Huo Yuhao thought to himself, Master Kong, please don't jinx me. Tang San may have held two god positions, making him stronger than most ascended beings, but his biggest flaw was his personality.

If Huo Yuhao really became "someone like Tang San," then the entire Douluo Star would suffer.

Xuan Ziwen, resting his hands on the experiment table, looked at Kong Deming and said,

"Master, I think your evaluation of Yuhao is a bit off.

In my opinion, Yuhao will definitely surpass Tang San in the future.

After all, the contributions Yuhao has made to Soul Masters are simply unprecedented.

Looking at Soul Master history, there has never been someone like Yuhao someone whose contributions have been so monumental.

I firmly believe that Yuhao's name will be remembered for generations to come."

"Of course, Tang San made great contributions to Shrek Academy there's no doubt about that.

However, when it comes to contributions to the entire Douluo Continent and the Soul Master world, Tang San's impact was almost nonexistent.

His hidden weapons actually set Douluo Continent back, delaying its entry into the soul tool era.

Moreover, Tang San's destruction of the Spirit Empire actually hindered Douluo's progress.

If it weren't for Tang San, perhaps the continent would be far more advanced today.

In fact, I've always believed that the existence of the Spirit Empire was beneficial to all of Douluo.

Regardless of the era, a unified empire is always better for talent development and resource allocation.

It's just a pity that its unification process failed."

"Oh?" Kong Deming glanced at Xuan Ziwen, a bit surprised.

"Ziwen, do you have a favorable impression of the Spirit Empire?"

Xuan Ziwen shook his head.

"Not exactly.

After all, I was born long after the Spirit Empire's time.

And according to some later historians, even within the Spirit Hall, there were serious internal issues.

However, I do believe that a unified empire would have been the best outcome for the continent.

Based on historical records, after Tang San defeated Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, he was basically invincible.

If I were in his position, I would have merged Heaven Dou, Star Luo, and all the major sects into a single empire.

He was a god no one could resist him.

Yet, instead of uniting the continent, he destroyed the Spirit Empire, prevented unification, and allowed the remaining kingdoms and sects to remain divided.

To be honest, I don't understand his actions."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao thought,

Maybe it's because Tang "God King" San liked watching the people of Douluo Star fight each other while he played god.

After all, this was the same Tang San who would publicly declare,

"Douluo Star belongs to all Douluo people!"

Yet, in his heart, he was scheming ways to ensure that he alone controlled Douluo Star 24/7.

In the original story, Tang San ordered Xue Beng to avoid war with Star Luo for ten years, claiming he hated war and wanted the common people to recover.

He even told the two empires to coexist peacefully.

But that was just empty talk.

Realistically, with Tang San's influence and power, he could have enforced a long term peace.

But once he disappeared for too long, and his allies died off, war between Heaven Dou and Star Luo was inevitable.

By then, the number of civilian casualties would be even higher.

After all, the winner of the war would gain massive benefits a temptation no emperor could resist.

Even in Soul Land 2, the so called peace between Sun Moon and Star Luo was artificially maintained.

But after Huo Yuhao disappeared for too long, that fragile peace crumbled.

As for Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, they definitely wouldn't step in to prevent a war.

Shrek Academy was originally a place that only recruited geniuses, meaning it had no external obligations to intervene in political affairs.

And since it always claimed neutrality, unless a continent wide war broke out, Shrek wouldn't interfere.

As for Tang Sect, why would they stop the war?

They specialized in hidden weapons, and a hidden weapon sect profits the most during war.

More wars meant more business simple as that.

Two Months Later…

Huo Yuhao stood before his custom built forging furnace, took a deep breath, and pulled out a carefully crafted forging hammer.

In his opinion, Hundred Refinements was still too basic it couldn't fully unlock the potential of Ice Polar Divine Crystals.

Normally, Hundred Refinements was enough to remove most impurities from rare metals.

But Huo Yuhao wanted to reach Thousand Refinements.

As for Soul Refinements, he'd only worry about that after mastering Thousand Refinements.

The path of forging had to be taken step by step.

In the world of forgers, the more times you refined a metal, the fewer impurities remained.

Thousand Refinements was powerful because it could completely remove all impurities.

That's why, in Soul Land 3, only forgers who mastered Thousand Refinements were considered true professionals.

Moreover, Thousand Refinements had another huge advantage it could grant metals special properties.

Huo Yuhao believed that if he could infuse this effect into Ice Polar Battle God Armor, it would greatly boost his combat power.

Thus, aside from necessary training, he had spent the last two months focusing heavily on forging.

Now, he had pushed his Hundred Refinements technique to its absolute limit.

It was time to break through and master Thousand Refinements.

"Teacher Xuan, Master Kong, I'm about to begin.

If I succeed in Thousand Refinements, then your research on the core formation will finally have a real use."

Huo Yuhao smiled confidently.

During this time, Xuan Ziwen and Kong Deming had poured countless hours into perfecting the core formation for the humanoid soul tool.

While Xuan Ziwen's research was already impressive, Kong Deming was the only Rank 10 Soul Engineer in the world.

For him, developing a near perfect core formation wasn't a difficult task.

In the original story, the Sun Moon Empire's humanoid soul tools developed slowly because Kong Deming was too focused on creating a Rank 10 soul tool, neglecting humanoid soul tools.

But now that he had achieved Rank 10, he had plenty of time to help improve them.

Kong Deming smiled and reassured him.

"Don't worry, Yuhao.

We've already prepared the core formation.

As long as you succeed in Thousand Refinements, we can finally craft the Ice Polar Battle God Armor.

Originally, humanoid soul tools were meant for military use to enhance soldiers' combat power.

If you wear Ice Polar Battle God Armor, your strength will increase dramatically."

Huo Yuhao nodded.

He then turned to the forging furnace, started heating it, and after some time, the Ice Polar Divine Crystal began to soften even showing signs of melting.

No doubt, it was time for the first strike.

Lifting his forging hammer, Huo Yuhao gave the Ice Polar Divine Crystal a gentle tap.

A clear metallic ringing echoed through the air.

"The metal's toughness is excellent it's ready for forging."

With that, he raised his hammer high and slammed it down hard.

Clang!

The Ice Polar Divine Crystal trembled slightly under the impact.

(End of chapter.)

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