Dai Huabin: Huo Yuhao Must Take Me to Ascend!

["The death of his mother left Huo Yuhao utterly grief-stricken. He couldn't accept her passing and swore to reverse the tragedy no matter what!"

The observer's calm narration rang out: "From this point on, his fate began to diverge in a direction completely different from other parallel space-times..."

Accompanied by the observer's voice, the scene shifted.

Beside an ice coffin radiating chilling cold, a haggard-looking Huo Yuhao sat in a daze.

Before him, Soul Tool Department Vice Dean Qian Duoduo watched his unkempt appearance with pity.

"Yuhao, regarding this attack incident, the academy has reached a verdict."

Qian Duoduo crouched in front of Huo Yuhao and said softly, "Although Dai Huabin claims he had nothing to do with it, the investigation revealed that the assassins had secret ties to the White Tiger Duke Mansion. Therefore, Dai Huabin has been expelled from the academy."

"As for what comes next, the academy will hold the White Tiger Duke Mansion accountable and demand they 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 mom?"

"Sigh..." Qian Duoduo sighed, hesitated with regret, and then said, "Yuhao, I know you're in great pain right now, but bringing the dead back to life isn't something a mortal 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 deceased... That's a realm only gods can touch."

"Gods... can bring the dead back to life?!" Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly lit up, color gradually returning to his pale face.

"Yes!" Qian Duoduo nodded firmly. "Ten thousand years ago, the Thousand Hand Douluo Tang San died in a divine war, and his lover, the Hyena King Douluo Banban, also died sacrificing herself for him. But in the end, both were reborn through the power of the gods!"

"I understand, Dean! I won't stay down anymore!" Seeing a glimmer of hope, Huo Yuhao perked up.]

The Huo Yuhao in the Heavenly Screen had perked up, but in reality, the hearts of the two brothers, Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, had sunk into an abyss.

Even though they were inside Shrek Academy, the safest place on the continent, the brothers felt as if they were sitting on the mouth of a volcano about to erupt.

They waited in terror for fate's judgment, not knowing when the live volcano beneath them would blow and send them flying.

As the saying goes, death isn't scary—what's scary is waiting for it.

Dai Yueheng felt like he was going mad.

He finally understood what it meant to have disaster strike while sitting at home.

Originally, as the legitimate eldest son of the White Tiger Duke Mansion, he was born noble, with a powerful Martial Soul and exceptional Innate Soul Power. He had even earned a spot in Shrek Inner Court through his own efforts.

All he had to do was wait to become one of the Shrek Seven Devils, marry Xu Jiujiu, and steadily advance to become the next White Tiger Duke, reaching the peak of life.

As for his foolish younger brother, he never took him seriously.

In Dai Yueheng's eyes, Dai Huabin's only advantage over him was having a matching Zhu Family maiden and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

But trying to use that to compete for the next White Tiger Duke's position? 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, yet he still became the White Tiger Duke.

To achieve his life's goals, Dai Yueheng had always worked hard and never let himself slack off.

Then the Heavenly Screen appeared, and a massive black pot fell from the sky, landing squarely on everyone in the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

Dai Yueheng felt utterly wronged!

Although he knew of Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er's existence, his pride kept him from paying them any attention. Besides, he had been studying at Shrek for a long time and rarely went home.

In other words, the bullying of Huo Yuhao and his mother had nothing to do with him!

Minutes ago, Dai Yueheng had been considering how to mend ties with Huo Yuhao once he enrolled.

Even though Huo Yuhao and his mother had been mistreated in the White Tiger Duke Mansion, as long as he showed goodwill, offered substantial compensation, and dragged Dai Huabin to apologize, reconciliation might still be possible.

After all, Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er seemed like decent people, and Huo Yun'er's lingering attachment to their father Dai Hao made it easier.

He didn't hope to ascend together someday—just to preserve the current state of the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

But now, watching his foolish younger brother in the Heavenly Screen order an assassination that killed Huo Yun'er, Dai Yueheng wished he could strangle that troublesome idiot with his own hands!

A mother-killing grudge! Even if it was only a future that hadn't happened yet, Huo Yuhao would never reconcile with the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

With a sigh, Dai Yueheng could already see the decline or even destruction of the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

Compared to Dai Yueheng's frustration, Dai Huabin's mentality had completely shattered.

Although the Heavenly Screen had shown him ordering his subordinates to bully Huo Yuhao and his mother when they were young, setting aside the facts, weren't Huo Yuhao and his mother at fault too?

Earlier, Dai Huabin had thought it was just a minor childhood conflict. Huo Yuhao was still his half-brother, after all. If he held onto such a small matter, that would be too much. At the very least, he should take him along when he became a god and ascended.

Besides, he was the legitimate son! Huo Yuhao was just the son of a maid, barely an illegitimate child at best.

What kind of status was that?

Since ancient times, "son of a maid" and "spawn of a maid" had been insults—that said it all.

In his spare time, Dai Huabin had read some novels to pass the time, especially those written by female authors. In those stories, even if an illegitimate son became a general or an emperor, he still had to bow to the legitimate son.

If that rule applied to reality, even if Huo Yuhao became a god, he'd still have to stand at attention before him, the legitimate son! Not taking him along to ascend would be an act of great rebellion! The entire family would condemn him!

But just as Dai Huabin was fantasizing about the glorious days of ascending to the God Realm, the Heavenly Screen directly exposed his future assassination attempt on Huo Yuhao, which even killed Huo Yuhao's mother!

That sent a chill down his spine.

Since the Heavenly Screen had revealed their future mother-killing grudge, wouldn't Huo Yuhao have a legitimate reason not to take him along when ascending?

"I didn't do it! That wasn't me! This is slander!"

Dai Huabin pointed at the Heavenly Screen and shouted in defiance, "How can a future that hasn't happened count?! I'll definitely explain it to Yuhao later—this doesn't count! I'm his brother, he has to take me when he ascends!"]