Chapter 103: The God Realm
Huo Yuhao's words pierced Ye Xishui's chest like a needle; she gasped violently as if she had just been rescued from drowning.
With every breath, several mouthfuls of blood were coughed out. Her eyes grew increasingly dim and lifeless, and her aura became more and more withered.
Huo Yuhao casually pinned Zhongli Wu to his death as well, showing a look of realization as he watched Ye Xishui's lack of emotional reaction.
As expected, Yan Shaozhe was the one who could provoke her more. Ultimately, she didn't love Zhongli Wu in her heart; he was just a dispensable family tie.
Huo Yuhao adjusted his throne, leaned closer to Ye Xishui, and whispered an explanation to her.
"This was one of the conditions for our evacuation to the new continent: no Soul Masters related to the Holy Spirit Cult are allowed to transfer."
"I quietly told Yan Shaozhe about his parentage, and as expected, he chose to stay behind on the Douluo Continent. Otherwise, with his Nirvana Soul skills, he really wouldn't have been easy to kill."
Ye Xishui seemed to catch her breath because of these words, questioning Huo Yuhao with a face of sorrow and hatred.
"Why—why did you do this? Yan Shaozhe—that child—had no enmity with you."
Huo Yuhao knew clearly that Ye Xishui wanted an answer rooted in revenge, but he refused to give her that satisfaction.
Huo Yuhao responded with a slight smile, "Does it matter? You speak as if the entire continent had a grudge against you. It is merely the cycle of Karma; you planted the cause, and he bears the effect."
"What did I do wrong? I'm not wrong! Cough, cough—I—wasn't wrong. It was that old ghost—who led me astray. It has—nothing—to do with me."
Blood gushed out. Huo Yuhao couldn't be bothered to listen to her nonsense anymore; seeing her in pain and regret was enough.
No matter how she tried to hide it, the regret in the depths of her eyes before death was unmistakable. She had thought Yan Shaozhe could carry on her Bloodline Legacy; how could Huo Yuhao possibly let him live happily?
He attempted to extract the Rakshasa God Position, only to find that the God Position was completely shattered and had vanished without a trace.
Huo Yuhao felt it was strange. Why did the God Position dissipate immediately after shattering this time? Was it because of the secondary shattering, or was it...?"
Huo Yuhao already possessed the combat power of a God King, yet he still couldn't understand the reason behind his headaches.
Especially after reaching his current status, his past memories became clearer, making those strange occurrences even more obvious.
When Huo Yuhao was 50 years old, the Douluo Three Kingdoms, including the Heavenly Soul Empire, returned to the Douluo Continent and jointly established the Douluo Federation with the Sun Moon Empire.
The Spirit Pagoda was initially established, and the relationship between humans and Soul Beasts further eased. The Silver Dragon King remained hidden at the bottom of the Lake of Life.
Long Aotian succeeded as the Sect Master of the Body Sect. With the help of the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his Martial Soul was further enhanced, and he successfully achieved a Golden-level Second Awakening.
The Body Sect became one of the founding members of the Federation, holding five permanent seats, and established the Body Invincible Academy to recruit students with Body Martial Souls.
Although Huo Yuhao had criticized this name many times, Long Aotian insisted on it, so Huo Yuhao could only let it be.
The Spirit Pagoda, which also held permanent seats, was basically fully organized. One main and two deputy Pagoda Masters, along with seven branch Pagoda Masters, occupied ten seats.
At Huo Yuhao's suggestion, Shrek Academy transformed and was renamed the Ultimate Spirit Master Academy, focusing solely on cultivating tough Soul Masters who fought for their own resources.
Various Martial Soul academies were established, with different academies specializing in the research and development of a single type of Martial Soul, each equipped with a corresponding level of Soul Tool Research Institute.
The examination system for Soul Masters was also reformed. Before the age of eighteen, students attended primary, intermediate, and Advanced academies, with resources and Cultivation Techniques uniformly distributed by the Federation.
After the age of eighteen, they entered major academies, where they improved their strength while also choosing which faction to join.
For example, joining the Body Invincible Academy with a Body Martial Soul implied an intention to join the Body Sect; those with auxiliary Martial Souls wishing to join the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School first needed to attend the Continent's Number One Auxiliary Academy.
Those unwilling to join major factions could choose the official comprehensive academies, taught by the Federation's civilian faction.
According to the Laws set by Huo Yuhao, the Federation provided twenty Advanced resource slots annually for use by civilians without factional support.
Once these Soul Masters grew strong, the top ten would join the Federation to occupy ten seats, which changed every five years.
Many students in the official comprehensive academies were civilian Soul Masters. After graduation, most hoped to stay as teachers or teach at the official primary, intermediate, and Advanced academies.
Imperial families were completely abolished. The Douluo Three Kingdoms had long existed in name only, and not a single trace of the Sun Moon Empire's royalty remained.
The Federation's permanent seats were allocated as three per nation for the Douluo Three Kingdoms and five for the Sun Moon Soul Tool Academy, while all remaining seats were official seats.
To take an official seat, one had to completely cut ties with their original faction and swear upon their Martial Soul never to collude with them again.
The twenty official seats were held by Elders of various Sects or academy graduates, who handled the various affairs of the Federation.
In the year Huo Yuhao turned 100, the Far North and the Star Dou Great Forest merged into the Federation, holding twenty permanent seats.
Advanced Soul Beasts transformed into human forms to be stationed long-term in Federation territory, and the two major Soul Beast gathering places were designated as Soul Beast sanctuaries.
Huo Yuhao proposed numerous concepts for Battle Armor and Mechas, but most were difficult to realize. Even after ten years of research by all the Rank 9 Soul Tool Engineers on the continent, they only made slight progress.
As for subsequent interstellar exploration, it was out of the question; much theoretical knowledge required vast amounts of time to verify.
On Huo Yuhao's 110th birthday, many factions came to offer congratulations. At the same time, everyone understood that this God King was not far from leaving.
After becoming a god, one could only live on the Douluo Continent for a hundred years. Huo Yuhao didn't have many years left.
When Huo Yuhao was 120, he quietly surveyed the Douluo Continent. Having developed to this stage, there was little left he could help with.
Huo Yuhao had originally wanted to carry out the next step of reforms, but he didn't have enough time, and the issues that required time didn't necessarily need him.
In the year Huo Yuhao turned 150, he had already been in the God Realm for a long time. Tang San in the God Realm had lost control over the God Realm Core.
At this time, the God Realm was managed by the Destruction God King. The expansion of the God Realm had been completed, and Huo Yuhao cleverly spread news of the Space-Time Turbulence.
Huo Yuhao finally understood why this Douluo World was somewhat different; it turned out that Tang San had been heavily injured in a God War and lost the opportunity to govern the God Realm.
Initially, Tang San, having recovered from his injuries, wanted to win him over to jointly oppose the Destruction God King, but Huo Yuhao sternly refused.
Huo Yuhao, who was focused solely on his Cultivation, left Tang San with no options, and the Douluo Plane no longer had anything to do with him.
When the Space-Time Turbulence struck, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power was only at Rank 156. Unable to withstand the pressure of the entire black hole, he could only join the other God Kings in trying to stabilize the God Realm.
The Golden Dragon King took the opportunity to break free but was easily suppressed. Huo Yuhao was somewhat speechless at Tang San's proposal to seal it into Tang Wulin's body and send him to the Douluo Continent.
Ignoring Tang San's little schemes, Huo Yuhao threw the repaired Angel God Position back to the Douluo Continent.
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