Before leaving the Dragon Realm, Huo Yuhao took the opportunity to incinerate the soul of Ah Yin, who was imprisoned here, and threw her to the roots of the World Tree. A hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor that had been baptized by the immortal aura of the Divine Realm and cultivated back into human form should be considered a great tonic for the Dragon Graveyard.
After the decisive battle between Demon King Huo Yuhao and God King Tang San ended, the Douluo Continent, which was on the verge of collapse, was maintained by the Power of Creation jointly cast by the two great God Kings, Destruction and Life. Combined with the mental power channel constructed by the first-generation God Kings of Kindness and Evil sacrificing a portion of their divine power, the plane was temporarily stabilized.
Through this battle, the people of the Douluo Continent witnessed Tang San's cruel methods and despicable acts. One after another, they removed Tang San's enshrined plaques and began to mourn the relatives and friends who were erased by Asura God Tang San in that battle.
Many households even began to place longevity tablets for Demon King Huo Yuhao in their homes.
Naturally, Huo Yuhao did not know this. This time, coming out of the Dragon Realm, besides reporting his safety to his partners other than his women, he had another major matter regarding the peaceful coexistence of humans and soul beasts.
Right after he and Gu Yuena completed their fusion and unleashed the Dragon God Transformation, Electrolux had a moment of enlightenment and finally completely perfected the Soul Spirit system, solving the final step—the issue of soul bones!
Whether it was a living soul beast or a dying one, after forming a contract with a human soul master, they could use the method of soul super-fusion to sublimate a certain bone in the human soul master's body into a soul bone.
With this, the human soul masters' demand for soul rings and soul bones was completely resolved.
This matter naturally had to be handed over to people he trusted, and a specialized organization to hold Soul Spirit ceremonies needed to be established, such as the Heavenly Soul Republic he supported.
Soon, Huo Yuhao found his partners waiting for his news on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Young Master Huo, I almost thought I would never see you again!" Xie Huanyue threw away the large slice of meat in his hand, being the first to greet him, grabbing Huo Yuhao's shoulders with teary eyes.
"Damn fatty, you're actually cursing me to die?" Huo Yuhao shook off his greasy hands, pretending to be fierce.
"Aren't you perfectly fine hahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
The two brothers smiled at each other; everything was understood without words.
"We knew you kid wouldn't die so easily," Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming also stepped forward, smiling kindly and benevolently.
"Huo Yuhao greets Elder Jing and Elder Kong." Looking at these two, Huo Yuhao immediately shifted to a respectful and deferential posture.
Du Busi and the Golden Body Douluo had complex expressions in their eyes. They had once been controlled by Huo Yuhao's spiritual soul skills, but under the leadership of Huo Yuhao and the newborn nation, the Body Sect had welcomed a new life, and talents with body martial souls from all over the continent had begun to continuously pour in.
Even their contemporary Young Sect Master, Long Aotian, because of following Huo Yuhao into the Dragon Realm to train, became the youngest generation's Ultimate Douluo in the history of the Body Sect in one fell swoop.
This made them somewhat unsure of how to face Huo Yuhao.
"Greetings to Sect Master Poison, His Holiness Golden Body," Huo Yuhao also bowed to these two Body Sect bigwigs who had come to help at the critical moment.
Regardless of their past relationship, at least they stood behind him at the crucial moment.
"You kid, this old man likes you very much," Du Busi sighed, patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder, and laughed.
Huo Yuhao returned a smile, and the past grievances and grudges between both sides seemed to completely vanish into thin air with this smile.
In addition, the members of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, including Sect Master Ning Yunyuan, finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing Huo Yuhao return safely.
"Huo Yuhao, where is my family's Xiao Feng?" The short-tempered Wu Jie had rushed over from thousands of miles away, but didn't see his daughter's figure. He couldn't help but grab Huo Yuhao's collar and ask.
"Hehe, you must be Uncle Wu." Huo Yuhao seamlessly swatted his hand away with a strange smile.
Uncle?
Hearing this, Wu Jie's mouth twitched and his eyes slanted. How could he not know that his daughter had already been eaten by this kid, the kind wiped clean.
"Let young people handle young people's affairs themselves," Ning Yunyuan hurriedly came over to smooth things over. It was only because Huo Yuhao was so easygoing with his own people. If it were someone pure and aloof, they might have swung a hammer over already.
"You are the young Demon King currently shaking the continent, Huo Yuhao, right?"
At this time, several figures flew over from not far away. They all had golden angel wings behind them. The leader was impressively the former Angel God, Qian Renxue.
Under Bi Ji's treatment, her physical condition was much better than before, but it would probably take a lot of time to completely recover her appearance as an ordinary human.
Beside her stood a white-haired old man. His soul power cultivation was roughly at the Soul Sage level. He was the one who had greeted Huo Yuhao just now.
"Little Cui has mentioned the elders to me before. Everyone should be the surviving Angel lineage to this day," Huo Yuhao answered neither haughtily nor humbly.
The old man nodded with a smile. "Guyi also grew up with Little Cui, just a few years older. I hope you treat them well."
Huo Yuhao was extremely embarrassed. Was this scene gradually evolving into a meet-the-parents segment?
Qian Renxue stared at Huo Yuhao with sharp eyes, then tossed an object to him.
Huo Yuhao casually caught it and found that the object was impressively his carving knife, the Blade of Life Guardian.
"I don't need it for now. I'm returning it to you," Qian Renxue proudly raised her chin.
"Hehe..." Huo Yuhao put it back into his storage ring, then took this storage ring off.
Although Life Gold was undoubtedly incomparably precious, he still held a piece as big as a person.
"Take this." Huo Yuhao suddenly grabbed Qian Renxue's hand and placed the ring in her palm.
Qian Renxue's pretty face changed, and a slight blush was faintly visible. "What is the meaning of this?"
"You need it more than I do right now. Also, there are some resources in this ring. Consider it my betrothal gift to the Angel lineage."
Betrothal gift?
Qian Renxue's delicate body trembled, and her pretty face quickly turned completely red like burning clouds. This kid, speaking so unclearly. Who knew if he was giving the betrothal gift to the families of Ye Guyi and Cui Yajie, or to...
Huo Yuhao didn't notice her change in expression. Instead, he silently observed these descendants of the Angel lineage, unable to help but sigh softly in his heart.
The once glorious Angel clan had declined after all. Suppressed by Shrek and the former Tang Sect, the aptitude of these descendants was worrisome.
If Ye Guyi hadn't become the Guardian Douluo of the Tang Sect in the original timeline, there probably wouldn't have been an Angel family in the Dragon King Legend era, right?
Huo Yuhao put away those messy thoughts and turned to look at everyone present.
Present were also the multiple factions that had rushed to his aid during the decisive battle against Tang San, totaling up to a thousand people. One must know that these people were all soul master powerhouses at or above the Soul Sage level.
Towards these factions, Huo Yuhao had to repay the favor adequately no matter what.
"Everyone, I, Huo Yuhao, am extremely grateful that you were able to lend a helping hand in a time of crisis. Because of this, I have a technology I intend to share with everyone." Huo Yuhao soared into the air and cupped his fists to the crowd. His voice wasn't loud, but mixed with spiritual power, it was enough for everyone to hear.
The crowd returned the salute one after another. People all have selfish motives. Risking their lives to come and help, it could be said that they bet their lives and fortunes on Huo Yuhao.
Judging from Huo Yuhao's various performances today, they had indeed not placed their trust in the wrong person.
"Senior Di Tian," Huo Yuhao bowed slightly in the direction of the fierce beasts.
"Mmhmm, you can begin." Di Tian knew what Huo Yuhao planned to do and specially led out a ninety-thousand-year Golden Silk Magic Ape.
Ye Wuqing subsequently stepped out from the group of partners and nodded to Huo Yuhao. His current cultivation had already broken through the bottleneck of a Titled Douluo, making him one of the few partners of Huo Yuhao who didn't have a ninth soul ring yet.
Everyone present looked at this scene in surprise, completely unaware of what Huo Yuhao intended to do.
Instantly, with Huo Yuhao's body as the center, a somewhat viscous spiritual power surged out of his body, enveloping Ye Wuqing and the ninety-thousand-year Golden Silk Magic Ape completely within it.
His nine soul rings, completely transcending the normal state, slowly rose from under his feet, attracting the attention of all humans and soul beasts present.
Yes, after Huo Yuhao had a negative-distance exchange with Gu Yuena, he not only completed the Yin-Yang Complement Second Soul Core but also successfully obtained the ninth soul ring for his Evil Eye martial soul—a nine-colored soul ring!
A soft golden light shot from Huo Yuhao's rose-gold Eye of Destiny, landing on the Golden Silk Magic Ape's forehead.
A layer of faint golden light began to appear on the Golden Silk Magic Ape. Under Huo Yuhao's guidance, its spiritual origin, soul brand, a portion of its purest soul power, and the mysterious energy contained within its innate bloodline began to condense.
Huo Yuhao raised his left hand, and a scepter condensed from golden light appeared in his hand. A low, lengthy incantation sounded.
The sound of the incantation was clear, but no one understood what he was saying. Those obscure pronunciations seemed to trigger the trembling of heaven and earth.
A golden hexagram began to take shape on the ground. This hexagram enveloped Huo Yuhao, Ye Wuqing, and the Golden Silk Magic Ape entirely.
Suddenly, his chanting grew high-pitched, and his seventh soul ring lit up. The vertical pupil behind him burst with seven-colored light, instantly swallowing his entire person, transforming into the Eye of the Demon King.
Rose-gold sun patterns illuminated a radius of hundreds of miles. The intense spiritual fluctuations caused the expressions of everyone present to change drastically.
Streaks of rose-gold light flickered. The souls of Ye Wuqing and the Golden Silk Magic Ape broke out of their bodies and approached each other.
Guided by Huo Yuhao's intent, Ye Wuqing slowly raised his right hand and placed it on the Golden Silk Magic Ape's forehead. He also began to chant something, while the Golden Silk Magic Ape emitted a sound resembling a whimper.
Under their feet, the hexagram grew increasingly bright. Bizarre symbols began to rise, hovering around their bodies. Gentle spiritual and soul power fluctuations similarly circled them.
Everyone present was well-informed and experienced. They could clearly feel the strange changes between the two at this moment.
This situation was somewhat similar to absorbing a soul ring. Ye Wuqing was indeed absorbing something from that Golden Silk Magic Ape. However, the Golden Silk Magic Ape's life force had not weakened in the slightest, nor did a soul ring emerge from its body.
Seemingly deliberately to let everyone see clearly, Huo Yuhao intentionally slowed down the pace. As the minutes and seconds ticked by, the light within the hexagram grew stronger, and the symbols increased in number.
At a certain moment, a pitch-black soul ring rose from under Ye Wuqing's feet, while the Golden Silk Magic Ape on the other side let out a long howl to the sky, its aura breaking through to the hundred-thousand-year level at this moment.
This scene caused the expressions of everyone present to change drastically. What on earth was going on?
The heavenly tribulation arrived as scheduled. Xie Huanyue also soared into the sky as scheduled, sending all the lightning back.
As the thunderclouds dispersed while cursing, Ye Wuqing's black ten-thousand-year ninth soul ring also smoothly turned into the blood-red hundred-thousand-year level.
"Calm your mind, focus your spirit," Huo Yuhao instructed Ye Wuqing.
Ye Wuqing obeyed without hesitation.
The Golden Silk Magic Ape moved closer, sized Ye Wuqing up, and then extended its right arm.
Huo Yuhao gave it a slight nod. A string of golden runes rose from the hexagram beneath their feet, twining around Ye Wuqing's right arm.
The light dispersed, and Ye Wuqing's aura instantly surged. He suddenly raised his right arm, the light of the hundred-thousand-year soul bone incomparably dazzling.
The Golden Silk Magic Ape ran excitedly back to Di Tian. After communicating with him in its unique language, it ran back to Ye Wuqing's side again.
"Since you have decided to go live in the human world, then you must abide by the rules of the human world," Huo Yuhao admonished the hundred-thousand-year Golden Silk Magic Ape.
This Golden Silk Magic Ape was clearly very excited. It grabbed Ye Wuqing and jumped straight up, leaving everyone watching dumbfounded.
Just like that? That soul beast was perfectly fine, yet the soul ring and soul bone were all sorted out?
"Everyone, this is the Soul Spirit system I am preparing to announce to the entire continent, which can completely resolve all conflicts between human soul masters and soul beasts."
"One contracted soul beast can also bestow a soul master with one or even multiple soul rings and soul bones."
"I intend to impart this technology to everyone present free of charge, to be used for the benefit of humans and soul beasts. As for how to manage it, that will be up to your own discussions."
Huo Yuhao's words rang in everyone's heart like heavenly music.
If they acquired this technology, the future rise of their own factions would be unstoppable!
"Thank you, Demon King!"
The crowd immediately beamed with joy, expressing their thanks repeatedly.
Ning Yunyuan was undoubtedly the most excited one. You must know, ten thousand years ago, their Sect Master heavily invested in Tang San and his Tang Sect. The result was that after becoming a god, he didn't receive much benefit, and even lost two Titled Douluos in the process.
"I will also relay the matter of Soul Spirits to my subjects. I believe that in the future, many soul beasts will settle into ordinary people's homes and live together with human soul masters," Di Tian added.
"Then we'll be troubling the Beast God," the leaders of the various factions thanked Di Tian one after another. With the cooperation of the King of Soul Beasts, the benefits they could strive for in the future would surely be maximized!
"In addition, remember that you must not charge a fee for forming a Soul Spirit contract to soul masters who have just reached level ten." After thinking for a moment, Huo Yuhao added this point: "It is not easy for soul masters from impoverished families to obtain a soul ring. You must let them acquire their first soul ring and officially become a soul master, so they have the ability to earn money and support themselves."
"That's a given," the crowd chimed in with smiles. They were all old hands at managing factions, so they understood Huo Yuhao's proposal.
After all, the higher a soul master's cultivation, the more resources they would naturally require in the future.
"With the sudden deaths of the emperors of both the Sun Moon and Star Luo empires, the Douluo Continent will likely welcome a new round of chaotic times. Everyone should make preparations for defense," Huo Yuhao did not forget to remind them, subsequently revealing the secret behind the death of Star Luo Empire's Emperor Xu Jiawei and the new Sun Moon Emperor Xu Tianhe.
Hearing this, the crowd couldn't help but reveal looks of sudden realization.
No wonder Star Luo and Sun Moon had been so close this past year. It turned out the two great emperors were essentially the same person!
Just as everyone was scrambling to build a good relationship with Huo Yuhao, a clear and melodious, furious feminine shout shattered the harmonious atmosphere.
"Demon King Huo Yuhao, the enmity of killing my parents is irreconcilable. Come out quickly and face your death!"