Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 157 Blasphemy Ritual

Huo Yuhao is rapidly reviewing the vast memories that the Sea Princess has accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years using his mental power.

Although the Sea Princess's spiritual power was extremely vast, it was sped up countless times in Huo Yuhao's Eye of Truth perspective.

I felt a throbbing pain constantly emanating from my spiritual sea.

And the pain of feeling as if all of one's spiritual energy was being cut and crushed bit by bit.

The sea princess forced herself not to scream, but to avoid triggering a stress response in a painful situation.

Huo Yuhao had already controlled her using a sealing technique beforehand.

Even though Huo Yuhao's mental strength is not as great as the Sea Princess's, he has far surpassed her in terms of mental control.

However, it is not Huo Yuhao who is deliberately torturing the Sea Princess.

However, this only applies to the long lifespan of a soul beast.

A large number of useless memories are constantly piling up in the sea of ​​the mind.

This makes it difficult for them to record everything in detail and accurately.

To prevent any mishaps, Huo Yuhao needed to unearth those long-forgotten memories one by one.

Therefore, it will take considerable effort to find and completely replicate these memories.

After all, it was different from the Demon Soul Great White Shark that Huo Yuhao had directly killed.

For Huo Yuhao, the Sea Princess cannot die just yet.

Otherwise, it would be much easier to extract someone's memories through necromancy after they have become an undead.

Therefore, under the premise of preserving the sea princess's vitality and ensuring that her own strength is not significantly damaged.

It's that troublesome to fully read and acquire its memories.

However, even so, it only took Huo Yuhao six days.

He then compiled all of the Sea Princess's memories.

As the Eye of Truth gradually deciphered the information, Huo Yuhao's analysis speed increased.

In the hundreds of thousands of years of the sea princess's life, there really wasn't much to note.

This is normal for soul beasts, given their long lifespans.

Every day they spend can be described as monotonous and utterly boring from a human perspective.

Moreover, Soul Masters and humans have different worldviews and concepts of time.

In the Sea Princess's memory, there were only a few things that Huo Yuhao could take note of.

The first event was the encounter between the sea princess and the first sea god.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the Sea Princess was just a young mermaid with only 100,000 years of cultivation, and had not yet become the leader of the mermaid race.

At that time, the mermaid race was just a slightly stronger ordinary sea spirit beast race in the ocean.

The turning point came when she met the first Sea God, who was still a Limit Douluo at that time.

At that time, Douluo Star was still in the late stage of the era ruled by soul beasts.

However, that human soul master possessed terrifying strength that surpassed that of a ferocious beast.

According to the sea princess's memories.

It took nearly a thousand years for that Limit Douluo, who was close to the god level, to achieve this.

With absolute strength, they conquered the various sea spirit beast clans and sea spirit master forces in the ocean.

He then appointed a creature with a long lifespan, unlike ordinary sea spirit beasts.

He was born with the merfolk, whose intelligence was no less than that of humans, as his priests.

From this moment on, the merfolk came into contact with something called the power of faith.

They served as priestesses of the sea god, replacing the Limit Douluo himself.

Using the sea area of ​​Douluo Star as a ranch, they subdued the sea spirit beasts and sea spirit masters into believers and spread the faith of the Sea God.

After a century of accumulation, and with the power of faith, the collection was completed.

That Limit Douluo completed his transformation and officially ascended to become the first Sea God.

The mermaids were not mistreated; after the first sea god ascended to the divine realm, he bestowed upon them the protection of the sea god.

This allows the mermaid race's innate and powerful spiritual energy to exert even greater force in the marine environment.

At the same time, through faith and sacrificial rituals, the spiritual power of the mermaid race can be connected with each other.

This is an ability that the original mermaid race did not possess.

Although they now regard it as a talent, it is actually a blessing from the sea god.

It was from this point onward that the mermaid race, as the chosen ones of the Sea God, truly became a top-tier soul beast race.

Of all the memories, the most important to Huo Yuhao was naturally the process by which the first Sea God became a god.

"The power of faith, in the Douluo God Realm, should be known as psychic power."

According to specific rituals, these mermaid prayers will shape a fixed image of a sea god.

"And this is essentially a targeted selection of mental power, thus forming the foundation for shaping a divine position."

"Otherwise, aside from those innate deities, anyone else who dares to absorb chaotic and disordered mental energy will likely face serious consequences."

"Although I don't have as much time as the first sea god to gather the power of faith, this can still serve as a reference."

"There's a constant stream of undead in the undead demiplane. If so, let's keep this as a backup plan."

"However, the ritual that this first sea god had the merfolk perform for generations seems rather interesting; it's more like some kind of magic than a self-created soul skill."

Perhaps by sheer coincidence, this first sea god also received the inheritance of other worlds.

"However, with this ritual as a reference, the Eye of Truth can continue its analysis."

"Among the magic taught to me by Elder I, there are many similar rituals that I can use as a reference."

"Once the analysis is complete, perhaps we can use it in reverse."

As he pondered, a cryptic glint flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

Although the prayers to the gods in the magical rituals taught by Electrox were mostly representations of the elements themselves.

However, after changing to another world, it did not completely lose its effect; it simply changed the object of prayer from the deity itself to the divine position.

After all, the gods of Douluo Star are far inferior in strength to the gods of the Holy Demon Continent; they have simply retained their own thinking abilities.

The reason why the first Sea God could rank among the top gods in the Douluo God Realm was precisely because he was the first to become a god and created his own godhood.

After the chaos caused by the Dragon God, the Douluo God Realm underwent a major reshuffle, except for the five God Kings and a few first-level gods.

Those gods who inherited the divine status of the previous generation, as well as those whose foundations were damaged due to the war with the dragons, lost the possibility of further progress.

Over time, it naturally couldn't compare to the first sea god, who was able to continuously improve himself and gradually become stronger.

As for the current second-generation Sea God Tang San, well...

Aside from this, it was due to the protection of the sea god and the growing strength of the mermaid race.

For the sea princess, there were fewer and fewer things worth noting in the entire ocean.

And until 10,000 years ago.

In the Sea Princess's memories, most of the scenes were of calm and undisturbed icy seas.

Ten thousand years ago, the sea god was born.

Tang San inherited the position of the Sea God and became the new Sea God, while also issuing several new divine decrees.

However, unlike the previous divine pronouncements from the sea god, which were made directly through the power of faith.

Tang San almost always issued divine decrees by descending to the mortal realm using his divine consciousness.

It seems to be due to a lack of familiarity with the control of the divine position, or perhaps there are other ideas.

In short, the status of the Great White Shark clan, which provided a great deal of assistance to Tang San in achieving the status of Sea God, has risen steadily over the past ten thousand years.

The mermaids were somewhat neglected, but the sea princess didn't seem to care.

After all, as long as the sea god does not withdraw his blessing on the mermaid race, their status in the ocean will be difficult to shake.

Through the Sea Princess's memories, Huo Yuhao also learned about the various arrangements Tang San made with the mermaid clan and sea spirit beasts.

"It seems that during his ten thousand years of monitoring Douluo Star, Tang San discovered another small world on Douluo Star, a different continent."

"But there hasn't been any actual exploration yet; they've just assigned sea spirit beasts to guard it?"

Huo Yuhao roughly outlined the progress of Tang San's plan.

However, the fact that the merfolk could no longer receive a response from the sea god through prayer also confirmed one of Huo Yuhao's guesses.

"It seems there are indeed some problems in the God Realm; otherwise, Tang San would likely have used other methods to control and influence me."

"I wonder when the divine realm will recover. Looks like I need to hurry."

"Cough cough, are you... alright now?" the sea princess groaned weakly.

Her face was deathly pale, and golden tears rolled down to the ground.

With a casual stroke, Huo Yuhao calmed down the Sea Princess's shattered and turbulent spiritual sea.

At the same time, the mermaid tears that rolled to the ground were transformed back into spiritual essence by Huo Yuhao and injected into the sea princess's spiritual sea.

Huo Yuhao then released the control over the Sea Princess.

The Sea Princess struggled to sit up and looked at the human Soul Master before her, speechless for a moment.

"His masterful control over mental energy far surpasses mine. How did he manage to do that, when his cultivation level is far inferior to mine?"

"Alright, let's sign the soul contract now."

"Then you mermaids, continue to pray to the sea god according to the ritual I imprinted in your spiritual sea."

Sensing the additional messages emerging from the Sea of ​​Spirit, the Sea Princess fell silent.

If they really take this step, the mermaid race will likely face more than just the sea god's disdain.

They might be completely wiped out of the ocean by the sea god.

Unlike simple betrayal, Huo Yuhao analyzed the merfolk's prayer ritual through the Eye of Truth.

Based on this, it was reversed and altered.

If it was originally provided by the mermaid race.

It is through prayer to the image of the sea god in one's own imagination.

This is to solidify and deepen the inclusive, orderly, and other divine qualities inherent in the position of the sea god.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao's modified prayer ritual was based on the original one.

It incorporates many ideas that conflict with the original concept of the sea god's position, such as chaos and variability.

Prayers imbued with this idea can naturally generate spiritual energy that is supplied to the corresponding deity.

However, the nature of the divine position can also affect the deity itself, if impurities are added to the original foundation.

Even if the power of the sea god can eventually continue to increase normally through the total amount of psychic power, it will inevitably leave hidden dangers.

If this method were applied to the first sea god, it might not be very effective.

Given the talent of the person who created the divine position, they are fully capable of reintegrating it into their own divine duties.

However, for Tang San, who succeeded the Sea God as the second-in-command, the addition of alien psychic power to his divine power would keep him busy for quite some time.

After a long silence, the sea princess finally chose to sign the soul contract.

In any case, her clansmen have now been wiped out by Huo Yuhao.

Even if the ritual was blasphemous, leading to the sea god's subsequent retribution and the calamity of extermination, it was all for naught.

But at least for now, if they don't cooperate with Huo Yuhao, their entire clan will probably be wiped out on the spot.

Now, the sea princess can only pray in her heart that the sea god will show mercy and spare her other people after he discovers their existence.

After the soul contract was signed, Huo Yuhao brought the Sea Princess back to the Ice Palace to reunite her with her people.

"Snow Empress." Huo Yuhao handed over an ice crystal that he had carved with his own soul power and spiritual power to her.

"Keep an eye on these mermaids and let them follow the image I recorded, under the guidance of the sea princess."

"After completing seven rituals as required, they can be released back into the icy sea."

Then Huo Yuhao looked at the Sea Princess again: "After returning to the Ice Sea, follow the requirements of the previous soul contract."

"Go and gather and control the other sea spirit beasts again, and make them pray and sacrifice according to the contents of this ritual."

Then, as pure ice elemental energy condensed, chilling runes appeared in the air.

Then, under Huo Yuhao's control, it was implanted into the body of every mermaid present.

"After everything is done, come to the far north to find the Snow Emperor."

"She will help you lift this restriction on my behalf."

"One year? Your mermaid race only has a maximum of one year."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's series of words, many mermaids' expressions changed drastically, and they looked at their clan leader in bewilderment.

The sea princess simply nodded numbly and did not offer any further resistance.

Xue Di carefully put away the ice crystal Huo Yuhao had given her: "Is there anything else we need to complete?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "Right now, this is all I need the Far North to do."

"The plan to swallow the sea remains unchanged, and the expansion of elemental tides will continue as normal."

"When the time is right, I will return to direct the continuation of the second phase of the plan."

After finishing everything, Huo Yuhao did not linger any longer.

The ice element energy accumulated in the far north still needs to be used wisely.

His original plan to attach a self-condensing soul ring to his second martial soul will have to be postponed for a while.

Next, we should head to the Star Dou Great Forest!

(End of this chapter)