Identity Exposed (Part 2)

Lin Feng looked at his mother, who was crying before him, and was completely stunned—truly stunned. He was even more stunned than when he had learned he could transmigrate.

Lin Feng said, "Huh? Mom, I..." He did not know what to say.

Lin Lan held his wife and said to Lin Feng, "During that Great War, your mother was severely injured, and the child in her womb could not be saved. Although it had already developed a soul, it was too weak. Before it could even stabilize, it dispersed between heaven and earth. We always felt deeply sorry for that child.

"Your mother just said that you are our son because we sensed the soul aura of that child from back then within your soul. That was how we confirmed that you were the child we had not had the chance to see born. That was the reason your mother and I came here."

Lin Feng was still utterly bewildered. It was hard to believe. He could not tell whether he did not believe it or simply did not dare believe it. He had always regarded Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu as his biological parents. That was what he had always thought, and in this life, Hua Jieyu had indeed carried him for ten months and given birth to him. Yet hearing it put this way, he suddenly did not know how to feel. "But didn't you just say that the child's soul dispersed? If a soul disperses, can it still be reincarnated?"

Lin Lan said, "After discovering your soul, your mother and I deduced your past. Under the Heavenly Dao, all things retain a sliver of hope. Your mother and I both possess Immortal Physiques, so in a sense, you could be considered an Immortal Embryo. The soul of an Immortal Embryo is nurtured by itself; it is not reincarnated from the Underworld. Its innate strength is greater than that of an ordinary soul. Many people died in that Great War, and many things were destroyed. Your soul dispersed at the time, but because it had been nurtured by an Immortal Embryo, it did not disperse so quickly. By coincidence, a Five Elements Immortal Lotus was also shattered by the aftershocks of the battle. A trace of your dispersing soul attached itself to one of its shattered lotus leaves, creating that sliver of hope for you.

"The Five Elements Mutual Generation possess the power of creation, but the Five Elements Immortal Lotus had already shattered, and that power was too weak. After merging, it could only temporarily keep your soul from dispersing. Then, after many years, it slowly repaired your soul until it was capable of reincarnation. Only then did it drift into the Underworld to be reborn, giving rise to you in your previous life. When you saved the Little Princess without hesitation under those circumstances in your previous life, it was also because her soul contained the soul aura your mother had left behind. It instinctively attracted your soul aura. This was probably the cycle of karma.

"The reason you can now wield the five elemental attributes is essentially because a lotus leaf from the Five Elements Immortal Lotus fused into your soul. Its attributes were compatible with the origin of your soul, allowing you to gain those attributes by absorbing soul rings. Otherwise, having read the original novel of this world, have you ever seen anyone gain an attribute within their body merely by absorbing a soul ring?"

Lin Feng said, "So that's how it was. So when King Qin Guang said, 'They are your parents,' that was what he meant. I thought he was trying to ease my concerns about retaining my memories. Turns out he meant it literally."

Hua Jieyu said, "Neither is wrong. In this life, your mother also carried you for ten months and gave birth to you. Your father and I sent a trace of our souls to reincarnate in this world. We waited for you to come, for me to become pregnant with you, and then to give birth to you. Whether in soul or blood, you are the son of your father and me."

Lin Feng smiled at them. "Dad. Mom."

Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu smiled as well.

Lin Feng suddenly felt that there was no need for any complicated thoughts or emotions. To him, the situation was simply that his biological parents had become his biological parents. Nothing had changed. Perhaps Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu felt the joy of recovering what they had lost, but he did not. So there was no need to dwell on it. His dad and mom were still his dad and mom. They had always been his dad and mom.

Hua Jieyu said, "After a while, Mom will call your three older brothers over. Then our family can officially reunite."

Lin Feng said, "Sure. Now that I have three older brothers, I suddenly feel like I have backup whenever I go out to fight. Whoever messes with me can get beaten up by my brothers."

Sometimes, Lin Lan felt that he simply could not keep up with his son's way of thinking. After all, he had grown up in a modern technological society, and there really was quite a generation gap between him and someone like Lin Lan, who had lived in a world of cultivation.

Lin Feng said, "Speaking of which, Dad and Mom, you only sent traces of your souls to reincarnate in this world. So how strong are you now? You aren't really only Soul Douluos, are you?"

Lin Lan said, "Don't worry. A trace of each of our souls is already enough to suppress this entire world. Whatever level of Soul Power we display is merely however much we wish to display. If you need it, I can be a level 99 Limit Douluo right now."

Lin Feng said, "Then when you hunted soul beasts before, you weren't just putting on a show for me, were you? You shouldn't need to hunt soul beasts, right?"

Lin Lan said, "It wasn't an act. We really did hunt them at the time, and we really did absorb them. All the Soul Power we have so far was still cultivated after coming to this world. After all, we live in this world, so we also walk this world's path. What your father meant just now was that if you need your father to be level 99, I can use power that does not belong to this world and make it happen directly."

Lin Feng said, "Wouldn't that harm you?"

Hua Jieyu stroked her son's head. "No. You still cannot understand our cultivation level. In short, even if this entire continent and the God Realm above it exploded, our family of three would not face any danger."

Lin Feng said, "All right, I don't understand, but I get it. It means you can go all out without any worries. Then, Dad, if you only use your current Soul Douluo strength, how strong are you in a fight?"

Lin Lan said, "Put it this way: if Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen teamed up against me right now, the result would be that I'd be unharmed, and the two of them would die."

Lin Feng looked at Hua Jieyu. "What about you, Mom?"

Hua Jieyu said, "Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, and your father. If the three of them fought me, they would die, and I would be lightly injured."

Lin Lan was speechless. "Honey, there's no need to include me too, is there?"

Hua Jieyu patted him comfortingly. "Don't overthink it. You're just serving as a unit of measurement."

Lin Lan: ...

Lin Feng said, "Mom, I'm curious. How strong are you really?"

Hua Jieyu said, "In terms of cultivation, your father and I are both at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Without breaking through to the Quasi-Saint realm, there is no more room for improvement. But in terms of combat power, I am equivalent to an early-stage Quasi-Saint. Your father is slightly weaker, but even an early-stage Quasi-Saint cannot kill him."

Lin Feng said, "That's incredible! I actually have such powerful backing! Hahahaha!"

Hua Jieyu did not know whether to laugh or cry. "That's what you care about? Shouldn't you be thinking that you now have a cultivation goal?"

Lin Feng said, "Haha, that's different. It doesn't stop me from cultivating, but having such powerful backing still feels wonderful. Mom, this world is from a novel I read. Does it really exist? What exactly is going on?"

Hua Jieyu said, "It is a real world. Every novel you have read, if it has enough influence, will form a genuine small world after the novel completely ends. However, from the moment these small worlds are born, they belong to the Heavenly Realm and are governed by it.

"Many small worlds are constructed with great creativity. So some powerful figures in the Heavenly Realm reincarnate into small worlds to gain experience, while others arrange for their descendants to enter small worlds for training.

"After a small world becomes self-contained, it operates according to the worldview originally established by the author. As it operates, it gradually fills in and becomes complete. After all, an original author's setting revolves around the protagonist, while most of the world's workings take place in areas the protagonist never touches. If no one from the Upper Realm interferes, the small world will continue operating like this. If someone with great cultivation makes alterations, the small world cannot resist. Unless that person intends to destroy the world or cause it immense harm, in which case they will suffer punishment from the Heavenly Dao.

"Your father, you, and I coming to this world and causing so many things to happen were, in truth, also arrangements we forcibly made with our cultivation. We simply did not do anything world-destroying, so everything remained within the rules of the Heavenly Dao."