Huo Yuhao's Past

She would always stroke Huo Yuhao's head at night and whisper, "Hao'er, when you grow up, we'll leave this place and go to a place where no one will bully us."

At that time, Huo Yuhao didn't understand what the future held; he only understood one thing: weakness invites attack.

Only by becoming stronger can I protect my mother.

Only by becoming stronger can you stop having to depend on others.

Only by becoming stronger can we overthrow those who trample on us, one by one.

At the age of six, during the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony, he awakened the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, Innate Soul Power level one.

The news spread throughout the Duke's Mansion, but instead of expressing regret, it was met with a barrage of ridicule.

"The son of the Duke of the White Tiger actually awakened a Trash Martial Soul?"

"With only level one Innate Soul Power, he'll probably never even reach the level of a Soul Grandmaster in his lifetime. He's truly disgraced the Dai Clan."

Taking advantage of the situation, Zhu Shi accused him of being a jinx, bringing misfortune to his father and family. As a result Huo Yun'er was forced to kneel for an entire night, which left him with a chronic illness.

That night, Huo Yun'er hugged him and cried, saying, "Hao'er, I'm sorry, it's all my fault."

Huo Yuhao didn't cry. He clenched his small fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms.

He knew that crying wouldn't help.

In this world where Soul Master are revered, tears can't buy anything; only power matters.

From that day on, he practiced diligently.

While others practiced for two hours a day, he practiced for four hours.

Others found the basic breathing exercises tedious and boring, but he practiced them repeatedly until he could circulate his Soul Power smoothly and freely.

His progress in first-level Innate Soul Power was as slow as a snail's pace. While others could advance two or three levels a year, he could only advance one level a year even with all his might.

But he never stopped. Even when he practiced until his Soul Power was exhausted and he was completely drained, he would get up the next day and continue practicing.

But fate never shows mercy just because you work hard.

At the age of eleven, Huo Yun'er fell ill from overwork. Coupled with years of pent-up emotions and the deliberate harassment from Zhu Shi, who cut off her medication, she eventually succumbed to her illness and passed away.

On her deathbed, she clutched Huo Yuhao's hand and weakly uttered her last words. "Hao'er... don't hate... live well..."

His mother's death became a thorn that Huo Yuhao could never remove from his heart, and the last straw that broke his last shred of hope for the Duke's Mansion.

He kowtowed three times before his mother's grave, until his forehead bled.

He told himself that from now on, there would be no more illegitimate sons of the Dai Clan, only Huo Yuhao.

He took his mother's surname, burying the character "Dai" along with all the humiliation and hatred into the yellow earth.

He's going to the Shrek Academy.

That legendary academy that only accepts monsters and not ordinary people, that sacred place that every Soul Master on the entire continent yearns for.

He wanted to become strong enough there, strong enough that everyone would look up to him, strong enough that no one could trample on the people he cared about anymore.

With only a few silver coins left by his mother and a patched little bundle on his back, he left the White Tiger Duke's Estate alone.

The eleven-year-old boy was thin and small, with a sallow complexion and old wounds that hadn't fully healed. But in his eyes burned a fire, a fire that refused to bow to fate.

Behind him lay the land where his mother was buried, and before him lay a vast and unknown road ahead.

He had no way out but to move forward.

Tang Ya looked at the diary entries, shook her head and sighed softly, unable to help but exclaim, "So this is what Yuhao's past was like... No wonder he was so thin when I saw him, like a bean sprout, yet his eyes were so incredibly bright."

In the past, all I'd read about in the diary was how Huo Yuhao Huo Yuhao incredibly powerful, how he obtained sacrifices from Million-Year Soul Beast here and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast there, making everyone envious.

But they had no idea that Huo Yuhao's past was so tragic.

Tang Ya sighed softly, "Yuhao has suffered too much. Those cheat codes later on... well, let them be."

[From the Duke's Mansion to Shrek City, there are thousands of miles between them, and one must pass through the outer edge of the treacherous Star Dou Forest.]

For an eleven-year-old boy with only a dozen or so levels of Soul Power to walk this path alone is tantamount to suicide.

But Huo Yuhao had no choice. He didn't have enough money to hire a carriage or guards, so he had to rely on his own two legs to walk forward step by step.

They endured wind and rain, sleeping in the open when hungry, eating dry, hard flatbread, and drinking cool water from mountain streams when thirsty. At night, they would find a cave or a large tree to sleep in, while constantly on guard against Soul Beast and bandits.

Several times he encountered danger, narrowly escaping it only by relying on the Spiritual Detection of his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul. Several times he was so hungry that he was dizzy, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

By the time he reached the edge of the Star Dou Forest, he was emaciated and his Soul Power was almost completely depleted.

But he didn't stop. He knew that to become a true Soul Master, he had to obtain his First Soul Ring.

He planned to venture into the outer reaches of the Star Dou Forest to try his luck and find a Hundred-Year Soul Beast suitable for his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul.

What he didn't know was that this seemingly reckless adventure would completely rewrite his life.

On the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, he encountered the first opportunity that would change his life: Million-Year Soul Beast, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm has lived for over a million years, making it the only known Million-Year Soul Beast on the continent. Despite possessing a million years of cultivation, it lacks corresponding combat power and is constantly hunted down by other powerful Soul Beast, forced to hide everywhere.

When it met Huo Yuhao, it was in its weakest state and desperately needed a suitable host for symbiosis.

Huo Yuhao's spiritual Martial Soul was precisely the best place for it to reside.

Without much trouble, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm took the initiative to choose Huo Yuhao and became his First Soul Ring.

Million-Year Soul Ring.

This is a miracle that is unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated.

Let alone an ant at level ten or so, even Titled Douluo wouldn't dare imagine that they could possess a million-year-old Soul Ring.

But Huo Yuhao did it, not because of his privileged background or powerful connections, but simply because he happened to be there.

It was only because of his inherent tenacity that even the million-year-old Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was willing to take a gamble.

Of course, we won't consider Tang San's arrangements here, since that's a story for another time.

After Huo Yuhao obtained his First Soul Ring, his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul fully awakened, gaining two divine skills: Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing.

These two skills may not seem to have direct offensive power, but they play an irreplaceable role in team battles.

Precise detection can uncover all weaknesses, and shared vision allows the entire team to coordinate seamlessly.

From this moment on, his path to becoming the "Ultimate Spiritual Path" was paved.

It was also on the edge of the Star Dou Forest that he met Tang Ya and Bei Bei.

At that time, Tang Ya was the current sect leader of the Tang Sect, Bei Bei was her eldest disciple. The two entered the Star Dou Forest to obtain Soul Ring and happened to run into Huo Yuhao, who was being attacked by Soul Beast.