For Huo Yuhao, there were actually several paths to godhood.
The first was to follow the trajectory of the Original Work: wait for Rong Nianbing, that destined bargain-bin master of his, and inherit the Emotion Divine Position.
Though the God of Emotion was only a First-Rank God, his strength was said to be unrivaled beneath the God Kings. He might even have an opportunity to advance to God King in the future.
Unfortunately, this path was highly risky. One wrong move, and he would have to face Tang San's warning that "you have earned your own death."
Huo Yuhao had no interest in changing his surname. Rather than live properly as a human, why would he become Tang San's dog?
The second was to become a god through a plane. Whether it was the current Douluo Plane or the completed Undead Demigod Plane, he could become a god as a Lord of the Plane. However, the ceiling of that path was somewhat low.
The third was to fuse Immortal Gu to become a god.
What era was this? Who still used traditional divine positions?
His Immortal Gu were no less useful. He could directly absorb an Immortal Gu as a divine position and become a god just the same.
However, Huo Yuhao only possessed three rank eight Immortal Gu comparable to God Kings: Attitude Gu, Ice Gu, and Fire Gu. His choices were rather limited.
Beyond that, if his moral bottom line were a little more flexible, relying on the Abyssal Plane to become a god was also an option. The risk was simply extremely high.
The final path was Faith Godhood.
At first, Huo Yuhao had believed that Faith Godhood offered the worst value for the effort, but later, he realized that he had been thinking about it wrong.