Yuhao. I want him standing alive before me!"

Zhongli Wu's mouth stretched into an almost vicious grin.

"The position of Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult has been vacant for too long."

"And Huo Yuhao is the one the Holy Emperor has chosen for us!"