Yin Yang Bagua Fish, a Plane-Level Martial Soul

At that moment, a pattern of two fish circling each other's tails erupted around Zhao Xiaotian. His pupils changed from their original pale gray to heterochromatic black and white.

Ghost Charm, Salas, who was awakening his martial soul, and the other children who had already awakened theirs all stared wide-eyed at Zhao Xiaotian. Zhao Xiaotian floated in the air with his legs crossed, his short hair gradually growing longer.

The two fish behind him slowly formed the image of a Tai Chi Bagua Diagram. Hu Liena, standing beside Xie Yue, gazed at the floating Zhao Xiaotian with an infatuated look in her eyes.

Before long, Zhao Xiaotian opened his eyes and slowly descended, landing with the grace of a refined young gentleman. Yan's martial soul awakening had already amazed many people, but no one had expected Zhao Xiaotian's mysterious martial soul to draw all their attention away.

Yan was furious. What angered him was that Hu Liena, the girl he liked, was looking at Zhao Xiaotian with such a lovestruck expression. Without hesitation, he stepped forward in rage and pointed at Zhao Xiaotian. "Hey! Kid, I challenge you to a duel!"

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaotian did not even spare him a glance. He turned and walked toward Ghost Charm. Ignored, Yan became even more furious and threw a punch blazing with scorching flames.

Ghost Charm had initially thought rather highly of the boy, but he had not expected him to dare attack Xiaotian, whom both he and Old Chrysanthemum regarded as their adopted grandson.

"Insolence!"

Ghost Charm's furious shout carried a trace of Soul Power. Yan's incoming fist collided with it, and under the impact of that powerful Soul Power and the enormous gap in their strength, Yan's arm was instantly mangled into a bloody mess.

Ghost Charm coldly tossed down a packet of medicinal powder before leaving with Zhao Xiaotian. From that moment onward, Yan began to hate Zhao Xiaotian and Ghost Douluo Ghost Charm.

Inside the Papal Palace

After reporting what had just happened, Ghost Charm left, leaving the expressionless Zhao Xiaotian standing in the center of the papal hall. At that moment, Bibi Dong approached with a smile Qian Renxue had never seen before.

Zhao Xiaotian remained as cold as ever. Suddenly, Bibi Dong extended a hand and released her pressure. Enveloped by it, Zhao Xiaotian felt as though some colossal beast were crushing his body.

Just as Zhao Xiaotian was about to release his martial soul, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him suddenly became chaotic. Perplexed, Zhao Xiaotian casually circulated the Tai Chi Art he had cultivated in his previous life.

To his surprise, his Tai Chi Art had broken through to the Entering Dust Realm. The Transformation Realm that had plagued him for so long was finally shattered at that moment.

Zhao Xiaotian raised his head and gave this familiar adoptive mother a rare smile. Bibi Dong was somewhat stunned, thinking she had succeeded, but Zhao Xiaotian merely raised one hand and gave it a light wave. The hand Bibi Dong had just used to touch his Emotion Root was instantly knocked away.

Bibi Dong stared at her adopted son in disbelief. Zhao Xiaotian said coldly, "Mother, I want to leave Spirit Hall and live outside. I think the two years I have spent in Spirit Hall have already been enough."

Bibi Dong immediately refused. "No! You cannot leave Spirit City. Doing so will make many people sad!"

Zhao Xiaotian's expression grew even colder. Bibi Dong gave him no chance to speak, waving her hand to send Zhao Xiaotian back into his room. She then sealed the doors and windows shut with Soul Power.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaotian did not make a fuss in his room. Instead, he sat cross-legged on his bed and cultivated the Tai Chi Art within his body.

Before long, news of Zhao Xiaotian wanting to leave Spirit City reached the Worship Hall and the Hall of Elders. Qian Daoliu dispatched the Angel Legion to guard Zhao Xiaotian's room and windows day and night, preventing him from escaping.

Meanwhile, Bibi Dong sat on her bed in her sleeping chamber, staring at the ceiling. She recalled how Zhao Xiaotian had been a year ago—he had facial expressions, smiles, frustration, and tears.

But everything changed two months before his sixth birthday. At that time, Zhao Xiaotian had locked himself alone in his room. Bibi Dong had been puzzled, so she sent her Soul Power inside to observe him.

She had not known until she looked, but the sight nearly frightened her out of her wits. Zhao Xiaotian was gripping a short dagger and had forcefully plunged it into the center of his brow. Blood had already flowed into his pupils, instantly dyeing his eyes red.

Bibi Dong did not dare enter rashly, afraid of startling Zhao Xiaotian and causing him to drive the dagger deeper. Before long, Zhao Xiaotian pulled out the dagger, tossed it to the floor, and sat cross-legged on the ground, cultivating something unknown.

Suddenly, intense and unfamiliar energy fluctuations erupted from Zhao Xiaotian's room. Bibi Dong's projected Soul Power was instantly scattered, and she could no longer see anything inside his room.

Bibi Dong immediately panicked and summoned Yue Guan and Ghost Charm to go with her. When the three arrived outside Zhao Xiaotian's room, Ghost Charm gently opened the door and saw a pool of blood on the floor, along with Zhao Xiaotian lying there, blood still flowing from his brow.

Ghost Charm and Yue Guan instantly rushed forward, picked up Zhao Xiaotian, and dashed toward the nearest clinic. By coincidence, Ye Renxin, the head of the Nine Heart Begonia clan, was visiting Spirit City.

He happened to be at the clinic as well, helping treat difficult illnesses. Suddenly, two figures, one black and one yellow, rushed inside carrying a child covered in blood.

Ye Renxin's healer's heart could not remain still at the sight. He immediately took the child and placed him on a nearby bed. Ye Renxin summoned his Nine Heart Begonia martial soul and used a healing soul skill to treat Zhao Xiaotian.

An hour later, the wound on Zhao Xiaotian's brow had fully healed without leaving even the slightest scar. After Ye Renxin withdrew his martial soul, Bibi Dong arrived and asked what had happened.

Ye Renxin shook his head. "Everything else about this child is normal, but..."

"But what?"

Ye Renxin sighed. "This child will have no emotions in the future. The center of his brow is where the Emotion Root lies. He willingly severed his Emotion Root to distance himself from the mortal world, even from all things in this world."

In an instant, the scene shifted. Bibi Dong had already fallen asleep. Outside the Papal Palace, it was no longer guarded only by Holy Emperor Warriors; there were also eight hundred Angel Legion soldiers sent by the Worship Hall.

The next morning, Bibi Dong awoke from her sleep. The first thing she did was head to her adopted son's room, but when she arrived, she was stunned.

Angel Legion soldiers lay sprawled outside the room, and the door stood open. Suddenly realizing something, she rushed into the room.

Zhao Xiaotian was gone. All that remained were traces of his life there and an open wardrobe.

Bibi Dong collapsed onto the floor, muttering in disbelief, "Impossible... absolutely impossible..."

At that moment, Qian Daoliu looked down from the Worship Hall toward the Papal Palace below and was equally dumbfounded.

People lay across the roof and the ground outside the Papal Palace. They were all Holy Emperor Warriors guarding the palace perimeter, as well as the Angel Legion soldiers he had sent the day before to watch Zhao Xiaotian.