Soul Land: The Eye of Truth
Chapter 157

Blasphemous Ritual

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Huo Yuhao is rapidly reviewing the vast memories that the Sea Princess has accumulated over 100,000-Year using his Spiritual Power.

Although the Sea Princess's Spiritual Power was extremely vast, it was sped up countless times in Huo Yuhao's Eye of Truth perspective.

I felt a throbbing pain constantly emanating from my Spiritual Sea.

And the pain of feeling as if all of one's Spiritual Power was being cut and crushed bit by bit.

The Sea Princess forced herself not to scream, but to avoid triggering a stress response in a painful situation.

Huo Yuhao had already controlled her using Sealing Technique beforehand.

Even though Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power is not as great as the Sea Princess's, he has far surpassed her in terms of Spiritual Power control.

However, it is not Huo Yuhao who is deliberately torturing the Sea Princess.

However, this only applies to the long lifespan of Soul Beast.

A large number of useless memories are constantly piling up in the Spiritual Sea.

This makes it difficult for them to record everything in detail and accurately.

To prevent any mishaps, Huo Yuhao needed to unearth those long-forgotten memories one by one.

Therefore, it will take considerable effort to find and completely replicate these memories.

After all, it was different from the Demon Soul Great White Shark that Huo Yuhao had directly killed.

For Huo Yuhao, the Sea Princess cannot die just yet.

Otherwise, it would be much easier to extract someone's memories through necromancy after they have become an undead.

Therefore, under the premise of preserving the Sea Princess's Life Force and ensuring that her own strength is not significantly damaged.

It's that complicated to fully read and access its memories.

However, even so, it only took Huo Yuhao six days.

He then compiled all of the Sea Princess's memories.

As the Eye of Truth gradually deciphered the information, Huo Yuhao's analysis speed increased.

In the 100,000-Year of the Sea Princess's life, there really wasn't much to note.

This is normal for Soul Beast, given their long lifespans.

Every day they spend can be described as monotonous and utterly boring from a human perspective.

Moreover, Soul Master and humans have different worldviews and concepts of time.

In the Sea Princess's memory, there were only a few things that Huo Yuhao could take note of.

The first event was the encounter between the Sea Princess and the First Sea God.

100,000-Year ago, the Sea Princess was just a Mermaid with only 100,000-Year of cultivation, and had not yet become the leader of the Mermaid Race.

At that time, the Mermaid Race was just a slightly stronger ordinary Sea Soul Beast race in the ocean.

The turning point came when she met the First Sea God, who was still Limit Douluo at that time.

At that time, Douluo Star was still in the late stage of the era ruled by Soul Beast.

However, that human Soul Master possessed terrifying strength that surpassed that of Ferocious Beast.

According to the Sea Princess's memories.

It took nearly a thousand years for that Limit Douluo, who was close to the god level, to achieve this.

With absolute strength, they conquered the various Sea Soul Beast clans and Sea Soul Master forces in the ocean.

He then appointed a creature with a long lifespan, unlike ordinary Sea Soul Beast.

He was born with the Mermaid Race, whose intelligence was no less than that of humans, as his priests.

From this moment on, the Mermaid Race came into contact with something called the Power of Faith.

They served as priestesses of the Sea God, replacing the Limit Douluo himself.

Using the sea area of Douluo Star as a ranch, they subdued the Sea Soul Beast and Sea Soul Master into believers and spread the faith of the Sea God.

After a century of accumulation, and with the Power of Faith, the collection was completed.

That Limit Douluo completed his transformation and officially ascended to become the First Sea God.

The Mermaid Race were not mistreated; after the First Sea God ascended to the Divine Realm, he bestowed upon them the protection of the Mermaid Race Sea God.

This Mermaid Race's innate and powerful Spiritual Power to exert even greater force in the marine environment.

At the same time, through faith and sacrificial rituals, the Spiritual Power of the Mermaid Race can be connected with each other.

This is an ability that the original Mermaid Race did not possess.

Although they now regard it as a talent, it is actually a blessing from the Sea God.

It was from this point onward that the Mermaid Race of the Sea God's Kin, truly became a top-tier Soul Beast race.

Of all the memories, the most important to Huo Yuhao was naturally the process by which the First Sea God became a god.

'The Power of Faith, in the Douluo God Realm, should be known as Thought Power.'

According to specific rituals, these Mermaid prayers would shape a fixed image of Sea God.

This is essentially a targeted selection of Thought Power, forming the foundation for shaping God Position.

'Otherwise, aside from those Innate Deity, anyone else who dares to absorb chaotic and disordered Thought Power will likely face serious consequences.'

'Although I don't have as much time as the First Sea God to gather the Power of Faith, this can still serve as a reference point.'

'There's still a constant stream of undead in the Undead Demigod Plane. If so, let's keep this as a backup plan.'

'However, the ritual that this First Sea God Mermaid Race perform for generations seems rather interesting; it's more like some kind of magic than Self-Created Soul Skill.'

Perhaps by sheer coincidence, this First Sea God also received the inheritance of other worlds.

'However, with this ritual as a reference, the Eye of Truth can continue its analysis.'

'The magic that Elder Yi taught me also contains many similar rituals that I can use as a reference.'

'After the analysis is complete, perhaps we can use it in reverse, one or two of the methods.'

As he pondered, a cryptic glint flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

Although the prayers to the Deity in the magical rituals taught by Electrolux were mostly representations of the elements themselves.

However, after changing to another world, it did not completely lose its effect; it simply changed the object of prayer from the Deity itself to the God Position.

After all, the Deity of Douluo Star are far inferior in strength to the Deity of the Holy Demon Continent; they have simply retained their own thinking abilities.

The reason why the First Sea God could rank among the First-Rank Deity in the Douluo God Realm was precisely because he was the first to become a god and Self-Created Godhood.

After the Dragon God's Rebellion, the Douluo God Realm underwent a major reshuffle, except for the Five Great God Kings and a few First-Rank Deity.

Those gods who inherited the Deity Divine Rank of the previous generation, as well as those whose Deity were damaged due to the war with the Dragon Clan, lost the possibility of further progress.

Over time, it naturally couldn't compare to the First Sea God, who was able to continuously improve himself and gradually become stronger.

As for the current Second Sea God Tang San, well...

Aside from this, it was due to the protection of the Sea God and the growing strength of the Mermaid Race.

For the Sea Princess, there were fewer and fewer things worth noting in the entire ocean.

And until 10,000 years ago.

In the Sea Princess's memories, most of the scenes were of calm and undisturbed Ice Sea.

Ten thousand years ago, the Sea God underwent an evolution.

Tang San inherited the God Position of the Sea God and became the new Sea God, while also issuing several new Divine Edict.

However, unlike the previous divine Divine Edict from the Sea God, which were made directly through the Power of Faith.

Tang San almost always issued Divine Edict by descending to the mortal realm using his Divine Sense.

It seems to be due to a lack of familiarity with the control of the God Position, or perhaps there are other ideas.

In short, the status of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan, which provided a great deal of assistance to Tang San in achieving the Sea God, has risen steadily over the past ten thousand years.

The Mermaid Race were somewhat neglected, but the Sea Princess didn't seem to care.

After all, as long as the Sea God does not withdraw his blessing on the Mermaid Race status in the ocean will be difficult to shake.

Through the Sea Princess's memories, Huo Yuhao also learned about the various arrangements Tang San made with the Mermaid Race and Sea Soul Beast.

'It seems that during the ten thousand years that Tang San monitored Douluo Star, he discovered another Small World on Douluo Star.'

'But there hasn't been time for actual exploration yet; have they just assigned Sea Soul Beast to guard it?'

Huo Yuhao roughly outlined the progress of Tang San's plan.

However, the Mermaid Race could no longer receive a response from the Sea God through prayer also confirmed one of Huo Yuhao's guesses.

'It seems there are indeed some problems in the Divine Realm; otherwise, Tang San would likely have used other methods to control and influence me.'

'I wonder when the Divine Realm will recover. Looks like I need to hurry.'

"Cough cough, are you... alright now?" the Sea Princess groaned weakly.

Her face was deathly pale, and golden tears rolled down to the ground.

With a casual stroke, Huo Yuhao calmed down the Sea Princess's shattered and turbulent Spiritual Sea.

At the same time, the Mermaid tears that rolled to the ground were transformed back into Spiritual Origin by Huo Yuhao and injected into the Sea Princess's Spiritual Sea.

Huo Yuhao then released the control over the Sea Princess.

The Sea Princess struggled to sit up and looked at the human Soul Master before her, speechless for a moment.

'His masterful control over Spiritual Power far surpasses mine. How did he manage to do that, when his cultivation level is so much lower than mine?'

"Alright, let's sign the Soul Contract now."

"Then you Mermaid Race, continue to pray to the Sea God according to the ritual I imprinted in your Spiritual Sea."

Sensing the additional messages emerging from the Spiritual Sea, the Sea Princess fell silent.

If they really take this step, the Mermaid Race will likely face more than just the Sea God's disdain.

They might be completely wiped out of the Sea God by the Haiyang god.

Unlike simple betrayal, Huo Yuhao analyzed the Mermaid Race's prayer ritual through the Eye of Truth.

Based on this, it was reversed and altered.

If it was originally provided by the Mermaid Race Thought Power.

It is through prayer to the image of the Sea God in one's own imagination.

This is to solidify and deepen the inclusive, orderly, and other Divine Power qualities inherent in the Sea Godhood.

Huo Yuhao's modified prayer ritual was based on the original one.

It incorporates many ideas that conflict with the First Sea God concept of the Sea Godhood, such as chaos and variability.

Prayers imbued with this idea can naturally generate Thought Power that is supplied to the corresponding God Position.

However, the nature of the God Position can also affect the Deity itself, if impurities are added to the original foundation.

Even if the Sea God Divine Power can eventually continue to increase normally through the total amount of Thought Power, it will inevitably leave hidden dangers.

If this method were applied to the First Sea God, it might not be very effective.

Given the talent of the person Self-Created Godhood, they are fully capable of reintegrating it into their own God Position duties.

However, for Tang San, who succeeded the Sea Godhood as the second-in-command, the addition of alien Thought Power to Divine Power divine power would keep him busy for quite some time.

After a long silence, the Sea Princess finally chose to sign the Soul Contract.

In any case, her clansmen have now been wiped out by Huo Yuhao.

Even if the ritual was blasphemous, leading to the Sea God's subsequent retribution and the calamity of extermination, it was all for naught.

But at least for now, if they don't cooperate with Huo Yuhao, their entire clan will probably be wiped out on the spot.

Now, the Sea Princess can only pray in her heart that the Lord Sea God will show mercy and spare her other people after he discovers their existence.

After the Soul Contract was signed, Huo Yuhao brought the Sea Princess back to the Ice Palace to reunite her with her people.

"Snow Empress." Huo Yuhao handed her an ice crystal that he had carved with his Soul Power and Spiritual Power.

"Keep an eye on these Mermaid and let them follow the image I recorded, under the guidance of the Sea Princess."

"After completing seven rituals as required, they can be released back into the Ice Sea."

Then Huo Yuhao looked at the Sea Princess again. "After returning to the Ice Sea, follow the requirements of the previous Soul Contract."

"Go and gather and control the other Sea Soul Beast again, and make them pray and sacrifice according to the contents of this ritual."

Then, as pure Ice Element energy condensed, chilling Rune appeared in the air.

Then, under Huo Yuhao's control, it was implanted into the body of every Mermaid present.

"After everything is done, come to the Far North to find the Snow Empress."

"She will help you lift this restriction on my behalf."

"One year? Your Mermaid Race only has a maximum of one year."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's series of words, many Mermaid' expressions changed drastically, and they looked at their clan leader in bewilderment.

The Sea Princess simply nodded numbly and did not offer any further resistance.

Snow Empress carefully put away the ice crystal Huo Yuhao had given her. "Is there anything else we need to complete?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Right now, this is all I need the Far North to do."

"The Sea Swallowing Plan remains unchanged, and the expansion of Elemental Tide will continue as normal."

"When the time is right, I will return to direct the continuation of the second phase of the plan."

After finishing everything, Huo Yuhao did not linger any longer.

The Ice Element energy accumulated in the Far North still needs to be used wisely.

His original plan to attach Self-Condensing Soul Ring to his Second Martial Soul will have to be postponed for a while.

Next, we should head to the Star Dou Great Forest!

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