That Brat Dai Hao Was a Good-for-Nothing: One Was Raised by Her Own Mother, the Other by a Stepmother

"That brat Dai Hao disappears for years at a time and never comes home. Even when he does, he takes no interest in the affairs of the household."

"He's got it easy, playing the hands-off master. The once fine White Tiger Duke's Mansion has become more and more of a cesspool!"

Watching the scenes on the Sky Curtain, Xuanji Douluo's expression darkened to the extreme. "How could the Daughter of Destiny be so difficult to raise that she ended up harboring hatred instead?"

He looked so furious that if Dai Hao had been there, no one would have doubted Xuanji Douluo would hang him up and beat him.

It was no wonder Xuanji Douluo was so angry. He and Dai Hao's father, the previous White Tiger Duke, had been close friends. At his friend's request, Xuanji Douluo had agreed to look after the White Tiger Lineage.

He could be called the White Tiger Lineage's greatest asset, and among all the Venerables, he was the only Titled Douluo to openly take the White Tiger Duke's side.

"Brother, I think our top priority should be to protect her."

Gu Tian pondered for a moment, then reminded him, "Otherwise, I'm afraid the White Tiger Duchess might lash out and go after the mother and daughter."

Although he didn't know why Huo Yuhao had become Huo Yutong,

one thing was certain: Huo Yutong would not only become his woman in the future, but, just as in the Original Work, she would also create the Spirit Soul System and inherit Rong Nianbing's God of Emotion divine position.

But that meant the plan he'd been devising might need to change considerably.

Ever since awakening his Martial Soul, Gu Tian had wanted to determine which point in the timeline he was in, so he could try to snatch away the two greatest cheats belonging to Huo Yuhao, that walking cheat himself: Electrolux and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

There wasn't much hope of getting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but it wasn't entirely impossible.

It was true that Gu Tian didn't have a Spirit System Martial Soul, but he had lived two lifetimes, and his Spiritual Power was no ordinary thing.

As for the possibility of snatching Electrolux, it was even greater.

Electrolux was indeed the Holy Necromancer.

But don't forget that he had once held another identity: the betrayed Child of Light.

Compared to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Gu Tian wanted far more to gain the opportunity Electrolux represented.

After all, Electrolux wasn't just a demigod-level Great Death Mage; he also had experience creating a plane.

That experience creating a plane was of utmost importance to Gu Tian.

Who knew how far in the future it might be, but Gu Tian might be able to use it to recreate a Light Realm of his own.

He hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to become Huo Yutong, a pitiful little girl.

That changed Gu Tian's original plan, too.

How should he put it?

The opportunities his woman had were no different from his own.

Besides, Electrolux's greatest legacy was his knowledge and experience, and both could be copied.

There was another very important reason, too: the Emperor Armor and Wrath of the Undead just didn't go together at all.

Just imagining the Emperor Armor commanding countless undead troops made the whole thing feel completely wrong.

"That's right. Given how jealous Brother Dai's legal wife is, she might well decide to go down fighting."

At that, Xu Jiawei's expression changed. He immediately turned to Azure Luan Douluo. "Sorry for the trouble, Elder Ye."

There was no helping it. Among all the Titled Douluo present, Azure Luan Douluo was the fastest.

The Child of Destiny concerned the National Fortune of the Star Luo Empire. They couldn't afford to treat this lightly.

Seeing this, Xuanji Douluo opened his mouth as if to say something, but Xu Jiawei stopped him with a glance.

"No problem. Leave it to me!"

"After all, she'll become a Deity who stands with us in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, a breeze stirred, and Azure Luan Douluo vanished from where he stood.

"A Deity!"

Hearing those words, the others present froze for a moment before finally realizing.

Huo Yutong wasn't only the Daughter of Destiny. She would also become a Deity in the future, with the title God of Emotion.

At the same time, at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

Watching the little girl on the Sky Curtain, a face she knew all too well, the White Tiger Duchess showed fear for the first time.

She had managed to hold on to her position as the White Tiger Duke's legal wife, of course, not solely through her family connections. She had a little cunning of her own.

Before Huo Yutong awakened her Martial Soul, the White Tiger Duchess had indeed made things difficult for Huo Yun'er and her daughter, Huo Yutong.

But she'd had the servants do it behind the scenes, making sure nothing could be traced back to her publicly.

She'd done it because she feared Huo Yutong might have exceptional talent and win Dai Hao's favor, giving her the chance to turn their lives around for good.

That was precisely why she hadn't dared to act so brazenly until Huo Yutong awakened her Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and it became clear she had only Innate Soul Power Level One.

Who could have guessed that a little girl with only Innate Soul Power Level One would be the legendary Daughter of Destiny?

"No! I need to get rid of that bitch and her little bastard right away!"

Just then, a vicious glint flashed in the White Tiger Duchess's eyes.

The Star Luo Royal Family would never let her off. They might even drag her two sons down with her.

No—that would only apply to her eldest son, Dai Yueheng.

Her younger son, Dai Huabin, was already as good as ruined now that the Sky Curtain had exposed everything he'd done.

At that point, not even her family back home would help her, let alone her husband.

The White Tiger Duchess had long heard that her family had sent the most outstanding member of their generation to serve as a maid to someone in the palace.

As for the current White Tiger Duke, there was no need to say anything. He'd do anything for power, so why would he care about his wife's life?

So the White Tiger Duchess had to kill the mother and daughter before anyone from the Star Luo Empire arrived!

If she couldn't have a good life, then neither could that bitch and her little bastard.

With the Daughter of Destiny accompanying her on the Road to the Underworld, she wouldn't have lived this life in vain!

That was right. The White Tiger Duchess no longer expected to survive. All she wanted now was to take Huo Yun'er and Huo Yutong down with her, then kill herself.

Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.

"Daughter of Destiny?"

Curiosity appeared on Bi Ji's pretty face at this unfamiliar term.

"She's like the Imperial Auspicious Beast of our Star Dou Great Forest."

Di Tian glanced at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, pondered for a moment, then said, "Humans also have Children of Destiny who gather their fortune. We can think of them as humanity's Auspicious Beasts."

Hearing this, the Ferocious Beasts present understood what Huo Yutong meant to humanity.

Just as the Auspicious Beast was important to the Star Dou Great Forest—not only could it increase the growth rate of Soul Beasts, but it could also improve the odds of Ferocious Beasts surviving their tribulations—

the Daughter of Destiny was surely extraordinary as well.

Watching the little girl on the Sky Curtain, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes brimmed with curiosity.

"Are you sure she's humanity's Auspicious Beast?"

But after watching Huo Yutong's tragic experiences, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's mouth twitched. She looked doubtful as she asked Di Tian.

"What's wrong?" Di Tian raised an eyebrow and asked in return.

"What kind of Auspicious Beast is that unlucky?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion lifted her little head and made a perfectly reasonable case. "She's been bullied since she was little, has only Innate Soul Power Level One, and her mother died when she was young."

She was the Imperial Auspicious Beast herself. No Soul Beast could speak with more authority than the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

In this Star Dou Great Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could come across all kinds of Natural Treasures just by wandering around.

Even if she ran into danger, all sorts of coincidences would make it easy for her to escape.

"..."

The Ferocious Beasts glanced at one another, at a loss for words. It seemed the Auspicious Beast had a point.

Compared to her, Huo Yutong, the Daughter of Destiny, was practically raised by a stepmother.