Chapter 456: The Extreme North Trembles, the Ice God Returns
A strange ripple suddenly spread from Huo Yuhao, sweeping across Douluo Star in an instant before reaching the cosmic level, touching the Laws of Water and Ice within the universe. The moment he ignited the Divine Flame, a thought abruptly emerged in his mind, as if the universe itself was actively instilling knowledge into him.
As he absorbed this knowledge, he quickly understood that this was not the same as the complete universal laws. The true universal laws were far superior to these elemental laws.
Simply put, if the universe were viewed as a massive plane, then the complete universal laws would be akin to the consciousness of that plane. As for divine authority, it represented a way to harness these laws, functioning as a specialized permission system. And divine authority itself had varying levels take, for instance, the authority over water elements: the Water Dragon King completely surpassed the current Water God of the Divine Realm.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao experienced an extraordinary sensation, as if he were soaring through the universe, with all water and ice elements seemingly under his control.
This overwhelming feeling of power left him momentarily intoxicated, making him feel as if he were omnipotent. But he quickly snapped back to reality he had only just ignited the Divine Flame; he had not yet obtained a divine seat. He couldn't afford to get carried away.
"I've only just ignited the Divine Flame, I haven't secured a divine seat yet I can't let this go to my head." He reined in his thoughts, realizing that his brief moment of euphoria was likely due to momentarily connecting with the residual authority of the Water Dragon King.
After all, this was the authority of a God King a level far above his own. Experiencing some influence upon first contact was entirely natural. However, he believed that, over time, he would grow accustomed to it.
"Still, the legends of the Extreme North must be part truth and part fiction. For example, the tale of the Ice God descending upon a Titan Giant and giving birth to the Titan Snow Demon lineage that has to be nonsense. Some bold Titan Snow Demon probably fabricated that story to elevate the status of their lineage."
"After all, the Water Dragon King is the Ice God, and the Water Dragon King used to call the Dragon God 'Father'. The Dragon God even wanted the Water Dragon King to become its future daughter in law. By Douluo's established romantic standards, the Water Dragon King would never have sought out a Titan Giant of its own accord. Even if the Dragon God's son could tolerate it, the Dragon God itself would never approve! The Water Dragon King wouldn't suddenly decide to raise a child while being betrothed it's just too absurd."
At that moment, every soul beast in the Extreme North had their eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao as he hovered in mid air. They could all sense it he was the true origin of all the ice elemental power within them.
This realization left them in complete shock. Among the soul beasts of the Extreme North, there had always been a legend that all their power was granted to them by the Ice God. But up until now, they had only ever heard this legend without witnessing its truth.
Now, the Ice God had actually appeared before them.
The more intelligent soul beasts immediately speculated that the Ice God's reappearance had something to do with the "experiment" Snow Empress had mentioned earlier. However, regardless of the reasons behind the Ice God's emergence, only one thing mattered if the Ice God had returned, then all soul beasts of the Extreme North must kneel in worship.
After all, the Ice God was the one true ruler of the Extreme North, above all others. Even Snow Empress was merely one of the Ice God's faithful followers.
"Ice God!" Snow Empress was the first to call out the title, her face uncharacteristically filled with excitement.
Huo Yuhao igniting his Divine Flame meant he had taken a major step toward godhood. This was not only an incredible milestone for Huo Yuhao himself, but also for the soul spirits, and even for the entire Extreme North it was an enormous blessing.
Moments later, Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King followed suit, their voices filled with emotion as they cried out, "Ice God!"
Then, all the gathered soul beasts erupted in cheers, their roars shaking the heavens.
"Ice God!"
Not every soul beast in the Extreme North could speak human language. Most of them communicated using specific vocalizations beast language. If one were to give this language a name, it might be called "Beast Speech".
To ordinary humans, this sounded no different from encrypted noise.
However, Huo Yuhao now found that he could understand the beast language perfectly. Regardless of whether the soul beasts called him "Ice God" in human words or in their own primal cries, he understood them all.
Within the Divine Flame he had ignited, countless white and black specks of light began to appear. As he focused his mind, he quickly realized what they represented.
Each speck of light was a follower. The larger and brighter the speck, the more devout the believer.
On the other hand, the black specks represented followers who had already passed away. However, their faith still lingered, their belief in the Ice God remaining in the void, unable to dissipate.
This was because the Water Dragon King once the Ice God had died, leaving no successor to inherit its divine authority. As a result, these offerings of faith had remained unclaimed.
Huo Yuhao immediately activated the Gate of the Undead, using the momentum of his newly ignited Divine Flame to condense these stray faith energies into faith crystals, storing them in the Necromancer's Sub Dimension.
Then, he swiftly advised all the soul beasts of the Extreme North to disperse and leave quickly.
He had no intention of absorbing any faith energy just yet.
The disturbance caused by igniting the Divine Flame had been massive, even reaching the cosmic level. If he wasn't careful, the God Kings of the Divine Realm might notice and start hunting him down. Right now, his best course of action was to lay low and avoid attention.
As for repaying the soul beasts of the Extreme North for their assistance?
He fully intended to do so but not now. Once he was safely hidden away, he would find an opportunity to return and properly reward them.
He understood one thing clearly if not for these soul beasts, he never would have been able to ignite the Ice God's Divine Flame.
Though the Water Dragon King's soul had ultimately been the missing puzzle piece, the soul beasts had still played an indispensable role.
Since they had helped him, he would return the favor. He wasn't the kind of person who would burn the bridge after crossing it.
Divine Realm.
Tang San returned to his empty palace, his face dark with fury. As for Ning Rongrong, he had already comforted her and sent her home.
Truthfully, he desperately wanted to go find Xiao Wu and have her console him.
But when he thought about how their relationship had strained recently, he realized that if he went to her now, she would likely slam the door in his face.
Tang San entered his study and sat down, his mind churning with frustration.
"The Divine Realm Committee has completely become a tool for the Destroyer God King to consolidate power! The other three God Kings have all sided with him, conspiring to oppress me!"
"Such darkness! Such injustice!"
From his perspective, he had never done anything wrong. If his actions violated the rules of the Divine Realm, then clearly the rules themselves were flawed and needed to be changed.
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