Reborn as Huo Yuhao, but also in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 184 can only be transformed into a lich.

Chapter 184 can only be transformed into a lich.

Those eyes, which were originally filled with a sinister aura belonging to the dialect, now shone with a completely different light—a hint of bewilderment at first awakening, followed by extreme novelty and curiosity.

Huo Yuhao held his breath and asked softly, "Senior Tianhuo, how are you feeling?"

Venerable Tianhuo did not answer immediately. He first tried to move his fingers, rubbing them twice on the soil.

Then, he bent his knees and raised his arms, each movement careful.

Gradually, the movements began to become smoother.

Venerable Tianhuo suddenly sat up from the ground, looked down, and stared in disbelief at his hands, which were now truly under his control. He tried to clench his fists and feel the long-lost sense of power transmitted from his flesh and bones.

Then, he raised his head and looked at Huo Yuhao. On his old and ugly face, he forced out a smile full of surprise, excitement, and even a bit of foolishness.

A booming voice burst forth from "Fang Yan's" throat, echoing throughout the silent valley: "Brother Huo! This is truly—Thai hot! This body—this body is so obedient! It's like—it's like it was born to be mine!! Hahaha!!"

Just as Venerable Tianhu was "playing" with his new body—

Huo Yuhao, who had been standing quietly at the edge of the magic circle, suddenly frowned and his eyes locked onto Venerable Tianhuo.

"This feeling—" Huo Yuhao's voice lowered, carrying a hint of seriousness: "Something's not right."

"What's wrong, Brother Huo? I feel great—" The smile on Venerable Tianhuo's face hadn't fully bloomed before his words came to an abrupt halt.

In that instant, he also sensed something was wrong with his body! It was a chilling feeling—that life was quietly slipping away!

The excitement on his face vanished instantly. He immediately sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to scan the body that had just "recognized" him inch by inch with his soul power.

However, no matter how the Heavenly Fire Venerable investigated, every part of his body seemed to be functioning well under the control of his soul.

"I can't find it—where exactly is the problem?" Venerable Tianhuo opened his eyes, his brows furrowed, and his gaze towards Huo Yuhao was filled with confusion.

Huo Yuhao's divine sense had already swept through every corner of the Heavenly Flame Venerable's body.

At this moment, he slowly withdrew his divine sense, sighed softly, and had a hint of regret in his eyes: "Even if we solve the problem of coordination between body and soul through soul secret techniques and soul fusion arrays, we still cannot achieve perfect harmony."

"Senior Tianhuo," Huo Yuhao said, looking at Venerable Tianhuo, whose expression had changed slightly, and offered a solution.

"To truly resolve this problem of fading vitality, you need to fuse a fragment of the dialect's soul. Let his soul become the adhesive between you and this body."

Upon hearing this, Venerable Heavenly Fire shook his head without hesitation: "Devouring other people's souls is fine. But fusion, that's not my style."

He patted the dirt off himself, a hint of nonchalance in his voice: "That's enough! To have a physical body again for a few more days, to be able to run and jump, to feel the coolness of the wind on my skin—I'm already very satisfied! This body can probably last for—about seven more days?"

Venerable Tianhuo estimated the rate at which life force was being lost.

Huo Yuhao hesitated before saying, "Um—Senior Tianhuo, actually, it's fine after seven days. You can still control this body and experience this world then."

"Huh?" Venerable Heavenly Fire was taken aback, not quite understanding. "What? Nothing? My life force has dissipated, so I'm dead, right? My soul will just float away again, won't it?"

Huo Yuhao calmly explained, "Life force dissipates, the body dies, but it's not the end. Combined with the runes I left when dealing with this body—you will transform into another form of existence, the lich."

Heavenly Fire Venerable: "Huh?"

"A special kind of undead life form," Huo Yuhao explained, "The body is in a state of death, but the soul can perfectly reside within it and control it freely."

"Actions, perception, and the use of battle qi will not be greatly affected. It's just that the energy required for cultivation will be transformed from the primordial energy of heaven and earth into negative energies such as death energy."

Heavenly Fire Venerable: "Huh?"

Huo Yuhao didn't explain further. His gaze shifted to his left hand, which he had been loosely clenching.

There, a soul belonging to the dialect is sleeping.

Huo Yuhao raised his right hand and quickly formed a complex hand seal, his fingertips instantly emitting golden light!

【The Light of Purification】!

Amidst the deep chanting of incantations, a gentle golden beam of light precisely entered the soul orb in the left hand.

laugh--!

There were no screams, no other sounds. All the resentment, consciousness, and impurities contained within the Fangyan soul were stripped away and purified.

In just a few breaths, that soul transformed into specks of the purest, most primordial soul light, scattering like fireflies, slowly merging into the world, and completely returning to nothingness.

Within Huo Yuhao's mental world, the Guardian Mirror simulated a hand, which then slapped itself hard across the face with a "smack": "I'm truly impressed! You killed someone, stole their body, and then even gave them a one-stop service of soul purification and deliverance! You're really something else!"

"That's great, now this guy doesn't even have the chance to become a ghost and bite you, or be reincarnated as a protagonist to seek revenge!"

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Just to be safe."

His gaze returned to his left hand. The spot where Fang Yan's soul had been completely purified and dissipated was not empty.

Several strands of pure soul power, specially extracted by the purifying light and free from any impurities, were slowly suspended, emanating a gentle and pure aura.

Huo Yuhao extended his index finger and gently tapped it.

"go."

Those few strands of pure soul power, as if guided, transformed into a barely perceptible golden light and instantly entered the body occupied by the Heavenly Fire Venerable.

"Hmm!" Venerable Heavenly Fire felt a gentle coolness. The weakness that had been constantly fading deep within his body also lessened considerably.

"You're trying to make the most of every fish!!" The Guardian Mirror was speechless.

Huo Yuhao ignored the Guardian Mirror's complaints and said to Venerable Tianhuo, who was sensing the changes in his body, "Senior Tianhuo, with this bit of soul power as a buffer, the rate at which this body's life force is draining will be greatly slowed down, and it should be able to last for about a month."

Huo Yuhao paused, then earnestly reminded him, "Within this month, you should make the most of this body to cultivate and try to recover your Dou Zun level strength. Once you transform into the Lich form, you will no longer be able to absorb ordinary heaven and earth energy for cultivation."

After giving Venerable Tianhuo some instructions, Huo Yuhao created a divine sense clone and led Venerable Tianhuo to a small space inside the library.

Unlike the level five and six spirit-gathering arrays used by the Canaan teachers and students for cultivation, Huo Yuhao successfully set up a level seven spirit-gathering array in the small space of the library after many failures.

Only those with the strength of a Dou Zong or higher can enter this level of spirit-gathering array. Otherwise, their meridians and bodies will be crushed by the excessively dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This is a perfect opportunity to allow Venerable Heavenly Fire to recover his strength.