Tang Ya's younger brother, Tang Chuan? Another transmigrator!

On the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, a carriage slowly came to a stop.

Huo Yuhao jumped down and casually tossed a few Gold Soul Coins to the driver.

The driver accepted the coins with a beaming smile, but the moment he saw Huo Yuhao, he froze.

"Young master, you..."

It was hardly surprising that the driver was confused.

The boy before him wore patched clothes of coarse cloth, washed so often that they had begun to fade.

An antique-looking dagger sat tucked diagonally into his waistband, a lifelike white tiger carved into its handle.

He looked, well...

Very Huo Yuhao.

To be precise, he looked like the Huo Yuhao from the original story who had just left the White Tiger Duke's Estate.

Utterly penniless, with the White Tiger Dagger his mother had left him as his most valuable possession.

There was no helping it. Concealing one's identity on the Douluo Continent was simply too difficult.

Did he think he could give his name as "Li Feiyu" and dump the blame for all his killing, burning, and looting on someone else?

That trick simply wouldn't work on the Douluo Continent!

Because a martial soul was a soul master's most definitive proof of identity in this world!

The moment Huo Yuhao revealed his signature Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, even changing his name to Tang Hao would do him no good!

So Huo Yuhao simply took the opposite approach.

He openly went about under the name "Huo Yuhao," drawing other transmigrators like himself to his doorstep, one after another.

Fishing required chumming the waters first, after all. This was just his first time using himself as bait.

And Huo Yuhao's greatest advantage was this.

The other transmigrators all believed he was the original Huo Yuhao. None of them knew that this child of the plane was actually one of their own.

Huo Yuhao strode into the Star Dou Forest and continued along a narrow path that other soul masters had worn over the years.

"Cluck, cluck..."

He hadn't gone far when several red birds suddenly flashed through the bushes beside him.

Their bodies were crimson, with several brilliantly colored tail feathers trailing behind them.

There was something strangely seductive about the way they ran and hopped.

"Huh, are those... Lanqiu Chickens?"

Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Lanqiu Chickens were the finest of the Kun breed, found only in forests rarely visited by humans.

These chickens took two and a half years to mature. Their meat was tender and juicy, releasing a unique fragrance as it was chewed.

"Grrr..."

Huo Yuhao's stomach obligingly rumbled.

He immediately sprinted in the direction the Lanqiu Chickens had disappeared.

A short while later, beside a stream.

Without question, the two-and-a-half-year-old Lanqiu Chickens met their end in an instant. Huo Yuhao cleaned and plucked them, then slathered them with the Huo Family Secret Barbecue Sauce.

A bright campfire blazed beside the stream. Huo Yuhao skewered the plump chickens on two branches and began a happy outdoor barbecue.

As time passed, the roasting chickens gradually released a mouthwatering aroma that drifted far away on the breeze.

Their skin turned golden and crisp, and droplets of fat fell into the fire with a sizzling hiss.

"That smells amazing!"

Just then, a delighted cry rang out nearby, the girlish voice clear as a silver bell.

Huo Yuhao looked toward the voice and saw two people slowly approaching along the stream.

Leading the way was a girl of fifteen or sixteen, with large, lively phoenix eyes.

Her black hair was tied in a ponytail behind her, and her light-blue fitted outfit outlined her budding figure, brimming with youthful vitality.

Beside the girl was a boy who appeared to be around Huo Yuhao's age.

He was tall and slender, with short black hair that shone like gemstones in the sunlight.

His steps were light and soundless, and he seemed to blend into the natural world around him.

Huo Yuhao felt a slight jolt as he gazed into the boy's eyes, which gleamed with an unusual light.

This boy's spiritual power was actually a whole level above his?!

Huo Yuhao had already achieved minor mastery of the Divine Illumination Scripture. With the added boost from his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, his spiritual power far surpassed that of soul masters at his level.

Yet this boy, who looked roughly his age, actually possessed greater spiritual power than he did?

Without a doubt, the girl before him was Tang Ya, the Tang Sect's leader without a single follower from the original story.

And this boy was a transmigrator!

"Hello, I'm Tang Ya, and this is my younger brother, Tang Chuan."

Tang Ya bounded over, staring fixedly at the roasting chickens above the fire as her throat bobbed involuntarily.

"Little brother, what's your name?"

"My name is Huo Yuhao."

Huo Yuhao gave them a shy smile as he turned the chickens.

"Big brother, big sister, I can't finish all this myself. Would you like to join me?"

By now, the Lanqiu Chickens were almost perfectly cooked, their entire bodies taking on an enticing amber hue.

Their skin was golden and crisp, looking as though the slightest touch would produce a crunch.

"Gulp..."

The sound of Tang Ya swallowing reached Huo Yuhao's ears.

"Thank you, little brother! Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Unable to resist any longer, Tang Ya came closer with a grin.

She tore off a plump drumstick and began devouring it in huge bites.

"Wow, this is ridiculously good!"

"Sis, he hasn't even eaten yet, and you've already started."

The boy named Tang Chuan spoke helplessly as he walked over and sat down comfortably opposite Huo Yuhao.

His gaze seemed casual, but it was actually fixed firmly on Huo Yuhao.

Deep in his eyes burned an eagerness he was doing his utmost to conceal.

Several months earlier, Tang Chuan had made a special trip to the White Tiger Duke's Estate, intending to find Huo Yuhao and bring this child of the plane under his control ahead of time.

But who could have imagined that, by the time he arrived after traveling all that way, Huo Yuhao would already be long gone?

Only after bribing a servant and making inquiries did he learn that the Duke's Mansion had recently undergone a tremendous upheaval...

A common soldier named Ye Beixuan had publicly exposed Huo Yuhao's identity as an illegitimate son, only to be blasted to ashes by Dai Huabin with a Fixed-Install Soul Tool Shell.

Damn it, there's another transmigrator!

Realizing that the transmigrator Ye Beixuan had changed the original plot, Tang Chuan searched everywhere for news of Huo Yuhao, but found no trace of him.

Yet he had never imagined that, after arriving at the Star Dou Forest according to the original timeline, he would meet Huo Yuhao in such a faithful recreation of the original story!

Looks like destiny is on my side!

Tang Chuan was ecstatic.

Those two cheats, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux, will belong to me, Tang Chuan!

On the surface, however, Tang Chuan maintained his gentle, refined demeanor and said to Huo Yuhao with a smile:

"Young brother Yuhao, are you here to hunt for a soul ring? Alone?"

"Yes."

Huo Yuhao scratched his head, feigning embarrassment.

"My soul power has reached rank ten, so I wanted to try my luck and get my first soul ring."

"Little brother, the Star Dou Forest is full of dangers. If you run into a hundred-year or even a thousand-year soul beast, you won't even be able to escape!"

Tang Chuan shook his head, adopting an earnest, admonishing air.

"How about this? We can't eat your chicken for nothing."

"Leave hunting your first soul ring to us!"

"B-but how could I possibly accept?"

Huo Yuhao spoke as though overwhelmed by their kindness.

"It's fine, little brother!"

Tang Ya waved her drumstick.

"Once we're full, we'll set off. Your big sister will take you to catch a soul beast!"

And so, after a show of reluctance, Huo Yuhao agreed, and the three of them headed deeper into the Star Dou Forest together.

At the same time, in the heart of the Star Dou Forest, at the Lake of Life.

Deep beneath the lake, a huge white silkworm with a translucent body was cautiously extending his spiritual power to scan the outskirts of the forest.

"What the hell is going on?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was utterly bewildered.

"Why are there suddenly so many soul masters with a mental attribute in the Star Dou Forest?"

"Whatever, that doesn't matter!"

"What matters is that I'm finally escaping that stupid dragon Di Tian's clutches today!"

"So long, sucker!"

The next instant, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm happily burrowed away through the earth like a giant white earthworm.