"It seems I can also reverse the process and evolve downward."
Huo Yuhao had anticipated this. After all, during the process of returning the Dragon God bloodline to its origin, he had dissected it many times and understood it thoroughly.
Moreover, his current Chaos Dharma Body was built on that returned Dragon God bloodline origin, and the Dharma Body itself contained many of the laws the Dragon God had mastered. Evolving back to the Dragon God bloodline wasn't difficult.
It was merely a degeneration.
But in the eyes of his Spirit Souls—Skydream Iceworm, Ice Empress, and the others—it was incredibly astonishing.
Skydream couldn't help asking, "Yuhao, can you even evolve the essence of the dragon bloodline?"
What surprised them wasn't that Huo Yuhao could evolve the Dragon God bloodline's powerful core—he clearly had mastered the corresponding powers. What astonished them was that he had evolved the dragon bloodline itself.
After all, the Dragon God bloodline contained not only its powerful core but also the dragons' genetic information and other traits representing the "dragon" essence. When forging his Chaos Dharma Body, Huo Yuhao had only preserved the various power cores that made the Dragon God bloodline strong—he had not retained the other elements.
Those things had been useless for his Chaos Dharma Body evolution—impurities that needed removal in the process of "externalizing the internal and refining the essence." They had completely vanished the moment he achieved the Chaos Dharma Body.
In other words, Huo Yuhao now only had human bloodline, not dragon bloodline.
Yet now, when he condensed the Dragon God bloodline, he seemed to have completely evolved those long-burned external imprints as well!
Huo Yuhao explained, "I can indeed evolve the dragon bloodline. This is thanks to the Creation power within my Dharma Body. I've thoroughly understood the Dragon God bloodline's structure, and my Chaos Dharma Body retains its power core and law fragments—all that's missing is the 'outer shell' of the dragon."
"Creation power can inherently create life. Since I've studied the Dragon God bloodline thoroughly, creating the corresponding bloodline shell is no problem. I'm simply using the Dharma Body's Creation power as a guide to simulate and evolve the dragon bloodline within it."
"Then I fill the Dragon God bloodline's core power with the various laws within the Dharma Body to complete it."
"In terms of using Creation power, this is only a crude application—far inferior to Na'er directly creating the spirit beasts of the entire Star Dou Great Forest."
Skydream was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "You said simulate? Not actually creating dragon bloodline within your body?"
Hearing this, Ice Empress snapped back to the present and said speechlessly, "Idiot, for Yuhao, the Dragon God bloodline's outer shell has no value to his body. He already cleared it out—why would he actually evolve it internally?"
She paused, then said thoughtfully, "Yuhao, you're using Creation power and divine consciousness to simulate the dragon bloodline's outer shell, right?"
"Exactly."
Huo Yuhao nodded with a smile. "Creation power is rooted in the Spirit Eyes martial soul, so besides its restorative abilities, my comprehension and development of it lean toward the spiritual side. Just like Spirit Replication—the spirit ability I copied—though its essence is spiritual power, it can still produce the same effect as the original."
Spirit Replication was Huo Yuhao's fifth spirit ability in the original story, obtained from the Silver Eagle Beast.
This ability could copy an opponent's spirit ability the moment they used it, storing it within the body. When needed, it could be unleashed—and because it was entirely accomplished through spiritual power, it wasn't affected by any attribute restrictions.
If not for limitations like usage count and being able to copy only one ability at a time, this ability would have been broken.
He'd had this ability ten thousand years ago as well—it was truly worth studying.
So the Spirit Souls immediately understood him meaning.
"Then Yuhao, couldn't you use Crimson Gold Mysterious Flame to study various bloodlines and then try to simulate and evolve them with Creation power?"
Skydream couldn't help clicking his tongue.
"No, the most terrifying aspect of this ability isn't that—it's simulating other capabilities."
The Evil Emperor said gravely, "Spirit-Ice can use Creation power to simulate the dragon bloodline. Though pure dragon bloodline is useless to him, it still contains some of the dragon clan's power."
"If Creation power can even simulate those powers, could Spirit-Ice later simulate other people's spirit abilities, innate talents, or even law-level phenomena?"
At this, the Sea of Spirit fell silent for a moment.
"Isn't that just a super-enhanced version of Spirit Replication?"
Skydream drew a sharp breath. "After omniscience comes omnipotence? Does Creation power really have such terrifying potential?"
"Creation power is the origin power of the universe—it does have that potential." Huo Yuhao spoke up. "The Phoenix God King of old had Creation as their strongest ability, capable of simulating any power."
"This..." The Spirit Souls exchanged glances, inwardly gasping.
Finally, Skydream cautiously asked, "Yuhao, that Phoenix God King was so absurd—which divine realm were they from? The Douluo side doesn't seem to have their legends. Did the God-Imprint Throne tell you?"
Eternal Lord: Is this my fault too?
"The Phoenix God King no longer exists. They were killed by the Dragon God." Huo Yuhao shook his head.
Skydream was dumbfounded.
"Huh? With such an absurd ability, how did the Dragon God kill them?"
"With raw stats."
When mechanics aren't enough, raw stats fill the gap—that was the Dragon God.
Skydream: "..."
Just one word: six.
Huo Yuhao continued, "Though the Phoenix God King is dead, the Creation power they wielded is absolutely not to be underestimated."
In that battle with the Phoenix God King, the Dragon God had also been severely wounded. Among God Kings who could heavily wound the Dragon God one on one, this Phoenix God King seemed to be the only one in the original story—if one didn't count the first Asura God.
First Asura God: Don't flatter me; just ignore me.
Moreover, after the Phoenix God King's death, the Dragon God had exterminated the Blue Demon Birds and Time Blue Demon Birds—spaces that could give birth to true phoenixes—clearly extremely wary of the phoenix's potential. Or rather, the Phoenix God King had left too deep an impression.
This also showed how terrifying the all-simulating Creation power was—it was the Phoenix God King's signature ability.
After digesting this information, Ice Empress said thoughtfully, "Yuhao, you want to develop Creation power's potential to reach the Phoenix God King's level?"
"Who wouldn't want to grasp the ability to simulate all things and fully wield them?"
Huo Yuhao sighed. "I naturally do too. Crimson Gold Mysterious Flame's ability to return things to their origin helps me analyze any power's essence. My Chaos Dharma Body, as a vessel, contains enough power and depth to bear and evolve many abilities and bloodlines. Creation power can simulate and reconstruct on that foundation, achieving twice the result with half the effort. The three complement each other, forming a complete path of research and improvement."
"As the Dharma Body continues to rise and the more abilities I master, Creation power will naturally grow stronger—until one power gives rise to all paths."
He paused.
The more he involved himself, the more it aided his Creation path.
This path excelled through breadth.
If he could use Creation power to simulate and evolve all the abilities he'd mastered—even simulated other laws with it—his control over Creation power would reach a terrifying level, becoming a trump card even at the God King level.
Once achieved, there would be no gap in means between him and veteran God Kings—because their methods would become his, and his would still be his. He would achieve a different kind of omnipotence in this regard—truly broad yet refined.
Creation power at the Phoenix God King's level was that absurd.
The only worry was ending up like the Phoenix God King—killed by stronger stats or ganged up on.
"But this is just the beginning. It's too early to talk about that."
Huo Yuhao shook his head, temporarily setting aside those thoughts. His consciousness sank into his Sea of Spirit, looking at the many Spirit Souls. He raised an eyebrow slightly, "After the Chaos Dharma Body was formed, you all received feedback too, right?"
"We feel a deeper comprehension of the many laws you've grasped. Some law-derived power and Chaos power have even appeared within us, and our strength has increased—but no qualitative change has occurred yet."
The Evil Emperor said, "A true qualitative change will only come when you become a deity."
Ice Empress also nodded. "Compared to us, your martial souls have changed the most."
Speaking of this, her expression was somewhat peculiar.
Had anyone ever seen a martial soul evolve toward the human side because the human's bloodline was strong?
Ice Empress hadn't, until now.
Because of the Chaos Dharma Body's formation, the Ice Empress martial soul had been greatly affected—its origin was being nourished and transformed by Huo Yuhao's body.
"The Ice Empress martial soul now, rather than being something I gave you, has become your own. It's rooted in your Chaos Dharma Body, nourished by your law comprehension, and driven by your will. Over time, it will align with you—like Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass receiving the Golden Dragon King bloodline."
Ice Empress gave a simple example.
Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass martial soul had been mutated by the Golden Dragon King bloodline, evolving toward it.
In Huo Yuhao's case, his body was equivalent to the Golden Dragon King bloodline, and the Ice Empress martial soul was equivalent to the Blue Silver Grass.
It was absurd.
Ice Empress continued, "If you wished, you could now remove the parts of the Ice Empress martial soul related to my origin and the dragon origin, replacing them with your own. It would become entirely yours, easily merging with the Spirit Eyes martial soul."
At that point, his self-combination martial soul technique would reach 100% compatibility.
The Spirit Eyes and Ice Empress martial souls could fully merge, making the Reincarnation True Body his permanent form!
Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head. "That's a good thing, but merging the two martial souls now is too early. Let's wait until the divine personas are condensed."
With that, his consciousness left his Sea of Spirit and stepped out of the Undead Plane into the outside world.
The moment he emerged, Huo Yuhao felt the affinity of heaven and earth's laws.
This was naturally due to his Dharma Body.
With a thought, he temporarily deactivated the God-Imprint Throne's ability to obscure fate.
Instantly, the world's power no longer favored him—instead, it suppressed him, an existence only a hair's breadth from the divine realm.
"Indeed, this world's Chaos Body doesn't have the effect of ignoring the heavenly laws' suppression."
Huo Yuhao chuckled lightly. Bearing this pressure from the plane, he tore through space and headed straight for Mingdu, bypassing the Blood God Legion.
A divine body wasn't easily suppressed by a plane, but divine consciousness-level spiritual power would be rejected. Therefore, most Divine Origin realm experts chose to seal their spiritual power.
Still, for Huo Yuhao, this pressure was actually a good form of training.
Minutes later, he arrived at Mingdu.
Returning to Mingdu, Huo Yuhao found that many people were discussing the war in Xingluo—the Federation had achieved a major victory.
The Xingluo navy had been defeated by the Federation navy, and their defense line had been easily breached.
Against the Xingluo coastal defense line, the Federation first used the Level 10 fixed-type shell Rift Sky to tear open a several-kilometer-wide gap in the defenses. Then, when Yun Ming appeared, his powerful divine consciousness swept the line, stunning thousands of Xingluo soldiers—some even knocked unconscious directly. The defenders' will to resist collapsed with little effort.
Afterward, the mecha legions, coordinated with Yun Ming, swept through the remaining enemies in a devastating assault. The entire defense line collapsed within hours.
The Xingluo Southern Corps Commander was captured alive in the chaos by Yuanen Zhentian, his remaining troops routed and scattering in all directions. But with Yun Ming's divine consciousness suppressing the entire battlefield, most Xingluo soldiers became prisoners—few actually escaped.
News of this great victory naturally inspired those watching back in Mingdu.
"The Xingluo Southern Corps Commander was captured alive by Yuanen Zhentian, his troops either fleeing or surrendering—a brilliant victory."
"Lord Yun Ming is a true divine-level expert. What could Xingluo do against that? Just releasing his divine consciousness knocked ordinary soul masters unconscious—the battle was hopeless."
"I heard that Level 10 shell Rift Sky blasted a several-kilometer crater—even Three-Word Battle Armor Masters couldn't stand it. The Federation really went all out this time."
"They brought it on themselves by colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult. They have no one to blame."
Listening to the discussions, Huo Yuhao also checked the soul tool network and fell into thought.
Deploying Yun Ming?
It seemed the Demon Emperor's intelligence had changed the Federation's approach.
Contemplating certain things, Huo Yuhao returned home.
Pushing open the door, he saw Gu Yuena sitting quietly in the hall. A faint chaos-colored halo surrounded her; her aura was noticeably denser than before, even faintly carrying the characteristic pressure of the Dragon God bloodline.
"You received feedback from the contract?"
They did have a contract between them. Huo Yuhao had once received her bloodline through it. Now, as he grew stronger, Gu Yuena was clearly receiving feedback as well.
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