Heavenly Path Academy and Its Disciples

He was Huo Rui's Brother, Huo Quan. With Ye Wen's help, he underwent Martial Soul Awakening, and to everyone's delight, his Martial Soul was just like his sister's—a supreme Body Martial Soul.

However, the harsh environment he had endured in childhood seemed to have caused some damage to his origin. Fortunately, Ye Wen had helped nurse him back to health, so the damage was not too severe.

As a result, his Innate Soul Power reached a terrifying Rank 9, while his Martial Soul was—the body itself.

In Soul Land 2, Du Busi, the leader of the Body Sect, also possessed this type of Martial Soul. Yet even more astonishing was Du Busi's older brother, Poison Must Die, the previous leader of the Body Sect. With the strength of a Rank 98 Super Douluo, he had directly confronted Mu En, the Rank 99 Dragon God Douluo, leaving him permanently crippled and barely alive. Though Poison Must Die ultimately died, it was enough to show just how terrifying the Body Martial Soul was.

However, according to Ye Wen's research, this Body Martial Soul appeared to have a flaw. Since every organ throughout the body had become part of the Martial Soul, its development was extremely balanced, lacking any one overwhelmingly powerful extreme.

For example, a brain with the Spiritual Attribute could develop ultimate Spiritual Power.

Meanwhile, Huo Rui, who possessed the Heart Martial Soul, had the strongest vitality and blood energy.

Still, the Body Martial Soul was not entirely without merit.

Its innate ability was absolute control over the body. Whether he was cultivating soul power or training his physique, Huo Quan could master it in the shortest possible time. When practicing the Self-Created Soul Skills taught by Ye Wen, he could learn them almost instantly. This also meant that whenever any close-combat Self-Created Soul Skill appeared before Huo Quan, he could easily replicate it.

It had appeared—Copy Ninja... pfft, Copy Soul Master Huo Quan.

It could only be described as utterly terrifying.

After his Martial Soul Awakening, influenced by his sister, Huo Quan also took Ye Wen as his master. He greatly approved of this kind and approachable older brother who had improved his family's life.

Ye Wen gladly accepted this outcome.

However, Huo Quan's talent was simply too frightening. Ye Wen did not dare let the boy go to Spirit Hall for certification and obtain a work-study student status to attend school. Instead, he paid for his schooling himself. After all, now that he was carrying a huge sum of money, it was better to spend it for safety's sake.

Although Huo Quan had started a year later than his sister Huo Rui, his Rank 9 Innate Soul Power was there for all to see, and he directly surpassed Huo Rui in soul power cultivation.

His physical growth limit was even more terrifying than Huo Rui's. His ringless limit did not stop until he could lift 1,100 jin—more terrifying than the Guinness World Record from his Previous Life. He had only been seven years old at the time!

Seeing this, Ye Wen had immediately planned to hunt a Thousand-Year Soul Ring for him. However, as this would be far too conspicuous, Ye Wen had no intention of letting him claim Spirit Hall's subsidy and could only give him pocket money himself.

"Damn it, I clearly took in a genius disciple, so why does my heart hurt so much?"

In the end, considering that it was Huo Quan's first time absorbing a Soul Ring and that he lacked experience, Ye Wen did not dare push him to the absolute limit. Thus, Ye Wen hunted a Violent Bear that had cultivated for exactly a thousand years. Its First Soul Skill was the same as his sister's, Berserk Strength. However, compared to Huo Rui's thirty-percent increase in strength, Huo Quan's increase reached a terrifying forty percent.

Because of this phenomenon, Ye Wen completely confirmed that even when hunting identical Soul Beast Soul Rings, there were differences between Martial Souls of differing quality.

As for why both siblings hunted the same type of Soul Ring, Ye Wen felt that both possessed top-tier Strength Attack System talent. Taking any other path would simply waste their gifts.

Back to the point—

"What does it mean to observe the Way of Heaven and carry out Heaven's will?

That is a good question.

Remember this, Xiao Quan. My philosophy of education is to explore the fundamental principles behind all things in heaven and earth. That is observing the Way of Heaven. Then, one takes those heavenly principles into oneself and uses that power to do what one wishes to do. That is carrying out Heaven's will.

And that is also what I ask of you: understand the path represented by your own Martial Soul, then bring your Martial Soul to its absolute limit and become the strongest Body Soul Master in this world." Ye Wen declared proudly.

Time flew like an arrow. In the blink of an eye, another three years had passed. Ye Wen was now fifteen years old. He had already touched the threshold of Soul King; once he hunted a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, he would become a Soul King.

Over these three years, the Huo Siblings had also progressed rapidly.

Under Ye Wen's care, both had reached the threshold of Rank 30. Yet neither had hunted a Soul Ring or broken through to Soul Elder, because their physical limits were far more frightening than Ye Wen's had been.

Ah Yin's progress was also gratifying. She had now reached Rank 47. Compared to the cultivation level of over Rank 50 she had when she met the Tang Hao brothers in the original story, she was vastly stronger.

However, this was mainly due to the ice cultivation ground Ye Wen had established. With their bodies cultivating instinctively almost twenty-four hours a day without interruption, the efficiency was far greater than simply cultivating normally.

As for Lan Lan... umm...

How should he put it? After avenging her great hatred, Lan Lan seemed to have become somewhat listless.

Yet her bearing remained as elegant as ever. Besides enjoying cultivation at Ah Yin's side, she also liked to cling to Ye Wen and help him handle miscellaneous matters.

After all, she was support staff—and also Ye Wen's research material. Ah, no, she was a Registered Disciple. So Ye Wen let her live such a carefree life.

Lan Lan's Second Soul Ring came from a six-hundred-year Blue Silver Vine. Although Blue Silver Vines lacked intelligence, Ye Wen had still hesitated somewhat when hunting it, since it truly could be considered one of Ah Yin's kin.

However, Ah Yin had generously stated that they only needed to plant the grass seeds in the ground. Though Blue Silver Grass below ten thousand years possessed a trace of weak spiritual power, they had no self-awareness. They needed to continually undergo cycles of death and rebirth to strengthen their life origin. So even if Ye Wen had not killed that Blue Silver Vine, it would eventually wither and die on its own. Other Plant-type Soul Beasts were much the same; death was not the complete end for plant-types.

Lan Lan's Second Soul Skill—Lush Growth.

It allowed her to use less soul power to grow more Blue Silver Vines, and her Martial Soul itself underwent further evolution. The Blue Silver Vines it produced grew longer and thicker.

As for the Huo Siblings, their Second Soul Rings came from a subspecies of the Great Strength Vajra Bear known as the Great Strength Bear. That was right—the Soul Beast corresponding to Immovable King Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul.

Although the Great Strength Vajra Bear could not compare to the famed Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear from Soul Land 2, it was still a top-tier Soul Beast, as it could grasp the profound meaning of earth and gravity. Unfortunately, like the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, it was extremely rare. However, it had two subspecies branches: the Great Strength Bear and the Vajra Bear.

They respectively inherited the Great Strength Vajra Bear's strength and defense. They could also be considered top-tier Soul Beasts, though their development paths were more specialized.

It was precisely because of this that Ye Wen chose this Soul Beast. Extreme strength was exactly what the Huo Siblings needed.

And just as expected, the Huo Siblings obtained the Second Soul Skill: Great Strength Furious Strike.

Its effect was to increase the power of a single attack by fifty percent. Unfortunately, Huo Rui's Martial Soul was slightly inferior to Huo Quan's and could only gain a forty-percent increase.

Even so, it was exceptionally terrifying. It could be called a top-tier Strength Attack System skill.