Chapter 404: Soul Sage Yuhao, Blessed by the Ice God
Titan Snow Devil King looked at Huo Yuhao in surprise. "You want me to become your soul spirit?"
"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded. In most cases, powerful soul spirits could occupy more than one soul ring slot, but Huo Yuhao was an exception. His spiritual power was extraordinarily strong, and his physical constitution far exceeded that of an ordinary Soul Emperor, which naturally enhanced his ability to withstand additional soul rings or soul spirits. Furthermore, Electrolux was in better condition than in the original timeline, allowing him to help seal part of a soul spirit's origin power more effectively.
Titan Snow Devil King hesitated. "My origin is severely damaged, and by all accounts, I shouldn't be able to survive my next tribulation. If I become your soul spirit, I might have a chance I could see if I can ascend to godhood alongside you. But the Extreme North needs a ruler. If I leave to become your soul spirit, what will happen to the soul beasts here? I don't want to see the soul beasts of the Extreme North slaughtered at will. I may not be as powerful as Snow Empress, but since she entrusted me with this position, I have a duty to protect the soul beasts here even if it costs me my life."
Huo Yuhao smiled. "You don't need to worry about that. I can dispatch a force of undead zombies, wraiths, abominations, and even bone dragons to guard the Extreme North in your place. They will protect the soul beasts from external threats, so you can safely become my soul spirit."
These undead were part of Electrolux's remaining forces. Back in the Divine Seal World, Electrolux had created a million strong undead army to exact his revenge. While he had lost many in the process, a significant number of powerful undead remained.
As for the Twelve Holy Guardians under Electrolux, though they were intelligent undead, their circumstances were unique. They had originally been human, but because human lifespans were limited, Electrolux transformed them into undead beings, which fundamentally distinguished them from mindless creatures like bone dragons or zombies.
Of course, the Twelve Holy Guardians had already been given to Sheng Cai'er.
"Zombies, wraiths, abominations, and bone dragons?" Titan Snow Devil King was visibly shaken, looking at Huo Yuhao with growing suspicion. "Huo Yuhao… have you become an evil soul master?"
It wasn't an unreasonable assumption. In the minds of Douluo Continent's inhabitants, only evil soul masters could control the undead.
To Titan Snow Devil King, if Huo Yuhao had truly become an evil soul master, that would be an extremely troubling development.
Among soul beasts, evil soul masters were viewed even more negatively than ordinary soul masters.
While normal soul masters only hunted soul beasts for soul rings and soul bones, evil soul masters did much worse they refined soul beasts into zombies and wraiths, even absorbing their life energy to strengthen themselves.
In most cases, a single evil soul master could inflict far greater damage on soul beast populations than an ordinary soul master.
Thus, both humans and soul beasts deeply distrusted evil soul masters.
Huo Yuhao responded calmly. "Of course I'm not an evil soul master. You can think of me as a necromancer a being superior to evil soul masters. Unlike them, I am not consumed by bloodlust."
Ever since becoming Electrolux's disciple, Huo Yuhao had learned many necromancer spells, making him, in effect, a true necromancer.
"A necromancer… that's a term I've never heard before." Titan Snow Devil King mulled over the words, sensing an inexplicable depth in them.
But since Huo Yuhao had clarified his stance, Titan Snow Devil King felt no further reservations about becoming his soul spirit.
After all, rather than waiting in the Extreme North for his tribulation to inevitably kill him, it was better to follow Huo Yuhao and take a gamble on his future.
He turned to Huo Yuhao and asked, "Where is Snow Empress? Even if I'm willing to become your soul spirit, I need her permission. She is the one true ruler of the Extreme North I was only temporarily holding her place."
Hearing this, Snow Empress emerged from Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
She looked at Titan Snow Devil King and said, "Atai, why wouldn't I allow you to become Yuhao's soul spirit? This will be beneficial to you as well. After all, I have complete faith that Yuhao will ascend to godhood."
Titan Snow Devil King was stunned.
The last time someone became a god was ten thousand years ago.
He had only intended to take a risk, but Snow Empress was completely confident in Huo Yuhao's path to godhood.
With her personality, there was no reason for her to deceive him about something like this.
So… did that mean he really had a chance to become a god?
Excitement surged within Titan Snow Devil King.
If he could become a god, wouldn't that mean eternal life?
Without hesitation, he said, "Alright! Before I become a soul spirit, is there anything I need to do to prepare?"
"No preparations necessary. Just relax and don't resist."
Sometime later…
With the help of the Will of the Plane, Huo Yuhao, now situated in the mountains outside Mingdu, slowly opened his eyes.
"I am now a Rank 74 Soul Sage."
Clenching his fists, a bright smile spread across his face.
Previously, he had been stuck at the peak of Soul Emperor but had not advanced to Soul Sage. As a result, his soul power had been accumulating internally.
Now that he had finally broken through, his advancement was a prime example of steady progress leading to a powerful breakthrough.
Additionally, Titan Snow Devil King had provided him with a left leg soul bone, further strengthening him.
Titan Snow Devil King's soul bone granted him two powerful soul skills:
Ice God's Blessing.
This ability allowed Huo Yuhao to instantly absorb all surrounding ice elements into his body.
In doing so, he could enhance the strength of his Ultimate Ice soul power and rapidly restore it.
The degree of amplification and restoration depended on the amount of ice elements absorbed.
Titan's Descent.
This ability allowed Huo Yuhao to summon a projection of Titan Snow Devil King to assist him in battle.
The projection's strength was directly tied to Titan Snow Devil King's power as a soul spirit.
It could also use all of Titan Snow Devil King's soul skills.
Between the two, Huo Yuhao found Ice God's Blessing to be the most intriguing.
In truth, it wasn't surprising that Titan Snow Devil King had a connection to the Ice God.
After all, the Titan Snow Demon Clan were direct descendants of the ancient Ice God and Titan Giants.
In the Tang Family Drama, the Ice God never actually made an appearance and was merely part of the background lore.
But according to Huo Yuhao's own speculations, the Ice God was likely a fallen deity who had once existed, similar to the Thunder God, who was mentioned to have perished long ago.
He also recalled that in Soul Land III, there was an artifact known as the Ice God Pearl, which sealed Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena for ten thousand years a testament to its incredible power.
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