Because of Tang Ya and the "Blue Silver Soul Power Machine"—which currently remains on paper as a conceptual design—Huo Yuhao's understanding of Blue Silver Grass and the Blue Silver Grass martial soul was now nearly on par with the Blue Silver Emperor he had captured to use as a "tool man."
Blue Silver Grass is a type of soul beast capable of postnatal evolution, progressing into the Blue Silver King and subsequently the Blue Silver Emperor.
According to what that Blue Silver Emperor had said:
There are two ways to become a Blue Silver Emperor. The first is through noble bloodline—being born as one from the start. The second is like the Blue Silver Emperor Huo Yuhao had found: undergoing three heavenly lightning tribulations to possess the power of Lightning Spirits within the body, thereby shedding one's mortal coil to become a Blue Silver Emperor.
Setting the former aside for a moment, the latter clearly possessed the potential to be replicated.
In the past few months of experimentation, Huo Yuhao still hadn't been able to develop a Blue Silver Grass capable of absorbing the surrounding Blue Silver life force and rapidly converting it into soul power.
Repeated failures led Huo Yuhao to wonder: was the issue with the Blue Silver Grass itself? After all, Blue Silver Grass was too common, found everywhere. Even with special cultivation, its inherent strength remained lackluster.
Thus, Huo Yuhao conceived the idea of evolving the Blue Silver Grass to enhance its strength.
Huo Yuhao didn't expect to cultivate a Blue Silver Emperor, but he was considering whether he could mass-produce substitutes like the Blue Silver King.
After all, according to the Blue Silver Emperor, the rank of Blue Silver Emperor seemed to possess a certain uniqueness. However, when Huo Yuhao pressed for details, this Blue Silver Emperor couldn't explain the reasoning. Therefore, Huo Yuhao could only lower his requirements and set his sights on the Blue Silver King.
The so-called "martial soul evolution" was an attempt; since martial soul evolution is similar to soul beast evolution, a method that evolves a martial soul would, in all probability, be equally effective for a soul beast.
And as it happened, Tang San, who carried a fragment of Divine Consciousness and had once possessed the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, was clearly the best experimental subject!
Besides, even if the martial soul evolution failed, didn't he still have another martial soul?
As long as he didn't die, it was fine.
This move was a "one Tang for two uses," fully allowing Tang San to utilize his own value and lead the development of the era!
Surely the self-proclaimed "pure and noble" Lord God King wouldn't refuse, right?
Ha~
"Yuhao, you're smiling like a villain," said Skydream, who was sitting to the side with her legs draped over Huo Yuhao's lap.
"I wasn't exactly a good person to begin with," Huo Yuhao replied, though he slightly restrained his expression.
Most of the time, Huo Yuhao could remain calm, but when facing Tang San... ahem, Huo Yuhao really couldn't help but find amusement at Tang San's expense.
Even though this was just Tang San's Divine Consciousness possessing a body, Huo Yuhao didn't mind collecting a little interest from this Tang San.
Click...
The office door opened, and Ice Emperor walked in holding a bowl of shaved ice.
Ignoring Skydream, whose eyes lit up as she affectionately called out "Bingbing," Ice Emperor sat directly next to Huo Yuhao, leaning slightly toward him to wall off Skydream's harassment.
As soon as she sat down, Ice Emperor spoke up directly:
"Roughly how long will it take for my body to return to its original state?"
Ice Emperor was always direct; her pride prevented her from learning how to be subtle. She always spoke her mind.
"According to the current progress, Ice Emperor, it will take about three to five years for you to return to your former peak state."
To allow Huo Yuhao's second martial soul to promote into a pure "Ultimate Ice" martial soul, Huo Yuhao had essentially squeezed every drop of the "Ultimate Ice" portion out of Ice Emperor's original body.
The ancestors of the Ice Jade Scorpion had completely abandoned their original poison attribute in pursuit of the ultimate ice attribute.
Because of this, an Ice Emperor who lost her Ultimate Ice was just an ordinary scorpion—she didn't even have venom. If not for her still-powerful control over her own energy, she wouldn't even be able to beat Skydream.
(Skydream: ???)
Of course, Huo Yuhao was not an ungrateful being, so he used his own "Ultimate Ice" martial soul to repeatedly nourish Ice Emperor's body, allowing it to slowly recover to its former state.
"Three to five years... so long," Ice Emperor murmured unconsciously.
Was three to five years really that long?
To her former self, three to five years was just the length of a nap. However, since following Huo Yuhao into the human world, her perception of time had gradually changed.
Even so, three to five years wasn't actually long, considering what needed to be restored was Ice Emperor's Ultimate Ice power, which was nearly at the level of 400,000 years!
To fully recover in three to five years was already extremely efficient.
But Ice Emperor was still unsatisfied.
She was too dissatisfied with her current strength, especially after watching Huo Yuhao constantly progress and undergo continuous transformations; a sense of urgency had mysteriously arisen within her.
"Is there any way to make it faster?" Ice Emperor continued to ask.
"Hmm... not for the time being. Ice Emperor, your current body is hosting an ice crystal soul ring, and the Ultimate Ice power contained within it is already slowly nourishing your body. Combined with me using my Ultimate Ice to slowly regulate and nourish you, it's already highly efficient."
"Then what if we increase the time you spend nourishing my body?"
"Increase the time? Hmm... that is indeed a way, but I don't always have the time."
Huo Yuhao had too much on his plate. Setting aside the matters of Shrek and the Spirit Transmission Pagoda—which were manageable since Skydream helped keep an eye on them, requiring only a visit every few days—the Sun Moon Empire was the focus of his current work and naturally demanded a lot of his time.
In addition to that, Huo Yuhao had to visit the Star Constellation Great Forest every day to cook for a certain gluttonous Dragon King... and, of course, he could see Qiu'er while he was at it. It was just that Di Tian's "hostility" toward him grew by the day, which Huo Yuhao ignored completely.
With all these things piled up, it was impossible for Huo Yuhao to devote most of his energy to Ice Emperor; he could only personally use his martial soul to nourish her body every few days.
"I see... then, do you have time tonight?"
Ice Emperor lifted her pretty face, her golden eyes landing on Huo Yuhao as she spoke with total seriousness.
"Tonight? I have nothing planned."
"Mm. Then tonight, come to my room to nourish my body."
As Ice Emperor spoke, her facial expression didn't change much, but her hands resting on her skirt unconsciously clenched together with a slight squeeze.
"Tonight?"
Huo Yuhao had a strange expression, while Skydream on the side was eager to try: "Bingbing! I—"
"You are not allowed to come, otherwise I will kick you out directly," Ice Emperor said coldly, cutting Skydream off without mercy.
Skydream's expression froze, struck down by Ice Emperor's "heartless" demeanor.
I'm so silly, really.
Even though my favorite Bingbing and my absolute favorite Yuhao are both by my side—two things that should have brought double the happiness—why did it turn out like this...
The light gradually faded from Skydream's eyes.