Douluo's Peerless: Became Huo Yuhao's Golden Finger!

"I just took a shower. Stay away from me!"

"Anyway, we'll be drenched in stinky sweat after dual cultivation. It's pointless."

"I don't care! If you haven't showered, don't touch me!"

Huo Yuhao furrowed his brows in confusion.

Why had Wang Dong's cleanliness obsession gotten worse after only a month apart?

"Fine, I'll go back to the dorm and wash up."

Huo Yuhao flew back to the dorm. The moment he entered, he saw that Wang Dong's bed had been freshly made with a fuzzy blanket, several sets of clothes scattered across it, and a full-length mirror as tall as a person standing beside it.

Had Wang Dong been trying on clothes just now? Was that why she had taken so long to come downstairs?

No!

Why was a grown man so vain?

Huo Yuhao shook his head and headed into the bathroom.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Zhuge Lan remarked. "The little cutie was right there, and you didn't even take a look!"

"What's a little cutie?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked in confusion.

"It's what girls wear underneath. A dudou."

"You have to keep that thing tucked in?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm scratched his chin.

"Humans and beasts are built differently. You run around naked every day, but humans can't," Zhuge Lan teased.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm failed to catch the issue and nodded thoughtfully.

Electrolux's lips curled slightly as he watched.

He suddenly did not feel like opening up a second Sea of Spirit anymore. Staying with Zhuge Lan brought all sorts of novel experiences.

Outside.

Huo Yuhao made it quick and came out with only a bath towel wrapped around his waist.

He saw Wang Dong sticking her butt out and rummaging through something on her own bed.

"You're back," Huo Yuhao greeted her.

Wang Dong reacted like a startled rabbit, launching herself three meters into the air and nearly smashing into the ceiling.

After landing, she turned around with a resentful look in her eyes, but then her gaze went blank.

After three months of disciplined training, Huo Yuhao's physique had undergone a massive transformation. He looked slim in clothes but muscular without them, his defined muscles hard and sharp as though carved by blades and axes. His abs could practically be used as a washboard.

Wang Dong was frozen in place for several seconds before she finally snapped out of it and screamed, covering her face.

"Y-you—you—why aren't you wearing clothes?"

"Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night is stuffed full of books, and my clothes are in the dorm," Huo Yuhao said casually. "Besides, I'm wearing a towel. Don't make it sound like I'm running around naked."

Wang Dong thought about it and found that reasonable.

Only then did she lower her hands.

Then she saw Huo Yuhao pull off the towel and start getting dressed in front of the wardrobe.

Good heavens!

Wang Dong, completely unprepared, turned bright red and stared at him dumbly as her brain shut down.

It was not until Huo Yuhao had finished dressing and turned around that he noticed her expression.

He raised a brow. "What, feeling inferior?"

Wang Dong instinctively recalled something.

"Ah!!!"

"Get out!!!"

Soul Power erupted, and wild wind swept through the room.

Huo Yuhao was blasted out of the dorm, the door slamming shut behind him.

He was utterly baffled.

"Even if mine is bigger than yours, you don't need to get so embarrassed and angry, do you?"

"Get lost!!!"

Huo Yuhao shrugged.

He simply assumed Wang Dong was having one of her usual episodes and planned to return to the big tree to cultivate. However, a familiar figure was lying on the recliner that had been empty for a long time.

"Teacher, you're back!"

"Yuhao, come here. Let your teacher see how much you've improved." Mu En beckoned.

Huo Yuhao obediently stepped forward and allowed Mu En to examine him.

"Not bad, not bad. It seems you haven't wasted a single moment." Mu En nodded in satisfaction. "Your Soul Power has reached Rank 20 as well. When did that happen?"

"Reporting to Teacher, I broke through half a month ago." Huo Yuhao said proudly, "With the Vajra Arhat Fruit you gave me, your disciple has already completed the first stage of the Yi Jin Jing and is currently cultivating the second stage."

—The second stage had cost 95,000 Luck Value to exchange for. It had emptied his balance at the time!

Mu En nodded approvingly.

"Very good. Once your freshman assessment is over, your teacher will take you to a treasured place. Finding it took quite a bit of effort."

"Now, let your teacher test your theoretical knowledge."

After a round of questions and answers.

Mu En became increasingly delighted.

In just over a month.

Yuhao had already mastered the entire "wall of books" and moved on to a new batch of knowledge.

Much of it even involved Inner Court assessments. His progress was astonishingly fast.

After his spiritual power mutated into spiritual thought power, could it actually provide such tremendous assistance in learning?

Mu En could not help recalling that Demigod from back then. That person had seemed to possess a similar spiritual power fluctuation and had seen at a glance that Mu En did not have long to live.

Could it be...

Yuhao's Martial Soul mutation and spiritual power mutation had both been influenced by that Demigod, all so that Yuhao could inherit his legacy?

Wait!

That was not right!

It was nearly impossible for a Demigod to be achieved through human effort alone.

Only the high priests of gods could take this half-step after reaching Rank 99.

Could Yuhao have been chosen by some god and groomed as a successor?

That was highly possible!

Thinking that his disciple might one day become a god, Mu En's heart burned with excitement.

At the same time, he had a new idea.

"Yuhao, you learn quickly. Are you interested in trying your hand at becoming a Soul Engineer?" Mu En asked proactively.

Huo Yuhao blinked.

Before he could even bring it up, his teacher had already handed him the perfect opening.

"Your disciple has indeed had such thoughts lately."

"The Yi Jin Jing can already be circulated during everyday activities, and I've absorbed most of the Martial Soul theory as well."

"I have plenty of time left, so I wanted to get in touch with Soul Tools. I feel like I could gain quite a bit from it."

"Oh, right, Brother Lan is also a Soul Engineer. He said he gave me a Rank 11 Soul Tool, but I still haven't found where it is."

"I suspect Brother Lan tricked me."

Huo Yuhao grumbled as he spoke.

Mu En, however, believed it completely.

—That Demigod could not possibly joke about something so important.

As for why Huo Yuhao could not discover it...

Either his rank was too low to activate it, or it was a passive protective Soul Tool that would only appear when he encountered danger.

But regardless, it only strengthened Mu En's resolve to send Yuhao to the Soul Tool Branch.

"Excellent."

"Shaozhe said you recently learned a set of Tai Chi Fist. Show it to your teacher."

"You don't need to explain the cultivation mantra."

Huo Yuhao hurriedly nodded and began practicing.

Even as he grumbled inwardly.

"Brother Lan, why did you bring up that Rank 11 Soul Tool? It's not good to deceive Teacher like this."

"Of course it was to lay the groundwork for you." Zhuge Lan said irritably. "."

Wang Dong's Return Gift! An External Soul Bone Appears!

"Anyway, I won't hurt you. Just do as I say."

"At worst, once you become a god, find a weaker god and beat them up until they pass their Godhood to that old man."

"If the God Realm hadn't blocked the ascension path, that old man should have become a god long ago."

"It's a real pain when you don't have connections up there."

Zhuge Lan's words aroused everyone's curiosity.

"Zhuge, from the sound of it, are the gods of this world limited in number?" Electrolux asked.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao both turned their attention toward him.

"Yep."

Zhuge Lan explained—

"The Douluo God Realm has limited territory, and the number of gods it can support is limited as well."

"After the Dragon God fell, there were still vacant divine positions, so one could accumulate faith and create a Godhood independently."

"Now all the positions up there are filled. If a new god wants to ascend, a god has to be willing to give up their Godhood. Otherwise, they'll end up like old man Mu En, unable to become a god at Rank 100 even when their lifespan runs out."

"Oh, right. Soul Beasts cannot become gods. The 100,000-Year Tribulation exists to wipe you out. Even reaching a million years is useless, because there are no longer any divine positions for Beast Gods in the God Realm."

"More precisely, the human gods do not permit the birth of any new Beast Gods."

"The rule that Soul Masters need Soul Rings to advance only appeared after the Dragon God's fall. It both increases the growth rate of Soul Masters and restrains the expansion of Soul Beasts."

Huo Yuhao came to a realization.

Electrolux fell into thought.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was furious!

"So that's why after I reached a million years, not only could my strength no longer improve, but my lifespan even started being consumed."

"So those guys in the heavens never intended to leave us a path to survive!"

"And what happened with the Dragon God's fall?"

Zhuge Lan yawned, clearly uninterested.

"If you wish to know what happens next, listen in the next installment."

"Don't!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm expertly wrapped himself around him. "Quick! Tell us! How did the Dragon God, sovereign of Soul Beasts, fall?"

Zhuge Lan refused to speak. He closed his eyes as if he had fallen asleep.