In the video—
Within the space filled with high-precision instruments, there was a futuristic, altar-like structure at its center.
Suspended above the altar was a broken artifact.
It was a hilt, covered in cracks, seemingly made of flawless white jade. Yet only the hilt remained—the blade was nowhere to be seen. Only a small shard of the broken blade lingered near the base. Keen-eyed viewers had already recognized it—this was the very divine weapon once conjured by Elder Ye: the Feihong Sword!
Recalling what Elder Ye had once said, the audience quickly realized that this hilt was one of the shattered fragments of that divine weapon.
And now, it appeared Huo Yuhao had found it.
Staring at the long-lost Feihong Sword hilt that he had painstakingly gathered in secret over the years, Huo Yuhao could hardly conceal his excitement. He murmured to himself, "Using this divine fragment as the medium, and aided by my improved spatial summoning magic, I should be able to call back the scattered soul shards of Elder Ye from across the universe."
"Even if I can summon just one shard, it would give me hope of breaking the current deadlock!"
With those words, he took a deep breath and began the activation process.
The viewers watched as he moved up, down, left, and right, initiating various devices. Following a sequence of complex operations, the altar burst into radiant light!
Only the most elite soul engineers could barely comprehend fragments of what he was doing. Undoubtedly, this was a fusion of soul tool technology and otherworldly magic. Huo Yuhao had clearly not been idling these past years—he had been enduring humiliation and biding his time!
The altar glowed with mystical radiance. Countless runes floated in the air, and the surrounding space began to warp… even triggering a strange resonance with the laws of the world.
Huo Yuhao stared fixedly at the altar, so tense he didn't dare breathe.
Finally.
The twisted space above the altar gradually formed a black hole. From its deep, dark depths, a golden ball of light—like a fireball—emerged, slowly descending onto the broken Feihong Sword hilt.
Like a drop of water merging into the ocean.
In that instant, the hilt—which had seemed utterly lifeless—shuddered violently!
The countless cracks on its surface began to mend… and in moments, it gleamed as if newly forged. Though it remained just a hilt, it no longer looked as though it would crumble to dust at any moment.
"..."
After the hilt finished its restoration, it fell completely still. No further movement.
Huo Yuhao observed for a long time, then tentatively called out, "Elder Ye, can you hear me?"
"..."
The ornate hilt remained silent for a moment before a deep, ancient voice finally echoed.
"…Judging by your expression, you know me?"
"But I have no memory of you. Did you perhaps encounter other fragments of mine?" Though the voice sounded youthful, its tone carried a profound and world-weary depth, as if it had seen through the ages.
After all these years, hearing that familiar voice again brought Huo Yuhao to tears. He sobbed like a child who had finally found someone to pour his grievances out to.
Though he had much to say, Huo Yuhao understood that words were no match for the speed of memory-sharing. Without hesitation, he transmitted the memories of his time spent with Elder Ye—day in and day out—to the soul currently residing within the Feihong Sword hilt.
Upon receiving the memories, the "Elder Ye" within the hilt immediately understood the entire story. Since they were fragments of the same soul, once the cause and effect were clear, their interactions naturally resumed as if no time had passed.
After their mental exchange—
Any trace of unfamiliarity instantly vanished.
"Elder Ye, do you think… I still have a chance?" Huo Yuhao asked eagerly—the question that had tormented him for years.
But this question left the livestream audience puzzled.
[Still have a chance? What's that supposed to mean?]
[Is Huo Yuhao dying or something?]
[Or does he have some hidden illness? Otherwise, why would he ask if there's hope?]
[Could it be that Tang San did something to him?]
[You know what, that's actually very likely!]
The viewers in the livestream erupted in speculation, their curiosity piqued.
Back in the video.
Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Elder Ye sighed and replied, "It's difficult. From the moment you inherited the divine position, your foundation was destroyed. From then on, you became completely bound to the Divine Realm—its losses are your losses, its gains are your gains."
"Divine inheritance is a shortcut—it allows mortals to bypass comprehending the laws of heaven and earth and directly ascend to godhood. But it's also a shackle! It traps you within a framework, forcing you to walk its designated path. If you wish to advance from a First-Class God to a God King, you'll need an enormous amount of faith energy… Like your father-in-law, Tang San, who inherited dual divine positions—one a God King-level Asura God, and the other originally just a First-Class level Sea God."
"But over the years, he's used the privileges of his God King status to siphon faith energy from the Asura God's territories in the lower world, supplying it to the Sea God's divine position—thus promoting the Sea God to God King level."
"Given your current restrictions in the Divine Realm, acquiring enough faith energy to break through to God King is near impossible." He sighed. "If not for the Abyss passage appearing back then, I had originally planned a different path for you—one that leaned more toward creating your own divine position. With your destiny as the child of fortune, becoming a First-Class God was just the foundation—you even had a real chance at becoming a God King. What a pity."
Huo Yuhao fell silent. His hatred for Tang San rose yet again. It was that bastard who ruined my once-bright future.
"Then, Elder Ye… what if I completely abandoned my divine position, reverted to being a mortal, and instead cultivated as a Divine Ring Master? What do you think of that?" he asked next.
[Divine Ring Master?]
The unfamiliar term stirred new curiosity in the livestream.
In the video—
"It's possible, but you currently lack the conditions to switch," Elder Ye replied. "Your father-in-law won't allow you to break free of his control. The moment you abandon your divine position, they'll sense it instantly. And what will happen then… I don't need to tell you."
Huo Yuhao had nothing to say. It seemed he had hit a dead end. Within the Divine Realm, whatever he tried to do was met with endless restrictions. One misstep—and it would all be over.
At that moment, Elder Ye added, "Back when I resided within you, you had already received the sacrifice of that fat silkworm, which greatly boosted your potential. In that case, rather than starting over with the Divine Ring cultivation method—where one forges divine rings to reach godhood—you were better suited for the traditional path of creating your own divine position."
"Your foundation back then was just too weak. So I only taught you the innate techniques and didn't pass on the core secrets of the Divine Ring Master path," he explained, lest Huo Yuhao think he had been withholding knowledge.
"So that's how it was…"
Huo Yuhao finally understood.
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