Cai Mei'er

Under the two of them's questioning, Huo Yuhao shyly showed his white "ten-year" Soul Ring and activated Spiritual Detection.

Yet that seemingly worthless Soul Ring left Tang Ya and Bei Bei thunderstruck!

After they competed fiercely to recruit him, Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect with reddened eyes. He also got the guaranteed place at Shrek Academy he had hoped for.

Tang Ya even gave Huo Yuhao the Tang Sect's treasured secret text, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and a replica of the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.

Sensing the many exquisite methods now in his mind—the Mysterious Heaven Skill, the Purple Demon Eye, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track—Huo Yuhao patted the Soul Tool at his waist, excitement plain on his young face.

"Ding! Detected that Huo Yuhao, the child of fortune, has obtained the Tang Sect Secret Arts, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record (including the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, the Purple Demon Eye, the Mysterious Jade Hand, and the Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons)."

"Tenfold critical reward triggered!"

"Congratulations, host! You have obtained the tenfold-plus Divine Heaven Record!"

"Ding! Detected that Huo Yuhao, the child of fortune, has obtained a Storage Soul Tool."

"Tenfold critical reward triggered!"

"Congratulations, host! You have obtained a Space Soul Tool: the Sumeru Ring (containing thirty cubic meters of space)!"

The two crisp system alerts rang out like heavenly music, exploding deep in Dongfang Hao's mind!

Buzz!

A vast, incomparable torrent of memories poured into Dongfang Hao's Sea of Consciousness.

The Divine Heaven Skill, Heaven-Seizing Hand, Wandering Dragon Step, Purple Extremity Divine Eyes, Glazed Jade Body, God-Slaying Hidden Weapon True Explanation...

Every move and technique had been refined to the point where it could contend with the God-Level!

After the system strengthened them tenfold, the Tang Sect's once petty assassination methods had become a supreme art of attack that could pierce heaven and earth!

At the same time, an ancient-looking dark-gold ring appeared out of thin air on Dongfang Hao's finger.

"Now I can store things, too."

Dongfang Hao rubbed the Divine Sumeru Ring on his finger and grinned, his heart soaring.

But after putting away his spoils, Dongfang Hao frowned slightly.

If events follow their original course, Huo Yuhao won't obtain a proper Soul Ring for his Second Martial Soul until the major events in the Far North a year from now...

A whole year is far too long...

Dongfang Hao had no time to sit in this forest for a year, waiting with folded hands!

If the system gives me a tenfold critical reward based on what Huo Yuhao obtains, what if... I take the initiative and feed him treasures myself?

As that audacious thought flashed through his mind, Dongfang Hao's heart began to pound.

If I find Huo Yuhao a thousand-year spiritual herb, won't a tenfold critical reward guarantee me a top-grade ten-thousand-year immortal herb?

He had now fused with a Divine Sense Fragment of Electrolux strengthened tenfold, and he possessed the Golden Eyes Martial Soul. His spiritual power already stood head and shoulders above his peers; even ordinary Titled Douluo would struggle to match him.

But tempering his body and strengthening his blood and vitality would still require a great many top-tier treasures!

If I find a chance to give Huo Yuhao a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue... won't the system give me genuine hundred-thousand-year whale glue?!

At the thought of a divine treasure that could raise his body's blood and vitality to terrifying heights, Dongfang Hao could not help licking his lips.

Since he had decided to raise Huo Yuhao as his personal "critical-reward generator," there was one unavoidable requirement—

Shrek City. Shrek Academy!

Only by staying near Huo Yuhao could he "feed" him treasures whenever he liked!

But... I'm on my own right now, with no connections. Getting in will take some work.

"Ding! Detected that Huo Yuhao, the child of fortune, has officially obtained a guaranteed special-admission place at Shrek Academy, with no entrance examination required!"

"Tenfold critical reward triggered!"

"Congratulations, host! Fate and Fortune blessing granted. Matching you with Shrek Academy's highest level of treatment..."

Boom!

Before Dongfang Hao could consider what use this "Fate and Fortune" might be, a sharp sound tore through the sky!

Its source moved as fast as thunder. In the blink of an eye, a mountain-like pressure of Soul Power descended from deep within the clouds and crashed into the forest!

That aura... a Titled Douluo?!

Dongfang Hao's eyelid twitched, and every hair on his body nearly stood on end.

But remembering the blessing of Fate and Fortune he had just received, he seemed to understand. His expression remained calm as he stamped his foot. As though provoked by an outside force, the Divine Ice Martial Soul within him unleashed a heaven-shaking blast of cold!

Hiss!

Within a radius of several dozen yards, the lush trees and grass froze beneath a layer of ice glowing with deep-blue divine light in less than half a breath.

The moisture in the air froze into countless glittering ice crystals that drifted down from above!

The temperature plunged below freezing!

"What astonishing cold!!"

A woman's startled cry, thick with shock and disbelief, rang out in the sky.

In the next instant, wind roared. A mature beauty in a dignified dark-green robe, her figure exquisitely full and graceful, descended from the sky and landed steadily half a yard in front of Dongfang Hao.

The woman looked to be in her thirties or forties. Time seemed to have left no mark on her face; instead, it had given her a ripe allure no young girl could possess.

Her face was elegant and beautiful, and her brows carried the authority of someone accustomed to command. Yet the figure wrapped in her dark-green robe was strikingly full and shapely. Her slender waist looked small enough to encircle with one hand, while the taut robe traced the generous curves of her hips and legs. A tempting fragrance, like a ripe peach, surrounded her.

At that moment, however, the eyes of this immensely powerful figure were filled with shock!

She stared fixedly at the handsome, upright young man in black before her. Her inviting red lips parted slightly, and even her breathing quickened, making the dramatic curves of her chest rise and fall.

"Such pure, such domineering ultimate cold..."

The woman drew a deep breath of the frigid air, her heart hammering so hard it seemed ready to leap into her throat.

Others might not know what that cold meant, but as a senior figure at Shrek Academy, she knew all too well!

The backlash from Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had grown harder and harder to suppress. It could run wild at any moment. The academy's senior staff had nearly run their legs off searching for a promising student with a top-tier ice-attribute Martial Soul to help suppress her Evil Fire!

She had thought they could only hope to find a needle in the sea. Yet today, merely passing through the outskirts of Star Dou Great Forest on patrol, she had stumbled upon a chance that came once in ten thousand years!

The woman forced down her delight and agitation. Her eyes, usually commanding even when she was not angry, now rested on Dongfang Hao with a warmth and fervor she could not hide.

She bent her full, alluring figure slightly, and the warm, faint fragrance peculiar to a mature woman swept over him.

"Don't be afraid, little one. I am Cai Mei'er, Vice Dean of the Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy."

Cai Mei'er's eyes shone as she stared at Dongfang Hao's dark-gold eyes. She asked, enunciating every word:

"Was what you just unleashed... the legendary... Ultimate Ice Martial Soul?!"