Without a Martial Soul, Cultivation Is Impossible? Grandmaster Says Qian Renxue Is Finished?

When he finished speaking,

bewilderment appeared on Qian Renxue's delicate, doll-like face.

Bai Yi looked at the young child who had suddenly appeared in front of his Cloud Bed, her head crowned with slightly curly golden hair and two little golden wings fluttering ostentatiously behind her, and couldn't help laughing.

"If your master's residence isn't in this quiet chamber, where else could it be?"

"I should be asking you: with those little arms and legs of yours, how did you roll all the way to the front of my Cloud Bed in the blink of an eye?"

At that, Qian Renxue's little face flushed bright red.

How embarrassing.

If word of this got back to Spirit Hall, how could she, its young master, ever show her face again?

After a moment's thought, Qian Renxue braced herself and made something up.

"Teacher, your student meant no offense!"

"The truth is, my family has a special bloodline, with an innate secret art passed down to a single descendant in each generation!"

Qian Renxue spouted nonsense with a perfectly straight face.

"As long as the bloodline is concentrated enough, once we reach a certain age, golden wings like these awaken and grow from our backs."

"These wings are extraordinarily wondrous and have countless uses. They can fly through the heavens and burrow through the earth, and they can even ward off evil and banish demons!"

"Just now, your student sensed them for the first time in her room and couldn't yet control them at will. I only gave my feathers a little shake, but before I knew it, I crashed through the void and disturbed your secluded cultivation."

"Your student is young and ignorant. Please forgive me, Teacher!"

With that, Qian Renxue cautiously fluttered her long eyelashes and stole a glance at Bai Yi to see how he would react.

Listening to the little girl spin one tale after another, Bai Yi's eyes flashed with amusement.

What bloodline inheritance?

It's a Martial Soul, plain and simple!

But why has her Martial Soul taken physical form?

That is interesting.

Bai Yi smiled faintly and beckoned Qian Renxue over.

"Oh? A wondrous art passed down to a single descendant in each generation?"

"Come here and let your master see just what's so special about these wings of yours with all their many uses."

Qian Renxue hurried over to the Cloud Bed.

Bai Yi gently rested his fingers on the pair of brilliant golden feathered wings on Qian Renxue's back. In the blink of an eye, he knew what was going on inside them.

A moment later, Bai Yi withdrew his fingers and spoke.

"Your wings contain the power of space. No wonder you were able to come straight here."

Qian Renxue was slightly taken aback.

The power of space?

Bai Yi continued unhurriedly.

"If you encounter an enemy in the future, fight if you can win. If you can't, give your wings a flap. They'll be very useful for saving your life."

Qian Renxue was a little baffled.

She knew the wings could help her escape.

There was no need for Teacher to tell her that.

But was it really all right to have her Martial Soul shatter in exchange for wings that could help her run away?

Qian Renxue's heart filled with confusion. Without a Martial Soul, could she still cultivate?

"Teacher, do we need something like a Martial Soul to cultivate?"

Bai Yi was slightly taken aback by the question, then understood what the little girl was thinking. She was worried she couldn't cultivate without a Martial Soul.

He spoke to reassure her.

"What is a Martial Soul?"

"I've never heard of one. Go back now. Tomorrow morning, I'll teach you all how to cultivate!"

Qian Renxue stood rooted to the spot, as though a bolt of lightning had struck her head.

Without a Martial Soul!

I can still cultivate?!

But judging by Bai Yi's expression, it did seem to be true.

In this world, one could cultivate without a Martial Soul.

In that case, it seemed her shattered Martial Soul didn't matter after all.

Qian Renxue took a deep breath, then promptly knelt and kowtowed.

"Your student will obey, Teacher! Thank you for showing me the way!"

"Go on."

Bai Yi smiled faintly and gave his sleeve a gentle wave.

Qian Renxue felt a gentle breeze brush her face, and her body swayed. In the blink of an eye, she was sitting safely on the bed in her own West Wing Room.

Qian Renxue sat cross-legged on the bed, stroking the golden wings behind her, her eyes shining with wonder.

At that very moment,

on the Douluo Continent,

the heavenly screen stretched across the sky, showing everyone the scenes that had unfolded in the quiet chamber on Mount Fangcun.

The instant Bai Yi sent Qian Renxue back to her room, golden light surged across the heavenly screen, and a majestic, boundless heavenly voice echoed in the minds of every living being on the Douluo Continent.

[Notification: Intense emotional fluctuations detected among the countless beings of the Douluo Continent. Great Dao Resonance has reached the critical threshold!]

[Effective immediately, the heavenly screen will activate the Myriad Realms Beings Live Bullet Screen Projection Function!]

[Anyone with Soul Power at level ten or above may concentrate their thoughts to manifest words on the heavenly screen, speak freely, and discuss matters across vast distances!]

The people of the Douluo Continent were filled with questions.

Bullet screens?

With just a thought, they could send words and discuss things on the heavenly screen for the whole continent to see?!

In less than three breaths, the heavenly screen high above began to tremble wildly!

Lines of text, each emitting a different glow, swept across it.

[Heaven Dou Royal Academy student]: Holy shit! I really can send words! I'm on the heavenly screen! Mom, Dad, can you see me?!

[Some nameless Soul Elder]: Did you hear what that god just said? What did he say? Cultivation doesn't require a Martial Soul at all?!

[Some Star Luo Empire noble]: Ridiculous! This is the biggest joke under heaven! Since ancient times, how could anyone possess Soul Power without a Martial Soul? Qian Renxue is clearly a cripple with a shattered Martial Soul. That god is obviously talking through his hat!

Now,

countless Soul Masters and sect disciples who had once been crushed so hard by Spirit Hall they could scarcely breathe began venting the malice in their hearts.

As they saw it, without her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Qian Renxue was a mangy dog with a broken backbone. So what if a god had taken her as a disciple?

He had taken in a cripple. Could she still turn the heavens upside down?!

As the bullet screens mocked her furiously, one glowing with a faint black light appeared out of nowhere, arrogance evident between the lines.

[Grandmaster · Yu Xiaogang]: Silence, everyone. Hear me out!

Inside Shrek Academy,

Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, a hint of superiority spreading across his perpetually zombie-like face.

Qian Renxue has no Martial Soul?

That god says a Martial Soul isn't needed?

Ridiculous!

This is nothing less than trampling on the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul that I've spent my life studying!

As the self-proclaimed foremost Grandmaster of Martial Soul Theory on the continent, this was precisely his chance to shine.

With that thought, Yu Xiaogang began furiously posting on the heavenly screen!

[Grandmaster · Yu Xiaogang]: What that so-called god just said on the heavenly screen is sheer fallacy! Utter nonsense from beginning to end!

[Grandmaster · Yu Xiaogang]: I, Yu Xiaogang, have studied Martial Soul Theory for decades and am the foremost authority on Martial Souls under heaven! I hereby solemnly declare to the entire continent: Martial Souls are the source of all extraordinary power. There are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters!

[Grandmaster · Yu Xiaogang]: If one does not even have a Martial Soul, one is not qualified to be called even a trash Soul Master, but can only be a complete cripple born with an innate deficiency!

[Grandmaster · Yu Xiaogang]: This god merely saw that Qian Renxue's Martial Soul had shattered and she had become trash. To save face as her teacher, he deliberately made up a few empty words about not needing a Martial Soul to soothe the little girl's fragile heart!

[Grandmaster · Yu Xiaogang]: If what he said were true, and one could cultivate without a Martial Soul, wouldn't every one of the countless ordinary people on our continent without Soul Power be able to become a god?!

[Grandmaster · Yu Xiaogang]: Only the ignorant and foolish would believe such preposterous, arrogant nonsense! Qian Renxue is finished!"