Heart Replacement

Judging by the strength of her origin, she had at most one month left before heart failure killed her.

It seemed conventional treatment was no longer an option. For this kind of congenital heart condition, ordinary medicine and surgery were completely useless.

This world also lacked specialized equipment such as cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, or CRTs.

Without the equipment, he could not even keep her alive. He had to find a way to solve the problem at its root once and for all.

As Huo Yuhao pondered, he watched the woman lying on the hospital bed: dry, split golden hair, a frail body, and wrinkles carved into her face by time.

In truth, he had one ultimate solution: replace her heart directly.

Since it was a congenital defect in her heart and could not be treated through conventional means—

Then he would simply flip the table. If I can't cure the illness, can't I just deal with the heart itself?

Huo Yuhao swiftly formulated a rough plan in his mind.

He would remove her heart as quickly as possible, use his extremely precise Spiritual Power together with Soul Power to temporarily replace its function, and employ the Reversal Technique to the fullest extent so that she could regenerate a heart during that time.

Huo Yuhao could not complete this process alone. Even for him, with the Spiritual Eye Kaleidoscope, such high-precision control was no easy task.

Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power was currently Formless and Qualityless, so he had to use Soul Power in its place. Yet he possessed only Soul Power at level nine and a half.

Therefore, he needed Jiang Nannan to provide Soul Power support.

Huo Yuhao gently opened the door and looked at Jiang Nannan, who was pacing back and forth in the front hall. "I have a method, but I don't know whether you can accept it."

Very quickly, Huo Yuhao explained his treatment method to Jiang Nannan in detail.

Upon hearing it, Jiang Nannan froze as though struck by lightning.

"Re... replace her heart?"

Even after studying at Shrek Academy for so many years, Jiang Nannan had never heard of a human being able to replace a heart.

Huo Yuhao shook his head helplessly. "Strictly speaking, it isn't heart replacement. It is a form of regeneration—Rebirth after Destruction."

"Miss, this is the only solution I currently have."

Jiang Nannan lowered her head and thought for a while. Then she looked up, her water-like eyes fixed seriously on Huo Yuhao. "Hall Master, how confident are you?"

Huo Yuhao did not answer directly.

"A healer does not give an exact success rate or failure rate. I can only give it my all."

Jiang Nannan gritted her pearly teeth and nodded.

"Then I'll have to rely on you to provide Soul Power support."

The two entered the back room one after the other. Theoretically, they should have put on protective clothing and performed the surgery in a sterile room.

But when in Rome... Bacteria and all that can go argue with my Reversal Technique!

Huo Yuhao stood beside the bed and explained the upcoming operation to her mother in detail.

The woman turned to look at Jiang Nannan, then looked back at Huo Yuhao. "Doctor, I'm in your hands. No matter what, please grant me Release."

Huo Yuhao administered the anesthetic.

Once it took effect, he pulled back the blanket, removed her shirt, and exposed the left side of her body.

Huo Yuhao drew the White Tiger Dagger, his Spiritual Power completely focused on the location of her heart.

The heart had to be removed quickly and precisely. There could not be the slightest mistake.

A sharp white gleam enveloped the tip of the White Tiger Dagger, the sign that this Level Five Soul Tool had been activated.

Huo Yuhao looked back at Jiang Nannan to make sure she would not make any mistakes.

Although Jiang Nannan was afraid, she forced herself not to tremble. The instant Huo Yuhao made his move, she would begin channeling Soul Power.

Huo Yuhao's gaze suddenly sharpened. A streak of white lightning flashed through the air as the White Tiger Dagger swept across the center of the woman's chest.

His Spiritual Power had long since locked onto her heart. The White Tiger Dagger danced in his hand like a butterfly, encountering no obstruction whatsoever within her chest cavity.

The entire process took only five seconds. Her heart was fully removed without harming even a trace of her lungs or spine.

The moment Huo Yuhao removed the heart, he injected Spiritual Power and Soul Power into her body. Guided and structured by his Spiritual Power, the Soul Power formed a blood-pressure pump to take over the heart's role.

Then the Reversal Technique activated. Spiritual Power continuously transformed into bodily energy, allowing her heart to regenerate.

Visible to the naked eye, Huo Yuhao's formerly rosy complexion turned pale.

The expenditure of Spiritual Power and Soul Power was immense, even greater than when he had used the Spiritual Eye Kaleidoscope to control Third Brother.

Sure enough, fine control of any kind of energy required far more effort than releasing it on a massive scale.

Fortunately, a stream of exceptionally gentle Soul Power soon came from behind him, replenishing Huo Yuhao's depleted Soul Power.

In fact, the innate attributes of a Martial Soul affected the nature of its Soul Power.

Soul Masters with fire-attribute Martial Souls generally possessed violent Soul Power that was difficult to control.

Conversely, water-attribute Soul Masters had gentle Soul Power that was easier to control.

Huo Yuhao did not know whether Jiang Nannan's Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul possessed an attribute, but the Soul Power it carried was also extremely calm and peaceful.

It was quite suitable as a Soul Power supplement—a high-quality power bank.

If her Martial Soul had been fire-attribute or Lightning Attribute, Huo Yuhao would never have used her Soul Power as a supplement.

One careless mistake, and he could blow up his own meridians.

Under the effect of the Reversal Technique, high-quality Spiritual Power reversed into bodily energy of an equal level.

That bodily energy granted regenerative abilities comparable to Wolverine's.

Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power could clearly sense countless crimson threads emerging within her chest cavity.

The threads gathered slightly to the left of the chest cavity, intertwining to form the outline of a heart.

The threads began to expand and evolve. The left atrium, right atrium, and aorta appeared one by one.

Once the flesh solidified and no trace of the threads remained, a brand-new, fully functional heart appeared in the center of her chest cavity.

The new heart began connecting to the woman's body. Huo Yuhao gradually withdrew his Spiritual Power and Soul Power, allowing the newly formed heart to take over blood circulation.

Only when the two people in the room heard the strong, forceful beat of the new heart within the woman's chest did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Tears filled Jiang Nannan's eyes as she looked at the miracle on the hospital bed. She felt as though she had fallen in love with the sensation of listening to Life's pulse.

Watching Huo Yuhao's exhausted back, she had never felt so clearly that miracles were not so far from her after all.

She opened her mouth, wanting to offer words of thanks, only to find that no words could express her gratitude.

Huo Yuhao noticed. With difficulty, he waved a hand behind him. "All right, I'm going to rest for a while. Take good care of your mother."

"For now, your mother will stay here. Whether the new heart can truly support her body will need to be observed for a week."

"During this period, don't let her eat spicy or irritating food, and don't let her exercise intensely."

"Her body has not adapted to this heart yet."

Jiang Nannan nodded and carefully took the initiative to support Huo Yuhao as she escorted him to the bedroom on the second floor to rest.

From her gentle movements, Huo Yuhao could clearly sense that this girl seemed to feel an additional emotion toward him—one called admiration.