Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Sister Tian Meng's expression quickly shifted from uncertainty to barely restrained excitement. She couldn't help floating in a circle, hands cupping her cheeks as she murmured:
"Has my luck really become so outrageously good? The very first Spirit Attribute Soul Master I meet is a chosen one of the gods! Hahaha!"
The resentment she'd felt over being forcibly fused with him seemed to fade in an instant beneath this "huge surprise."
Clinging to a god's chosen one had to be more promising than fusing with some ordinary person, right?
Even if the process had been a little rough...
"Sister Tian Meng, aren't you even a little suspicious of what I said?"
Huo Yuhao asked, a little surprised by how she seemed ready to dance for joy.
At the same time, he carefully studied the "brand-new" Sister Tian Meng before him.
Her petite frame, fair and adorable face, and girlish appearance, paired with her loose white jumpsuit, were worlds apart from the Tian Meng he remembered, who was always acting like "your big brother is amazing." The contrast left him feeling a little dazed.
"Suspicious? Why would I be suspicious?"
Sister Tian Meng stopped spinning and tilted her head at Huo Yuhao. Her blue eyes glimmered with sly insight. "The divine power on this divine artifact is real. It can't be faked.
"Whether what you said is true or not, we've already completely fused, and our Spiritual Origins are linked. There's nothing I can do to resist!"
She spread her little hands, looking resigned yet openhearted. "Besides, I can clearly feel that you mean me no harm. The link between our souls doesn't lie.
"That's enough for me! Following a chosen one of the gods has to be better than my old life, where I never knew if I'd see tomorrow and got drained every day, right?"
Hearing Sister Tian Meng's clear-eyed, shrewdly optimistic words, Huo Yuhao felt a faint warmth stir in his heart.
This pure trust resembled the wholehearted support of Tian Meng in his previous life, who'd been just as loud and boisterous.
Tian Meng, in this life, I'll make you a god and grant you eternal life.
Silently, he swore a solemn oath.
Then his gaze turned to another part of the Sea of Spirit.
There, a faint stream of gray air floated quietly, its presence dormant, as though it had fallen into the deepest sleep.
It was the fragment of Electrolux's divine consciousness that had come with the heavenly phenomenon.
At this moment, however, it was even weaker than when they had first met in his previous life, seeming on the verge of vanishing.
Huo Yuhao focused his thoughts and reached out to the floating Eye of Destiny.
The vertical pupil opened and closed slightly, releasing wisps of pure, vibrant emerald-green energy.
The emerald energy split into two streams. One gently enveloped the gray air, like the finest spring rain, slowly seeping in and nourishing the faint divine consciousness within.
The other softly surrounded Sister Tian Meng's newly formed, still somewhat unstable soul. It helped her solidify her form and adapt to this entirely new way of existing.
"Mmm... What's this? It feels so nice... My whole soul feels warm, like I'm soaking in a hot spring..."
Sister Tian Meng's eyes narrowed as she let out a contented sigh. The outline of her once somewhat illusory body grew visibly more solid.
"This is the power of life. It can nourish and stabilize the soul," Huo Yuhao explained. Then his expression turned serious. "Sister Tian Meng, I'm giving you this cultivation art. You have to practice it diligently."
With that, he walked up to Sister Tian Meng. Under her curious gaze, he raised a finger. A tiny point of spiritual power, filled with a complex stream of information, gathered at his fingertip. He gently touched it to her smooth forehead.
"The Great Evolution God-Observing Method. The heart's lamp illuminates the sea; the spirit shapes the myriad worlds. Take thought as kindling and observation as flame. Within the Sea of Spirit, envision all forms and forge a true god..."
An immense stream of profound cultivation knowledge flowed into Sister Tian Meng's sea of consciousness.
It wasn't a mere description in words. It also contained many insights Huo Yuhao had gained while cultivating this art in his previous life, guided visualizations, and even vague understandings of certain laws.
Sister Tian Meng closed her eyes and absorbed the information. Her expression shifted from curiosity to utter disbelief.
As a million-year Spirit Attribute Soul Beast, her understanding of spiritual power far surpassed that of ordinary people. She immediately realized how profound and invaluable this cultivation art was!
It was unlike any meditation method found on Douluo Continent. It led straight to the Spiritual Origin and the mysteries of the laws, even reaching into the realm of the gods!
Watching her stunned expression, Huo Yuhao spoke calmly:
"This art was passed down to me by the God of Destiny. It leads straight to the supreme mysteries of the Spiritual Origin.
"Tian Meng, now that our souls are fused, this Sea of Spirit is the foundation we share.
"Your spiritual power is immense, but it's scattered, not condensed or pure enough. This Great Evolution God-Observing Method can help you refine your soul and break through to godhood. You must practice it well and not let this opportunity go to waste."
In truth, this cultivation art was one he had created in his previous life.
In his previous life, his Spirit Eye Martial Soul had already been a top-tier Spirit Attribute Martial Soul. Then he'd encountered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities like the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux. His spiritual power had surged all the way to the Divine Origin Realm at a speed unmatched in the mortal world.
Besides his Martial Soul's talent and his extraordinary encounters, his rapid cultivation had also depended on Electrolux's careful guidance.
That Holy Necromancer, the Scourge of the Undead from another world, had been reduced to a remnant soul, but his knowledge was as vast as the sea, and his understanding of souls and spiritual power far surpassed the Douluo system.
Electrolux had taught him several incomparably profound methods for tempering and wielding spiritual power, without holding anything back. They were supreme knowledge that touched the essence of the soul and the boundaries of the laws, opening the door to a new world for him.
Later, he joined the Body Sect, which held many hidden legacies from across the continent.
There, he came across several ancient cultivation arts devoted to spiritual power. Their barriers to entry were extremely high, and practicing them was fraught with danger.
Some were fierce and violent, others strange and unpredictable. Though they differed greatly from Electrolux's teachings, they contained their own unique insights into spiritual power.
After he broke through level seventy and his spiritual power reached the "tangible and substantial" realm, his perspective and understanding rose to a new level.
He was no longer satisfied with simply practicing methods created by others. Instead, he began trying to combine and integrate them.
He combined the principles and laws Electrolux had taught him and the art of visualizing the soul with the tempering methods and spiritual-shaping techniques found in the ancient arts kept by the Body Sect. Then he added the practical lessons he had learned about wielding spiritual power through countless life-and-death battles...
After countless deductions and experiments, and even several brushes with death, he finally created the Great Evolution God-Observing Method, an art uniquely his own, at the height of his previous life.
This art took "observation" as its core and "evolution" as its method. It could not only temper and expand spiritual power with great efficiency, but also help the practitioner "envision" all things within the Sea of Spirit and even "shape" the embryonic form of a god, leading straight to the path of becoming a god through the spirit.
It was thanks to this art that, while still a Titled Douluo, he had forced his spiritual power into the Divine Origin Realm, laying the strongest possible foundation for condensing a Demi-God Position later.
"Yuhao, you're just giving me this cultivation art?"
Even after hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Sister Tian Meng's blue eyes still held a storm of shock. She looked at him, her voice carrying a gravity and curiosity she hadn't even realized she felt:
Huo Yuhao saw her stunned expression and nodded solemnly. "Of course. I trust you."
Throughout the long years of his previous life, the one who had accompanied him the longest and given him the most selfless help, besides his teacher Electrolux, had been the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
That companion, who loved calling himself "big brother," was a bit of a chatterbox, yet had sincerely made plans for him and thrown himself into helping whenever Huo Yuhao was in danger. He had long since become an inseparable part of Huo Yuhao's life.
Even when he and Tang San's divine consciousness had perished together in the end, one of Huo Yuhao's deepest regrets had been that he had dragged Tian Meng down with him. He had failed to keep his promise to help her become a god and had instead let her vanish alongside him.
Now fate had given him the chance to live again—and given Tian Meng an entirely new form.
Passing the Great Evolution God-Observing Method on to her would help her stabilize her soul and grow stronger more quickly, making her a more reliable ally in this life. But wasn't it also a way to make amends, and to fulfill a promise left unfinished in his previous life?
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