In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Inside a suite on the top floor of the Starlight Hotel in Xingluo City.

Huo Tianling and Yunxi stared intently at Huo Yuhao in front of them, as if trying to see right through him.

After a moment of silence, Yunxi slowly spoke, "Oh, Great God King Huo, you finally decided to come back?"

Huo Yuhao scratched his head, looking embarrassed, and said, "I waited at the hotel for a whole day. Just as dusk was approaching and I was about to leave Peace Town, the Lanlin Joseph family's convoy suddenly arrived, saying that Miss Soraya was busy entertaining guests..."

Huo Yuhao made no attempt to hide anything and recounted his experiences in Heping Town in detail after the two women left.

Of course, he blurred out the content of the conversation at the dinner table. How could he possibly say something so shameful as to pour out his heart to his ex-girlfriend's face?

"Alright, enough of that nonsense, Yuhao. There's something I feel I need to tell you." Huo Tianling said with a solemn expression, "Right after Yunxi and I told the higher-ups of the Star Luo Empire what we had seen and heard in Shenhun Village, they secretly arrested Tian Sha Douluo Huang Jinxu. Yunxi and I are just ordinary people and didn't dare to go and investigate."

Heavenly Fiend Douluo... Huang Jinxu?

Huo Yuhao still had a tiny bit of impression of this person.

Huang Jinxu is a cursed lone star. It is said that after his martial spirit awakened, he killed his parents, making it impossible for him to have children in this life.

Of course, there are always exceptions. As long as the mother is strong enough to suppress Huang Jinxu's cursed physique, she can completely change the outcome of dying alone.

However... there are already few female Soul Masters, and even fewer who meet the criteria. How could a female Soul Master of that level possibly be interested in Huang Jinxu?

He's not Yu Xiaogang; he doesn't have a former girlfriend who's a pope, nor a father who's a sect leader. He can't even raise a girlfriend from childhood.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's expression became even more solemn. If Huang Jinxu had really been turned by the undead race, it would be harder than climbing to heaven to get information about the undead race from him. Without family, there would be no flaws.

Huo Yuhao couldn't sit still any longer. He grabbed Huo Tianling and Yunxi's wrists and strode out of the room.

The three of them had just reached the top of the stairs when they bumped into Xu Jiujiu, who was rushing upstairs.

Are there any other guests on the top floor?

Huo Yuhao glanced subconsciously in the direction of the three-person room, then turned back to Xu Jiujiu, who looked anxious, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, is there something you need from us?"

After a long silence, he quickly rolled up his sleeves, slowly bent down, hoisted Huo Yuhao onto his shoulder, and hurriedly ran down the stairs.

Yunxi: ? ? ? ? ?

Huo Tianling: ? ? ? ? ?

What is all this?

How come a princess of a country acts like a female bandit?

Yunxi crossed her arms and watched the figure gradually disappear into the distance. With a solemn expression, she said, "Judging from this... they must have discovered some incredible information about that Heavenly Fiend Douluo."

Huo Tianling didn't respond, but waved his hand expressionlessly, stepped down the stairs, and followed Xu Jiujiu's footsteps.

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The scene shifts to a dungeon in Xingluo City, where an elderly man with gray hair is tied to an execution rack, bearing more than twenty wounds on his body.

After standing in the jailer's office for a long time, he pointed at Huang Jinxu on the big screen and said with a furrowed brow: "Gentlemen, for a titled Douluo like him who comes from humble beginnings, ordinary torture is unlikely to break his psychological defenses. So... we plan to create an illusion for Huang Jinxu, to create a more comfortable atmosphere for him, so as to guide him to reveal more information."

"However, we clearly sealed Huang Jinxu's cultivation and had the highest-level illusion-type soul master of the Star Luo Empire create an illusion for him, but... no matter how hard that senior used all his skills, he could not get Huang Jinxu into the illusion."

"We suspect that the Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu has been replaced. The old man before us has no soul and cannot be affected by illusion-type soul skills..."

Before Xu Jiujiu could finish speaking, Huo Tianling suddenly interrupted, "Princess Jiujiu, you are wrong about this. The undead are not soulless; they just have no heartbeat or pulse. They are a human race with a rather unique cultivation system, belonging to a branch of humanity."

"As for why Huang Jinxu is unaffected by illusion-type soul skills, hmm... is it possible that he possesses a pair of eyes that can see through all the illusions of this world?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao instinctively took several steps back, staring into Huo Tianling's beautiful eyes, and stammered, "This... Tianling, is this possible? Does such a 'true eye' truly exist in this world, capable of seeing through all illusions?"

"Perhaps," Huo Tianling said softly. "The Eye of Truth is only one possibility. There is another possibility, which is... that Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, has an unwavering heart. His faith surpasses everything, and no matter what happens in the outside world, it will not shake his heart."

Looking at the pale-faced Soul Masters in the room, Huo Tianling laughed, his smile growing increasingly manic, as if he were on the verge of collapse.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

It's one thing for others, but even Huo, the Great God King who has lived two lives, can't even humbly seek knowledge when faced with the unknown. Instead, he just keeps questioning... Haha, if such a frog in a well were to hold power in the Douluo World, how long could the Douluo World exist?

Without the Ningyun Cult, without the undead race, and without those so-called "extraterrestrial demons" who are born to invade other planes, it doesn't matter if they lack ambition. But if they don't even humbly seek knowledge and learn from the more powerful cultivation systems outside, and just keep dreaming of being a "Celestial Empire," it won't last long at all.

Perhaps... Ningyun Sect is right.

But she had no choice. From the moment she relinquished her authority over Heaven and escaped, there was no room for compromise.

Only if she becomes the ruler of the divine realm once again will she have the opportunity to reclaim the authority of the Heavenly Dao.

As for Huo Yuhao... hehe, he's nothing more than a fish she keeps. With Huo Yuhao's size, he's enough to overshadow the brilliance she exudes.

Having experienced the betrayal of the Dragon God and the imprisonment by the God Realm Committee, even Huo Yuhao, the Son of the World whom she created with her own hands, could not be completely trusted. The only person she could trust was... herself.

Coming to his senses, Huo Tianling, feeling the gazes from the crowd, said coldly, "Don't look at me. I'm just a theorist; I'm no good at practical operations. If you can't break through Huang Jinxu's psychological defenses, why don't you gather all the capable people on the continent and seek their help? At this point, you're still hiding there, are you afraid you won't die fast enough?" (End of Chapter)