The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was very interested. "Is this the world of you human Soul Masters? Let me see!"
"Mm, take your time." Huo Yuhao nodded amiably.
The opening scene showed the pure and virtuous Saint Tang and Xiao Wu, just like in the Original Work's prologue, chatting about the changes Douluo Continent had undergone over the past ten thousand years and the decline of the Tang Sect.
Then Tang San discovered that the Child of Destiny had countless ties to the Tang Sect. Once his plan was set, he waved his hand grandly, wondering who to arrange a Path to Death for.
The scene zoomed in for a close-up, with a title displayed:
"Instant Path to Death, the God King's Secret Technique"
"Huo Yuhao." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked somewhat puzzled. "What is this Path to Death?"
"It's a rather nasty little trick."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion gave a soft snort. "Look at that sinister smile. He's exactly like the treacherous, cunning humans Uncle Scarlet King told me about when he used to tell me stories!"
Then the Three-Eyed Golden Lion continued watching.
A Blue-Haired Little Yuhao appeared before an estate. "Mother, watch over me from heaven. No matter how much effort it takes, one day..."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion swished her tail, looking at the Huo Yuhao before her and then at the blue-haired figure in the Light Orb. "Is that person you?"
"Mm... yes and no. What if he is?"
Huo Yuhao answered vaguely and did not explain much to her. He would let her treat it as a story. Once she finished watching, he would see what she thought of it.
"Your eyes seem really pretty."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion leaned her head close to Huo Yuhao's forehead and examined it carefully.
"Thanks for the compliment."
Huo Yuhao held the back of her neck and made her look at the Light Orb. "Stop looking at me. Look at this."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at Huo Yuhao, her eyes widening slightly. He actually dared to touch the back of my neck.
That area counted as one of her weak points. Once someone controlled the back of her neck, she could easily be placed at a disadvantage and lose part of her ability to resist. From childhood to adulthood, only Di Tian and Scarlet King had ever touched the back of her neck.
"Why are you glaring at me? Look at it. If you won't watch, I'm putting it away." Huo Yuhao made as if to put the Light Orb away.
"Eh? Hey, hey, don't. I'll watch."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion shifted her gaze back to the scene in the Light Orb, muttering under her breath.
"I won't hold it against you for touching the back of my neck this time. But if you dare do it again, be careful or I'll teach you a lesson. Even the aura of fate on you won't protect you. I mean it."
"Let's watch together." Huo Yuhao wrapped an arm around the Three-Eyed Golden Tabby's neck and stroked her golden fur.
"You! You... hmph!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sulked, feeling that Huo Yuhao was even more rebellious than she was.
Who knew how long passed before the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched from the part where Huo Gua joined the Tang Sect and entered Shrek Academy, all the way to after his Extreme North Journey, when he obtained his Second Martial Soul, became a Reserve Team Member, and participated in the Soul Master Competition.
A certain Three-Eyed Golden Tabby sighed. "Huo Yuhao, your journey really hasn't been easy, but you were still fairly lucky."
"So that Big Silkworm actually wanted to achieve immortality."
For the first time, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned her gaze toward Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who was trembling in a corner of the Sea of Spirit.
She had heard Di Tian mention that Evil Emperor, who had ruled the Evil Forest back then, seemed to have come to the Star Dou Great Forest to challenge Di Tian in order to seize Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. However, he had ultimately been defeated by Di Tian's Dragon God Claw, leaving both himself and Di Tian badly wounded.
Come to think of it, the existence of the Big Silkworm had helped Di Tian blunt Evil Emperor's edge in advance. Otherwise, after she was born, Evil Emperor might have recuperated and challenged Di Tian to a fierce decisive battle at his peak in order to seize the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion withdrew her gaze and continued watching the Soul Master Competition in the Light Orb. "You human Soul Masters have such strange Martial Souls. Scorpion and Hammer can actually have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"Can Tool Martial Souls and Beast Martial Souls fuse together too?"
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment. "Actually, according to the original setting, they couldn't. I don't really understand the reason either. Perhaps it was caused by That Lord's will."
Very soon, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw the scene where Huo Gua and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Light's Rainbow Skirt—during the Finals.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion tilted her head and looked at Huo Yuhao, a strange expression appearing in her eyes.
"Huo Yuhao, do you think the image this Martial Soul Fusion Skill creates is beautiful?"
"Uh..." Huo Yuhao said seriously, "Miss Auspicious Beast, that's what he thinks. At present, I have no intention of discovering beauty. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Oh, oh." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned back and continued watching the scene in the Light Orb.
Time passed little by little, until Huo Gua and Xuan Zi once again came to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a Spirit-Type Soul Beast. By chance, they encountered the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, wandering around outside.
"Eh, I'm in it too." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was delighted to see that she had appeared as well.
But before she could be happy for more than a few seconds, her smile gradually froze, and she could no longer smile.
"Huo Yuhao! Why was I grabbed by that Chicken Leg Old Man by Fate's Nape just a few steps after I appeared?!"
The Emperor Auspicious Beast was happy that she had made an appearance.
But the Emperor Auspicious Beast was very dissatisfied with the way she had appeared.
Huo Yuhao shrugged. "There was nothing to be done about that. You ran into the Grand Elder the moment you came out. He's the most stubborn person in Shrek Academy, and he was a little blacked out drunk too."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said nothing and continued watching.
"That Chicken Leg Old Man actually forced you and me to undergo Attribute Conduction."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was so frustrated and angry that wisps of white smoke burst from her head.
Huo Yuhao raised his brows. "What? Was undergoing Attribute Conduction with me such an injustice to you?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion tilted her head and looked at Huo Yuhao's forehead. It was smooth, without a vertical eye, and her clear, lively laughter carried a hint of teasing.
"You don't even have the tool for Attribute Conduction anymore, so what are you talking about?"
Huo Yuhao pursed his lips, pondered for a moment, then chuckled. "I know many more interesting things. Do you want to know about them?"
All three of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes blinked in unison. She was clearly tempted, since she usually loved listening to Scarlet King tell stories.
But Scarlet King's stories were always about a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit, lovingly protected by a snake and an ape, who became human, met the man she was destined for, and was ultimately used as a sheath for a divine power sword before ascending to the God Realm.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already heard Scarlet King tell several versions of it.
Every version was inseparable from the Sea God's heart-wrenching cry of "Come back to life..." that echoed throughout the entire Star Dou Great Forest when he finally revived the Soft Bone Rabbit after enduring countless hardships.
Though she loved stories, even she could not stand Scarlet King endlessly telling tales about the Soft Bone Rabbit from ten thousand years ago.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at Huo Yuhao's forehead again. After hesitating briefly, she said, "Um, Huo Yuhao, if you had a piece of Gold of Life, could you have an Eye of Life?"
She had already seen this scene in the Light Orb. With the help of a mysterious old man, Huo Yuhao had used a carving knife made from Gold of Life to open up the Eye of Life.
"Eh? Miss Auspicious Beast, what do you mean by that?"
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