"Of course, matters of deities have nothing to do with you right now. What you need to do is to use the special environment and rules here to temper yourself."
As Mu Ye spoke, his movements paused, and he frowned slightly, "Sea soul beasts?"
His mecha was controlled by a soul spirit, which could share information with him. Just now, the soul spirit informed him that the sonar radar had detected traces of a sea soul beast.
This was indeed a rare occurrence. The Abyss of the Deep Sea targeted all forms of life. If sea soul beasts really wanted to find a place to hide from humans, they could go to the Blood Sea Trench. Why come here?
Mu Ye narrowed his eyes, instructing the soul spirit to keep a close watch on the sea soul beast, while he led Huo Yuhao to a nearby island.
They would be staying here for quite some time, so they needed to set up camp first.
While Mu Ye was busy, Huo Yuhao actively communicated with the Snow Empress in his spiritual sea, "Xue'er, do you know anything about this place?"
After carefully understanding the situation, the Snow Empress pondered and recalled, "I haven't personally come here, but the energy fragments mined from this place are also found within the Spirit Pagoda. I've seen them before. They only contain pure energy, devoid of any attributes, and can only be used as energy crystals. For powerful soul masters, they're not very useful."
"That's also why no major forces pay much attention to this place. Although everyone knows that these energy fragments might be related to the Divine Realm, the divine power they might have contained has already dissipated. For people like us, they don't even serve as a reference."
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, lost in thought as he gazed at the ocean.
Devil Island was born from the divine power fragments of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
Those fragments contained the powers of life and destruction. As long as the person who came into contact with them could withstand those forces, they could absorb them and make them their own, making it much easier to comprehend the corresponding laws.
But according to the Snow Empress, the divine power fragments mined here didn't have similar functions.
The power within them had already been exhausted. Was it because the divine power fragments that fell here were too weak, or was there another reason?
As Huo Yuhao pondered this, Mu Ye walked over with two plates of food, "Yuhao, eat these before you start training."
One plate contained Red Jade Shrimp, while the other was made from Illusory Moon Spirit Dragon Fruit.
The former needed no explanation, but the latter was a rare treasure that could enhance spiritual power and could also alleviate mental pain to some extent… Mu Ye had really put in a lot of effort.
Watching Huo Yuhao consume the food as instructed, Mu Ye led him to the boundary between the Abyss of the Deep Sea and the normal ocean, asking along the way:
"The Innate Secret Method can trigger the third awakening of the body martial soul. Do you know why?"
"Innate Qi."
Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment before answering, "The Innate Secret Method borrows the power of heaven and earth to nurture one's innate qi. The body soul is a part of oneself, so it will naturally be nourished as well."
"Correct."
Mu Ye nodded, sighing, "The Golden Body Realm can trigger three awakenings. How could the Innate Secret Method not assist in the second awakening? It's just that we are incompetent, and to this day, we haven't fully integrated the second awakening into the Innate Secret Method."
Huo Yuhao shook his head, "To cultivate a divine-level body, there's no better body-refining method in the world than the one from our sect. How could it be perfect?"
Mu Ye glanced at Huo Yuhao and smiled wryly, "But pursuing perfection is human nature… Forget it, let's not talk about this. I had you practice the Innate Secret Method first to nurture your innate qi, nourish your soul, and increase your chances of a second awakening."
"If my deduction is correct, given the speed at which you've mastered the Innate Secret Method, your success rate might increase by a quarter, making it easier for you to achieve the second awakening."
Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered upon hearing this.
If it were ten thousand years ago, his innate qi could be said to be his own, but now… it was hard to say.
Arriving at the boundary between the normal ocean and the Abyss of the Deep Sea, Mu Ye grabbed Huo Yuhao's arm and sealed his soul power.
"Let's start here. Even I can't endure the deepest parts of the Abyss of the Deep Sea for too long. I'll gradually increase the difficulty based on your performance… Yuhao, hold on."
The feeling of suffocation hit him in the next instant, but Huo Yuhao remained calm, allowing Mu Ye to drag him down into the depths.
As they descended, the light around them grew dimmer, and the pressure of the water became increasingly oppressive, like an invisible hand squeezing Huo Yuhao's chest tightly. The oxygen in his body was rapidly depleting.
In a short time, they reached a depth of over a thousand meters. There was no light around them, and the immense water pressure stimulated Huo Yuhao's nerves. The darkness at such depths swallowed all sound, even his own heartbeat was drowned out. Only the throbbing of the blood vessels in his temples resonated like muffled drums within his skull.
An ordinary person would have died long ago under such immense water pressure and prolonged oxygen deprivation.
Even for a soul master, this environment would induce fear.
After all, here, soul power, blood qi, and even spiritual power would be suppressed, and the consumption would be extremely intense. With no external energy to replenish, it would be difficult for those accustomed to power to adapt.
But the emotion Mu Ye sensed from Huo Yuhao was nothing but calmness.
"Such terrifying willpower… Does this kid have no weaknesses?"
Mu Ye clicked his tongue in secret. After descending another few hundred meters, he let go of Huo Yuhao.
At that moment, Mu Ye inexplicably felt a chill, causing him to frown.
Why did he have a bad premonition?
How strange…
Huo Yuhao's vision blurred slightly due to the extreme lack of oxygen, but his mind remained clear. He shifted his focus to his spiritual sea, looking at the soul spirits who were staring intently at Mu Ye. He coughed lightly.
"It's just a bit of pain. Haven't I endured worse ten thousand years ago? Teacher Mu Ye genuinely cares for me, giving me those treasures to reduce my pain. There's no need to act like this."
The Snow Empress narrowed her eyes and retracted her gaze, "I know. Otherwise, I would have already acted through the Snow Empress's Token."
Bing Bing and Tianmeng also withdrew their gazes, with the former snorting lightly, "This pain is nothing compared to when you absorbed me ten thousand years ago."
"…"
Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly and was about to focus on surviving and swimming back to the surface when his movements suddenly paused.
A strange sensation emerged, like a faint, elusive spiritual connection, hard to grasp, yet undeniably present.
This spiritual fluctuation was vast, as if it came from all directions of the ocean, yet it was itself indistinct, only conveying the most basic information to Huo Yuhao.
"Welcome… back?"
Huo Yuhao clearly felt that upon sensing his aura, this vast, boundless ocean seemed like a child finding its parents, showing an overwhelming sense of closeness toward him.
Huo Yuhao's expression gradually changed.
What's going on?
I don't have the bloodline of the Sea God. Why is the ocean showing such closeness to me?