Shrek Academy.
In one of the first-year dorm rooms.
Huo Yuhao wrapped himself in his quilt, tears spilling out despite himself.
"Waaah..."
"Why? Why did I still lose to Wu Feng when I worked so hard?"
"Brother Sky Dream, am I really useless?"
Dai Huabin and Wu Feng had recently transferred into Class One of the first year.
They resented Huo Yuhao's position as class monitor.
So Wu Feng challenged him.
At first, just as before, Huo Yuhao relied on the four soul skills the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had granted him.
He narrowly dodged Wu Feng's attacks and delivered forceful counterattacks.
But as his Spiritual Power, soul power, and stamina dwindled, his evasions grew increasingly feeble.
Wu Feng gradually adapted to his predictions and steadily hemmed him in.
Then a powerful attack struck him.
Huo Yuhao spat blood and collapsed.
Wu Feng seized the opportunity to heap insults on him.
After hearing her words, Huo Yuhao...
Recalled the suffering he and his mother had endured in the past.
Hatred instantly welled up in his heart.
He panted like an ox, his eyes turning blood-red.
The thought of killing Wu Feng arose in his mind.
But this time, without Electrolux, Huo Yuhao was completely blinded by hatred.
He forced himself upright, completely forgetting that he was currently only a Psychic Soul Master.
He charged forward, chasing Wu Feng and flailing wildly at her.
The outcome went without saying.
Huo Yuhao was utterly defeated by Wu Feng. Although Zhou Yi's staunch support allowed him to retain his position as class monitor...
He lost what should have been his moment of glory, along with the confidence he needed to establish himself among the new students.
His resolve was damaged as a result.
And so, as soon as he returned to the dorm, he wrapped himself in his quilt and began bawling.
Tian Meng watched the person he had chosen.
All it took was one minor defeat.
And he had begun questioning his entire life.
He hurried to comfort him. "It's all right, Yuhao. It was just one little defeat. Back when your Brother Sky Dream was cultivating, I faced far more hardships and failures than you have."
"But Brother Sky Dream, didn't you spend most of your cultivation eating and sleeping? What hardships and failures did you face?"
"Uh..."
Huo Yuhao's utterly tactless reply...
Left the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm speechless.
He thought to himself.
Should I first teach Huo Yuhao how to be a decent person and how to get along with others?
His emotional intelligence is fucking nonexistent.
Can't you see I'm comforting you? Yet you went and exposed my embarrassing past, you brat.
After giving Huo Yuhao another punch...
Tian Meng continued, "Don't interrupt me. What I mean is, you'll experience plenty of failures along the path of life and cultivation. Failure isn't frightening. What's truly frightening is never getting back up after a single defeat!"
"Yuhao, you have to believe in yourself. Don't forget, your first soul ring came from me, an unprecedented Million-Year Soul Beast!"
"It's far stronger than anything that Wu Feng or Dai Huabin has."
"You have to believe that with my help, your future achievements will far surpass those two."
"Don't forget, I also gave you a second martial soul."
"Once you reach Level 20, leave everything after that to me!"
"So your most important task now is to cultivate to Level 20 as quickly as possible. Understand?"
Without Electrolux as his third martial soul, the effects of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's martial soul fusion cultivation were greatly diminished.
Even now, despite taking two Mystic Water Pills and receiving the additional support of the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Skill...
Huo Yuhao had only reached level 15.
After the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fed him a hearty helping of motivational chicken soup...
Huo Yuhao immediately pulled himself together.
"Mm!"
"Thank you, Brother Sky Dream. Don't worry, I'll reach Level 20 as soon as possible!"
Before long...
Wang Dong brought Bei Bei over to comfort Huo Yuhao.
Tang Ya had wanted to come too, but girls were not allowed into the boys' dorm.
Once the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm saw that Huo Yuhao had regained his spirits...
He felt somewhat troubled.
According to its plan, once Huo Yuhao broke through to Level 20...
He would take him to the Far North to find the Ice Empress.
He intended to use his silver tongue to persuade the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself to Huo Yuhao.
That would complete the first step of his god-making plan.
But before the plan had even begun, a major problem had already arisen.
The Far North was bitterly cold, with temperatures remaining dozens of degrees below zero all year round.
Ordinary warm clothing could not withstand that severe cold at all.
Yet the shed husk he had left behind during his sacrifice had inexplicably vanished.
Without that husk, he did not dare risk taking Huo Yuhao to the Far North.
"Hiss—this is worrying me to death!"
Three days later.
Chen Mo had equipped the Level 3 Soul Tool Flying Device.
He swiftly crossed the Star Dou Great Forest.
Finally, he reached a gorge outside Heaven Dou City, the Heaven Dou Empire Capital.
Its naturally formed, precipitous terrain created Skyfall.
It was not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also ideal for concealing a sect.
The Body Sect was located here.
Chen Mo made his way to the Body Sect's entrance with practiced ease.
A stone stele stood at the entrance.
Chen Mo activated his martial soul, the Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Pupils, and sent spiritual power into the stele.
As a halo of light shone from the stele...
A swirling gateway appeared in the previously empty clearing.
The gateway vanished immediately after Chen Mo entered.
He had returned to the Body Sect.
Looking at the familiar surroundings before him...
Chen Mo was just about to recite a poem to express his feelings about coming home.
But a voice rang out behind him.
"Who are you?"
"How dare you trespass in the Body Sect?"
Chen Mo turned and saw a girl.
She looked about thirteen to fifteen, with dark hair cascading down her back. Her looks were decent enough, and every inch of her exuded nobility.
The girl studied Chen Mo carefully and realized she had never seen him in the sect before.
She mistook Chen Mo for an intruder.
She immediately activated her martial soul, and a Snow Lotus appeared cupped in her palm.
Four soul rings, two yellow and two purple, appeared beneath her feet.
“So I've been mistaken for an intruder.” Chen Mo chuckled.
Her martial soul was a Snow Lotus, yet she was here in the Body Sect.
He quickly guessed that the girl before him must be Vina, the princess of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Besides the Snow Lotus, she had another martial soul: the body martial soul, the brain.
Seeing how nervous Vina was, Chen Mo said, “Are your nerves really that weak? Don't be nervous. I'm a member of the Body Sect too.”
"Oh? Really? Then why haven't I seen you before?" Vina looked unconvinced.
With her brain martial soul, she possessed a photographic memory.
She knew every disciple in the Body Sect, yet she had never seen Chen Mo.
Chen Mo explained, “That's because you're new. You hadn't arrived when I left, so of course you haven't seen me.”
"Really?"
"I don't believe you."
Vina still refused to believe him.
That left Chen Mo speechless.
Fortunately, a voice rang out just then.
“Well, well, isn't this our runaway Young Sect Master?”
"Couldn't make it out there, so you've come back?"
Hearing that familiar voice...
Vina hurriedly dropped to one knee.
Chen Mo looked up and said, “Who ran away? Didn't I leave you a note that clearly said I was going to school, Master?”
In the air...
A figure with a child's appearance, yet radiating powerful fluctuations of soul power, had appeared at some point.
He was the Body Sect's sect master and Chen Mo's master—Du Busi!
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