The smile on Huo Yuhao's face was enough to make him want to play cards on the set of Yu-Gi-Oh! next door.
After Tianmeng compiled the various data of the Golden Ancient Tree into the server-side archives, he looked at Huo Yuhao with a puzzled expression, his smile capable of stopping a child's night crying.
"Yuhao, what's wrong now?"
"Your smile is terrifying."
Huo Yuhao coughed lightly, regaining his composure. Just thinking about Dai Huabin's impending humiliation made him want to laugh.
"Nothing, I'm going to the Soul Arena to cheer on my dearest brother."
"I'm only this good to his brother in this world." "
I think of him with everything good, without holding back at all."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm suddenly realized who Huo Yuhao was referring to as his brother.
He suddenly remembered a plan that Huo Yuhao had personally stored in the server—"Ultimate Insult"!
He had read this plan with Huo Yuhao's permission, and the entire silkworm was in an uproar.
The golden little boy formed from his spiritual power suddenly tightened his genitals.
It's hard to imagine that a human could come up with such a plan.
The guy who devised this plan is useless now!
Especially in a world where bisexuality is the absolute mainstream, this plan called "Ultimate Insult" is absolutely a double destruction of a person's body and personality!
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm trembled as she said,
"Brother?"
"Is it that Dai Cinan from the plan?"
"Ah~ Hahahaha, Yuhao, you're so good to your brother."
Huo Yuhao looked amusedly at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's frightened expression in his spiritual sea.
"Brother Tianmeng, what are you afraid of?"
"No one will use this plan on you." "
Only my dear brother Dai Cinan can experience this plan." "
Others want to experience it, but they don't have the qualifications." "
For ordinary enemies, I'll just use Amaterasu to give them warmth, repaying evil with kindness."
Tianmeng thought about it, and it seemed true. She had no reason to be afraid. Who could play the Ultimate Insult on her?
Hyotei?
"Hehe."
"It's not that I'm afraid of the plan; that plan is indeed too brutal."
After ending his conversation with Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao looked back at the ancient, towering tree once more.
The tree canopies emitted a faint golden light, a light so sacred and majestic that all living beings that looked directly at it felt a sense of reverence from the bottom of their hearts.
However, Huo Yuhao alone sensed a chilling killing intent hidden within the golden light.
According to Ilex's analysis, that dazzling, sacred light was energy overflowing from the burning of soul essence.
It was the essence released after the super-strong figures of the Sea God Pavilion throughout history were burned as fuel by the Blue Silver Emperor.
At this moment, the Blue Silver Emperor was unconsciously devouring the soul of the previous Sea God Pavilion Master.
This so-called holy land of soul masters, the core of the continent, the natural enemy of evil soul masters,
had a golden ancient tree that perfectly matched all the definitions of an evil soul master.
If Qian Daoliu of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago had seen this, he probably would have uprooted this evil tree at all costs.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to leave, a hazy voice reached his ears.
"Young friend, young friend, please wait a moment."
Huo Yuhao was on high alert, his ethereal form activated, ready to enter the Divine Might Space at any moment.
Electrolux and the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm began to support Huo Yuhao's spiritual power. He looked back and saw an aged face faintly visible on the trunk of the Golden Ancient Tree.
The aged face was extremely similar to the soul that Ah Yin was devouring; it was none other than the previous Sea God Pavilion Master, Mu En's master.
"Young friend, I am the previous master of the Sea God Pavilion. This remnant soul of mine won't last much longer."
"Your probing of the Golden Ancient Tree's spiritual power activated this remnant soul. You should now know the truth about this tree."
"Unfortunately, I only realized the true nature of this tree the moment I merged my soul with it."
"Young friend, I have never asked anyone for anything in my life."
"Please tell my good-for-nothing disciple, Mu En, not to merge with the tree after his death!"
"Souls cannot be reincarnated! They are merely nourishment for that monster below!"
Huo Yuhao, wearing a spiral mask, stared at the aged face with one eye. After a long silence, he said to him:
"I'm sorry."
"I will not tell him."
"This is his fate."
The aged face paused, forcing a grim smile, a smile that was neither a smile nor a cry.
"So be it."
"Thank you, young friend, for allowing me some remaining moments of clarity."
"My good-for-nothing disciple! Let's see if fate will favor him."
The aged face slowly dissipated on the tree trunk, his soul sinking again, slowly swallowed by Ah Yin.
The golden light emanating from the ancient golden tree grew even brighter.
"Yuhao..."
A faint light shone from the single eye beneath Huo Yuhao's mask.
"Brother Tianmeng, you know, fate won't favor Mu En."
"Only I will." "
I gave him a suitable successor, I allowed Shrek Academy, which he considers everything, to continue in the future; this is already my greatest favor to him."
"Every gift from fate comes with a price."
"That price is that Mu En must be devoured by Ah Yin after his death."
"Of course, even without my interference, he would have chosen this path himself."
"I have been merciful enough." "
When the boulder of fate falls from the mountaintop, no one can stop it in the middle; they will only be crushed by it."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm fell silent. He sensed Huo Yuhao's seriousness and knew this was a crucial part of the plan.
He was willing to execute Huo Yuhao's plan 100%, without any objection!
"However, the old man's talk of reincarnation at the end is indeed interesting."
"Does this world have a Netherworld?"
Interest gleamed in Huo Yuhao's eyes. He had initially thought this world didn't have a Netherworld.
After all, the original story never mentioned any gods related to the Netherworld.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm couldn't answer this question; only the Soul Realm God—Electra—knew the answer.
"Of course there is, Little Yuhao."
"The Underworld exists in every world."
"Without the Underworld, how can souls reincarnate?"
"Without the Underworld, where would the souls of the dead rest?"
"If a world didn't have an Underworld, its present world would long ago be overrun with wandering ghosts!"
"Everywhere would be filled with vengeful spirits devouring people, and evil spirits roaming freely."
"Since this world hasn't experienced this, it means its Underworld is functioning normally."
"Moreover, from observing the frequency of ghostly occurrences in this world on the Demon Network, it's not hard to see that the Underworld's development is extremely healthy, and it might even have developed its own set of reasonable operating rules." "
However, this world's Underworld shouldn't have a master—no! It definitely doesn't have a master!"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked Electrox before Huo Yuhao could.
"Elder Ilex? What's that?"
"I'm quite skilled with mental power, but when it comes to the soul, I'm a complete Muggle."
"The existence of the soul after death is common knowledge on the continent, but no one has ever known where the soul goes."
Ilex's aged voice laughed loudly in the sea of consciousness.
"Big bug, spiritual power and soul are never separate."
"The soul of the dead cannot use soul power, but it can use spiritual power to a certain extent."
"Just from this, you should be able to guess that there is a very close relationship between soul and spiritual power."
"Alright, regarding knowledge about the soul, I'll compile a book later."
"Here's one for you, and one for Little Turtle, Yuhao, and, um, that idiot Snow Maiden."
"You should all study it."
"As for why I'm so certain that the Underworld in this world has no master, it's because if the Underworld had a master, that little girl named Xia Die could not have been born!"
"If the Lord of the Underworld already existed, the little girl would have self-destructed the moment Yuhao injected his martial soul."
"Because death cannot tolerate two masters."
"The girl named Xia Die's death within her body can exist stably, not only because of the maintenance of a powerful life bloodline, but also because of the Underworld's recognition."
"Without the Underworld recognizing this pure death, mortals could not possess this power in the mortal world."
"In a sense, that girl, from the moment her martial soul awakened, was already half a Lord of the Underworld."
"Hahaha! I'm very curious about the day Yuhao's daughter becomes the ruler of the Underworld."
"A ruler of the Underworld who is extremely fond of life, that sounds intriguing!"
Huo Yuhao's brow twitched violently upon hearing Ilex's explanation.
He finally understood why the Goddess of Life hadn't yet bestowed a divine test upon Xia Die.
"Good heavens, I see."
"As the Goddess of Life, she saw through Xia Die's true nature."
"She was already acknowledged by one god, so naturally she wouldn't dare bestow a second godhood upon Xia Die."
"It turns out I messed things up myself."
Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly.
(End of Chapter)
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