Huo Yuhao began circulating the advanced version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Vast streams of energy poured into his body through his eyes, hands, chest, nostrils, and other places, nourishing his limbs and bones, which had been damaged at their very foundation.
Pale blue gaseous energy flowed in and out of his body, washing away the black filth clogging it until not a trace remained.
The instant the black filth was washed away, Huo Yuhao felt refreshed in body and mind.
His meridians felt as though his Governing and Conception Vessels had been opened, and his once-frail constitution was quietly undergoing a transformation.
It was as if his entire body had been reborn, and the fatigue that had weighed him down for years dissipated at that moment.
It was like living a whole new life.
His eyes glowed an eerie deep purple, and endless cold radiated from his hands.
This was the advanced version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which surpassed even God Kings.
As long as he kept circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he could simultaneously improve the other four great Tang Sect arts: the hand-training method, Mysterious Jade Hand; the eye-training method, Purple Demon Eye; the grappling method, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon; and the lightness technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!
On the other side of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Tang Ya broke down and cried, "Why? Why did things turn out like this?"
"Why wouldn't Little Yuhao join our Tang Sect? Why did he turn around and join the Body Sect instead?"
She couldn't forgive Huo Yuhao for what he had done, as though he had betrayed her.
Bei Bei gently patted Tang Ya on the back, an indescribable ache in his heart.
Huo Yuhao's refusal to join the Tang Sect was a great blow to him too. In the memories they possessed, Huo Yuhao had joined the Tang Sect with barely a moment's hesitation.
So how had reality...
Bei Bei comforted her softly. "Xiao Ya, don't be sad. Our priority now is to get you a Mandala Snake for your third Soul Ring."
"Then you can break through to Soul Elder and stay at Shrek."
The very word Shrek sounded like a curse in Tang Ya's ears.
Her aggrieved gaze changed in an instant, becoming filled with complicated feelings, hatred, and killing intent.
Tang Ya burst into tears and glared at Bei Bei. "Bei Bei, you have no right to say that."
"If we didn't have these memories of the future, how long were you planning to keep your identity from me?!"
The way she looked at Bei Bei now was so unfamiliar. Tang Ya had thought they understood each other's hearts and kept no secrets from each other.
But what had happened? If she hadn't gained these memories of the future, Bei Bei would have kept her completely in the dark about being the great-great-grandson of the Sea God Pavilion Master, Dragon God Douluo.
When she needed someone by her side most, Bei Bei had never appeared. Not only that, he had even kept it from her that he had a fiancée, a child bride.
Bei Bei was at a loss for words. "I..."
He didn't know how to explain.
If he told her that his great-great-grandfather had allowed him to break it off when Xiao Ya was at her lowest, it would only make Tang Ya misunderstand even more.
Tang Ya's eyes widened in anger, but she pretended to give Bei Bei a way out. "First help me get my third year Soul Ring, then give me some cultivation resources, and I'll let this matter go."
"I've thought it over too. The power of an Evil Soul Master is so dangerous; I won't deliberately use Blue Silver Grass's devouring ability."
Hearing this, Bei Bei's eyes instantly flashed.
This was the Xiao Ya he knew. All it took was a slap and a sweet date.
Besides, with these memories, he could intervene to keep Tang Ya from walking the path of an Evil Soul Master.
Bei Bei said, "Xiao Ya, let's set out now. According to our memories, that Mandala Snake should be nearby."
Tang Ya nodded gently and wiped the tears from her eyes.
But she was working a different abacus in her heart.
If Shrek's Sea God Pavilion had truly intended to help their Tang Sect, it wouldn't have stood by and done nothing.
In her memories of the future, she had fulfilled her long-cherished wish and wiped out the Iron Blood Sect with nothing but Dark Blue Silver Grass.
As long as she followed the proper steps, the sect that had destroyed the Tang Sect would cease to exist forever!
Without Huo Yuhao, she could only rely on her own strength.
But first...
Walking behind Bei Bei, Tang Ya gave him a long look.
Now that Bei Bei had these memories of the future, he would only watch her more closely. That would make it hard for her to act.
The next day, the sun had just risen.
Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on an open stretch of grass, breathing in the faint purple Qi from the gradually brightening fish-belly white on the distant horizon.
In this short hour, his Purple Demon Eye had improved to the point where the elementary Survey stage was close to reaching the intermediate stage.
Sure enough, whether in the original story or now, the Purple Demon Eye was one of the techniques best suited to Huo Yuhao's cultivation.
Huo Yuhao spoke with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Sea of Consciousness. "Brother Sky Dream, do you know where the Body Sect is?"
"Well..."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pondered briefly.
To be honest, he hadn't really been to the Body Sect much either.
Rather, in the memories of the future he possessed, Huo Yuhao had never truly set foot in the Body Sect's territory.
Most of the time, he had dealt with the Body Sect's master, Du Busi, and its other disciples.
Huo Yuhao was somewhat speechless. "Forget it. Asking you was a waste of breath."
He shouldn't have counted on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, that big fool.
All he did was eat and sleep.
Realizing he had made a fool of himself, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was thoroughly embarrassed.
He cleared his throat. "Yuhao, just remember these words of mine!"
"If a fortuitous opportunity is yours, it can only be yours."
"What we need to do is wait and spread word that your Martial Soul is Spirit Eyes."
"As long as the Body Sect learns there's a Body Sect disciple out in the world and knows your Martial Soul is a Body Martial Soul, they'll come to you of their own accord, even if you don't go looking for them."
That made sense. Huo Yuhao found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's suggestion quite convincing.
In the original story, it was because Huo Yuhao had exposed his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul at the Soul Master Tournament that the Body Sect had sent disciples to snatch him directly.
And now that Du Busi had memories of the future concerning him, he might already be on his way.
Just as Huo Yuhao had anticipated, Du Busi and Jin Peng had long since arrived here from the Body Sect.
Following behind Du Busi, Jin Peng asked, "Sect Master, is that Yuhao fellow you mentioned really in the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"Why have you had so much nonsense to spout the whole way?"
"Keep running your mouth, and when we get back to the Body Sect, you can spar with me!" Du Busi cursed angrily without looking back.
Jin Peng had truly annoyed him to no end on this journey.
Next time, no matter what, he wouldn't bring this old fellow along.
That shut Jin Peng right up.
The two raced through the Star Dou Great Forest at full speed.
To snatch Huo Yuhao, a Body Sect disciple wandering outside, before Shrek could get to him, they had traveled without rest, day and night.
Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls could only be disciples of their Body Sect. That was Du Busi's unwavering belief.