Huo Yuhao Awakens

"Uncle Li, I'm truly sorry for today's trouble." Huo Yun'er carried her son Huo Yuhao, her pretty face pale, her eyes filled with worry.

"Awakening a martial soul is always an exhausting matter. This isn't your fault." Dai Li waved his hand, then looked at Huo Yuhao, who was hiding behind Huo Yun'er. After a long silence, he said, "What a pity. If Yuhao had awakened the White Tiger Martial Soul, then..."

"No matter what martial soul Yuhao awakens—White Tiger or Eyes—he is still my son and his." Huo Yun'er ruffled Huo Yuhao's short black hair, her eyes full of tenderness.

"A Body Origin Martial Soul surpasses both Beast and Tool Martial Souls. The odds of this are extremely slim. Yuhao is lucky to have such fortune, but it's a pity his innate soul power is only level one."

Dai Li sat up. He declined Huo Yun'er's offer to help him stand and walked over to Huo Yuhao.

"Yuhao, look into my eyes."

"..."

Huo Yuhao said nothing. He opened his eyes wide, their black-and-white clarity meeting Dai Li's gaze.

"That's not right." Dai Li frowned slightly.

"Uncle Li, did something go wrong with Yuhao's martial soul awakening?" Huo Yun'er's face was full of concern.

Dai Li didn't answer. After locking eyes with Huo Yuhao, he stood up and shook his head slightly.

"I remember when Yuhao first awakened his martial soul, the depth of those Eye Martial Souls, and how even my movements slowed down considerably. Yuhao's Eye Martial Soul is definitely extraordinary."

Dai Li turned to face Huo Yun'er and smiled. "Don't worry. Yuhao is fine. The awakening of a Body Origin Martial Soul is usually tied to a vital part of the body. The Eye Martial Soul could be considered the most important among them."

"Although I am a Soul Emperor, my knowledge is ultimately shallow. If Yuhao ever meets someone from the Body Sect in the future, I believe they will understand the wonders of the Eye Martial Soul. Perhaps they can even cure why this child has yet to open his intelligence."

Huo Yun'er bowed slightly and left with Huo Yuhao.

Eye Martial Soul, innate soul power level one.

Upon learning everything, the Duchess breathed a sigh of relief and laughed smugly.

At the same time, Huo Yun'er's physical condition grew worse and worse. As time passed, the exhaustion of her body and mind, along with the hardship of daily labor, took their toll.

In the year Huo Yuhao turned twelve, Huo Yun'er's life came to an end. Her only lingering worry was for her Yuhao.

"M-Mother..."

Huo Yun'er heard Huo Yuhao's voice. Her eyes flew open, filled with joy, her heart struck like a heavy hammer. In the end, she passed away peacefully.

Tears streamed from Huo Yuhao's eyes, falling drop by drop to the ground, splashing up dust.

"Aaaah—" Huo Yuhao pressed his hands tightly against his temples, his eyes wide and round. The sound of "drip drop, drip drop," like the ticking of a second hand, echoed in his ears.

Inside this house of less than thirty square meters, all time seemed to freeze. Tear droplets merged with dust, tiny gray particles entering the droplets. Everything became clear and visible, down to the finest detail.

After a long time, when everything returned to normal, Huo Yuhao had long since cried himself hoarse.

"Mother, thank you for twelve years of care and love." Huo Yuhao knelt on both knees and kowtowed three times before Huo Yun'er's bed. His forehead bled, and he remained kneeling for a long time.

Huo Yuhao was originally a transmigrator, his original name Huo Hao.

On his way home in the rain, he was hit by a truck. His soul was chosen by the system and eventually traveled through time and space to arrive on the Douluo Continent.

Unlike the heavenly start of Dou One, Huo Hao had read the entire story of Dou Two back when he was in school.

In five words: Tang San's dog-training chronicle.

Huo Hao remembered very clearly. As he followed the system to the Douluo Continent, a dark red beam of light nearly pierced his soul. At the critical moment, the system saved him and then transformed into a layer of white membrane that wrapped around the entire planet of the Douluo Continent.

"The Douluo Continent, from now on, is yours to command. Even the lofty God King cannot hinder you."

This was the final message the system left before sending Huo Yuhao's soul down to the Duke's Mansion.

"From now on, Huo Hao is dead. Huo Yuhao is my name."

Huo Yuhao picked up his mother, who had stopped breathing. Sorrow filled his eyes. Holding the White Tiger Dagger, he walked out of the small house where he had lived for twelve years and arrived at a place surrounded by trees, where birds sang and flowers bloomed.

Huo Yuhao dug a grave with the dagger, buried his mother, and fetched a wooden board. He carved the words "Tomb of Huo Yun'er."

"Mother, no amount of words can express your kindness in raising me. I am leaving. I am leaving the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. This is a place of heartbreak. The White Tiger Duke's First Madam, the beating Dai Huabin ordered his servants to give me two years ago, and the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao himself—every single matter, I will settle accounts with them all."

"This Yuhao is not that Yuhao. Douluo Continent, I'm coming!"

Huo Yuhao rose to his full height. He turned his head to look at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion not far away, a flash of killing intent in his eyes.

After burying his mother, Huo Yuhao returned to the small house where he had lived for twelve years. An unexpected visitor made him frown slightly.

"Child, you're leaving, aren't you?"

The visitor was none other than the butler, Dai Li. Compared to six years ago, Dai Li was now white-haired and aged.

"Uncle Li, Yuhao thanks you for twelve years of care for my mother and me. Now that my mother is dead, I can no longer stay in this place of heartbreak, the Duke's Mansion." Huo Yuhao's eyes burned as he spoke, word by word.

"Your mother's passing grieves me as well."

Dai Li nodded. His eyes met Huo Yuhao's. "A good man aspires to the four directions. The Duke's Mansion is dangerous for you. Take advantage of the fact that the First Madam hasn't discovered you've regained your intelligence and leave quickly."

"Here are twenty gold soul coins. Use them sparingly."

Huo Yuhao did not refuse. He accepted them openly, packed his clothes simply along with the money his mother had saved over the years—eight silver soul coins and five bronze soul coins in total—said goodbye to Dai Li, and shouldered his backpack as he left.

Watching Huo Yuhao's departing figure, Dai Li muttered to himself, "Child, it's fine to just be an ordinary person."

The White Tiger Duke's Mansion was located fifty li northwest of Star Luo City, covering a full three thousand mu.

Ten thousand years ago, there were Heaven Dou and Star Luo. Now, Heaven Dou has split into Heaven Soul and Dou Ling, and the Star Luo royal family has changed hands.

The ancestors of the White Tiger Duke were once the imperial clan of the Star Luo royal family.

At the junction of the Three Great Empires lies a Soul Beast Forest. When Soul Masters reach a bottleneck in their cultivation, they choose to enter the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts and obtain corresponding Soul Rings.

Huo Yuhao left home and went alone to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was waiting for him.

Huo Yuhao had no need to worry about Tang Shenwang's schemes. Ever since his mother passed away and his spiritual wisdom awakened, the system's voice had told him so.

Back when Tang San first noticed the birth of the Child of Destiny and turned his attention here, the system tore through spacetime to allow Huo Hao to be reborn in Huo Yun'er's womb. Meanwhile, the system transformed into a White Membrane to protect the Douluo Continent, preventing the lofty Tang Shenwang from ever interfering in the lower realm again.

Huo Yuhao's greatest cheat was that from then on, he would never be controlled. This was also why the system let him roam free. Without Tang San's interference, Huo Yuhao's achievements would absolutely surpass those of Tang San.

"The sky is vast for birds to fly; the sea is wide for fish to leap."

"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm! I'm coming!"

Huo Yuhao sprinted toward the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.