A Book as a Martial Soul?

Spirit City.

In a small courtyard, a little boy faced the morning sun and finished a set of fitness punches.

"Finally, I'm six!"

The boy grabbed a cup and gulped down a large mouthful of water, his heart full of anticipation.

The boy's name was Liu Xinghan. Having just turned six, he had a secret that no one else knew: he was a transmigrator, and the world he now lived in was called Douluo Continent!

Douluo Continent was an immensely popular IP online. Whether it was the novels, comics, or animation, Liu Xinghan had seen them all.

Thus, he knew this world extremely well.

Soul Masters were one of this world's defining features.

Every child in this world could awaken a Martial Soul at the age of six.

There were many kinds of Martial Souls, but they could broadly be divided into two types: useful and useless.

Useless Martial Souls were nothing more than decorations even after awakening.

Only useful Martial Souls, paired with Innate Soul Power, qualified one to embark on the path of cultivation.

Liu Xinghan had turned six this year, and today was the day he had planned to undergo his Martial Soul Awakening!

After breakfast, Liu Xinghan left home with his father and headed for the Spirit Hall's Martial Soul Awakening site.

In this life, he had been born into a Soul Master family.

His father was a Four-Ring Spirit Ancestor of the Assault Type, a Battle Spirit Ancestor, and a deacon within Spirit Hall.

As his son, Liu Xinghan would naturally stand with his father's faction in the future.

In other words, unless something unexpected happened, he would join Spirit Hall someday as well. That would inevitably place him in opposition to Tang San and the protagonist group of Douluo Continent.

Liu Xinghan was not worried about that in the slightest. He even found it a little amusing.

As a transmigrator who knew the plot inside out, wouldn't dealing with trash like Tang San be as easy as turning his hand?

More importantly, he had a trump card: a system!

It was called the Lottery System. Bound to him as a transmigrator's benefit, it allowed him one lottery draw each year.

Though one draw a year was somewhat scarce, the first five draws had given Liu Xinghan quite a few good things.

Such as Body Refining Pills that strengthened the body.

God Transformation Pills that increased Mental Power.

Soul Ascension Pills that raised Soul Power, and so on...

Since he had not awakened his Martial Soul and had no Soul Power within his body, Liu Xinghan had yet to use the Soul Ascension Pills.

However, he had used both the Body Refining Pills and God Transformation Pills. They had given him mental and physical strength far beyond that of children his age, enough to rival a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master.

His father was a Soul Master with the powerful Black Flame Demon Wolf Martial Soul, so there was no need to worry about Martial Souls.

Physical strength and Mental Power were closely related to Innate Soul Power.

Liu Xinghan was even more confident in those two aspects. Given his conditions, his Innate Soul Power could only be high, not low!

Therefore, Liu Xinghan was brimming with confidence regarding this awakening ceremony!

They arrived at their destination.

Liu Xinghan entered the great hall alone and began lining up.

Though it was still early, there were already more than twenty children ahead of him.

Liu Xinghan turned slightly and looked ahead.

A Three-Ring Spirit Elder was awakening a little girl's Martial Soul there.

With his Martial Soul Possession active, the Spirit Elder's skin took on a bluish hue, and his body suddenly grew much more robust. He raised his hand and sent several streams of Soul Power into the formation made from six black stones.

The black stones absorbed the Soul Power and immediately bloomed with golden light.

The little girl raised her right hand, and a small white bird flew from her palm. Gusts of fierce wind immediately swept through the hall.

After the Martial Soul Awakening came the test for Innate Soul Power.

The girl placed her tiny hand on the crystal ball, and it immediately emitted a fairly bright glow.

"Martial Soul: Wind Chime Bird. Agility Attack Type. Innate Soul Power: Level Five. Register her!"

The Spirit Elder spoke.

The recorder beside him immediately lowered his head and rapidly wrote it down.

After watching more than ten in a row,

over ninety percent of the children had displayed fairly good talent.

After all, this was Spirit City, the headquarters of Spirit Hall, not the small village where Tang San had lived in the original work. Naturally, there were far more geniuses here than there.

Soon, it was Liu Xinghan's turn.

The Spirit Elder glanced at Liu Xinghan and asked as usual, "Name and age."

"My name is Liu Xinghan. I'm six years old," Liu Xinghan replied.

The Spirit Elder nodded and pointed at the formation. "Go in!"

"Yes!"

Liu Xinghan took a deep breath and stepped into the formation.

As the light entered his body, Liu Xinghan felt a warm current surge from deep within him and gather in his right hand. Something was about to appear!

So I really don't have Twin Martial Souls.

Liu Xinghan thought.

In the original work, a Martial Soul generally appeared from the right hand during awakening. If someone had Twin Martial Souls, both hands would react. Only his right hand was reacting, so the result was obvious.

My background still can't compare to Tang San's!

Liu Xinghan sighed inwardly.

Tang San's father was the Clear Sky Douluo and possessed the continent's number one Assault Type Tool Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer. His mother was the Hundred Thousand Year Shapeshifted Spirit Beast, the Blue Silver Emperor. Liu Xinghan's father was merely a Soul Ancestor, while his mother was an ordinary person. Naturally, he could not compare.

I have a system. I'm not afraid of being inferior to you!

Liu Xinghan encouraged himself.

At the same time, his Martial Soul appeared!

Within the hazy light, a book materialized!

Liu Xinghan, the first to see it clearly, froze.

Why was it a book?

He had thought his Martial Soul would be the same as his father's, the Black Flame Demon Wolf, since Martial Souls were inherited through bloodlines.

So why was his Martial Soul a book?

The Spirit Elder glanced at the book in Liu Xinghan's hand and frowned. "A book? A Waste Martial Soul!"

As the strongest Soul Master organization on the continent, Spirit Hall stood unrivaled. Naturally, its research into Martial Souls was second to none. After years of observation and study, it had concluded that Martial Souls such as books and pens were all classified as Waste Martial Souls.

"Test his Innate Soul Power!"

The Spirit Elder's tone was far from pleasant.

It was no wonder. Since the first child, the worst Martial Soul awakened had been a large machete. Though ordinary, it at least had some killing power.

What use was a book? It was not even as good as a machete.

Naturally, he had no favorable attitude toward Liu Xinghan.

Liu Xinghan frowned.

Having lived two lives, he was already over thirty when combined. Naturally, he would not collapse and burst into tears like other children just because he had awakened a Waste Martial Soul.

He took a deep breath, controlled his emotions, and forced himself to calm down. Never mind the Martial Soul for now; he would test his Innate Soul Power first.

He placed his palm on the crystal ball.

Liu Xinghan's body trembled. He felt the deepest power hidden within him stir in an instant, like a dormant volcano compressed to its limit before violently erupting!

He's probably a worthless fellow with Innate Soul Power of zero.

The Spirit Elder looked at Liu Xinghan.

If the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony did not have to follow procedure, he would have wanted Liu Xinghan to leave immediately.

With a Waste Martial Soul, what was the point of testing Innate Soul Power?

He thought this, but the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened as though he had seen something unbelievable.

The crystal ball used to test Soul Power suddenly erupted with dazzling light, incomparably brilliant.

"Th-This is... Innate Full Soul Power?"