The final tribulation came down with a roar.
The huge wooden man that Huo Yuhao had summoned, along with the magnificent purple-gold armor, had just like that turned to dust in an instant.
The Thunderflame Purgatory Vine had also at the last moment transformed into a towering giant tree, blocking the two behind it. But it had only blocked for a brief moment.
Huo Yuhao fiercely opened his arms, fully circulating his final soul power, and tightly protected the Snow Empress behind him.
Then, he knew nothing—
Whether it was Huo Yuhao or the Snow Empress, they had both underestimated the final blow of the heavens' fury.
The dark clouds that had been circling above the Star Dou Great Forest finally dispersed, revealing a clear and bright sky. Countless soul beasts living nearby had finally let go of a suspended heart and had returned to their former homes one after another.
The thunder valley had experienced a catastrophe. Everything around was no longer in existence. It was barren everywhere, without a single trace of life.
When Gu Yuena had brought Di Tian and a group of ferocious beasts, she had just happened to see the Snow Empress holding Huo Yuhao and sitting on an open space in the center of the thunder valley.
"Snow Empress, Huo Yuhao... how is he?"
Xiong Jun was the first to jump out. The scenes of what Huo Yuhao had done for the Snow Empress had been deeply imprinted in its eyes. Even it, which had always been the most hateful towards humans, had from the bottom of its heart begun to worry about Huo Yuhao's life.
The Snow Empress was as if she had not heard its words. She forcefully, at Huo Yuhao's mouth, was continuously performing artificial respiration. Her two hands were non-stop pressing on his chest, trying to make his heart start beating again.
The final strike, Huo Yuhao had completely blocked it for her. So the Snow Empress had almost not received a single bit of damage. However, this was by no means the result she wanted.
"He's dead?" Di Tian's eyes dimmed. He couldn't feel a single trace of life from Huo Yuhao's body.
What no one had noticed was that Gu Yuena's beautiful pupils were already moist. The fist under her sleeve robe was tightened and tightened. Her pearly teeth had fiercely bitten her lower lip.
How could you die? How did you just die like this? You bastard! I still haven't...
All the ferocious beasts present were silent. One after another, they had performed a rite at the Huo Yuhao who was lying on the ground. For a ferocious beast to perform a human rite represented the highest respect for a human.
Such a human was unprecedented.
Fortunately, his partners had all gone into seclusion. If those girls who cared about him were to know...
"He will not die," a trace of a determination flashed in the Snow Empress's beautiful pupils. She suddenly stood up and said through gritted teeth.
As she spoke, an ice-blue flame began to burn on her body. The other ferocious beasts, seeing this, couldn't help but be greatly shocked. They had immediately understood what she was going to do.
A sacrifice. At this moment, only a sacrifice could truly save Huo Yuhao.
"Snow Empress, are you sure you want to do this?"
Di Tian did not stop her, but his gaze was a little low.
The Snow Empress did not respond but just gazed at the youth before her with a gentle look. The one who should have died was her.
With the Snow Empress's pride, how could she accept that a cherished person had died for her?
"Xue Di, there is no need for this."
And just at this time, an illusory figure gradually floated out from Huo Yuhao's body. The old voice made the bodies of a group of ferocious beasts tremble at the same time. Immediately after, a figure sparkling with an incandescent white color had appeared before them.
The old Electrolux's body was emitting a thick aura of light. The blazing light element flame made the ferocious beasts all stunned for a moment.
Electrolux said in a deep voice, "I know the two of you are very puzzled about my origin. I can only tell you that I come from another world. By a chance coincidence, a fragment of my divine sense was integrated into Huo Yuhao's body. The two words 'divine sense', I believe Your Excellency the Silver Dragon King is not unfamiliar with. On your body, I can feel the aura of a divine sense. Although it is not complete, I believe my sensing is not wrong. You should be able to feel the aura of light on my body. In my world, such a pure aura of light is called a son of light. Only those with the purest of hearts and the closest affinity to the light element can possess it. In this world of yours, it should be called the ultimate light. I don't have time to say more. Right now, Huo Yuhao is facing a great opportunity. Only by experiencing a true test of life and death can one be reborn. His soul has already been imprisoned in magic by me. Next, I need your help. Is that okay?"
"Is that okay"—when these three words were spoken from Electrolux's mouth, they seemed incomparably sincere. Just as Di Tian was still hesitating, Gu Yuena had on the contrary already firmly nodded.
Then, Electrolux once again turned his gaze to the Snow Empress at the side. "Snow Empress, this old one will ask you one question. Are you truly willing to offer everything you have for Yuhao?"
"I can continue now," the Snow Empress just used the sacrificial method of burning her own life's origin to respond to Elder Yi's words.
"Whether it is the so-called sacrifice of your soul beast lineage or the soul spirit system that Yuhao and this old one have jointly researched, in the end, it is just a wrong choice made in an emergency," Electrolux's staff was lightly waved. The Snow Empress's sacrifice was immediately stopped by him.
"The soul spirit system that Yuhao had proposed before was not complete. That was only applicable to soul beasts whose lifespan was nearing its end. Thanks to him, this old one's divine sense has been completely repaired in that huge pedestal of the Gold of Life. If I were to be named according to the gods of this world of yours, the current this old one can call himself the Death God."
Electrolux continued, "A soul spirit should not be just for humans to benefit. A soul beast that has concluded a contract, at the price of paying their soul's freedom, is bound to a human. This is unfair. After all, not everyone can become a god in the future. And a human's lifespan, even for a Limit Douluo, a quasi-god of this world, is just over three hundred years. A soul beast, after becoming a soul spirit, is also just preserving their own spiritual sense to exist in this world for a few hundred more years."
"A few hundred years of time, for a soul beast that has lived for thousands, tens of thousands of years, is insignificant. So, this old one, according to the memory of my past life, has completed the soul spirit contract ceremony, which can let soul beasts and humans truly live in harmony. A soul beast that is living well can no longer have to pay with its life. Even a soul beast on the verge of death can, when its host's life is about to end, be transferred to the next host."
"What did you say?" All the ferocious beasts, hearing this, couldn't help but be greatly shocked. They had previously felt that the soul spirit system proposed by Huo Yuhao was already sufficient to reduce the slaughter of the soul beast lineage by humans. But they had not expected that this old man who was lodged in Huo Yuhao's body could actually further improve this system!
"The soul ring that a human needs is in fact just a carrier for a soul power realm under the laws of this plane. It can be completely bestowed by a living soul beast. Why must one hunt and kill a soul beast or have a soul beast offer up its life to become a semi-finished soul spirit to bestow it?" Electrolux asked back with a smiling face.
"You mean to say that you have a way to further improve on the soul spirit system proposed by Yuhao, to let a soul beast become a human's soul spirit while still alive?" Gu Yuena directly used a respectful form of address. For the soul beast lineage, this was undoubtedly a great piece of good news!
"That's right. In this way, a soul beast can both follow the host with whom it has concluded a contract to the human world to see all its prosperity, and also, after the host has died, can re-choose the next host or return to nature and regain its freedom. Of course, in the soul spirit system that this old one has perfected, the number of soul rings that a soul spirit can bestow upon its host is still consistent with the soul spirit system that Yuhao had originally proposed."
"There is another great benefit. And that is that a soul beast, after concluding a soul spirit contract, its physical body will also be integrated into the host's flesh and blood, thus greatly improving the host's physique. At the time of the host's death, it will be separated again and will regain its freedom. The above two, this old one calls them soul spirit inheritance and soul spirit rebirth."
"You have said so much. What should be done about Yuhao now?" The Snow Empress was concerned about Huo Yuhao's life and safety. No matter how good the soul spirit system that Electrolux had spoken of was, that was also only applicable to a living host!
"Don't be in a hurry. He's not dead yet," Electrolux stroked his beard and said with a proud smile. "As long as this old one does not die, no one can possibly take my disciple's life. Not even the heavens!"
"Yuhao's current situation is special. He is indeed already on the verge of death. Fortunately, he is the Son of Nature. Unless his soul and physical body are destroyed together, otherwise it is impossible for him to die."
Electrolux's gaze towards the Snow Empress became fervent. "Now this old one would like to ask you for a favor. This is related to the key of whether Yuhao can be reborn."
"Speak!" The Snow Empress's reply was without any hesitation. No matter what, she had to save Huo Yuhao.
"The supreme ceremony of the soul spirit system, similar to what your soul beast lineage calls a sacrifice. But you will absolutely not lose anything. Instead, you will share your life with him. Yuhao will obtain all your abilities, and you will thus also receive the protection of the Son of Nature."
"And, in the future, if either of you were to unfortunately die, the other party will obtain all of the other's power. This old one has named it, soul spirit symbiosis."