In his previous life, Huo Yuhao had condensed three soul cores: a spiritual soul core, an Ultimate Ice soul core, and a space soul core.
These three cores achieved the "Yin-Yang Complementary Three Soul Cores" state, allowing his soul power quality to stand on equal footing with Di Tian.
And Di Tian's strength had already reached the Demi-God level.
If he wanted to contend with Tang San, he needed at least God King level strength. To reach that level without inheriting a Divine Position, he had to resort to unconventional methods.
Using the Spirit Eye martial soul as a foundation, he would condense a soul core every ten levels to enhance the quality of his soul power. These soul cores would be placed directly within his soul rings.
By the time Huo Yuhao reached Level 90, the nine mental-attribute soul rings of the Spirit Eye would carry nine spiritual soul cores. This would elevate the quality and level of Huo Yuhao's mental power to an unimaginable height!
In his previous life, he had only condensed three cores—not because he was limited to three, but because he had fallen into a mental trap, believing that because he only had three Dantians, he could only support three cores.
However, after being reborn, Huo Yuhao opened his mind.
Must a soul core be placed in a Dantian? Why? Because the Dantian, within the human body, is the foundation for the circulation of energy and blood essence.
And why must a soul core change attributes with every condensation, or else the body would explode? It was because the Dantian is the circular foundation; two cores of the same attribute would cause the circulation to become turbulent, leading to death.
Placing a soul core in the Dantian is meant to make it functional. But what if something could replace the Dantian as an independent energy circulation hub, allowing him to condense multiple soul cores of the same attribute?
Clearly, Huo Yuhao thought of the soul ring. As something every Soul Master must possess, a soul ring has properties of singularity, independence, energy storage, bodily integration, and summonability, and it slowly recovers if damaged. These qualities make it perfect to be modified into an "external Dantian"!
However, neither naturally absorbed soul rings nor those obtained through a Soul Spirit Contract were sufficient to meet Huo Yuhao's requirements.
To achieve the effect of an "external Dantian," the soul ring had to be adjusted—meaning it had to be personally condensed and tuned by Huo Yuhao himself!
Thus, Huo Yuhao had asked Skydream for control of her body to better tailor this first soul ring to his requirements.
Using the Soul Spirit Contract to bridge their souls, Huo Yuhao and Skydream were currently indistinguishable from one another, allowing Huo Yuhao to fully wield all of Skydream's power.
Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes. The golden soul ring before him was incredibly brilliant, yet it was distinctly different from the Million Year Soul Ring he had possessed in his past life.
It was blank—no soul skill, just a pure energy shell with nothing inside.
The Eye of Destiny manifested on his forehead. His former God King level control over mental power was now revealed through Skydream's strength.
Pure mental power condensed into a spiritual carving knife. Array inscriptions inherited from Electrolux were carved onto this blank Million Year Soul Ring, followed by twelve Grade 9 soul tool core arrays acting as balancing points.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath. In the next moment, the origin power he had initially sent out of the Sea of Consciousness began to guide his own mental power, compressing it continuously!
His mental power began to turn pure, and simultaneously, Huo Yuhao's soul power began its first qualitative transformation!
Huo Yuhao smiled. When others condense a soul core, they fear mid-way failure and total collapse; when Huo Yuhao condenses a soul core, he only fears not being able to start.
After all, the idea of a Level 10 youth condensing a soul core would make anyone laugh—it was simply too absurd.
But for Huo Yuhao, this was merely a repetition. As long as he could start, he could guarantee that nothing would go wrong!
Placing one hand on the soul ring, Huo Yuhao slowly closed his eyes.
Next, it was just a matter of time.
Not far away, Gu Yuena held a roasted fish in one hand, but her gaze was fixed on Huo Yuhao.
She had seen everything clearly.
She knew that worm—a soul beast that had reached the million-year mark through sheer luck—but why did Huo Yuhao know it was here? Why did the worm agree to Huo Yuhao's terms so easily?
And that Soul Spirit Contract, as well as that special soul ring...
Curiosity—she was truly too curious.
From such a close distance, she could see the essence of that soul ring quite clearly.
One-tenth of that worm's origin power plus various symbols she couldn't understand.
Through the combination of these two, a soul ring that could help Huo Yuhao break through appeared.
Furthermore, Huo Yuhao's soul ring was different from a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
The essence of a God-Bestowed Soul Ring is a combination of energy and the power of faith, requiring a bit of divine power from a Divine Position to form.
But Huo Yuhao's soul ring was condensed by relying on himself! It relied neither on the power of faith nor divine power!
This allowed Gu Yuena to see a possibility—a possibility where Soul Masters no longer had to slaughter soul beasts to obtain soul rings for advancement!
Although the soul ring Huo Yuhao just condensed was a bit too complex, perhaps it could be simplified?
After all, the soul ring he condensed was at the million-year level. If it were a common ten-thousand-year, thousand-year, or even hundred-year soul ring, would it be much, much simpler?
Curiosity... anticipation...
Unconsciously, Gu Yuena's feelings toward Huo Yuhao deepened. She pursed her lips slightly, a hint of conflict appearing on her face for the first time.
Hesitating, she stepped closer, wanting to see Huo Yuhao more clearly.
But suddenly, she paused. Frowning slightly, she looked toward the distant sky and spoke directly:
"Go back. I am here."
Instantly, Di Tian, who was rushing toward this location from a distance, came to a halt.
"Yes, Lord."
Di Tian nodded. However, the large golden cat being carried by Di Tian looked confused: "Uncle Di Tian, what's wrong? Why did we stop suddenly?"
"The Lord ordered us to return," Di Tian said calmly, before turning around and heading back while carrying the Three-eyed Golden Lion.
The reason he had suddenly brought the Three-eyed Golden Lion here was because she had suddenly claimed to feel a surge of luck similar to her own, right on the outskirts of the Star Constellation Great Forest.
Thinking that taking a look wouldn't hurt, Di Tian had brought her along, only to find the Lord was already here.
Since the Lord told them to go back, they would go back; he had to obey the Lord's words.
Hearing Di Tian's explanation, the Three-eyed Golden Lion blinked. She turned her head to look once more at the place where that luck originated, her eyes showing a trace of unwillingness, but she had no choice.
That existence carrying luck so similar to mine... I really want to see them with my own eyes.
Another seed of anticipation was planted silently at this moment.