As for who actually ranked the Nine Gates Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao only started it; most of the promotion was done by busybodies on the Magic Network, accompanied by various unbearable images, leading to the Nine Gates Martial Soul becoming deeply ingrained in people's minds.
Of course, the definition of the Nine Gates Martial Soul was once glorious, but gradually abandoned by the times, slowly becoming "imprisoned."
For example, the Nine Gates Martial Soul Evil Fire Phoenix needs to acquire a Soul Skill to breathe fire.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda: Does not require condensing a Soul Core.
Blue Silver Grass: Please enter text.
Because of Tang San's existence ten thousand years ago, Blue Silver Grass did indeed have a glorious period, and countless people tried to follow the path of the Grandmaster, attempting to replicate Tang San's miracle.
But unfortunately, most Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters with Soul Power became a cold passage in "One Hundred Ways for Soul Masters to Die."
The Blue Silver Grass's essence was already weak, and then it absorbed a poison-attribute spirit ring.
According to research released by various forces on the Magic Network to gain favor, by the fourth ring at most, the poison-attribute essence would usurp its place, completely replacing the Blue Silver Grass's essence.
If the essence is possessed by a spirit ring, what's the point of cultivation? Just wait to die. Spirit cultivation is essentially about improving the essence; level is the outward manifestation of the essence.
A completely corrupted essence is basically equivalent to a problem with the soul; death is the best outcome.
Shrek Academy actually knew the truth about the Blue Silver Grass spirit long ago, but kept it quiet because the path was correct.
Bei Bei, who learned the truth from the Magic Network, even caused a scene at the Sea God Pavilion, questioning Mu En about why he hadn't revealed it sooner, as his girlfriend Tang Ya was just one spirit ring away from death.
Mu En was also speechless; the correct path wasn't so easily changed, and he knew that Tang Ya's spirit was somewhat abnormal.
He is at least a Limit Douluo with the Light attribute, and he is very sensitive to some special attributes. Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass must be a mutated Blue Silver Grass, and not a positive one at that.
Whether her Blue Silver Grass possessed a dark attribute, an evil attribute, or a devouring attribute, Mu En suspected it was likely the devouring attribute.
Only this semi-evil attribute would prevent the academy's group of light attribute soul masters from detecting it. Because of Bei Bei, Tang Ya frequently appeared near Bai E.
If she possessed evil soul master traits, she would have been burned to ashes by the ultimate light long ago.
Making Tang Ya absorb a life attribute soul ring now would be tantamount to harming her.
The three most important stages in a soul master's life are: three-ring Soul Master, seven-ring Soul Saint, and nine-ring Title Douluo.
The three-ring Soul Master laid the foundation for everything. Tang Ya's origin was now a three-legged balance: devouring, poison, and life.
The life origin was the weakest. Absorbing a life attribute soul ring in the fourth ring would only completely ignite the conflict within her origin, unless she absorbed a top-tier life soul beast like the Blue Silver Emperor.
The consequences of this conflict wouldn't necessarily make Tang Ya a new case in "One Hundred Ways a Soul Master Dies," but it would completely sever her path as a soul master, forever trapping her at the Soul Master level.
Tang Ya herself understood this; she still had grudges to settle and couldn't stop her cultivation.
Her poison attribute couldn't be developed further, her life attribute was too weak, only the devouring attribute could continue to advance.
Ten thousand years ago, the devouring attribute could be demonstrated in front of everyone at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament without consequence, but now it was already a semi-evil attribute.
In this era, some people could be labeled evil soul masters for eating a soul beast's blood tofu, let alone Tang Ya, who needed to absorb life force to improve her devouring attribute.
Tang Ya had already planned to leave Shrek Academy. Whether she became an evil soul master or not, she didn't really care; she only cared about whether she could get her revenge.
After getting her revenge, even if she was killed by her former classmates, she would have no complaints, because even death would be worthwhile.
Back to the present, Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er stood side by side. Due to the Reversal Technique, Huo Yuhao was much taller than Huo Yun'er.
To be honest, if Huo Yuhao were thrown outside, no one would ever guess he was a spirit attribute soul master.
"Mom, do you want to leave the Underworld? I can take you away from here and let you have a body again in reality,"
Huo Yuhao suddenly said. Taking her away from the Underworld wouldn't be difficult; using his power of imagination to conjure a body was a piece of cake.
As long as Huo Yun'er was willing, he could revive her at any time.
Huo Yun'er gently shook her head, then looked up tenderly at Huo Yuhao and said,
"Let it go."
"I've lived enough. There's nothing wrong with the Underworld."
"Look, it's full of flowers. What I longed for most was to swim in a sea of flowers."
"And I have my granddaughter here. Her name is Xia Die, isn't it? She's so beautiful and has such a wonderful personality."
"I didn't expect Yuhao to be so good at raising children. What are your other two sons like? Can you tell me?"
Huo Yuhao said with a smile,
"One is mature and steady, seemingly absolutely rational, but actually very caring towards his family."
"The other is playful, seemingly indifferent, but actually very concerned about his family's opinion of him." "
Both of them care a lot about Xia Die. One of them is guarding the entrance to the Underworld, afraid of being disturbed by outsiders."
"..."
Huo Yun'er listened to Huo Yuhao's story with a smile. Actually, she wasn't tired of living; she also wanted to return to reality and see Huo Yuhao's current home.
She said that because she didn't want to put Huo Yuhao in a difficult position.
She knew Huo Yuhao would definitely execute Dai Hao and Dai Huabin, among others.
She was easily swayed by emotions and somewhat prone to romantic entanglements; she didn't know what to do if Dai Hao suddenly pleaded for their lives.
To avoid interfering with her son's future decisions, she chose to stay in the Underworld, where her granddaughter could keep her company.
The Underworld was still bustling, and to her, it wasn't much different from the mortal world, and she didn't have to worry about the ridicule of outsiders.
Huo Yun'er seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked Huo Yuhao,
"Oh right, I forgot to ask, what's your wife like?"
"You haven't been unfaithful to her, have you? You can't be like that!"
"Also, can you show me what she looks like?"
"..."
Huo Yuhao's smile froze. Could he tell his mother that he could reproduce asexually and didn't actually have a wife?
There were a few who liked him, though. Gu Yuena, that silly dragon, had somehow learned some dating tricks and was always trying to play tricks on him.
She'd practically dug herself out of cheesy pick-up lines.
Huo Yuhao didn't dare check Gu Yuena's magic network search history, fearing his sanity would plummet.
The small search box might hide the most shocking desires of humans and soul beasts.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had once spied on the Ten Thousand Demon King, almost causing him to blind himself. This guy had been staring at the Blue Silver Emperor's picture with a lecherous grin, and his search history was full of insane traces of his obsession with the Blue Silver Emperor.
He didn't even look at himself, and his reputation for being able to stop children from crying in the Star Dou Great Forest—the Blue Silver Emperor must be blind to have fallen for him.
However, judging solely from this world, he was probably only a year older than Xia Die. Considering the old woman's fragile heart, Huo Yuhao began painstakingly crafting a story to try and fool her.
…
"Sister, the power of death is getting stronger and stronger; the end of the Styx River is just ahead!"
Bolysia carried Xia Die at breakneck speed.
The end of the Styx River was already visible; the dense power of death had solidified, and patches of dark purple mist shrouded the land before it.
(End of Chapter)
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