Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 132 Cognitive Space

Huo Yuhao's consciousness first entered his own spiritual sea.

As the golden waves surged, Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea began to expand even further after absorbing the spiritual essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

While sensing the ever-increasing spiritual power, Huo Yuhao was not blinded by this seemingly omnipotent power within the sea of ​​his spirit.

Huo Yuhao methodically used his will to control the ever-growing spiritual energy, and after it solidified, he distributed it to the positions he had planned earlier.

In this way, he continuously transforms and fills his spiritual sea, making it more stable and more in line with his previous plans.

One by one, the pillars sank into the sea of ​​spirit. These were all forged by Huo Yuhao with his solidified spiritual power, and contained the knowledge that Huo Yuhao had compiled.

Whenever needed, it can be activated through consciousness, and can be directly manifested in the outside world through mental power without on-site construction, making it into magic or array diagrams, which is quite convenient.

However, the preparation and shaping work in the early stage was quite troublesome. It took Huo Yuhao a whole day to absorb all the spiritual power in the spiritual source of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and integrate it into his own spiritual sea.

Now, in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, of the ten massive spiritual essences brought by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm when it became his soul ring, only seven remain sealed.

This is because, apart from this time, during Huo Yuhao's previous breakthroughs in spiritual power, two spiritual origins had already gradually merged into Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea during the process.

Huo Yuhao's cultivation level has not yet broken through the level 70 Soul Saint, but according to his estimation, he should be able to absorb all the spiritual essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm when he breaks through the level 90 Title Realm.

At that time, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power level will naturally break through to the Spirit Domain Realm. However, after dealing with the spiritual power in the Sea of ​​Spirit, Huo Yuhao did not stay in the Sea of ​​Spirit.

Instead, Huo Yuhao directly used the magical mark left by Electrolux to enter the undead demiplane.

However, the place where he appeared this time was different from the monotonous desolate land he had seen before.

He was currently at the edge of the undead demiplane, a place where even the purple sun hanging high in the sky could hardly reach.

Beyond the earth's edge lies utter darkness, devoid of any matter or light, a void deeper than darkness itself, seemingly capable of swallowing everything.

Compared to the desolate lands of other areas in the undead demiplane, this place is devoid of the purple sunlight and the occasional sounds of undead creatures colliding and rubbing against each other.

The place seemed even more silent, or rather, lifeless, and Electrolux stood there alone, quietly waiting for Huo Yuhao's arrival.

Unlike before, Electrolux was now extremely solemn and dignified, and Huo Yuhao appeared here directly in his own spiritual form, rather than residing in an undead creature.

Electrox was wearing a rarely seen magic robe, and he held a huge golden scepter in his hand.

At this moment, Electrolux exuded an indescribable aura of holiness and nobility, and even without making any move, he inspired people to bow down in reverence.

Compared to the original story, where Elder Yi always used his last resort when Huo Yuhao was in danger, sacrificing his own spiritual energy to help him, this character is different.

Electrolux's current condition and recovery are far superior to those in the original story.

Firstly, the resources Huo Yuhao has acquired, such as immortal herbs, are much more readily available than in the original story. Secondly, Huo Yuhao has avoided many unnecessary actions by Electrolux in the original story, thus reducing Electrolux's losses.

Therefore, after his consciousness recovered to a certain extent, he did not use the second spiritual sea formed by the metal of life to recuperate as in the original work.

However, Electrolux has recovered to the point where he can rely on the undead demiplane for his own consciousness, instead of needing Huo Yuhao to exist.

The current state that Electrolux is displaying, the full power that his divine consciousness body can now wield, does not consume the foundation of his divine consciousness, nor does it deplete Huo Yuhao's mental strength; rather, it consumes the energy within the undead demiplane.

As the creator of the undead demiplane, after Electrox recovered to a certain extent, he was able to use special means to gain control of the undead demiplane and thus use its energy to restore himself.

This speed is actually much faster than when Electrolux was recuperating in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

After all, even if the undead demiplane is incomplete, it is still a small world-like existence, and its efficiency in absorbing and converting energy is far beyond what Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea can currently match.

While Electrolux can also recover by drawing on the spiritual essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, and even at a much faster rate than by converting energy bit by bit.

After all, if the spiritual power contained in the essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm were used to repair the divine consciousness, the efficiency would naturally be much higher.

However, this was not a good thing for Huo Yuhao, so Electrolux never mentioned it.

Before recovering to a level sufficient to control the undead demiplane, Electrolux mostly relied on things that Huo Yuhao couldn't use to restore himself, such as the Life Gold or the uncontrollable overflow residue from Huo Yuhao's growing mental power.

For Electrox, his greatest obsession in this life had long been resolved. Even if a wisp of his consciousness still remained, it was of no importance to him whether it existed or dissipated.

All he wants to do now is leave as much trace of his existence in this world as possible.

"teacher."

Huo Yuhao understood that since Electrolux had shown this attitude, what he was about to say and do must be of utmost importance.

"Yuhao, watch carefully. The magic I'm about to cast is one that I can't use a second time for a while. Observe carefully the changes and see how they differ from what you did before."

Accompanying Electrolux's voice was an aura of supreme authority emanating from him.

At this moment, the feeling that Electrolux gave Huo Yuhao was no longer that of the kind old man he usually was.

Rather, it is a god, a supreme and noble deity who has no emotions whatsoever and holds sway over all things in the world.

All that could be heard was the murmur and chanting of profound incantations from Electrolux's mouth, but Huo Yuhao was completely unable to memorize these incantations at this moment.

The incantation entered Huo Yuhao's ears but was immediately forgotten; he could neither understand nor remember it. Now, Huo Yuhao can only try his best to remember all the changes that gradually unfolded in the world as the Electrolux incantation began.

At this moment, the deathly aura that had existed in the surrounding environment vanished without a trace, and a solemn light emanated from Electrox's body, while the surrounding environment also seemed to faintly radiate light.

Is it light? Huo Yuhao couldn't help but think so, but what Electrolux did was clearly far more complicated than that.

As this light appeared, the previously stable spatial interface at the boundary of the undead demiplane began to fluctuate in a very regular manner.

The space, which was originally invisible, intangible, and indescribable, was given form as if by light, allowing Electrolux to mold its shape at will.

Then, outside the undead demiplane, the void that was originally pitch black and devoid of any light or matter began to be gradually swallowed up by the undead demiplane.

The boundary of the undead demiplane expanded rapidly in Huo Yuhao's eyes at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it extended a full meter before stopping.

It should be noted that the boundaries of the undead demiplane are already vast, so how much area is expanded by adding a radius of one meter on top of that?

Huo Yuhao's current situation is unknown, but compared to the power that Electrolux is currently displaying, the artificial ice cave that Huo Yuhao created before is not even a small-scale operation.

This was also the first time Huo Yuhao truly realized just how powerful the knowledge and resources of Electrox, a demigod-level mage, were in his hands.

At least in the Douluo Continent today, it can be considered a complete dimensional reduction attack, since the so-called soul spirit is nothing more than the soul of a soul beast that Ilex modified based on his necromancy.

Even in the era of the Legend of the Dragon King, what could Gu Yuena's research on artificial soul spirits really amount to for a powerful figure like Electrolux, who could create an endless stream of undead creatures as a laboratory for the undead demiplane?

After a moment of silence, Huo Yuhao slowly spoke, "Spatial manipulation, but it's not simply about influencing space through mental power."

"Previously, I made the artificial ice cave possible by disassembling the spells in low-level spatial magic and assembling them into a magic circle."

Huo Yuhao sighed: "But the expansion of space and the gathering of ice elements are always in conflict."

"Using space as the framework and ice as the flesh and blood to fill it, even if you force it into shape, you can only barely maintain a balance."

"However, a balance must be struck between the two for slow expansion to occur, which will generate a lot of internal friction and make it impossible to achieve the effect of one plus one equals two."

"Compared to what you've shown, teacher, it's not even in the same league. It's not a difference in ability, but rather..."

Electrolux removed his scepter and robes, reverting to his usual kind old man, before speaking: "Very well, Yuhao, tell me, what exactly did I just do?"

Huo Yuhao frowned slightly: "I didn't fully understand it, but I did understand one thing: Elder Yi, your methods are absolutely based on your control over the element of light."

"As for the specifics of how it was done and how it led to this result," Huo Yuhao shook his head, admitting that he couldn't figure it out either.

Electrolux nodded approvingly: "To have seen this far is enough for you right now."

"Earth, water, fire, wind, light, darkness, space—the seven elements are relatively common, while light, darkness, and space are relatively rare and difficult to grasp. However, they can all be regarded as the basic elements that constitute this world."

"Take the element of water as an example. Water can be transformed into the element of ice, and the element of ice can also form other elements."

"Pure elements are considered the ultimate at the mortal level, and can also be regarded as powerful, but this does not mean that only pure elements are powerful."

"The world is filled with sunlight, grass and trees, wind, rain and thunder, and countless living things thrive. A complete world can only be truly formed by the coexistence of the seven elements."

"Although my undead demiplane is not yet a complete world, it is based on my research on the element of light. Even if it is not complete, it is not far off."

Huo Yuhao nodded. He naturally understood this point. Although the undead demiplane was a demiplane where undead creatures existed and reproduced.

Moreover, the undead creatures here are special beings born from the element of light, but this plane itself has no element of light at all, which is illogical.

"Light and darkness can also be reversed. Only in the darkest places can the aurora be born. This is why the undead creatures I created have the characteristics of light creatures that defy common sense."

"Since light can be reversed into darkness, then earth, water, fire, wind, and even space are ultimately just elements."

"Through the various derivations, changes, and transformations of the element of light, corresponding existences can naturally be born."

"Light and darkness go hand in hand. Through the derivation and change of the light element, the alternation and rotation of the dark element can be stimulated naturally."

"And the sun and earth in the undead demiplane were created by me through the transformation between light and darkness."

"As light and darkness reverse and the cycle takes shape, the spatial elements in the darkness are naturally captured within it."

"Is it that space is not the dominant element constituting the world, but rather that other elements came first, leading to space as the entity that carries them?"

Huo Yuhao seemed to be deep in thought, but at the same time, he also gained a clearer understanding of the space that he had previously had a somewhat vague understanding of.

"Although space is difficult to fathom, it is indeed a real element, but it is usually difficult for people to observe and capture."

"These are my insights and understanding of the world gained from studying magic. Yuhao, you can listen and learn, but you must incorporate your own understanding and thought into how to do it."

"And what I just said only applies to ordinary people; it's not the same for you, Yuhao."

"It's just that you lacked knowledge about it in the past, which is why you couldn't see the existence of space through your magical eyes."

"After all, for someone like you who can even peek into and influence the forces of fate in the dark, your understanding of space is only one step away from being fully grasped."

Compared to the tangible but intangible understanding he gained from the artificial ice cave, it was only after Electrolux's personal instruction that Huo Yuhao truly achieved a preliminary understanding of space.

(End of this chapter)