Reversing the Heavenly Dipper, Huo Yuhao: Grabbed in an instant, refined in a flash!

Huo Yuhao finally recovered from the shock of "Brother Sky Dream" turning into "Sister Tian Meng."

Although this change was inexplicable, it was clearly not the time to investigate the cause; the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

Moreover, he had to seize the initiative!

"Tian Meng, enough with the nonsense. Let's get on with the process."

Huo Yuhao's voice was calm and resolute, carrying an unquestionable weight.

Before the words had even faded, he exerted force through his feet!

Dust rose slightly from the ground as his figure shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, instantly crossing the two-meter distance to appear directly in front of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's massive head.

Before the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could react, her small golden eyes wide with shock, Huo Yuhao leaned forward without hesitation and pressed his forehead firmly against the center of her cold, smooth, jade-like brow!

"Wait, wait! Hold on! It hurts... eh?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm exclaimed instinctively, wanting to resist, but was horrified to find that her massive body was completely unable to move!

An invisible suppression originating from the soul level, accompanied by a certain high-level aura emanating from the contact, left her unable to even lift a single tentacle!

This was simply heaven-defying!

She, a dignified million-year soul beast, was actually instantly restrained by a human child who looked only ten years old and possessed pitifully weak soul power! How could there be any justice in this?!

And just as she was frantically complaining in her mind, another anomaly occurred!

A brilliant, dazzling golden light, as if containing an endless galaxy, suddenly erupted from the point where their foreheads touched!

The intensity of the light instantly illuminated the dark forest around them.

The ten golden rings on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body, representing her cultivation, seemed to be injected with life; they pulsed like living golden dragons, bursting with intense radiance.

Immediately following, waves of pure and vast white light surged out from her body, spreading rapidly like swallows returning to their nest, enveloping Huo Yuhao's entire frame.

Complex and profound white ring patterns, filled with a mysterious charm, began to emerge and circulate on the surface of Huo Yuhao's body, as if performing some ancient and sacred ritual branding.

At the same time, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's original seven-meter-long massive body began to shrink and fade rapidly, like a punctured balloon.

Her white jade-like shell turned into specks of light, eventually condensing into an incredibly refined golden stream that flowed continuously through the point of contact and into the white rings within Huo Yuhao's body.

As the golden stream merged, the white rings were rapidly dyed, transforming into a more dazzling and majestic brilliant gold!

An indescribable, terrifyingly extreme mental fluctuation erupted from Huo Yuhao, like an ancient giant beast awakening from its slumber!

"BOOM--!"

An invisible mental storm centered on Huo Yuhao expanded violently in a spherical shape in all directions!

Within a hundred-mile radius of the southern end of the Star Dou Great Forest, whether it was a weak insect or a powerful hundred-year or thousand-year soul beast, every creature felt an unspeakable trembling and oppression deep within their souls at this moment!

All sounds vanished instantly; all things fell silent, plunging into a deathly, absolute stillness!

And at the very same moment this mental storm swept across the world--

"CRACK--!!!"

A thunderous roar, as if capable of tearing the firmament and shattering souls, exploded violently high in the distant sky!

The previously clear sky was swallowed in an instant by boundless darkness!

It was not dark clouds, but a purer, more heart-palpitating, profound darkness!

Following that, a gray air current, as thin as a strand of hair but condensed to the extreme, seemed to be pulled by the dual attraction of the terrifying mental power below and some special force; it shot down from the endless darkness like a meteor falling to earth!

Its speed surpassed thought!

In the blink of an eye, the gray air current ignored all spatial distance and drilled with pinpoint accuracy into the center of Huo Yuhao's brow, disappearing from sight.

Inside the Sea of Spirit.

The reborn Huo Yuhao would naturally not be like his past life, passively accepting the "sacrifice" of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

The moment the fusion began, he used his familiarity with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's mental origin from his past life, the essence of his God-Origin realm soul, and the power of the Eye of Destiny to seize the initiative.

With absolute control, he rapidly and thoroughly refined and integrated the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's massive yet loose mental origin, along with her soul core, perfectly merging them into his own soul structure to be used as his own.

Of course, this was also thanks to the fact that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, after her initial shock and sensing the aura of the Eye of Destiny, did not put up a true, life-or-death resistance.

However, even if she had resisted, with Huo Yuhao's current methods, he would still have had a way to grab her and refine her in an instant.

At this moment, the Sea of Spirit had undergone earth-shaking changes.

The original light blue hundred-foot "pool" had now expanded several times in range, and its color had turned into a deeper, more solid dark blue; the mental "water" was as viscous as paste, its surface shimmering with a warm luster.

A primitive gray-white portal floated quietly in the corner.

And above the center of the Sea of Spirit, that golden Eye of Destiny still floated quietly, emitting an eternal, unchanging aura of destiny.

Below the Eye of Destiny, a small golden ball of light was slowly changing its form.

As the light dissipated, it transformed into the appearance of a human girl who looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old.

She had long, golden hair as brilliant as sunlight, draped softly over her shoulders with slightly curled ends.

Her small, fair, and delicate face had a touch of baby fat, making her look both cute and playful.

Those azure blue eyes, clear as the purest seawater, were currently wide open, filled with shock and bewilderment.

She wore a uniquely styled, loose-fitting white jumpsuit, her feet bare as she hovered above the surface of the spiritual sea.

It was none other than the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm after taking human form—Sister Tian Meng.

"Who am I? Where am I? What on earth just happened?"

Sister Tian Meng raised her small, fair hands, turning them over to inspect them, then touched her face and tugged at her clothes, her expression one of utter, capitalized confusion.

She... had just been... easily, helplessly, and without a shred of resistance, fused into someone?

A million years of cultivation, gone just like that, and she had even turned into this little human girl? This script was all wrong!

However, when she looked up and saw that golden vertical eye hovering above, radiating an aura of vast, majestic, and supreme power, the tremor and realization from the depths of her soul instantly provided her with a "logical" explanation.

"A divine artifact... and it carries the aura of true divine power... I couldn't possibly be mistaken!"

Sister Tian Meng muttered to herself, the shock in her azure eyes deepening.

What did this mean?

It meant that the human she had randomly chosen was actually a "God-Chosen" selected by a deity?!

No wonder she hadn't been able to put up any resistance!

Just as Sister Tian Meng was still immersed in her shock and self-constructed logic, Huo Yuhao's spiritual form condensed and appeared before her.

He still held the appearance of an eleven-year-old boy, but the depth and calm in his eyes were completely at odds with his youthful exterior.

"Who exactly are you? That vertical eye carries the aura of divine power; I cannot be mistaken!"

Sister Tian Meng snapped back to reality and looked at Huo Yuhao, her tone complex, mixed with shock, confusion, a hint of resentment at being forcibly fused, and even more curiosity.

Huo Yuhao remained silent for a moment.

The matter of his rebirth was too bizarre and involved his ultimate vendetta against Tang San. Although Sister Tian Meng had shared a deep bond with him in his past life, they had only just met in this one, and her gender had even changed; he needed time to process it all.

"My name is Huo Yuhao," he said slowly, his voice calm. "As you can see, I am a God-Chosen. The deity who chose me is known as the God of Destiny."

He pointed upward at the golden vertical eye. "This is the divine artifact he bestowed upon me—the Eye of Destiny."

"And my meeting with you was not a coincidence, but rather... an arrangement of fate."

He was not entirely lying.

In his past life, the divine position he created for himself was "Destiny," so calling himself a chosen of the God of Destiny was not incorrect.

The Eye of Destiny was indeed his natal divine artifact, so saying it was bestowed by a deity was barely passable.

As for their meeting being an arrangement of fate... having been reborn and meeting once again, how could that be anything but fate?