Conspiracy Theories

"Brother, I really do know a few Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that would suit your Spacetime Spirit Eye Martial Soul."

"The Illusion Dream Demon Fox specializes in creating all kinds of illusions. It can trap enemies in endless dreams and make them lose themselves. It would pair perfectly with your eyes."

"The Star Shadow Demon Wolf specializes in mental attacks, though you don't seem to like that one very much."

The fourth Soul Skill it had once planned to give Huo Yuhao was precisely that.

"It's not that I dislike it. With you and Elder Yi guiding me, I can learn this kind of attack on my own. Why waste a Soul Skill on it?"

At the end of the day, it was just a simple way of using mental power.

Having to rely on a Soul Ring to use it would be a bit ridiculous.

Tian Meng furrowed his brow and thought for a moment. "That does make sense. With your talent, Yuhao, once you've made progress in cultivating your mental power, learning Spirit Shock really will be simple."

"The Silk Shadow Thought Butterfly can also provide a pretty good Soul Skill. It can use its mental power to interfere with a Spirit Master's Soul Power circulation, at the very least slowing them down when they use their Soul Skills."

"The Heart-Calming Tapir is a rather rare Soul Beast. It might not be able to provide you with any powerful Soul Skills, but it can make you immune to Soul Skills that cause emotional disturbances. You could also use it to dispel those effects."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm kept searching through its memories for mental-type Soul Beasts.

Back when it lived in the Far North, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did nothing but eat and sleep. If it woke up late, it just kept eating. It had lived that way for a million years.

That beautiful life only changed when Di Tian and the others showed up and forced it to.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's daily routine went from eating to being eaten.

Earlier, it had forced itself into a deep sleep to lessen the pain of having its power constantly absorbed.

Later, as its power dwindled, Tian Meng couldn't even fall asleep when it wanted to. It could only rely on its heaven-defying mental power to watch the Star Dou Great Forest and pass the time.

The first Titled Douluo it had ever spoken to was someone it discovered during that period.

It was only by observing the forest that it had found the right moment to escape from the Lake of Life.

After thousands of years of observation, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm knew those creatures' habits inside out.

Hearing about the Heart-Calming Tapir's Soul Skill, Huo Yuhao found it familiar.

Wasn't it just a weaker version of Spirit Immunity, one of the three skills granted by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Destiny Skull?

Still, mental-type Spirit Masters were rare. And even among the mental-type Spirit Masters who had faced Huo Yuhao, few could surpass him in mental power.

The Heart-Calming Tapir could be ruled out.

"Tian Meng, do you know of any Soul Beasts that sound like they could provide something similar to your Spirit Detection, but also grant another kind of Soul Skill?"

Spirit Detection and Spirit Sharing were both extremely useful abilities. They would definitely be among the Soul Skills he used most often in the future.

Naturally, he had to make sure they had a plausible explanation.

"There's a Plant-type Soul Beast that can release mental waves to read the thoughts and feelings of nearby creatures. It can also interfere with its enemies mentally. If you really wanted to say it could provide Spirit Detection, that wouldn't be wrong."

"This Soul Beast is called the Mind Tree Demon. It lives near the core region."

"You can find a suitable mental-type Soul Beast along the way and take it to the area where the Mind Tree Demon lives. Then you can use Simulation Soul Skill to absorb it without anyone noticing."

Huo Yuhao gave Sky Dream Ice Silkworm a thumbs-up.

"Brother Sky Dream, you're reliable!"

Huo Yuhao rarely called it big brother, so hearing him say "Brother Sky Dream" made Sky Dream Ice Silkworm feel on top of the world.

"Old man, did you hear that? Yuhao called me big brother!"

Electrolux smiled as he watched the easily satisfied big worm and gave an absent-minded nod.

Didn't you hear what Yuhao called that Angel Spirit man outside?

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm conveniently forgot that.

Outside, Huo Yuhao had finished roasting the meat of a ten-year Soul Beast and handed it to his senior brother, Qian Xunji, who was waiting for him to serve it.

During their days in the Star Dou Great Forest, the two often chatted about things other than Soul Beasts and Spirit Masters.

Huo Yuhao had told him some half-true stories about his background, while Qian Xunji shared amusing tales from his travels in the past.

Huo Yuhao had once asked Qian Xunji a question.

"Senior Brother, once Teacher retires and hands over the position to you, how do you plan to develop Spirit Hall?"

Qian Xunji was briefly taken aback, then smiled as he replied, "Spirit Hall is already strong enough. We can't keep expanding."

"Our Qian Family's mission is to spread the faith of the Angel God. If Spirit Hall grows too powerful, it will put the Two Great Empires on guard. Keeping ourselves above the Two Great Empires as we do now, balancing them and preventing war on the continent, is one of Spirit Hall's missions."

Could the son raised by Qian Daoliu, who also possessed an Angel Spirit, really be that bad?

Bibi Dong's First Trial for the Rakshasa God was to devour the soul of an Angel Spirit.

The Rakshasa God had sought out Bibi Dong because of her intense negative emotions.

Bibi Dong had two Martial Souls, both of which would have fallen under the category of Evil Spirit Masters in Dou-II. So how had she come to have all those negative emotions?

Wasn't it because of what Qian Xunji had done to her in that secret chamber?

Qian Xunji hadn't just torn Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang away from their sweet romance. To keep her, he had forced himself on her, and she had even borne him a child.

So why had an Angel Spirit wielder with such an upstanding image as Qian Xunji suddenly come up with such a plan?

And after trapping Bibi Dong in that secret chamber, he had still let her move about freely.

Given how much the Rakshasa God despised the Angel God, Huo Yuhao didn't believe she hadn't had a hand in this.

For a god to influence a Titled Douluo who wasn't particularly powerful was as easy as turning over a hand.

To indulge in a little more conspiracy theory—

Perhaps there was even something suspicious about how Bibi Dong, the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall, had grown up in Spirit Hall with a simple heart and high standards, yet had looked down on all the talented men her age and fallen for the plain-looking, average-minded Yu Xiaogang—a useless man who would never advance beyond level 29 in his entire life.

After successfully devouring Qian Xunji's soul and taking control of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong wanted revenge on the Angel Clan she despised and sought to destroy the Angel Clan's thousand-year legacy. That was what eventually led to the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire.

Watching Bibi Dong wreak such havoc from the Divine Realm, the Rakshasa God must have been overjoyed.

Those gods never treated people like people.

Even though they had once been ordinary humans themselves.