Tang San's Absence is Crucial (Seeking Collections, Seeking Follow-ups)

"Huh?"

At this moment, Baili Du suddenly looked up at the sky, his face full of confusion.

"Did Teacher arrive at this time? That seems a bit early..."

Baili Du tapped his chin in thought. According to the original flow of history, Teacher Electrolux would have been drawn here by the massive spiritual power released when Huo Yuhao fused with the Skydream Iceworm.

But now... it must be that Teacher was drawn by the immense energy fluctuations from the awakening of the Deep Blue Glazed Dragon, pulled here from the cosmic void.

This is fine, too. Since Teacher Electrolux has arrived early, I must ensure he doesn't burn his divine consciousness and die in the conspiracy Tang San specifically prepared for him.

A suffocating, immense pressure descended from the sky. A stream of gray energy, as if caught in a powerful suction, plummeted down and silently drilled into the back of Huo Yuhao's head in an instant.

A very blurry figure emerged behind Huo Yuhao, and an aged voice rang out with an indescribable majesty.

"Holding the sun, moon, and stars in my hand, there is no one in this world like me! I never expected that I, this old man, would still have a sliver of remnant soul remaining."

Hearing that familiar opening line, Baili Du's eyes lit up. He quickly and cautiously channeled a small amount of ownerless, unconscious, high-quality soul energy into Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea for Electrolux to absorb.

Although this small action might arouse the suspicion of Elder Electrolux, the most important thing right now is to preserve this sliver of his remnant soul.

After all, he didn't have any Life Gold on hand, and he couldn't disrupt the normal historical sequence too much, or else this Huo Yuhao might be directly erased by the laws of the Douluo Universe.

So, he could only perform some small, covert actions... though it would be best to find a vessel for the old man to house his divine soul.

After much thought, the best option was to let Electrolux truly become Huo Yuhao's martial soul.

As the phantom of the giant dragon dissipated, it revealed Huo Yuhao's small body.

Little Yuhao looked at his own fair, small hands and felt the power within him, which could only be described as surging. He murmured in a daze, "Is this my martial soul?"

With a thought, his hands transformed into dragon claws, covered in deep blue dragon scales. Four pairs of magnificent dragon wings extended from his back, and a long, slender, translucent deep blue dragon tail swept behind him, looking exceptionally fierce and powerful.

Little Yuhao felt that he could truly beat that guy Dai Huabin into a useless tiger with one punch right now.

"Very good. Your wish has come true; you can truly say you have no blood ties to the White Tiger Dai family anymore. Congratulations, little Yuhao."

Little Yuhao looked up at the kind-eyed Baili Du in surprise and called out happily, "Uncle Baili! Look, this is my martial soul!"

Baili Du stroked his soft hair and said with satisfaction, "Let's call this martial soul the Deep Blue Glazed Dragon! You must remember, this martial soul is extremely, extremely powerful. Treat it as your trump card and don't use it lightly unless it's a critical moment."

Little Yuhao nodded obediently. After hesitating for a moment, he gathered his courage and looked at Baili Du.

"But Uncle Baili, why... are you so good to me?"

The child was young and honest; he said whatever was on his mind.

He couldn't understand why this uncle, who was neither kin nor acquaintance, would help him so much.

Giving him food, clothes, and supplies, and even helping him awaken his martial soul for free.

Could he really be a god who heard his prayers and suddenly descended by his side?

Watching the silent Baili Du for a long time, little Yuhao suddenly realized he might have said the wrong thing...

Just as he was about to apologize, Baili Du's melancholy voice reached his ears, and he felt a slight pain in his shoulder.

"To let you prevent a natural disaster that shouldn't have happened, so you wouldn't become Dai Yuhao..."

"And even more so, to let things be the way they were originally meant to be."

"...?"

Little Huo Yuhao looked at him in confusion, but his eyes soon became firm. In his heart, he secretly decided that when he grew up, he would definitely repay this Uncle Baili well.

Seeing the determination in little Huo Yuhao's eyes, Baili Du smiled faintly. How could he not know himself?

People who mature early are usually late to mature, and proud people are often impatient.

Huo Yuhao's biggest problem, when it comes down to it, is that while he appears to be emotional, he is essentially lacking in love.

This stems from his original family, especially Huo Yun'er and that scumbag Dai Hao. A large part of the reason why Huo Yuhao was easily trained like a dog by Tang San later on can be attributed to Huo Yun'er.

Actions speak louder than words. How could Huo Yun'er, who was a romantic fool herself, not influence Huo Yuhao's values?

After his mother died, Shrek and the Tang Sect gave him a little bit of care, which made him loyal to the end.

Thinking back to how a single "sister" from Ma Xiaotao could make Huo Yuhao cry his heart out, or how the incarnation of the Tang Princess was only good to him for a few days before Huo Yuhao was willing to give his heart and soul, enduring beatings and scoldings just to be a dog.

Being tamed into a dog for the Tang family by the Tang God King was partly his own fault.

Therefore... he must correct Huo Yuhao's current perspective! Otherwise, no matter how much he strengthens his talent and martial soul, it will all be in vain!

As for how to fix this problem, it's easy to solve: give him enough care so he doesn't lack love!

Baili Du stroked Huo Yuhao's blue hair and was about to say a few words to comfort him, but the strange pain in his body made him frown and cough a few times.

His injuries were truly severe. Being able to survive after crawling out of the three cosmic-level disasters—the Titan of Finality, the Space-Time Turbulence, and the Samsara Hurricane—and still retaining the power of a second-tier god was already a stroke of immense luck.

Even so, he had been forcibly weakened from the realm of a Half-Step Supreme God King to a second-tier god, paying the price of burning his Emotion God Position and shattering the majority of his super-artifact, the Eye of Eternity.

It would be better to say that surviving until now was pure luck; this was likely the final fortune of a native-born Child of Destiny.

It gave him one last chance to turn the tide and let things return to the way they were meant to be!

Channeling his divine power to soothe the injuries in his body, Baili Du let out a deep breath.

He had to find a place rich in energy to heal his injuries as soon as possible. According to his estimations, he could suppress the power of time and space within his body for at most another four years.

Even if he were unwilling, he had to reveal his cultivation and head to the God Realm; otherwise, he would end up like Gu Yuena, with his cultivation plummeting back to that of a God Official, forcing him to restart his max-level account from scratch.

This also meant that he could stay with Huo Yuhao for at most four more years.

Baili Du was quite open-minded about this. The protagonist of this era was Huo Yuhao, not someone like him who had ended up living as Dai Yuhao. His mission was to head to the God Realm and cause trouble for his dear father-in-law... oh no, to deliver some warmth.

Without Tang San, it was very important to him.