In the vast, dense woods north of Star Luo City, a small, frail figure struggled through mud and thorns beneath the dappled shadows of the trees.
Huo Yuhao had been away from Star Luo City for a full day and night.
Unlike his uneventful departure from home in the original timeline, this time Huo Yuhao had not set out with dreams of the future in his heart.
In the original timeline, Huo Yuhao's mother had passed away on her sickbed, giving him a long time to come to terms with her death.
Huo Yun'er's gentle nature and her hopeless infatuation with Dai Hao would never have allowed her to teach Huo Yuhao hatred. This was also a crucial reason why he had been able to let go of his hatred so easily in the original story.
Of course, with his mother in Tang Buddha's hands, he could hardly refuse to let it go even if he wanted to.
But now, things were completely different.
Huo Yuhao and his mother had not only been safe and sound, they had even begun imagining their future once he became a Soul Master...
And now, that beautiful prospect had become a bloody tragedy, bringing Huo Yuhao's hatred to a peak it had never reached in the original story.
Huo Yun'er had been gentle, patient, and kind to others all her life. Apart from the lofty White Tiger Duke's Wife, she had never made an enemy of anyone.
And his mother's obvious poverty could never have attracted even the most blind and foolish bandit.
Besides, they were so close to the White Tiger Duke's Residence. What bandit would dare run wild right under the Star Luo Commander's nose?
Thus, every possibility pointed to the duke's wife.
Huo Yuhao knew perfectly well that, since she had