Emperor Auspicious Beast, Three-Eyed Golden Lion, awakening the power of destiny

Within a strange space, the surroundings resembled a vast starry sky. Golden chains filled the entire space, interweaving to form a cage.

Every chain seemed to be engraved with countless complex, profound secret patterns.

At the center of the cage, a multicolored ball of light floated silently. A closer look revealed countless chains piercing into it, pinning it firmly in place.

Huo Yun's consciousness arrived here. This could be called the place where the planetary origin resided, or her Sea of Consciousness. The multicolored ball of light within it was her origin, as well as her current physical form.

Elsewhere in the outside world, even inside Huo Yuhao's body, the multicolored ball of light was merely her projection. Her true body had never left this place and remained firmly nailed down.

Suppressed by countless rules, she was like a prisoner, held down by those rules while ceaselessly giving birth to everything on the Douluo Plane.

"I really hate coming here. This feels awful. Even moving a little is so exhausting." As Huo Yun spoke, she tried moving her body, making the surrounding chains rattle.

"Let me look. Where was that heavenly tribulation rule again?"

Huo Yun looked around. With rules packed so densely all around her, finding the one she wanted really was troublesome.

Her way of dealing with this rule was actually simple. She did not intend to destroy it, but to modify it. She would not use her own power-or rather, although the power itself belonged to her, and the ocean was also part of her, it was not under her control now.

She precisely merged the chain Tang San had left behind into the heavenly tribulation rule targeting Soul Beasts and modified it. In other words, if Tang San wanted to reclaim this authority, he would have to change this rule according to what Huo Yun had written, and he would also have to bear the cost.

As for Tang San abandoning it, that was impossible. If he did, his Sea God Godhood would be incomplete, and his strength would inevitably suffer.

Even this sliver of authority would leave his Sea God Godhood incomplete. If it failed to return to the whole for a long time, his godhood would collapse.

Although that period was measured in tens of thousands of years, Tang San would have to alter this rule if he wanted his authority back. What Huo Yun had done was force this self-proclaimed God Realm Enforcer to pry at a rule left behind by the Divine Realm.

Even changing only part of it would be enough to let the Soul Beasts, suppressed for so many years, catch their breath.

In the Divine Realm, inside the Sea God Hall!

After sending his daughter to the Douluo Continent, Tang San began trying to reconnect with his authority.

Electrolux's earlier explosion had blasted away the connection between him and his authority, so he needed to reconnect with that sliver of authority before he could summon it back.

But once he established contact, he discovered that its location had quietly changed.

When Tang San sensed exactly where his authority had gone, he could no longer restrain the killing intent in his heart. "What is this? Bastard! All my arrangements were meant to lead the Douluo Plane toward greater prosperity. You, a mere planar consciousness, not only fail to show gratitude, but repeatedly obstruct me! You truly have found a path to your own death!"

"Fine. Since you insist on courting death, I won't hold back anymore. You want to nurture that Child of Destiny, don't you? Then I'll destroy his opportunities, kill him, cripple him. Let's see what you do then!"

With these thoughts in mind, Tang San willed two beams of blue-gold light to quietly descend upon the Douluo Continent.

One went to the ocean, while the other landed within the Heaven Dou Empire.

After dealing with the rule, Huo Yun returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.

It was still the same lake brimming with vitality. Beside it, the Ferocious Beasts that had gathered here had already dispersed. Only Huo Yuhao and Di Tian remained, along with a Three-Eyed Soul Beast who had arrived at some unknown point. She had golden fur, and her entire body seemed made of translucent crystal, giving her a strange texture.

Her overall form closely resembled a lion, but her four paws were like dragon claws, each treading upon a ball of golden flame.

Her muzzle was also somewhat longer than that of a lion-type Soul Beast, and beneath her fur there seemed to be fine golden scales. Her two normal eyes gleamed gold, while her vertical eye shone red-a red tinged with an uncanny quality.

This was the Star Dou Great Forest's Beast of Destiny, the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion!

"Human, why do you also have the power of destiny?" After watching him for a long while, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion finally could not contain her curiosity.

If it was a matter of having fortune, everyone had more or less some of it; the only difference was how much.

But Huo Yuhao carried a power of destiny, and that was not something ordinary people could possess.

"I'm not really sure either." Huo Yuhao scratched his cheek. He recalled what Huo Yun had said earlier: of the three paths, destiny suited him best. It was also the path his mother had chosen for him from birth.

Since she wanted him to follow the path of the law of destiny, it was perfectly normal for him to have the power of destiny within him.

"You're not sure? That means you don't know how to use it either. Since you can't use it, why not give it to me?" As the Three-Eyed Golden Lion spoke, all three of her eyes could not help lighting up.

She could sense the power of destiny inside Huo Yuhao. If she could absorb a little, her strength would surely multiply.

Her words frightened Huo Yuhao into retreating two steps. He looked at Di Tian beside him. Wasn't he going to do something about this?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion before him was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. If she wanted to take it by force, his frail little body might not be able to stop her.

"I was just scaring you. Look at you-you really can't take a joke." At the sight of Huo Yuhao's reaction, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion covered her mouth and chuckled.

Before she came, Di Tian had already explained the matter to her.

Although she had been thoroughly unwilling, if it could change the Soul Beasts' situation, she was willing to make a sacrifice.

After meeting Huo Yuhao, perhaps because they both had the power of destiny and were both Children of Destiny, she instead felt a natural fondness for him and particularly wanted to tease him.

"How would I know whether you meant it? What would I do if you stole my power of destiny?" Huo Yuhao said. Although Huo Yun had laid out three paths to godhood for him, he had also said that the Path of Destiny was the most innate of them.

This was his trump card for confronting Tang San in the future, the strength with which he would protect his mother. He could not casually give it away.

"You don't even know how to use it," the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said.

"I will in the future."

"That's in the future. Besides, I'll be giving you a little of my origin later. If I'm not mistaken, you want to use my power to unlock the power of destiny inside you, right? Tell me, how are you going to thank me for doing you such a huge favor?" Although Di Tian and the others had only said they needed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's origin, after seeing Huo Yuhao, she could roughly guess what they wanted it for.

The power of destiny lay dormant within Huo Yuhao and needed awakening. Naturally, that required the same power of destiny to stimulate it. Among all the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, there really was no other Soul Beast besides her who possessed it.

"Then I'll treat you to grilled fish." Huo Yuhao thought it over. Grilled fish seemed to be the only thing he had worth offering. He carried nothing valuable, just some fruit, money, and dry rations. This time, he had not even brought seasonings, thinking he would hurry back after obtaining a Soul Ring. He had never imagined things would turn out like this.

"Grilled fish? Does it taste good? Besides, what grilled fish could possibly compare to my origin?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion remained skeptical. Her origin was so precious, and he wanted to fob her off with a few grilled fish?

"You can try it. At least everyone who's eaten it has thought it was pretty good," Huo Yuhao said.

"Then grill some."

"But I don't have the ingredients right now."

"That's easy. Di Tian." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned to Di Tian.

"Seriously, what do you take me for?" Di Tian actually felt that he no longer wanted to stay here. He was the mighty Beast God-if word got out, did he not have any dignity to preserve?

"But I want grilled fish. Please?" As the Three-Eyed Golden Lion spoke, she blinked her large eyes, acting cute. Together with her sweet, melodious female voice, her long tail swished behind her.

Huo Yuhao even found her rather adorable like this and wanted to reach out and pet her.

"If you want to pet her, go ahead. What are you afraid of?" Just then, Huo Yun's voice suddenly rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind, giving him a tremendous fright.

"Ah! Mom, you're back."

"Mm. Don't be such a coward. Actually, I want to pet her too. She's pretty cute." Huo Yun nodded and smiled.

Huo Yuhao knew what she meant. He coughed twice and changed the subject with an awkward smile. "Mom, since you're back, should we get started?"

"Sure." Seeing how timid her son was, Huo Yun wanted to sigh. What was wrong with petting her? Well, if he touched this creature and she gave Huo Yuhao even a gentle bite, it might leave him laid out.

Huo Yun first told Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King that everything had been handled. All that remained was to wait until Tang San went to retrieve his authority, when the rule would quietly be changed.

"Now we just wait for that bastard to change it himself. If he wants that power back, he has to do it, and he'll bear the backlash too. Until then, all we need to do is wait. Next, I need the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's origin power to stimulate the awakening of the power of destiny inside Yuhao."

"Of course, we have already promised you that. But before that bastard you mentioned changes the rule, if any Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest encounters a heavenly tribulation, we will still need you to help withstand it," the Silver Dragon King said. She was not certain when the person Huo Yun spoke of would act, so they needed a temporary measure before then.

"Of course. But have those Soul Beasts hold back as much as they can. After all, heavenly tribulations are deadly now, while the ones afterward will offer them opportunities." Huo Yun did not find anything wrong with this request. In fact, it was perfectly normal.

"Then it's my turn now. Come here." Seeing that the two powerful figures had settled their deal, the Emperor Auspicious Beast opened her claws toward Huo Yuhao and beckoned.

Huo Yuhao stepped forward, and the human and beast faced each other.

The Auspicious Beast looked deeply at Huo Yuhao, who, strictly speaking, could be considered one of her own kind. The Eye of Destiny between her brows abruptly emitted a faint red light.

Drawn by her power of destiny, the third eye on Huo Yuhao's forehead slowly opened, radiating a pale golden glow.

The next moment, under the gazes of Huo Yun, Di Tian, and the others, the Auspicious Beast slowly pressed her Eye of Destiny against Huo Yuhao's third eye.

The instant they touched, both their bodies trembled. The third eye between Huo Yuhao's brows emitted pale golden light, enveloping him and the Auspicious Beast before finally forming a huge pale golden cocoon.

At that moment, vast amounts of the power of heaven and earth began gathering here, forming a multicolored vortex above the cocoon.

Within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, a multicolored vortex also appeared.

"Tian Meng, pour your spiritual origin into it. I'll also be taking your Cast-off Husk to use." Huo Yun's voice rang out beside the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's ear.

"No problem. It was all meant for Yuhao anyway. Take it and use it." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was generous about it. After all, he had already poured in half his energy, so he did not mind pouring in all the rest. His goal had always been to gain immortality in another form once Yuhao became a god.

Now that he knew Huo Yuhao's upper limit, he would naturally help him wholeheartedly to achieve his own goal.

Inside the pale golden cocoon, a pale golden membrane silently flew out of Huo Yuhao's chest. It quietly floated above the spot where Huo Yuhao's and the Auspicious Beast's foreheads now touched, undergoing the baptism of the energy converted by the vortex above while also absorbing wisps of the power of destiny from below.

Meanwhile, the consciousnesses of Huo Yuhao and the Auspicious Beast, still pressed together, seemed to arrive in a world of golden ocean.

Like a solitary boat, they stood motionless in this vast ocean, their minds seemingly so stunned by the sight before them that they had lost the ability to think.

The entire ocean was strange and incomparably brilliant. At a glance, its end was nowhere in sight.

With every rising wave, Huo Yuhao and the Auspicious Beast seemed to see everything that happened throughout a person's life, from birth to its end.

The river surged endlessly onward. At its end, an unknowable distance away, the two seemed to see an imposing figure wearing a short shirt and jeans. To Huo Yuhao and the Auspicious Beast, such clothing was currently tantamount to outlandish attire. They could not make out his face.

Only golden halos circled behind his head. Counting carefully, there were nine in total.

The nine halos burst with radiance even more dazzling than the entire ocean. Supreme, he was already the absolute ruler of this space merely by standing there, drawing the gazes of Huo Yuhao and the Auspicious Beast.

"I can only help you three times. You two can trigger it when you're together." An ethereal voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's and the Auspicious Beast's minds.

The man at the end of the entire ocean glanced back slightly, a faint smile on his face. Immediately afterward, Huo Yuhao and the Auspicious Beast could no longer see anything clearly. Everything before them had turned into golden light.

Their consciousnesses sank into darkness. When they awoke again, the two had already separated.

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