At this moment, the name Huo Yuhao had rung across the continent twenty years ahead of time! Whether it was the Level 9 Soul Engineers of Mingde Hall in the Sun Moon Empire, Du Busi of the Body Sect, the elders of Shrek Academy, or even certain beings lurking in shadowy corners...
At that moment, they all raised their heads in unison, gazing at the name with all manner of looks!
"Ten thousand worlds? Parallel universes?"
Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, a man with profound eyes looked up at the Sky Screen. His gaze held more than anything else a disbelief that no outsider could share.
As the most far-seeing being on the entire Douluo Continent, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King—who had actually come from the Ancient Dragon Realm—was the only one on the continent who knew what "universe" meant.
Douluo Continent was merely a tiny planetary plane. The universe, meanwhile, meant all of space and time, containing countless galaxies and worlds—everything!
Could there really be parallel universes in this world? In another universe, was there another Beast God Di Tian, another Lord, Soul Beasts, Douluo Continent, and the Dragon Clan?
Just thinking about it filled Di Tian's heart with boundless reverence! His annoyance over that big fat worm suddenly wandering off not long ago had already been tossed into the clouds.
In an instant, a flicker of curiosity stirred within Di Tian, whose heart had not been moved in tens of thousands of years. If other worlds existed, and there was another version of himself, what would his life, his path through life, have been like?
Still, as long as it was him, he would surely have stood guard over the Star Dou Great Forest. But was there a world where he had actually completed his mission and, just as he had wished, truly roamed the vast lands?
"Little Yuhao, you're finally awake. Is the name on this screen really yours?"
Tang Ya's beautiful eyes widened as she looked at Huo Yuhao and asked.
"Why ask little brother Yuhao? How would he know?"
Bei Bei gave Tang Ya a rather helpless look as he spoke.
How could he know that Huo Yuhao was, of course, absolutely certain the Huo Yuhao on the Sky Screen could be none other than himself?
I'd like to see how you're going to judge me.
Huo Yuhao thought to himself. Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. He simply sat down where he was and waited for the Sky Screen to update.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before new text appeared on the Sky Screen:
[This ranking searched the countless lifepaths of Huo Yuhao across the heavens and myriad worlds, selecting the ten most representative worldlines for evaluation.]
[The results of this evaluation absolutely conform to the universal values of the multiverse. They were generated by the core mainframe of the multiverse. Any questions will not be answered!]
Seeing the domineering golden characters on the Sky Screen, everyone was startled in their own way. What did "the universal values of the multiverse" even mean?
In the Douluo Continent of today, perhaps only the Sea God's oracle was something everyone on the continent—including the Sun Moon Empire—had no choice but to accept.
Could this so-called core mainframe of the multiverse really be more powerful than Lord Sea God?
"Hmph, how utterly presumptuous!"
At Shrek Academy, Martial God Douluo Xian Lin'er, the most explosive-tempered of them all, could no longer hold back. She shot into the air and thrust her spear at the Sky Screen.
Xian Lin'er's sudden attack startled Yan Shaozhe beside her. He instinctively tried to stop her, but it was already too late.
Yet, to the surprise of every elder present, Xian Lin'er's spear passed through as if it had struck empty air.
This thrust was powerful enough to gravely injure an ordinary Titled Douluo, yet it had not stirred even the slightest ripple. Even Xian Lin'er was left frozen in midair.
"The strength of an ant. Know your place. This is your first warning for challenging the Sky Screen."
Cold red text appeared on the Sky Screen, and at the same time a voice sounded in everyone present's minds.
In the next moment, a bolt of lightning, like a whip, lashed directly across Xian Lin'er in midair.
"Ah!"
Xian Lin'er cried out. Her Martial God Armor shattered on the spot, and strands of electricity coiled around her as she plummeted from the sky!
Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo were both horrified. They shot forward at the same time and caught Xian Lin'er as she fell.
Below, Xuan Zi and Mu En stared in shock at the Sky Screen overhead. Recalling the terrifying flash of lightning from moments ago, they were filled with fear and lingering dread!
In that instant, they had sensed that the energy contained in the lightning was on a level they could not begin to imagine. Faced with that single thread of lightning, they had felt like two tiny ants confronted by a thunderbolt crashing down from the ninth heaven.
If the lightning had not been meant as a mild punishment, and its true power had erupted, then forget Xian Lin'er—the entire Shrek City, along with them, would surely have been reduced to ashes!
[Parallel Universe of Ten Thousand Worlds Huo Yuhao Rank 10: Shrek Tang Sect Yuhao!]
The words appearing on the Sky Screen at that moment made the elders' eyes widen once more.
This Huo Yuhao would join Shrek Academy in the future—and the Tang Sect as well? Mu En's pupils contracted. The plan to control Tang Ya and rebuild the Tang Sect should have been known only to him and Bei Bei. This Sky Screen...
The other elders, however, were more concerned with what kind of evaluation Huo Yuhao would receive for joining Shrek Academy in countless parallel universes.
Or rather, what kind of impact would this Huo Yuhao, whom even the mysterious Sky Screen had singled out for evaluation, have on Shrek?
Images began to appear on the Sky Screen. At that moment, not just the elders of Shrek but people across the continent, no matter what they were doing, were drawn to it.
The first scene showed a bright-eyed child being bullied and insulted by a group of older children. Not only was the child treated this way; his mother was also oppressed and abused in the mansion. The two of them had only each other.
The boy awakened his Martial Soul, but it was not the powerful White Tiger Martial Soul inherited by the Duke's Mansion. He did not even have the Evil Eye trait of the Duke's line.
All he awakened was a strange eye-type Martial Soul. Then, with the mistress's indulgence and instructions, the household servants began bullying the mother and son with even greater impunity!
"Hmph, this little bastard probably isn't even the Duke's son. Who knows which bastard she had him with?"
"Without inheriting the powerful White Tiger Martial Soul, he's destined to be a servant all his life. You think you deserve the surname Dai? You might as well change it to Huo!"
"An eye-type Martial Soul? What a freak. Awakening a Martial Soul like that is a disgrace to the White Tiger Duke's line!"
Seeing all the comments on the Sky Screen, people across the continent sighed and shared their thoughts. Most felt for the boy and found themselves sympathizing with him.
After all, the vast majority of people on the continent had mediocre Martial Souls. They had long grown used to the world's unfairness and had suffered plenty of abuse themselves.
Those who awakened powerful Martial Souls were simply different from everyone else: noble, superior, born to stand above the rest!
But in the Body Sect, the crowd was dumbstruck—nearly furious.
"Bullshit! What kind of dogshit is that?"
"A bunch of idiots! Utter nonsense!"
"What's so great about a White Tiger Martial Soul? It hasn't produced a single Limit Douluo in ten thousand years. Worthless as a dog!"
In the eyes of the Body Sect, the boy was no wastrel at all. He was a rare treasure! His Innate Soul Power level was irrelevant; they had plenty of ways to improve it after the fact.
The more important a Body Martial Soul was to the body, the more powerful it became.
The boy's eye Martial Soul belonged to the very top tier of Body Martial Souls. It was far more powerful than common ones such as hair or fingernails—and it was also an extremely rare psychic-type Martial Soul.
Some of the highest-ranking members of the Body Sect had even realized that this boy's Martial Soul was not just his eyes. It was actually his eyes and brain! A truly top-tier, most powerful Body Martial Soul, with the greatest potential!
At that moment, Du Busi's heart burned with excitement. He could hardly wait to find the boy and take him on as his personal disciple!
After all, his greatest regret over the years had been that no one could truly inherit his teachings and the core secrets of the Secret of the Body!
Long Aotian was pretty good, but he still fell a little short. His future achievements were limited, and he probably would never reach the level of a Golden Second Awakening!
But this boy was practically a gift from heaven to the Body Sect!
As for the White Tiger Martial Soul... Du Busi's contempt had gone beyond mere disdain. He looked upon it as if it were trash by the roadside.
Even Duke of White Tiger Dai Hao would be killed with a single slap by him!
The scenes on the Sky Screen continued. The mistress's oppression of the boy and his mother in the Duke's Mansion grew more and more severe. Finally, over a very minor incident, a young master of the Duke's Mansion kicked the boy's mother so hard that she flew backward, spitting blood!
A few days later, the boy's mother, already worn down by years of hardship and illness, breathed her last on the bed in their shabby little room and died!
"Holy crap, that's just too tragic!"
"That's inhuman..."
The onlookers across the continent sighed one after another. But how rare were such things in the mansions of nobles like these?
It could be said that such tragedies happened every single day!
Countless oppressed commoners from the Star Luo Empire, Heaven Dou Empire, and Dou Ling Empire let out a sigh. A flash of grief and helplessness passed through their hearts.
When would the day come when all of this could finally end?
Before the Sea God came to this world, this was what the world had been like. After he left, the world was still the same.
At that moment, the beliefs that many people had been brainwashed into accepting, generation after generation, began to waver.
"Huo Yun'er!"
At the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, Dai Hao watched the woman die on the Sky Screen. His whole body convulsed as though struck by lightning, and he let out a cry of grief.
He had thought he would deal properly with his wife and Huo Yun'er when he returned someday. He had never expected that, as he put it off year after year, Huo Yun'er had already died such a tragic death under his wife's torment!