Who Are You?

In just four short days, they arrived at a small town fifty kilometers from the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Many ordinary people and Soul Masters lived there.

Most of the low-level Soul Masters making a living here did not have particularly high Soul Power Levels. At least, from what Lin You had seen and heard along the way, even the town mayor, the strongest person in town, only had five Soul Rings. At most, he could bully a thousand-year Soul Beast. If a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast came out, he would probably be the first to run.

But Soul Beasts had far too many valuable parts. Both their edible flesh and medicinal materials were highly useful, so the Soul Master town had continued expanding over time.

"Should we recruit some Soul Masters? They're professionals, so they should be more reliable than you two children, right?"

As a mother, Huo Yun'er had been deeply worried throughout the journey. Though she had personally witnessed the two children defeat all those pursuing enemies, in a parent's eyes, children were still far from grown up.

"No need. Too troublesome."

Lin You waved a hand. After replenishing their supplies, the carriage steadily drew closer to the Star Dou Great Forest.

When he saw a wooden sign that read, "Fifty li ahead lies the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul Beasts may appear. Proceed with caution," he let out a faint sigh of relief.

They had not taken the wrong route. This really was the route from the original novel.

Over the past few days, he had been estimating Huo Yuhao's travel time and route from the original story. If not for the fact that he could not enter that little grove, he would have gone to see exactly where Little Huo had charmed Bei Bei and Tang Ya with grilled fish.

"We're almost there." Huo Yuchen tightened her grip on the White Tiger Dagger, determination appearing in her eyes.

Lin You had told her that his Martial Soul possessed the Spirit Attribute, so he needed to hunt a Soul Beast with the Spirit Attribute.

But such Soul Beasts were scarce, and they might have to venture deep into the forest.

Therefore, she would handle the attacks while Lin You protected them. With the foundation of her Spiritual Power, ordinary hundred-year Soul Beasts could not even last a single exchange against her!

The surrounding air gradually turned cool, and the forest's distinctive fragrance of grass and trees spread through the air, seeming utterly different from the outside world.

The group moved forward slowly when a swift figure flashed past. Rustling came from the bushes to their left. In that instant, Huo Yuchen gripped the White Tiger Dagger tightly, her eyes widening as rose-red Spirit Eyes emerged at the base of her pupils.

She saw it—clearly.

The enhancement of the Double Tomoe stacked atop that of the Single Tomoe, allowing Huo Yuchen to react almost instantly. She stamped heavily against the ground and shot forward close to the earth!

Seemingly startled by something, the figure in the bushes revealed itself.

It stood about a meter tall, covered from head to toe in brownish-yellow fur. Its eyes were brown, its arms exceptionally long, and its claws bore sharp nails. Its canine teeth protruded from its lips, while ferocity blazed in its eyes.

It was unmistakably a Wind-Year White Soul Ring!

The Wind Baboon's reaction was equally fast. Sensing the threat posed by Huo Yuchen's advance, it immediately leaped backward and let out a threatening growl.

But Huo Yuchen was completely unaffected. Instead, she focused with absolute concentration. With a light leap, she shifted in front of the Wind Baboon in the blink of an eye. Spinning half a turn like a dancing waltz, she made the Wind Baboon's body freeze on the spot.

The next moment, its head slowly slid off. The cut was perfectly smooth. Several seconds later, a scarlet fountain burst forth under the pressure of its blood.

Yet Huo Yuchen had already returned to the carriage. Judging from her flowing, nimble movements and the precise, vicious force she wielded, under the Double Tomoe's enhancement, she was no weaker than a Great Soul Master.

"Done." Her voice carried a hint of excitement. Her first battle had ended perfectly, and she had not even needed to use her Pupil Power. She was so happy.

Just as Lin You was about to praise her, his expression suddenly changed. An invisible spiritual wave swept across a hundred li in every direction. When that overwhelmingly powerful Spiritual Power enveloped him, even the prepared Lin You could not resist the dizziness flooding his mind. But he had no intention of forcing himself to endure it. He simply lay down on the carriage bed and comfortably fell asleep.

Even Huo Yuchen, whose Spiritual Power far surpassed Lin You's, could not help furrowing her brow tightly. Her eyes unconsciously revealed the Double Tomoe as she resisted the spiritual wave, but there was an absolute difference in both quality and quantity. At most, she would completely lose consciousness within three seconds.

Just as she could no longer hold on, the ground before her trembled without warning. Cracks appeared in the earth two meters ahead.

The cracks gradually widened into fissures, and a faint golden-white glow shone from within them.

A plump, round head roughly a meter in diameter wriggled out of the crack. Its body was over seven meters long, and ten golden stripes ran across its surface.

The temperature in the air began to drop, and even a faint White Mist appeared.

"With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; there has never been anyone in this world like me! I never expected that, beneath the Space-Time Turbulence of this great God Realm calamity, I could return to the very beginning. Hahaha! If I could escape once, I can escape a second time."

A voice suddenly rang out in Huo Yuchen's mind.

"The Ten-Thousand Year Virginity Lock, Universe Massacre Valley, separating Tang Wutong, using Huo Yun'er's soul to threaten me, being forced by Dai Mubai to acknowledge my ancestors—until the very end, Electrolux still could not be resurrected. Damnable God King, I've finally seen your true face! In this life, Yuhao will never repeat those mistakes!"

"Huh? Who are you? Where's my Yuhao?"

The voice in her mind abruptly fell silent in stunned disbelief, and a suffocating silence began to spread.

The enormous ice silkworm wriggled and moved closer for a better look. Staring blankly at the face before him, which was extremely similar to the one in his memories yet entirely different in gender, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice cut off as though he had been struck by lightning, falling into an unnatural deathly silence.

Seeing this Soul Beast, which appeared to be at least ten thousand years old, lean forward, Huo Yuchen instantly bristled. Her body sprang into motion as she raised the White Tiger Dagger toward the massive white silkworm. White radiance bloomed along the blade. She gritted her silver teeth, knowing full well that the other party might be far stronger than she was, but she refused to yield. Even if she died, she would protect her brother and mother until the very last moment.

"That White Tiger Dagger!"

The moment he saw the dagger, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt his mind sway. He seemed to recall the time he had spent with Huo Yuhao in the Far North, when Yuhao had used this very dagger to chisel out a small ice hut over the course of a day.

He remembered that, back then, he had been so consumed by thoughts of the Ice Empress that he had ignored Yuhao's feelings. He had nearly broken Yuhao's heart and made him resent him completely, because he had deceived him.

And as he watched the girl before him look at him with the same hostility and wariness, that icy gaze seemed to bring him back to those happy days of the past.

There was no mistake. This was Huo Yuhao.

But when he truly saw that he had become she, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice seemed to choke up, his emotions instantly erupting!

"Waaah! Yuhao, it's me! I'm the one who harmed you! If I'd known that living another life would trigger such a butterfly effect and leave you like this, I never would have come back!"

His wailing echoed through Huo Yuchen's mind. An aura of sorrow spread through the surroundings, and the powerful Spiritual Power made even the Soul Beasts within a hundred li shed tears!

Ahem, Tian Meng's rebirth isn't some random spur-of-the-moment stunt. I've already outlined up to Chapter Forty, and I've considered all the issues everyone has raised, so don't worry.