Xia Die gently buried her head in Huo Yuhao's arms, feeling the warmth from him. She always liked this, this simple embrace from family.
Huo Yuhao felt the same way. Of all his creations, only Xia Die, Adam, and Amon were truly considered family; the others were more like his juniors.
As a girl favored by death, she disliked the loneliness of the undead; she longed for the warm embrace of life.
Her love for life transcended the constraints of bloodline, and the reason the Goddess of Life couldn't forget Xia Die was because she was attracted to this characteristic.
The Goddess of Life, who had been relentlessly attacked by the God of Death recently, was unwilling to give up and had been trying to send the divine test through the central divine realm.
If her super artifact hadn't been different from the God of Destruction's, she would have thrown it there too.
Once the divine test was in Xia Die's hands, the God of Death's attacks would be useless; it would be a done deal.
The Death Godhood is a God-King level position, likely with a high rank, given the numerous souls of Miao Miao in the Douluo Underworld that can strengthen it.
A large portion of the nine Dragon Kings' souls reside in the Underworld, while most of the Dragon God's soul is in the Dragon Tomb, with a small portion also lurking there.
Many of the human and beast gods who died during the Dragon God War are under the jurisdiction of the Douluo Underworld and will automatically return after death.
The Dragon Clan, in particular, originated from Douluo Star and are considered Douluo Star beings, all under the Underworld's control.
To put it bluntly, for Di Tian, returning to the Underworld is like returning home.
His ancestors and extended family are all there—a kind of hellish joke.
If Xia Die can control these souls through the Death Godhood in the future, she might even be able to elevate the Underworld and surpass the divine realm in heaven.
Then, Roman would create another foundation and place it in Xia Die's realm as the central hub of the underworld.
This would not only alleviate her future workload but might also allow the underworld to undergo a transformation.
In short, this kind of death deity position absolutely cannot tolerate the Minotaur in front of the Goddess of Life.
The current situation is that as soon as the Goddess of Life's divine power is sensed near Xia Die, she will automatically intercept it and then invade the divine realm in return.
However, Huo Yuhao had a different opinion. He thought Xia Die could inherit both divine positions simultaneously.
The ironclad rule that one person could only bear one divine position was because those guys in the God Realm were too weak!
As the Lord of the Spirit, could Huo Yuhao be stumped by this?
"Die Bao, the competition is almost here."
"I'll take you there."
"I don't know if you can participate today."
Huo Yuhao released Xia Die, then gently stood up and said to her.
The elf's pretty face was flushed, and a hint of reluctance appeared on her indifferent face.
After hearing Huo Yuhao's words, her tone became somewhat anxious.
"Um..."
"Even if I participate, could you please not shout those lines..."
Huo Yuhao took her hand and led her away from the Star Emperor Hotel.
The participating team members and maids passed by the two of them, as if they didn't see them.
"Hmph, my dear Xiaodie."
"That depends on how you perform. Hurry up and revise the fanfiction you wrote about me and Roman."
"I'm about to lose it!"
"You don't want so many people to hear Huo Zhanji and Dai Ying shouting their cheers, do you?"
Huo Yuhao pinched Xiaodie's delicate cheek hard. This child, he didn't know where she learned it from, even writing fanfiction.
He hadn't been paying attention for a moment, but a novel called "Lingbing and Strawberry Cake" had quietly appeared on the Magic Network.
The delicate emotions, writing style, and existing fan base quickly attracted a large number of readers.
Everyone knew that 'Golden Chef' was a deadbeat, but they still couldn't help but read her new work.
If anyone else dared to be so bold, riding on the emperor's head, Huo Yuhao would have already taught them a lesson with heavy blows, first banning their Magic Network account, and then sending the Root Group to deliver some warmth through the network.
But this was written by Xiaodie, so he couldn't delete it!
Xia Die's pretty face flushed crimson, almost steaming. She hadn't expected the book to become so popular, let alone be seen by her own father.
"I'll give it a try,"
Huo Yuhao sighed, pulling her along the streets of Xingluo City towards Xingluo Square.
At the entrance to Xingluo Square, Huo Yuhao released her hand and deactivated his mental invisibility, saying,
"Let's go to the rest area."
"Be careful during the competition. Today your opponent is that brat Amon."
"He won't go all out on you, but it's hard to say about Bai E and the others."
The elf girl nodded gently, her voice ethereal and melodious.
"Okay!"
Then, she gave Huo Yuhao a final, gentle hug before jogging away, entering the rest area through the players' passage, her purple hair leaving a captivating trail in the air.
Huo Yuhao smiled as he watched her.
A maidservant approached, bowing respectfully and saying,
"Your Majesty Lingbing, please allow me to escort you to your viewing spot."
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly and followed her directly into Star Luo Square, heading towards the best vantage point.
Normally, there wouldn't be any seats left by this time, but the strong always have privileges.
Some time ago, the Star Luo royal family had invited Huo Yuhao to watch the matches in the capital, but he declined.
He didn't want to be so conspicuous, nor did he want to stand next to Dai Hao in the future. Ultimately, the Star Luo royal family reserved four fixed seats in the viewing area specifically for Huo Yuhao and his group.
Huo Yuhao quietly sat down next to Dai Ying and the others. Bai Xiuxiu, idly scrolling through the magic network, glanced at him and was immediately startled.
"You big bad guy, how did you get here?!"
Bai Xiuxiu stared at Huo Yuhao with her deep blue eyes and pouting lips.
Huo Yuhao poked her cheek, making her let out a soft sigh, and then said,
"Nonsense, take the stairs."
"If your mental strength isn't cultivated enough, you won't even notice if someone touches you from behind."
"Remember to cultivate diligently from now on; don't waste your innate full soul power."
After saying that, Huo Yuhao produced a recording soul tool and handed it to Dai Ying, saying,
"This records the scene of Tang San being blown to pieces by the Original Sin Bomb, and his battle with the Original Sin God."
"Pretty exciting."
"When you return to your timeline, secretly show this to your dad; I believe he'll be proud of you."
Dai Ying carefully took the soul tool and said,
"Watching this, Grandpa shouldn't find out, right?"
Huo Yuhao shrugged and said,
"Your dad is a God King, after all."
"If he can find out about this, I can only say he's too useless."
"Don't worry, Tang San doesn't have the ability to be omniscient and omnipotent."
"That's my domain."
"Maybe your mom will be proud of you too."
From Dai Ying's few words, Huo Yuhao increasingly felt that Tang Wutong in their timeline seemed to have been possessed by Wang Qiu'er.
Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense why Dai Ying and Huo Zhanji had barely seen Tang San.
Dai Ying had become a god, yet she had only seen Tang San three times, and Huo Zhanji had no memory of him at all, always believing his family was ordinary.
His father was still worrying about the mortgage, not at all like a god-king.
With Huo Yuhao's assurance, Dai Ying put away her recording soul tool, eagerly anticipating how her parents would praise her.
Seeing this, Huo Zhanji went to pester his sister, wanting to see a scene of powerful beings fighting.
"Sister! Just let me see!"
"Let me see how the gods fight, please."
Dai Ying held up the recording soul tool high, looking at him with a sneer, and said:
"No!"
"My foolish little brother! Unless you're willing to drink from the Mother's Drowned Spring and let me take some pictures, I won't let you see this recording."
Bai Xiuxiu watched the Huo siblings playing around, a hint of envy in her deep blue eyes, before turning back to continue browsing the magic network.
There was still some time before the competition started, and Huo Yuhao leaned back in his seat, beginning to use the [Imagination] Authority to materialize extraordinary items that could resolve the conflict between life and death.
The Imagination Authority, which had already reached 30% control, could already materialize all sorts of extraordinary items.
However, the current limit of extraordinary items that could be materialized was much lower than that of the lottery.
With the use of the [Imagination] Authority, a regular octagonal black stone appeared in Huo Yuhao's hand.
The stone was about half the size of his palm, with a double-bodied white tiger carved on the front.
The two white tigers had no lower body and were connected in the middle, symbolizing the yin and yang twins.
On the back are enigmatic inscriptions, their meaning being harmony.
This is the Tiger Talisman from the golden age of animation, *Jackie Chan Adventures*, in Huo Yuhao's previous life.
It represents the balance of Yin and Yang, or equilibrium, capable of balancing all forces in the world.
(End of Chapter)
Read 15+ chapters ahead at Patreon
patreon.com/TaroYamato
patreon.com/TaroYamato