"The cultivation system of all things in the world is, in essence, nothing more than constantly strengthening one's three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, in order to make the microcosm of the human body comparable to the macrocosm of the outside world, and then transcend through various methods to live forever."

"In the past few years, I have told you to calm down and stop thinking about breaking through your soul power. You have been honing your physical body and refining your mind. Now, after this battle, your essence, energy, and spirit have reached a peak and each has formed a soul core. However, they reside in your upper, middle, and lower dantian respectively. Although they can work together, they belong to different categories."

"The next breakthrough is crucial for you. If you can unite your essence, energy, and spirit, transform your soul core into a golden elixir, and use the power of your mind to depict your understanding of heaven and earth on the golden elixir, from then on, every move you make will be in harmony with heaven and earth, and your mind will represent all things. This will lay the foundation for you to become a god and achieve the most fundamental sublimation of life."

"But this step is very difficult for me! At least more difficult than for others!"

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Huo Yuhao observed the flow of qi and blood and soul power within his body, feeling the excessively vast origin compared to his mind, and the other auras that had been tainted by his long-term coexistence within his mind.

If he were to focus solely on the Soul Master system, the corruption of his power and mind would not pose a significant problem.

However, if he only follows the Soul Master system, the gap between him and Tang San will only widen. Not to mention reversing time and rescuing his Dong'er, even his will to maintain himself will probably be completely destroyed under Tang San's calculations and arrangements.

But now... abandoning Tianmeng, Xiejun, and the other ferocious beasts would mean breaking his vow and betraying his life. But if he didn't abandon them...

"Alright, alright, you must have had quite a bit of planning involved in getting that little snow woman up there, right?"

The evil lord, dressed in black, emerged from Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. He glanced at Lin Hao with a complex and wistful look, then looked at his own body and reminisced about the past, speaking with deep emotion.

"I believe that, apart from my father, there are not many people who can scheme against me now. So even if I were to roll out of Huo Yuhao's body and live a second life through some strange methods, I would at most return to my peak."

"But... although I don't live to seek the Dao, I still want to see the splendor of higher places. I just hope... you won't disappoint me!"

After speaking, the Evil Lord's figure vanished instantly. Then, Huo Yuhao felt an inexhaustible stream of pure divine power surging from his limbs and bones, instantly propelling his soul power from the seventh-ring Soul Saint to the near-eighth-ring Soul Douluo realm.

Then, before Huo Yuhao could figure out what Xie Jun had done, Tianmeng's slightly melancholy mature voice rang in his mind.

"Little Yuhao, my sweetheart has gone to the realm of gods. When you get there, remember to wake me up..."

The platinum-gold soul ring shone brightly, and the divine soul of a million years instantly condensed, allowing Huo Yuhao's cultivation level to jump directly to level 84.

"Wait...no! There's still a way! Sister Tianmeng, Brother Xiejun, you can't do this! You're all I have left! No..."

The sudden surge of power escaped Huo Yuhao's control in that instant. At that moment, the three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, who had already identified Huo Yuhao through years of observation and were now willing to give up everything and gamble with him, exchanged glances and dispersed their souls, scattering them into Huo Yuhao's soul to minimize the difficulty for Huo Yuhao to control their soul power.

However, if Huo Yuhao makes such a sacrifice and fails to become a God King within thirty years and revive them, even with the strength of their ferocious beast souls, they will gradually succumb to Huo Yuhao's increasingly terrifying spiritual power and soul essence, and completely lose everything.

84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90!

With his extremely strong soul essence and spiritual power, after losing the suppression and obstruction of those five beings, he quickly took control of all the power within his body. Then, as Huo Yuhao's soul power soared all the way to the Title Douluo realm, his twin martial souls and eighteen soul rings appeared simultaneously. Afterward, the origins of ferocious beasts and divine beasts surged, and all the soul rings were nurtured to the level of million-year divine rings.

As eighteen platinum-gold spirit rings danced around him, Huo Yuhao was already kneeling on the ground, his face calm, tears falling silently. Only a turbulent lake of emotions surged within him, beneath which countless volcanoes were poised to erupt.

"Level 95? Not bad. It looks like you've found family you can entrust your life to. Don't let them down."

"Once your three soul cores are condensed into a single golden core, and you comprehend the fusion of your own martial soul, fusing the unique divine soul above the two martial souls into one, and truly condense your first divine ring, the threshold of a third-level god will be opened for you."

"Back then, the position of the Thunder God was considered extremely ominous by the people of the divine realm because it possessed the power to kill gods before it had become a god. Over the years, I have already transformed it into an energy core!"

"Come find me again after you become a god. I will use this core to forge a super artifact for you. If you can create your own godhood in the Douluo Starfield, then after you ascend to the God Realm, it will be enough for you to contend with the main god and get a chance to catch your breath."

After he finished speaking, strands of extremely pure immortal spiritual energy suddenly appeared in this space, continuously flowing into Huo Yuhao's body and stabilizing his somewhat unstable foundation.

Having figured out how to cultivate next, Huo Yuhao respectfully bowed to Lin Hao as a way of thanking his master, and then his mind returned to reality from this inner world.

Meanwhile, in a forbidden area of ​​the Sun and Moon Soul Guidance Technology Research Institute of the Glazed Empire, Huo Yuhao's soul had returned to his body.

After gazing quietly at his own hands for a moment, he clenched his fists and said firmly.

"Brother Evil Lord, Sister Tianmeng, Sister Xue, Sister Bing'er, Brother Titan! That day won't be far off! It definitely won't!"

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The increasingly complex and confusing thread of fate was now completely obscured by a fog. The Tang God King, high above the nine heavens, watched as his beloved son-in-law and daughter, destined by heaven, walked further and further away.

Moreover, as she gradually began to show signs of breaking free from his complete control, her brows furrowed deeply.

He couldn't understand where things went wrong with his otherwise perfect plan!

Not only at present, but also putting aside the fact that his daughter and the Emperor Beast cannot meet, he is still unable to complete his task of stealing the fortune of the Soul Beast clan!

Even the chosen one of Douluo Continent, whom he had previously manipulated, is now showing signs of stepping out of the game and becoming a player.

Could all these unusual behaviors really be as he predicted? Could it be that his old friend not only didn't die nine thousand years ago, but has survived to this day and has actually taken a crucial step?