At the center of the Awakening Hall of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was a huge awakening square, surrounded by people sitting all around. In front of the Spirit Awakening Ceremony Platform, Sect Leader Yu Yuanzhen sat, flanked by four Elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. On his left were Yu Luoguan and Yu Luomian, and on his right were Yu Luotang and Yu Luohuang. Beneath them were numerous powerful Spirit Saints and Spirit Emperors of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
This awakening ceremony could be described as grand, gathering almost the core figures of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The reason was simple: among those participating in the awakening this time, including Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Men, there were a full five direct disciples. Unlike the Clear Sky Sect, which had lost Tang Chen but still had the Haotian Twins to succeed him, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been on a downward trend. Only with Yu Yuanzhen, the sole Titled Douluo, struggling to support it, could they barely maintain the prestige of the Upper Three Sects.
Therefore, the sect attached great importance to this spirit awakening, and the one drawing the most attention was undoubtedly Yu Yuanzhen's biological son, Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang's mother, Wang Bilian, was born from a marriage alliance between Yu Yuanzhen and Wang Bilian from a collateral branch with innate level-8 soul power. The father's top-tier talent combined with an excellent maternal body made Yu Xiaogang the existence most likely to inherit and even surpass Yu Yuanzhen's talent. As for Xiao Men, his mother Yun Niang was not even considered a soul master, barely qualifying as an attachment.
Yu Yuanzhen's gaze swept across the children participating in the awakening, finally landing on Yu Xiaogang. At this moment, Yu Xiaogang stood in center stage, holding his head high with his hands behind his back. Unlike the other anxious children, he appeared exceptionally confident.
Seeing Yu Xiaogang so confident, a trace of a gentle smile appeared on Yu Yuanzhen's face as he crooking his finger and said, "Xiao Gang, come here for a moment." Then he looked at Xiao Men, who was shrinking his head beside Yu Xiaogang, a trace of displeasure flashing in his eyes. He had always disliked this timid child, but since he was his child after all, Yu Yuanzhen said coldly, "Xiao Men, you come too."
"Yes, Father." Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Men responded one after another, then came before Yu Yuanzhen.
Yu Yuanzhen held Yu Xiaogang in his arms, reached out to stroke his flat-top, and asked, "Do you have confidence in this awakening ceremony?"
Yu Xiaogang did not answer directly, instead asking in return, "Dad, what was your innate soul power when you awakened your martial soul back then?"
"Your father was at level 9.5, just shy of full soul power," Yu Yuanzhen replied.
The corner of Yu Xiaogang's mouth hooked up as he said confidently, "Then my innate soul power will naturally be full soul power."
Yu Yuanzhen laughed heartily while stroking his beard: "Hahahaha, good, then I shall look forward to the birth of a genius with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power."
Finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Men on the side and asked, "How about you, do you have confidence?"
"Reporting to Father, I..." Xiao Men hesitated slightly.
Yu Yuanzhen sighed and said, "Forget it, I don't have high expectations for you either. As long as your innate soul power is above level 6, Father will secure the status of a core disciple for you, and you can just be a Spirit Saint in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in the future."
Yu Xiaogang's pupils rolled around on the side, scheming in his heart that after the awakening ceremony, he would order the servants to seize Xiao Men's resources so that he could not develop, leaving him to exclusively enjoy a double share of resources.
Yu Yuanzhen once again cast his concerned gaze toward Yu Xiaogang: "Then Xiao Gang, do you plan to awaken first or awaken later?"
Yu Xiaogang smiled smugly and said, "Father, the protagonist always makes his entrance last. Let the others awaken their martial souls first, and then I will awaken."
"Hahahaha, good, let's save the surprise for the last." Yu Yuanzhen instructed the person in charge of the awakening ceremony: "This time, awaken the affiliated sects and outer disciples first, then awaken the core disciples, and leave these two sons of mine for the very last."
"Yes, Sect Leader Lord."
Following Yu Yuanzhen's instructions, the person in charge of the awakening ceremony acknowledged the order, and then the spirit awakening ceremony officially began.
"Chen Xuan, Earth Tyrant Dragon martial soul, level-4 innate soul power."
"Lu Ming, Wyvern martial soul, level-5 innate soul power."
"Le Kai, flying lizard martial soul, level-3 innate soul power."
As flashes of awakening light flickered past, the disciples of the affiliated sects successively awakened their martial souls. Although they all possessed the aptitude to become soul masters, among them, those whose innate soul power reached level five could already be considered pretty good little geniuses. Some were thrilled to tears because they awakened powerful talents, while other children walked off the platform quietly because their martial soul talents were unsatisfactory.
After the awakening ceremony for the affiliated sect disciples concluded, it was the turn of the outer disciples to awaken their martial souls.
"Yu Xiaotian, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, level-6 innate soul power."
"Yu Xiaoshan, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, level-5 innate soul power."
"Yu Xiaoming, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, level-6 innate soul power."
The outer disciples uniformly awakened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and their overall talent quality was higher than that of the affiliated sect disciples. However, First Elder Yu Luoguan shook his head and sighed, "Each generation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is inferior to the last."
Yu Luomian said, "This outer disciple awakening ceremony is not the main point; the key is still to look at our direct disciples."
Yu Luotang stroked his chin and said, "I hope Ren'er can give this old fellow a surprise!"
Yu Luohuang said, "I hope these five little fellows can all awaken good talents, so that just as the Clear Sky Sect has the twins, my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan can also have five absolutes."
"The Five Absolutes of Blue Tyrant?" Yu Yuanzhen said without holding much hope, "It's not like the children of us old fellows can all awaken soul power exceeding level eight. I don't hold out hope for all five to be prodigies; if I can have two, my heart will be at ease, matching the Clear Sky Sect with a pair of twin stars."
Hearing the description "Five Absolutes of Blue Tyrant", Yu Xiaogang was filled with disdain inside. Of course he knew who the five people the elder mentioned included, but he glanced at Xiao Men beside him and thought to himself, You are not even worthy.
Finally, there were only five children left participating in the spirit awakening. Everyone's gaze concentrated on these last five children, especially Yu Xiaogang standing in center stage. In a sense, these five people represented the future of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
"Next, Yu Xiaoren!"
Third Elder Yu Luotang's child walked onto the awakening platform first, standing in the center of the awakening ceremony. The awakening soul master assisted him in awakening his martial soul, with electric light accompanied by a dragon shadow emerging. As expected, the martial soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and his innate soul power was level 8.
Yu Luotang murmured: "Level-8 soul power, not bad either. In the future, he will definitely achieve the rank of a Spirit Douluo, and if he pushes hard, perhaps he might even break through to a title."
Yu Luomian on the side shook his head: "Difficult, difficult, too difficult. Don't forget that back then I was also level-8 innate soul power."
"Next, Yu Xiaozhu."
First Elder Yu Luoguan's child walked onto the platform, and his martial soul awakened as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, but his innate soul power was slightly worse than Yu Xiaoren's.
"Only level-7.5 soul power?" Yu Luoguan's expression was not good, but he could only accept this result, thinking to himself that it seemed his lineage would go downhill in the future.
"Next, Yu Xiaoke."
Yu Luomian's son Yu Xiaoke walked onto the platform, awakening the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul with level-8 innate soul power. His talent was good, but not enough to become a figurehead.