Million Year Second Soul Ring

"Little Yuhao, are you ready? Big Brother is coming in again."

Listening to Skydream Iceworm crawling around on his shoulder, Huo Yuhao, seated cross-legged, could not help but twitch his cheek.

He directly summoned his Spirit Eye Martial Soul. Above the purple soul ring beneath him, a faint purple phantom was gradually becoming solid.

Soon, as a deep purple soul ring fully condensed, Skydream Iceworm's amazed voice rang out again.

"This Soul Spirit Contract is truly incredible. It can actually let one soul beast provide more than one soul ring. I feel like we've taken another step closer to becoming gods."

He opened the seal within the Spiritual Space again, and the immense spiritual origin of his million-year cultivation surged into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness like a raging flood. His already considerable Sea of Consciousness expanded once more.

"Brother Tianmeng, how many more soul rings can you provide now?"

At Huo Yuhao's question, Skydream Iceworm's mood immediately sank again.

"Giving you this Second Soul Ring has already squeezed out all my remaining energy. From now on, you'll have to find soul rings yourself."

"Compared with the First Soul Ring, it can only provide two Soul Skills. One is the Simulation you wanted. As for the other, I don't know exactly what it is either—you'll have to test it yourself. Once your Physical Quality reaches the standard, the power of both Soul Skills can likewise reach the million-year level."

"That's enough."

Huo Yuhao nodded. In his previous life, his Second Soul Ring had only come from a thousand-year iceworm. Although Skydream Iceworm's origin had later raised it to the hundred-thousand-year level, it still could not compare in the slightest to a million-year soul ring.

But Skydream Iceworm was clearly dissatisfied. He gave a snort, his tone full of regret.

"If my energy hadn't been absorbed by those bastards in the Star Dou Great Forest, I could've covered every soul ring for your Spirit Eye Martial Soul myself. Those damn bastards—I'll kick all their asses to pieces sooner or later!"

"Ahem."

As he listened, Huo Yuhao's expression suddenly turned solemn, and he gave two abrupt coughs.

But Brother Tianmeng clearly failed to grasp his meaning. He continued endlessly denouncing the violence the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest had inflicted upon him, even thoughtfully devising a unique revenge plan for every soul beast that had bullied him.

For example, that one called Scarlet King—every strand of fur around his neck had to be plucked clean.

And that Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear—his little topknot had to be snapped right off.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao was already drenched in sweat. He instinctively glanced to the side and saw that Gu Yue Na, who had been on the second floor poking at the Blue Silver Grass Tang Ya had given her, had somehow appeared at the doorway of the workshop.

She was silently leaning against the doorframe, her violet eyes slightly narrowed as she quietly watched Skydream Iceworm, who was still bobbing his head as he talked.

"Brother Tianmeng, stop talking."

Looking at Skydream Iceworm, who practically had the word death stamped across his forehead, Huo Yuhao moved his lips. At last, his faint voice reached the other party.

Once Skydream Iceworm snapped out of his self-absorbed state, he immediately felt a chill rise from his heart. He instinctively turned his head, and upon seeing the silver-haired figure at the door, his entire body froze stiff.

After a long while, he finally spoke awkwardly.

"Well... ahem. I suddenly remembered I still have some sleep to catch up on today, so I'll go sleep first."

With that, Skydream Iceworm did not dare linger for even another second. He turned into a ball of white light and darted into Huo Yuhao's chest, disappearing.

He had finally woken up and come out for some fresh air, only to nearly lose his life. The human world was too terrifying. He wanted to go back to the Far North Land.

"Done?"

Watching Skydream Iceworm flee in panic, Gu Yue Na withdrew her gaze and looked at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded. It had been nearly two years since they returned from the Star Dou Great Forest.

Over the past two years, he meditated and cultivated at night. During the day, he practiced Predestined Death with Gu Yue Na and made Soul Guidance Devices. Then there was the activity added a year ago: occasionally visiting Jiang Nannan's home to have a meal and chat with her mother, Jiang Wan Jun.

The drinking therapy Huo Yuhao had mentioned back then had proven effective. Her aftereffects had indeed recovered much faster, and she had fully recovered in just over two months.

However, although the treatment had ended, Jiang Wan Jun had kept up the drinking habit and occasionally still had a little.

Huo Yuhao had happened to learn her name during one of their conversations.

Although he was somewhat curious why Jiang Nannan shared the same surname as her mother, that was not the only strange thing.

Jiang Wan Jun was obviously an ordinary person. Even if her husband had outstanding talent, Jiang Nannan's innate soul power talent should not have been so high.

Huo Yuhao himself was actually an example of this. A child's talent generally depended on the talents of both parents, and this was especially evident with top-tier talents.

Jiang Nannan's talent ranked among the best even at Shrek Academy. Despite coming from a commoner background, her Soul Power Level in the early stages had been nearly equal to Bei Bei's and Xu San Shi's.

Thinking of how Jiang Wan Jun had never mentioned Jiang Nannan's father throughout the past year, an answer surfaced in Huo Yuhao's mind.

Could she have been adopted?

But this was clearly the other party's private matter. Since she had not brought it up herself, he had no intention of digging deeper.

And amid this fulfilling life, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power Level had finally reached level twenty two days ago.

Even after Arrogance Original Sin's modifications had made his soul power capacity far greater than that of ordinary people, this level still far surpassed his previous life.

Now that he had advanced to Great Soul Master with the Second Soul Ring provided by Brother Tianmeng, he intended to make a trip to the Far North Land before Tang Ya returned from her break.

Watching Huo Yuhao slowly rise to his feet, Gu Yue Na's gaze fell on the Second Soul Ring he had just condensed.

"If humans saw you condensing soul rings on your own like this, would they think you were a hundred-thousand-year soul beast rebuilding yourself?"

"Maybe." Huo Yuhao tugged at the corner of his mouth. "I've actually run into that before. Oh, right. I may need to go on a long journey in a few days."

"Hm?" Gu Yue Na raised her eyes to look at him. "Where?"

"The Far North Land."

The White-Haired Figure surfaced in his mind, and Huo Yuhao could not help but smile. "I'm planning to visit a few friends there."

Gu Yue Na lowered her head and pondered for a moment before asking tentatively, "...Snow Empress?"

Huo Yuhao was stunned. "You know her?"

"No. I only heard her mentioned when Di Tian reported the situation before. The ruler of the Far North Land seems to be a soul beast leader with strong opinions and considerable ability."

At this point, Gu Yue Na paused and gave him a meaningful look.

"But you actually know her?"

"No."

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, thought for a long time, and still did not know how to explain. In the end, he let out a soft sigh.

"It's only that I know her. She doesn't know me."

"You want her to become a soul spirit? From what Di Tian reported before, she probably won't agree easily..."

Understanding Huo Yuhao's intentions, Gu Yue Na considered it for a moment before looking up. "Should I go with you?"

"...You aren't planning to use your status as the boss of soul beasts to force her into submitting, are you?"

Watching Gu Yue Na blink twice, Huo Yuhao's eyelid twitched. Then he smiled and shook his head.

"Thank you, but I'm going to make friends this time. If the boss of soul beasts comes along, it'll change the whole nature of it. I'll go alone. I'll leave the house to you."

"Mm."

Gu Yue Na did not insist. She lowered her gaze to the Blue Silver Grass Tang Ya had given her, which contained Life Force. After a moment of silence, she slowly spoke the words Huo Yun'er and Tang Ya often said.

"Come back early."

Huo Yuhao froze for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"All right."

Yet Skydream Iceworm, watching this scene from the Spiritual Space, was utterly dumbfounded.

If not for the fact that her aura was exactly the same, he would have found it hard to connect the girl before him with the Soul Beast Matriarch whom even Beast God Di Tian addressed as Master.

"Yuhao."

Hearing Brother Tianmeng's suddenly serious voice in the Spiritual Space, Huo Yuhao responded instinctively.

"What is it, Brother Tianmeng?"

"I've never asked you for anything in my life..."

"Today, Big Brother is kneeling before you. Please teach me a few tricks. We're heading to the Far North soon, so let Big Brother... let Big Brother too..."

"..."

Hearing Skydream Iceworm's increasingly choked-up voice, Huo Yuhao could not help rolling his eyes.

"But I haven't done anything, have I? And isn't Gu Yue Na perfectly normal?"

Do you have some misunderstanding about what normal means?

"Yuhao, I'm just saying..."

Looking at Huo Yuhao's confused expression, Skydream Iceworm hesitated for a long time but still did not dare say it aloud.

"Ahem. Anyway, be careful. I feel like the people around you all have ulterior motives. One day, you might end up being..."

Skydream Iceworm thought for a long while before finally finding a fitting phrase for his thoughts.

"Devoured whole, bones and all."