Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 273 Xia Die: "I want to make death more beautiful."

The god of greed was a little numb. If he had known it was really the god of pride who did it, he wouldn't have spoken so loudly in the first place.

That arrogant guy is really ungrateful! He treated his own buddies like sea gods, keeping them completely in the dark!
The god of pride hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"I've always been honest and law-abiding! I've never done anything like that!"

"If I did it, how could I possibly keep it from those greedy people? I'd definitely drag them into it too!"

Just as the God of Destruction was about to unleash his power, the Goddess of Life stopped him, saying:
"It is the power of arrogance, but something is wrong with this power."

"It contains many strange sword intents, and its overall power is much stronger than that of the God of Pride."

"The owner of this divine power is at least a top-level first-class god, on the same level as the Sea God and Emotions."

The god of pride hurriedly nodded and said:

"That's right! I'm not that strong!"

Unexpectedly, his weakness saved him today.

The God of Destruction frowned, pondered for a moment, then sighed and said:

"I understand."

Let's just let this matter rest.

"Little Green, could you please extract that arrogant divine power from the central hub of the divine realm?"

"This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated."

"It's possible that other realms of gods want to attack us!"

The Goddess of Life nodded and transferred the relevant divine power to the God King of Destruction.

Good and evil from afar came to their side and said:

"Let's leave this aura to the two of us."

"We'll conduct the investigation from the outside from now on."

The God of Destruction nodded and handed over this aura to them, saying:

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Kindness carefully concealed this aura, and then, together with evil, they transformed into two streaks of light, one white and one black, and disappeared into the realm of gods.

The God of Destruction looked at the devastated Land of Original Sin and shook his head, saying:

Let's clean up this mess first.

"Since the Land of Original Sin has become like this, the barrier of the divine realm here should also be reinforced to prevent any mishaps."

The goddess of life began to unleash her divine power, and emerald green light purified the divine pollution on the land. Tender shoots of plants pushed through the thick soil and began to grow at an extremely fast pace.

It's estimated that it won't be long before this place returns to its vibrant state.

...............

"Caw! That's it! Tang San, this is exactly what I wanted to see!"

"Hold it in! Don't laugh! But how can I hold back something so funny!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Inside Star Luo City of the Star Luo Empire, Huo Yuhao was braiding Xia Die's hair, his smile even harder to suppress than AK's.

After Dai Ying left the original sin landmine in Wang Dong's soul, Huo Yuhao secretly added a wisp of spiritual imprint to it and then used the authority of the [Dream] to cover it up.

This mental imprint doesn't have any special function; it's just for spying. Adding other functions might break its secrecy and allow Tang San to discover it.

This spiritual imprint also successfully helped Huo Yuhao pinpoint the location of the God Realm. According to Tianmeng's calculations, the real-world projection of the God Realm is located near the Kuiper Belt in the Douluo Galaxy.

The true realm of gods is encased in another space by a barrier of divine power.

The divine barrier is directly controlled by the divine realm central hub, and any divine power that enters or exits the divine realm barrier will be recorded by the divine realm central hub.

Once Huo Yuhao has digested the future soul guide technology given to him by Dai Ying, he might be able to create a detector using alchemy to see what the location of the God Realm's reality projection is like.

Huo Yuhao was very curious about the God Realm, especially about divine power, immortal energy, and the power of thought transformed from faith.

What exactly is it about divine power that makes it different from soul power, allowing divine power to directly interfere with the rules?

As for telekinesis, Huo Yuhao roughly understood through some research on the position of the God of Thunder that the main component of the position is telekinesis.

Using faith to transform thought power is an extremely efficient method.

Other methods for acquiring telekinesis certainly exist; it's just that Huo Yuhao hasn't found them yet.

Through this spiritual imprint, Huo Yuhao witnessed Tang San being blown into nine pieces by the original sin landmine, and then he also witnessed the grand drama that followed.

Unfortunately, when Tang San activated the Asura God form and used the Asura Blood Sword, the Asura God power severely damaged the spiritual imprint, forcing Huo Yuhao to shut it down and hide it within Tang San's body.

He'll remain a shadowy figure, waiting for the future to deliver a major blow to Lao San.

"Father, what's wrong?"

Xia Die saw Huo Yuhao's strange smile through the mirror; his usually indifferent face was full of doubt and confusion.

Huo Yuhao didn't stop what he was doing. He suppressed his wild smile and said softly:
"I remembered some happy things."

"Butterfly, what do you think of this hairstyle?" Xia Die stood up gently, swayed her body, and saw that Huo Yuhao had tied her long, light purple hair into two strands at the back of her head, with a purple butterfly hair accessory near the back of her head.

A smile appeared on her pretty face as she said:
"Thank you."

Huo Yuhao rubbed her head and said:

"As long as you like it."

"To be honest, this is the first time I've ever braided someone's hair except for my mother."

"Your movements might be a little rusty."

Huo Yuhao's words made the elf girl's pointed ears turn red, her face flushed, and her purple hair swayed slightly. She asked in a timid voice:
"Can we do this again in the future?"

The elf's voice was barely audible, but fortunately, Huo Yuhao's mental strength was so great that he could detect even infrasound instantly.

"Of course, we are family."

"Yes, we are family."

Xia Die lowered her head gently, her fingers lightly entwining in front of her lower abdomen, the long, pointed tip swaying slightly, revealing the girl's inner joy.

Seeing her like this, Huo Yuhao felt his heart was healed. Xia Die was much less troublesome than that brat A Meng.

However mischievous Amon may be, he is still considered a good kid in front of Huo Yuhao.

The fact that he has his own bottom line and things he is determined to pursue already shows that Huo Yuhao's upbringing is actually quite good.

"By the way, Butterfly, you're already level 30. Did the Death God's position send any information?"

Huo Yuhao's tone was filled with doubt. Because Xia Die did not possess an ultimate martial soul, and because Huo Yuhao provided her with rare and precious materials at any cost, her cultivation speed far exceeded that of ordinary people.

As Huo Yuhao's most beloved child, she could flaunt any immortal herbs she wanted, but unfortunately, she couldn't find any immortal herbs related to the power of death in either the Thunderous Hell Vine Canyon or the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Even the relevant spiritual herbs are extremely rare.

Hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Xia Die's amethyst-like eyes revealed seriousness as she replied:

"Ok!"

"The God of Death told me to acquire the Netherworld Butterfly as my third soul ring."

"They also told me the location; it's in the Guterres Hills of the Douling Empire."

Huo Yuhao stroked his chin, searching his memory for relevant information, and said:

"Guterres Hills?"

"I remember that place used to belong to the Kingdom of Gulei, one of the duchies of the former Heaven Dou Empire."

"After the Tiandou split, it was recovered by the Douling Empire and then directly governed by it."

"The Netherworld Butterfly...an extremely rare soul beast."

"It is said to have the ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead."

"Does the position of the God of Death offer any explanation?"

Xia Die nodded gently and said:
"The God of Death told me that as long as I obtain this soul ring, He can grant me the ability to freely travel to the underworld."

"In the underworld, He will directly initiate the divine succession ceremony for me."

Huo Yuhao squatted down, looked into Xia Die's beautiful eyes, and said earnestly:

"A divine succession ceremony? Not a divine examination?"

"It seems that those without a master can choose their own method of inheritance."

"What is your wish, Butterfly?"

"Even I have no way of knowing the true situation of the underworld. It is forbidden for the living to spy on it, and all the risks are unknown."

"If you refuse, I will not force you to inherit it. In the future, I will give you other options, which will definitely not be inferior to the achievement of the God of Death."

Xia Die shook her head, her previously indifferent and ethereal tone now filled with unprecedented determination. She said:
"Father, I want to inherit the position of the God of Death."

"Whether in reality or in the magic network, everyone hates death and abhors the separation of death from their loved ones."

"Unreasonably depriving people of their right to embrace warmth."

"But all life must eventually embrace death, step into the cold River Styx, and head towards the end of its destiny."

"Since death is inevitable, I... I want to make death more beautiful."

"I can't do it now, but if I become the god of death, I should be able to."

"And also..."

"I want my father to see my grandmother again."

"Father must miss Grandma very much."

Xia Die looked firmly into Huo Yuhao's eyes. Huo Yuhao was momentarily stunned, then a gentle smile appeared on his face as he pulled her into his arms and said:
"As long as you're safe, that's all that matters."

"When the time comes, I will have Adam and Roman accompany you."

"When you make a choice, just don't let yourself regret it."

(End of this chapter)