Sun God Pillar Within the Spiritual Sea!

"What happened? My head is spinning."

The dizzy, swaying discomfort kept crashing over him. Huo Yuhao struggled to open his eyes, then plopped down on the ground.

Gradually, the dizziness faded. Only then did Huo Yuhao widen his eyes and look around. It would have been better if he had not looked—once he did, he froze on the spot.

With a swish, he sprang to his feet, his eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

The world before his eyes was no longer the rooftop of the Grilled Fish House, nor was it the countless buildings of Shrek City.

Sky-blue specks of light floated through the air like fireflies, forming a vast Starry Sea. Beneath him was a calm expanse of water like the sea, its azure gleam radiating a gentle light.

Above was an impenetrable layer of thick clouds. Countless beams of light, like raindrops, fell and merged into the ground, sending ripples spreading across the water's surface.

Directly ahead of Huo Yuhao, a layer of mist had abruptly appeared, concealing everything behind it, much like the kind found in a forest during the day.

"Is this... my Spiritual Sea?" Looking at it from a god's-eye view, Huo Yuhao easily guessed where he was. Moreover, he could clearly sense that this world had a close connection to him.

But logically speaking, the Spiritual Sea should only have opened after Big Worm fused with him. Why had it appeared early?

What had that booming sound been when he was on the rooftop? Why had he suddenly passed out?

And what was this mist? The original work had never mentioned any concealing mist within the Spiritual Sea.

Looking at the beautiful scenery around him, Huo Yuhao could not help but be filled with questions.

However, he soon set those questions aside for the moment.

Because as he was thinking, his Brow Center suddenly split open, and a dazzling Golden Light shot out on its own, flying into the mist that concealed everything.

Huo Yuhao's expression shifted. He instinctively touched his Heavenly Eye, which had once again activated by itself.

"Swish."

At that moment, hazy golden streams of light rose from within the mist struck by the Golden Light, directly before Huo Yuhao.

He hurriedly looked over.

Before long, the mist began to recede, eventually revealing an entrance that resembled a tunnel.

Huo Yuhao frowned. As the mist dispersed, a stirring sensation arose in his heart, as though something was calling for him to enter.

After remaining silent for a moment, Huo Yuhao ultimately chose to go in. Perhaps all his questions would be answered soon.

After stepping into the mist, nothing unusual happened. Huo Yuhao simply kept walking and walking. By his own estimate, he had traveled nearly a thousand meters before finally reaching the end of the tunnel within the mist.

Even from more than ten meters away from the exit, golden light was already reflected in Huo Yuhao's eyes. Something outside the tunnel seemed to be glowing.

With that thought, Huo Yuhao hurriedly quickened his pace and rushed out.

The instant he stepped out of the mist, Huo Yuhao's gaze froze as he stared fixedly ahead. Several hundred meters away stood a pillar over a hundred meters tall.

The pillar was perfectly straight, piercing the heavens. It was pale gold and faintly translucent, with halos of light flowing within it like a precious jade. Upon closer inspection, one could see countless mysterious Light Patterns on its surface. Those Light Patterns looked oddly familiar.

At the top of the pillar floated a faint, illusory circular silhouette of light. Unfortunately, it was too indistinct for even Huo Yuhao himself to see clearly.

In addition, four rings encircled the pillar. Starting at a height of twenty meters, another appeared at roughly every twenty-meter interval.

Unlike the pillar's pale golden color, however, these rings were gray, like star rings orbiting a planet.

"What is this?" Huo Yuhao murmured in confusion as he jogged forward. Perhaps because this was his Spiritual Sea, with a thought, he crossed several hundred meters and arrived directly beneath the massive pillar.

The faint light flickering across the pillar's surface reflected onto Huo Yuhao. It felt remarkably gentle, while the profound Light Patterns within made his mind grow hazy.

"Hum."

Suddenly, a Humming Sound rang out. Huo Yuhao's expression shifted slightly. His Heavenly Eye seemed to be urging him forward, telling him to touch the pillar.

After hesitating for a moment, Huo Yuhao finally made his choice. He strode forward and extended both hands, placing them against the pillar.

At that instant, an intense vibration spread through the Spiritual Sea. Ripples continuously rose from the ground, yet the pillar remained standing firm. The golden light within it brightened considerably as a strange power spread outward.

Strands of light flowed down the pillar, clinging to the hands Huo Yuhao had placed upon it and continuously streaming into his body.

Though Huo Yuhao was worried during the process, he did not feel the slightest discomfort.

A few seconds later, the threads of light stopped flowing into him, and Huo Yuhao smoothly withdrew his hands.

He took several steps back with an unreadable expression, muttering, "Sun God Pillar?"

That was right. What those light threads had given him was a simple description.

No wonder nothing had happened when he looked directly at the sun before. The Heavenly Eye was connected to the sun.

This enormous pillar was a divine pillar used to gather the Power of Faith. The four star rings represented the pillar's functions at different stages.

However, the star rings were currently inactive. Before the third stage, he could inject the Power of Faith and other energies into them to activate the star rings. But from the third stage onward, only the Power of Faith could activate them.

Each time he activated a star ring, he would gain the power of the divine pillar at that stage. However, the specific effect of each stage remained unknown.

The Sun God Pillar was giving him a riddle.

There was also no information about what would happen once all four stages were reached.

Wait.

Suddenly, Huo Yuhao thought of something and immediately closed his eyes. He could not forget that this was his world—he could control everything here.

All of a sudden, intense Mental Waves swept through the Spiritual Sea. Yet they were not directed at the divine pillar, but at his own body.

If anyone had been outside, they would have seen a strange energy fluctuation spreading across the unconscious Huo Yuhao's entire body.

Those fluctuations flowed from all over his body toward his head...

Within the Spiritual Sea, Huo Yuhao abruptly opened his eyes. Then, with a whoosh, two burning flames inexplicably condensed beside him.

Hum!

As if it had sensed something, the Sun God Pillar instantly released a powerful suction force. Like two giant hands, it forcibly pulled the two flames into its interior.

Huo Yuhao stared over with a grave expression. Within the pillar's translucent interior, a visible flicker flashed—but only once.

The next moment, Huo Yuhao hurriedly looked up at the First Star Ring, and his eyes immediately lit up.

On the formerly dim First Star Ring, strands of energy circled around it before vanishing. The ring's color had not changed, but Huo Yuhao could tell that it was definitely different from before, even if the difference was incredibly slight.

"No wonder absorbing this thing did nothing for me. So this is where it was meant to be used."

At that moment, Huo Yuhao suddenly understood.

Those two flames were none other than Chai San and Chai Wu's Life Fire.

But then Huo Yuhao's expression turned strange.

He definitely had no way of obtaining the Power of Faith. If he had to rely on Life Fire instead, how would that be any different from becoming an Evil Soul Master?

Evil Soul Master...

Huo Yuhao's gaze grew deep and solemn.

Fortunately, aside from the Power of Faith and Life Fire, there should be other forms of energy he could use.

But clearly, he had been forcibly set on the path of creating his own divine position.

At this point, he no longer had the time to think about where the Heavenly Eye had come from.