Soul Land: Peerless Tang Sect—Huo Yuhao Becomes the Audience
Chapter 29

Sun Moon Lightless Doomsday

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Mingdu's night sky was lit by a brilliant glare, as though it were broad daylight.

The sun and moon lost their light, and heaven and earth changed color! No Soul Tool on the Douluo Continent could yet unleash such might.

Huo Yuhao remembered reading the Spirit Pagoda's historical records in his previous life, after the Great God Realm returned to Douluo Planet: until Yun Ming stole Ya Li away from her wedding and nearly tore Mingdu apart on the eve of the era of Tang Wulin, the Tang Family's Crown Prince, the greatest disaster the city had ever suffered was the Sun Moon Lightless Doomsday, which Huo Yuhao himself had instigated.

"If all you wanted was to eliminate Sister Guyi, who posed no real threat to you, surely you wouldn't have gone to so much trouble?" Huo Yuhao's low voice echoed in Tang Wutong's ears.

"Who said I did this?"

"That prince of the Sun Moon Empire's former dynasty decided to take revenge on Sun Moon under Xu Tianran's family's rule. None of us could stop him."

"With such a massive upheaval, that old emperor of the Xu Family might already have reported to the Netherworld! Brother Huo, that Spirit Hall remnant who spouted nonsense in front of you earlier was simply very likely to have been blown sky-high along with everything else."

As he listened to Tang Wutong, Huo Yuhao noticed that the room in the Youthful Hotel where she had asked him to meet her was not only numbered 411, but even had the same furnishings as the room he had once rented at the Mingyue Hotel.

Tang Wutong's voice sounded again. "Brother Huo, you are the Son of the Plane, and you have enjoyed so many extraordinary encounters. All the glory of this plane's native humanity is concentrated in you. I don't understand why you would be moved by a maggot-like Spirit Hall remnant."

When she heard Huo Yuhao call Ye Guyi "Sister Guyi," Tang Wutong's face filled with icy hostility.

"Princess, you asked how I guessed something would happen to Mingde Hall? I say the Douluo Continent told me. Would you believe that?" As he spoke, Huo Yuhao pointed at the sky.

Looking at the graceful figure before him, both familiar and unfamiliar, Huo Yuhao spread his hands.

"As for why I would be moved by a Spirit Hall remnant, perhaps it's because I believe that since people cannot choose the circumstances of their birth, they shouldn't have to bear the sins of their ancestors from ten thousand years ago."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Tang Wutong took out a carving knife. It was none other than the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

"Of course I believe you. According to Father God's revelation, you are destined to be my man. But Brother Huo, your views are far too extreme," Tang Wutong said.

"Brother Huo, I summoned you here tonight not only to let you escape this calamity, but also to tell you something. Judging by how you protected that Lich inside you during the day, you don't want it to dissipate either, do you? Look at this."

"I don't know whether it told you, but this gold of life can stabilize its already damaged divine soul. Take it and use it. Consider this my second gift to you."

Tang Wutong intended for Huo Yuhao to cultivate on the Icy Jade Marrow Bed and refine this piece of gold of life. But Huo Yuhao refused.

Tang Wutong did not understand why the boy before her refused to appreciate her kindness when she treated him so well.

All you have to do is lie on this Icy Jade Marrow Bed and wait for me to activate the magic arrays Father God placed in the bed and that piece of gold of life, destroying the Lich inside you that has been brainwashing you. Then I'll implant the [Huo Yuhao] personality I tailored for you into your body, and you'll be mine.

Tang Wutong all but roared these words in her heart.

"Why do I refuse your kindness? Perhaps because I believe every gift of fate has a price marked on it in secret. Nothing comes free." Huo Yuhao did not accept the gold of life Tang Wutong offered him.

"From the sound of it, you're very dissatisfied with me, and with my father's will being carried out on earth?" Tang Wutong tried to provoke Huo Yuhao with her words.

In Tang Wutong's view, as long as she successfully provoked Huo Yuhao into attacking her, Father God could project his divine power into the mortal world under the pretext of protecting her.

Then the situation would be entirely under her control.

Yet although Tang Wutong kept baiting Huo Yuhao with her words, trying to spark a conflict so she could summon the Sea God's projection, Huo Yuhao's replies remained watertight.

"Of course not. Whatever the case, I thank the Princess for your kindness in allowing me to escape this great explosion in Mingdu."

Tang Wutong continued pestering him, rambling on about one thing after another for a long time. Even when she grew a little tired, she still had not created a reasonable opportunity for the Sea God's projection to descend before Huo Yuhao.

"The Princess appears weary. I dare not disturb your peaceful rest any further. Please allow me to take my leave!"

Watching Huo Yuhao walk away without looking back, Tang Wutong seethed with resentment.

I'm still not strong enough. If I devour that Three-Eyed Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, I'll be able to hold him even without Father God's power.

Tang Wutong steeled her resolve in her heart.

Only after leaving the Youthful Hotel did Huo Yuhao discover that the little girl Xiaoxiao was actually waiting nearby. He saw her make a face at him.

"Xiaoxiao, so you're...?" Huo Yuhao glanced at Xiaoxiao and immediately sighed. In this life, the source of his consciousness was already that of a Supreme God. How could he fail to see that Xiaoxiao's true form was the Divine Artifact Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute, placed inside the Divine Artifact Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron?

Both Divine Artifacts were sacred objects that suppressed fortune. Any fortune in the mortal world that appeared before Xiaoxiao could forget about leaving.

During those twenty-odd years he had spent in the mortal world in his previous life, every person who appeared in his life had been meticulously arranged by various parties.

Then, after walking only a few steps, Huo Yuhao saw that Mingdu was now littered with ruins. The spreading smoke was filled with sobbing and wails.

Through the perception of Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny, Mingde Hall had already vanished in the distance.

Among everyone from Shrek, no one but He Caitou was so familiar with Mingdu's layout and knew where Sun Moon's weapons of mass destruction might be stored in the city.

But based on Huo Yuhao's understanding of He Caitou's abilities, without divine-level guidance, He Caitou could never have created this earth-shattering catastrophe in Mingdu as Huo Yuhao had in his previous life.

Huo Yuhao grasped the Eye of Destiny pendant he wore, and the current state of the Formation Disc he had made earlier at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy appeared before him: it had burst apart and been destroyed.

After confirming this, Huo Yuhao hurried to a pile of rubble.

Huo Yuhao waved his hand, and a powerful gust generated by soul power swept away the stones on the surface. Beneath the rubble lay a convulsing body, her azure eyes filled with terror.

Her face was white as paper, and she was in a wretched state.

After passing Xuan Ziwen's test, Ye Guyi had intended to take a look around Mingde Hall. She had never imagined that merely going out for a late-night snack would lead to such a horrifying incident.

One of Ye Guyi's legs had been broken by falling debris. With so much blood lost, her breathing was growing weaker and weaker.

Thankfully, that Formation Disc bore the calamity in your place, Huo Yuhao thought. Of course, Ye Guyi had suddenly thought of going out for a late-night snack because the Formation Disc Huo Yuhao had made earlier had disrupted heaven's workings.

"Sister Guyi, relax your body!" Huo Yuhao said. "I'm here to save you."

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