Huo Yuhao Was Cheating? No, He Just Hadn't Turned It Off!

Inside Huo Yuhao's mental sea.

A golden beam fell from the sky and struck him. A terrifying power beyond all else swept through his body.

"Malicious reporting! This is absolutely a malicious report!"

"What do you mean, cheating?"

"What the hell do you mean, cheating?!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked terrified.

He had never imagined that Huo Yuhao's use of Electrolux's power to win first place in the comparison would get him reported by name for cheating.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm didn't know what cheating meant, but he did know Huo Yuhao had exploited a loophole in the comparison rules, letting Electrolux take over and control the match.

The screen had never explicitly forbidden using someone else's power in a comparison, but this was plainly cheating.

"Ah, Yuhao, I got too caught up enjoying myself. I should've put on a show."

"Then your very first comparison wouldn't have ended with you... getting reported for cheating."

"Now you'll be banned for ten years and lose the fate rewards from the comparisons. What a shame. I have a feeling those rewards could've helped you grow quickly."

Electrolux looked guilty.

When he absorbed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's essence, he had failed to hold back and revealed just a tiny bit of his power. That was why someone had reported Huo Yuhao for cheating.

Huo Yuhao stood within the Comparison Space.

His face was calm, his gaze still as an ancient well. He raised his head to face the screen, meeting the eyes of everyone across the Three Realms without a trace of fear.

"I didn't cheat!"

"I, Huo Yuhao, did not cheat!"

"You think playing the Child of Fortune is easy?!"

Faced with the Three Realms' doubts, Yu Xiaogang's report under his real name, and the screen's cheat check, Huo Yuhao did not panic. He faced the screen and declared that he had not cheated.

The Three Realms erupted. Comments of every kind flashed past.

"Wow. A God Level soul took over your body, nearly shattered the Heavenly Screen Arena with one slap, and gave you a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring right out of the gate. And you're telling me you didn't cheat?"

"I can't. Playing the Child of Fortune is hard?"

"What exactly did you do? You just stood there and let Possession take hold. Who could possibly beat you?"

The Douluo I era.

Qian Renxue heard Huo Yuhao's words, and the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably.

"I thought my Innate Level 20 Soul Power and God Level Martial Soul were already cheating beyond belief. You summoned a god to possess you right from the start?"

"You aren't even pretending otherwise?"

Huo Yuhao was not worried about the screen's check.

What was Electrolux?

What was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm?

They were his own power to begin with. They were his own cheats.

If he borrowed Electrolux's power to win a comparison, how did that count as cheating?

He simply hadn't turned it off.

[Screen check complete!]

[All power used by Huo Yuhao, the second-generation Child of Fortune, in the comparison came from himself. There is no possibility of cheating!]

The moment the screen finished its check, everyone across the Three Realms exploded.

"Impossible! That's absolutely impossible!"

"Are you blind, screen? He summoned a god to possess him, and you're telling me Huo Yuhao didn't cheat?!"

"Give me back my Soul Power! The screen set me up!"

Inside Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Yu Xiaogang stared at the result in despair.

Huo Yuhao had not even bothered to put on an act, yet the screen said he had not cheated?

If that was not a setup, what was?

"No! I won't accept this! I will never accept this outcome!"

Yu Xiaogang's despairing howl earned him no mercy from the screen.

[Yu Xiaogang was found to have maliciously reported Huo Yuhao, the second-generation Child of Fortune, for cheating. Penalty: ten years of lifespan deducted!]

Buzz!

A golden pillar of light fell in an instant. Under everyone's horrified gaze, Yu Xiaogang's still relatively youthful face, beard, and hair—

All at once, his wrinkles deepened and multiplied, while his beard and hair turned gray.

Already middle-aged, Yu Xiaogang visibly crossed into old age after the screen took a full ten years from his lifespan.

[The screen is committed to comparisons of the utmost fairness and impartiality. It will never tolerate manipulated comparisons, deliberately passive participation, or malicious reports against any contestant!]

With the screen's check complete and the punishment delivered, a bold red warning appeared in everyone's minds.

Everyone fell silent.

At that moment, they all understood just how powerful Huo Yuhao's connections were as the Child of Fortune.

He had cheated right under the screen's nose and suffered no consequences.

He had not even bothered to hide it, yet the person who reported him lost ten years of his life!

Douluo I!

"Rigged! Rigged! This is absolutely rigged! How could Tang San, with Innate Full Soul Power, Twin Martial Souls, and a future as the Sea God, lose to a level-eleven Soul Master with a white Soul Ring?"

"I don't know what kind of person Tang San becomes, and yes, he crossed over, was reborn, and possessed someone in our era. But whatever the case, he is our future god! You stay silent, he stays silent, I stay silent—if we all look on coldly, who will raise a banner and cry out for you when your day comes?"

"Whatever happens, Tang San is one of ours. We have to stand up against the screen's rigging! We can't let his defeat be shrouded in mystery. Who can guarantee they won't enter the Comparison Heavenly Screen and become the next person caught beneath this dark curtain?"

[All the above statements came from Flender, dean of Shrek Academy!]

The world of Douluo I erupted, with all kinds of comments flying out.

Accusations of rigging, cheating, and manipulated comparisons poured in without end.

The uproar grew so severe that even the screen could not sit still.

[Huo Yuhao's comparison has had a tremendous impact. The screen will reveal the source of the second-generation Child of Fortune's power!]

Buzz!

Huo Yuhao's portion of the screen began to flicker.

[Star Dou Great Forest

The calm sky suddenly churned with wind and clouds. An enormous worm burst from the earth.

"At last, I've found a human with the Mental Attribute!"]

The moment that giant worm spoke, everyone across the Three Realms sprang into an uproar.

"A Soul Beast that talks! It can talk!"

"Damn it! Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring wasn't a white ten-year ring at all. It came from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

Then, before the eyes of everyone in the Three Realms—

[Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a Million-Year Soul Beast, sacrificed himself to Huo Yuhao, the second-generation Child of Fortune. A spatial rift appeared, and a remnant soul emerged... Electrolux entered his mental sea. This was fortune made manifest, a blessing from the world's fate!]

The screen's revelation showed everyone that Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring was not a white ten-year ring, but a platinum million-year Soul Ring!

That remnant soul belonged to a God Level powerhouse from another world.

Huo Yuhao should have had smooth sailing from then on. But that was not what happened.

[Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the Million-Year Soul Beast, possessed no offensive power whatsoever. His true combat strength could not even match that of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Electrolux was only a remnant soul that could vanish at any moment. Huo Yuhao used Tian Meng's million-year essence to restore Electrolux's soul power... Thus, all of this power came from Huo Yuhao himself. Making reasonable use of one's own power does not constitute cheating!]

Huo Yuhao looked up, a cold smile slowly curling his lips.

Report me for cheating?

No. I just hadn't turned it off. That was all!

"I've taken everything you threw at me. Now it's my turn!"

"Screen, I report the Asura God and the Sea God for using divine will to interfere with the comparison!"

"Tang San used his future divine position to cheat in his comparison against me!"