Restarting the Traverse

As Huo Yuhao's consciousness gradually cleared, En Zuo solemnly pulled him outside, speaking in a low voice as they walked. "Tell me, Yuhao, what exactly happened...?"

"Why did the Holy Necromancer martial soul emerge ahead of time?"

The Holy Necromancer martial soul was nothing like the Ice Empress Scorpion. If anyone truly pursued the matter, being branded an evil soul master would be no joke.

If it was exposed, not even En Ci could protect Huo Yuhao.

"It was Elder Yi..."

At the mention of Electrolux, Huo Yuhao's feelings were complicated. Unlike the Yuhaos from other timelines, he had not spent a long time by Electrolux's side.

The two of them could even be said to have only met for the first time.

Following En Zuo's lead, Huo Yuhao answered, "Elder Yi voluntarily unsealed that portion of his divine consciousness and merged with me. That caused my third martial soul to appear ahead of time."

En Zuo already knew all of this.

From the moment Huo Yuhao first encountered Electrolux, part of Electrolux's divine consciousness had already been assimilated, taking on an initial form.

And the portion Electrolux had voluntarily unsealed was the most crucial step in activating it.

But Electrolux had unsealed his divine consciousness because Huo Yuhao had been in danger. He had burned his own divine consciousness to protect Huo Yuhao.

Danger?

En Zuo suddenly remembered something.

"Could it be that Electrolux glimpsed the part of your memories concerning the future?"

That explained it.

Electrolux, with only his remaining divine consciousness, had learned that Huo Yuhao would become his disciple in the future and seen Huo Yuhao's subsequent fate. He chose to unseal the part of his own divine consciousness that had been sealed away and merge with Huo Yuhao.

As Huo Yuhao recalled the future of that parallel timeline, the hatred in his eyes deepened. "Elder Yi saw it... that memory of Heaven and Earth Valley of Love Questions... He saw some of my experiences in the Divine Realm too."

"That life where I was treated like a pig or a dog, summoned at will and dismissed at will."

"Elder Yi said..."

"His disciple, Electrolux's disciple, could never become such a person. There was only one possibility: Heaven and Earth Valley of Love Questions."

"Elder Yi suspected that the real 'me' had already completely died in Heaven and Earth Valley of Love Questions."

His disciple had offered no resistance at all, even though his great vengeance remained unfulfilled. In the end, all that remained was a muddleheaded puppet, enjoying a happiness others could only dream of.

Even Electrolux could not accept such an outcome. It was simply too absurd.

"Died?"

Only En Zuo, who knew the plot, knew that even after Heaven and Earth Valley of Love Questions, Huo Yuhao was still the same Huo Yuhao. Tang San had not tampered with him.

Huo Yuhao had personally ended his former self.

"But... this explanation... is fine too..."

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had found a reason to convince himself, En Zuo had no intention of deliberately exposing this "lie." There was nothing wrong with immersing oneself in a beautiful lie.

People should not be left struggling on the verge of death in an environment of suffering. That was cruelty to oneself.

En Zuo only warned Huo Yuhao, "Don't casually reveal the Holy Necromancer martial soul in the future. You'll be identified as an evil soul master and hunted by the Federation's forces."

"I don't want to see your name on the Federation's wanted list for evil soul masters one day, Yuhao."

"Don't worry, Brother En Zuo." Huo Yuhao nodded heavily. "I know how serious this is. I'll definitely keep it hidden and never expose it."

The two headed toward the outskirts of Monster Academy, parting ways at a fork in the dormitory district.

Before leaving, En Zuo specifically reminded Huo Yuhao, "Before the entrance exam, focus on cultivating your Soul Power. Try to raise it to around rank twelve. At this pace, one year will be enough for you to become a two-ring Soul Grandmaster."

Although he had switched to the Spirit Eyes martial soul, Huo Yuhao's pupils remained a lifeless grayish white. Watching En Zuo's figure grow farther away, he communicated with Electrolux in his spiritual sea.

"Elder Yi, I will make your necromancy shine with the most dazzling light in this world. I will use this power to protect everything I want to protect, so that this world will no longer have sorrow."

Electrolux, whose projection in the spiritual sea was reduced to a mere thread, sighed sadly. "Yuhao, I taught you necromancy not because you would become my disciple in the future. It was because your experiences, your profound sorrow, deeply moved me. That was what made me see you as a true disciple."

"This is the greatest help I can offer as an inadequate teacher. I sincerely hope you break free from the shackles of fate and successfully ascend to godhood."

"I believe you can definitely reach that point. Not because fate arranged it, but through your own efforts."

"Your teacher did not dare become a god in this lifetime, but I hope that one day, my disciple can reach such a realm. Then you will be the greatest pride of my life."

Huo Yuhao could only watch as Electrolux completely vanished from his spiritual sea and fully merged with his martial soul.

This was the second time he had experienced the pain of loss.

Elsewhere, En Zuo returned to his dormitory holding Demon Ding and sat down cross-legged to cultivate.

Thanks to Buddha Tang, cultivation methods on the Douluo Continent had been strengthened. The originally nonexistent or rudimentary meditation methods had all been optimized into the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

The various secret arts of the Tang Sect had also become the first choice for most low-level soul masters.

Demon Ding obediently curled up on En Zuo's knees and began meditating in earnest. As a detached martial soul, Demon Ding's meditation could directly affect En Zuo, theoretically allowing for double the cultivation speed.

Except...

Before long, Demon Ding's body relaxed. Its round little body leaned back, and it began snoring softly.

Sleepy and gluttonous.

These were beastly instincts En Zuo had tried hard to correct, yet Demon Ding still found impossible to completely overcome.

Cultivation continued until early the next morning. Sensing that his cultivation had firmly settled at rank thirty-six, En Zuo ended his cultivation with satisfaction.

At this rate, he would break through rank forty in a few months and become a Soul Ancestor.

An eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor.

Even Senior Brother Long Yue had not reached such a level at that age.

The youngest Soul Ancestor in history.

He just wondered what kind of brilliance Yun Ming, known as the greatest figure of the Dragon King Era, had possessed at that age.

"No matter how incomparably gifted you were in the previous generation, the Shrek of this generation... will definitely fall to my hands."

En Zuo gripped the Crystal Staff. To defeat Shrek, he still lacked powerful companions. He needed companions who were stronger and more talented.

Before the Monster Academy assessment, En Zuo needed to find another companion whose talent was not much inferior to Huo Yuhao's.

So that no one would worry,

En Zuo informed En Ci, Long Yue, and Huo Yuhao that he would be going out.

After confirming there was no one outside his room,

En Zuo released his martial soul and activated the Narak Domain in the dormitory. His entire figure was swallowed in an instant.

He completely merged into the Narak Domain.