Even though Huo Yuhao was already the Master of the Spirit Pagoda, he still lived in the small room that Leng Yaozhu had arranged for him back then.
The room was not big, and the furnishings were very simple. He had never changed places, nor had he ever thought of changing.
To him, this place made him feel more grounded than those spacious suites.
He pushed the door open, walked out, turned to the door of the next room, and raised his hand to knock gently twice.
A moment later, the door was opened, and Gu Yue's figure appeared behind the door.
She had clearly just woken up, her long black hair draped somewhat casually over her shoulders, and her purple eyes still carried a trace of laziness that was not yet fully awake.
She saw Huo Yuhao and greeted him casually, "So early?"
With Gu Yue's current strength, she could not yet see what kind of changes had taken place on Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao was not in a hurry to explain either, and just smiled, "Wash up and go have breakfast, I have something to tell you later."
A trace of doubt flashed in Gu Yue's purple eyes, but she didn't ask further; anyway, she would know later.
The two of them went for breakfast together, and then walked side by side toward Leng Yaozhu's office.
When they pushed the door open and entered, Leng Yaozhu was sitting behind her desk looking through a file. Seeing the two of them come in together, she raised her head and smiled, "You two busybodies, how do you have time to come to my place today?"
Huo Yuhao was now the Master of the Spirit Pagoda, and Gu Yue was also a Spirit Envoy. Aside from daily Cultivation, the two of them indeed had many more affairs to handle, and the frequency of coming to Leng Yaozhu's place was much less than before.
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue sat down on the sofa as if they had returned to their own home.
Huo Yuhao's gaze first swept over Leng Yaozhu, who was still lowering her head processing files at the desk, and then turned his head to glance at Gu Yue beside him, whose eyes carried a trace of curiosity.
Then he straightened his body slightly, took a deep breath, and said, "I have completely finished the God of Destruction's trials."
The moment these words fell, Gu Yue's purple eyes suddenly widened for a fraction of a second, her mouth opened slightly, and her face was filled with undisguised shock.
On the other side, the pen that Leng Yaozhu was continuously writing with suddenly stopped, and her entire person stiffened there as if the pause button had been pressed.
A moment later, she raised her head mechanically, looking at Huo Yuhao with a complex and intense emotion in her eyes: shock, excitement, disbelief, and a certain gratification.
She opened her mouth, her voice carrying a slight tremor, "I… actually cultivated a… God?!"
She naturally knew that Huo Yuhao was the successor of the God of Destruction, but she hadn't expected the news of Huo Yuhao becoming a god to come so suddenly and without any warning.
After a brief surge of excitement on Gu Yue's face, a very faint trace of helplessness swept across the depths of her eyes.
Huo Yuhao's strength improved too quickly; his progress had always exceeded Gu Yue's expectations, much faster than her who was recultivating.
She had finally managed to recover her Titled Douluo cultivation base, yet Huo Yuhao had actually become a god!
Even if she recovered her strength to the peak period of the Silver Dragon King now, she probably wouldn't be Huo Yuhao's opponent anymore.
She sat on the sofa, her gaze falling on Huo Yuhao's still calm profile, thinking to herself that even if Na'er was up to some mischief, she wouldn't be able to do anything to Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao looked at Leng Yaozhu and smiled, "Yes Aunt Leng, what you said when I was a child has come true now. You really have cultivated a God!"
Leng Yaozhu walked out from behind the desk and sat down on the sofa to the side of Huo Yuhao.
Her gaze fell on Huo Yuhao, carefully sizing him up from top to bottom, as if she wanted to identify what was different about him now that he had become a god compared to before.
But after looking around, Leng Yaozhu didn't find anything, only feeling that Huo Yuhao now was no different from before.
A moment later, she smiled with relief, "I was just joking when you were a child, and I haven't helped you much over the years. It's just that you live up to expectations yourself and actually became a god!"
Then Leng Yaozhu asked again, "You have already become a god, what are your plans next?"
Huo Yuhao had a clear plan in his heart for a long time, and spoke directly, "This World has no Divine Realm, I can stay on the mainland all along."
"However, I am prepared to try creating a Divine Realm of my own. After all, who knows when the Divine Realm of this World can return."
"If I can create my own Divine Realm, the powerhouses on the mainland can also have the possibility of going further."
When he said this, his gaze fell on Leng Yaozhu, carrying a kind of concern that she hadn't explicitly stated but could clearly feel.
He didn't want to watch this Aunt Leng who had raised him up in this World turn into a handful of loess a hundred years later.
If he could create his own Divine Realm, with Leng Yaozhu's talent and cultivation, she also had the possibility of becoming a god.
Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue both fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, clearly not expecting Huo Yuhao's plan to be so "big" — he actually wanted to create a Divine Realm with his own strength alone.
Gu Yue reached out and held Huo Yuhao's hand, saying solemnly, "I will try my best to help you."
Huo Yuhao looked at her, knowing that the "try my best" she spoke of wasn't just representing herself; that was a promise spoken from the perspective of the Silver Dragon King.
He smiled and nodded, then the smile on his face slowly faded a bit more: "However, before that, there is still one matter to handle."
Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue looked at him simultaneously, wondering in their hearts what on earth this matter was.
Huo Yuhao didn't talk nonsense, and said in a crisp and decisive tone, "It's also time to uproot the Holy Spirit Cult."
Although the entire mainland was currently hunting down the Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult, those Evil Soul Masters were like rats in a gutter, good at hiding and with mysterious whereabouts. To this day, many high-ranking members still had no trace as if they had evaporated from the human World.
However, now that Huo Yuhao had become a god, with a single movement of his Divine Thought, the entire Douluo star was under the shroud of his perception. Wanting to find those Evil Soul Masters hiding in various corners was simply as easy as turning over his hand.
Upon hearing this, Leng Yaozhu's expression also turned cold, and a sharp light rose in those Phoenix-like eyes: "That's right, you have become a god, it is time for a reckoning."
Dark Phoenix Leng Yulai deserved to die in the first place, which Leng Yaozhu knew clearly in her heart, but her hatred towards the Holy Spirit Cult would not be reduced by even half a cent because of this.
Therefore, if they were to talk about annihilating the Holy Spirit Cult, Leng Yaozhu would definitely be the first person to raise her hand in support.
Huo Yuhao then said, "I already know all the places where those Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult are hiding. Aunt Leng, help me contact the Federation in the name of the Spirit Pagoda."
Hearing this, a flash of light appeared in Leng Yaozhu's eyes, and she understood Huo Yuhao's meaning; he was preparing to let the Federation make a move together.
Dealing with the Holy Spirit Cult was inherently the responsibility of the Federation, and acting in the name of the Federation was fully justified.
She stood up, "I will go notify them right away."
After speaking, she turned and walked out of the office, leaving only Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue inside the office.
After a moment of silence, Gu Yue looked at him and asked, "You have already become a god, how are you planning to handle the matters of Da Ming and Er Ming?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao smiled, "Those two are not in a hurry. When my Divine Sense swept across the mainland just now, I discovered something interesting."
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