Xiao Yin's previous lifespan had already reached eight thousand years, but this time Huo Yuhao only needed one day to officially evolve it into a ten-thousand-year soul spirit!
However, Huo Yuhao did not cultivate soul power or improve his combat skills after that. Instead, he went to the Spirit Ascension Platform almost every day.
Little Silver no longer needs energy to increase the age of his soul, but the gray bead in his sea of consciousness does
.
However, this mysterious bead seems to be an abyss that can never be filled. In the past half month, Huo Yuhao has been hunting soul beasts on the Spirit Ascension Platform and the energy he has gained is probably enough to forcibly build a hundred-year soul spirit into a hundred-thousand-year realm! [A/N: I think this is just an exaggeration. There is no way Electrolux needed that much energy to be awakened but somehow woke up when Yuhao was feeling mad.]
However, the bead remained completely still. The dusty surface remained undisturbed, silently swallowing everything without offering any response.
However, Huo Yuhao was not discouraged at all. He had already made up his mind to make his daily visits to the Spirit Ascension Platform without fail before the next time travel. He wanted to see just how big this mysterious gray bead's appetite really was.
As the saying goes, perseverance pays off, and with Huo Yuhao's persistence, he finally achieved his goal.
On the nineteenth day.
After the roaring, thousand-year-old purple shadow leopard was killed by Huo Yuhao, it collapsed to the ground and transformed into pure purple energy, which entered his sea of consciousness and was then swallowed by the gray bead.
The gray bead, which had been lifeless, suddenly emitted a faint milky-white light. Immediately afterwards, an old yet gentle voice clearly rang out in Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness.
"Good boy...that's enough!"
Huo Yuhao, who was about to set off to find his next target, suddenly stopped and froze. He instantly suppressed all his outward aura, and his consciousness sank directly into the sea of his mind.
At the heart of the spiritual world, the scene has already changed. The gray bead, which had been dormant for so long, was now emitting a warm glow, like a star awakening.
Above the bead, light and shadow intertwined, and a figure materialized from the ethereal. He was an old man dressed in a white robe. His figure was slightly ethereal, yet he possessed a calm and dignified demeanor. His face was thin and his eyes were deep, as if he had witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations and the flow of the stars. A peaceful smile graced his face, a smile that carried a worldly wisdom and an undisguised sense of satisfaction with the young man before him.
He gazed at Huo Yuhao, nodded slightly, and spoke in a gentle yet clear voice that resonated in every corner of his spiritual world.
"Thank you, child. Without your continuous energy infusion over the past twenty days, my remnant soul would probably have remained asleep for a long time."
This time, Little Silver didn't cause any trouble. Its huge silver eyes floated silently, filled with unprecedented solemnity and a hint of awe.
After all, the old man's appearance gave off a mysterious and powerful feeling, much stronger than the million-year-old soul beast, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm stayed obediently to the side, knowing that Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea was no longer a place where it could run rampant.
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Huo Yuhao looked at the figure and respectfully asked, "Senior, I am Huo Yuhao. May I ask... how should I address you?"
This old man is very likely the "mysterious teacher" who was only vaguely mentioned in historical records and who taught him necromancy.
The old man in white robes smiled more deeply, his gaze becoming even gentler.
He slowly began to speak: "My name is... Electrolux. You can just call me 'Old Yi'".
Just as Huo Yuhao was organizing his thoughts and thinking about what to say next, Electrolux spoke first.
"To be able to traverse ten thousand years of time and space—that's the power of a god!"
Electrolux also possessed time magic, so he naturally knew how much power it would take to send someone through ten thousand years of time and space; it was definitely not something that could be achieved by human power.
Huo Yuhao was shocked. He never expected that Electrolux would reveal his biggest secret as soon as he opened his mouth.
Then Electrolux's gentle voice rang out again. "Don't be surprised, child. Although I fell into a deep sleep, my senses of the outside world were not completely shut off."
Aside from his initial curiosity, Huo Yuhao hasn't delved into the question of his ability to travel through time.
He asked, "Elder Yi, do you know the reason why I traveled through ten thousand years of time?"
"Reason?"
Electrolux slowly shook his head, but just as a hint of disappointment flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, he said again, "Although I don't know the specific reason, the answer lies deep within your spiritual sea."
He slowly raised his right hand and pointed directly behind Huo Yuhao.
"What?!"
Huo Yuhao was startled and turned his head sharply, following the direction Electrolux pointed, to "look back" at his own mental world.
His spiritual sea was already extremely vast, but at its far edge, it was shrouded in a white "mist". The mist was not a physical substance, yet it blocked all detection.
Once his spiritual tentacles reached out, it was like a clay ox sinking into the sea; he could not perceive any information, only emptiness and the unknown.
Although this is Huo Yuhao's own spiritual sea, his spiritual power is only at the Spirit Sea Realm. Even though Electrox is now just a remnant of his soul, his mental strength is still at the level of divine sense, so he can naturally sense more.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's thoughtful expression, Electrolux smiled and said, "Don't overthink it. When your mental strength improves further, you might be able to find out the reason for all of this!"
After a moment, he slowly withdrew his gaze. He forced himself to suppress the surging curiosity in his heart and temporarily sealed away these mysteries that were far beyond his current understanding.
He refocused his attention on the illusory figure before him and asked respectfully, "Elder Yi, now that you have awakened, will you still need to draw energy from this Spirit Ascension Platform in the future?"
Electrolux smiled slightly and waved his hand: "No need. Now that I'm awake, this energy is to me what water is to a full stomach—it's of no use anymore."
His gaze seemed to pierce through Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea once again, casting its light upon the virtual forest constructed by soul-guiding technology in the outside world. "This place is quite interesting. It's clearly an illusory creation, yet every blade of grass and every tree, with its flowing energy, is constructed with such exquisite realism that it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing... Hmm?"
Electrolux paused slightly, and a faint glimmer of light flashed in his deep, star-like eyes. "Interesting... The construction principle seems to contain a trace of magic."
"Elder Yi, what kind of magic are you talking about?" Huo Yuhao noticed this unfamiliar word and couldn't help but ask about it.
Electrolux completely withdrew his attention and focused on Huo Yuhao, saying frankly, "Child, I am not from this world, but from another world."
Another world?!
Huo Yuhao was shocked, and his pupils contracted slightly. But he was, after all, a young man who could travel back and forth ten thousand years through time , and after a brief moment of shock, his expression quickly returned to calm.
Electrolux continued, "Magic is a system that belongs to the world I live in. The foundation of your world seems to be this energy called 'Soul Power'. But unexpectedly, I found traces of the concept of a magical framework in the creations here."
The speaker may not have meant anything by it, but it has stirred up a huge wave of emotions in the listener's heart!
Huo Yuhao's mind raced at an unprecedented speed, and he began a brainstorming session. Electrolux is very likely the mysterious teacher mentioned in historical records. He possesses a power system originating from another world, known as "magic".
The construction of the current Ascension Platform seems to have employed so-called "magical" power.
So what Huo Yuhao is thinking about now is whether the Spirit Pagoda he built ten thousand years ago was completed with the help of his teacher, Electrolux.
It seems that only in this way can we explain why the concept behind the Ascension Altar is related to magic!
Huo Yuhao felt he had seen the truth!
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A/N: Hope you guys are enjoying the fic so far. Im going to release 2-4 chapters per day from now on.
Spoiler Alert: Yuhao is soon going to acquire his second Martial Soul and then the next arc involves him being in Peerless Dragon King for a while.
I would appreciate some Power stones if could spare any. Thank you.