Douluo Continent: The Peerless Hunting Heavenly Lord, Huo Yuhao!

Ning Tian nodded gently, without the slightest hesitation. Her trust in Huo Yuhao never needed to be explained.

The moment her spiritual power touched the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Claw, an extreme chill surged through her body, affecting her internal organs. It felt as if her bone marrow and blood were about to freeze into ice crystals, and even breathing was excruciatingly painful.

"Don't tense up, follow the flow of your energy." Huo Yuhao placed his hands on her back, gently channeling his pure spiritual energy into her meridians.

Fortunately, Ning Tian's previous cultivation of the "Qi Absorption Technique" and "Body Tempering Technique" had already condensed his ethereal soul power into spiritual power of the same origin, allowing for unimpeded power flow. Otherwise, it would have taken some effort just to dissolve this extreme ice.

With the protection of spiritual energy, the suffocating cold quickly melted away like ice and snow, replaced by a refreshing coolness that nourished his limbs and bones along his meridians. Ning Tian's mind settled, and he quickly entered a meditative state.

Seeing that she was on the right track, Huo Yuhao quietly withdrew his hand, turned to look at Gu Yue who was watching the show with her arms crossed, and raised his chin: "It's our turn."

"What?" Gu Yue raised an eyebrow, looking puzzled, clearly not expecting that she would be involved.

Huo Yuhao raised his hand and flipped it over, revealing the external soul bone and the dusty, cube-shaped relic in his palm.

So-called "treasures" can be described as ancient relics, treasures discovered in ruins without a confirmed identity. These treasures might be worthless or incredibly powerful, but they are ultimately concealed, leading to the emergence of an industry called "treasure gambling." (For example, in the first installment of the Dou Di Zhu series, Gangzi's "Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon" was discovered in ruins.)

"Tian'er took this picture?" Huo Yuhao weighed the cold, gray Rubik's Cube in his hand.

"I sensed it would be useful to you, so I let her take it." Gu Yue's tone was calm, as if she had just done a small thing casually.

"Alright." Huo Yuhao looked at the gray Rubik's Cube in his hand and said, "How do I use this?"

“Infuse your power,” Gu Yue said.

"Okay." Huo Yuhao responded and did so. The original gray cube instantly lit up with light, and colors spread out on all four sides in turn: bright yellow representing light, cyan representing wind, lake blue representing ice, and deep purple representing lightning. The four colors flowed, but the remaining two sides were still covered with a gray mist.

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, turned to look at Gu Yue, and said with a hint of teasing, "So this thing needs to have all its attributes collected to unlock? The remaining two sides will have to be handled by you, the elemental master?"

Gu Yue: "..."

She didn't reply, but just tilted her head and examined the Rubik's Cube for two seconds before raising her hand and pressing it down.

In an instant, the power of the six elements—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and darkness—flowed from her palm like water, orderly imprinting itself onto the remaining gray surface.

Darkness against light, gentle water against ice, raging fire against thunder, green wood against gale, and finally, metal and earth settle steadily on the remaining two sides.

With all six colors in place, the entire Rubik's Cube suddenly burst into brilliant light.

The eagle's external soul bone in the wooden box beside him seemed to be activated instantly. A blue light shot into the sky, and a phantom of an eagle with sharp wings condensed in the air. With a long cry, it charged straight at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao was caught off guard by this sudden situation and didn't have time to dodge. He felt a burning sensation on his back and a tingling, throbbing pain in his bones. The next second, a pair of azure wings unfolded from his back with a "whoosh," carrying the sharpness unique to wind attributes. With a gentle flap, air currents surged.

At the same time, the six-sided Rubik's Cube collapsed with a roar, revealing a cyan rhombus-shaped core at the center, shimmering with elemental light. The core floated up and plunged straight into his brow.

"what's the situation?"

Huo Yuhao was completely stunned. He felt as if the elemental power of heaven and earth was frantically drilling into his meridians, tempering his physical body while continuously flowing into his dantian. The feeling of his power surging was almost enough to make his soul tremble.

"No! This is not a relic from the era of the Dragon God; it is an object from outer space!"

As soon as Gu Yue exclaimed, the Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun Martial Soul within Huo Yuhao's body automatically possessed him, and a seven-colored, flowing soul ring engraved with silver dragon patterns slowly rose from beneath his feet.

The air fell silent instantly.

Huo Yuhao stared down at the spirit ring that emanated an ancient and powerful aura, his mind went blank, and he almost jumped up on the spot.

Where are the people of Guyue?!

"Uncle-Master! Elder Yi! Help!" He was on the verge of tears. "How did a perfectly healthy person become a spirit ring? What if something happens...?"

"What's the panic? She's not dead."

The voice of the Celestial Hound drifted out from the Martial Soul Space, carrying a hint of disappointment: "The state you two are in is called Soul Contract Fusion. You can temporarily borrow her essence to unleash the world's top combat power—of course, with your current physique, you'll explode and die in a second."

"It's the underlying rules of this world that have covered up the problem. You were born with destiny, and with the stimulation of this acquired treasure, it directly materialized into your own soul ring. You didn't die; you're just temporarily sealed inside the soul ring."

Huo Yuhao's heart, which had been in his throat, finally calmed down a bit, but then his lips twitched violently.

What kind of mess is this? Ning Tian awakened the ability to sacrifice himself a while ago, and now Gu Yue has become his exclusive spirit ring?

When in doubt, it must be that guy Aha who's behind it all!

He had just finished complaining in his mind when a crazy and erratic voice suddenly rang in his ears, sometimes near, sometimes far, as if it were right next to his ear, yet also as if it were across thousands of miles of void:

"If you make up stories like that about Aha, Aha won't be happy~"

Huo Yuhao froze.

They wouldn't respond no matter how much we called them before, but they're quick to talk bad about us behind our backs.

He silently rolled his eyes in his mind and muttered a prayer for the God of Tang to bless him, hoping that this troublesome god would be sent away as soon as possible and that Gu Yue would be returned intact.

"Hahahaha—funny, so funny!"

A maniacal laugh erupted, and countless masks of various colors piled up out of thin air—crying, laughing, mocking, and frenzied—rotating rapidly and piecing together a human-shaped outline.

Just by standing there, the surrounding space began to distort and wrinkle. Huo Yuhao felt a blur before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, he was already in a chaotic and distorted space.

He immediately turned his head and saw Gu Yue standing safely beside him, though her brows were furrowed and her eyes were wary. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Honestly, you've forgotten about Ah-ha as soon as you've found someone you like. Ah-ha, how embarrassing!"

A mocking voice sounded from behind, and a figure made of masks approached, its face instantly changing from a pouting expression to a hearty laugh.

Huo Yuhao's lips twitched uncontrollably; he felt the world was getting more and more insane. He took a deep breath, suppressing his inner turmoil, and asked, "You bastard... where is this place?"

"This is the narrow passage of fate~ Originally, only a minor variable like you, who has jumped out of the timeline, could enter." Aha's mask changed to a thoughtful pose with his chin resting on his hand, then he burst into laughter the next second. "But when Aha saw her, she's got the makings of an immortal, and she'll definitely have a lot of fun with you! So I just brought her along too!"

“As for you, little guy,” Aha floated in front of him, his curved eyes on his mask smiling mischievously, “Aha thinks you can bring a lot of fun, so Aha has decided to come with you!”

Huo Yuhao stared at the rapidly spinning mask before him, then glanced at Gu Yue beside him, whose elemental aura surged and whose face was filled with vigilance. After a long silence, he finally managed to utter a sentence:

"Can I say no?"

"Of course not!"

Ah's laughter echoed back and forth in the narrow space, both manic and lighthearted.

Huo Yuhao silently rubbed his forehead.

He realized that from now on, it would be difficult for him to have a peaceful life.

Chapter 75 Immortality, The Fool's Thousand Faces!

Goodbye, friend. Aha will be watching you all the time!

"Oh, right, I've saved you a little surprise, you're welcome~"

The sound drifted down, and the flamboyant figure of the Star God scattered like torn candy wrappers.

Aha's figure gradually disappeared, and Huo Yuhao only felt a blur before his eyes, the feeling of weightlessness vanishing in an instant.

When he came to his senses, he and Gu Yue were already standing in a guest room at the Star Emperor Hotel. In the center of the room, Ning Tian sat cross-legged, his whole body enveloped in a warm halo, refining the external soul bone.

"Was that... really a god?"

Gu Yue spoke first, her brows slightly furrowed.

As the Silver Dragon King, she possessed the ability to sense beings of higher status, but that aura she had just witnessed completely overturned her understanding of "gods."

It lacks the solemnity of someone who commands the heavens and the earth, and the unfathomable depth of a person's mind; instead, it's like a carefree and mischievous child!

Madness, absurdity, and the bizarre!

"Pleasure God, Aha."

Huo Yuhao responded, his fingertips suddenly touching the hard object that had appeared at his waist. He looked down and his whole body went numb.

It was a matte black half-face mask shaped like a raven with folded wings. Divided by the bridge of the nose, the left side was engraved with dark purple intertwined branches, while the right side was tinged with crimson flame marks. The wing-shaped edges were sharp and clean, and the openwork carving was exquisitely detailed.

He couldn't help but complain inwardly: "They shove a mask in my face as soon as we meet? Is this some kind of 'Joyful Walker' roster thrown right in my face? And 'Masked Fool'? Do I look like a traitor to them?"

"The Star God of Joy... that's a strange name." Gu Yue blinked, then suddenly changed the subject, "Yuhao, aren't you curious why I can transform into a soul ring?"

"Not curious."

Huo Yuhao looked up at her, meeting her surprised gaze, and raised an eyebrow helplessly, "You have your secrets, you can't be the only one who's allowed to keep them, and I have to be a blank sheet of paper, can I?"

"That's true." Gu Yue paused for a moment, then chuckled softly and didn't ask any further questions.

"By the way, carefully sense if there are any changes in your body," Huo Yuhao reminded him.

Aha said that if you leave a surprise, you definitely won't leave empty-handed, but nine times out of ten, a surprise will turn into a shock.

If I cause trouble in the future, I'll just shift the blame to Aha. Anyway, I love watching the drama unfold, and I'm more than happy to take the blame.

Gu Yue closed her eyes and concentrated as instructed, then shook her head after a moment: "Nothing's wrong."

"That shouldn't be the case."

Huo Yuhao stroked his chin, his fingertips repeatedly caressing the edge of the Night Raven mask. His gaze fell on Gu Yue, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him.

Immortal material...immortal?

His breathing paused.

In the world of Honkai Impact 3rd, the oldest star god, "Dragon," who held the destiny of immortality, has long since perished.

Unlike the pioneering star god "Akivili", after the dragon's fall, its destiny was completely divided, with reproduction and abundance originating from the immortals.

But the essence of immortality is never static eternal life.

As the sun and moon revolve and life is ever-changing, in this rapidly evolving universe, only those who resonate with all things, follow the flow of rules, and endure through division and continuity are truly eternal.

The end is the beginning, and reincarnation is immortality—it is a dynamic inheritance, not a static existence.