Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately seized the opportunity to climb higher, saying with shared indignation, "Exactly! Even if I'm a little cuter, a little more handsome, and a little stronger, those ferocious beasts still shouldn't have treated me as food! Well, it's all over now. I finally escaped. Little brother, you may be young, but your foundation is pretty good. I'll treat this as a cultivation plan. Once you become stronger in the future, you must avenge me! Didn't they evolve by absorbing my Soul Power? Turn every last one of them into Soul Rings and soul bones someday. Heh heh!"
"Alright. When I grow up, I'll definitely avenge you." Huo Yuhao laughed and agreed without hesitation. In this bizarre yet miraculous story, the relationship between man and beast rapidly grew closer.
Although Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had lived for a million years, it had only ever encountered a small number of soul beasts. Its intelligence was no less than a human's, but how could it understand the treachery of human hearts? Had a human experienced what it had, they would never have revealed their story so easily. The Huo Yuhao of this life was not a blank-slate child, but a mature adult in thought. Naturally, Huo Yuhao would not harm it. In truth, that was its good fortune.
"Alright, then what about you? I can sense that this fragment of divine consciousness of yours is not weak. Unfortunately, it has no foundation. If I had not stabilized it with divine power, you could have dissipated at any moment." Bibi Dong knowingly asked, looking toward the motionless Electrolux beside her.
"Old bastard, who exactly are you? Why are you fighting me for territory?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm demanded furiously at the same time.
"I'm fighting you for territory? What do you think you are? You're nothing but a fleshy worm. If this old man did not have only a wisp of divine consciousness remaining, I could turn you into nourishment in minutes." The aged voice refused to yield in the slightest.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm raged, "Bullshit! If you've got the guts, come at me! Let's see who kills whom. Don't think I haven't noticed—you only have this wisp of divine consciousness left. You don't even have a trace of energy. And you want to fight me?"
The aged voice said disdainfully, "That's right. This old man has only a wisp of divine consciousness left, but the level of my divine consciousness is countless times higher than yours. What can you do to me? My divine consciousness is shattered, and yet you cannot deal with even this remaining trace. Think about it—what will happen once I gradually restore my shattered divine consciousness, then recover all my memories? I'll grab hold of your fat body and slowly tighten my grip. Pop! I'll crush you. Your juices will splatter everywhere."
"Both of you, stop!" Huo Yuhao did not want his Sea of Spirit to become an Asura Field, so he hurriedly tried to mediate.
The aged voice was clearly much gentler when addressing him. "Boy, this old man likely did not originally belong to this world. I only remember that I seemed to be dying at the time. But perhaps because my soul power was too strong, at the instant of death, I tore through space and left behind this wisp of divine consciousness. It ended up arriving in your world. At that moment, that big worm was merging with you, creating powerful energy fluctuations that drew me over as well. So, this wisp of divine consciousness took up residence in your Sea of Spirit. Rest assured, I harbor no ill intent toward you. I likely will not be able to leave this place in the future, either."
"I have only a wisp of divine consciousness remaining, and it is extremely fragile. I need time to repair it bit by bit before I can slowly recover all my memories. Although I do not remember what happened, I can tell you with certainty: do not let hatred blind your eyes. Once you do something irreversible, you will surely regret it for the rest of your life, and you will never be able to make amends. Something similar seems to have happened to me. Fortunately, you are still young, and your strength is not yet great. It is not too late to gradually dissolve the hatred in your heart."
Hatred? Huo Yuhao could not help recalling the slaughter he had wrought in his previous life. Yes, hatred had blinded him. In his pursuit of momentary satisfaction, he had killed every one of his enemies, yet he had neglected the family members waiting for him to support them. He had come alone to this familiar yet unfamiliar world.
"Hey, little brother is my host. He doesn't need your lecture. Are you treating me like air?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm snapped, roaring in anger.
The aged voice said with great disdain, "Of course you are not air. You are merely a worm. This old man cannot be bothered with you. I will continue repairing my divine consciousness. Huo Yuhao, I just scanned your memories. You have accumulated far too much hatred. You may act as you please and vent that hatred, but you must never let it ferment. Once my divine consciousness recovers somewhat, I will do my best to help you. Let me think—what do I still remember? Mm... apart from a few vague fragments, I seem to remember only one sentence. With the sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; there is no one in this world like me. Hahaha, hahahaha."
"With the sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; there is no one in this world like me. That does sound rather imposing." Bibi Dong lightly nodded. From this fragment of Electrolux's divine consciousness, it appeared that he had not been much weaker in life than the gods of the Douluo Plane. The main reason she could suppress Electrolux was that she possessed complete divine consciousness and a vast amount of Rakshasa Divine Power.
Amid his laughter, the gray airflow within the Sea of Spirit condensed into a gray bead that quietly floated there without further movement. Huo Yuhao knew that before obtaining the Gold of Life, this old man would probably rarely make another appearance.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cursed in exasperation, "Bastard, bastard! That old bastard actually dares to ignore me, and he even insulted me! I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill him!"
"Enough. This ends here." Bibi Dong's expression was cold, carrying an unquestionable pressure.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm instantly fell silent.
"Your Majesty, show it Huo Yuhao's original experiences. It won't be a problem." Huo Yuhao had now seen just how much this big worm bullied the weak and feared the strong. Since they would be fighting side by side in the future, he felt some things were better laid bare from the beginning.
"Little brother's original experiences?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked puzzled.
Bibi Dong nodded. A wisp of ghastly green divine power drifted from the scepter in her hand toward Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. It contained the entire original story of Unrivaled Tang Sect—the legendary life in which Huo Yuhao dominated the Douluo Continent.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not resist. No matter how strong it had been in life, it was not worth mentioning before a god.
Very soon, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's round eyes widened.
"Wah, wah, wah, wah! Is this real?" Tian Meng was beside itself with joy, its massive body writhing wildly. It was clearly extremely satisfied with the original story's ending. "The person I chose really became a god!"
"Yes, but you and Ice Empress ultimately only became my dependents. You could not be reborn like Da Ming and Er Ming, or completely separate yourselves from me." Huo Yuhao directly poured a bucket of cold water over it.
"It doesn't matter. As long as I can be with Bingbing forever, I'm willing to do anything!" Clearly, Huo Yuhao had still underestimated this fellow's lack of limits.
Huo Yuhao and Bibi Dong exchanged a look. With a wry smile, he asked, "Don't you want to become a god, regain your life, and truly stay with Ice Empress forever?"
"This..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm blinked its round eyes. Huo Yuhao's proposal was clearly even more tempting to it. "But you don't have your father-in-law's abilities..."
Indeed, although the original story never mentioned how Tang Buddha had brought the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python back to life, that was clearly not something within the authority of the Sea God or Asura God. Huo Yuhao eventually had quite a few soul spirits, and because his relationship with his father-in-law had not been harmonious in the early days, he had never fulfilled the promise he had originally made to several soul spirits.
Even after ascending to the God Realm, they were still merely dependents of a god's power.
"He isn't worthy of being my father-in-law." Huo Yuhao smiled coldly.
"Little Yuhao, do you have a way?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rubbed its round, chubby head against Huo Yuhao, its gaze filled with hope.
"Not for now. But if I can take control of the God Realm in the future and redefine its order, I can let you become gods like those two soul beasts and gain eternal life." Huo Yuhao answered honestly. Since Tang Buddha could do it, then with equal authority in the God Realm, Huo Yuhao might not be incapable of doing the same.
"Brother Sky Dream, are you willing to start over with me?"
Huo Yuhao stroked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's large head, looked directly into its eyes, and asked sincerely.
"Yuhao, your eyes won't lie to me. I believe you." A human-like smile appeared on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's plump face. Perhaps its journey with Huo Yuhao in this life would no longer be as stirring as it had been in the original story, and their final opponents had changed from the strongest beings on the Douluo Continent to the strongest beings in the God Realm, but the future Huo Yuhao described had deeply moved it.
"I'll make this bet with you!"
"Pfft—" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm looked as though it were heroically marching toward death, making even Bibi Dong, who had maintained her noble and elegant bearing, burst into laughter. Huo Yuhao, standing beside her, stared blankly.
"Good. Then we will proceed according to the original plot. Tian Meng, bring out every last thing you wagered on Yuhao." Bibi Dong could not help shooting Huo Yuhao, who was still stunned, a glare before signaling Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
As a Million Year Soul Ring, and the unprecedented first Wisdom Soul Ring, Tian Meng's first Soul Ring could not only evolve endlessly according to Huo Yuhao's physical condition, but also grant him four soul skills. Although it could not give him a soul bone, it could grant him an additional Martial Soul.
Although Huo Yuhao already knew from the original story that the Million Year Soul Ring would be immensely useful to him, he was still overwhelmingly excited. A Soul Ring capable of infinite evolution was already astonishing enough. Yet the even greater surprise was the four soul skills and one Martial Soul.
Since all four soul skills came from the first Soul Ring, there was no doubt that their power would evolve alongside it. They were abilities that could be used forever! And gaining another Martial Soul could only be described as a divine skill. It was equivalent to turning him, who had possessed only the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, into a genius powerhouse with Twin Martial Souls. The added Martial Soul could carry at least nine Soul Rings, meaning nine additional soul skills. How could such an enhancement possibly compare to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring? Tian Meng had undoubtedly opened a path to the heavens for Huo Yuhao, granting an originally mediocre and lowly talented Huo Yuhao a future of limitless possibilities.
The Martial Soul Tian Meng gave Huo Yuhao was ice, but it was currently ice without a soul. It possessed only an attribute, not a form.
Only after Huo Yuhao absorbed his first Ice Attribute Soul Ring would this Martial Soul take shape. Whatever soul beast the Soul Ring came from, that would become the form of his second Martial Soul. According to the plot, Huo Hang's second Martial Soul was none other than Tian Meng's beloved Ice Empress, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
Guess what Yuhao's second Martial Soul is. Anyone who answers correctly in the comments will get an extra chapter based on the plot they come up with~
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