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"No!"

Qian Chaoguang roared, and the Extreme Ice Light erupted with unprecedented power, dyeing everything inside the house ice-blue.

Huo Yutong, who was cultivating next door, was jolted awake by that powerful Cold Ice Power and rushed into the room.

"Chaoguang Gege, what's—Grandpa!"

When she entered the room, what met her eyes was Qian Chaoguang holding Old Butler's corpse.

The Extreme Ice Light flickered before his chest, breathing out a violent chill that made Huo Yutong shudder despite herself.

The light was already extremely faint.

All that remained was endless cold.

"Grandpa... is gone."

There was not the slightest rise or fall in Qian Chaoguang's words, as if they were ancient ice that would never thaw.

He raised his head and looked at Huo Yutong. His eyes had already turned bloodshot, filled with grief and hatred.

Huo Yutong covered her mouth, holding back the urge to scream.

Tears also flowed from her eyes, only to be frozen into ice on her cheeks by the chill in the air.

With Old Butler fallen, how could she not be heartbroken?

In Huo Yutong's heart, Old Butler's place was equal to that of her own mother, Huo Yun'er.

Who could have imagined that the meeting half a month ago would be their final farewell?

She could still clearly remember Old Butler's kind smile before he left.

"Be good, Xiao Tong. Stay home with Xiao Guang and cultivate properly. Grandpa is going on a long trip. When I come back, I'll bring you some sesame candy, all right?"

"Mm-hmm. Goodbye, Grandpa."

Huo Yutong crouched on the ground, silently shedding tears.

This was already the second time she had experienced a loved one leaving her.

Tears blurred her vision.

She crouched on the ground, sobbing nonstop, her body trembling uncontrollably.

She wanted to ask the heavens why Destiny was so unfair, why heaven had to treat her this way!

Qian Chaoguang held Old Butler's corpse, sitting on the bed as if his soul had left him.

Trembling, he reached out and laid Old Butler flat, then covered those lifeless eyes with incomparable gentleness.

At this moment, reason gradually returned to his mind, and indescribable sorrow filled his body.

Grandpa, I won't let you die for nothing like this.

When my cultivation succeeds, even if I have to search the highest heavens and the deepest hells, I'll snatch your soul back from the Underworld!

No one can stop me from reviving you!

The Extreme Ice Light erupted violently once more, causing a layer of frost to condense even on the walls.

Huo Yutong was forced awake from her extreme grief. The moment she opened her mouth, a breath of white mist came out.

"Chaoguang Gege... cold..."

Hearing Huo Yutong's voice, Qian Chaoguang finally withdrew from that strange state.

In an instant, the ice and snow melted, and the temperature receded.

The Extreme Ice Light no longer flickered, and the temperature gradually rose again.

What... happened to me?

With no time to think back on his state just now, Qian Chaoguang instinctively hugged Huo Yutong, who was shivering from the cold, and circulated his own qi and blood, giving off heat.

Her tears had already frozen into little beads of ice on her pale face.

Intense grief combined with the continuous low temperature had left her expression somewhat dazed.

Huo Yutong murmured, saying something indistinct.

"Mom is gone... Grandpa doesn't want me anymore either..."

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Tong. You still have me. Your brother is still here... From now on, I'm your real brother."

"Brother..."

Under one enormous blow after another, Huo Yutong could no longer hold on and fainted.

Her Sea of Spirit was violently fluctuating at this moment.

Qian Chaoguang held her for a while longer, and only after confirming that her body temperature had recovered did he send her back to the bed where she slept every day.

Returning to his own room, Qian Chaoguang forcefully took several deep breaths, forcibly calming his surging emotions as best he could. Then he put the bed stained with black blood, along with Old Butler's corpse, entirely into his Storage Bracelet.

Taking advantage of the night, he quietly left the city.

He ran wildly all the way, arriving at the mountain where he and Huo Yutong usually did Morning Exercise.

There was already a grave here.

It was Huo Yun'er's grave.

Digging a pit, chopping down trees, lighting a fire.

Watching as Old Butler's body was gradually swallowed by the flames, Qian Chaoguang cried again, sobbing aloud without holding anything back.

When the firelight burned out, he placed Old Butler's ashes into a porcelain urn and buried him here, letting him rest in peace.

Carving, erecting the stele, kowtowing, burning incense.

Several simple yet vigorous characters were carved on the tombstone—

The Grave of Zhu Qichen

By the time he finished all of this, dawn had broken.

Light and warmth spilled over the earth once more, covering the darkness.

When Qian Chaoguang returned to the little courtyard, the sky was already bright, and Huo Yutong was still unconscious.

He returned to the empty room, used Soul Power to open the Storage Bracelet, and took inventory of the belongings Old Butler had left behind.

One thousand and fifty-six Gold Soul Coins, thirty-two Silver Soul Coins, seventy-eight Copper Soul Coins.

For an ordinary household, savings of over a thousand Gold Soul Coins were enough to be called extremely wealthy, enough to live without worrying about food or clothing.

But for a Spirit Master at the Soul Saint level, one who was even about to break through to Soul Douluo, this money was truly far too little.

Qian Chaoguang felt a blockage in his chest.

Almost all of Old Butler's lifetime savings had been spent on his and Huo Yutong's cultivation over the past few years.

Just the large quantities of medicinal herbs and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures used for his medicinal baths had been a considerable expense.

Aside from the coins, the direct assets, there were also three boxes, an identity token, and some miscellaneous items.

The heavy token had a lifelike tiger-head pattern carved on the front; it was precisely the mark of the White Tiger Duke.

The back was blank.

Qian Chaoguang opened the first box. Inside was a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure called a Golden Spirit Fruit, which had excellent effects for tempering a Spirit Master's physique and was hard to buy even with ten thousand gold.

Inside the second box was not some precious object, but simply a box of crisp candy.

The moment the third box entered his hands, Qian Chaoguang felt that its weight was a little off.

When he opened it, he saw two envelopes placed neatly inside, along with a wrinkled sheet of letter paper.

On the back of the letter paper, the purple-red handwriting, so forceful it seemed to pierce through the paper, varied in size and was extremely scrawled, carrying a faint smell of blood.

Qian Chaoguang's heart tightened, and he carefully unfolded the letter paper.

"Xiao Guang, when you see this letter, I should already be dead. Don't avenge me. Don't make meaningless sacrifices, unless one day your cultivation can break through to Titled Douluo."

"Here are two letters of recommendation personally written by the city lord, with your and Xiao Tong's names written on them respectively. If possible, go try at Shrek Academy before you turn twelve. I was once a member there too."

"If you can't enter Shrek, that's all right. I once told you that there is a sect on the continent called the Body Sect. Go to the Heaven Dou Empire and try your luck. Perhaps they'll recognize that strange Martial Soul of yours."

"As for the Golden Spirit Fruit, go match it with the remaining medicinal herbs yourself. It should be able to help you"

The contents of the letter stopped abruptly there, with nothing more after that.

Qian Chaoguang flattened the letter paper, folded it, and placed it back into the box with the utmost care, then put it into the Storage Bracelet together with the two recommendation letters.

Shrek?

If this was your final wish, I'll go and try.

Back when he had first been planning for the future, Qian Chaoguang had even considered whether he should go to Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Tool Academy.

Although Shrek was indeed powerful and possessed abundant resources that many other sects and academies did not have, there were many parts of Shrek's educational philosophy that he truly found difficult to agree with.

Now, there was no need to consider that problem.

As the state religion of the Sun Moon Empire, the Holy Spirit Cult had a blood feud with Qian Chaoguang.

In that case, how could he possibly join Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy?

Douluo Continent did indeed have a fleeting setting of the Underworld; in the original work, Huo Yun'er's soul had been brought out from the Underworld by Dai Mubai.

To be honest, when I wrote this chapter and the previous one, I felt awful for an entire night.