Eye of Destiny

The spatial rift slammed shut. Like an eagle with severed strings and broken wings, Huo Yuhao crashed heavily onto the frozen earth of the Northern Ice Plains. His knees sank deep into the ice, and bone-piercing cold invaded his marrow. Yet far more painful than his body was the sensation of being forcibly torn apart at the level of his soul—Tang San's lingering planar power clung to him like gangrene on the bone, brutally ripping at the origin of his fate, stripping away his opportunities, destiny, and vitality thread by thread, sweeping them toward the distant Clear Sky Sect.

He knelt on one knee, his chest heaving violently and his face white as paper. The soul power around him was nearly exhausted, his life force draining away at a terrifying speed. His vision darkened layer by layer, and his consciousness teetered on the brink of collapse.

At that life-or-death moment, a warm yet resolute golden phantom slowly emerged from the depths of his Martial Soul, Void.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at him, its gaze calm and resolute.

"Yuhao, I am willing to give everything for you."

Its voice was not loud, yet every word carried immense weight. "I know the uniqueness of your Martial Soul. I am willing to enter an Eternal Contract with you and merge into your Martial Soul, Void. I will bind my own fortune completely to yours. We will share breath and life, and from this day onward, Tang San's planar power will no longer be able to plunder you. Your fortune will not be lost, and your vitality will not scatter."

Huo Yuhao's heart shook violently. He opened his mouth hoarsely. "You..."

"No need to say more." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion cut him off without the slightest hesitation in its tone. "You saved my life. Today, I will repay you in this way."

Golden light erupted, and the power of the contract instantly took shape. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's spiritual body poured into the Martial Soul, Void, without reservation, completely merging with the origin of space. In an instant, vast auspicious fortune, carrying the majestic power of destiny and spiritual origin, surged wildly from the depths of the Martial Soul. Like an impregnable wall, it shielded Huo Yuhao's entire body and forcibly isolated the plundering power from the plane.

His leaking fortune was instantly locked down, then wildly flowed back, grew, and settled. His rapidly fading life force was like a withered tree meeting spring, frantically sprouting, filling, and boiling through his limbs and bones. Huo Yuhao felt warm currents fill every meridian in his body. The near-death weakness receded at a visible pace, while an unprecedented sense of stability and solidity rose from the depths of his soul.

At that moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Soul Beast origin trembled lightly, and pure power slowly gathered deep within Huo Yuhao's brow. A translucent External Soul Bone, like divine jade and suffused with faint golden light, gradually took shape—the Spirit Eye Soul Bone. Like a dormant mark, it quietly embedded itself deep in his bones and blood, becoming his hidden third eye.

The instant the Soul Bone appeared, the two pieces of Life Gold that had long since perfectly fused into one within the depths of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sea suddenly awakened.

The Life Gold, radiant as the blazing sun, transformed into a golden torrent that pierced through his soul. Without the slightest obstruction, it surged out of the Spirit Sea and rushed toward the Spirit Eye Soul Bone at his brow. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion immediately invoked the power of the contract, gently yet firmly guiding the two to merge. There was no conflict, no rejection—only the most perfect compatibility.

Golden light surged, and his soul roared.

The Life Gold's life origin and immortal divinity, which stood above all living things between heaven and earth, poured frantically into every inch of the Spirit Eye Soul Bone. Its originally pure spiritual attribute was continuously elevated, tempered, and transformed. Profound and unfathomable power of destiny coiled around it like a galaxy. The Soul Bone's quality, tier, and might broke through again and again, transforming directly from a top-tier Soul Bone into a supreme divine bone containing the true meaning of destiny.

A sacred golden radiance stained the pearly-white Soul Bone, its patterns flowing like a galaxy and its aura descending like the Heavenly Dao itself.

The Spirit Eye had completely evolved—the Eye of Destiny.

It lay hidden within Huo Yuhao's brow, unseen outwardly and leaving no trace upon his face. Yet it had become the third eye of both his soul and body, commanding destiny, seeing through illusion, suppressing souls, and far surpassing any Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone in power.

And at the very instant the Eye of Destiny took form, the dormant Dragon God within Huo Yuhao suddenly awakened.

The Dragon God's Origin flowed gently yet dominantly into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion through the power of the contract, cleansing the foundation of its bloodline and refining its Soul Beast origin.

Baptized by Dragon God Power, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, originally possessing thirty-five thousand years of cultivation, had its foundation madly reinforced and its reserves infinitely expanded. Its aura soared all the way upward, without any instability or bottleneck, directly and steadily breaking through into the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Realm!

Huo Yuhao slowly straightened, closing his eyes as he sensed the earth-shaking changes within his body.

When he opened them again, his soul power had risen to rank 60.

"Tang San, I will repay your every scheme against me tenfold. When I become the Dragon God, that will be the day of your destruction."