Gu Yue's Awakening!

Whether it had been intentional or not, the soul testing device really did have an internal maximum of only twenty... Meng Li being laughed at was also a fact.

When his test results came out, Xie Xie was the first to mock him.

After getting beaten up by Gu Yue, he behaved himself.

Meng Li did not care. As long as he knew what was going on, that was enough.

"Next, strength testing!"

Gu Yue threw a left punch at the testing sandbag, registering one hundred and fifteen kilograms.

She turned around and gave Xie Xie a cold glance, one brow slightly raised.

Xie Xie felt his head ache at the sight, swallowed, and held his breath.

"Bang!" Gu Yue's right fist struck the machine.

A string of numbers flashed past.

"One hundred and forty-three kilograms."

Next was Zhang Yangzi.

"Bang!" Left hand, sixty-one kilograms.

"Bang!" Right hand, sixty-nine kilograms.

Xie Xie's left hand registered one hundred and fifty-three kilograms. His right hand, one hundred and sixty-four kilograms.

After Wang Jinxi hit four hundred and sixty-eight kilograms and Tang Wulin reached a maximum of three thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight kilograms, it was finally Meng Li's turn—the strongest among them.

Meng Li steadied his breath and focused his mind, taking up a ready stance. He threw a right hook, and the testing device flew straight away.

Everyone stared at the screen, only to see the machine display: 9999.

"That has to be fake! How could someone our age have that much strength?" Xie Xie was the first to voice his disbelief.

Compared to his one hundred and sixty-four kilograms, he was as fragile as a sheet of paper.

"Hmph, you're just jealous!" Gu Yue looked at him disdainfully.

Brother Meng is so strong. Tang Wulin felt envious.

They then proceeded with tests for reaction speed, speed, and more. Without exception, Meng Li took first place in every category, and by a massive margin over second place. Like a darling of the heavens, he made all the geniuses present pale in comparison.

In everyone's eyes, aside from Spiritual Power, all five of his attributes were maxed out. Even among older students, such results would still have been top-tier.

Could it be because of his Holy Angel Martial Soul? Wu Changkong had considered it, but the Sacred Angel Martial Soul was golden and ethereal, and it neither wore armor nor wielded a spear. Wu Changkong concluded that it was due to his bloodline, the same reason Tang Wulin possessed such immense strength.

"Are you sure you aren't some Great God's illegitimate son?" Xie Xie asked curiously.

"..." Meng Li said, "Get lost. Believe it or not, I'll put you on a barbecue rack again!"

"Enough. Tang Wulin, come with me. The rest of you will follow Meng Li's arrangements and begin training." With his hands behind his back, Wu Changkong left the equipment room with Tang Wulin.

Oh no. Xie Xie had a bad feeling.

"Everyone except Gu Yue, attention!" A smile curled Meng Li's lips.

"Fifty kilograms of extra weight. Twenty laps around the field. Get ready."

"Ah! Meng Li, you're playing favorites and abusing your authority for personal revenge!"

"How am I playing favorites? Tell me, which one of you can beat Gu Yue?" Meng Li spoke righteously, leaving everyone speechless.

"How does that saying go? A loss is a loss, so keep training!"

"Gu Yue, spar with me!" Meng Li stood with his hands behind his back, looking like an old-fashioned instructor.

"Yes." Gu Yue replied with a smile.

The others glared viciously at Xie Xie, as if saying, Didn't you know Meng Li was the captain? Why did you have to provoke him?

On the training field, Meng Li found a shady spot to hone his skills with Gu Yue.

The others ran laps beneath the blazing sun.

"Hey, whoever's at the back, didn't you eat enough? Run faster!" During a break in his training, Meng Li pointed at Xie Xie, who was in last place.

"You..." Xie Xie, drenched in sweat, sped up. Using the method Meng Li had taught him the first time, he overtook Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi.

"..." Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi.

Time flew by like an arrow. After a period of training, Meng Li successfully reached level forty-eight and was about to advance toward the rank of Soul King.

That day, Wu Changkong swept his gaze over the students in the classroom.

"Today, we're going to the Spirit Pagoda."

"The Spirit Pagoda?" Wasn't that where people obtained soul spirits? Meng Li swept his gaze across the students. Aside from Gu Yue and Wu Changkong, everyone else's cultivation was plain to see. Could it be that Gu Yue could obtain a soul spirit now?

"Starting today, everyone except Meng Li will have one day each week to cultivate in the Spirit Ascension Platform at the Spirit Pagoda. Cherish this opportunity. The academy specially secured funding for you to have it." Seeing the confusion on Meng Li's face, Wu Changkong explained.

Everyone except me? Meng Li froze for a moment. If he could not go there, something else must be waiting for him. Teacher Wu had not said it outright, and he did not feel comfortable asking.

Xie Xie exclaimed, "The academy is really generous! It seems joining Class Zero was absolutely the right choice!"

Tang Wulin asked quietly, "What is the Spirit Ascension Platform?"

Xie Xie stared at him in surprise. "You don't even know about the Spirit Ascension Platform? It's a great place. The Spirit Ascension Platform was created by the Spirit Pagoda as a place for soul masters to train. It can raise a soul master's personal strength and let them experience the charm of the ancient world."

After Xie Xie's explanation, Meng Li understood. It was simply a place to train, where killing soul beasts within might increase the age of one's soul spirit.

The price of a single ticket was an astonishing five hundred thousand Federal Coins. Five people going once a week meant two and a half million Federal Coins per visit.

Gu Yue put on an interested expression as she listened to Xie Xie's introduction, pretending to find it novel.

Spirit Ascension Platform? Increasing soul ring age, virtual soul beasts?

The Spirit Pagoda in Eastsea City was far beyond anything the one in Aolai City, where Tang Wulin had once lived, could compare to.

As one of the Spirit Pagoda organization's eighteen major branch towers, these eighteen massive Spirit Pagodas were also known as the Eighteen Heavenly Pillars. This Spirit Pagoda could be seen from far away. It stood over a hundred stories tall and exceeded four hundred meters in height. Even among Eastsea City's forest of skyscrapers, it was a landmark building.

Everyone entered the first floor and was awed by the magnificent interior decorations.

The floor was paved with dark golden stone, covered in dazzling natural patterns. Huge stone pillars supported a dome dozens of meters high, while the pillars and dome were covered in splendid colored murals.

Wu Changkong said, "The murals record how the first master of the Spirit Pagoda, a legendary soul master and the inventor of soul spirits, the Spirit Ice Douluo, once led human soul masters against the soul beast tide..."

I never expected the Douluo Continent II I read years ago to appear before me in this form. Looking at the images in the murals, Meng Li's thoughts gradually became clearer, and many things came to mind.

Dragon Butterfly Douluo Tang Wutong... Could Tang Wulin be Tang San's son? In novels, if names are similar, there's a ninety percent chance they're related, not to mention all these similarities... Meng Li glanced at Tang Wulin. Their martial souls were both Blue Silver Grass.

Then it's clear. Tang Wulin is one hundred percent Tang San's son. Should I tell him this? ...Forget it. Even if I told him, this kid wouldn't believe it.

"What are you smiling about?" Gu Yue had just noticed Meng Li looking at that mural and smiling. She was very curious about the reason.

"Don't you think Tang Wulin looks a lot like this Tang Wutong?" Meng Li casually pointed at the mural, treating it as idle chatter.

Tang Wulin's attention was drawn over as well.

"Really? A little, I suppose. But what about the eyes? His are black, while the Dragon Butterfly Douluo's are pinkish-blue," Gu Yue said.

"As for that, do you know who Tang Wutong's parents are?" Meng Li chuckled softly.

Gu Yue shook her head, then seemed to think of something. Her eyes narrowed slightly.

"She is the daughter of Tang San, the Sea God and Shura God, the supreme God King of the Great God Realm, and Xiao Wu, the Shura Sword Sheath. She inherited the bloodlines of the Sea God, Shura God, Blue Silver Emperor, and Soft Bone Rabbit! Soft Bone Rabbit eyes are pink." Meng Li connected the memories of his previous life.

"What did you say?" Gu Yue cried out, as though something within her had begun to awaken.