Within his Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao's consciousness was as clear as crystal. "Teacher, let me negotiate personally."
His gaze pierced the battlefield, landing on the curled-up figure of the Auspicious Beast Qiu'er —the golden halo trembling slightly amidst the gray mist of the Calamity of the Undead. "Undead soldiers, do not harm Qiu'er."
Electrolux's divine sense rippled deep within his consciousness. "Very well." The gray divine power receded like a tide, and the six-pointed star on his staff gradually dimmed. "If they dare to use force again, this remnant soul of mine is not to be trifled with."
As Huo Yuhao raised his hand and pressed down, the Undead Legion that was confronting several Ferocious Beast retreated behind him as if guided by his own arm. With the clang of blades returning to their sheaths, the ancient Gate of the Undead slowly closed, and the last wisp of Undead Fire merged into his palm.
The boy regained control of his body, his blue eyes gleaming with an eerie golden light in the twilight. "Your Excellency Di Tian has already witnessed my strength, so am I now qualified to discuss cooperation with you?"
The storm surrounding the Beast God suddenly subsided. Di Tian stared at the young man before him, his dragon eyes swirling with surprise and calculation: This human was considered powerful among Soul Master, but as a deity... Suddenly, something occurred to him, and his heart jolted. "Could it be that he came here because he discovered the Master?"
Before the Beast God could ponder, Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly turned pure gold, and a colossal dragon phantom appeared behind him, blotting out the sky—a golden dragon figure condensed from dragon might, its scales shimmering with golden light, and its dragon eyes reflecting the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest's ley lines.
" My Golden Lord!" Di Tian suddenly stood up, his hundred-meter-long dragon body standing upright. Behind him, several Ferocious Beast knelt on one knee, causing ripples to Sisi across the distant Lake of Life.
Di Tian, "How is that possible! Are you perhaps the Golden Lord? Otherwise, how could the Golden Lord's power appear in a human body?"
Huo Yuhao raised his hand and gently stroked the horns of the golden dragon phantom, and the divine image transformed into a stream of light that merged into his brow. "I am not your master, I am merely someone who possesses its power."
He gazed at the shocked horde of beasts, his voice carrying an undeniable authority, " Your Di Tian, I have come here for only one thing—to discuss a collaboration, a collaboration that concerns the salvation of the Soul Beast race."
"Save? Soul Beast?" Di Tian's dragon tail swept heavily across the ground, the resulting shockwave sending fallen leaves flying. "You're just a human, why? How can we believe you?"
"For love and peace, and even more so for the Golden Dragon King's dying wish." Fragments of the future flashed in Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes. "I know everything, Di Tian..." He paused, his voice suddenly deepening, "... even the final fate of your Soul Beast race in the next ten thousand years."
The ripples on the Lake of Life suddenly expanded. Di Tian stared intently at the golden light patterns flowing in the boy's eyes. After a long while, the Beast God slowly withdrew his dragon might, his obsidian-like scales gleaming solemnly in the setting sun. "What... exactly do you know?"
Huo Yuhao's gaze pierced through the swirling mist, meeting Di Tian's golden dragon eyes directly. "Furthermore, there is something else I must solemnly inform you to avoid any misunderstanding—I will absolutely not harm the Auspicious Beast in the slightest."
His voice suddenly became incredibly gentle, as if carrying a deep-seated obsession that transcended reincarnation, "In my heart, she is a very important person in my life, and I will protect her, even if it means giving my own life."
The Auspicious Beast hiding behind the ancient tree suddenly raised its head, its golden eyes rippling. "Why are you so persistent with me? We have clearly just met."
The young man approached slowly, Huo Yuhao said:
"This isn't our first meeting; we've known each other for a long time. I've been thinking about you constantly, remembering how close we were before, yet I didn't cherish it enough. As a result, I've traveled a long way to get here, crossing mountains and seas, enduring many hardships, to find you again."
The Auspicious Beast gazed at the fragments of memory swirling in his eyes, then suddenly chuckled, the golden light in its mane swaying in the wind. "Truly an... incredible human, Huo Yuhao."
Just then, the surface of the Lake of Life suddenly burst open with countless silvery light patterns, and a majestic yet ethereal female voice rose from the bottom of the lake. "You spoke of the Golden Dragon King's entrustment... and the future fate of the Soul Beast..."
The silver light gathered like a living thing, solidifying into a graceful figure in the center of the lake. " Di Tian, bring that human over here."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Di Tian replied.
Huo Yuhao dispersed the golden dragon shadows that swirled around him, the scales shimmering like shattered gold and dissipating into the air. Di Tian's enormous dragon wings rippled across the water's surface, carrying him deep into the Lake of Life. A stunningly beautiful woman with silver hair cascading down like a waterfall sat serenely on the Xuanbing Rock, a moonlit halo flowing from her fingertips—it was none other than the Silver Dragon King, who had slumbered for millennia.
"You mean... the Golden Dragon King's instructions?" Her voice was as deep and mysterious as an ancient pool, and her purple eyes turned to Huo Yuhao, their pupils shimmering with light.
"That's right," Huo Yuhao said.
The Silver Dragon King's fingertips traced across the rock, instantly spreading a spiderweb-like silver pattern. "Tell me about it, human." She deliberately emphasized the last two words, a subtle, enigmatic smile playing on her lips. "A being entrusted with the core by the Golden Dragon King shouldn't be just an ordinary human."
"What is your name? And what is your identity, deity?" the Silver Dragon King asked.
Huo Yuhao replied: Me? Since you're so eager to know my identity, I might as well tell you.
A new star arrives, born of destiny; a winding path is traversed alone.
Defeated by the Black Dragon, destined to fail, he finally gained the name of calming his emotions.
I am Huo Yuhao, the God of Emotion
The Silver Dragon King looked at Huo Yuhao: " God of Emotion? But judging from your behavior outside, you seem more like the God of Death?"
Huo Yuhao said, "In this life, I will achieve godhood through Dual Godhood."
Di Tian exclaimed in surprise, "To achieve godhood Dual Godhood two Godhood simultaneously, this kid is truly extraordinary!"
Huo Yuhao sighed and recounted his experience with the Water and Fire Dragon Kings again, "Actually, in my past life, the Golden Dragon King and I were close friends. We met by chance, and I was also a future god. At that time, the Golden Dragon King invaded the Divine Realm and fought against the Divine Realm. When the Asura God Tang San saw the Golden Dragon King escape and come here, he joined forces with the other gods and used the Three Realms Judgment Sword to kill him."
"At that time, I received news that the Golden Dragon King was about to die. Seeing my close friend seriously injured, and after fighting the Asura God for three hundred rounds but still failing to defeat him, the Golden Dragon King, seeing my condition, realized that he himself was about to die."
He entrusted his core to me, and by a stroke of luck, I was reborn.
Surging Waves raged in Di Tian's eyes. "I didn't expect it, so that's how it is. In that case, what is the fate of the future gods and the Soul Beast you spoke of?"
Huo Yuhao said, "One of my abilities is the power to foresee the future; Soul Beast will face extinction in ten thousand years."
"Because I made a prophecy before the Golden Dragon King's accident. If the Golden Dragon King hadn't handed the core to me, then the core would have ended up in the hands of Tang Wulin, the son of the Sea God Tang San."
Huo Yuhao told the Silver Dragon King everything about the Silver Dragon King and Tang Wulin, as well as what the future would look like, and then used his divine power to completely cover the area.
Pointing to his brow, he revealed his future to the Silver Dragon King, including Tang Wulin.
"Is this the 'future' you've glimpsed?" The Silver Dragon King's voice carried a dragon's roar-like pressure, each word causing the surrounding air to tremble. "I—the King of the Dragon Clan —am destined to be entangled with the offspring of human gods?"
Her silver scales gleamed coldly in the moonlight, and the dragon's aura behind her stirred restlessly, as if echoing her anger.
Huo Yuhao flicked his fingertips, and a wisp of spiritual energy transformed into light and shadow, appearing in mid-air and outlining a blurry scene. "Look, the future you will unite with the son of Asura God Tang San, the current God Realm Enforcer, and give birth to a child named Lan Xuanyu —no, he should be called Tang Xuanyu's child."
In the interplay of light and shadow, the boy, with black hair and blue eyes, was surrounded by the phantom of Dragon God. "He will become the new Dragon God, though he has also submitted to the Divine Realm. And you, the leader of the Dragon Clan, have finally relinquished your millennia-long obsession and ascended to the Divine Realm to become the Goddess of Life."
He paused, a hint of mockery in his voice, "At that time, the rise and fall of the Star Dou Great Forest in the Douluo Plane, and the survival of the Soul Beast, will all become insignificant dust beneath your divine throne."
"Insolence!" The Silver Dragon King suddenly raised his hand, and a phantom of a silver dragon spear shot out, piercing straight at the ancient tree beside Huo Yuhao. The tree trunk instantly exploded into dust. "How dare you insult me with such false words!"
Her dragon eyes burned with crimson Lie Yan. "I am the Silver Dragon King, the inheritor of the Dragon God God's will. I will surely restore the glory of the Dragon Clan race and lead the Soul Beast to rise again. How could I become a ' Goddess of Life ' groveling in the Divine Realm? To conceive the 'next generation of Dragon God ' with humans? It's absurd! I am the future Dragon God!"
Her energy surged out of control, causing dense elemental power to erupt from the cracks in the ground, but she forcefully suppressed it with her rage. "These are nothing but your human tricks! You're deceiving me!"
Instead of retreating, Huo Yuhao advanced, a flash of light appearing at his fingertips, and a phantom of a jet-black halberd suddenly appeared in the air—the halberd's body was engraved with ancient patterns, interwoven with silver and gold, it was none other than the " Heavenly Sacred Abyssal Halberd ".
"This divine artifact is Tang Xuanyu's weapon," his voice carried an undeniable penetrating power, " Silver Dragon King, you and I both know that prophecies are not immutable, and the future is not unchangeable."
He stared into the Silver Dragon King's pupils, which trembled slightly with shock, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips, "Don't want to become a pawn of the Divine Realm? Then make a deal with me."
In an instant, Huo Yuhao's aura surged, his blue hair moved without wind, and his eyes seemed to burn with a world-destroying flame. "One day, I will surely rebel against the Divine Realm, trample the Divine Realm, shatter the gods, and seek revenge on Tang San."
He recalled the humiliations and injustices of the past, and how Tang San had controlled his destiny in his previous life. His voice suddenly became impassioned, "Why should gods be high above us, controlling the lives that should belong to us, the fates of Soul Beast, and my own destiny? I will change them all."
If this is destiny, then I will Heaven-Defying destiny and break it.
He stepped forward, the determination in his eyes drawing even the Silver Dragon King's attention. "I once said—I will make sure the sky can no longer obscure my vision; I will make sure the earth can no longer bury my heart; I will make sure all living beings know my will; I will make sure all the gods in the heavens vanish into thin air!"
As he finished speaking, phantom images of the Sun Moon, and stars seemed to truly appear around him. "I will be the one who holds the Sun Moon in his hands and plucks the stars from the sky, and you, Silver Dragon King, are an indispensable force in my plan."
"I need your power, Silver Dragon King," Huo Yuhao's gaze burned fiercely, "I don't want to challenge the entire Divine Realm alone."
The Silver Dragon King fell silent. The human boy before him possessed a rebellious will far more intense than his own; his ambition and resentment strangely resonated with his own hatred.
Looking into Huo Yuhao's eyes, she saw the resolute determination of "I will go even if there are thousands of people against me," and a Ice Seal corner in her heart quietly loosened—am there really such a person among humans who does not bow to fate? Even the God King of the Divine Realm probably does not have such the courage to overturn everything.
Deep in the forest, the night wind swirled fallen leaves, stirring the silent standoff between the two. The Silver Dragon King's breathing gradually calmed, the anger in her dragon eyes subsided, replaced by deep contemplation. She knew that this human before her might truly be the key to breaking free from fate.
"Hmph, you're quite the eloquent one." The Silver Dragon King's voice was as cold as ice, her dragon eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao. "Then how do you explain the matter of the Spirit Pagoda?" Behind her, Di Tian's body trembled slightly. Over the millennia, the exploitation of Soul Beast by the Spirit Pagoda had become the deepest wound of the race. Now that it had been torn open, the air was filled with the heavy smell of blood.
Huo Yuhao lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes casting shadows beneath his eyelids, his tone unusually somber. "Your Excellency Silver Dragon King, and all the Soul Beast tribes, I hereby offer my sincere apologies."
He knelt on one knee, his palm pressed against the cold rock. "Back then, I ascended hastily without properly handling the aftermath of the Spirit Pagoda. I underestimated the greed and evil of human nature."
The mist from Thunder Pool blurred his expression. "The original purpose of the Spirit Pagoda was to build a bridge for coexistence between humans and beasts—allowing humans to obtain power without hunting Soul Beast, and allowing Soul Beast to thrive and multiply in peace."
When he looked up, a look of regret flashed in his eyes. "It was my blueprint, but it was corrupted by ambition during its execution."
The Silver Dragon King snorted coldly, its tail sweeping across the ground, the flying pebbles instantly crystallizing in mid-air. "Can an apology erase the blood and tears of Soul Beast?"
"Of course not." Huo Yuhao stood up, his robes fluttering in the night wind. "But I can give you a more tangible compensation—help you become the Dragon God."
He said, "As the Dragon God, you should have no problem creating another world for Soul Beast, or even creating a Divine Realm where Soul Beast can become gods."
"As for the creation of planes, I will provide my full assistance."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly waved his hand, tearing space apart like a rag, and the Gate of the Undead opened instantly.
A chilling aura emanated from behind the dark door—a plane containing a floating city of skeletons suddenly appeared. Countless undead warriors, shrouded in eerie green flames, formed a square formation. Upon seeing Huo Yuhao, they pounded their chests with their bone fists, producing a synchronized knocking sound as they bowed in salute.
"This is the Undead Demiplane created by my teacher." He gestured for the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian to proceed.
The moment Di Tian stepped into the rift, the dragon scales all over his body trembled in shock: tens of thousands of the Undead Legion were strictly disciplined.
The Silver Dragon King's eyes narrowed sharply. "I never imagined that humans could achieve such a level of skill. It's truly astonishing."
"How about it?" Huo Yuhao's voice echoed in the gale-force winds of the Undead Plane. "If you and I join forces, creating a new Divine Realm is not just empty talk." He pointed to the sky of the demiplane.
"It can even free Soul Beast from the fate of being bound by ' Soul Ring,' allowing you, the new Dragon God Soul Beast, to help them forge a different path to godhood. Of course, I will also help you heal your hidden injuries."
The Silver Dragon King stared at the unwavering determination in Huo Yuhao's eyes, then glanced at the Undead Legion that had bowed down to him—this human possessed divine power, and his luck was extremely strong; perhaps this was an opportunity.
She took a deep breath, and the silver light around her slowly subsided. "Alright, Huo Yuhao, I agree to cooperate with you." She raised her right hand and took the initiative to shake hands with Huo Yuhao's outstretched hand.
Di Tian stood to the side, his aged dragon eyes gleaming with complex light. The existence of the Undead Demiplane, the concept of becoming a god with Dual Godhood, and the possibility of traveling to other planes... all of this was impacting his understanding as Beast God.
He looked down at himself, then at Huo Yuhao's young yet powerful figure, and a corner of his heart, previously bound by a sense of responsibility, suddenly loosened. "Perhaps... that day really will come."
When the shackles of the Divine Realm are broken, when the fate of Soul Beast is no longer controlled by the gods, can the immense burden on his shoulders also be lifted? And will he then be free?
P. S.: I always feel that the more I update, the less people want to read it. Although I updated 8,000 words today, it was actually yesterday's draft, which was also a summary of my thoughts before writing the book, and then put together into these two chapters.
To be honest, seeing my grades drop day by day makes me feel quite like a failure. I think I need to make some adjustments. Besides that, I'd like to ask everyone not to keep books unread. If you don't want to read them, just scroll to the end and show that you've already read them.
As I said before, I don't know how long I can keep going. I'm just trying my best to write this book, and all of this is inseparable from everyone's support.