After encountering Tang Wutong, they unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion skill—The Withering Radiance, The Golden Path!
The scene then shifted to the Extreme North.
Through great effort, with the help of the Skydream Iceworm, Huo Yuhao successfully transformed the Ice Empress into his Martial Soul, officially gaining his Three-Life Martial Souls.
However, upon witnessing this, the Ice Empress in the Extreme North felt nothing but disgust.
Though in the live broadcast, it was shown that she willingly became Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul, convinced by the Skydream Iceworm, the Iceworm's open affection toward her left her feeling utterly revolted!
After the Ice Empress became Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul, the scene shifted again to the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Competition.
During the competition, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong displayed another Martial Soul Fusion skill, Truth Amidst Nothingness, Spiritual Storm, combining Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes and Tang Wutong's Haotian Hammer.
This left the viewers even more speechless.
Martial Soul Fusion skills, regarded as one of the most coveted abilities for Soul Masters, were studied intensively during the first Douluo era.
For two Martial Souls to fuse, a certain level of compatibility was essential—a fact known by many factions.
Although compatibility didn't always require identical Martial Souls, the pairing of Spirit Eyes and the Haotian Hammer seemed like an impossible match.
The mere fact that they could perform a Fusion skill together was utterly absurd!
The scene then transitioned to the Star Dou Forest.
In the Star Dou Forest, Huo Yuhao had a fateful encounter with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Emperor Auspice Beast.
Because of a misunderstanding, Elder Xuan, pressured by the Red King, captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and forced it to exchange memories with Huo Yuhao, enhancing his fortune.
At this point, the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Forest were seething with rage.
These detestable humans were pushing them to the brink!
Following the memory exchange with Huo Yuhao, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, intrigued by the human world, transformed into Wang Qiu'er and headed to Shrek Academy.
At Shrek Academy, Wang Qiu'er met Huo Yuhao. Around the same time, Tang Wutong, as Wang Dong, had also reverted to her true female form, becoming Wang Donger.
Now, both Wang Qiu'er and Wang Donger were in the picture.
The scene then shifted to the final moments at the Valley of Love and Truth.
A mysterious, ethereal voice declared:
"…Only one between Wang Qiu'er and Wang Donger can live. The one who wins will have Huo Yuhao!"
The next moment, Wang Donger perished.
Huo Yuhao devastated, knelt in agony, pleading with the unseen voice to resurrect her.
Ultimately, Wang Qiu'er was sent away, and while Wang Donger was revived, she fell into a coma.
Seeing this, the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Forest sighed with relief. Their Emperor Auspice Beast had finally freed itself from human entanglement…
However, contrary to the beasts' hopes, Lin Yu's heart was filled with a cold sneer.
Everything was far from over. With someone as calculating as Tang San, he wouldn't stop until he turned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion into the foundation for his daughter's future ascension to godhood!
As Lin Yu had predicted, following the events in the Valley of Love and Truth, the scene shifted to a forest.
Huo Yuhao, pursued by enemies, ignited his spiritual sea in a desperate attempt to survive.
In response, Wang Qiu'er chose to sacrifice herself to save him!
The ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Forest were enraged and horrified by this turn of events.
The final scene then returned to Shrek Academy.
Wang Donger, still comatose, suddenly regained consciousness. But from her speech and behavior, it seemed as though she had become someone else entirely, with hints of memory loss.
The scene froze at that moment, with blood-red text appearing before the audience.
Simultaneously, a chilling voice echoed:
[The event has concluded, and the questioning begins!]
[Question: Who was the mastermind behind the sacrifice of the Emperor Auspice Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion?]
[This round's reward: Three Divine Soul Rings!]
Description: A Divine Soul Ring is a special type of soul ring, appears as a golden crystalline sphere. Once absorbed, it provides the most suitable soul skill for the Soul Master, with its year limit matching the Soul Master's maximum endurance!
When the audience saw the description of the Divine Soul Rings, they were filled with immense joy.
These rings could form soul skills perfectly tailored to the Soul Master's capabilities, with a year limit matching their body's endurance!
For high-level Soul Masters like Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos, this meant they could potentially gain a 100,000-year soul ring!
For many, this was the first time they had encountered such a miraculous soul ring!
However, for powerful figures like Bo Saixi, the surprise wasn't as intense, as they were aware that the gods of the Divine Realm could also create God-bestowed Soul Rings, which function similarly.
But… who was the real culprit behind the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's sacrifice?
As everyone pondered the question, a strange sense of déjà vu washed over them.
"Who is the mastermind…?" they mused.
This question seemed eerily familiar… like the second live broadcast's question.
During the second live question-and-answer session, the question was, "Who was the mastermind behind the sacrifice of A Yin?"
Back then, the surprising answer had been The Clear Sky Clan.
No one had expected that outcome.
With such a similarly structured question this time, everyone suspected the answer wouldn't be as simple as blaming the Sun Moon Empire or its emperor.
After all, the question asked for the mastermind!
Once they ruled out the Sun Moon Empire, one possibility remained—the Taotie Douluo, Elder Xuan.
It was his actions that led to the connection between the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Huo Yuhao.
However, that answer didn't seem complete.
After all, during the second question-and-answer session, the ultimate answer had pointed to an unexpected party: The Clear Sky Clan.
If they eliminated the obvious suspects, there was one more clue—the mysterious voice heard at the start.
From its mention of "Little Seven descending to the lower realm," this mysterious voice likely belonged to a god from the Divine Realm!
But which god exactly? That remained a mystery.
However, based on the voice's words, it was clear that it wanted to use Huo Yuhao to revive something—a faction—likely one that had fallen into decline.
Looking at the factions Huo Yuhao had been associated with, it could be either the Tang Sect or the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Clan.
But considering Huo Yuhao's background as Dai Yuhao, a member of the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Clan, this connection seemed much more probable!
The Evil-Eyed White Tiger Clan had once been royal, only to fall to the rank of Duke—a significant decline.
According to Lin Yu, the original timeline had a future where one of the members of the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Clan would become a god.
That person was Dai Mubai!
His unwillingness to accept his clan's decline made him the most likely culprit.
Thus, the mysterious voice was, most likely, Dai Mubai!