Chapter 21: The Second Awakening of Psychic Power! A Democratic Vote!
After a sudden jolt, the soul energies of the two surged uncontrollably, intertwining and merging.
During this process, Huo Yuhao sensed from Wang Dong’s body three profound auras: light, life, and a wave-like intensity.
As their soul energies fused, the color shifted from a pale golden glow to blue-golden, and finally to a dark golden hue.
Wang Dong naturally understood the source of these three shifting auras.
What shocked him even more was that Huo Yuhao’s aura also underwent a sequence of three transformations!
And each time, it perfectly matched his own aura!
Could it be...?
A low hum resonated as their soul energies rippled like waves, evoking the vast emptiness of the open sea.
Their minds emptied, banishing all distractions to fully immerse in the subtle changes of each other’s auras—a sensation beyond words.
The fused soul energy circulated slowly; within Huo Yuhao’s body it revolved once through the Yi Jin Jing technique, then flowed into Wang Dong’s body to circulate another cultivation method.
Both could clearly feel their cultivation efficiency nearly doubling.
In the spiritual realm, the popcorn-like flakes dropping from the foot of the Ice Silk Silkworm were astonished.
“Little Yuhao is incredibly lucky, isn’t he?”
“With us two as his pillars, can he really find another half whose aura matches perfectly yet represents yin and yang separately?”
“Even ordinary soul masters with soul fusion skills rarely achieve more than 80% compatibility—it’s considered a match made in heaven.”
“And these two started at 100% right off the bat?”
“The most outrageous part is that Wang Dong actually harbors three martial souls!”
“But how come Huo Yuhao’s aura also reflects three martial souls?”
Zhuge Lan smiled silently, pointing toward the gray-golden orb in the sky.
“Ah? That guy is also one of Huo Yuhao’s martial souls?” The Ice Silk Silkworm’s eyes widened. “But wasn’t it said to be a remnant fragment of divine consciousness?”
Zhuge Lan offered no further explanation.
Setting aside the matter of Elek, the fact that Wang Dong’s and Huo Yuhao’s auras matched perfectly must be due to the intervention of King Tang.
—If he could split his own daughter’s soul into three parts and transform them to perfectly align with Huo Yuhao, then why not?
As long as the soul fusion skill exists, the two would inevitably be inseparable; their affection sparked by chance encounters would be only natural.
Then comes the subtle psychological manipulation and training...
Ha! The plan was well conceived.
But with him around in this life, all benefits would be reaped fully—no chance for any manipulation!
Moreover, Wang Dong’s “second personality” would rise strongly.
As for Tang Wutong’s “main personality,” there were ways to remove her from the body; King Tang surely had means to forge a new physical form for his daughter.
Perfect!
Only Wang Qiuer’s situation still needed to be figured out...
“Zhuge,” the Ice Silk Silkworm spoke up, “there’s a hierarchy even in soul fusion skills. Should we help Little Yuhao fight for the lead?”
“No need; that’s between the couple,” Zhuge Lan replied casually.
He then spent 1,000 fate points to create a shield around Wang Dong’s Sea God divine consciousness.
Like a protective barrier, unless an external force such as mental energy touched it or Wang Dong faced life-threatening danger, this strand of divine consciousness would be blind.
All “chastity locks,” “peeping screens,” and “subconscious hypnosis” were temporarily nullified.
[Rewritten Fate of Huo Yuhao, +5000 fate points!]
[Rewritten Fate of Wang Dong, +5000 fate points!]
See? King Tang was truly meddlesome.
“Alright,” the Ice Silk Silkworm pouted, “I’ll help speed things up; otherwise, they’ll be late for class tomorrow.”
It wielded its primordial power, forming icy blue threads that drifted softly from Huo Yuhao’s brow, weaving a cocoon that enveloped both him and Wang Dong.
Within this cocoon, their soul energies could not dissipate but repeatedly absorbed and released, artificially creating an environment suitable only for the two.
This accelerated the soul fusion process and improved cultivation efficiency.
Two gains with one stroke.
...
The next morning, at dawn, the soul-guided alarm clock popped open its lid, and an owl slid out to announce the time.
“Six o’clock in the morning, time to get up~”
Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao’s eyelids fluttered.
“Ugh~” Wang Dong murmured lazily, a coquettish tone in his voice, “So comfortable~”
Upon opening their eyes, their gazes met as they remained embraced, their warm breaths misting over each other’s faces.
Σ(っQДQ;)っ
Startled, Wang Dong instinctively pushed Huo Yuhao away, stumbling back and breaking through the giant cocoon. The concentrated fused soul energy erupted violently, sweeping through the entire dormitory like a turbulent storm.
Yet an invisible force forcibly restrained it, restoring everything to order.
Huo Yuhao watched greedily.
Brother Lan’s mental power was truly convenient.
“I have good news,” Zhuge Lan said. “Look for yourself.”
[Rewritten Fate of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, +75,000 fate points!]
—This was the combined total after separation.
Adding the fate points earned from uniting the class over the past days, Huo Yuhao’s balance had reached—102,311 fate points!
“Congratulations, you can now choose whether to awaken the spiritual mental power of Tianmeng or yourself,” Zhuge Lan congratulated.
Huo Yuhao grinned broadly, without hesitation saying—
“Awaken Brother Tianmeng’s!”
“He’s been wanting to awaken it for a long time; I can wait.”
The Ice Silk Silkworm instantly burst into tears!
“Wuwuwu—”
“Brother chose Little Yuhao, and he made no mistake!”
“Quick, Zhuge, you...”
Turning his head, he gave the Ice Silk Silkworm a half-smile, half-smirk: are you sure?
The Ice Silk Silkworm slowly fell silent.
It understood that Zhuge Lan was already stationed in the spiritual realm.
If Huo Yuhao were to faint, whether Zhuge Lan acted alone or together with the Ice Silk Silkworm, the effect would be roughly the same.
In fact, the Ice Silk Silkworm could only eat and sleep; its combat ability wasn’t even as good as Zhuge Lan’s.
It was best to reserve this precious early awakening slot for Huo Yuhao first, allowing him to develop combat strength and pass the newborn assessment in three months.
“Fine,” the Ice Silk Silkworm said, a little aggrieved, “let’s awaken Huo Yuhao first. He just experienced soul resonance and mutation—it’s quite reasonable.”
Zhuge Lan nodded with satisfaction.
Reassuringly added, “Don’t worry, the next slot is yours.”
The Ice Silk Silkworm turned away, silently mouthing words.
—It had long since decided; why bother asking democratically?
Outrageous!
Little did it know, this subtle gesture under mental power was no different from roaring in Zhuge Lan’s ear.
“Hmph!”
“The next slot? You still want to compete with the Ice Emperor?”
“Wife’s man!”
Zhuge Lan activated the [Creation Permission], and following the template from his own awakening, crafted a set for Huo Yuhao.
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Condition: Create the basic beginner’s skill of Spiritual Mentalist · Illusionist · Apprentice First Stage from Devouring Starry Sky and awaken spiritual mental power!
Cost: 80,001 fate points!
Create?
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To awaken spiritual power cost 80,000 fate points.
The extra 1 fate point was for instilling the [Illusionist · Apprentice First Stage].
—Knowledge-based creations could be copied; no charge for the second time.
Another 20,000 fate points earned!
Huo Yuhao’s balance was nearly drained, while Zhuge Lan’s small treasury surged to 140,000!
Delightful.
Of course, Zhuge Lan had no intention of spending this fate points on himself—he could let Little Yuhao pay for his own enhancements.
The small treasury was reserved as emergency funds, to be used in crises like sudden growth spurts, escapes, rescues, and so forth.
This was called risk reserve.