The Wonderful Uses of the Dual-World Gate

Yet, following that extreme fury came an even colder rationality.

Combining Wang Teng's memories with the experiences of his own past life, a clear conclusion surfaced in his mind:

He finally understood why the Sea God Tang San had personally moved against him.

It turned out that in his past life, for some unknown reason, he had jumped out of that meticulously woven "line of fate."

He had not joined the Tang Sect, had not entered Shrek, had not fallen in love with Tang Wutong, and had not become a puppet in Tang San's hands.

He had chosen the Sun Moon Empire, created the "Heavenly Dao Contract," unified the continent, and even touched the edge of creating his own godhood... All of this had completely deviated from the script Tang San had pre-set, causing Tang San's scheme—to control him through his daughter and thereby control the luck and future trajectory of the lower realm—to fall completely flat.

An uncontrollable "variable," an existence that could threaten his layout and even his status, naturally invited the highest level of "elimination."

That was why there had been the ambush by Niu Tian, Titan, and the Great High Priest of Sea God Island, and why Tang San's divine consciousness had finally descended in person to erase him.

"What a Sea God, calculating every step... What a father, acting for his 'daughter's happiness'..."

A cold, extreme arc curled at the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth. There was not a shred of warmth in that smile, only endless mockery and killing intent. "To wantonly manipulate the lives of others, to view the fates of all living beings as a chessboard—is this the way of the gods?"

Now that he had lived a second life and obtained the memories of a transmigrator, having gained insight into part of the "script," Huo Yuhao would naturally never let Tang San's schemes succeed again!

In this life, he would completely overturn this chessboard! He would sever the hand that held the pieces!

Forcing himself to calm the surging emotions within, Huo Yuhao pulled his attention back to reality.

The most urgent priority was to improve his strength and survive.

He recalled that rather peculiar "golden finger" of Wang Teng's—that portal called the "Dual-World Gate."

As he sank his consciousness into his Sea of Spirit, that ancient, illusory grey-white portal was floating quietly above the light-grey spiritual water. Its light was dim, its doors tightly shut, possessing none of the overwhelming power it had shown when it tried to suppress him earlier.

In Wang Teng's memories, information regarding this "Dual-World Gate" was also clearly presented:

This gate was called the "Dual-World Gate," and its core function was to travel back and forth between the world where the user was currently located and the world of "Douluo Continent I."

More crucially, there was a massive difference in the flow of time between the two worlds, and this difference depended on which world the user was in:

If one was in "Douluo II," the time flow ratio when traveling to the "Douluo I" world was 10:1.

That is, for every ten years spent in the "Dou I" world, only one minute would pass in the current "Dou II" world.

Conversely, if one was in the "Douluo I" world, the time flow ratio when traveling to the "Douluo II" world was also 10:1.

That is, for every ten years spent in the "Dou II" world, only one minute would pass in the "Dou I" world.

What did this mean? It meant that if used properly, this gate could become an heaven-defying tool for gaining cultivation time, laying out plans in advance, and even seizing resources from two different eras!

If Wang Teng hadn't been so greedy, hadn't tried to possess him, the "Child of Luck," and instead possessed some ordinary person, he could have accumulated and grown across two eras using the Dual-World Gate's abilities. His future achievements would indeed have been limitless, and reaching the God King level would not have been impossible.

Unfortunately, greed often leads to ruin.

Wang Teng's greed and stupidity had instead become the first "gift" Huo Yuhao received after his rebirth.

This gate was now an ownerless object, and it had become Huo Yuhao's possession.

With a thought, Huo Yuhao wrapped his spiritual power around the quietly floating "Dual-World Gate."

The portal trembled slightly. Without resistance, it obediently transformed into a faint stream of grey-white light, merging into the depths of his spiritual core and establishing a preliminary connection with his soul origin.

He could feel that this gate was now merely a "dead object" containing special space-time rules. It had no intelligence and no consciousness; as long as his spiritual power was sufficient, he could drive and use it, so there was no need to worry about a backlash.

"Traveling between two eras... Interesting." Huo Yuhao pondered. "Perhaps this can become a trump card for me to confront Tang San in the future."

However, for the moment, he lacked the strength to drive this gate for actual travel; he needed to improve his own strength first.

His consciousness returned to the outside world.

Huo Yuhao stood up from the side of the stream and brushed the grass clippings off his clothes.

The morning mist had completely dissipated, and sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, casting mottled light and shadows in the forest. It was getting late.

He looked around and, relying on his past memories, roughly determined his bearings.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm... If the inertia of fate still existed, or rather, if the encounter with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hadn't changed due to his rebirth and Wang Teng's appearance, then at this moment, that million-year soul beast should still be somewhere nearby, on the verge of death.

Taking a step forward, Huo Yuhao cautiously moved in the direction where he remembered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm might be. Although the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest was relatively safe, one could never be careless.

As he walked, he attempted to mobilize his spiritual power to scan his surroundings.

However, a sharp, stabbing pain immediately erupted from the center of his brow, as if countless fine needles were pricking his brain, and his vision went slightly dark.

"Hmph..."

Huo Yuhao let out a muffled groan and stopped, taking a few deep breaths before he recovered.

Because he had burned everything he had to perish together with Tang San, his soul origin had suffered heavy damage. Although he had been reborn and the essence of his Divine Origin Realm spiritual power and his vast memories remained, the "active" spiritual power he could command like his own limbs was only equivalent to that of an ordinary Soul Elder.

Forcing a large-scale or high-precision scan would trigger a violent reaction from his soul injuries.

He adjusted his strategy, no longer pursuing range or precision. Instead, with the minimum consumption and the gentlest method, he allowed wisps of invisible spiritual power to spread out from himself like a spiderweb, slowly permeating the surroundings.

The stinging pain remained, but it was within a tolerable range.

His spiritual power covered an area of about thirty meters around him.

Within this range, the rustling of the wind, the chirping of insects, and the crawling of ants were all fed back into his mind like a faint, grey, three-dimensional image.

Although it was far from as clear, vast, and analytical as the "Spirit Detection Sharing" that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had bestowed upon him in his past life, it was already sufficient for early warning and observing the terrain.

In fact, in his past life, he had used the Spirit Detection soul skill countless times, and he had long since mastered its principles, energy execution methods, and the fluctuation frequency of spiritual power by heart.

Now, even without absorbing a first soul ring, he could simulate an effect similar to "Spirit Detection" by relying on his own control and understanding of spiritual power.

He estimated that if he gritted his teeth and ignored the stinging pain in his soul, forcibly condensing the spiritual power he could currently mobilize into a beam for unidirectional detection, the limit distance might reach about five hundred meters.

But the cost of doing so was too high; it was not worth the loss.

For now, as he was merely traveling and conducting preliminary exploration, maintaining a basic detection range of about thirty meters was the most prudent choice.

The journey was uneventful and safe.

About half an hour later, Huo Yuhao followed his memories and arrived at a new stream.

The trees here were slightly sparse, the sunlight was abundant, and the clear stream water flowed with a babbling sound, revealing the bottom.

Only then did the hunger emanating from his stomach clearly remind him—from the moment he woke up after his rebirth, through the soul-snatching of the transmigrator, digesting memories, and traveling, he had not eaten a single grain of rice.

Spirit Detection quietly swept across the surface and the bottom of the stream.

Soon, a school of fish about the size of a palm, their scales shimmering with a faint silver light, entered his "field of vision."

They darted nimbly between the water weeds, plump and fresh.

Replenishing his physical strength was a current necessity, and this school of plump fish would serve perfectly as his lunch.