The Throne of Eternity and Creation God-Imprint descended due to the destruction of a plane and would depart with the plane's restoration. When the user completed their designated mission using its power, the Throne's responsibility within that world would come to an end. Guided by fate, it would then embark on a journey to another plane.
Thus, after helping Long Haochen complete his mission in the Holy Demon Continent, the Throne of Eternity and Creation God-Imprint had been drifting through the starry sea.
And at that moment, the artifact soul of the Throne a mere wisp of the Creator God's divine consciousness sensed a special pull of fate.
It seemed an outsider had descended into this universe and gained the fortune of a plane.
To be honest, the artifact soul of the Throne of Eternity and Creation God-Imprint initially did not want to get involved. After all, there was already a Divine Realm above Douluo Continent. It merely followed the Creator God's will, tore open space, left a mark on Huo Yuhao, and intended to look away.
But then, what did it see through that mark?
The Douluo Plane was asking it for help?
A God King was arbitrarily interfering in the evolution of a plane, actively making things difficult for a group of humans?
And had even attracted the Abyss Plane, then left behind a mess of their own making before being swept away by temporal chaos?
At this point, the artifact soul of the Throne of Eternity and Creation God-Imprint fell silent, deeply doubting whether the Creator God's transformation into the universe establishing a hundred gods to govern numerous planes had been the right thing to do.
Because after the Creator God disappeared, the Heaven-Keeping God had become the Heaven-Punishing God. His power was too great, and no one could control him anymore. Without the Heaven-Keeping God's watch, the universe could only correct its own errors, leading to frequent outbreaks of temporal chaos.
The hundred gods who once governed the planes had gradually been replaced. Some of the gods' successors were truly... outrageous.
But even knowing all this, what could it do? It was just a Divine Artifact. Possessing a wisp of the Creator God's divine consciousness did allow it to surpass God Kings in observing fate and other matters, but its essence was still that of a Divine Artifact. To say it could oppose a God King... that was really stretching it.
"Let me first do what I can."
Thinking of the Douluo Plane suffering from the Abyss Plane's erosion, the Divine Artifact's artifact soul "Eternal Lord" made a decision.
It was the Creator God's artifact for balancing the various planes. The Abyss Plane devoured planes continuously, making it the enemy of all planes. Combating such a malignant growth was also its specialty.
But... should it choose this outsider as this generation's successor?
Having observed his character for so long, in the artifact spirit's view, Huo Yuhao was not a villain.
But this guy has no sense of image or moral burden. To put it in one sentence he had flexible moral boundaries. The gap between him and the knights of the Holy Demon Continent was quite far...
Yet, on the other hand, regardless of character, how many people in a continent could be qualified to inherit a divine throne?
Huo Yuhao had been chosen by the Emotion God ten thousand years ago and possessed the bearing to become a god. He was already among the top tier. Finding someone more suitable than him was not easy, and it did not have the time to wait for a successor like it had on the Holy Demon Continent.
After all, this was not the Holy Demon Continent. The ruler of the Abyss Plane was a true god-level powerhouse a First-Class God at that. If they broke through, and the Plane Lord who had seized the Douluo Plane could not hold the line, it would be too late no matter what was said.
After hesitating for a moment, Eternal Lord chose to observe a little longer. It still hadn't understood what Huo Yuhao wanted to do by surviving ten thousand years into the future.
Besides, his cultivation was still insufficient now. It was not yet the time for inheritance.
Thus, Huo Yuhao received this answer:
"Wait for the right moment."
Huo Yuhao: "???"
Excuse me, what kind of answer is 'wait for the right moment'? I just wanted to ask you for some rent, not to inherit the rights to use you!
As Huo Yuhao had said before, he had self-awareness.
As a Divine Artifact, the God-Imprint Throne had very high requirements for its successor. And since it had been ten thousand years without it ever speaking up, Huo Yuhao had long given up on the idea of obtaining it.
What he wanted was simply to use the God-Imprint Throne's ability to traverse planes to hitch a ride, become a god in another plane, and then come back. After all, due to plane suppression, it was basically impossible to become a god in the Douluo Plane.
But this answer meant... there was a chance?
Huo Yuhao: I'm shocked. So I have the qualities of a God-Imprint Knight?
Huo Yuhao withdrew his spiritual energy, his consciousness returned to the outside world, his expression somewhat strange.
This was an unexpected surprise. If he could truly obtain a Divine Artifact this way even just temporary usage rights it would grant him considerable help.
But after the surprise passed, Huo Yuhao became alert once more.
Relying on oneself was better than relying on others. Placing all his hopes entirely on the Throne of Eternity and Creation God-Imprint was not his habit.
Perfecting the Undead Half-Plane and absorbing enough energy to become a god as the Plane Lord that was also one method.
Even going to the Abyss Plane to become a god was not impossible, although the danger factor was too high...
Faith power was also a breakthrough point.
Aside from his plans for becoming a god, he could not neglect other aspects either.
Retaking control of the Spirit Transmission Tower.
Finding things rich in life energy to completely revive Elder Electrolux and reconstruct his physical body.
And plans concerning the two Dragon Kings and confronting the Plane Lord Tang Hao...
All of these required sufficient strength to execute!
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao's expression became resolved. He softly said to Ice Empress: "Ice Empress, let the left arm bone return to its place first."
The Ice-Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone produced by a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice-Jade Scorpion, possessing their clan's divine skill the Ice Explosion Technique. Although it was a Ten-Thousand-Year spirit bone, its quality was comparable to a Hundred-Thousand-Year one.
Because its origin energy was similar to the Ice Empress's, she had been keeping it safe.
After speaking, Huo Yuhao took out the Spirit Elevation Pill, consumed it, and sat down to cultivate.
If he was going to put on an act, he might as well do it completely.
Outside the room, Hua Yichen and the others sensed Huo Yuhao's aura surging within. They both broke into smiles.
"A month of cultivation his spirit power has been long since reaching the point of breakthrough. Using the Spirit Elevation Pill to raise his Spirit Soul's level, which in turn benefits him perfect timing."
But soon, they could no longer smile.
"Why is it... Level 15?"
A four-level increase in one month? Even a transformed spirit beast couldn't be that fast, let alone a four-level jump in an instant...
"He didn't directly eat a Soul Ascension Pill, did he? That pill gives the highest return when taken after Level 30."
Seeing Luo Yanglu look at him, Hua Yichen's mouth twitched. He wanted to say he had no idea what was going on either, but after thinking for a moment, a flash of inspiration struck him. He said thoughtfully:
"No, that's not it. Yuhao is not such an impatient person. It should be because of that ice silkworm Spirit Soul. A seven-hundred-year Spirit Soul as the first Spirit Soul should have, on top of breaking through the bottleneck, raised Huo Yuhao's spirit power by several levels."
"However, Yuhao was only Level 11 after absorbing the Spirit Soul. I found it very strange at the time. But after I learned what spirit abilities that Spirit Soul gave Yuhao, it was no longer strange."
Hua Yichen then described in detail the spirit abilities the ice silkworm Spirit Soul had given Huo Yuhao, and continued:
"To be able to provide Yuhao with a divine ability like Spiritual Detection and Sharing, I suspect that ice silkworm Spirit Soul underwent some kind of mutation after being absorbed by Yuhao. Either that, or it consumed some special heavenly treasure before becoming a Spirit Soul. It just didn't show before. Now, with the ascension to a thousand-year Spirit Soul, its chronicled foundation has fully exploded, bringing Yuhao more feedback."
This was the only reasonable explanation he could think of.
Otherwise, it wasn't like Huo Yuhao had somehow absorbed another spirit ring or a spirit bone, right?
He had people watching that child. No one had reported him obtaining any heaven-defying fortune.