Douluo: Starting by Taking Control of the Holy Ghost Cult's Saintess

A month passed in the blink of an eye. The Land of Extreme North was as cold as ever. Large snowflakes fell, covering the traces left by the previous battle.

On the peak of the snow-covered mountain, an ice house stood firm in the wind and snow. The faint light visible indicated that someone was living there.

On the bed, Zhongli Yu was gently and carefully wiping Huo Yuhao's body. Ever since she learned that Huo Yuhao had transferred all her fatal injuries to himself, her heart had been filled by this youth.

From that moment on, she, Zhongli Yu, was Huo Yuhao's wife. She no longer cared about any title of Saintess, but only wanted to spend the rest of her life with him for a long, long time.

Huo Yuhao had not only transferred her serious injuries but had also taken away the ultimate yin backlash from her martial soul. As long as she did not create any more slaughter in the future, she would no longer be an evil soul master with blood on her hands.

"Darling, it's been a month. Why haven't you woken up yet?" Zhongli Yu held a bowl of clear soup. This was made from the Ice Jade Scorpions she had caught nearby. As a half-step Titled Douluo, hunting a few hundred-year or thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpions was no difficult matter. It was also fortunate that the Ice Empress was still in a deep sleep.

Huo Yuhao's physical condition was gradually improving. Although he had been in a coma, his Immortal Physique and the Life Gold had given him a powerful self-healing ability. His aura was no longer as faint as when Zhongli Yu had first seen him, but had stabilized a lot.

Zhongli Yu did not take Huo Yuhao back to the Holy Ghost Cult. She had long known that Huo Yuhao was not very fond of the Holy Ghost Cult. Since her man was unwilling to return to that gloomy place, as his wife, she naturally had to follow her husband for better or for worse. The day he woke up, wherever he went, she would follow.

As long as she stayed by Huo Yuhao's side in the name of monitoring him, Zhongli Wu would not be too concerned about their whereabouts.

Zhongli Yu held a mouthful of fresh soup in her mouth. Just as she was preparing to pass it to Huo Yuhao as she usually did, her small hand was suddenly grabbed.

Zhongli Yu's beautiful eyes suddenly widened. The muscles on the youth's face before her finally twitched a little. An uncontrollable, wild joy instantly filled her face.

"Yuhao!"

Zhongli Yu threw herself into his arms, and the next moment, she was already sobbing uncontrollably.

Huo Yuhao finally slowly opened his eyes. He used what little strength he had to gently pat Zhongli Yu's back. As a spiritual-attribute soul master, he naturally knew how much Zhongli Yu had done for him over the past month.

"Yu'er, don't cry. I'm fine now."

Little did he know that his words made Zhongli Yu cry even more sadly. Just a little bit more, and she would have lost this man forever.

Huo Yuhao immediately checked his own physical condition. The injuries he had transferred before were something that even a Titled Douluo like Zhongli Yu couldn't withstand. The reason he could survive, besides the help of the two great powers Gu Yuena and Bi Ji, was that the Immortal Physique he had obtained from fusing with the Ten Thousand Demon King and that small piece of Life Gold had also played a huge role.

That remnant wisp of Electrolux's divine sense had already taken up residence on the piece of Life Gold in his spiritual sea. After a month of recuperation, the old man's divine sense had already solidified a lot. The abundant life force contained in the Life Gold had also helped him completely transform from a Semi-Life Affinity Constitution to a true Life Affinity Constitution.

Thanks to him, Zhongli Yu, who had been guarding by Huo Yuhao's side, had received the baptism of the life aura. Her entire person was as if rejuvenated. Not to mention the ultimate evil aura that had been wrapped around her body had completely dissipated, her very soul seemed to have been sublimated.

Most importantly, after Zhongli Yu had hovered between life and death this time, her martial soul had also begun to undergo a benign mutation. As for what step she could reach in the future, it would depend on her own fateful opportunities.

What made Huo Yuhao not know whether to laugh or cry was the bowl of Ice Jade Scorpion soup that Zhongli Yu had brewed for him. If the Ice Empress saw this, she might just rush out of his spiritual sea to demand an explanation from him.

Huo Yuhao found it hard to refuse her kindness and had to take a sip. Mmm, you know, this Ice Jade Scorpion soul beast is truly delicious! Unfortunately, the Ice Empress's body had already completely merged into his body. Otherwise, he really would have wanted to taste the flavor of an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.

Ah, so fragrant!

"You're awake?" Bibi Dong's exhausted voice came from his mind. Over this past month, she had barely dared to rest, constantly monitoring Huo Yuhao's physical condition to prevent any accidents.

"Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work," the avatar condensed in Huo Yuhao's spiritual space gave her a deep bow. How could he not know how much Bibi Dong had worried for him this past month?

"Hmph, since you've recovered your senses, then you can handle things yourself from now on. This Empress is going to rest!" Bibi Dong turned her head away proudly and returned to her own bedchamber.

Huo Yuhao was at a loss for whether to laugh or cry, but he wouldn't expose Bibi Dong's concern for him. On the other side, Tianmeng, the Ice Empress, and the Ten Thousand Demon King were all still in a deep sleep, so naturally, no one was there to communicate with him.

With Huo Yuhao's recovery ability, he would be able to get out of bed and move around in no more than two days. But Zhongli Yu insisted on changing his clothes and cooking for him herself, letting him recuperate properly.

Huo Yuhao had always been very curious where this pampered Saintess, Zhongli Yu, had learned her cooking skills. It wasn't until the third day when he left the ice house to breathe some fresh air and saw the scattered soul beast carcasses on the cliff of the snowy peak that he finally understood.

These poor soul beasts, were they all used by Zhongli Yu for practice? What's with those dozens of Ice Jade Scorpion shells? Heavens, how many of the Ice Empress's clansmen did she slaughter?

Zhongli Yu clearly didn't know about the relationship between Huo Yuhao and the Ice Empress. The moment before she had fallen into a coma, the Ice Empress had still appeared as their enemy. She was the Saintess of the Holy Ghost Cult. How could she not be ruthless towards the enemy's clan?

As long as she didn't encounter the Titan Snow Devil King and the Ice Bear King, with her cultivation at the Titled Douluo realm, she could walk sideways in many places in the Land of Extreme North.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao also noticed the silver dragon scale hanging on his chest. This was clearly a reverse scale, belonging to the Silver Dragon King. He never thought that this thing, which should have belonged to the future Tang Wulin, had fallen into his hands.

With Gu Yuena's control over spatial abilities, as long as I encounter a critical moment of life and death in the future, she will probably appear and rescue me, right? Isn't this much stronger than Di Tian's black dragon reverse scale? As for concealing himself from the God Realm's perception, he wished he wouldn't be discovered by the people of the God Realm. It would be fine if he was discovered by the gods of the God of Destruction's faction, but if he was discovered by the gods on the Tang Buddha's side or by the man himself, then his situation would be dangerous.

After all, in the original novel, he was precisely the rejuvenating master of the Tang Sect after its decline. A proper tool man!

Rather than restoring his Tang Sect from scratch, it would be better to expand the power of the Holy Ghost Cult himself. A faction of true villains was not necessarily much worse than a sect of hypocrites. (LOL)

Looking back at the busy Zhongli Yu in the simple kitchen, Huo Yuhao's gaze, which had turned cold from thinking about the original Huo Gua's fate, instantly softened. In this life, he absolutely could not repeat the same mistake and become a loyal dog of the Tang family. Not only for himself but also for the women he cherished.

After his meal, Huo Yuhao estimated the time. Counting from the day he left the academy, it had taken him three to five days to travel here. Then he had encountered the Ice Empress and the Ten Thousand Demon King and a great battle had occurred. After that, a series of things had happened, and he had been in a coma for a full month. After his injury, he had spent another three days recuperating. The reporting time for the new school year at Shrek Academy should have long passed, and even the academy's promotion assessment time had probably passed.

Huo Yuhao's little face instantly darkened. Extrapolating the time of the series of events that happened in the original novel, by the time he and Zhongli Yu rushed back to the academy without stopping, he was afraid that the great melee selection would have already been missed, right? By missing that selection opportunity, he would miss that advanced soul master tournament, and thus miss many of the fateful opportunities that originally belonged to Huo Gua.

For example, that Life Gold carving knife, the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, and the most crucial first soul spirit of this life, the Snow Empress.

But judging from his current physical condition, he was afraid he would have to recuperate for another month to fully recover. With Zhongli Yu's yandere-like compulsory supervision, how could she bear to let him run around before his injuries had healed?

"Darling, ahh—"

Just then, a soft, delicate body leaned against his side. A spoonful of fragrant millet porridge was brought to his mouth. The shredded meat of some unknown soul beast on the surface of the porridge greatly stimulated one's sense of taste.

Huo Yuhao enjoyably took a bite. He figured Zhongli Yu had improved a lot in her cooking skills these days. In order to maintain a good wifely image in Huo Yuhao's mind, she had basically done everything a wife should and shouldn't do.

With such a wife, what more could a husband ask for?

Huo Yuhao took the opportunity to give her a kiss on her tender cheek, which caused the latter to blush shyly. He laughed loudly and took the opportunity to propose the idea of returning to the academy to Zhongli Yu.

However, the moment Huo Yuhao proposed this idea, Zhongli Yu's pretty face instantly turned cold and frosty.

"Darling, are you missing those little girls?"

Huo Yuhao sensed great danger. He quickly grabbed her hand and proved his heart to her, "Who said that? Yu'er is irreplaceable in my heart. No one can compare!"

Hearing this, Zhongli Yu immediately returned to her coquettish and obedient appearance, but the words she spoke were a little dangerous. "In that case, then Yu'er will go and capture those few girls, turn them into roasted human swines, and let the Holy Son enjoy them properly. This way, the Holy Son won't have to miss them."

This yandere!

Huo Yuhao was instantly covered in black lines. He had no choice but to change the subject, mentioning the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament and his desire to participate.

"This competition is very important to me. There is a fateful opportunity I want to obtain in the tournament!" Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and still explained seriously to her.

"A Soul Dueling Tournament?" Zhongli Yu had heard a little about this competition. After all, in the previous Soul Dueling Tournaments, only the academies had participated. The younger generation of most reclusive sects had not shown up, including the Holy Ghost Cult, which only participated as the Holy Spirit Sect in the competition four years later. "Darling, are you going to abuse people?"

"Uh, about that..." Huo Yuhao scratched his head. For the Huo Yuhao of this timeline in the original novel, going to participate in this competition might have been to get abused. But for the current him, it would have to be the other way around. A month ago, when he was still at the academy, he already had the strength to rub Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings on the ground. Not to mention the reborn him now?

"Since darling wants to go, I will take you back. But I have a small—small request that I want you to satisfy!" Zhongli Yu said, squinting her beautiful eyes with a smile, carrying a trace of unquestionable dominance.

"You say it," Huo Yuhao could only touch his nose in submission.

"For the coming days, Yu'er wants to always be by darling's side, and I also want to declare my status as your official wife to the outside world!" Zhongli Yu said with a giggle, shaking his arm, her words shocking.

"Pfft—" Huo Yuhao directly spat out the porridge in his mouth.