"His mother's death plunged Huo Yuhao into unbearable grief. Unable to accept her passing, he swore that no matter what it took, he would undo the tragedy that had already happened!"
The Watcher's calm narration sounded: "From that moment on, his fate gradually began to diverge from that of the other Parallel Space-times..."
As the Watcher spoke, the scene shifted.
Beside an Ice Coffin radiating a bone-chilling cold, Huo Yuhao looked much more haggard as he stared blankly into space.
Before him, Qian Duoduo, vice dean of the Soul Tool Department, gazed sorrowfully at his disheveled appearance.
"Yuhao, the Academy has reached a decision regarding the attack."
Qian Duoduo crouched in front of Huo Yuhao and said softly, "Although Dai Huabin claimed he had nothing to do with it, the investigation found that the assassins had secret ties to the White Tiger Duke Mansion. So Dai Huabin has been expelled from the Academy."
"After that, the Academy will also hold the White Tiger Duke Mansion accountable and make them give you... and your mother an explanation!"
Huo Yuhao's dim eyes shifted slightly. Then he shook his head. "You know, I don't really care about any of that..."
"Do you think... there's still hope for my mother?"
"Alas..." Qian Duoduo sighed. His face full of regret, he hesitated before saying, "Yuhao, I know you're grieving deeply right now, but bringing the dead back to life isn't something mortals can do."
"Even Elder Zhuang, the Life Douluo at the Academy, and the Medical Immortal Douluo of the Star Luo Empire can't revive the dead... That's a realm only the gods can touch."
"The gods... can bring the dead back to life?!" Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly lit up, and color gradually returned to his pale face.
"That's right!" Qian Duoduo nodded, speaking with absolute certainty. "A thousand years ago, Thousand Hand Douluo Tang San died in a divine war. His Lover, Hyena King Douluo Banban, also died after sacrificing herself for Tang San. But in the end, they were both reborn through the mighty power of the gods!"
"I understand, Dean! I won't let myself waste away anymore!" Seeing a glimmer of hope, Huo Yuhao immediately pulled himself together.
Huo Yuhao on the Heavenly Screen had found his resolve, but in reality, the hearts of the brothers Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin had sunk into an abyss.
Though they were inside the safest place on the continent, Shrek Academy, the brothers felt as if they were sitting atop a volcano on the verge of erupting.
They waited anxiously for their fate to be pronounced, never knowing when the active volcano beneath them might erupt and blow them sky-high.
As the saying goes, death itself isn't frightening. What's frightening is waiting for it.
Dai Yueheng felt like he was about to go insane.
He was getting a taste of what it meant to be sitting at home when disaster fell from the sky.
As the eldest legitimate son of the White Tiger Duke Mansion, he had been born into nobility, possessed a powerful Martial Soul, and had exceptional Innate Soul Power. He had even earned his way into Shrek Inner Court through his own hard work.
All he had to do was wait until he became one of the Shrek Seven Devils, marry Xu Jiujiu, and then follow the usual path to becoming the next White Tiger Duke and reaching the pinnacle of success.
As for his foolish younger brother, he had never taken him seriously.
In Dai Yueheng's eyes, Dai Huabin's only advantage over him was having a Zhu Family girl who was a suitable match and possessing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
But to think that was enough to contend for the position of the next White Tiger Duke? That was just naive.
Their father, Dai Hao, hadn't married a woman from the Zhu Family and didn't have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Hadn't he still become the White Tiger Duke?
Dai Yueheng had always worked hard to achieve his goals, never daring to slack off.
Then the Heavenly Screen appeared, and a gigantic scapegoat fell from the sky, landing on the heads of everyone in the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
Dai Yueheng felt utterly wronged!
Although he knew Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er existed, he was proud by nature and had never deigned to pay them any attention. Besides, he had enrolled at Shrek long ago and rarely went home.
In other words, he had absolutely nothing to do with the way Huo Yuhao and his mother had been bullied!
Just a few minutes earlier, Dai Yueheng had been wondering how he could make things right with Huo Yuhao if he enrolled at the Academy.
Although Huo Yuhao and his mother had been treated poorly and bullied at the White Tiger Duke Mansion, as long as they showed a good attitude and offered generous compensation, they could still make peace by forcing Dai Huabin to apologize.
After all, Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er both seemed kind-hearted, and given Huo Yun'er's Obsession with his father, Dai Hao, reconciliation shouldn't be difficult.
He wasn't expecting them to ascend to godhood together someday. He just hoped to preserve the White Tiger Duke Mansion as it was.
But now, after watching that foolish younger brother of his hire assassins to kill Huo Yuhao and even cause Huo Yun'er's death, Dai Yueheng wanted nothing more than to strangle the thoughtless idiot himself!
A Mother-killing Grudge! Even if it was a future that hadn't happened yet, Huo Yuhao could never make peace with the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
With a sigh, Dai Yueheng could almost see the White Tiger Duke Mansion declining, perhaps even collapsing altogether.
Compared with Dai Yueheng's frustration, Dai Huabin was completely losing it.
It was true that the Heavenly Screen had earlier shown him ordering his subordinates to bully Huo Yuhao and his mother when they were children. But setting the facts aside, weren't Huo Yuhao and his mother at fault too?
Dai Huabin had thought it was just a childhood squabble, and Huo Yuhao was still his half-brother, after all. It would be unreasonable to hold on to such a trivial matter. When Huo Yuhao ascended to godhood someday, he should at least take Dai Huabin with him.
Besides, he was the legitimate son! Huo Yuhao was only the son of a maid, a mere illegitimate son at best.
What kind of standing did that sort of birth give him?
Since ancient times, "maid-born bastard" and "maid's brat" had been insults. That alone showed how people viewed them.
Whenever he had nothing better to do, Dai Huabin read novels to pass the time, especially those written by women. In those stories, even when an illegitimate son became a general or even an emperor, he still had to defer to the legitimate son.
If that rule applied in real life, then even if Huo Yuhao became a god, he'd still have to stand at attention before Dai Huabin, the legitimate son! If he didn't take Dai Huabin with him when he ascended, that would be an outrage! His whole family would despise him!
Dai Huabin had been happily imagining his future ascension to the Divine Realm, but then the Heavenly Screen exposed that he would have Huo Yuhao assassinated and even cause his mother's death!
Dai Huabin's heart went cold.
The Heavenly Screen had exposed their future Mother-killing Grudge. Wouldn't that give Huo Yuhao a perfectly good reason not to take him along when he ascended?
"I didn't do it! That wasn't me! This is slander!"
Dai Huabin pointed at the Heavenly Screen and shouted in protest, "How can something that hasn't happened yet count?! I'll explain everything to Yuhao later. This doesn't count! I'm his brother. He has to take me with him when he ascends!"
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