The Holy Spirit Cult Sensed a Crisis

But no matter how Fishfork God King Tang San calculated, he never expected six-year-old Huo Yuhao to be capable of snatching souls right in front of a God King.

This made Fishfork God King Tang San so furious that he jumped around in rage, declaring that Huo Yuhao had already learned the ways of a trained dog.

Afterward, Huo Yuhao spent several years investigating why the Evil Soul Masters were desperately hunting him down.

In the end, he discovered that those Evil Soul Masters all came from the Holy Spirit Cult.

Why was the Holy Spirit Cult trying to kill Huo Yuhao?

Simple. Naturally, it was because Huo Yuhao's birth had made them feel a sense of crisis.

Just like the Curse Users in his previous life. Ever since Gojo Satoru was born, they had felt an unprecedented sense of danger.

So they put up an astronomical bounty and dispatched large numbers of Curse Users, who hid in the shadows and remained ready to kill him at any moment.

But did it work?

No.

Not only were they unable to kill Gojo Satoru, they were frightened into disappearing for twenty years.

If Gojo Satoru had not been sealed within the Prison Realm, they probably would have waited until he died of old age before daring to emerge and wreak havoc.

"What a pain. If this were the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, ten-year-old me could have marched straight into the Holy Spirit Cult and sent every Evil Soul Master to the afterlife. But this is Douluo Continent..."

Huo Yuhao could still cultivate through the Jujutsu Sorcerer path from Jujutsu Kaisen in Douluo Continent.

However, he was under severe restrictions.

For example, he had already reached Grade 4 Sorcerer when he was born.

Yet no matter how he cultivated afterward, he could never break through the Grade 4 Sorcerer bottleneck.

Clearly, this was due to the influence of this world, much like Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Technique.

He needed to absorb Soul Rings and break through the upper limit of his Soul Power before other cultivation paths could exceed their limits.

The Jujutsu Sorcerer cultivation path was the same. Without breaking through the upper limit of his Soul Power, he could not break through the upper limit of his Cursed Energy.

Otherwise, after ten years, with the Six Eyes, he would at least have become a Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer.

Of course, some might ask why he had not absorbed Soul Rings during the past four years.

Wasn't that simply wasting his innate full Soul Power talent?

Otherwise, after four years, he would at least be a Great Soul Master.

Please.

You had a Million-Year Soul Ring right in front of you, yet you refused to absorb it.

Instead, you went to absorb the kind of Soul Rings that, even if you absorbed a thousand or ten thousand of them,

would not benefit you in the slightest.

Not only were they useless, they would also waste two Soul Ring slots.

Besides, the Six Eyes Spirit was not something just any trash Soul Beast could match.

Moreover, Huo Yuhao possessed a cursed technique—Ninefold Refinement.

It could compress Soul Power and improve its quality.

Even though he had not absorbed any Soul Rings over the past four years, his Soul Power was already equivalent to that of a Great Soul Master.

In fact, it far surpassed a Great Soul Master's.

As for combat ability, there was even less need to mention it.

Huo Yuhao, who possessed the Six Eyes, was invincible.

"Ah-uh! Ah-uh..."

Fat Tiger's urging interrupted Huo Yuhao's thoughts.

"You little..."

"Ah-uh!"

"Fine, fine. I'll make you grilled fish right now."

"What a glutton."

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly.

What Fat Tiger loved most was his grilled fish.

Although he had never learned how to grill fish, his skill seemed innate.

The fish he grilled tasted even better than what a five-star chef could make.

He spread open his right hand, and the White Tiger Pattern Ring on his index finger flashed with white light.

Three iron needles attached to thin lines appeared out of nowhere in his palm.

This ring had been a gift from White Tiger Duke Dai Hao after Huo Yuhao awakened his Martial Soul.

The Storage Soul Guidance Device, the "White Tiger Ring."

It had an internal space of three hundred cubic meters and could not store living creatures.

Even so, it was considered a top-tier Storage Soul Guidance Device.

"Dai Hao... It seems there's something strange about this."

Huo Yuhao looked at the White Tiger Ring and thought of his nominal father in this life, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao.

In the original story, Dai Hao had not disappeared.

He had not even known that Huo Yuhao was his son.

So this was either a butterfly effect, or Fishfork God King Tang San's scheme.

However, Huo Yuhao was more inclined to believe that it was Tang San's scheme.

After all, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao had been around Level 80 four years ago. What kind of butterfly effect could make a Soul Douluo vanish without a sound?

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

With his back to the lake, Huo Yuhao casually threw out the iron needles.

He tugged hard on the thin lines connected to them, and the needles returned to his hand, each one skewering three fish.

Nine fish in total.

He pointed his right index finger at the pile of dry firewood.

Whoosh!

Flames ignited on the firewood out of thin air.

Before long, the fragrance of grilled fish filled the air, and Fat Tiger was nearly drooling onto the ground.

"Wow—It smells so good!!!"

"Grilled fish?"

A carefree, crisp female voice rang out beside him, accompanied by a faint fragrance.

Huo Yuhao did not look up.

With the Six Eyes, he had long known who was approaching.

The Tang Sect's leader, the future Blue Silver Saintess of the Holy Spirit Cult, "Tang Ya."

A descendant of Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong's lineage, the great-grandson of Dragon God Douluo Mu En, and the future captain of the Shrek Seven Monsters, "Bei Bei."

In the original story, these two had been extremely important guides for Huo Yuhao.

They had brought Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect, not only giving him the Tang Sect's cultivation techniques and accelerating his progress,

but also providing him with an exemption quota for Shrek Academy, allowing him to enter Shrek Academy.

For the Huo Yuhao of the original story, Tang Ya and Bei Bei's kindness had been as heavy as a mountain.

So Huo Yuhao had quite a good impression of the two of them.

"Wow, little brother, are you selling that grilled fish?"

"It smells so good! How did you make it?"

Tang Ya leaned in front of Huo Yuhao.

Her eyes shone as she stared fixedly at the grilled fish in his hand.

Huo Yuhao smiled and raised a grilled fish toward Tang Ya.

"One Gold Soul Coin per fish."

Tang Ya froze for a moment, then puffed up her cheeks in anger.

"What a profiteer! You're charging me one Gold Soul Coin for a single fish!"

One Gold Soul Coin was equivalent to a thousand dollars on Blue Star.

A thousand dollars for one grilled fish—it was no wonder Tang Ya called Huo Yuhao a profiteer.

Huo Yuhao waved the grilled fish in his hand and smiled.

"I think... my cooking is worth that price."

"You..." Tang Ya was both angry and tempted.

"Hello. I'll buy two."

At that moment, a gentle male voice sounded.

The newcomer was Bei Bei. He walked over with a warm smile and handed over two Gold Soul Coins.

"Bei Bei, do you have money burning a hole in your pocket? You're buying grilled fish that costs one Gold Soul Coin each!"

Tang Ya shot Bei Bei a fierce glare.

Bei Bei smiled gently. "I think this little brother's grilled fish is worth the price."

As he spoke, he handed the grilled fish to Tang Ya.

Tang Ya took it. Smelling the enticing aroma of the grilled fish, she could not stop herself from swallowing hard.

"Profiteer little brother, if it doesn't taste good, you have to refund my money!"

Huo Yuhao shrugged. "No problem. If it doesn't taste good, I'll refund you."

Tang Ya nodded, making up her mind that even if it was delicious, she would say it tasted bad.

She absolutely could not let this profiteer get his way.

Tang Ya took a bite, then another, and finally began devouring the grilled fish in an extremely unladylike manner.

"Ah-woo! Delicious... No, it's not delicious. It's not delicious at all..."

"Profiteer little brother, this grilled fish isn't tasty at all. Hurry up and refund my money."

Huo Yuhao fell silent as he watched Tang Ya continuously suck the flesh off the fish bones.

"..."

If it wasn't tasty, why were you sucking on the fish bones?

Bei Bei covered his face. "Little brother, please don't mind her. Teacher Xiaoya is always like this."

Huo Yuhao said indifferently, "It's fine."

Bei Bei asked,

"Teacher Xiaoya, would you like a few more?"

"No. Even if I, Tang Ya, starve to death or jump off a cliff, I will never eat another bite of that profiteer's grilled fish..."

Bei Bei handed her another grilled fish, and Tang Ya still could not resist the temptation. As she ate, she said,

"Oh my, it's so good!"

God Realm

Heaven-Peering Hall

Fishfork God King Tang San stared excitedly at the Skywatch Orb.

"Huo Yuhao has finally met someone from my Tang Sect."

"Hmph, ending the rule of the gods—doesn't that mean ending my, Tang San's, rule?"

"As long as you join the Tang Sect... I, Tang San, have plenty of ways to turn you into a house dog!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Fishfork God King Tang San seemed to see Huo Yuhao crawling before him, being ordered around at his every whim.