Within the Spirit Sea Realm, Skydream Ice Worm had successfully completed the fusion and immediately formed her spiritual body.
The Spirit Sea Realm was not particularly large.
With a quick sweep of her senses, she could take in the whole place.
First was the gray mass of energy.
Ever since entering, it had fallen completely silent, without the slightest movement.
“Hmph, I’ll settle the score with you later!
Now then, let me see…”
Skydream then noticed that a man and a woman were also studying her.
“Xiao Zi, who is this?”
“She seems to be one of the Spirit Souls from back then.
No wonder.
That child must have gained assistance around this time and then gradually grown stronger from there.”
“That gray energy mass appears to be a fragment of Divine Sense.
And from what I can sense, whoever it belonged to was extraordinarily powerful in life.”
The Goddess of Life tried probing it with her Divine Sense and discovered that it possessed both Light and Undead attributes.
Moreover, the system of power contained within it seemed different from the one in this realm.
“It seems our earlier speculation was correct.
With such extraordinary fortune, along with that faint aura of destiny surrounding him, Xiao Yuhao may very well be the Child of the Plane of this continent.”
But logically speaking, if he was the Child of the Plane, why would he later ascend to the Divine Realm and become the God of Emotions?
Skydream watched the two stare at her while muttering among themselves, with no idea what they were discussing.
Finally unable to stand it any longer, she spoke first.
“Hey, you two.
What crowd do you run with?”
The God of Destruction stared at Skydream in disbelief.
Not even the Sea God would dare speak to him in that tone.
This little bug…
The God of Destruction said nothing.
He merely released the faintest trace of his Godhead.
In an instant, overwhelming destructive pressure crashed down upon Skydream.
“Ah!
My apologies, Gods!
I failed to recognize you!”
Skydream knew what the aura of a god felt like.
After all, it was precisely because someone had ascended to godhood ten thousand years ago that she had conceived the idea of nurturing a god herself.
And the aura before her seemed even more terrifying than that person’s from ten thousand years ago!
If these two weren’t gods, then what were they?
Why hadn’t this kid told her beforehand that he had these two inside him?!
“Xiao Zi, withdraw your power.
Look how badly you’ve frightened the poor thing.”
“Hmph.”
Seeing this, the God of Destruction withdrew his aura.
“Y-Your Divine Majesties, may I ask why you chose this child?”
“This is Huo Yuhao.
We intend to choose him as our successor.
We were still in slumber before, but then you and that gray energy mass barged in.”
“We never expected you to possess such immense Spiritual Power.
During your fusion with that child, we were able to use it to recover somewhat.”
The God of Destruction paused before continuing, “We won’t remain awake for long, so we’ll entrust these things to you.
Once my disciple has grown stronger, pass them on to him.
Don’t disappoint us.”
As he finished speaking, a ball of light appeared in the hands of the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life, then entered Skydream’s body.
“One last thing…
Make sure you guide Huo Yuhao properly…
especially his values…”
With that, the two vanished once more.
Skydream looked at the empty space before her and solemnly declared, “Rest assured!
I, Skydream, will not fail this mission!”
…
The Spirit Sea Realm fell silent once more.
Skydream took only a second to process the information before she was already popping the champagne.
“Great!
This is in the bag!
I never thought I, Skydream, would see a day like this!
With a trump card like this, won’t talking things over with Bing Bing be a piece of cake when the time comes?
Hehehe…
Oh, right, I also need to make sure he develops proper values.
Come to think of it, what are human values supposed to be like…?”
…
Huo Yuhao’s consciousness felt as though it had sunk to the bottom of icy water, drifting in a haze for what seemed like an eternity.
At last, his fingertips trembled faintly, and sluggish sensation gradually returned to his limbs.
The first thing he heard was the soft rustling of the evening breeze through the forest leaves, followed by several low beast cries in the distance, reminding him that he was still in the Star Dou Forest.
The setting sun sank beyond the endless sea of trees, staining the clouds across the sky a rich orange-red.
“Oh, right.
That Soul Beast.”
“Don’t call me a Soul Beast.
I have a name, Skydream Ice Worm!
From now on, just call me Sister Skydream.”
A voice sounded from within the Spirit Sea Realm.
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and focused his senses, discovering that Skydream had already appeared inside.
“Soul…
Sister Skydream?
Since you’re a Million-year Soul Beast, why did you choose me?”
“Obviously because I saw that your courage and talent far surpass ordinary people.
And since you have a Spiritual-type Martial Soul, you’re perfectly compatible with me.”
“The guy I chose before seemed to be what you humans call a Titled Douluo.
He was pretty strong too, but what a useless fool.
I blew him apart instantly.
He didn’t even get to see my true body.
He couldn’t withstand even the impact of my Spiritual Power.”
“Now, try bringing out your First Soul Ring.”
I have a Soul Ring now?
Still puzzled, Huo Yuhao merely willed it, and a purple Soul Ring instantly appeared beside him.
“A 1,000-Year Soul Ring?”
“Hmph, now you see how amazing I am.
Your Soul Ring may only be a 1,000-Year Soul Ring right now, but that simply means a 1,000-Year Soul Ring is the most your current body can handle.
As you grow stronger, this Soul Ring will continue evolving along with you.”
“And that’s not all.
The power I left within your body can also make every Soul Ring you absorb in the future evolve into a 100,000-Year Soul Ring!”
“Wow!
You’re amazing, Sister Skydream!”
“That’s nothing.
Listen carefully.
My First Soul Ring will also grant you four Soul Skills!
And because I’m an Intelligent Soul Ring, although I can’t give you any Soul Bones, I’ve given you a brand-new Martial Soul instead.”
“Martial Soul?”
“That’s right.
The Martial Soul I gave you is Ice, but right now it only possesses the attribute and doesn’t have a form yet.
It won’t take shape until you absorb your first Ice-attribute Soul Ring.”
“Whatever kind of Soul Beast you obtain that Soul Ring from will determine what your Second Martial Soul becomes.
In other words, your Second Martial Soul is guaranteed to be a Beast-type Martial Soul.
You don’t need to worry about that.
I’ve already planned it out for you.”
“I see.”
Although Huo Yuhao did not fully understand, he still nodded thoughtfully.
“Also, your Master woke up earlier and gave me two things.
Once you’ve grown stronger, I’ll pass them directly to you.”
“Master?!”
He hadn’t expected his Master and Master’s wife to have awakened as well.
Unfortunately, he had been unconscious and missed the chance to see them.
But that was fine.
His mother had taught him that no one could reach the top in a single step.
Only by moving forward one step at a time, relying on his own diligence and hard work, could he ever hope to rise above others.
He, Huo Yuhao, would definitely succeed!
Huo Yuhao settled into meditation and soon discovered that his Spiritual Power had grown several times stronger than before.
Even his physical constitution had improved considerably.
The “Eye of the Azure Ruins” lit up, and Huo Yuhao began using his right eye to stabilize himself.
On a distant tree branch stood a white figure.
Despite the conspicuous color, the figure somehow seemed impossible to detect.
The person was gazing thoughtfully at Huo Yuhao as he meditated.
“That feels like the aura of the Goddess of Life…”