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Gu Yuena had never imagined that she would encounter the God King's aura from back then in the Star Dou Great Forest.

She had originally only followed that aura to investigate, but had found nothing.

This time, she was merely wandering around when a powerful wave of spiritual energy came rushing toward her.

And at its center was Huo Yuhao, who was meditating while wielding Life Divine Power.

If an ordinary person saw Huo Yuhao meditating nearby and using the "Azure Ruins Eye," they might simply assume it was a peculiar ability of his Martial Soul.

But Gu Yuena was the Silver Dragon King, after all. She clearly sensed the source of this power. What else could it be but the Divine Realm's Goddess of Life?

But why would the Goddess of Life pass down her Godhood Inheritance? And what about the God of Destruction?

Also, why pass it down to a boy? Would he be called the God of Life from now on?

Ever since fleeing to the Douluo God Realm, Gu Yuena had been slumbering. She was said to have inherited the Dragon God's wisdom, but the Dragon God himself did not seem to have possessed much great wisdom-though he had plenty of wisdom that shocked the world.

Besides, she had hardly put her mind to work since coming here. Whenever something came up, she could just have Di Tian handle it.

Now, faced with this situation, Gu Yuena's brain had already more or less frozen, never mind the faintly discernible aura of destiny on this boy, which shared the same source as the Auspicious Beast's and was even stronger.

Faced with all this, Gu Yuena decided to go back and have a good rest first.

As long as it was not that Sea God from back then, it was fine. It was not too late yet. She would devise a plan to approach him, then make her arrangements.

"At least one God King has descended to the lower realm..."

Many major events must have happened in the Divine Realm, and this child would certainly learn a great deal later.

With her wisdom, would obtaining that information not be as easy as turning her hand?

And there was the Auspicious Beast, too. She would have to find a time to arrange a "chance encounter" between them and see how it went.

Turning these plans over in her mind, Gu Yuena vanished from where she stood.

Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes, quietly sensing the changes in the Soul Power within his body.

Not enough. Still not enough. He kept feeling that he lacked something that could take him a step further.

Right, there was still that Mystic Water Pill Sister Lexuan gave me.

Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao swallowed the Mystic Water Pill and resumed meditating.

"What a hardworking kid!"

At this sight, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could not help admiring him. This child really worked hard, giving even her a run for her money.

Right, among the things those two deities gave me, there seemed to be something that could improve his constitution.

"Then let me give you another hand!"

Tian Meng drew a wisp from the ball of light, mixed it with her spiritual power, and sent it straight into Huo Yuhao's brow.

The daylight slowly shifted. The golden-red setting sun sank bit by bit toward the distant mountains, and the trees' shadows stretched from short to long.

"Bleurgh-"

Huo Yuhao spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood and opened his eyes at the same time.

Huo Yuhao felt as though every pore on his body had opened. This sense of ease was even stronger than when he had first begun meditating.

What followed was...

"It stinks!"

Huo Yuhao's clothes had already stuck to the impurities expelled from his body, leaving him extremely uncomfortable. Feeling both comfortable and miserable at once was simply indescribable.

And then there was the smell. If he kept meditating any longer, his whole body might start fermenting.

Huo Yuhao furrowed his brows, unable to endure it any longer. He looked up at the nearby stream and, without further hesitation, dashed to its bank in a few strides before plunging into the water.

The stream enveloped his body, and the grime washed away with the current. Huo Yuhao poked his head out of the water and looked at his body's reflection on the surface, unable to hold back an exclamation. "Is this... me?!"

Huo Yuhao's skin was now finer than before, with a faint porcelain-white sheen. In the lingering light of the sunset, it even showed a delicate flush, and his entire face looked more refined.

His hair hung down in strands, smoother, longer, and more flowing than before. What was more, some of the tips had actually turned white!

"Sister Tian Meng, what's going on with my hair?"

"Well, I don't know either. Maybe it's a change caused by me passing your master's power on to you as well?"

But if that was the case, why wasn't his hair purple and green?

And little Yuhao looks so delicious I could eat him up, hehe... no, no, my heart will always belong to Bingbing-but he really is so pretty, hehehe...

"Sister Tian Meng..."

Huo Yuhao gave the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm a somber look. She was staring at him with a lecherous expression. Was she really reliable?

Wait, who was the girl in front of me?

She had tousled pale-gold hair that fell naturally on either side, large, round eyes, dark-brown irises flecked with golden, starlike highlights, and cheeks with a faint natural blush.

Together with her white-and-blue robe, which could cover her entire body and was patterned with Ice Silkworm designs, she gave an overall impression of soft cuteness.

"Are you... Sister Tian Meng?"

Huo Yuhao was a little dumbfounded. She had clearly been a big, plump worm before, yet she had transformed into a human just like that.

"Ah! What is it? What is it?"

"That outfit of yours..."

"Oh, of course this appearance is me too! It's to make talking to you easier. Well? Has my beauty stunned you again?"

Huo Yuhao did not want to discuss this any further. Sister Tian Meng had already entered a state of complete self-adoration.

"Uh, well, my Soul Power Level seems to be almost twenty."

"What?!"

Tian Meng sensed carefully and discovered that Huo Yuhao really was almost at level twenty. She had not expected this. She had originally planned to take him to the Far North in a few months, once he had cultivated to that level.

Yet he had shot up to level twenty in one go. Did that mean her plan needed to be brought forward?

In truth, if Huo Yuhao had told the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm everything that had happened before, this would not have seemed so strange.

When Destruction and Life entered his Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao had already been raised to level ten. Since the God of Destruction had insisted on improving his constitution first, Huo Yuhao had not added a Soul Ring.

His long period of cultivation before this, the surge in Soul Power after Tian Meng provided a Soul Ring, Zhang Lexuan's Mystic Water Pill, and a wisp of divine power-all these factors had allowed Huo Yuhao to rise ten levels in one go!

With improvements on so many fronts, Huo Yuhao could now truly be said to have shed his old flesh and bones.

Tian Meng carefully examined Huo Yuhao before her. His physical condition was already excellent, and with those two inside his body, bringing Bingbing aboard now did not seem particularly difficult.

"Yuhao, I have a plan. Want to hear it?"

Next, Tian Meng explained her plan to travel to the Far North, find the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, who would soon undergo her tribulation, and bring her aboard.

"Three hundred and ninety-nine thousand years? Sister Tian Meng, are you really confident? We won't end up being chewed up as snacks, will we?"

"Don't worry, don't worry. I swear on my experience, I never touch anything I'm not confident about. Back in my days in the Star Dou Great Forest..."

"Haha."

Huo Yuhao gave a few awkward laughs and stopped her there. Sister Tian Meng's tone was so heartbreaking to hear.

"All right, it's settled! Next stop, the Far North!"