Sunlight filtered through the stained glass of the Axis Cult's main hall, casting colorful shadows on the bluestone floor.
Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged in the cultivation room of the side hall, his body surrounded by rippling light blue Soul Power.
Since returning to the Axis Cult, he had devoted almost all his time to Cultivate, barely even taking the time to eat.
"Still three levels away..." The youth kept his eyes tightly closed, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.
He could clearly feel the Soul Power within his body growing at an astonishing rate, thanks not only to his practice of the Mysterious Heaven Skill but also to the help of the Medicinal Pill gifted by Furina.
Thinking of that Pope, who was like a Fairy of the water, the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth curled up involuntarily.
It was Furina who had taken him in during his lowest point and given him new hope.
He was determined to repay this kindness tenfold.
"Once I reach level twenty, Brother Tianmeng will be able to help me obtain my Second Martial Soul." Huo Yuhao thought to himself, accelerating the circulation of his Soul Power a little more.
Although the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had always been tight-lipped about the specifics of the Second Martial Soul, from its mysterious tone, he could sense that it was certainly no ordinary item.
In Huo Yuhao's mental force sea, a vast silver world slowly swirled.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm floated lazily in the center, and feeling the rapid rise in its host's Soul Power, its round body couldn't help but twist with excitement.
"This kid is really risking his life..." The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm scanned Huo Yuhao's Meridians with its mental force and couldn't help but marvel.
In just a few days, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power had achieved a Breakthrough from level fourteen all the way to level seventeen; such speed made even the knowledgeable silkworm marvel.
At this rate, Huo Yuhao would be able to achieve a Breakthrough to level twenty in at most half a month.
Thinking of this, a gleam of anticipation shone in the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's small eyes.
"Bingbing, just wait a little longer, we will be able to meet very soon..." It muttered to itself, and the emerald green figure that haunted its dreams appeared in its mind.
One of the three kings of the Extreme North Land, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion—Ice Empress.
That existence, who once viewed it as food, had made it fall in love at first sight.
This feeling might be absurd, but it was simply unable to extricate itself.
More importantly, the Ice Empress had now lived for three hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred years, with less than a hundred years left until her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
In the Ice Empress's current state, it was impossible for her to survive this calamity. When the time came, only total destruction of body and soul awaited her.
"But it doesn't matter, I am here." The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm whispered softly.
Its god-creation plan was to make the Ice Empress Huo Yuhao's Second Martial Soul, and at the same time, gain a new life in the form of a spirit soul.
This way, she could not only avoid the Heavenly Tribulation but also witness the path to becoming a god together with it.
Thinking of this, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm involuntarily glanced at a corner of the mental force sea.
A nondescript gray ball of light was floating there, having remained silent ever since it entered Huo Yuhao's body.
"Why hasn't this guy woken up yet..." There was a trace of worry in the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's tone.
Although it hoped this mysterious existence would sleep forever, intuition told it that what was meant to come would come eventually.
If the other party woke up and was detrimental to Huo Yuhao, it would likely be unable to resist in its current state.
Just as it was lost in thought, a strange aura suddenly caught its attention.
"This is..." The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm jolted awake, its powerful mental force instantly expanding to carefully perceive this aura.
"Divinity? Although very weak, it is indeed the aura of divinity... Could it be that someone else is about to become a god?"
It focused its investigation and quickly locked onto the source of the aura.
"It's actually inside the Axis Cult? What exactly is that little girl Furina, who calls herself the Water God, up to? How could she have such a treasure? Could she really be a god in Reincarnation?"
This discovery left the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm both surprised and delighted.
If Furina was truly related to a god, then Huo Yuhao staying by her side would be of great benefit to its god-creation plan.
After all, judging by her attitude towards Huo Yuhao, she highly valued his potential and had no ill intentions.
Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Axis Cult, an exquisite Statue of The Seven had already been placed on the central altar.
The statue was carved from a special kind of blue crystal, emitting a soft halo under the sunlight.
Although the face was not completely similar to Furina's, that transcendent temperament was exactly the same.
Furina stood in front of the statue, watching with satisfaction as the believers spontaneously worshipped it.
She had not given any instructions, but these devout believers seemed to instinctively understand the meaning of this statue.
"Our Axis Cult really needed a statue worthy of it." An elderly believer muttered to himself, bowing respectfully.
Several Water-element Spirit Masters were even more pleasantly surprised to find that when meditating near the statue, their Soul Power circulation speed significantly increased, and their perception of the water element became more acute.
"This must be a gift from Lady Furina!" A young Spirit Master said excitedly, causing everyone around to nod in agreement.
"Damn it! Why isn't my Martial Soul a Water element!"
However, Furina, standing beside the statue, was far from as calm as she appeared on the surface.
She stared at the slowly increasing Power Of Faith in the System, her brows furrowed slightly.
"The conversion efficiency is too low..." She thought to herself.
The collection speed of faith was acceptable, but converting it into usable Power Of Faith required an extremely time-consuming process, and the conversion rate was a pitiful one percent.
At this rate, who knew how long it would take to accumulate enough Power Of Faith.
What gave her an even bigger headache was that although the purchase permission for the Statue of The Seven had been opened in the system mall, the astronomical price of fifty thousand points per statue made her recoil.
"Heartless merchant!" Furina cursed in her heart.
Her total savings now were only enough to buy two statues, and that included the ten thousand points just rewarded from the mission.
She sighed softly, her gaze sweeping over the believers praying devoutly in the hall.
To accelerate the accumulation of Power Of Faith, besides increasing the number of statues, she perhaps also needed to expand the influence of the Axis Cult and recruit more believers.
"It seems I have to speed things up. I hope the few city lords can bring me more believers and let the Axis Cult develop further..." Furina muttered to herself, a flash of determination in her eyes.
Whether it was to deal with the various crises that might arise in the future or to achieve that grand goal of unifying the continent, she had to improve her strength as soon as possible.
Far away in the side hall, Huo Yuhao suddenly felt a palpitation, as if something major was happening.
He opened his eyes and looked towards the direction of the main hall, vaguely feeling a warm and sacred aura gathering there.
"Sister Furina..." He whispered this name, closed his eyes again, and devoted himself to Cultivate with even greater focus.
He must become stronger as soon as possible, strong enough to protect this hard-won warmth.