Hiss.
Su Ming clutched his head, feeling as though his mind was splitting apart.
Why are there three fields of vision?
Clearly, the scene right before him was his grandfather crafting a soul tool, yet his mind simultaneously held two other perspectives. One showed a small, dilapidated wooden cabin labeled "Spirit Hall," surrounded by villagers, a crowd of children, and a smiling old man. Another showed a dazzling, technologically advanced room where various strands of elemental power intertwined to form a magic array that emitted a brilliant radiance.
Su Ming did not even have the time to continue watching his grandfather's soul tool crafting process. He closed his eyes in meditation, ensuring the sudden change did not shock his mind into fainting.
He was originally a transmigrator who had arrived on the Douluo Continent during the era of the Peerless Tang Clan. The good news was that he was born into a family of soul engineers in the Sun Moon Empire, his grandfather was an Eighth-Level Soul Engineer, and he even had parents!
His father was a Level 6 Soul Engineer, and his mother was a soul engineer as well, reaching a level as high as seven!
Today was the day of his Martial Soul Awakening. According to family tradition, his family's soul engineer would craft a soul tool in front of him, symbolizing that he would be able to shine and make his mark in the field of soul tools in the future.
Only, today Su Ming suddenly gained two extra perspectives.
After enduring two and a half hours of torment, he had also preliminarily adapted to having three perspectives. Although the whole experience felt deeply disjointed, joy filled his heart.
Trinity. Using my current self as coordinates, there is another me in both the past and the future, respectively rooted in the Dou Yi and Dou San periods!
Naturally, he felt pleasantly surprised once he figured out his situation.
This meant he could simultaneously gather the advantages of three eras.
Although Dou Yi was not advanced in technology, that era lacked a God King blocking the path, and the divine thrones had not yet been plundered. It is the best era for becoming a God, and with the help of myself and my future self, he can cultivate with future advanced cultivation concepts. Forging the posture of becoming a God will be a breeze!
As for my current self, I am amidst the contention of a great era, located in the era where the continent's fortunes churn most violently. With future Battle Armor technology, I will definitely gain a foothold in this era-though I might need to hide a bit from God King Tang.
The me in the Dou San period...
Well... it seemed rather hard to reap the benefits, unless he obtained some treasure and buried it in an unknown corner for his future self to use. However, who knew how long monkeys would take to turn into horses for that, and there were a full ten thousand years in between, making it very easy for someone else to intercept it.
Of course, this also presumed he could impact the future. If they were three completely independent parallel space-times, then everything would be in vain. Without technological reference, it would be hard for his past and present selves to form good feedback for his future self.
Let's awaken my martial soul first.
Su Ming pondered for a long time. The grandfather in front of him had already finished crafting a soul engraving knife.
Su Can lifted the engraving knife to inspect it closely. After he injected soul power into it, the faint, shimmering light full of split effects at the tip of the knife left him satisfied.
He walked over to Su Ming.
"Xiao Ming, let this engraving knife serve as a gift for your Martial Soul Awakening."
"Thank you, Grandpa."
Su Ming caught the engraving knife and gestured with it in his grip.
"Next comes the Martial Soul Awakening," Su Can said. "The martial souls of your parents have extremely excellent talent in soul power. No matter which martial soul you inherit, you will be able to occupy an advantage in the field of soul engineers."
Soul engineers could not do without soul power. Most soul engineers would attach multiple soul rings that provided soul power amplification for themselves simply to have sufficient soul power.
Only with sufficient soul power could they ensure they persevered through states of prolonged, high concentration and exhaustion without enough energy to recover their soul power.
A single soul tool crafting session could be short at three or four hours, or long enough to last several days. Stopping halfway each time would affect the feel of that crafting session, so finishing in one go whenever possible was the key.
For soul engineers, apart from soul power, spiritual power was also quite crucial.
Generally, soul power talent determined the early-stage advancement speed of a soul engineer, while spiritual power talent determined mid-to-late-stage advancement.
Seeing Su Ming's emotions settle down, Su Can took out several stones emitting a pale blue glow and activated them with soul power.
Streaks of pale golden light dots converged, subsequently merging into Su Ming's body.
Watching this scene, Su Can's expression relaxed a great deal.
The pale golden light dots that merged into Su Ming's body were numerous; Su Ming's talent would not be poor.
Su Ming closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes in his body. It felt like something breaking through the soil and sprouting.
He slowly opened his eyes, raised his right hand, and submissively summoned his martial soul by instinct.
Yet when he followed his instinct, pale blue soul power began to converge in the palm of his hand, and the soul power gushing from various meridians within his body was drawn out, manifesting in his palm.
Su Can wore a puzzled look.
He looked at Su Ming and asked, "What are you releasing soul power for?"
Su Ming wore a blank expression. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Grandpa, my martial soul seems to be this."
Looking at the ball of soul power condensed in his palm after all the soul power in his body had been drawn out, he felt somewhat bewildered for a moment.
His martial soul was soul power?
What kind of strange martial soul was this?
Su Ming took a deep breath, rapidly accepting his martial soul.
He controlled the ball of soul power in his hand to change into various shapes, and subsequently pulled it back into his body.
"Grandpa, my martial soul is just soul power. It feels similar to a body martial soul; their martial souls are a part of their bodies, while my martial soul is the soul power gained from cultivation."
Su Can blinked and also began to ponder the future of Su Ming's soul power martial soul.
Without a doubt, Su Ming's talent in soul power would not be poor, and he could also inherit the family's soul tool inheritance. It was just that in terms of spiritual power...
Su Ming thought of this as well.
If the martial soul was soul power, based on the degree he could understand, the directions for development would be very rich, and it would not be weak in the future.
However, things were stretched very thin regarding the mental attribute.
"In the era of the Peerless Tang Clan, the greatest fortuitous encounter is undoubtedly Tian Meng. If this soul power martial soul of mine lacks a mental attribute, there will simply be no way to contend for it, not to mention Electrolux."
Su Ming felt helpless.
Without contending for these two major fortuitous encounters, he might lose many subsequent opportunities.
"I still have to develop the martial soul. Who knows, maybe soul power has a mental attribute as well."
Although he thought that way, Su Ming, as the owner of the martial soul, had a vague answer deep down in his heart.
His martial soul was very likely pure soul power-the kind that did not contain a shred of spiritual power...
After pondering for half a day, Su Ming grew increasingly resigned to his fate.
Because from his perspective, both his past self and his future self had awakened their martial souls.
A body martial soul...
A complete body martial soul had appeared ten thousand years ago.
Feeling the changes all over his past self's body, Su Ming was left speechless.
Su Yuntao, standing across from him, very smoothly chimed in with a line: "If your martial soul is just your own body, your combat power seems ordinary. Is this another trash martial soul?"
As for the Su Ming of ten thousand years later, he was likewise lost in thought while feeling the various elemental powers manifesting around him.
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