Father Ye, Mother Ye

As time passed second by second, more and more cracks appeared on Ye Lei's ten-thousand-year Fifth Soul Ring. Large patches of its black outer surface even began to peel away, revealing the vivid red beneath.

After some thought, Ye Lei suddenly recalled that Tang San's Fifth Soul Skill had been a Soul Ring awakened along with his Blue Silver Emperor, just like a god-bestowed Soul Ring. Its age was determined by the maximum Soul Ring age the Soul Master himself could withstand. Before his Blue Silver Emperor had even awakened, it had already reached the six-ring realm, and the limit of the Soul Ring age he could endure was nearing the hundred-thousand-year standard. Therefore, after the awakening of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, his Fifth Soul Ring, like Tang San's in his later years, had risen to the hundred-thousand-year level.

Just as Ye Lei was thinking, a sound from the doorway caught his attention.

"Click."

Ye Lei watched the door warily, assuming a combat stance.

The door opened, and a man and a woman entered. Once he saw who they were, he relaxed his guard.

They were Father Ye, Ye Junqing, and Mother Ye, Tang Yunqing.

"You brat, we only went out traveling for a few days. What the hell have you been doing at home? What was that blue-gold light just now?"

Ye Lei had just been about to call out to his parents when Father Ye's lion-like roar stunned the words right back down his throat.

"It's the middle of the night. What are you shouting for? Want to kneel on a washboard?"

Before Ye Lei could explain, his mother raised a hand and smacked his father on the head.

The crisp slap echoed through the room.

"Wife, I was wrong, wrong! Forget the washboard, okay? Isn't it all this brat's fault? I thought he was up to some nonsense in the middle of the night."

Ye Lei: How did this get dragged back to me again? It was just a Martial Soul Second Awakening.

Ye Lei: Seriously speechless!

System: Eating melon from the front row...

Ye Lei: Get lost.

System: You got it!

Reality.

"Tell me, brat. What were you messing around with in the middle of the night?"

"Dad, Mom, it's like this. Didn't the world undergo a mutation, and everyone awakened Martial Souls? I had a Martial Soul Second Awakening. Oh, right, what are your Martial Souls? Let me take a look."

Father Ye and Mother Ye exchanged a glance, both thinking the same thing: That really did happen.

Then, with a thought, their Martial Souls slowly emerged.

An ice-blue giant wolf appeared behind Ye Junqing. Unlike an ordinary wolf, it had nine long tails behind it.

At the same time, Ye Junqing entered Martial Soul Possession. One of his pupils turned ice-blue, and nine ice-blue tails grew from behind him. A frigid aura spread out, and the room's temperature instantly plummeted.

Ye Lei: What the hell is Dad's Martial Soul? I've never seen it before. I can tell it's an Ice Attribute wolf, but what's with the nine tails? A cross between a wolf and a nine-tailed fox?

At that moment, Tang Yunqing's Martial Soul also appeared. A large fish leaped up from the ground behind her and hovered at her back.

Like Ye Junqing's Martial Soul, it was ice-blue. The instant the large fish appeared, the temperature in the room dropped sharply. What had originally been a room in the twenties had now fallen to around ten degrees.

Ye Lei: Oh my god, why have I never seen either of my parents' Martial Souls? They're both Ice Attribute too. Well, that's good. Our family can save some electricity on air conditioning in the summer.

Wait, isn't Nuan'er the same...

At that moment, the Soul Beast Detector on his left hand sounded:

Name: Ye Junqing

Martial Soul: Nine-Tailed Profound Ice Wolf

Soul Power Level: Level 15

Name: Tang Yunqing

Martial Soul: Ice Thorn Sawfish

Soul Power Level: Level 14

What? Nine-Tailed Profound Betel Nut? Ye Lei suspected he had misheard. After thinking carefully, he realized it was Nine-Tailed Profound Ice Wolf.

His parents' Martial Souls were both Ice Attribute. As husband and wife, their Martial Soul compatibility was extremely high. Once their Soul Power rose to the level of Soul Elder, they would probably develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill...

"Ye Lei, what is your Martial Soul?" Ye Junqing asked at this moment.

"Dad, Mom, I've currently awakened two Martial Souls: the Blue Silver Emperor and the Flame Lord. Watch closely."

With that, under Father Ye and Mother Ye's stunned gazes, Ye Lei released the Blue Silver Emperor.

His Fifth Soul Ring had now completely evolved. The configuration of five black Soul Rings and one red Soul Ring left Father Ye and Mother Ye utterly shocked...