Simulation was undeniably a divine ability. Not only could it mimic all manner of forms and postures, but it could also replicate the auras of soul beasts and spirit rings with absolute fidelity.
Never mind whether the Dragon God possessed wisdom or not—one only needed to look at how overwhelming his bloodline suppression was!
Even if Huo Yuhao could only simulate a faint sliver of that aura, it exerted a terrifying suppression over beast martial souls and soul beasts alike.
"From now on, aside from Soul Masters who possess the dragon martial souls of the two Dragon Kings, probably no one will even have the right to stand before you, Yuhao," Ice Empress remarked in wonder as she watched the undead dragon creatures groveling. "Beast martial souls will also be thoroughly suppressed. Even if they know this aura's pressure is fake, would they dare make a move?"
Huo Yuhao had developed numerous applications for Simulation. Ten thousand years ago, he had mimicked her aura, as well as Snow Empress's, Xiao Bai's, and Di Tian's. Yet how could any of their auras and bloodline pressures compare to those of the Golden Dragon King or the Silver Dragon King, let alone the Dragon God?
"I just wonder how the Dragon God would feel seeing someone borrow his majesty like a fox borrowing a tiger's terror," Ice Empress chuckled softly to herself.
Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered with emotion as he gazed at the undead dragon beasts bowing in submission.
His determination to obtain the Golden Dragon King's bloodline and fuse with it had never been merely for the stat boosts it provided.
Even having become undead creatures stripped of most of their intellect, these beasts remained helpless before the crushing pressure welling from the depths of their bloodlines.
If that was the case, what about the dragon souls that had lost their sanity?
With this technique, he could definitely make a trip to Dragon Valley and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in the future.
Having tested his various gains, Huo Yuhao was in no hurry to leave. Instead, he sat cross-legged.
Drawing on the memories of his past life and his research in this one, he had identified four methods to enhance bloodline power.
The first was to let it grow naturally as his cultivation rose, much like the Bluesilver Emperor, which underwent a fundamental metamorphosis upon reaching the hundred-thousand-year mark. Even the Dragon God's bloodline had not been so all-powerful at the very beginning; it had grown step-by-step to reach that pinnacle.
The second was that the Dragon God bloodline could absorb elemental energy in element-rich areas to strengthen itself, which was how the Little Dragon God cultivated his bloodline power. The Silver Dragon King's bloodline should be able to do the same.
The third was to absorb bloodline power of the same origin to achieve growth.
The fourth—and the method Huo Yuhao could implement right now—was to nurture it with life energy!
"Elder Yi, I'll have to trouble you."
Electrolux's figure manifested. Nodding before Huo Yuhao, he placed a palm gently against his chest.
Huo Yuhao turned his vision inward. A vortex coalesced of soul power by Electrolux appeared before the Ice Empress Martial Soul Origin. Using it, Huo Yuhao extracted a tiny thread of bloodline power and merged it into the swirl.
The bloodline energy—predominantly ice-blue and silver, with gold playing a secondary role—began to spin.
Next, Huo Yuhao opened his Eye of Life, continuously channeling wisps of emerald life energy into the vortex.
As the life energy infused the swirl, the golden and silver radiances within the Ice Empress Martial Soul's bloodline power could be seen expanding at an exceptionally slow pace.
"Life energy has a wonderful nourishing effect on bloodline power, steadily stimulating its growth. Yuhao possesses Life Gold, making him blessed beyond measure in this regard," Electrolux remarked with emotion upon returning to the Sea of Spirit.
Huo Yuhao's martial soul was currently in a state similar to that of Beibei from Shrek ten thousand years ago—he could wield the strength granted by the bloodline, but the martial soul itself had not undergone a complete sublimation.
Only by steadily nurturing and increasing the Dragon King bloodline power within it could he achieve a true qualitative leap.
"Moving forward, it would be best if any Soul Spirits or spirit rings attached to the Ice Empress Martial Soul come from dragons of powerful bloodlines," Electrolux said, looking toward Ice Empress. "That will be far more advantageous for the sublimation of Yuhao's martial soul."
Ice Empress nodded. "I understand."
In the outside world, Huo Yuhao cultivated for a while longer before exhaling a long breath and standing up.
Recalling his earlier thought, Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment and retrieved the Star's Blessing from the Eye of Life.
Over the past few months, this divine tool had helped him completely stabilize the astral power within the Eye of Life. Its removal would no longer cause any adverse effects, and the Eye of Life could now independently draw in astral power to aid his cultivation.
"Yuhao, are you planning to give the Star's Blessing to her?"
Witnessing this, Tianmeng vaguely guessed Huo Yuhao's intention.
Or rather, the moment he heard Huo Yuhao say, *As long as she came, that is enough,* he had already anticipated it.
If Gu Yuena's goal had been to earn Huo Yuhao's favor, Tianmeng had to admit she had succeeded brilliantly.
The last time Huo Yuhao had been willing to give up such an important trump card to someone else seemed to have been Snow Empress...
Huo Yuhao said, "I have the Undead Half-Plane. That is enough."
How could a demiplane compare to the safety within a Super Divine Tool? Not to mention that the Star's Blessing was a divine tool in its own right...
Even as these thoughts crossed their minds, Tianmeng and Ice Empress said nothing.
They knew Huo Yuhao's character well. He hated owing favors, especially those given with genuine sincerity.
Owing too many debts meant becoming entangled. Ten thousand years ago, whenever he received kindness while wandering the world, he would repay it manifold to avoid having his worldly detachment compromised; it had become an ingrained habit.
Gu Yuena had shouldered risks on his behalf, and Huo Yuhao could not simply pretend not to notice.
Reaching out through the Divine Throne's imprint, Huo Yuhao consulted the Lord of Eternity and received an affirmative response.
*"She may, but if she enters, the area she can access will be limited."*
Whether Huo Yuhao held the Star's Blessing made no difference to the Divine Throne; if it wished, it could pull him straight into the Domain of Eternity through the imprint.
Since control over the divine tool had been granted to Huo Yuhao, he was free to do as he pleased with it.
At that, with a thought, Huo Yuhao allowed the Star's Blessing to transform into a starlit bracelet. Catching it in his palm, he put it away.
A moment later, Huo Yuhao stepped out of the Undead Half-Plane.
***
The following day, when Gu Yuena walked into the training grounds and caught sight of Huo Yuhao, she felt an inexplicable sense of closeness toward him. Blinking in surprise, she walked straight over.
"Good morning, Yuhao."
"Good morning." Seeing Gu Yuena approach on her own initiative, Huo Yuhao immediately enveloped the area in his spiritual domain, took out the bracelet transformed from the Star's Blessing, and placed it into her hand.
"Keep this safe. If you ever run into trouble you can't handle, you can use it directly to escape."
Gu Yuena accepted the bracelet in a daze.
She still remembered the aura of this divine tool.
As expected of a Godking—when he gave a gift, he casually handed over a divine tool. But why give it to her?
Could it be that he thought she was too weak to stand against Sea God Tang San?
With that thought in mind, Gu Yuena tentatively reached out with her spiritual power to probe the bracelet. An influx of information immediately flooded her awareness, and at that very moment, she sensed an entire world through the Star's Blessing—one that carried a familiar aura.
It seemed to be... the imprint of the Super Divine Tool Yuhao had used to intimidate her last time?
Could this divine tool actually transport someone into the inner space of a Super Divine Tool?!
Gu Yuena turned her gaze toward Huo Yuhao, her expression bewildered as an indescribable emotion surged within her.
The interior space of a Super Divine Tool was an absolute sanctuary. To breach it, an attacker would need the power to destroy the Super Divine Tool itself. In other words, with this bracelet, she could preserve her life even if she came under attack from the Plane Master without having to forcibly restore her full strength.
The other party definitely lacked the ability to destroy a Super Divine Tool!
Yet this was Huo Yuhao's Super Divine Tool. Was he not worried that she might exploit this authority to seize control of it? And by revealing such a critical trump card to her, was he not concerned that she might turn it against him?
A Super Divine Tool possessing an internal world was something even the current God Realm likely lacked...
Pondering this, Gu Yuena lowered her head and asked softly, "Yuhao, why are you giving this to me?"
*Because you're naive and easily plotted against. It's far more reassuring if you turn into 'Gu Runner' and flee the moment you run into an enemy...*
Tianmeng and Ice Empress secretly complained in the Sea of Spirit.
Huo Yuhao merely smiled. "Just take it as a gift between friends. We've known each other for so long, and thinking back, I've never given you anything."
Hearing this, Gu Yuena looked down at the Star's Blessing for a moment, a tender smile blooming on her lips.
After a brief pause, she suddenly looked up, gently clasping Huo Yuhao's arm with her soft, pale hand, and placed an object with utmost care into his palm.
"You said it yourself, Yuhao—friends exchange courtesies. This is... my gift to you."
Huo Yuhao looked at the object in his hand, his expression freezing.
It was a tiny scale, only the size of a pigeon egg. Brilliant silver all over, its surface was etched with layer upon layer of delicate, intricate patterns. This was—
The Silver Dragon King's reverse scale!
Chapter 80