Ten Thousand Blades Descend, Unchanging Will! The Spiritual Eye Youth Shakes the World!

[When the scarlet soul ring interwoven with gold-green patterns settled onto Huo Yuhao's body, violent soul power surged into him, making him shudder and clench his teeth.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's phantom emerged outside Huo Yuhao's body, working alongside the still-conscious Ice Empress to carefully guide the soul ring's energy release in an orderly manner, allowing Huo Yuhao to absorb it.

As time passed bit by bit, Huo Yuhao's face gradually flushed red—a sign that the continuously surging soul power racing through his body was pushing his physical limits to the breaking point.

Even on the freezing snowfield, the heat rising from Huo Yuhao's body had become visible to the naked eye.

Sweat turned to vapor and rose, only to be frozen by the bitter cold of the outside world.

Tian Meng closely monitored Huo Yuhao's condition and said, "Bing Bing, pay attention—Yuhao is about to reach his limit!"

"No! I can still hold on!" Before Ice Empress could respond, Huo Yuhao spoke first, pushing through the pressure of the soul power on his body, his eyes filled with determination.

Tian Meng was startled and quickly said, "Yuhao, don't talk! Focus on absorbing the soul power!"

But Huo Yuhao disobeyed, forcing out the words, "Ice Empress, don't listen to Brother Tian Meng. Keep releasing the soul power—I can take it!"

Tian Meng hurriedly said, "Yuhao, why are you so stubborn? With your Brother Tian Meng's skill and methods, even if you can't absorb all the soul power from Bing Bing's soul ring, it won't go to waste. It'll be temporarily stored and can provide you with at least two more soul rings later!"

"An ordinary Soul Master adding one soul ring might go up two or three levels at most. The soul power you're absorbing now is enough to jump five or six levels. Pushing further will only harm yourself!"

As the one human and one insect spoke, Huo Yuhao had already absorbed a considerable amount of soul power.

He forced a strained smile and reassured them, "Brother Tian Meng, opportunities to absorb soul ring power and quickly raise my soul power level aren't common."

"Once this power is sealed, when it's released again, it can only form soul rings, not boost my soul power."

"Ice Empress can still provide two more soul rings, meaning I'll have two future chances to gain soul rings without being able to raise my soul power alongside them!"

"The higher the level, the harder it is to improve. So I have to seize every chance to absorb a soul ring and raise my soul power!"

He paused, drew in a cold breath, and added, "Brother Tian Meng, Mother can only wait for me for three years! I can't afford to cultivate slowly—there's simply no time!"

"Please, Brother Tian Meng, Ice Empress, help me! Let me give it my all! I can handle it!"

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao's face and body had already turned red like blood. The twisted veins and blood vessels beneath his skin looked ready to burst, and even the vapor rising from him carried a faint tinge of red!

Yet Huo Yuhao seemed completely oblivious to the pain, casting a pleading gaze at Tian Meng's spiritual projection outside.

Tian Meng was furious for the first time!

"You can't handle it! Your body has reached its limit! Do you think the soul power of a forty-thousand-year Fierce Beast is like drinking hot water?! If you keep going, your meridians will snap like rotten ropes! Your flesh and blood will burst, and even your bones will shatter to dust!"

After venting at Huo Yuhao, Tian Meng turned to Ice Empress's soul ring: "Ice Empress, why are you still releasing soul power to him?! Has he gone mad, and you're following him?! If you kill him, we're all done for!"

Ice Empress's cold voice rang out: "That Ascension Plan you mentioned before—I never had much hope for it. It was just a choice born of desperation. But now, I think he might actually become a god in the future!"

"With opportunity, conviction, perseverance, resolve, and talent... if he can't become a god in the future, then probably no one in this era can."

"Since I've decided he's the one to lead from now on, of course I'll listen to him. I also want to see where his limit really lies!"

Tian Meng's face crumpled in despair as he carefully helped control the soul power: "Two madmen! You're both insane!"

Huo Yuhao grinned fiercely, his mouth already stained red: "Brother Tian Meng, trust me. I'm the one chosen by you and Elder Yi at the same time. I won't fall here. I can take it!"

Seeing that Huo Yuhao could still smile, Tian Meng shrieked, "You can't take it!"

"I CAN TAKE IT!!!" Huo Yuhao roared, using the shout to vent the physical agony. Hot blood mixed with sweat seeped from his skin, evaporating into bloody icy mist amid the cold soul power fluctuations!

"You can't take it!!!"

"I CAN TAKE IT!!!" Huo Yuhao shot back, persisting even as blood began to flow from his seven orifices!

Tian Meng was beside himself with rage, bellowing at Huo Yuhao: "What are you taking it with?! With your feeble soul power that hasn't even attached a Second Ring yet, or with your body that's about to collapse?! You're about to die, do you understand?!!!"

"WITH MY LIFE!!!" Huo Yuhao's eyes were red, his body unable to stand as he lay prostrate on the ice, his fingers digging deep into the frozen surface, yet he still stubbornly met Tian Meng's gaze with a look of near-maniacal determination.

"I swore I'd bring Mother back! Even for her sake, I won't die so easily... Help me, Brother Tian Meng!"

Tian Meng stared at Huo Yuhao's almost hysterical eyes and fell silent.

Then, without another word, it silently assisted in controlling the soul power from Ice Empress's soul ring, watching as Huo Yuhao's body grew worse with each passing moment.

The excessive influx of soul power and meridians pushed beyond their limits caused Ice Empress's soul power to begin leaking out. Instead of rising blood mist, Huo Yuhao's skin now bloomed with bright red ice crystals mixed with his flesh!

He had become a blood-colored ice sculpture—a work of art brimming with life's vitality and nature's cruelty!

By now, Huo Yuhao's Life Aura was like a candle flame in the wind, on the verge of extinguishing at any moment. Yet his battered body still instinctively converted soul power.

Tian Meng looked at Huo Yuhao's vacant, nearly unconscious eyes that remained wide open and let out a soft sigh: "Ice Empress, end it."

This time, Ice Empress complied, working with Tian Meng to seal the remaining power in the soul ring.

The Fierce Beast Soul Ring, marked with four gold-green patterns, finally became one with the youth prostrate in the ice and snow.

The golden silkworm shadow before the youth dimmed inch by inch, turning into strands of flowing light that gently wrapped around Huo Yuhao's nearly shattered body.

Only a low curse scattered in the wind: "From now on, I'm not your brother—you're my grandfather. How did I end up on your damn boat... Fucking hell..."

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Outside the Heavenly Screen, the entire Douluo Continent seemed to fall silent at that moment.

Bro, you said you'd give everything to revive your mother—we thought you were just talking, but you actually went through with it?!]