A good idea.

Whenever Tang San came up, Brother Sky Dream's voice filled with wariness and hostility.

At that, a strange expression crossed Huo Yuhao's face.

He rubbed his nose, the corners of his mouth lifting as he said teasingly:

"He's not in the Divine Realm. Brother Sky Dream, you'll never guess where we are."

"We've... traveled back ten thousand years."

"What the hell?!"

Brother Sky Dream's round body froze in the Spiritual Sea. His eyes went wide as though he had seen a ghost.

"Ten thousand years?! You mean that scheming old bastard Tang San hasn't become a god yet? He's still mortal?!"

"Yep."

Brother Sky Dream burst into delighted laughter:

"Hahahaha! Heaven has eyes! Come on, Yuhao! Kick him while he's down! Before that old bastard has a chance to grow strong, let's find him and strangle him in the cradle! End the trouble for good!"

"Well..."

Huo Yuhao coughed twice.

"We don't need to strangle him. The thing is, his current identity is a little unusual."

"He's a little girl now. And she lives next door. She calls me Sect Master every day, begs to bring me water to wash my feet, and swears she'll be my bedchamber maid."

"..."

The Spiritual Sea fell deathly silent.

A full half minute passed.

"What the fuck? What the fuck!! What the fuck!!!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rolled wildly through the Spiritual Sea, stunned beyond belief:

"Hahahahahaha!! The mighty Asura God King turned into a little girl who brings you foot-washing water! Oh, I can't take it—I'm going to laugh myself unconscious! Strangling her would be letting her off too easy. She has to be a maid!"

After his laughter subsided, Brother Sky Dream wiped the corners of his eyes. His tone suddenly turned serious:

"Yuhao, now that we're back ten thousand years in the past, I have a way to make your First Soul Ring launch you straight to the top!"

"You mean you?"

Huo Yuhao frowned.

"Brother Sky Dream, right now Di Tian has your original body pinned down in the Star Dou Great Forest as a living battery! If we go there, we'll be delivering ourselves to his doorstep."

"Heh. Who said anything about snatching my body right now?"

Brother Sky Dream explained smugly:

"Once you reach level ten, I can use what's left of my essence to condense a Homologous Seed Soul Ring right inside your Spiritual Sea!"

"With my soul reduced to what it is now, the seed will only be a weak Ten-Year White Ring at first—just enough to tide you over. But later, once we're strong enough, we can find my original body in this era, share our memories, and merge our essence. Then this bargain-bin Soul Ring will become the kind you had in your previous life!"

Merging the same essence!

Completing it across time and space!

Huo Yuhao instantly grasped how formidable this method was!

When the Ice Empress and Snow Empress awakened, they could do the same!

"Good plan."

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath.

"But Brother Sky Dream, we'd have to snatch you from under Di Tian's nose in the heart of Star Dou, then go to the Far North... That would take terrifying strength."

"So we'd better train fast. We'll go once you're a Peerless Douluo!"

Brother Sky Dream said it as though it were obvious.

"...Brother Sky Dream, do you hear yourself? I'm only level five..."

Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. He pointed at himself, deadpan.

"Uh... heh, a journey of a thousand miles begins beneath your feet!"

Brother Sky Dream scratched his head awkwardly and gave a dry laugh.

"Anyway, hurry up and reach level ten so I can condense the seed. We can take our time planning how to find my body in the Star Dou Great Forest. At least we have a goal!"

"If we're going to the Far North again, I'm definitely eating an immortal herb first."

Huo Yuhao remembered stripping naked in his previous life and nearly freezing to death in the Far North. A shudder ran through him.

"Heh. Was it really that cold?"

Brother Sky Dream wriggled his plump white body in the Spiritual Sea and gave him a cheeky look.

"I'm pure ice element. Back when I slept underground in the Far North, it felt as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring. But immortal herbs really are good stuff. They can greatly improve your potential and constitution. I'm all for it, hands and feet!"

Huo Yuhao gave a cold laugh, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes:

"Not just immortal herbs. I won't miss any of Douluo Continent's natural treasures or unclaimed riches this time around. Fate was shattered the moment I was reborn. This life, I'm taking everything that should be mine!"

"Heh, that's more like it! But why stop at a few lucky finds?"

Brother Sky Dream's round body suddenly went still, and a feverish light flared in his tiny eyes.

"Yuhao! I just had a crazy idea!"

"What idea?"

Huo Yuhao paused.

"Think about it!"

Brother Sky Dream floated back and forth through the Spiritual Sea, trembling with excitement.

"If we traveled through time and returned to the past, then the original timeline... doesn't it still exist?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes narrowed at once:

"The Parallel Universe Theory?"

"Exactly!"

Brother Sky Dream shouted excitedly:

"In the original world, that hypocrite God King Tang San must still be sitting high and mighty in the Divine Realm, thinking he's won!"

Brother Sky Dream pointed a stubby forelimb toward Tang Sanniang's room next door, laughing like a madman:

"We'll raise her to become our new Sea God and Asura God! Once we're strong enough, we'll take her back to the original world and fight our way in!"

"When that happens... holy shit, Yuhao! Just thinking about it feels incredible!!!"

At Brother Sky Dream's outrageous suggestion, Huo Yuhao's blood surged.

"Use him to beat the hell out of himself..."

Huo Yuhao grinned in the darkness, anticipation rising in his eyes.

"Good! Brother Sky Dream, it's settled!"

Huo Yuhao clenched his fist and looked up at the stars.

"This second chance at life—we'll play a big one with him!"

Morning sunlight spilled across Nuoding City's bluestone streets, while the crisp clatter of spatulas rang out from the Blacksmith Shop.

More than half a month had passed since Huo Yuhao and Tang Sanniang moved in.

Tang Hao sat shirtless on a wooden block in the courtyard, wiping a hammer with a rag. But his bloodshot eyes had long since fixed on the pink figure bustling around the kitchen.

That was Xiao Wu, the work-study student who had moved in with his daughter.

Xiao Wu was skipping about as she helped Tang Sanniang carry plates. The rabbit-ear headband on her head bobbed with every step, making her look bright and innocent.

But to Tang Hao, a Rank 95 Titled Douluo, a subtle yet familiar aura lay hidden beneath that innocent appearance.

For the past half month, Tang Hao had been on constant alert against that little wild boar, Huo Yuhao. Naturally, he had also taken a close look at Xiao Wu.

What he discovered nearly stopped the Clear Sky Douluo's heart.