The Evil Soul Master is actually myself

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief, marveling at the reliability of his innate soul skill, [Disguise].

With a huge weight lifted from his heart, he began to ponder, "Why is the Three-Eyed Golden Lion here?"

Not far ahead is Huo Yuhao's location, and it's likely that he'll encounter the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm there. Once the fusion begins, it will inevitably alert the Imperial Auspicious Beast.

How did the original work manage to create such a huge commotion without disturbing the ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Forest?

Su Ming was completely baffled.

Click~

Suddenly, the three-eyed golden lion in the distance stirred. Its petite and exquisite body leaped lightly from one treetop to another.

Su Ming's heart, which had just settled down, gradually rose again. Coincidentally, the tree canopy that the Emperor Beast had changed into was exactly the same tree canopy he was in.

The three-eyed golden lion was right in front of him, only a meter away from the boy. If he turned around slightly, its tail might touch him.

To calm himself down, Su Ming shifted his attention to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Only upon closer inspection did I realize how adorable this little lion was. Its crystal-clear golden hair was dazzling and eye-catching, making me want to hug it and squish it. The fluffy little lion must have felt soft and delicate to the touch, and if it were a bit chubby, it would feel even more cuddly.

Looking at it, Su Ming was reminded of the orange cat from his previous life.

"Huh? There was definitely a sign of destiny just now, how did it disappear?" The small golden Suanni sat down, kicking its little paws like a cat, its slender tail swaying slightly, seemingly muttering to itself in confusion.

Su Ming, who was very close to the imperial beast, could barely hear the complaining murmur.

Su Ming suddenly realized that it was something as mysterious as destiny guiding him, which made sense, but the bond with Huo Yuhao had come so early.

But his attention was soon drawn to the fluffy golden tail. Seeing the tail hovering within a foot of him, Su Mingxin jumped up and down, almost touching him several times.

"My little ancestor, please leave quickly, my heart can't take it!" the boy prayed silently.

Unexpectedly, the Imperial Beast seemed to find the pit quite comfortable, so it simply sat there and refused to move.

Su Ming was furious. As everyone knows, being completely still is the greatest torture in the world.

As time passed, Su Ming gradually realized that the Emperor Beast had already discovered him and was just playing a trick on him!

The tail was just a millimeter away from his nose at its most dangerous moment. Once could be a coincidence, but multiple times would be intentional.

The shadows beneath the tree canopy shifted, and the body of a black-haired boy emerged, his delicate features expressionless, as if he had resigned himself to his fate.

"Huh? There's actually a human cub here! I didn't even notice!" The three-eyed golden lion said, feigning surprise. After speaking, it raised its paw and used its soft paw pads to stomp on the boy's tender face.

The black-haired boy, like a delicate wooden puppet, was being kneaded at will by the auspicious imperial beast, looking utterly resigned to his fate. The chubby cheeks were almost kneaded into dough.

Finally, Su Ming couldn't take it anymore. He pulled away the mischievous claws and said expressionlessly, "You knew all along and were still toying with me? Do whatever you want with me."

The three-eyed golden lion looked at the boy with great interest and said, "Your destiny is unique. I have never seen anyone like you. If the goddess of fate decides a person's life by flipping a coin, then you are the kind of person whose coin just lands on its edge."

"From now on, even the gods will not be able to interfere with your life. Which path you take will be entirely up to you. I am very curious about what path you will take."

"So what? Let me go?" Su Ming immediately seized the opportunity to ask.

"Impossible! Fate tells me you're good for me!" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said in a slightly cold voice.

This is also why its personality is different from usual; it feels much warmer. It did indeed feel a huge and unique power of destiny (the golden luck of the main god card) from Su Ming, which made it feel extremely fond of him.

Moreover, the Emperor Beast's intuition told it that holding onto Su Ming could save it from a catastrophic event from certain death.

Su Ming sighed upon hearing this. He wasn't actually that afraid of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. In the original story, it wasn't indiscriminately killing soul beasts, nor did it have an attitude of exterminating humans. It was more of a kind of cycle of heavenly rebirth.

This is only one reason. Su Ming's greatest confidence comes from knowing a secret that concerns its very essence. By exchanging this secret, he can definitely save his life.

But the Emperor Beast sensed all of this in an unreasonable way.

Su Ming avoided the topic and asked curiously, "How did you sense me?"

"Sixth sense! Anyway, the guidance of fate is never wrong." The three-eyed golden lion explained while licking its little paws, which made Su Ming's sense of déjà vu even stronger.

Big Orange, is that you?

The black-haired boy shrugged, completely resigned to his fate. What else could he say? Novels followed logic, but reality didn't. Anyway, he realized that the Imperial Beast wouldn't let him go easily.

"Here's the thing, I have a secret that's very important to you. In exchange, will you let me go?" Su Ming said bluntly.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was surprised. The straightforward communication style suited the tastes of soul beasts. It happily said, "It's a deal. I swear on fate that as long as you tell me the secret, I will definitely let you go."

“Okay!” Su Ming said readily.

Although such verbal agreements are unreliable, soul beasts are different from humans; they keep their promises!

Su Ming was too lazy to pull any tricks. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's sixth sense could directly distinguish between truth and falsehood, so there was no point in trying to do anything.

"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the original novel wasn't this monstrous. It died after only a few chapters, its death as insignificant as a feather," Su Ming muttered to himself.

"I have a feeling you're thinking something bad," the golden retriever said suspiciously, then urged impatiently, "Hurry up."

"Ahem, don't rush, let's start with a story." The black-haired boy coughed a few times to cover his embarrassment and slowly began to recount the experiences of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from the original story.

From falling in love at first sight to experiencing love, hate, and sacrifice as Wang Qiu'er, her soul eventually merges with another person to become a completely new self.

Of course, Su Ming concealed many key secrets that would bring him benefits. In order to protect Huo Yuhao, Su Ming even thoughtfully used an alias, a boy named Xiao Dai.

"That's it? Is that all you've got?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked astonished, then said with disdain, "How could that Imperial Beast be so stupid!"

Although it knew the story was about itself, just like everyone else, when faced with its own dark history, it felt that the idiot was definitely not it. Could it be a beast that could do such a brain-dead thing?

"So the secret is..." the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said with a grim expression.

“That’s right. A god-king in the heavens orchestrated this, attaching a wisp of someone else’s divine consciousness to the depths of your soul, subtly transforming you, and ultimately accomplishing the earth-shattering feat of a snake swallowing an elephant,” Su Ming affirmed.

"Hehe, is she still herself after doing this? She's become a completely new person." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said surprisingly calmly. The most terrifying thing in life is not death, but losing oneself. Tang Wutong's appearance means that Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er are both dead.

"Aren't you curious how I know about this?" Su Ming wondered if the Three-Eyed Golden Lion wouldn't suspect him if he knew about the future.

“I’m not curious. There are always some people in this world who are favored by fate and can foresee changes in the future. For example, I often can predict the future. Moreover, the river of fate has countless branches, and you can only see one branch that is close to the main trunk,” the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said casually.

Su Ming was speechless, so he changed the subject and suggested, "Go and find Di Tian to investigate and try to find out about this wisp of divine consciousness." He couldn't reveal that he knew about the Silver Dragon King's existence, otherwise he would have just said it directly.

"It's no use. Di Tian doesn't specialize in spiritual power. Even I didn't realize it, let alone it." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion shook its head. It understood that even the Silver Dragon King couldn't do anything. The God King's scheme was too much of a bullying tactic.

"There's nothing we can do about it then." Su Ming was helpless.

"No, there's another way," the Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly said, its three eyes staring intently at Su Ming.

The black-haired boy felt a chill run down his spine, a sense of foreboding washing over him. He cried out in panic, "What do you want? Don't come any closer!"

The imperial beast remained silent, and a ring of pale golden spiritual energy, almost tangible, rose from its golden body.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Fate

The pale golden, materialized mental energy formed a field that immobilized Su Ming. The two of them seemed to be enveloped by a piece of golden, crystal-clear amber, and time within the amber seemed to be frozen.

Su Ming frowned. This mental force field had a strong binding force and cleverly connected with heaven and earth, sealing it together with a certain space.

"Didn't you promise to let me go? Why are you going back on your word?" the black-haired boy questioned.

"I...I will let you go, but only as a thank you, I will give you an incredible opportunity." The three-eyed golden lion's clear, cold female voice carried a hint of shyness, as if it were the first time she had done something like this.

"Wait? You're not planning to repay me with [Fate Guidance], are you?" Su Ming blurted out.

"Hmm? You actually know about the destiny guidance of auspicious beasts. Well then, I won't waste my breath. I suppose you also know that it's an immense fortune. Auspicious beasts only have this opportunity once in their lifetime, and no one else but their life partner has the chance to obtain it!"

The three-eyed golden lion was surprised and spoke frankly.

"Tch, so I'm about to have another wife? Haven't you learned your lesson from the story I told you? Don't just casually take on lovers." After confirming, the boy rolled his eyes, but struggled even more violently.

"Heh, I'll definitely learn from this. I'll just tell you the truth. I just wanted to try and see if the Fate Guidance could force that wisp of divine consciousness out. Even if it doesn't work, my fate will be completely different from now on. As for you? Of course, I'll just use you and then discard you." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said disdainfully, its tone quite like that of a scumbag woman.

Su Ming understood the Emperor Beast's thoughts. The only time fate had been transferred to someone outside of his own destiny, and with that fact settled, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had a sliver of confidence in changing its own fate.

But... but he really didn't want to get involved in this damn destiny guidance, even though it would be extremely beneficial to him.

"But you, this matter is so beneficial to you, why are you so resistant?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked in surprise, looking at the boy who was exerting his full strength and causing his mental field to waver.

At this moment, Su Ming was like a demon god in the world. A pair of jet-black giant wings were covered with dragon scales, and his left palm was dark and sinister. The enormous evil power was constantly corroding the golden amber spiritual seal.

Su Ming, going all out, unleashed an aura even stronger than that of a Soul Emperor, surprising even the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

In the original story, the destiny-guiding process requires both parties to be completely honest with each other and to show each other all their memories without reservation, which is something Su Ming absolutely cannot accept.

The original memories were fine, but the fact that he was an outsider and a reincarnator was the secret to his life and death, and Su Ming rarely felt panic.

"Oh, I see. You're afraid of your embarrassing childhood history, right? Or did you do something bad that you don't want anyone to know? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

The three-eyed golden lion seemed to understand something. It released its vast spiritual power to suppress Su Ming. Its lion-like head gradually approached the ground, and the golden vertical pupil in the center of its three eyes was aimed at the boy's brow.

Legend has it that the pineal gland between a person's eyebrows is a degenerated third eye.

The instant the golden vertical pupil touched the boy's brow, Su Ming felt a chill on his brow. His pineal gland swelled up under the stimulation, making his brow feel sore and numb.

The next moment, Su Ming was horrified to discover that the crystal-clear, bright silver spiritual energy lake in his mind was rapidly being poured into his pineal gland like a funnel.

Stimulated by the strange power within the golden vertical pupils of the Imperial Beast, Su Ming quietly opened his third eye between his brows. Unlike the golden color of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Su Ming's vertical pupil was an eerie and deep, alluring purple.

Su Ming's mind went blank for a moment. Strange, distorted halos of light enveloped him and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, making them appear almost transparent, their bodies shimmering with an ethereal glow. With each shift in the light, Su Ming and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bodies trembled slightly.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao, who was not far away, took a deep breath and resolutely said to a crystal silkworm that was shining with a golden-white brilliance: "I'm ready, let's begin!"

The enormous head of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm glanced warily toward the Star Dou Great Forest before turning back to Huo Yuhao and saying, "I'm about to begin. Don't worry, I'll be gentle and won't hurt you too much."

"Brother Tianmeng..." Before Huo Yuhao could utter a sound, an extremely cold aura instantly knocked him unconscious. He only vaguely saw a white blob rushing towards him, and the next moment, all ability to think was gone.

Fate is so coincidental. Two points that were almost converging in the southern part of the Star Dou Great Forest suddenly erupted with two vast and supreme spiritual energy auras, forming two opposing spiritual energy vortexes.

Viewed from above, they resemble two bright, heterochromatic eyes, one pale gold and the other pale white.

"Holy crap, there's someone next to me, and with the ultimate mental attribute at that! How come I didn't notice?" An invisible mental fluctuation spread outward from the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm as it surged into Huo Yuhao's body, instantly detecting the equally vast mental vortex next door.

Two opposing mental vortexes constantly attract each other, complementing one another, brutally tearing in the mental attributes that were adrift in nature, crushing and digesting them, and strengthening each other.

The two vortexes expanded infinitely, their attraction growing stronger and stronger.

"Damn it, this will cause trouble sooner or later." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm hurriedly covered every corner within a hundred miles in diameter with her mental power, using her mental detection interference field to shield the movement within a hundred miles, while carefully fine-tuning her mental power vortex.

The ultimate mental expert on the other side had obviously also noticed it, and with perfect understanding, they subtly adjusted their mental vortexes, tacitly cooperating with the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to shield it from all movement.

This phenomenon of spiritual power turning from adversity to prosperity is extremely rare, occurring only once in millennia. Its benefit is that it allows the four to undergo a more thorough transformation, elevating the essence of their spiritual power.

The downside is that it's very noisy, and once it gets out of control, there's no escaping it.

As the two ceremonies progressed, the two ultimate beneficiaries gradually awoke.

In a hazy state, Huo Yuhao used the spiritual power of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to sense the spreading spiritual energy and touched the pale golden spiritual aura.