Wang Qiu'er launched a bold surprise attack on Huo Yuhao.
A long while passed.
Only then did Wang Qiu'er imperiously push Huo Yuhao away. Without looking back, she turned and vanished like the wind from the roof of the Spirit Transferring Hall. "You fool, I'll be waiting at Spirit Hall Academy when you come out of seclusion..."
That... was so domineering.
Had I become the bottom again?
Still craving more, Huo Yuhao pursed his lips, savoring their sweetness.
Only after watching Wang Qiu'er's figure disappear completely did he snap out of his daze.
Qiu'er's temper would never change in this lifetime!
But I like it!
At last.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, then vanished from the roof of the Spirit Transferring Hall as well.
Time flowed like water, and two years passed in the blink of an eye.
It had been a long time since any news of Huo Yuhao had emerged on the Douluo Continent. Rumor had it that he had entered seclusion, but the Spirit Transferring Hall's deeds had already spread to every corner of the continent.
The number of Soul Masters in Spirit Hall had now reached unprecedented heights.
Not only had independent Soul Masters joined, but even Skywater Academy, the first to benefit from spirit transferring, along with Godwind Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Plant Academy, had become affiliated academies of Spirit Hall Academy.
Of course, more noteworthy still was that, through the efforts of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the Seven Great Sects had actually united of their own accord, except for the Clear Sky Sect, which had long remained hidden from the world. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan within the Heaven Dou Empire cooperated for the first time, while the Lower Four Sects within the Star Luo Empire were reorganized to counterbalance the rapidly expanding Spirit Hall.
The entire landscape of the Douluo Continent was undergoing a tremendous shift along the course Huo Yuhao had laid out.
That day.
Everything in Spirit City was as usual, with countless Soul Masters coming and going from the Spirit Transferring Hall.
Just then.
A tricolored beam of Soul Power shot into the heavens from the Spirit Transferring Hall, startling everyone in Spirit City.
The sun and moon appeared together in the sky, a golden sun facing an ice-blue moon. Streams of yin and yang light surged and intertwined, and the Soul Power throughout heaven and earth rushed toward the Spirit Pagoda like a raging tide. Even the wind fell still.
At that moment.
Inside the Spirit Transferring Hall's secret chamber.
The three Soul Cores inside Huo Yuhao roared in resonance. The level 98 barrier that had troubled him for so long abruptly shattered under the combined assault of the Eye of Destiny, Ultimate Ice, and the undead origin.
Deep within Huo Yuhao's soul.
The murmurs of the undead rose from the depths of his soul. Countless pale skeletal shadows flickered in the distance, the phantom of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion loomed beside him, and the vertical eye of his Spiritual Eyes hung high in the heavens, its enormous pupil overlooking his entire soul world.
As the final trace of his shackles dissolved, amid the shared radiance of sun and moon, Huo Yuhao's spiritual world finally ascended to another level.
Level 99 Limit Douluo!
Meanwhile, several streaks of light flashed outside, speeding toward the Spirit Transferring Hall.
Yet Huo Yuhao did not leave seclusion. Instead, he hurriedly examined his current condition. His three Yin-Yang Complementarity Soul Cores were circulating within him, but the Soul Spirits that had fallen asleep following his great battle with Di Tian had not awakened.
What was going on?!
Was it a time paradox? Could a Soul Spirit and its original body not exist in the same space?
Perhaps.
After all, the Ice and Snow Emperors and Xiao Bai were all living in the Far North, while Tian Meng was probably still serving as a power bank for the Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
So be it.
At least they were all safe and sound for now.
Hmm?!
Suddenly, Huo Yuhao could not suppress an exclamation of surprise, and his Spiritual Power instantly extended outward.
In that instant just now, he seemed to have sensed at least a dozen strands of Spiritual Power locking onto him, and none of them belonged to the Douluo Continent.
Divine senses from the Divine Realm?
A thought stirred in Huo Yuhao's mind. The two God Kings' memory fragments had mentioned that whenever a Soul Master in the lower realm broke through to become a Level 99 Limit Douluo, they would inevitably trigger an alarm in the Divine Realm's central hub and draw its scrutiny. Under normal circumstances, however, the Divine Realm would not take the initiative to intervene directly in the lower realm.
Once a Soul Master became a Limit Douluo, they had already reached the bottleneck imposed by the plane's laws and possessed the potential to establish a self-created godhood and strive for divinity. They would become a priority subject for the Divine Realm's screening, which would also assess their character and determine whether they would be permitted to ascend in the future.
Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi were the clearest examples.
All three Limit Douluo had touched the level of a demigod, yet none had been chosen by the Divine Realm. In the end, they could only become pawns in someone else's ascension to godhood.
After all, becoming a god required an enormous amount of energy. Someone always had to make a sacrifice.
Even the Divine Realm was probably helpless in that regard.
Otherwise, the two God Kings would not have sent Huo Yuhao into the world of Douluo I to change this state of affairs: using the energy supplied by the symbiosis of Soul Beasts and spirit transferring to replace the method of achieving godhood through a Limit Douluo's sacrifice.
The Divine Realm would also grant the Soul Beast an equivalent godhood as compensation, or as a mutual victory. This was the ultimate plan of Life and Destruction.
Just after Huo Yuhao sensed those divine senses investigate him and then disappear one after another, two dazzling lights, one green and one purple, suddenly erupted from his spiritual world. They shot straight out of it and flew into the unknown depths of the void.
"These are... the residual divine senses of the Life God King and the Destruction God King?" Startled, Huo Yuhao could not help murmuring, "The two God Kings said that once I became a Limit Douluo, their present selves in the Divine Realm would sense my existence..."
"Huh?!"
Just then, a startled voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's spiritual world. "Xiao Lu, why does this boy carry traces of both our origins? They've even deliberately concealed his aura to prevent the gods from probing him, and can actually establish a spiritual reception channel with us. How strange."
"Little Purple, don't meddle. The God Realm Committee stipulates that deities cannot interfere in the lower realm at will."
Another melodious voice reminded him, "All we can do is observe and record. Unless this Limit Douluo commits mass slaughter and damages the foundations of the plane, it would be inappropriate for us to intervene."
"No. Whatever you say, I'm going down to take a look!"
"Little Purple!"
Immediately afterward.
A singularity appeared within Huo Yuhao's spiritual world.
A shaft of radiant light reaching to the heavens illuminated his spiritual world. Two familiar phantoms descended into it, one after the other. They were none other than the current Life God King and Destruction God King of the Divine Realm.
At the sight before him.
Huo Yuhao froze completely, then hurriedly bowed in greeting. "This junior, Huo Yuhao, pays his respects to the Life God King and the Destruction God King."
Now it was the two God Kings' turn to be shocked.
"Boy."
The Destruction God King lowered his head to look at Huo Yuhao, his ethereal voice filled with icy coldness. "How do you know us? And what is going on with the auras of Life and Destruction in your spiritual world?"
Faced with the divine senses of the two God Kings' present selves.
Huo Yuhao was both awestruck and under mountain-like pressure. Only now did he understand what the two God Kings had meant when they entrusted him with the words, "Everything depends on you." Right now, he truly had no one but himself to rely on.
But where should I even begin?
Seeing Huo Yuhao remain silent.
The Destruction God King's expression immediately darkened. "Speak!"
"My lords, God Kings."
Huo Yuhao hurriedly cupped his hands in reply. He truly feared that Destruction would fly into a rage and erase his spiritual world with a wave of his hand. "My name is Huo Yuhao. I come from ten thousand years later in the Douluo Calendar. It was you two God Kings who sent me here..."
"Utter bullshit!"
The Destruction God King was hot-tempered by nature, and before Huo Yuhao could finish, he was already about to erupt.
"Little Purple!"
At the critical moment, it was still the Life God King who stopped the impulsive Destruction and reminded him, "Could you let him finish speaking first?"
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