Visions of the Future

Inside the Female Pope's bedroom.

"Chuan Er, try again." Bibi Dong took out another crystal ball. This one was only the size of a fist, far smaller than the previous one. But without question, the more concentrated it was, the more refined. This crystal ball could test the soul power of Soul Saints above Level 70, making it exceptionally precious.

Yun Chuan obediently stretched out his little hand and placed it on the crystal ball. That familiar suction came again, and the crystal ball began to emit light!

This time, the light emitted by the crystal ball was not particularly intense, so Yun Chuan could not tell exactly how much soul power he possessed. But Bibi Dong was startled when she saw its glow. Though she had expected his soul power to far surpass Innate Level 20, she had never imagined it would be this outrageous!

Level 50!

A full Innate Level 50 soul power!

That was the soul power level possessed only by a Soul King, a level ordinary people could spend their entire lives without ever reaching. Yet he had possessed it the moment his spirit awakened.

The way Bibi Dong looked at Yun Chuan changed. Could this child be heaven's illegitimate son? Otherwise, why would the heavens favor him so much?

Not only had they given him a face beautiful enough to topple kingdoms and cities, but they had also granted him talent unmatched in the world!

Innate Level 50 soul power!

Setting aside just how absurdly fast such Innate Soul Power would make his cultivation—on Douluo Continent, the higher one's Innate Soul Power, the faster one cultivated—the uses of Level 50 soul power alone were enough to make countless people green with envy!

Yun Chuan had been born with Level 50 soul power. This meant that, if he wanted, his first soul ring could directly be a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring! Without even needing Twin Spirits, he could achieve the Nine Black Rings configuration that ordinary people could scarcely imagine.

Such soul power aptitude utterly overturned conventional understanding. If Yun Chuan had not been a child Bibi Dong had raised from infancy and regarded as her own son, even she might have become jealous and done everything in her power to eliminate this genius.

"Innate Level 50..." Yun Chuan murmured. Even he knew what such Innate Soul Power represented. He suddenly realized that the hundred Free Attribute Points gifted by the system were likely far more precious than he had imagined!

A mere sixty points in the Innate Talent attribute had already raised his aptitude to such an outrageous degree, granting him Innate Level 50 aptitude—something the rules of Douluo Continent simply could not allow to exist!

What if he raised his Innate Talent attribute to its maximum of one hundred points?

Just how outrageous would the result be?

Perhaps reaching Level 100 Godhood the instant his spirit awakened would not be impossible.

"Chuan Er."

Bibi Dong suddenly crouched slightly. Her flawless, breathtakingly beautiful face drew close to Yun Chuan's as she looked directly into his eyes. In an exceptionally serious tone, she said, "Remember this! You must never let anyone know that your Innate Soul Power is Level 50. Tell others that you only have Innate Full Soul Power. Do you understand?"

"Mhm, Chuan Er understands."

Yun Chuan nodded solemnly. Of course, he knew Bibi Dong meant well. A genius might become a powerhouse in the future, but a genius who had yet to grow was only a genius.

So although he possessed talent unmatched in the world, exposing it before he had gained the strength to protect himself and fully spread his wings would absolutely invite endless trouble! Countless people would surely try every possible means to kill him!

Yun Chuan understood one principle deeply.

When you were weak, lie low and build your strength. Never be reckless!

Keeping a low profile was the true way!

"Mhm, good child."

Only then did Bibi Dong smile. She gently drew the child before her into her arms and tenderly stroked his back. Her beautiful eyes were unusually gentle, but as if she had suddenly remembered something, a flash of killing intent soon passed through them!

With his entire body buried against the Female Pope's full chest, Yun Chuan felt extraordinarily safe. Six years—six years of living together day and night, of meticulous care. Even a man of iron should have melted by now.

People's hearts were made of flesh. Having basked in the Female Pope's maternal love for six years, Yun Chuan's initial plan of playing both sides had long vanished completely!

Now, he was an unwavering Bibi Dong supporter!

Whoever dared touch my mother, I'll fight them to the death!

Even if it's my biological brother from the same mother or my own father, I'll beat them all the same!

The mother and son embraced warmly for a while.

Then, using the excuse that she had matters to attend to, Bibi Dong left the room. A faint fragrance still lingered in the air before him. Watching her slender, alluring figure recede, Yun Chuan sensed the killing intent faintly radiating from her body! He immediately knew she was going to silence them.

All of this was for his sake.

Tell him, how could he not be moved by a mother who was wholeheartedly devoted to him? How could he bear to abandon her?

Thinking of Tang San's childhood as described in the original work, and comparing it with the neglectful upbringing he had received from his biological father, Yun Chuan was immensely glad that he had been taken away instead. Compared to that slovenly, despondent old man, a soft, fragrant, peerlessly beautiful mother was naturally far more lovable!

After his moment of reflection, Yun Chuan began carefully exploring the changes brought about by the awakening of his spirit.

First was the Plant Goddess spirit.

He summoned his spirit. The blue-haired, green-skirted goddess holding Blue Silver Grass appeared behind him, floating silently like a ghostly apparition.

Spirit Avatar!

Yun Chuan shouted inwardly. The Plant Goddess spirit behind him transformed into emerald light and enveloped his entire small body.

A moment later.

The light faded, and the small six-year-old child had already disappeared.

In his place stood a goddess with blue hair and blue eyes, her beauty capable of toppling kingdoms and cities. She wore a green dress over her perfect figure, while her slender jade fingers held a stalk of Blue Silver Grass!

Without question, after activating Spirit Avatar, Yun Chuan had completely transformed into the Plant Goddess! At that moment, he was a genuine woman.

Of course, as long as Yun Chuan released the Spirit Avatar state, he could return to his original appearance at any time and restore his masculine glory!

So Yun Chuan did not care that he had taken on a female form. Instead, he began curiously sensing what abilities he possessed in this possessed state.

First came a feeling.

In the Plant Goddess state, Yun Chuan felt as though he were the sovereign of all plants! Moreover, he possessed a unique domain—this Martial Soul came with its own domain. He named it the Plant Domain!

All flowers, grass, and trees within the Plant Domain's range—all plants—were under his control. If he wished, he could even make them offer up their vitality or power to him, or turn them into his eyes and ears, silently monitoring the world!

This was somewhat similar to the Blue Silver Emperor's ability. The Blue Silver Domain possessed by the Blue Silver Emperor could convert the vitality of all Blue Silver Grass in areas where it grew into any form of energy the Blue Silver Emperor required, replenishing itself. So long as Blue Silver Grass remained, the Blue Silver Emperor's energy would never run dry.

But the Plant Goddess was even more domineering than the Blue Silver Emperor. The Blue Silver Emperor could only draw energy from and control Blue Silver Grass; if there was no Blue Silver Grass nearby, it was useless. But the Plant Goddess could control all plants. Whether Blue Silver Grass or any other flowers, grass, or trees, as long as they fell within the category of plants, they were all under her command! She truly deserved the title of Plant Goddess!

One had to know that plants covered every corner of the world!

From this alone, this Martial Soul that had evolved from Blue Silver Grass was simply absurdly powerful!

Its innate abilities were just too overbearing!

Most importantly, Yun Chuan could also sense that this Plant Goddess Martial Soul had other wondrous uses that he had yet to discover. Once he officially began cultivating, it might bring him unexpected surprises and allow him to develop even more powerful moves. Something like Wood Release, for instance—if that really happened, it would be freaking awesome!

As Yun Chuan imagined the future, he seemed to see the following scene—

He shouted, "Wood Release: True Thousand-Armed Summit Buddha!"

Then he summoned a gigantic Buddha statue with countless enormous arms, raising thousands of massive fists. Standing atop the Buddha statue, he looked down at the dumbfounded Tang San below and said, "For the sake of us being fellow brothers, I'll let you use two hands!"

Tang San: "Are you even human?!"