"However, we've also reached a bottleneck in our research on soul tools. The reason is simple: this bottleneck stems from soul masters."
"When soul tools were first researched, the focus was on their use by soul masters, requiring soul power to activate them."
"For thousands of years, all research has been concentrated on this aspect, resulting in the major drawback of soul tools' limited application. Soul masters are, after all, the elite among humans, a tiny minority, not the general public."
"If the development of soul tools cannot reach the world of ordinary people, then it will never become a truly groundbreaking force promoting the evolution of the human world."
"The more powerful the soul tool, the more powerful the soul master needed to use it—this absurd logic has led to the current stagnation in soul tool research."
"My current research direction is on how to make soul tools usable by ordinary people."
After listening to Xuan Cuiwen's words, Huo Yuhao had to admit that his research direction and philosophy were truly ahead of their time.
Unfortunately, even in the tens of thousands of years that followed, this advanced concept was not achieved.
Because a powerful Soul Master can wield and unleash power far exceeding that of an ordinary person.
Survival of the fittest; the notion that everyone is a dragon among men is simply not true.
Having explained his philosophy, Xuan Ziwen was now fully engaged, launching into a long and detailed explanation of his understanding of Soul Tools and their principles.
Huo Yuhao, like a parched sponge, absorbed this knowledge, his astonishing memory allowing him to memorize it flawlessly.
Xuan Ziwen's research on Soul Tools truly left Huo Yuhao in awe.
He was a Soul Master with boundless imagination, brimming with creativity and vitality; some of his ideas had given Huo Yuhao a sudden sense of enlightenment.
Previously unclear or incomprehensible Soul Tool knowledge became completely clear under Xuan Ziwen's guidance.
Under Xuan Cuiwen's tutelage, Huo Yuhao felt as if he were relearning the knowledge and content of a Soul Master. His brain was working at full capacity, and Xuan Cuiwen would answer any questions he asked. Almost
instantly, an hour had passed.
Even as Xuan Cuiwen grew tired, Huo Yuhao remained highly focused—another major advantage of a Spirit-type Soul Master.
...
Suddenly,
the sound of the laboratory door opening startled Huo Yuhao from his immersion in knowledge. He instinctively looked towards the door.
What he saw instantly froze his gaze, unable to look away.
It was a young girl, still somewhat sleepy-eyed, but her beauty was enough to make even the seasoned Huo Yuhao lose his composure.
The girl had long black hair, appeared to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and had large, bright eyes that were still slightly sleepy. Her skin was incredibly smooth, a delicate pink without a single pore, as if it could be squeezed to release moisture.
Wearing the same school uniform, she perfectly accentuated her beautiful figure. Perhaps she wasn't as beautiful as Jiang Nannan, but her languid, slightly naive charm was captivating.
She was none other than one of the girls in Douluo Continent who loved Huo Yuhao most:
Ju Zi.
Rescued by Xu Tianran during the war led by the White Tiger Duke, she followed him closely, risking her life to save him during a palace coup. Later, under Xu Tianran's arrangement and support, she gradually became involved in military affairs, using her talent and strategy to subdue the army.
She gradually intervened in politics, ultimately using Huo Yuhao to eliminate her former master, Xu Tianran, and installing her and Huo Yuhao's illegitimate son as emperor, becoming a legendary empress and war goddess.
Overall, influenced by the war, her personality leaned towards the darker side, becoming resolute and ruthless.
To avenge his father, Duke White Tiger, the Western Army Marshal of the Star Luo Empire, he led his army into war. Even when facing Huo Yuhao, he remained open and honest, admitting without hesitation,
"At least in the wars I led, the death toll was the lowest in history."
After conquering territory, he used soul-guided technology to infiltrate and win over the nobles of the three former kingdoms, using civilian soul-guided devices as a guide.
Moreover, Ju Zi shared the same hatred as Huo Yuhao.
She vowed to personally kill Duke White Tiger, raze Star Luo to the ground, and avenge her parents.
This is why, even after Huo Yuhao advanced to Soul Emperor, though he was capable of personally killing Duke White Tiger, he refrained from doing so.
Because Huo Yuhao wanted to save this best gift for his beloved girl.
The obsession in his heart would be completely soothed together with Ju Zi!
Ultimately, Ju Zi was also a pitiful person.
Like Huo Yuhao, she was a victim of Duke White Tiger's persecution.
Huo Yuhao and she shared a similar fate.
Moreover, compared to Xu Tianran, Ju Zi genuinely loved Huo Yuhao. Xu Tianran was merely a tool for Ju Zi's revenge.
When the Sun Moon Empire was about to attack Shrek Academy, Ju Zi risked her life to warn Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, urging them to leave immediately.
At the critical moment when Emperor Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire forced her to use her seed in a prince to produce the purest-blooded crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire, she cleverly used this opportunity to give birth to Xu Yunhan.
As everyone knows, Xu Yunhan is Huo Yuhao's son.
In fact, he should be called Huo Yunhan.
Huo Yuhao was tracking Ju Zi's mining team in the far north, intending to carry out a decapitation strike. During the operation, they recognized each other, and Ju Zi, wearing the "Phoenix Guardian" armor capable of withstanding three attacks from a Limit Douluo, volunteered to be a hostage, allowing Huo Yuhao to escape.
During their farewell, Ju Zi asked for a hug and a kiss. Ju Zi, clad in armor, stirred a deeper emotion in Huo Yuhao than the soft warmth of a woman in his arms, making it impossible for him to push her away.
Ju Zi used the "Parting Intoxication" to incapacitate Huo Yuhao and then used a soul tool to extract his seed. Upon returning to Mingdu, Xu Tianran demanded that Ju Zi obtain the seed of Prince Tianhe and kill him, replacing it with Huo Yuhao's when handing it over, silently thinking, "How could I, Ju Zi, possibly bear a child for a stranger?"
Only then did Ju Zi's true feelings become clear.
This was a girl who willingly bore Huo Yuhao's son; can you say she didn't love him?
Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's hatred for Tang San intensified.
Later in the story, Tang San used the seal on Tang Wutong to warn her not to reveal her son's parentage, or both mother and child would die.
To prevent six-year-old Xu Yunhan from being taken away by Huo Yuhao for ten years, to bring the child back to his side, to avoid separation between mother and son, and to prevent the empire from losing its heir, he revealed Xu Yunhan's true parentage.
Taking advantage of the situation, Tang San descended to the mortal realm, exploiting the information barrier between gods and humans. He then threatened the lives of a young child to force Ju Zi to withdraw his troops and return the territory, forcibly renaming the Sun Moon Empire to Tian Dou.
From then on, the Sun Moon Empire ceased to exist.
"Tsk tsk, I must say, as expected of the God King Tang. When Bai Chenxiang died on Douluo Continent, his brother pleaded with him, saying he couldn't violate the rules of the God Realm."
"But he himself is quite hypocritical, always violating the rules for his own benefit. Truly selfish!"
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