Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

"Oh? Teacher, what did you discover?" Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up. After all, this place was too hidden, and with his current strength, he had no way to enter the Underworld.

Electrolux said with some helplessness, "I've discovered that you can't retrieve souls indefinitely in the underworld. After all, retrieving souls is a very mentally taxing process."

Moreover, and most importantly, the arrangement of these souls is chaotic, and the further back in time one seeks a soul, the more mental energy one needs to expend. I searched for a long time but could not find the souls of Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.

Currently, I am merely a fragment of divine consciousness. Even after being nurtured by the Blade of Life, I have only recovered somewhat, and there is still a considerable gap between me and my peak state.

"Teacher, are you planning to take their souls out of the underworld?" Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised. Although he had the same idea, he had never shown it.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue are both people who have ascended to godhood, and their resumes are extremely impressive across the entire Douluo Continent.

Of course, it's unknown whether Tang San destroyed Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue's souls. If those two souls were destroyed, it would mean that no matter how hard Electrolux tries to find them, he will ultimately be unable to do so.

“Hmm.” Electrox nodded, his face serious. “I’ve suspected that you might be a reincarnation of a god. If you could have two human soul masters who were once gods assist you, it might help you ascend to godhood.”

"Don't worry, I will definitely retrieve them from the underworld. However, this will take time, and their souls must exist. Even if it's just a fragment of their souls, I'm confident I can resurrect them as spirits."

Huo Yuhao nodded, and then discussed some matters related to the dead and the underworld with Electrolux. He then took the opportunity to suggest that the incomplete version of the Xuan Tian Gong could be modified in a different direction.

Of course, this modification is aimed at ordinary people, not pursuing high limits, but only pursuing quick entry and laying a good foundation. Therefore, Electrolux improved the Xuan Tian Gong with this goal in mind, so the improvement speed will not be particularly slow.

........

a few days later.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Inside the principal's office.

"Xiao, Grandpa said he's going to show us how ordinary people are turned into Soul Warriors today. Do you think this is a reliable thing?" Meng Hongchen sat in a chair, looking at Xiao Hongchen not far away.

Xiao Hongchen was sitting at the table reading a book when he heard Meng Hongchen's question. He put down his book, closed the pages, and said decisively, "Of course, this kind of thing is unreliable. A person with zero innate soul power is just an ordinary person."

"And such people could never become Soul Masters. Neither our Sun Moon Empire, nor Shrek Academy, nor any of the other three great empires have any precedent of turning someone with zero innate Soul Power into a Soul Master. Meng, judging from your tone, you seem to think that such a thing could very well happen."

Meng Hongchen smiled and said, "Smile, how about we make a bet? Let's bet on whether an ordinary person can become a Soul Warrior. I think it's very likely that such a thing will happen."

"A bet? You're eyeing my gold soul coins again?" Xiao Hongchen frowned, suddenly feeling that the gold soul coins in his soul tool were in danger.

Meng Hongchen smiled and said, "Isn't it because rare metals are too expensive? Although I can afford most rare metals, there are some that are just too expensive for me to afford. But I need them to make my own soul tools, so my gold soul coins for this month are almost gone."

Although Jing Hongchen gives his grandchildren gold soul coins every month, the amount is not particularly large because the Hongchen family was revitalized by Jing Hongchen. This is to encourage his grandchildren to make more high-quality soul tools, which can not only hone their soul tool skills but also allow them to sell the soul tools to make money.

Xiao Hongchen glanced at Meng Hongchen and said, "Alright, but don't regret it. If you lose, you'd better hand over the gold soul coins or the equivalent rare metals, or even soul tools. Hmm, I'm betting 400,000 gold soul coins. People with zero innate soul power can never have soul power and become soul warriors."

In any case, it's impossible for someone born with zero soul power to transform into a soul warrior, or even gradually grow into a soul master. Therefore, Xiao Hongchen felt confident that he would definitely defeat Meng Hongchen this time.

Of course, considering that the other party was his own sister, Xiao Hongchen didn't want to go too far, so he bet 400,000 gold soul coins. Once Meng lost to him, he would take her out for a big meal to comfort her.

Meng Hongchen nodded nonchalantly: "Okay."

She already knew from her grandfather that the person who was going to do this was the famous junior, Yuhao.

Xiao was busy studying knowledge about soul tools and didn't have time to inquire about such things.

Although it sounded exaggerated, she thought of the series of miracles Huo Yuhao had created and decided to trust him.

After all, junior Yuhao himself is a creator of miracles.

........

Mingde Hall.

All the researchers stopped what they were doing and headed toward the academy's plaza. The reason was simple: today, Huo Yuhao was going to show everyone how to turn someone with zero innate soul power into a soul warrior with soul power.

This novelty was undoubtedly a fatal temptation for the researchers. Every one of them who could stay at Mingde Hall as a researcher had their own unique ideas on the development of soul tools.

Whether their unique ideas can be successfully implemented is another matter, but they are extremely happy to see new and interesting things emerge.

Soon, the group arrived near the square. Today, the square was not as noisy as usual, but rather quiet.

Xuan Ziwen led a group of researchers into the square and soon saw Jing Hongchen.

Chapter 281 The Punishment of the God King

Xuan Ziwen and the other researchers immediately stopped and greeted Jing Hongchen: "Hall Master."

"Hmm." Jing Hongchen's sharp gaze swept over the researchers present. "In a moment, Yuhao will transform people with zero innate soul power into people with soul power in front of everyone. Once successful, the significance will be immeasurable."

Therefore, I specifically arranged for people to cordon off the area around the square, so that, apart from specific personnel, basically no one could come over.

Everyone must remember that you must not spread what you will see later without Yuhao's permission.

The researchers nodded in agreement with Jing Hongchen's words. Those who could become researchers generally possessed a certain level of confidentiality awareness; otherwise, the blueprints for the soul tools developed by Mingde Hall would have been leaked to Douluo Three Kingdoms long ago.

After all, the achievements of the Douluo Three Kingdoms in the field of soul tools are clearly inferior to those of the Sun Moon Empire. As long as a researcher is willing to sell advanced soul tool blueprints, the Douluo Three Kingdoms will definitely make a purchase.

After all, since Tang Sect's hidden weapons were crushed by Soul Guidance Devices, Douluo Three Kingdoms has also realized the superiority of Soul Guidance Devices over Tang Sect's hidden weapons. That's why they have vigorously developed Soul Guidance Devices. In the last Soul Battle Tournament, many teams used Soul Guidance Devices to enhance their team's combat power.

Hou Jing Hongchen led everyone towards the center of the square. What came into view was Huo Yuhao and the Hongchen siblings. Behind the three of them were a group of soldiers in armor and some members of the Spirit Pagoda.

Before they even landed, they heard Xiao Hongchen speaking.

"Dream! Why didn't you tell me that making ordinary people possess innate soul power was what Yuhao wanted to do?" Xiao Hongchen looked regretful.

"Eh...laugh, you didn't even ask. You don't mean to break our bet, do you? You're the second genius of the Sun and Moon, breaking our bet would be beneath your status." Meng Hongchen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Xiao Hongchen caught a glimpse of Jing Hongchen and the others out of the corner of his eye. His arrogance as the "Second Genius of the Sun and Moon" surged up immediately. He gritted his teeth and said, "How could I, Xiao Hongchen, possibly break the bet! Meng, you can rest assured, it's not time yet. I might not necessarily lose to you."

He was also thinking to himself that, given Huo Yuhao's achievements in creating spirits and even helping many people awaken their martial spirits a second time, the possibility of Huo Yuhao enabling ordinary people to also possess spirit power was actually very high.

However, this kind of thing is probably not so easy to do. Historically, the Sun and Moon Imperial Families have tried to do this.

After all, as long as ordinary people can possess innate soul power, a large number of soul warriors can be created, and these people can then become soul masters, use soul tools, and thus improve the overall strength of the Sun Moon Army.

The Sun and Moon Imperial Family invested a great deal of manpower, resources, and money in this matter, but ultimately had to declare the plan a failure because they could not see any results in the long run.

Therefore, according to Xiao Hongchen's idea, even Huo Yuhao, who has made amazing achievements many times, would need a considerable amount of time to accomplish this.

Jing Hongchen led everyone down from mid-air. He seemed unsurprised. As a grandfather, he naturally knew that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had a good relationship. They would sometimes bicker, but it was nothing serious.

He strode up to Huo Yuhao and said, "Yuhao, I've brought the researchers with me. They'll be observing how you give ordinary people innate soul power."

Xuan Ziwen looked at Huo Yuhao and said, "Yuhao, if you can really accomplish this, your prestige among the people of the Sun Moon Empire will reach an unparalleled level. After all, most of the people of the Sun Moon Empire are ordinary people."

Huo Yuhao nodded and replied, "Don't worry, Dean, Teacher Xuan, I'm confident I can accomplish this."

During this period, he had Electrolux change the direction of the modification of the incomplete version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, making it easier to learn and greatly reducing the difficulty of early cultivation. At present, its upper limit is roughly only at the Soul Saint level.

So he walked up to a tall soldier in armor and said, "Release your martial spirit."

The soldiers who come here are mostly ordinary people without innate soul power. Although they can release martial souls, they are destined to be unable to cultivate without innate soul power and cannot even become a soul warrior.

"Yes." The soldier nodded, and then immediately released a long, slender spear that was entirely black. Under the sunlight, the spear looked quite nice.

Huo Yuhao reached out and stroked the tip of the spear. A sharp sensation traveled from the spear tip to his hand. With his current physical condition, he was unlikely to be injured by stroking the spear tip. However, an ordinary martial soul could not give him such a sharp sensation.

He asked, "What's your name? What's your martial spirit?"

The soldier said loudly, "Reporting to Lord Huo, my name is Yang Feng, and my martial spirit is the Soul-Breaking Spear, a family heirloom."

Surname Yang? Family martial spirit or Soul-Breaking Spear?

When these two elements were combined, Huo Yuhao immediately blurted out, "You're from the Self-Destruction Clan?"

The soldier named Yang Feng paused, a bitter expression creeping onto his face: "I didn't expect Lord Huo to know about the Po Clan... Yes, I was indeed a member of the Po Clan, but that's history now. Only the Yang family remains; the Po Clan is gone."

The Po clan joined the Tang Sect and became the Medicine Hall. However, due to the decline of the Tang Sect and its subsequent attacks, the Po clan suffered heavy casualties in order to protect the sect.

The clan leader at the time discussed with the Tang Sect Master. The clan leader left behind the formulas for the medicines that the Po Yi Clan had researched over the years, as well as a large sum of gold soul coins. In the end, he obtained the Tang Sect Master's consent to withdraw from the Tang Sect.

However, whether it was a curse from heaven for the Po clan's withdrawal from the Tang Sect, the Po clan has been unable to produce anyone with innate soul power since then, and the Po clan has completely declined ever since.

Seeking a glimmer of hope, the Yang family migrated to the Sun Moon Empire many years ago, and I am now a true Sun Moon citizen.

Huo Yuhao looked at Yang Feng and muttered to himself, because the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance technology was relatively advanced. As long as ordinary people did not encounter evil soul masters, their lives were generally better than those of people at the same level in the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Therefore, in order to improve their lives, the Yang family chose to join the Sun and Moon Sect. From the perspective of the Yang family's overall interests, there was nothing wrong with it. After all, the Yang family did not know at the beginning that there were a large number of evil soul masters in the Sun and Moon Sect.

However, the fact that the Po clan cannot produce people with innate soul power seems a bit too outrageous. The Po clan shouldn't be that unlucky.

"I need to think about some things. Wait here for a moment," he said to soldier Yang Feng.

He had a vague feeling that something was wrong, so he communicated with the golden light in his mind: "Dimensional consciousness, you should have heard what I just said to Yang Feng. The Breaking Clan cannot produce people with innate soul power. Is there a hidden story behind this?"

The voice of the plane consciousness echoed in Huo Yuhao's mind: "Of course there is a hidden story. This is all Tang San's conspiracy. Yuhao, when the Tang Sect was in decline, I thought Tang San would go down to the mortal world to save the Tang Sect. I didn't expect that he would not go down to the mortal world. Instead, he chose to punish the four major clans that withdrew from the Tang Sect."

Chapter 282 The Soul Warrior of the Broken Clan

Huo Yuhao thought to himself that it was normal for Tang San not to descend to the mortal realm. After all, the God of Destruction was watching, and the rules of the God Realm were also in place. If Tang San were to descend to the mortal realm because of the decline of the Tang Sect, and it was discovered, then the God of Destruction would have a reason to criticize Tang San at the God Realm Committee and try to seize the central authority of the God Realm.

Otherwise, given Tang San's personality, how could he possibly stand by and watch the Tang Sect decline to the point where only Tang Ya remained as the sect leader? After all, the Tang Sect was founded by Tang San himself, and naturally it should remain high and mighty in the Douluo Continent, absolutely not fall into the dust.

"What are the punishments? Are they the same for all four major clans?" Huo Yuhao asked, somewhat puzzled.

“That’s right, it’s all the same.” The dimensional consciousness was also somewhat helpless. “During the period when I was being corrupted by Tang Hao, I was extremely dissatisfied with Tang San because I hadn’t been completely corrupted by Tang Hao yet, so I could still observe the situation outside.”

From my observation, basically all the members of the four major clans suffered heavy casualties while protecting the Tang Clan. After leaving behind a large amount of wealth, they all obtained the Tang Clan leader's consent and successfully withdrew from the Tang Clan.

However, after that, Tang San came to my vicinity with a strange key, and then, using the key as the core, connected my power with a portion of the divine realm's aura. Finally, he manipulated the bloodlines of the four major clans, preventing them from ever producing anyone with innate soul power again. As a result, the four major clans rapidly declined.

"What kind of strange key is it?" Huo Yuhao sent a thought through his mind and began to ask.

The dimensional consciousness immediately responded: "Hmm...it looks like a golden key in the shape of an octagonal star."

Huo Yuhao thought to himself, "Isn't this the central hub of the God Realm? To suppress the four major clans that peacefully withdrew from the Tang Sect, they're even using the central hub of the God Realm? Isn't this like using a cannon to kill a mosquito?"

The divine grace is truly boundless; the four great clans are indeed blessed.

The fact that the central control of the divine realm has a suppressive effect on the innate soul power of soul masters makes sense, since the emergence of soul masters is closely related to the divine realm.

How did Soul Masters and Soul Beasts in Douluo Continent come about? According to the setting of Douluo IV, the aura of the God Realm leaked out, and after a large number of divine beasts died, their bloodline aura also leaked out, which not only led to the evolution of humans, but also to the evolution of ordinary animals, thus creating Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

It's impossible to say that the God Realm has no means to suppress Soul Masters, but under normal circumstances, the God Kings, respecting their status, would not suppress certain clans in the lower realms for generations.

Of course, it is not surprising that Tang San did such a thing, after all, he is a god-king who can personally force the Sun Moon Empire to withdraw its troops, relinquish the enemy territory it occupied, and even change the name of the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao regained his composure and said to soldier Yang Feng, "Sit down cross-legged."

He planned to talk to the other party again later to see if he could gather the descendants of the four major clans.

The four major clans have worked together for so many years, they should have a way to contact each other.

Yang Feng immediately sat down cross-legged, placing the spear horizontally on his thigh. Huo Yuhao walked behind the soldier, placed his hands on the soldier's back, and said, "My soul power will enter your body. Carefully feel its flow path and memorize it."