In the video—
Just as hope had begun to rekindle in Huo Yuhao's heart, a cold bucket of reality was dumped over him once again. His entire demeanor deflated.
Fortunately, at that moment, Elder Ye spoke again.
"Don't despair. Things have not yet reached the point of no return."
Huo Yuhao asked excitedly, "Elder Ye, do you still have another way?"
"I've managed to recover a bit of my strength during this time resting within your sea of consciousness. If I borrow your body, I might just be able to unleash a portion of the power I had in life. Destroying this Abyssal Passage… it can still be done. It's just that—" Elder Ye paused.
"Just what?" Huo Yuhao asked urgently.
"…It's nothing."
Elder Ye clearly didn't want to explain further, and instead changed the subject, "Yuhao, are you ready?"
"Elder Ye, what do I need to do to prepare?" Huo Yuhao asked, taking a deep breath.
"Close your eyes, relax your mind, and don't resist…"
Elder Ye's voice had grown deep and solemn.
Obediently, Huo Yuhao shut his eyes. Moments later, his entire body trembled. When he opened his eyes again, his pupils had transformed into eternally burning golden irises!
Those eyes seemed to be lit with flames that would never extinguish!
At that moment, all the viewers realized—Huo Yuhao's body had temporarily been taken over by that lingering soul.
At the same time—
A fiery sigil slowly formed at the center of Huo Yuhao's forehead. Coupled with his noble golden eyes, he now looked divine—radiating a profound sense of sacred grandeur!
He lifted his head slightly, gazing at the hideously terrifying Abyssal Passage in the sky. A deep, ancient voice emerged from his youthful body:
"Yuhao, pay close attention. Feel how I channel this power… Remember everything. You might not understand it now, but once you become a god, these insights will become your foundation."
'I understand, Elder Ye,' Huo Yuhao's voice echoed internally.
Controlling Huo Yuhao's body, Elder Ye raised a hand. In the air, countless motes of light began to converge, forming a dazzling brilliance that eventually took the shape of a sword!
Its hilt was carved of white jade, and its blade was as clear as crystal. It didn't look like a weapon at all—more like a flawless piece of artwork.
"This sword is called Feihong. It was my martial soul when I was still mortal. When I ascended to godhood, the sword became a divine weapon. It followed me through countless battles, stained with the blood of gods and demons alike."
Looking at the formed sword, Elder Ye sighed, "Unfortunately, the real Feihong was destroyed along with my body upon my death."
"However, when I passed through the spacetime rift into this world, I vaguely sensed that fragments of Feihong may still exist here. If you can find those fragments—even if they can't be restored—they would still make an excellent divine weapon."
As he finished speaking, the manifested Feihong Sword suddenly burst forth with radiant golden light.
An intense brilliance flared, so bright that even the sun seemed to pale in comparison.
No—more precisely, the sword seemed to borrow the brilliance of the sun itself. Its light was dazzling beyond measure, all concentrated within that blade.
In the next instant—
He swung the sword and slashed!
A beam of golden light that reached from the heavens to the earth shot forth. Like a boundless river of stars, like scorching sunlight, it swept away all darkness and evil!
That terrifying sword energy crashed into the grotesque maw of the Abyssal Passage, warping it instantly. The surrounding space trembled and began to collapse.
The spectacle was so magnificent that all who witnessed it were left utterly entranced.
Time passed—
When the viewers of the video finally snapped back to reality, they saw that the dazzling scene had vanished. The focus returned to Huo Yuhao.
His once-blazing golden eyes now flickered dimly like dying candlelight. Even the sigil on his forehead was fading, on the verge of disappearing.
The Feihong Sword formed by condensed energy had already dispersed after that one strike.
As for the Abyssal Passage in the sky—it had vanished without a trace. Evidently, it had been completely destroyed by that heaven-shaking, earth-rending slash.
[Hiss!]
In the livestream, countless viewers gasped.
None of them had expected that the remnant soul of a seemingly unremarkable otherworldly powerhouse, once fused with Huo Yuhao's body, could unleash such overwhelming force.
This level of unmatched power—surely only gods were capable of such things?
Without a doubt, even if he was just a remnant soul, this Elder Ye possessed god-tier combat power!
In that moment, countless opportunists who had originally planned to cause trouble for Huo Yuhao after the video ended—hoping to get something out of him or take advantage—immediately dropped their schemes.
They realized:
He is not someone to mess with!
With such a powerful remnant soul guarding him, Huo Yuhao was basically walking around with a god protecting him.
Mess with him?
What, do they have a death wish?
Even if this divine being could only strike once—who could possibly survive that single blow?
In reality, in the Divine Realm—
Unlike mortals, who lacked the perception to understand how powerful that strike truly was, the gods—especially the Five Great God Kings—could sense it more clearly.
Through the video, they could feel the terrifying strength that Elder Ye once held.
Even they felt immense pressure from that devastating strike—as if they wouldn't be able to withstand it.
In other words, if they ever faced Elder Ye directly, they might be able to defeat him through sheer numbers, but one of them would certainly die under that sword.
There was no avoiding that fatal strike!
A single blow from a remnant soul, using the body of a mortal, and it could still slay a god-king?
If just the remnant soul was capable of that, how powerful had he been in life?
The Five God Kings all reached the same conclusion:
This was someone who had surpassed the realm of God Kings!
Wait a second… Could that voice, which had sounded like the sigh of Heaven itself earlier, have been Elder Ye's arrival?
That suspicion began to grow in their hearts.
But compared to the other God Kings, our God King Tang San's emotions were far more turbulent than he let on—he was actually terrified!
Because he knew that none of his carefully laid plans targeting Huo Yuhao had accounted for this Elder Ye remnant soul. After all, what could a remnant soul even do?
And yet, it was this "insignificant" remnant soul that turned out to be the biggest wildcard!
Tang San couldn't help but wonder: if he had been struck by that sword… would he have survived?
Even now, hiding in the Divine Realm, he felt no sense of safety.
Because even just watching the video, he could feel that that sword could transcend space itself! Hiding in the Divine Realm wouldn't save him from that attack.
Perhaps it was time to revise his original plan?
God King Tang San couldn't help but think—that remnant soul must be eliminated as soon as possible!
Otherwise… my heart will never rest easy!
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