Everyone was taken aback by Huo Yuhao and the Evil Lord's words at first, not understanding why the two of them had suddenly steered the conversation there. But then they understood what Huo Yuhao meant.
"So, Yuhao, you want to use the Spirit Pagoda as a foundation for gathering the power of faith, to increase your chances of attaining godhood in the future?" the Ice Empress asked uncertainly.
"That's right, Ice Empress," Huo Yuhao said. "At least for now, I haven't found anything that can put me in direct contact with a god, and no god has given me a trial. Sometimes I have no choice but to prepare for the worst. If the God Inheritance path doesn't work out, I have to find another way."
"Why don't you go to Sea God Island and have a look first?" Li Ya suggested.
"I thought about that before, too. Aside from Sea God Island being rather far away, the more important issue is how uncertain it all is," Huo Yuhao said. He then told everyone his conjectures about the current Tang San and the abnormalities Tang San had displayed.
"I don't know whether the god standing behind Tang San right now is the Sea God or the Asura God. If it's the Sea God, then going to Sea God Island won't do me any good. Of course, even if there's no god behind Tang San right now, I wouldn't dare test whether that's true, because I can't afford that gamble. If I kill Tang San outright now, no one knows whether that god will intervene directly. Sea God Tang San descended to the lower realm himself back then, after all. There are clearly loopholes in the Divine Realm's rules."
Huo Yuhao spoke calmly, his tone as ordinary as if he were