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"Hiss~"

Su Ming clutched his head, feeling as if his mind had split apart.

"How can I have three perspectives?"

Right before him was his grandfather crafting a Soul Tool, yet two other visions simultaneously existed in his mind. In one, there was a small, shabby wooden house with "Spirit Hall" written on it, surrounded by villagers, a group of children, and a smiling old man. In the other, there was a dazzling room brimming with technology, where lines of Soul Power in every color intertwined into formation arrays that radiated brilliant light.

Su Ming did not even have time to keep watching his grandfather make the Soul Tool. He closed his eyes and meditated, preventing the sudden change from overwhelming him into a mental collapse.

He had originally been a transmigrator, reborn in the Douluo Continent during the era of Peerless Tang Clan. The good news was that he had been born into a Soul Engineer family 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, while his mother was also a Soul Engineer, at Level 7!

Today was the day his Martial Soul awakened. According to family tradition, a Soul Engineer in the family would craft a Soul Tool before him, symbolizing that he would shine in the field of Soul Tools in the future.

Yet today, Su Ming had suddenly gained two extra perspectives.

After two and a half hours of torment, he had gradually adapted to having three perspectives. Although he felt utterly fractured, he was filled with joy.

"Trinity. With my present self as the coordinate, there is another me in both the past and the future, rooted in the eras of Dou Yi and Dou San respectively!"

Once he understood his situation, of course he was thrilled.

This meant he could gather the advantages of all three eras at once.

"Although Dou Yi is technologically backward, that era has no God King blocking the path, and the Divine Thrones have not yet been plundered. It is the best era for Becoming a God. With help from me and my future self, he can cultivate using advanced cultivation concepts from the future. Forging the foundation to become a God will be no problem!"

"As for my present self, I am in an era of great contention, when the continent's destiny is churning most violently. With the Battle Armor technology of later generations, I will definitely gain a foothold in this era. I just might have to avoid God King Tang a little."

"My self in the Dou San era..."

Hmm... it seemed difficult to gain any benefits. Unless he obtained some treasure and buried it in some unknown corner for his future self to use, but who knew how long that would take? And with ten thousand years in between, it would be easy for someone else to snatch it first.

Of course, that was only if he could influence the future. If they were three completely independent parallel timelines, then everything would be pointless. Without technical references, his past and present selves would find it difficult to provide meaningful support to his future self.

"Let's awaken my Martial Soul first."

Su Ming pondered for a long time. By then, his grandfather had already finished crafting a Soul Tool Engraving Knife.

Su Can held the Soul Tool Engraving Knife up for inspection. After injecting Soul Power into it, the faint glow at its sharp tip, filled with a cutting effect, satisfied him.

He walked over to Su Ming.

"Xiao Ming, consider this engraving knife a gift for your Martial Soul awakening."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Su Ming took the engraving knife and gave it a few test swings.

"Next comes your Martial Soul awakening." Su Can said, "Both your parents have exceptional Soul Power talent in their Martial Souls. No matter which Martial Soul you inherit, you will have an advantage in the field of Soul Engineers."

Soul Engineers could not do without Soul Power. Most Soul Engineers would attach several Soul Rings that provided Soul Power Amplification to themselves, all for the sake of having enough Soul Power.

Only with sufficient Soul Power could they endure prolonged periods of intense concentration and heavy expenditure, when they had no spare energy to recover their Soul Power.

Crafting a Soul Tool could take as little as three or four hours, or as long as several days. Every pause in the middle would affect the flow of the process, so finishing it in one go was key.

For Soul Engineers, besides Soul Power, Spiritual Power was equally important.

Generally speaking, Soul Power talent determined the speed of a Soul Engineer's advancement in the early stages, while Spiritual Power talent determined advancement in the middle and later stages.

After seeing that Su Ming had calmed down, Su Can took out several stones emitting a pale blue glow and activated them with Soul Power.

Specks of pale golden light gathered one after another, then merged into Su Ming's body.

Seeing this, Su Can's expression relaxed considerably.

There were a great many pale golden light specks entering Su Ming's body. Su Ming's talent would not be poor.

Su Ming closed his eyes and carefully sensed 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 instinctively summoned his Martial Soul.

However, once he followed his instincts, pale blue Soul Power began gathering in his palm. Soul Power emerging from every part of his meridians was drawn out and appeared in his hand.

Su Can looked puzzled.

He looked at Su Ming and asked, "Why are you releasing Soul Power?"

Su Ming looked utterly blank. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Grandpa, I think this is my Martial Soul."

He looked at the ball of Soul Power formed in his palm after all the Soul Power in his body had been drawn out, and he was momentarily dumbfounded as well.

A Martial Soul made of Soul Power?

What kind of strange Martial Soul was this?

Su Ming took a deep breath and quickly accepted his Martial Soul.

He controlled the Soul Power ball in his hand, changing it into all sorts of shapes before drawing it back into his body.

"Grandpa, my Martial Soul is Soul Power itself. It feels similar to a Body Martial Soul. Their Martial Souls are parts of their bodies, while mine is the Soul Power cultivated through training."

Su Can blinked and began considering the future potential of Su Ming's Soul Power Martial Soul.

Without question, Su Ming's talent in Soul Power would not be poor, and he could inherit the family's Soul Tool legacy. It was just that, in terms of Spiritual Power...

Su Ming had thought of that as well.

If his Martial Soul was Soul Power, then based on what he understood, it had many possible directions for development and would not be weak in the future.

But when it came to the Mental Attribute, he was severely lacking.

"During the era of Peerless Tang Clan, the greatest opportunity is undoubtedly Tian Meng. If my Soul Power Martial Soul has no Mental Attribute, I won't even be able to compete for it. And then there's Electrolux."

Su Ming was helpless.

If he did not compete for those two great opportunities, he might lose out on many later opportunities as well.

"I still need to develop this Martial Soul. Maybe Soul Power has a Mental Attribute too."

Although he thought so, as the owner of the Martial Soul, Su Ming already vaguely had an answer in his heart.

His Martial Soul was most likely pure Soul Power, the kind without even a trace of Spiritual Power...

After thinking for half the day, Su Ming became increasingly resigned to it.

Because within his perspective, both his past self and future self had awakened their Martial Souls.

"Body Martial Soul..."

A complete Body Martial Soul had appeared ten thousand years ago.

Feeling the changes throughout his past self's entire body, Su Ming was speechless.

Meanwhile, Su Yuntao, standing opposite him, casually remarked, "If your Martial Soul is your own body, it seems like its combat power is rather average. Is it another useless Martial Soul?"

As for Su Ming ten thousand years in the future, he too felt the various types of Elemental Power appearing around him and fell into deep thought.