Chapter 108: Welcome... Back

"Of course, the matters of gods have nothing to do with you right now. What you need to do is use the special environment and rules here to temper yourself."

Mu Ye spoke to this point, his movement paused, brows furrowing slightly, "Sea Soul Beast?"

His mecha had a spirit controlling it, which could share information with him. Just now the spirit told him that the sonar radar had detected traces of a Sea Soul Beast.

This was actually a strange matter. The Deep Sea Abyss targeted all life. If Sea Soul Beasts truly wanted to find a place to hide from humans, going to the Blood Sea Gully would be fine, so why come here?

Mu Ye narrowed his eyes, having the spirit keep a close watch on the Sea Soul Beast, while he himself brought Huo Yuhao toward an island not far away.

They would be staying here for quite some time, so they set up camp first.

While Mu Ye was busy, Huo Yuhao actively communicated with the Snow Empress in his Spiritual Sea, "Xue Er, do you have any understanding of this place?"

The Snow Empress carefully learned the details, then recalled thoughtfully: "I haven't come to see it personally, but the energy fragments mined here are also inside the Spirit Pagoda. I have seen them. Inside there remains only some pure energy, containing no attributes, usable only as energy crystals. For powerful Soul Masters, they are not of much use."

"This is also the reason why no powers pay attention to this place. Although everyone knows those energy fragments might be related to the God Realm, the Divine Power that might be contained within has already disappeared. For people like us, they don't even have a reference value."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, looking thoughtfully toward the ocean.

The Devil Island was born from the Divine Power fragments of the Life Goddess and the God of Destruction. Those fragments contained the powers of Life and Destruction. As long as the one making contact could endure those powers, they could absorb them for their own use, and comprehending the corresponding laws would also become much easier.

But according to the Snow Empress's meaning, the Divine Power fragments mined here did not have similar functions. The power within had already been completely exhausted. Was it because the Divine Power fragments that fell here were too weak, or some other reason?

While Huo Yuhao was speculating, Mu Ye walked over carrying two plates of dishes, "Yuhao, eat these before going to train."

One plate was Ruby Shrimp, the other was made from Illusory Moon Exquisite Fruit.

The former needs no further explanation. The latter is a rare Heavenly Treasure that can raise Spiritual Power, and can also alleviate mental suffering to a certain extent... Mu Ye had indeed gone to great pains.

Watching Huo Yuhao take them as required, Mu Ye brought him toward the junction of the Deep Sea Abyss and the normal sea area while asking:

"The Innate Secret Technique can perform the Body Martial Soul's Three Awakenings. Do you know the reason?"

"Innate Qi."

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, then replied: "The Innate Secret Technique borrows the power of Heaven and Earth to nurture one's own Innate Qi. The Body Martial Soul is a part of oneself, so naturally it would also receive nourishment."

"Correct."

Mu Ye nodded, sighing: "The Golden Body realm can undergo Three Awakenings, so how could the Innate Secret Technique possibly not help with the Second Awakening? It's just that we are incapable. To this day we have not thoroughly fused the Second Awakening into the Innate Secret Technique."

Huo Yuhao shook his head, "Being able to cultivate a God-Rank body, in the current world, there is already no body-tempering method stronger than the sect's. How could it be perfect in every way?"

Mu Ye glanced at Huo Yuhao, smiled helplessly, "But pursuing perfection is human nature... Forget it, let's not discuss this. I had you cultivate the Innate Secret Technique earlier precisely to nurture your Innate Qi, nourish your martial soul, and increase your Second Awakening's success rate."

"If my deduction is not wrong, judging by your speed in entering the Innate Secret Technique, the success rate can probably be raised by a quarter, making the Second Awakening easier to complete."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly.

If it were ten thousand years ago, his Innate Qi could be said to be his own self. But the current Innate Qi... is somewhat hard to say.

Arriving at the boundary between the normal sea area and the Deep Sea Abyss, Mu Ye grabbed Huo Yuhao's arm and sealed his soul power.

"Let's start from here. Even I cannot persist too long in the deepest sea area of the Deep Sea Abyss. I will gradually raise the difficulty according to your performance... Yuhao, hold on."

A suffocating feeling surged in the next instant, but Huo Yuhao was extremely calm, allowing Mu Ye to drag him toward the sea bottom.

As they continuously sank, the surrounding light grew increasingly dim, the seawater pressure increasingly heavy, like an invisible large hand tightly squeezing Huo Yuhao's chest cavity. The oxygen inside his body was rapidly depleting.

In a very short time the two reached over a thousand meters underwater. There was no light around. The heavy water pressure stimulated Huo Yuhao's nerves. The darkness a thousand meters down swallowed all sound. Even his own heartbeat was stripped away. Only the throbbing of the blood vessels at his temples shook his skull like a muffled drum.

For an ordinary person, under such immense water pressure and prolonged oxygen deprivation, they would have long since died.

Even a Soul Master would feel fear because of the environment here.

After all, here, soul power, blood qi power, and even spiritual power would all be suppressed. Consumption would be extremely severe. Coupled with no Heaven and Earth power from the outside world to replenish, for people accustomed to power, it is difficult to adapt.

But the emotion Mu Ye sensed from Huo Yuhao was only calmness.

"What terrifying willpower... Does this kid have no flaws at all?"

Clicking his tongue inwardly, after the depth descended another several hundred meters, Mu Ye let go.

At this very moment, Mu Ye inexplicably felt a chill, making him frown.

Why is there a bad premonition?

Truly strange...

Under extreme oxygen deprivation, Huo Yuhao's vision was somewhat blurry, but his mind remained very clear. He shifted his attention to his Spiritual Sea, looking at the several spirits staring straight at Mu Ye, and gave a light cough.

"Mere suffering. Was there little I endured ten thousand years ago? The Heavenly Treasures Teacher Mu Ye fed me before can reduce my suffering. He treats me with sincerity. There's no need to be like this."

The Snow Empress narrowed her eyes and withdrew her gaze, "I know. Otherwise I would have already made a move through the Snow Empress Decree."

The Ice Empress and Tianmeng also withdrew their gazes. The former gave a cold hum, "This bit of suffering, compared to absorbing me ten thousand years ago, is indeed nothing."

"..."

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly, just about to focus his energy on survival and swim back to the surface, when his movement suddenly paused.

A strange feeling emerged, like a faint, barely perceptible mental connection, elusive yet indeed existing.

This mental fluctuation was extremely vast, as if surging from all directions of the great sea. Yet itself was vague and unclear, able to transmit only the most basic information to Huo Yuhao.

"Welcome... back?"

Huo Yuhao clearly felt that this vast, boundless ocean, upon touching the aura on his body, seemed like a child who had found its parents, revealing an incomparable sense of intimacy toward him.

Huo Yuhao's complexion gradually changed.

What's going on?

I don't have the Sea God's bloodline. What situation is this, the ocean being intimate with me?

(End of Chapter)