The fleeting softness on Leng Yaozhu's face receded quickly like a tide, replaced by rational thought.
She remained silent for a moment, her brows furrowing again, her expression even more serious than before.
"Yuhao!"
Her voice lowered, carrying a hint of worry.
"You now possess the ability to travel between two eras, which means... your originally destined trajectory of fate is very likely to undergo unpredictable changes because of your contact with the World ten thousand years later."
Seeing the slight confusion emerging in Dai Yuhao's eyes, Leng Yaozhu explained further: "According to historical records, you... that is, the future Huo Yuhao, successfully became a God."
"If, because of the current variables, you miss certain key people, events, or items, or if your state of mind or choices deviate... I worry that you will miss the Opportunity to become a God."
This was the greatest hidden concern deep within her heart.
She had personally watched this child grow, but if the intervention of this era instead caused that legend, which should have shone through the ages, to dim or even fall, it would be a responsibility and regret she could not bear.
However, faced with this earth-shattering matter of "Becoming a God," Dai Yuhao's reaction was completely beyond Leng Yaozhu's expectations.
Dai Yuhao did not show any panic or anxiety; he lifted his small face and actually smiled.
There was no arrogance in that smile, but rather a resilience and confidence born from his very bones, which perhaps even he himself did not fully understand.
"Aunt Leng." His voice was clear and bright, carrying the sharp edge of a youth who had not yet been ground down by the World: "Since you said that I could originally reach that step on my own and become a God!"
"Then now, I not only have my original life, but also an extra Opportunity to travel ten thousand years into the future, seeing more things, learning more knowledge, and having someone as powerful as you, Aunt Leng, to teach and help me."
"If, despite this, I instead fail to do what I was originally capable of, wouldn't that mean I simply don't deserve that 'God Position' at all?"
He tilted his chin slightly, and that almost naive confidence belonging to a child radiated a startling brilliance at this moment.
"So, I believe that even if my life's trajectory really changes because of the present, I can still carve out a path."
"I have confidence; I can still become a God!"
Coming from the mouth of a six-year-old child, these words should have seemed absurd and laughable.
But if they were spoken by the future Spirit Ice Douluo, then no one would laugh.
Leng Yaozhu was stunned, shocked by Dai Yuhao's confidence.
She thought that perhaps this was exactly why a legend could become a legend.
This candid conversation brought too much shock to Leng Yaozhu, while simultaneously blowing away all the chaotic and complex guesses and concerns in her mind.
At this moment, only one pure and burning thought remained in her heart—she was going to cultivate a "God."
Furthermore, the thought that this God, who would grow up step by step under her own personal instruction, was the legendary Spirit Ice Douluo whom countless Spirit Masters had looked up to for ten thousand years... a sense of indescribable pride and honor welled up in her heart and did not dissipate for a long time.
Thus, in Dai Yuhao's sight, he saw a "strange smile" suddenly appear on the face of Aunt Leng sitting opposite him.
In that smile, there seemed to be excitement, expectation, and a sort of eager cunning, forming a subtle contrast with her usual cold and majestic image.
"Ahem!"
Leng Yaozhu clearly realized her "loss of composure" as well, immediately pressing her fist to her lips and coughing twice, quickly restraining those overly exposed emotions.
She sat up straight, resuming her usual solemn posture: "Yuhao, are you... willing to formally take me as your master?"
Hearing this, Dai Yuhao was stunned for a moment.
Whether it was the close relationship between the two or Leng Yaozhu's cultivation as a quasi-Demi-God, Dai Yuhao had no reason to refuse!
Therefore, Dai Yuhao nodded without hesitation and said in a clear voice: "I am willing!"
As he spoke, Dai Yuhao's expression turned solemn, and he stood up to perform the formal master-disciple greeting.
However, as soon as he moved, he was gently supported by a soft spirit power, and his movements immediately stopped halfway.
"Between us, there is no need for such mundane formalities."
With a gentle smile on her face, Leng Yaozhu also stood up and naturally reached out to take Dai Yuhao's small hand.
Dai Yuhao obediently followed Leng Yaozhu's footsteps, letting her lead him outside while lifting his small face, a hint of expectation sparkling in his eyes.
"Leng... Teacher."
"Are we going to fuse my first Spirit Soul now?"
He had already heard about the "specialty" of the Spirit Pagoda many times and knew it was a superior method compared to hunting Spirit Beasts to obtain spirit rings, so his heart was naturally full of yearning.
Leng Yaozhu first glanced at him sideways and said in a relaxed tone: "In private, if you're not used to it, you can just call me Aunt Leng like before."
Hearing this, Dai Yuhao's eyes immediately lit up, and he nodded vigorously; he was indeed more accustomed to the title "Aunt Leng," having called her that for three years.
"As for fusing a Spirit Soul, there's no rush yet."
Leng Yaozhu led him into a dedicated Soul Tool Elevator and pressed a certain floor button.
"I'm taking you to see Elder Han now!"
"He will choose the most suitable spirit soul for you."
A flash of insight crossed Dai Yuhao's mind, and he instantly understood Aunt Leng's deep meaning.
Elder Han came from the Body Sect, and his Spirit was the Brain, an extremely powerful mental-type Original Body Martial Soul!
In the mental Domain, Elder Han could be called an absolute authority.
Although his own Spirit Eyes Martial Soul was based on vision, it was essentially a mental-type Spirit as well.
With a powerhouse of the mental-type like Elder Han to guide him, he would undoubtedly make the most compatible choice for his first spirit soul.
The two stepped into that familiar and empty room.
Han Tianyi was as usual sitting cross-legged and floating in the center, seemingly immersed in meditation, his surrounding Aura harmonious and restrained, almost merging with the silence of the room.
At his age, he still devoted the vast majority of his time to this; that desire to breakthrough to the Rank 99 Limit Douluo realm had already become an almost instinctive obsession.
Sensing Leng Yaozhu bringing Dai Yuhao in, Han Tianyi did not lift his eyelids and was about to speak, but he suddenly stopped.
Those eyes that had been slightly closed snapped open, light exploding from them, instantly locking onto Dai Yuhao beside Leng Yaozhu!
Dai Yuhao only felt that as the other party's gaze looked over, it was like a massive mountain crashing down towards him!
Just at the moment he stumbled and his mind was shaken!
A warm yet equally vast and majestic mental force from beside him had already silently rippled out, steadily blocking Han Tianyi's impacting mental force.
"Elder Han!"
Leng Yaozhu's voice rang out, and Han Tianyi also instantly realized his loss of composure.
He quickly retracted all his outward Aura and mental force, and the suffocating pressure in the room immediately receded like a tide.
His figure moved slightly, and he drifted down from the air, arriving before the two in one step. He first gave a slight nod to Leng Yaozhu to signal his apology, and then his gaze fell on Dai Yuhao again.
This time, there was no oppression in his eyes, only unbelievable astonishment and heat.
"Yuhao!" Han Tianyi's voice was slightly hoarse with excitement: "You... have had your Awakening? And it's a mental-type?!"