Using a Book as a Brick?

As the crystal ball burst forth with a dazzling radiance.

Everyone in the hall was stunned!

Liu Xinghan was no exception!

If I have Innate Full Soul Power, then how could I have a Waste Martial Soul?

Liu Xinghan was puzzled.

The original work had mentioned that the strength of a Martial Soul directly affected one's Innate Soul Power.

A Waste Martial Soul could not possibly possess Innate Full Soul Power!

Could it be that my Book Martial Soul isn't a Waste Martial Soul?

Liu Xinghan thought.

"It's actually Innate Full Soul Power."

The Soul Elder recovered from his shock. Looking at the light on the crystal ball, regret filled his eyes.

According to Spirit Hall's records, only several dozen people with Innate Full Soul Power had ever appeared publicly throughout history. Its rarity was plain to see.

Yet it had appeared on someone with a Waste Martial Soul. What a terrible waste.

"Even with Innate Full Soul Power, it's useless if the Martial Soul is trash."

The Soul Elder shook his head. Perhaps because it was a Waste Martial Soul with no value in cultivation, even the procedures for registering Liu Xinghan were waived.

After leaving the hall.

Liu Xuanfeng, who had been waiting outside, saw his son emerge and immediately hurried over, covering three steps in two. He asked excitedly, "Son, how was your Martial Soul?"

Liu Xinghan looked at his father and said seriously, "Dad, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Liu Xuanfeng was confused.

Awakening a Martial Soul was either a success or a failure. It was either good news or bad news. How could there be both?

After thinking it over, he said, "Tell me the good news first!"

Liu Xuanfeng thought that with good news to cushion the blow, the bad news should be easier to accept.

Liu Xinghan said, "The good news is that I have Innate Full Soul Power!"

Liu Xuanfeng was instantly overjoyed.

Innate Full Soul Power meant outstanding talent and a tremendous chance of becoming a Titled Douluo in the future!

"Son, you're amazing! You've surpassed your old man!"

Liu Xuanfeng picked up his son and lifted him into the air, his face radiating joy.

Liu Xinghan reminded him, "Dad, there's still the bad news."

"Right, the bad news."

Liu Xuanfeng asked, "What's the bad news?"

Liu Xinghan said seriously, "I awakened a Waste Martial Soul!"

Liu Xuanfeng's expression instantly froze as he muttered, "A Waste Martial Soul..."

"Yeah!"

Liu Xinghan nodded seriously.

Liu Xuanfeng asked in disbelief, "Your Martial Soul isn't the Black Flame Demon Wolf?"

"Yeah!"

Liu Xinghan nodded again. Then he told his father everything that had happened during the Martial Soul awakening.

By the end, Liu Xuanfeng's face had completely darkened.

"It's alright. We'll talk when we get home!"

Father and son returned home together.

The Liu Family courtyard.

When Liu Xinghan's mother, Li Xinyue, saw them return, she immediately came up to them happily after waiting for so long. "How did it go, son?"

"I awakened a Waste Martial Soul!"

Liu Xinghan recounted the entire matter once again.

Li Xinyue froze, then tears immediately streamed down her face.

"It's all Mother's fault!"

Li Xinyue wept bitterly.

Unlike Liu Xuanfeng, who had already become a Four-Ring Spirit Ancestor before reaching thirty, Li Xinyue was an ordinary person without any Soul Power.

Her Innate Soul Power was Rank 0, and her Martial Soul was a book—a universally acknowledged Waste Martial Soul!

When she heard that Liu Xinghan's Martial Soul was a book, she immediately assumed he had inherited her Martial Soul and that she had ruined his life. She broke down and wept.

Liu Xinghan was startled to see his mother suddenly burst into tears and quickly comforted her. "Mom, it's okay. Your son has Innate Full Soul Power. My Martial Soul might not be a Waste Martial Soul!"

"Innate Full Soul Power?"

Li Xinyue was startled and glanced at her husband.

When she saw him nod, Li Xinyue hurriedly said, "Mother's Martial Soul is also a Book Martial Soul, just like yours, but my Innate Soul Power was zero. Yet you have Innate Full Soul Power, son. That shows our Martial Souls really are different."

Liu Xuanfeng nodded. "That's right. Your father thinks so too. With such high Innate Soul Power, your Martial Soul definitely can't be a Waste Martial Soul! Maybe it mutated from your mother's Book Martial Soul into a powerful Martial Soul."

"I know, Dad!"

Liu Xinghan nodded with a determined expression.

He did not believe his Martial Soul was a Waste Martial Soul either.

Even if it was, he still had the system. He refused to believe he could only become an ordinary person in this life!

Late at night.

In his room, Liu Xinghan summoned his Martial Soul.

The Book Martial Soul was a type of Tool Martial Soul. When used, it did not produce the visually striking transformations seen when a Beast Martial Soul possessed its user.

The Book Martial Soul appeared in his palm.

This was the first time Liu Xinghan had carefully examined his Martial Soul.

It was a book twenty-five centimeters long, eighteen centimeters wide, and four centimeters thick. Its main color was mottled bronze, and its cover was covered in mysterious, profound patterns. The entire book had a metallic texture.

Looking at it from the side, he could see that both the cover and pages were thick. For a book four centimeters thick, it seemed to have only around ten pages.

Liu Xinghan tried to open it, but to his shock, he found that he could not.

His hands could not open it, so Liu Xinghan tried other methods. But the pages seemed welded shut, completely impossible to open.

"How am I supposed to use this Martial Soul? It's clearly a book, yet I can't open it. Don't tell me I'm supposed to use it as a brick!"

As he spoke, Liu Xinghan grabbed the Martial Soul and swung it through the air a few times!

After observing it for a while, he put the Martial Soul away.

Lying quietly on his bed, Liu Xinghan pondered for a while before he vaguely began to understand.

If he wanted to figure out how to use his Martial Soul, he first had to find out how to open it.

Opening it was the key!

But how could he open it?

Liu Xinghan frowned in thought. His Martial Soul was like a locked chest. To open it, he needed a key!

"That's right, it's missing a key!"

"But what is the key?"

Liu Xinghan racked his brains.

"Martial Soul, Innate Soul Power, Spirit Rings..."

"That's right, Spirit Rings! It's Spirit Rings!"

A flash of inspiration struck Liu Xinghan, and he grasped the key point.

If he wanted to open his Book Martial Soul, Spirit Rings had to be the key!

Thinking of this, Liu Xinghan immediately got out of bed in excitement. He went to his parents' door, pounded on it hard, and shouted excitedly, "Dad, Mom, get up! Stop sleeping!"

Liu Xuanfeng's voice came from behind the door. "Son, what's wrong in the middle of the night? Did thieves break into our house?"

Liu Xuanfeng opened the door in his pajamas.

Liu Xinghan immediately told him his theory.

Liu Xuanfeng's eyes lit up. "Son, your idea makes a lot of sense. Maybe we'll really only learn what your Martial Soul does after obtaining a Spirit Ring."

As he spoke, he seemed even more excited than Liu Xinghan. He urged, "No time to lose. Let's set off for the Soul Hunting Forest and find your First Spirit Ring!"

Naturally, Liu Xuanfeng was excited.

His son's awakening of a Waste Martial Soul had dealt him a heavy blow.

Now that there was a chance to prove that his son's Martial Soul was not a Waste Martial Soul, he was naturally exceptionally thrilled.