After dealing with Lu Xinjin, Huo Yuhao did not linger. He used Kamui to jump directly to the homes of the remaining Soul Saints.
Passion Sect had long investigated these Soul Saints' residences, and their own subordinates had voluntarily exposed them.
One of the Soul Saints did not know what was good for him and tried to attack Huo Yuhao on the spot after hearing his words.
Huo Yuhao did not indulge him. He sent him straight to see Buddha Tang with a blast of Amaterasu. Of course, whether Buddha Tang accepted him was another matter; Huo Yuhao was only responsible for sending him there.
After dealing with one Soul Saint, he took the man's remains to the second Soul Saint's home.
This seventy-second-level control-system Soul Saint named Kong Yang immediately realized that he was no match for Huo Yuhao when he saw the corpse.
He dropped to his knees and said,
"Kong, having drifted through half a lifetime, only regrets never meeting a wise master!"
"If my lord does not disdain me, Kong is willing to acknowledge you as my Godfather!"
Huo Yuhao had no interest in becoming Dong Zhuo, and this fellow's Martial Soul was not a Fangtian Halberd either.
Still, seeing that Kong Yang was sensible, Huo Yuhao decided to let him become the city lord.
Huo Yuhao told him in advance that every aspect of Xilu City would have to grant Passion Sect unrestricted access from now on and could not obstruct its development.
Kong Yang nodded repeatedly. As long as he was not turned to ash, everything was negotiable.
Huo Yuhao could not possibly trust such a fence-sitter. He placed a Tsukuyomi-version Spiritual Imprint in Kong Yang's Sea of Consciousness, a use of spiritual power taught by Tian Meng.
It was somewhat like a transfer seal.
Once he showed any signs of betrayal, Tsukuyomi would automatically activate, tormenting him in his mental world for three days and three nights before erasing his personality.
Feeling the restraint within his Sea of Consciousness, Kong Yang trembled all over. His gaze toward Huo Yuhao was filled with reverence and fear.
Seeing his obedient appearance, Huo Yuhao nodded in satisfaction. Since he had already found a suitable candidate, there was nothing left to discuss with the final Soul Saint.
The final Soul Saint was named Ma Fengjun, a seventy-fifth-level agility attack-system Soul Saint.
Huo Yuhao did not waste words on him. A full package of illusions and Tsukuyomi made him drop to his knees immediately.
He gave him the same Tsukuyomi imprint as Kong Yang and ordered him to assist Kong Yang from then on.
Clearly, Ma Fengjun was not a man of unyielding resolve either. He knelt on the spot.
He did not want to die. As a sixty-year-old Soul Saint, he still had plenty of time to strive for Soul Douluo. The highlight of his life had not yet arrived; how could he die here?
Besides, to him, serving one person was the same as serving another. He had been ordered around by Lu Xinjin before anyway. It was merely a change of masters.
In one night, this city located extremely close to Shrek City had completely fallen into Huo Yuhao's hands.
The upper ranks were all his people, while Passion Sect continually infiltrated the lower ranks. In the future, they could expand into the surrounding cities as well.
Shrek Academy was lofty and arrogant, having always looked down on these surrounding cities. Huo Yuhao might as well take them all for himself.
Huo Yuhao would not waste these crucial cities that could tightly choke the throat of the Star Dou Great Forest.
After finishing everything, Huo Yuhao teleported directly to Passione Headquarters, a building more than ten meters tall that had once been a casino.
He summoned Passion Sect's cadres through their Spiritual Imprints.
He then announced that their primary future goal would be to establish schools in Xilu City, help children of suitable age awaken their Martial Souls for free, and take in wandering orphans from the surrounding area.
He would vigorously reform Xilu City's economy. Huo Yuhao would not allow prostitutes, casinos, or addictive drugs to exist in his city.
Before he came, this world had been this rotten. If it remained this rotten after he came, then would he not have come for nothing?
After settling Xilu City's affairs, he also took a look at the orphanage established by Passion Sect.
He saw that the girl named Sui had voluntarily joined Passion Sect and was helping the orphanage director care for the children.
Huo Yuhao was very pleased. He had Sui stand on the awakening formation and personally used his spiritual power to fully activate her Martial Soul.
A primordial ferocious beast appeared behind Sui: it had a goat's head, Dragon Horns, tiger fangs, human claws, and an earthy yellow body covered in strange patterns.
It was the Taotie Spirit Sheep, a Martial Soul of the same type as Xuan Zi's Godly Taotie Bull.
Huo Yuhao believed that this girl named Sui would definitely become a core member of Passion Sect in the future and support its peak combat strength.
Afterward, Huo Yuhao had all the children in the orphanage who were six years old or older come before him, then awakened their Martial Souls one by one.
Only seven children awakened Soul Power, with the highest being level five.
Huo Yuhao personally explained their future development paths to these children and what kind of Soul Rings they should hunt.
For the children without Soul Power, Huo Yuhao had the orphanage continue raising them. He had them follow Passion Sect's craftsmen and try to learn a trade, so that even if they did not join Passion Sect in the future, they would still have a way to make a living.
"It is over, Brother Sky Dream. We should head to the Star Dou Great Forest."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was currently bickering with Electrolux. This was part of his daily routine, though Electrolux often spoke until he was nearly reduced to tears.
He was weak but loved to provoke others.
"Great, Yuhao!"
"Once you obtain your Spiritual Eye's second ring, I will take you to the Extreme North to obtain your Second Martial Soul and the Ice Empress's Soul Ring!"
"That way, Yuhao, all three of your Soul Rings will be at least Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. There has never been anyone like you before, and there definitely never will be another!"
Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded. His current setup was indeed invincible. To him, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings were no different from wholesale goods.
"Kamui!"
This time, Huo Yuhao did not need to travel on foot. He jumped there directly through Kamui.
This ocular technique, Kamui, was truly incredibly useful. It connected to a Kamui Dimension, a space attached to another dimension of the Douluo Continent.
Huo Yuhao used the Kamui Dimension as a transfer point, allowing him to jump to other locations across the Douluo Continent.
That location had to be somewhere Huo Yuhao had been before, or within the range covered by his spiritual power.
When Electrolux saw the Kamui Dimension, he clicked his tongue in amazement. He said that this space counted as a type of Demi-plane.
Moreover, it was a Demi-plane naturally possessed by Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul. Huo Yuhao was the master of the Demi-plane.
At an emerald-green pond in the Outer Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Golden Tortoise was boredly blowing bubbles in the middle of the pond.
"He is coming. He is not coming. He is coming. He is not coming..."
"Could he really have been lured away by some other turtle?"
"At the very least, something like this should happen five years after I die, right?!"
The Golden Tortoise did not notice a Space Vortex appearing beside the pond.
Huo Yuhao's figure was slowly spat out by the space.
Hearing the Golden Tortoise's words, Huo Yuhao's face darkened.
"This pathetic Soul Beast is about to become my Soul Ring. What terrible luck!"
When Huo Yuhao had fully stepped beside the pond, the Shadow Cat on his shoulder meowed at the Golden Tortoise.
"Meow!!"
The Golden Tortoise immediately turned around, and an expression of wild joy could actually be seen on its triangular head.
"Wuu~"
"You finally came. This old turtle was getting anxious!"
Before Huo Yuhao could speak, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Sea of Consciousness could not hold back any longer.
"Wait?"
"Is that Golden Tortoise?!"
"This bastard absorbed my life force before!!"
"I can sense my origin inside its body!"
"Yuhao, cover it with your spiritual power. I want to speak to this bastard!"
Huo Yuhao helplessly spread his spiritual power over it, allowing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to converse with the Golden Tortoise.
"Bastard! Do you still recognize me?"
The Golden Tortoise suddenly sensed an unusual spiritual power coming from Huo Yuhao's body. It was initially confused, but it quickly recognized him.
"Ah! It is you, that Ice Silkworm!"
"You actually escaped. So the first Soul Ring it mentioned was you!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued angrily, "You absorbed my life force back then too!"
The Golden Tortoise was a little guilty. It secretly buried its head in the water and muttered, "I only secretly absorbed a little. I did not cause you much trouble."
"Besides, I paid a price for it too. You can understand just by looking at my current life force."
Only then did Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realize that the Golden Tortoise's life force was nearly exhausted.
"So that is why. No wonder you want to Sacrifice yourself!"
The Golden Tortoise did not want to keep explaining. Its body was already at its limit; every second it lived brought it unbearable pain.
"You should have the ability to preserve a Spiritual Origin within the Sea of Consciousness. Otherwise, the big Ice Silkworm could not possibly speak with me."
"Help me seal my Spiritual Origin within his body, and I will Sacrifice myself to him with all my strength!"
"As for the rest, let this old turtle rest in the Sea of Consciousness for a while before I explain it to you!"
After saying that, the Golden Tortoise released the terrifying aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Its entire body was covered in blood-red light.
Then the bloody radiance enveloped Huo Yuhao's entire body, and his Spiritual Eye opened automatically.
The Shadow Cat swiftly leaped off Huo Yuhao's shoulder and stood guard nearby.
Although Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was unwilling in words, he still used his spiritual power to guide the Golden Tortoise's Spiritual Origin into Huo Yuhao's body.
He would not refuse something beneficial to Huo Yuhao.
The Sacrifice did not take long. A Blood-Red Soul Ring soon appeared as the second ring of the Spiritual Eye, with two golden patterns on it.
Clearly, during the Sacrifice, the Golden Tortoise had successfully broken through to the level of a two-hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast.
After the Sacrifice was complete, the Golden Tortoise's body dispersed, leaving behind a large chunk of jade-green metal that radiated the life force of an entire world.
There was also a dark golden skull floating in the air.
Electrolux sensed that life force within Huo Yuhao. His divine consciousness extended outward, and the entire Gray Sphere was utterly shocked!
"What a huge piece of Life Gold!"
"Unheard of, unseen!"
"This, this, this!"
"Ah, Yuhao, you truly are blessed beyond measure!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Electrolux in confusion, "What is Life Gold?"
Electrolux said in an aged voice, "Life Gold... it is a world, the essence of a world."
"If your million years of life force were converted into Life Gold, it would probably amount to only a single drop."
"Such a huge piece of Life Gold—in my world, it would likely make every powerhouse risk their lives to fight over it!"
"Yuhao, after you absorb the Soul Bone, I will help you make the greatest possible use of this Life Gold."
At the same time, the Golden Tortoise finally entered Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
"Hahaha, this old turtle is finally free!!!"
"So your name is Huo Yuhao. Hurry up and absorb the skull I gave you."
"This skull's Soul Skill is related to Destiny."
"I will rest for a while first. These past years have been too exhausting!"
Huo Yuhao did not rush to absorb the Soul Bone. He first stored the Life Gold in his Storage Soul Tool.
He then sensed the two Soul Skills granted by the Golden Tortoise.
"Spiritual Eye Second Soul Skill: Golden Armor. The body gathers armor like gold, with a spiritual star burning in the chest. While the armor is maintained, its defensive power is extremely strong. With twenty levels of Soul Power, it can withstand a Soul Emperor's full-force attack."
"Spiritual Eye Second Soul Skill: Sun Wheel Spear. The Golden Armor explodes, ignited by spiritual power, and condenses into a gigantic spear of light."
"The spear's body is embedded with miniature sun wheels, which are formed from elements ignited by spiritual power."
"It possesses tremendous power, consumes an enormous amount of Soul Power, and is especially effective against darkness and evil!"
Three thousand words. This was originally supposed to be split into two chapters, but I saw readers saying the pacing was a little slow. I will read all of your suggestions, so I combined them into one chapter and posted it today. OzR
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