Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 112 My Heart, Why?

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was completely unaware of the subsequent changes that occurred in Sunset Forest.

However, while he was still training in the undead demiplane, Poison Undying came knocking on his door.

"Master." Upon seeing that Du Bu Si was still as calm as ever.

"Yuhao, I remember you mentioned before that after absorbing that Mirage Dragon Soul Ring, your soul power has reached saturation and you need to spend a lot of time refining it, right?"

Huo Yuhao was a little surprised to hear this, but after all, this was something he had indeed talked about with Du Busi. However, he couldn't understand why Du Busi would bring it up at this moment.

"That's right, Master. Moreover, after accepting the sacrifice of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, the soul power contained within its soul ring was of great help to me."

"But it also means I need to spend more time to truly consolidate and digest it, otherwise it will be difficult to continue to improve in the next stage."

Poison Immortal nodded: "Well, since it's all a matter of time, there's no rush. You come with me on a trip; it'll broaden your horizons!"

"To broaden your horizons? Or are you suggesting, Master, that you seek out some powerful expert for a one-on-one duel?"

"Forgive my bluntness, but battles below the Super Douluo level may not be of much help to you."

"As for battles above the Super Douluo level, if I were there, I'm afraid you would be hesitant to act."

Upon hearing this, Poisonous Immortal bristled and glared, saying, "Do you really think that when I take you out, all you do is fight and cause trouble everywhere?"

After saying that, he threw a punch that was neither too light nor too heavy on Huo Yuhao's head, but of course he didn't want to hit him with all his might.

Huo Yuhao naturally didn't avoid it, but he looked at Du Busi with a "what else can I do?" gaze.

After all, since arriving at the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao's recent trips with Du Busi have been primarily for the purpose of hunting souls, with most of the time spent on combat in addition to searching.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's gaze, Du Busi became somewhat enraged. He then scooped Huo Yuhao up and flew towards the Body Sect with him.

In the sky, Du Busi said with a somewhat solemn expression, "Yuhao, you are the young sect master of my Body Sect, the future sect master of my Body Sect."

"I know that your talent in cultivation and research is probably unparalleled throughout history. However, as the future sect leader of the Body Sect and the leader of a major power, these alone are far from enough."

"The strength of one person is sometimes limited, which is why the strong need disciples to surround them, while the weak also want to unite around the strong to seek their own interests."

"Throughout history, what good is a Super Douluo if you're a lone, weak individual who manages to become a renowned titled powerhouse?"

"In the end, a wandering soul will inevitably end up alone and helpless. Although you, Yuhao, are exceptionally talented and destined to be a strong person, I can see that you don't care."

"You don't care about the ordinary disciples in the sect. Although they are indeed grateful to you for your guidance and your theories, it's only temporary."

"Because in your eyes, Yuhao, perhaps the disciples in the sect are no different from the Soul Masters outside. To you, they are just ordinary people who are difficult to reach your level. In your eyes, they are just a part of the Body Sect."

"For you, what you want to help and strengthen is the Body Sect itself, because the sect can provide you with the opportunity to become stronger."

"But what I want to tell you is not like that. A person is a person, not part of any whole. These disciples may not be able to truly understand you in a short period of time."

"But if you continue to do this, over time, even the most devoted disciples will eventually fear you and distance themselves from you."

"Perhaps Yuhao, you don't think there's any point in the weak ostracizing others." At this point, Du Busi looked at Huo Yuhao with some melancholy: "What a sect needs is a sense of belonging. If today, those disciples can gather around you because of your 'strength,'..."

"But if you ignore them, then one day, when a stronger being appears, they will surely turn to someone else."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly, about to retort, but was forcefully interrupted by Du Busi.

"I know what you want to say, Yuhao, and I understand that you believe this world is determined by power. Yes, that's true."

"Furthermore, with your talent and abilities, Yuhao, you will undoubtedly stand at the very top of the power pyramid in this world in the future. But what will you do if that day truly comes?"

"The strong possess the privilege of deciding and ravaging the world by their own will, but beneath these privileges lies the emptiness in the heart of every strong person."

"This is not me criticizing your character, Yuhao. Rather, I hope you can think clearly about what you are doing and what you want to achieve, rather than just pursuing strength for the sake of strength. I hope you can be true to yourself."

Flying high in the sky with Huo Yuhao in his arms, Poison Undying's flight speed was not fast at this time, and every word he said could be accurately transmitted to Huo Yuhao's ears.

Huo Yuhao also fell silent at this moment. Before he transmigrated to this world, he was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old student.

Even though he had transmigrated to this world and four years had passed, all he had gained was cultivation level, not experience.

Although in his previous life, the transmigrator had already established his own set of values, and because he had once been in God's-eye view, he possessed the ability to criticize the world.

However, after truly entering this world, Huo Yuhao still found it difficult to understand himself.

He has already found the direction to become stronger in the future by leveraging his nature as a time traveler, but what is the direction that belongs to his own heart?

Because he knows the past and future of this world, everything Huo Yuhao is doing now is in preparation for one thing: to confront the supreme God King Tang San. Yes, to confront, not to resist.

For Huo Yuhao, he did not consider himself inferior to Tang San. In fact, in his heart, he believed that his own existence was superior to that of the so-called God King because he knew the original story.

However, this mission was something that the transmigrator naturally inherited after taking over the identity of "Huo Yuhao," because if one wanted to possess extraordinary power in this extraordinary world...

Therefore, all the shackles that confine the identity of 'Huo Yuhao' are unavoidable.

However, Huo Yuhao did not think deeply about this issue from the beginning, because in his view, the various opportunities that the original Huo Yuhao had had had already laid the foundation for him to fight against Tang San.

Furthermore, with his God-like perspective and strategic planning ability as a transmigrator, he believed that to fight against Tang San, all he needed to do was become stronger and stronger and just keep going like that.

But now, what is the meaning of my actions? Power is a necessary key to achieve my goal, but power itself is by no means the goal. Is fighting against Tang San my goal?

In the original novel, Huo Yuhao also sought his true self through deep meditation in the secret chamber under the Golden Tree. Although he arrived at a conclusion about the Tang Sect under the guidance of the Golden Tree and Mu En, Huo Yuhao was not the one who sought his true self.

However, even though the self-examination is somewhat bizarre, it is indeed a way for Soul Masters in the Douluo world to determine their future direction, or rather, this self-awareness will affect their strength improvement to a certain extent.

However, Huo Yuhao has never experienced any of these things, because he doesn't even need to, because he is strong enough and talented enough.

For Huo Yuhao, there is no such thing as a bottleneck or a weakness.

He only needs to keep learning, plunder everything he knows, and turn it into his own power to continuously become stronger.

Just like with the poison that never dies, this was also what Electrolux was worried about, which is why he set up a trial for Huo Yuhao in the undead demiplane.

Although Huo Yuhao didn't feel much from the previous trials, Electrolux felt that they were not very effective, or rather, they didn't quite hit the mark.

But now that Poison Undying has pointed it out, Electrox suddenly realized that something was missing in the trial he had given Huo Yuhao.

That was Huo Yuhao's experience.

Electrolux once carried the burden of a blood feud, but love can breed hatred.

If it weren't for the love for his family and the love for his former lover, which ultimately transformed into hatred upon their simultaneous demise, Electrox's own driving force of hatred would never have been so strong.

Looking back on the time Huo Yuhao spent residing in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, Huo Yuhao was certainly able to play the role of a thirsty student or a mentor to a genius.

But in reality, Huo Yuhao has no "feelings". For Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao is the core of his godhood plan, but for Huo Yuhao, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm is just an appendage.

With Huo Yuhao's own talent and luck, even without the help of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, it would certainly take more time for Huo Yuhao to get on the right track, but with his current talent, it is by no means impossible.

As for Electrolux, Huo Yuhao is a qualified successor to magic, but for Huo Yuhao, the magic that Electrolux possesses is not necessarily what he needs.

Even without magic, Huo Yuhao can still arm himself with the power from other directions, such as the soul power circuit or the self-created soul skills simulated by the soul guidance core array.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao was still thinking, Du Busi didn't say anything more, but quietly led Huo Yuhao towards the direction of Tiandou City.

The flight was very smooth, and even the slightest external disturbance was isolated by Poison Undying's soul power.

Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought for a long, long time.

What is it that I really want? What is it that I really want to do? What is it that I'm actually doing?

Huo Yuhao realized that he had never been aware of this, even after four years in this world.

He was simply immersed in the joy of pursuing knowledge and power; becoming stronger can be addictive.

It's not that there's anything wrong with simply becoming stronger, but is simply becoming stronger really what Huo Yuhao wants?

If that's really the case, then it's good to continue on this path, follow your heart, become stronger, and become so strong that no one can defeat you.

But at this moment, Huo Yuhao hesitated, because he didn't know.

He didn't know if this was really what he was pursuing, just as the path to becoming stronger becomes impossible if one goes astray.

If you go astray in your pursuit of your true self, you will inevitably lose yourself and be doomed forever. This doesn't mean you will die because of it.

The "I" of the past will cease to exist and be replaced by a new "I".

In the Douluo Continent, the concept of "heart" is mentioned, but not often, and it doesn't affect how to become stronger or break through.

However, Huo Yuhao was confused at this moment because he did not want to, nor did he think that he would eventually choose to become a 'god' trapped in the God Realm.

So he wanted to find out what he really wanted. After thinking about it for a while, Huo Yuhao finally shook his head and gave up on thinking about it.

Because thinking is endless, mere thinking cannot verify one's own desires; only by unifying knowledge and action can one attain proof.

Since you don't know what you want to do, just do it.

Huo Yuhao's growth has now reached a bottleneck; it is not stagnant, but rather has entered a relatively stable period of accumulation.

Because of this, he had more time to walk around, see things, and think about what he really needed.

Looking at Huo Yuhao, who had stopped thinking, and at the Heaven Dou City that could be seen in the distance, Du Busi asked, "Yuhao, have you figured it out?"

In fact, Du Bu Si was a little nervous because he didn't know if Huo Yu Hao had really "figured it out".

Huo Yuhao's subsequent shake of the head, while disappointing, also brought him some relief.

After all, it's a good thing that Huo Yuhao didn't hastily define his true self.

"In that case, Yuhao, you'll stay by my side for the time being, observe carefully, and think things through."

"We've arrived at Heaven Dou City."

As the former imperial city of the Heaven Dou Empire and now the royal city of the Heaven Soul Empire, Heaven Dou City, though ancient, is one of the most prosperous cities on the Douluo Continent.

This place also houses a stronghold of the Body Sect, which is also the largest stronghold of the Body Sect outside of its main base. It was built by the royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire for their national protection sect.

Meanwhile, Tian Dou City is also home to those forces that had previously formed an alliance with the Body Sect under the leadership of the Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng, and whose representatives were stationed here.

After all, the Soul Masters from the Sun Moon Empire were also being held here, and the Poison Undying and the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family were not comfortable leaving them anywhere else.

(End of this chapter)