The Beginning of the Body Sect

The Beginning of the Body Sect

Yes, Lu Yuan's martial soul was the same as that of Du Busi, the Sect Leader of the Body Sect ten thousand years later: the True Body of the Incarnation. The difference was that Du Busi possessed a poison attribute, while Lu Yuan possessed a light attribute.

If this had been ten thousand years later, this child would have been fought over fiercely by the Body Sect. Once he joined the Body Sect, he would have been designated as Du Busi's successor. His True Body of the Incarnation martial soul was even more high-grade than Huo Yuhao's original Spirit Eyes.

But in this era, when people generally had yet to realize that the body itself could become a martial soul, anyone who awakened a body martial soul was basically classified as having no martial soul.

Missing out on a top-tier genius gave Huo Qiqiang a feeling like winning a million on the lottery. Although he was already a billionaire, the feeling was still truly satisfying.

Lu Yuan's appearance also gave Huo Qiqiang an idea: should he establish the Body Sect in this era?

If he gathered the body martial soul powerhouses of this era, founded a sect, added the Body Sect's inheritance from ten thousand years later that he possessed, along with the cultivation method he had deduced that was most suitable for the Body Sect, he could definitely establish a powerful sect no weaker than the Upper Three Sects before Tang San's Birth.

With that thought in mind, Huo Qiqiang patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder and said, "There is probably no one in this world more familiar with body martial souls than I am. I am confident that I can nurture you into a Title Douluo with a body martial soul. Are you willing to cultivate with me?"

"I am."

With Huo Qiqiang's abilities, searching the entire continent for body martial souls would take forever. But Huo Qiqiang had his true self in the Divine Realm.

Having decided to establish the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao in the Divine Realm directly activated Divine Vision and swept across the entire Douluo Continent, then used divine power to conduct deductions. In an instant, every awakened and unawakened bearer of a body martial soul on the Douluo Continent was marked out. After repeatedly selecting the best of the best, a list appeared in Huo Yuhao's hand.

"Tian Meng."

"Yuhao, I'm here." Tian Meng, who was in the Lower Realm of the Douluo Continent, responded.

"I have a task for you. Use the influence of your Eternal Chamber of Commerce on the continent to gather all the people on this list for me." Huo Yuhao transmitted the list and coordinates to Tian Meng through the Realm Passage.

"Leave it to me. Brother Sky Dream guarantees I'll handle it perfectly."

Two months later.

With the help of the body martial soul cultivation method Huo Qiqiang had provided—deduced from the Mysterious Heaven Skill—as well as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures such as Whale Rubber and Profound Water Pills, Lu Yuan's cultivation rose rapidly. Before long, he reached level 10 and could obtain a Soul Ring.

Within the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Qiqiang found the target of their trip—a thousand-year Illusion Light Butterfly.

Huo Qiqiang did not activate his martial soul. He simply grabbed the Illusion Light Butterfly with Soul Power, forcefully pinned it to the ground, then tossed a dagger to Lu Yuan. "Kill it. This will be your first Soul Ring."

Lu Yuan took the dagger and stabbed the Illusion Light Butterfly. A purple Soul Ring rose up, and without any hesitation, he drew it over and began absorbing it.

Although the process was painful, Lu Yuan ultimately endured it. His first soul skill was Illusion Light, which could distort light elements and conceal his body within the environment.

Lu Yuan repeatedly tested his first soul skill. The convenience it brought him was that in any environment and any location, he could be like an assassin hidden in the night, always protected by his surroundings.

"Not a bad soul skill. The most suitable direction for your martial soul in the future is the agility-attack type. After all, what could possibly surpass light in speed?" Huo Qiqiang said.

"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher."

"Alright, pack up. It's time for us to set off."

"Teacher, where are we going?"

"To the Body Sect."

On Sky Dome Mountain, at the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Starfall Empire, the people on that list had already been brought up the mountain. Atop this majestic peak, a sect complex was taking shape, already showing the rudimentary form of a great sect. But for Huo Qiqiang, what truly supported a sect was still talent and resources.

There were around three hundred people gathered here, most between the ages of six and thirty. Although they had not wasted years after being judged to have no martial souls, a small number had already passed the golden age of cultivation at thirty. However, with outstanding martial souls and talent, they were still worth nurturing as long as they worked hard.

Of course, Huo Yuhao's foremost criterion in selecting people was character. Because of this, he had eliminated many candidates with high talent. He did not want figures like Hu Liena or Bibi Dong appearing in his Body Sect.

Tian Meng said, "Yuhao, I've found everyone you wanted."

"Thanks for your hard work, Tian Meng." After speaking, Huo Qiqiang brought Lu Yuan before everyone and said, "Everyone, look around you. Have you found what you all have in common?"

The young Xiao Zhi said, "It seems we all have no martial souls."

"That's right." Huo Qiqiang said, "When your martial souls awakened, you were neither beast martial souls nor Tool Martial Souls, so naturally you were classified as having no martial souls. But it is not that you have no martial souls. Rather, the world has failed to recognize what is unique about your martial souls. I call your martial souls body martial souls."

After saying that, Huo Qiqiang gestured for Lu Yuan to step onto the platform.

Lu Yuan walked before everyone and said, "Two months ago, when my martial soul awakened, I was judged to have no martial soul. My teacher told me that I did not lack a martial soul. My martial soul was myself—the True Body of the Incarnation, the Light Element Body."

After saying that, he released his martial soul. His body was enveloped in light elements, while a purple Soul Ring descended and circled around him. "Because I met Teacher, I was fortunate enough not to have my talent buried."

The crowd below immediately erupted into commotion. These people had originally believed they had no martial souls and no chance of walking the path of a soul master. Now that they saw they too could cultivate, how could they not be excited?

"My martial soul is my eyes: the Destiny Origin Eye, which sees through fate." Huo Qiqiang's pupils were deep, reflecting the fate lines of all living beings. He could see their destined futures and pasts. This was the advanced martial soul of the Spirit Eyes—the Destiny Origin Eye.

Immediately afterward, nine Soul Rings descended around Huo Qiqiang: yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red. They circled his body as he said, "I have gathered all of you who possess body martial souls here because I intend to found a sect, a sect built upon body martial souls. The sect will be called the Body Sect. You may choose to join, or you may choose not to. Those who join will receive the sect's full support in developing the potential of their body martial souls. But once you join, betrayal will not be permitted. Anyone who violates the sect's rules will face severe punishment."

After Huo Qiqiang announced the Body Sect's strict regulations, the more than three hundred people present joined the Body Sect without hesitation.

Among them, aside from Lu Yuan, there were two other True Body of the Incarnation martial souls: Xiao Zhi's Frozen Body and Zhao Quan's Flame Body. Huo Qiqiang accepted all three as his disciples. Soul masters with important body martial souls, such as brain martial souls, heart martial souls, and blood martial souls, were listed as inner disciples. Those with body martial souls such as hair and nails became outer disciples.

The Body Sect, which would one day shake the world, began from this moment.