Chapter 3: Return of Lingbing
In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years passed.
During this time, the Sun-Moon Empire unified the continent, but due to the interference of Tang Buddha, it was forced to change its name to the Douluo Federation.
Over these ten thousand years, the Douluo Federation dedicated its entire nation to the development of soul-guiding technology, which led to a cycle of successive changes in power.
As the tide of time rolled on, only a few factions that truly mastered the soul masters' lifeblood remained.
Among them was the Spirit Pagoda, which wielded the power of souls.
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Douluo Federation, Donghai City.
Bordered by the East China Sea, it boasted abundant resources and a prosperous population, making it one of the few major cities in the Douluo Federation.
Today was the annual Spirit Awakening Day, and the Spirit Pagoda's Spirit Masters had traveled early to various locations across the countryside, offering free assistance to children awakening their spirits.
The entrance to the Spirit Pagoda, located in the heart of Donghai City, was crowded with adults and children.
These civilian families, who lived not far from the Spirit Pagoda, all came directly to the pagoda to awaken their spirits.
It was midday, a scorching summer day.
Despite the scorching sun, the staff member who had been in charge of registration all morning had no complaints.
Since there weren't many people coming to awaken their spirits today, and it was estimated that the process would be over by mid-afternoon, she was already mentally calculating how to spend her high-temperature allowance.
The staff member smiled at the solitary Huo Yuhao and asked,
"Little boy, what's your name? Aren't your parents here with you?"
Huo Yuhao's eyes sparkled, and he replied calmly,
"My name is Huo Yuhao, and I don't have any parents."
A trace of heartache flashed in the staff member's eyes, and she immediately said,
"Little boy, Huo Yuhao, you are such a strong little man! Come on, I'll take you to awaken your spirit."
Seeing the staff pay no attention to his name, Huo Yuhao thought to himself,
"Su Tong did a good job. All the information about me in the Spirit Pagoda has been erased. I guess no one knows my identity now, except for the soul beasts."
Shortly after Huo Yuhao's death, Ilex, who had been waiting nearby, used the Undead Demiplane to absorb Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao then used the Gold of Life to reshape his body, but he didn't expect the process to take ten thousand years.
Although the process took an extremely long time and inflicted immense pain, it was a blessing in disguise. He
successfully lived a second life!
His original body even broke through from quasi-god level to god level due to absorbing so much undead energy from the Undead Demiplane!
Ultimately, Huo Yuhao asked Ilex to refine it into a divine artifact—the Heaven-Swallowing Undead Bottle.
"Teacher, Brother Tianmeng, Ice Emperor, we finally succeeded!
This era is the best era, it belongs to us!"
The loud laughter of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was heard in the sea of spirits: "Haha, I, Emperor Tianmeng, am back again!
This emperor has already walked the path to becoming a god twice. Although I didn't succeed completely both times, I have already accumulated enough experience.
This time, after lying dormant for ten thousand years, I will come out again. This emperor will definitely kick Emperor Tian and punch the Evil Lord!
Become the well-deserved leader of soul beasts!"
At this moment, a girl with twin ponytails, who looked like a green version of "Qiraan", appeared behind Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. The girl rolled her eyes and complained:
"You have been holding this grudge for many years. Look at your character. You even kicked Emperor Tian.
Punching the Evil Lord is no problem. Go ahead, while the Evil Lord is still asleep."
In order to play the whole role, Huo Yuhao released the energy of the four souls in his body in addition to his own energy when he died.
Otherwise, if the energy released wasn't sufficient, Tang Fozu would doubt his demise.
Huo Yuhao's current soul power was low, only enough to awaken the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Emperor. The other two spirits would likely not awaken until around level 50.
Although both he and his spirits were left with only their original energy, Huo Yuhao had cultivated to the pinnacle of Quasi-Godhood ten thousand years ago.
With his understanding of the laws and his numerous innovative techniques, he had combined the foundations of two worlds into one. Even without the divine realm, he could still achieve a form of deity!
He was unlike Tang Fozu, who, with the Xuantian Gong, a technique considered unheard of in the martial arts world, rose from mortal to Divine King, and even remained reborn to practice Xuantian Gong!
He possessed no original innovations at all!
Meanwhile, after ten thousand years of cultivation, his consciousness had long since recovered, and he frowned. He spoke slowly,
"Yuhao, your understanding of necromancy is now comparable to mine.
The moment you emerged from the undead demiplane, did you sense that the laws of this world had changed from those of ten thousand years ago?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's heart trembled.
At this point in time, the God Realm must have disappeared.
Unexpectedly, with the disappearance of the God Realm, the Douluo Laws had also changed!
Alex continued, "The laws of cultivation should be diverse, but humans who cultivate on the Douluo Continent can only improve by plundering the power of soul beasts.
At the same time, soul beast cultivation is far more difficult than that of humans. Not only does it take more time and energy to cultivate, but the possibility of reaching the highest level is also restricted by the heavenly tribulation.
I'm afraid someone is interfering with all this!
Now with your return, half of the Douluo luck has returned to you.
Where is the other half? Why is this Douluo will always chasing you?
The things behind this are probably not simple, Yuhao, you must prepare early!"
Huo Yuhao seemed to be thinking.
Judging from his awakened memories of Blue Star, the Douluo cultivation method is most similar to the way of taming beasts.
But why had Douluo become what it is today, a planet that can only be consumed by human evil?
As for Douluo's destiny...
ten thousand years ago, wasn't Tang Fozu also a child of destiny?
The will of Douluo brought Tang Fozu from a distant planet, hoping he could resolve Douluo's plight.
But what did Tang Fozu do?
He monopolized the oceans for himself and had his parents take over Douluo's will and energy.
Far from resolving Douluo's plight, he clung to the planet like a vampire, constantly exploiting it!
Tang Fozu even plotted for thirty thousand years, harming countless spirit masters, spirit beasts, and even gods, to bring Douluo and the Douluo Divine Realm into the Tang family's grasp!
It's likely that Tang Fozu had long recognized the flaws in the Douluo cultivation method, but simply refused to change them.
After all, he wasn't sure if there would be any changes that would affect his rule!
Whether Douluo prospers or not is not
important; what matters is whether he has the surname Tang!
That's why Buddha Tang forced Huo Yuhao, the son of destiny chosen by Douluo Will, to be treated to a meal, beheaded, and kept as a dog!
Buddha Tang did this to disrupt Douluo Will's plan, so that ten thousand years later, his father would successfully devour the original Douluo Will.
The thought of Buddha Tang's disgusting actions made Huo Yuhao feel as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a dead fly.
In the sea of spirituality, the communication between the several people was very fast. During this time, Huo Yuhao was taken to the awakening room by the staff.
Inside the awakening room, a spirit transmitter was already waiting there.
After the staff informed the spirit transmitter of Huo Yuhao's basic information, the spirit transmitter gently reminded Huo Yuhao:
"Relax your body, it won't hurt. I'm going to start."
The Spirit Master injected soul power into the magic circle on the ground. Suddenly, golden light surged from the circle, enveloping Huo Yuhao.
Watching this familiar spirit awakening ceremony, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but recall the humiliating experience of ten thousand years ago. "
In this era, no one can control my life anymore. After ten
thousand years of dormancy, this time, I, Huo Yuhao, will no longer keep a low profile.
Ling Bing has returned, and I will crush all enemies in the world! "
The Spirit Master exclaimed,
"Huo Yuhao, twin spirits, innate spirit power level ten!"