"Hello."
Huo Yuhao greeted the figure in front of him—his "gray version" of himself.
The "gray Huo Yuhao" gave a cold, eerie smile and replied, "Hello."
Hearing that eerie and raspy voice come from his new body, Huo Yuhao felt extremely strange. It clearly didn't sound like him, yet he instinctively recognized it as his own voice. There was no helping it—he was the one controlling it, after all. Technically speaking, it was his voice. Huo Yuhao felt like his mind was starting to unravel—too many loops and tangles.
If it weren't for his powerful spiritual strength, and the Skydream Iceworm acting as backup mental processing, the experience of sharing perception, hearing, and control between two bodies could easily drive someone mad.
When he felt too overwhelmed to control this body, he could even use Divine Descent to let Electrolux temporarily take over, consuming some soul power and spiritual energy in the process.
'Well, all in all, this clone of mine is finally done.'
The gray Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement.
Huo Yuhao chuckled. 'What is this, a self-interview?'
Creating a second self might worry some about betrayal or identity crisis, but there was no need for concern. The clone had no independent consciousness—both bodies were governed by a single will.
Frowning, Huo Yuhao stared at the body before him that now housed the soul of the Death Sovereign. Something felt off. He didn't sense any abilities that belonged to a supposed Death Sovereign—no natural authority over undead, for instance, which Electrolux had once told him about.
It felt like all he had was a physical vessel, about the strength of a four-ring Soul Ancestor skeleton.
'Let's head to the outside world. I'll name you... hmm, Tang Si.'
With a thought, Huo Yuhao exited the undead demi-plane, returning to the real world in Jing Hongchen's estate—alongside his newly made alter ego, Tang Si.
As for the name Tang Si, Huo Yuhao had a fun little idea. one day, when this Tang Si became a top-tier "evil soul master" within the Holy Spirit Sect, he'd pull off a dramatic reveal.
On that day, the Holy Spirit Sect's Saint Son, Tang Si, would declare to the entire continent. "Attention everyone! I have an announcement—I'm a descendant of Tang San! Our Tang family has always been proud evil soul masters! We're honored!"
Most people probably wouldn't believe it, but it might be just enough to chip away at the nearly untouchable legacy of Tang San on the continent.
Besides, giving him the name "Tang Si" was Huo Yuhao's own twisted blessing to the Tang family.
Back in the real world, Huo Yuhao suddenly noticed something strange—soul power was continuously flowing into Tang Si's body, and he was absorbing it naturally.
"Old Yi, can undead absorb soul power like this?"
Huo Yuhao asked in confusion.
Electrolux sensed Tang Si's internal condition and was just as surprised.
"It's possible. After all, whether soul power or the energies from my old world, their fundamental structure is quite similar. Otherwise, my necromancy wouldn't function here. But an undead being absorbing and storing soul power like a soul master—that's not normal."
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment.
"Old Yi, could it be because my soul is inside this undead body?"
Electrolux nodded inside his spiritual sea, then shook his head, before replying,
"That might be part of it. But I believe this Death Sovereign body is hiding something. You've noticed, haven't you? You're not feeling any of the powers I told you Death Sovereigns are supposed to have, right?"
Huo Yuhao nodded.
"Then perhaps, as this body continues to be nourished by soul power, those legendary abilities will slowly be awakened. At the very least, you can now use this body to enhance your necromancy—it's fully compatible. If this becomes a complete Death Sovereign in the future, its power may rival even my peak undead magic."
Surprise flickered in Huo Yuhao's eyes. Electrolux, at his peak, had been a being whose power could match or surpass an Ultimate Douluo. Even if only part of that—his necromantic power—was regained, it would still be terrifying.
Huo Yuhao didn't ask any more. His current task was to make Tang Si into someone who could pass as a "human" in this world—a person with a normal martial soul, and corresponding soul rings.
After all, it wouldn't do for Tang Si to walk into the Holy Spirit Sect and tell a group of evil soul master elders, "My martial soul is Death Magic God. I know a lot of undead spells. But I don't have any soul skills."
The Death Magic God could technically be considered Huo Yuhao's "third martial soul," but it only had one massive gray soul ring. All of its spells were cast through that lone ring.
"Old Yi, what do you think we should do?"
Electrolux naturally understood Huo Yuhao's question as he stared at Tang Si—he was asking about the martial soul.
"Necromancy is vast and varied. With that in mind, Yuhao, I don't recommend showing too much at the start with your second body. Pick a small, focused subset of spells and design a simple martial soul around that—something with the flavor of an evil soul master."
Huo Yuhao nodded thoughtfully.
Indeed, if he flaunted too many strange powers right away, it would attract unwanted attention. He wasn't strong enough yet to survive in that kind of spotlight.
But being too ordinary wasn't good either. Huo Yuhao wanted Tang Si to be noticed, even favored by the Holy Spirit Sect's higher-ups, so he could infiltrate the core and gather intel.
Then he frowned.
In the original story, both of the Holy Spirit Sect's Saintesses were brainwashed. If he showed too much talent, would they try to brainwash him too?
He sneered.
'Brainwash me? Please. First of all, Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya were both forced into becoming evil soul masters before getting brainwashed. And second, even if they tried, they'd be wasting their time.'
This body was undead—could undead even be brainwashed?
The soul inside Tang Si was fundamentally different from a living human. Huo Yuhao controlled Tang Si from his original body, using the embedded soul fragment merely as a conduit for command—it relayed information between both consciousnesses instantly.
(End of Chapter)
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