I'm the Child of Destiny?

On the endless snowfield, a young man stood bare-chested between heaven and earth.

His back was exposed to the freezing wind, a massive emerald-green tattoo spreading across his skin.

It was a scorpion, stretching from his lower spine to his shoulder blades. Its six long legs wrapped around his ribs, while its hooked tail climbed along his spine to the back of his neck.

The tattoo's lines were delicate and fluid, faint light flowing across them beneath the snow's reflection.

Suddenly, a startling blood-red light appeared between heaven and earth!

A Soul Ring bearing four golden patterns shimmered around the young man.

"I succeeded?"

"I succeeded?!!"

The young man's voice echoed across the empty snowfield, trembling with disbelief.

This young man was Huo Yuhao, who had perfectly fused with the Ice Empress after enduring unimaginable pain.

"Little Yuhao, you didn't let me down."

Brother Sky Dream's slightly weary voice rang out from the Spiritual Sea. His tone carried both pride and relief.

"Brother Sky Dream, thank you."

Tears welled in Huo Yuhao's eyes. He knew that without Tian Meng, he could never have made it this far.

"Why are you crying?"

Tian Meng condensed spiritual power and patted Huo Yuhao on the head, speaking with satisfaction.

"We're going to become gods! Don't cry."

"Okay!"

With tears in his eyes, Huo Yuhao answered firmly.

He had to become a god! He could not disappoint Tian Meng's expectations.

"Alright, let's go get a Soul Ring for your Spirit Eyes. I think your current physique can handle a three-thousand-year Soul Ring. I'll find you a suitable soul skill."

Tian Meng spoke. The Ice Empress had only just completed the fusion and had yet to fully recover. She was currently asleep and could not be disturbed.

"Alright, Brother Sky Dream."

Huo Yuhao agreed happily, but as his thoughts stirred, he suddenly sensed that something in the distance seemed to be calling to him.

"What is it, Yuhao?"

Tian Meng noticed that something was wrong with Huo Yuhao.

"I feel like over there..."

Huo Yuhao raised his hand and pointed toward the vast white distance.

Tian Meng looked over in confusion, but he found nothing. Before him was still nothing but blank white.

Still, Tian Meng did not think Huo Yuhao was lying.

"It's over there."

Huo Yuhao took one step forward. The next moment, the world spun around him, and he found himself inside a peculiar palace.

"This destiny... is rather interesting."

Hearing that voice, Huo Yuhao immediately came back to his senses and looked toward the figure seated upon the throne ahead.

"Yuhao!"

Tian Meng immediately sensed that something was wrong. Spiritual power burst from his body and pressed toward the Ice God.

The person ahead was powerful! He had to go all out!

"A million-year Ice Silkworm? What the hell is that?"

The Ice God recognized Tian Meng's true form at a glance.

For once, shock rose in his heart.

What the hell?

The Ice God stared in disbelief. An Ice Silkworm could cultivate to a hundred thousand years?

No, how had this fellow survived his lightning tribulations? Was he really that formidable?

In the Ice God's understanding, an Ice Silkworm Soul Beast was not even qualified to undergo lightning tribulations. Any random tribulation lightning would be enough to blast it into oblivion.

Yet despite his surprise, the Ice God narrowed his eyes in response to the incoming Spiritual Shock.

Amid Tian Meng's fierce assault, he discovered another extremely pure green force launching a sneak attack.

"Ice?"

Seeing this, the Ice God smiled faintly. Showing off before an expert.

Huo Yuhao watched as the blue figure raised a hand and lightly tapped the air. The powerful spiritual force instantly dispersed.

Divine Sense and mortal spiritual power were separated by a gap far beyond ordinary measure.

What was more, the Ice God's Divine Position was still in his own hands.

However, the Ice God merely scattered the spiritual assault. He did not stop that pure green attack.

Seeing her attack strike the blue figure, the Ice Empress was delighted. Yet after her ice element entered the blue figure, it produced no reaction at all.

"This ice is quite good."

The Ice God nodded. Such pure ice attribute power was already remarkable on the Douluo Continent.

"Old man, hurry up and save us!!"

Within the Spiritual Sea, Tian Meng continuously shook the gray bead formed by Electrolux.

He really needed help. He could not hold on anymore!!!

"He bears no ill intent."

Hearing Electrolux's voice beside him, Tian Meng froze. He looked at the blue figure ahead, who truly did not seem to intend to attack.

"May I ask, Senior..."

Huo Yuhao thought to himself that this senior truly seemed to bear no ill intent. Otherwise, he would likely already be dead.

"I am the Ice God. I am currently seeking an inheritor. Are you interested?"

Hearing the blue figure's reply, Huo Yuhao froze on the spot. In the Spiritual Sea, the Ice Empress and Tian Meng heard a crack, and the souls of the two Soul Beasts went completely still.

Ice... Ice God above... Pah! That was wrong.

"Greetings, Ice God!"

"Greetings, Ice God!"

Tian Meng and the Ice Empress immediately appeared and bowed toward the blue figure ahead.

In the Far North, the Ice God was everything.

"No need for formalities."

The Ice God waved a hand and looked at the two Soul Beasts below. A trace of nostalgia flashed through his eyes before quickly vanishing.

The past was the past. The present was the present...

Suddenly, the Ice God seemed to see something. His eyes fixed directly on Huo Yuhao.

"Asura Godly Thought?"

The Ice God beckoned with one hand, and Huo Yuhao felt as though some impurity within his body had been extracted.

Looking at the dark-red energy fluctuation in his palm, the Ice God narrowed his eyes slightly.

Disgusting thing...

"Has the Asura God become so shameless that he's plotting against the Child of Destiny?"

"Ice God, what is that?"

Huo Yuhao looked at the dark-red energy in the Ice God's hand, an ominous feeling rising in his heart.

This did not seem like a good thing. When had it entered his body? How had he not known?

"This is Asura Godly Thought. The Asura God probably wants to turn you into his dog."

The Ice God spoke concisely, without the slightest attempt to soften his words.

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Tian Meng and the Ice Empress were equally shocked.

"I-Ice God, what exactly is happening to Huo Yuhao right now?"

Tian Meng gathered his courage and asked. There was no helping it; Huo Yuhao was now his only hope of becoming a god. He could not let anything happen to Huo Yuhao.

"He is the Child of Destiny of the Douluo World, the center of the world itself." The Ice God pointed at Huo Yuhao as he explained.

"Me? The Child of Destiny?"

Huo Yuhao pointed at himself in disbelief. He was the Child of Destiny? Seriously? What kind of Child of Destiny had innate soul power of only rank one?

"Yes. Do not doubt my judgment."

The Ice God had known Huo Yuhao was the Child of Destiny from the very first moment he saw him.

Because he himself had once been the Child of Destiny. After becoming a god, he naturally knew what the aura of the Douluo Continent's Child of Destiny was like.

"Little bug, do not doubt this god."

"N-No, I wouldn't dare."

Tian Meng smiled awkwardly. How could he possibly dare to question the Ice God?

Beside him, the Ice Empress's eyes were already shining. She had actually picked up the Child of Destiny?! She had struck it rich!

"However, Ice God, what exactly is this Asura Godly Thought you mentioned?"

Tian Meng continued asking. Asura Godly Thought did not sound like anything good, and since it involved a god, this was no longer something they could handle, was it?

"It is a force capable of influencing a living being's mind. If nothing unexpected happens, little fellow, you will become the Asura God's dog in the future—the kind that will die if he tells you to die."

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Could this senior not phrase things a little more tactfully?

"Ice God, is there a way to change this? I don't want to be a dog."

Huo Yuhao remembered the Asura God, but he had no time to think deeply about it now.

He did not want to become a puppet!

"There is and there isn't. If you become my inheritor, the power I left within my Divine Position can help you resist the Asura Godly Thought."

The Ice God spoke. If Huo Yuhao inherited the Ice God's Divine Position, he truly could resist the Asura Godly Thought.

"Inheritor? Senior, do you want me to inherit the Ice God's Divine Position?"

Only upon hearing the word "inheritor" did Huo Yuhao understand what it meant. He had previously thought it referred to a master-disciple relationship, never expecting it to be inheritance of a Divine Position.

"Of course." The Ice God nodded.

The Ice Empress and Tian Meng were both extremely excited as they looked at Huo Yuhao. Had he not just gained a god for free?

"However, if you become my inheritor and Asura discovers it, he will likely immediately force Asura Godly Thought into you and turn you into a puppet."

Huo Yuhao and the two Soul Beasts: "..."

Was this not a dead end?

"However, I can alter the rules somewhat. Ice God's Seven Trials. Asura does not know that I am alive, so with his personality, he will probably think that my Divine Position has taken a liking to you."

"Then he will scheme for my Divine Position, leaving the inheritance aura on your body. Afterward, he will make you abandon the Ice God Divine Trial and seek another Divine Position for you to inherit, allowing him to firmly keep my Ice God Divine Position in his grasp."

The Ice God speculated. That fellow Asura only cared about face, but if a Divine Position were right in front of him, he would not let it go.

"I will give you one chance to abandon the Divine Position after the Eighth Trial. Afterward, if you accept the Divine Position again, you can directly become the Ice God."

"This path is dangerous. I advise you to consider it carefully."

In the end, the Ice God still gave Huo Yuhao the right to choose.

"Senior, why are you helping me?"

Huo Yuhao asked. The person before him was being far too enthusiastic, was he not?

"Hmm... I was once the Child of Destiny of Douluo as well, so I should count as your senior. Before my divine fall, I happened to meet you and wished to entrust my Divine Position to you."

The Ice God did not care much about the Ice God Divine Position. Giving it to someone he found agreeable was not bad either.

"Senior, since you are helping me, I will certainly not disappoint your great expectations." Huo Yuhao clasped his fists and bowed.

"No need to be so polite. I simply find Asura somewhat unpleasant as well."

The Ice God waved a hand. They were both Children of Destiny. Asura had only become a god before him, and back then, that fellow had even tried to stab him in the back.

He had remembered that grudge for who knew how long. Although he had taken his revenge, every time he thought of it, he was still annoyed.

Senior did not get along with the Asura God? Huo Yuhao caught the crucial information in those words.

"Heh."

Suddenly, the Ice God looked up. He sensed a strand of Divine Sense sweeping past the Far North.

The Asura God—but why did he feel considerably weaker?