One Wave Had Barely Settled Before Another Rose

Huo Yuhao activated Void and burst out of Star Luo City, landing in the barren wilderness beyond it. His soul power was exhausted, and he dropped to one knee, gasping heavily. His voice was hoarse. "Mother... not even a trace of her remains was left behind. I do not even have a chance to revive her..."

Ye Guyi emerged from the Spirit Sea, crouched beside him, and gently took his hand. "Yuhao, I understand how much you regret this, but Dai Huabin and Lady Liu have already paid the price. You avenged Auntie. That is enough."

"Not enough!" Huo Yuhao shook his head fiercely, his eyes reddening. "I came to find her, yet in the end, I found nothing..."

Electrolux's steady voice rang out within the Spirit Sea. "Child, what is lost cannot be recovered. Obsession will only bind your steps. Your wish to avenge your mother has been fulfilled. It is time to look ahead."

Tianmeng Ice Worm's soft, squishy voice chimed in. "That's right, Yuhao! You still have us! Me, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ice Bear King—we will always be with you!"

Ice Empress's cool voice rose lightly. "You merely failed to revive her. Being depressed will not solve anything. You still have more important things to do."

Snow Empress softly agreed. "You are not alone. Do not let hatred blind your eyes."

Ye Guyi tightened her grip on his hand, her gaze gentle yet firm. "Yuhao, you may have lost your mother, but you still have me. Life has to go on. We will face it together, all right?"

Huo Yuhao's body trembled. He looked up at Ye Guyi, then sensed the presences of everyone in the Spirit Sea, and the confusion in his eyes gradually faded. He drew a deep breath, slowly rose to his feet, and clenched his fists. Every word rang with resolve. "Right, I still have all of you! Guyi, Electrolux, Tianmeng, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Ice Bear King, and everyone else! I cannot give up!"

A resolute light ignited in his eyes as the truth from his memories of Earth flashed through his mind. "This was all Tang San's scheme! He caused me to lose my mother and made me suffer through countless hardships. This debt must be settled!"

"From this day onward, I will restore the Dragon God and rebuild the Dragon God's divine position! One day, I will charge into the God Realm, unify the God Realm, tear apart his schemes, and make him pay the most painful price!" He raised a hand and wiped the moisture from the corner of his eyes, his voice as firm as iron. "This oath will remain unchanged until death!"

High above the Douluo Continent, Tang San stood amid a tide of light from the plane's consciousness. The power of the plane's origin flowed around his fingertips, while his gaze pierced through the barriers of heaven and earth to lock precisely onto Huo Yuhao in the wilderness outside Star Luo City. He raised his hand and drew upon the plane's power. As the void trembled, Azure Bull Python Da Ming and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming, deep within the Clear Sky Sect, were forcibly awakened. Their enormous forms rose from the sect, bound by Tang San's divine sense.

"Go. Kill Huo Yuhao." Tang San's divine sense was cold as a blade as it entered Da Ming and Er Ming's minds. At the same time, he raised his hand again and summoned the plane's power, turning the two into streaks of light and instantly transporting them into the air before Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao had barely withdrawn the momentum of his oath when the soul power of heaven and earth around him was abruptly drained away. An overwhelming pressure from the plane crashed down upon him. When he looked up, he saw Da Ming and Er Ming striding through the air. Azure Bull Python's azure light crackled with lightning, while Titan Giant Ape's mountain-like body bore down from above. Bone-chilling killing intent swept toward him.

His heart jolted violently. In an instant, he sensed that thread of divine sense from the skies—it was Tang San!

Almost simultaneously, Tang San's plane power wrapped around Huo Yuhao. Strands of his destiny and opportunities were forcibly stripped away, streaming toward the Clear Sky Sect, where Wang Dong was. Huo Yuhao's blood and qi surged violently, and even his soul power became sluggish, yet he had no time to care about the pain. He activated the Spirit Sea with a sharp cry. "Ice Empress! Snow Empress! Ice Bear King! Come out!"

Three figures formed from the Spirit Sea at his command. Extreme ice surged around Ice Empress as several walls of ice rose from the ground before them. Snow Empress condensed a sky full of ice needles and fired them at Da Ming and Er Ming's vital points. Ice Bear King transformed into a giant bear, swung his armored claws, and lunged at Er Ming, forcibly taking the punch he threw.

Taking advantage of the three Soul Beasts holding them back, Huo Yuhao called Ye Guyi back into the Spirit Sea. Then crystalline wings suddenly spread from his back as he pushed Icebound Rush to its limit. He transformed into an icy shadow and shot into the distance. At the same time, Martial Soul Void revolved, and fine Space-Time ripples spread across his body. Every flicker carried him several yards sideways, allowing him to evade the lightning whip Da Ming swept at him.

Da Ming roared in fury. Azure lightning wrapped in plane power shattered the ice needles and ice walls. Er Ming flung Ice Bear King aside, and his enormous palm slammed toward Huo Yuhao's retreating back, its wind kicking up dust that filled the sky. Ice Empress instantly wound herself around Da Ming, her ice threads binding his body. Snow Empress formed an icebound domain, freezing the void beneath Er Ming's feet, while Ice Bear King lunged forward again and tightly clung to Er Ming's arm.

As Huo Yuhao fled, he looked back and condensed the faint glow of a Class 9 Fixed Soul Cannon in his palm. He fired a blast at the two of them, then used the explosion's shockwave to accelerate again. Martial Soul Void activated repeatedly as he flashed through Space-Time rifts. Behind him, Ice Empress and the other two desperately held back Da Ming and Er Ming. Explosions thundered continuously through the wilderness, while Tang San's plane power kept stripping away Huo Yuhao's destiny.

"How did Tang San discover me? Wasn't he sealed by the people of the God Realm?"

Tang San's super divine artifact, the Clear Sky Hammer, swept past Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ice Bear King before flying toward Huo Yuhao. "Kid, you will not escape today."

Huo Yuhao could only reveal his final trump card. "Extreme Tyranny Domain, open! Dragon God's Claw, come forth!!!"

Huo Yuhao's Dragon God's Claw had been given to him by Ditian when he saved Ditian before.

Huo Yuhao shouted sharply. His right arm was instantly covered in cold, gleaming Dragon God scales, and the Dragon God's Claw abruptly spread open, its sharp edge meeting the attack from above.

Wrapped in the heavy pressure of the plane, the Clear Sky Hammer crashed down. Its black hammerhead tore through the air and smashed toward the Dragon God's Claw with force capable of crushing everything.

Boom!

The massive blast made the wilderness hum and tremble. The instant the two collided, waves of energy burst outward. Several cracks split open across the ground, and shattered stones and wild grass flew into the sky. Huo Yuhao's blood and qi churned from the immense force, and he staggered back several steps. Yet he held the hammerhead firmly with the Dragon God's Claw, refusing to let it descend another inch.

Tang San's pupils constricted sharply in the sky, his face filled with shock. His super divine artifact, the Clear Sky Hammer, wrapped in plane power, had actually been blocked head-on by the Dragon God's Claw of a level-fifty Huo Yuhao. This power had completely exceeded his expectations.

Using the opening created by the Dragon God's Claw resisting the attack, Huo Yuhao shouted, "Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Ice Bear King, return!" The three figures instantly transformed into streams of light and withdrew into his Spirit Sea. He immediately drew upon the ultimate power refined by the three beasts, tightly grasped Tianmeng Ice Worm's warm spiritual origin, and let Electrolux's undead divine power wrap around his surging soul power, pouring it all into Martial Soul Void.

Driven to its limit by that combined power, Martial Soul Void made the Space-Time ripples around him surge madly, forming a visible distorted barrier of light. Huo Yuhao suddenly withdrew the Dragon God's Claw and used the recoil from the Clear Sky Hammer to leap into the air. Wrapped in warped Space-Time ripples, he tore open a deep-blue spatial rift in a single instant. His body became a streak of light and shot into it, fleeing at top speed toward the Far Northern Land.

Within the plane's tide of light high above, Tang San watched that fleeting figure with a face as dark as iron. Veins throbbed at his temples, and towering fury churned beneath his once-calm eyes. He clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white and roared, "I only intercepted a tiny fraction of the power of destiny! It is nowhere near enough! Huo Yuhao, do not think you can escape!"

Before his words had faded, the plane origin power around him surged violently and chased after Huo Yuhao. Even the air seemed warped by the heat of his rage, but he still failed to catch him. "Damn it! Huo Yuhao, you may escape today, but you cannot escape forever! You were fortunate enough to get away this time, but next time, I will strip away all your destiny and leave you with nothing!"

His roar spread across heaven and earth, its echoes lingering over the wilderness for a long time. Tang San drew a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his boiling anger. He raised his hand and summoned the plane's power. Two gentle barriers of light wrapped around Da Ming and Er Ming, who were still pursuing Huo Yuhao, forcibly recalling them and setting them steadily above the mountain gate of the Clear Sky Sect.

"You two will remain in the sect and guard Wang Dong day and night. Watch over him carefully." Tang San's divine sense was cold and authoritative, without the slightest ripple. "You must help him digest this destiny as quickly as possible and stabilize his foundation. Do not make any mistakes that could delay my grand plan."

Da Ming and Er Ming exchanged a glance, then bowed and answered solemnly, "We obey your decree."

Tang San snorted coldly and said no more. The tide of plane light around him gradually receded, and the divine power surrounding him slowly dispersed. He cast one final venomous glance toward the Far Northern Land, then turned and stepped into the God Realm passage slowly opening behind him. His figure vanished in a flash of dazzling divine light, leaving only his overflowing fury to dissipate between heaven and earth on the Douluo Continent.