"I want to become a dragon, Father," Yu Xiaogang said without hesitation.
He absolutely did not want to become a mere ordinary person, someone who only knew how to manage things. In this lifetime, he was determined to enter the noble ranks of Soul Masters. Not only that, he would evolve his Martial Soul into the Golden Saint Dragon and make those who looked down on him pay the price.
"Alright," Yu Yuanzhen replied, taking out a sect master medallion and handing it to Yu Xiaogang. "Use this medallion to collect your cultivation resources. For the next three years, focus on building your body and guiding your meridians. After three years, come find me."
Yu Xiaogang nodded and took the medallion.
Yu Yuanzhen cautioned, "For these three years, you should only focus on strengthening your body. Your Soul Power level won't improve much, so don't let that affect your mindset. After three years, come to me, and I'll help you with increasing your Soul Power."
"Yes, Father."
With his father's support, Yu Xiaogang's fighting spirit was reignited.
The next day, Yu Xiaogang went to the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus Sect's Resource Hall to line up and collect his monthly cultivation resources. In the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus Sect, disciples were divided into core disciples, direct disciples, collateral disciples, outer sect disciples, and external disciples. Each type of disciple had different levels of resources available to them.
When it was Yu Xiaogang's turn, he placed the sect master medallion in front of the elder distributing the resources and said, "One set of core disciple cultivation resources, plus a month's worth of body-strengthening materials."
His words caused a stir among the disciples around him.
"Wait, Yu Xiaogang can even collect core disciple resources?"
"His innate Soul Power is only level 0.5, how can any resources be useful to him? What is the sect thinking?"
"I, a disciple with innate Soul Power level 5, only received a direct disciple's resources. Why should Yu Xiaogang get core disciple resources?"
"Because he has a sect master for a father. That's enough," one disciple sneered.
Yu Xiaogang lowered his head, his expression hidden, his fists clenched tightly.
Even the elder felt that investing resources into Yu Xiaogang was a waste, but upon seeing the sect master's medallion, the elder hesitated, swallowed his words, and instructed others to prepare the resources Yu Xiaogang needed.
After collecting his resources, Yu Xiaogang left, his head bowed low as he faced the mockery and resentment of those around him.
What he didn't notice was that in the crowd, Yu Xiaomen was quietly watching him leave.
"Young Master Xiaomen, should I have someone intercept the resources he just collected?" a direct disciple asked, wearing a fawning expression.
"Don't do anything unnecessary. The sect master gave him that medallion for a reason," Yu Xiaomen shook his head and replied.
In the days that followed, Yu Xiaogang endured the ridicule and cold stares from the sect. Every month, he received large amounts of resources, eating spirit herbs as though they were meals and soaking in medicinal baths daily. His shocking wastefulness made other disciples of the sect green with envy.
In the Lower Realm, a year passed in the blink of an eye. In the Divine Realm, however, time flowed swiftly, and it seemed as though no time had passed at all.
An official entered the main hall and reported to Huo Yuhao, "Your Majesty, the divine seed in the Sacred Sculpture Hall has been fully restored."
Huo Yuhao closed the Eternal Eye and followed the official to the Sacred Sculpture Hall.
The magnificent hall was vast and empty, with only a celestial array and eight crystal towers forming a formation. This formation gathered the surrounding celestial spiritual energy and directed it toward the divine seed in the center.
Huo Yuhao gazed at the divine seed. The last time he saw it, there had been a barely noticeable crack on its surface. Now, it was completely restored, without a trace of any flaw.
The divine seed exuded an aura of sacred light, but after being eroded by the passing ages, it had gradually shifted toward a dark, corrupted aura.
To trace the origin of this divine seed, one had to start with Huo Yuhao's journey through the chaotic flow of time and space.
As the Emotion God King, Huo Yuhao had a unique sensitivity to emotional waves. He had detected an overwhelming emotional fluctuation—regret and loneliness—within the chaotic flow.
Following this trail, Huo Yuhao had found the source: a broken divine seed drifting within the time-space turbulence. This seed carried the soul of a long-deceased spirit that had never entered the cycle of reincarnation.
He collected the broken divine seed and recognized its origin—the Angel God Seed.
Afterward, when Huo Yuhao ascended to his divine position, he brought the divine seed to the Divine Realm and began slowly restoring it with the celestial spiritual energy of the Divine Realm.
The soul residing within the seed was that of the Angel God, Qian Renxue.
This divine seed was a primordial godseed, capable of cultivating a powerful warrior, but that did not mean the person who obtained it could directly become the Angel God. After all, the world already had an Angel God, Qian Han Yu.
This divine seed could allow someone to reach god-level combat power, but to truly take the seat of the Angel God, one would either need to defeat the current Angel God and replace her or inherit her legacy.
Similarly, Huo Yuhao, possessing two divine seeds—Life and Destruction—could not simply use them to ascend to godhood. The rules of the Divine Realm did not permit two gods with the same position in one universe. Either one had to replace the other or inherit its legacy. Huo Yuhao chose a third path, fusing the two divine seeds to create a new path.
Huo Yuhao closed the formation and held the restored divine seed in his hands, sensing its energy. The Angel God should be holy and radiant, but the divine seed he held now exuded a completely opposite attribute, as though the extreme darkness was followed by a return to light.
Perhaps Qian Renxue had encountered some ill fate in her later years, causing both her soul and her divine seed to change.
Using his divine power, Huo Yuhao separated her soul's essence from the divine seed. Her essence appeared as a purple-black ball of light, with a faint, ethereal figure within. Her hair was as white as snow, and she wore a black skirt with golden trim. Her six angelic wings were a deep purple-black, exuding a sinister aura. This beguiling, enchanting woman was silently asleep.
When they first met, her soul had been shattered, much like how the Elder Yi's soul had been. Now, under the influence of the celestial spiritual energy of the Divine Realm, her soul had gradually recovered.
This was an angel who had lost everything due to the hatred and loneliness she faced in the end. Huo Yuhao decided to resurrect her and send her to the Lower Realm. He already had the plan in his mind.
Perhaps this would be a form of redemption for Tang San.
Huo Yuhao threw Qian Renxue's soul forward, directly using his divine power to resurrect her!
The reason he didn't revive her sooner was due to the cost of resurrection. Reviving a shattered divine being like Qian Renxue and binding her to the Angel God position would consume an enormous amount of divine power. Even for someone at the God King level, it would be a massive drain.
In the original story, Bibi Dong had killed Tang San once, but she didn't do it thoroughly. If she had shattered his Sea God position, two second-level gods would never have been able to resurrect a primordial god. Huo Yuhao, in his past life, had been far more decisive. He not only crushed Tang San's divine heart but also shattered his two god positions—the Asura God and the Sea God.
Huo Yuhao's gaze shifted toward the reviving Qian Renxue.