Five Elements Faceless Disc

"Yes! The Five Elements Faceless Disc!" Little Heavenly Dao proudly manifested the martial soul's appearance. "This martial soul is absolutely one of a kind in the current world. It's perfect for my boy!"

"But the suitability we're talking about is compatibility with cultivation techniques." Tang Ling rubbed her forehead with a sigh, then poked Little Heavenly Dao. "Your boy's first martial soul needs to be a long-range combat type, to make up for the Tang Sect Techniques' weakness in direct combat."

"Am I really that unreliable?" Little Heavenly Dao immediately retorted after being questioned. "This is a long-range combat type!"

"Is it?" Tang Ling carefully examined the martial soul it had manifested and continued questioning it skeptically.

"Yes!" Little Heavenly Dao declared firmly. Then, under the doubtful gazes of the two, it explained while using Spirit Power to form illusions. "The Five Elements Faceless Disc is an elemental long-range weapon martial soul.

"The five elements are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. As for facelessness, it means that attacks launched through the Faceless Disc have no fixed form.

"If you practice swordsmanship, your attacks will be sword qi. And so on. If you master all eighteen martial arts, then with this martial soul, your enemies won't be able to figure out your fighting style in battle!"

As Little Heavenly Dao explained, the illusion began to change. Within it, a Soul Master stood with Spirit Rings glowing beneath his feet, a disc held in his left hand while his right hand traced motions through the air.

Opposite the little figure, a Soul Beast was swiftly defeated and knocked to the ground by golden sword qi.

"This person's martial soul is the Metal Formless Disc, and he learned swordsmanship. Among Soul Masters of the same level, none could match his combat strength.

"And the Five Elements Faceless Disc can control all five elements. Just imagine it. In a fight, you hit them with a fireball first. While they're putting out the fire, a cluster of metal arrows follows right after. They wouldn't even be able to defend themselves! How cool is that?"

Little Heavenly Dao withdrew the illusion and swayed its body smugly, its tone full of pride.

"Then why wasn't such a powerful martial soul passed down?" Tang Ling sharply caught the issue and looked at Little Heavenly Dao with a faint smile.

Under her gaze, Little Heavenly Dao gradually stiffened. Then it twisted around a few times hesitantly before answering in a small voice, "Because the requirements for this martial soul are too harsh.

"The first five Spirit Rings must be acquired according to the laws of the five elements, while the last four Spirit Rings must all belong to the same element.

"As the population grew, Soul Beasts became fewer. This martial soul was eliminated by the natural course of the world.

"Even similar single-element Formless Discs were driven to extinction under these harsh conditions."

"But that isn't a problem for us!" After sensing the frozen atmosphere, Little Heavenly Dao hurriedly added, "I'm the Heavenly Dao. I can find every Soul Beast on the continent, so this martial soul's only weakness is practically nonexistent!"

"Then this martial soul really is incredible," Tang San said after hearing this. His eyes grew brighter and brighter as he looked eagerly at Tang Ling, hoping she would offer her opinion.

Tang Ling shot Little Heavenly Dao a sidelong glance. Taking the hint, it pulled an enormous history book from its tiny body and handed it to her.

Tang Ling accepted it and flipped through it carefully.

Before society was established, the highly offensive Five Elements Faceless Disc had indeed been the most powerful top-tier martial soul.

After humans drove the Soul Beasts into the Star Dou Great Forest and began establishing society, the Five Elements Faceless Disc gradually degenerated into single-element Formless Discs as Soul Beasts dwindled.

But as the hunting of Soul Beasts intensified, even people with ordinary elements could no longer find all the Soul Beasts they needed, much less those with rare elements.

Then, the Formless Disc became a useless martial soul and was eventually eliminated from the world entirely.

"It'll work!" Tang Ling closed the history book, rubbed Little Heavenly Dao once, and nodded at the two of them.

Having received her answer, the man and the Heavenly Dao excitedly bumped into each other. Tang San was even more openly delighted, cradling the little ball and rubbing his cheek against it before placing it on his head and letting it roll around.

Tang Ling watched the scene and could not help laughing.

Then, upon hearing a knock at the door, she decisively broke up the moment. "Stop fooling around. Dinner's ready. Eat first, then go rest. You can get excited again tomorrow when we plant the martial soul."

"We'll listen to Senior Sister!" Tang San nodded heavily, his face full of joy. Then, amid Little Heavenly Dao's startled cry, he clumsily caught the little ball as it slid off his head.

Tang Ling laughed at the sight, then decisively headed outside alone. The two little fools were fun to tease, but Tang Ling was tired and needed food and rest.

Seeing Tang Ling leave, Tang San hurriedly placed Little Heavenly Dao onto the Spirit Gathering Disc on the table. Ignoring its indignant protests, he quickly followed after Tang Ling.

The two people who needed to eat hurried toward the dining hall amid Little Heavenly Dao's complaints.

The next day at noon, in the basement of Princess Manor.

"Are you ready?" Little Heavenly Dao's childish, ethereal voice was unusually serious.

"Ready. We can begin at any time." Tang Ling looked at the two trays prepared on the table and nodded solemnly.

"I... I'm ready too!" Sitting cross-legged on a cushion, Tang San felt the solemn atmosphere and grew even more nervous. He answered hesitantly, his hand unconsciously gripping the corner of his clothes.

Seeing this, Tang Ling bent down, lifted his chin with her hand, and met his gaze. "Don't worry. Senior Sister is here."

Looking into the gentle black eyes before him, Tang San's heartbeat miraculously slowed. He said nothing, only nodded lightly as his gaze became firm.

"Then let's begin!" Satisfied with his response, Tang Ling straightened up and stood facing east.

She raised a hand, took out a stick of incense from her storage space, and closed her eyes as she bowed with it in hand. "I respectfully ask the Grand Dao to bestow its blessing!"

As soon as her words fell, the incense in Tang Ling's hand ignited without fire. The next second, an incomparably profound aura enveloped her. When she rose and opened her eyes, one of her black eyes had turned gold.

"Begin, Little Heavenly Dao." As she spoke, Tang Ling walked to the table and picked up an item from one of the trays.

"Understood!" Little Heavenly Dao trembled twice upon sensing the Grand Dao's aura, then quickly floated before Tang San's forehead.

"Ah Yin, come."

Along with her gentle voice came Tang Ling's warm hand. Her slender fingers held the Soul Power thread released by Little Heavenly Dao as it gently touched Tang San's brow.

Before Tang San could react, a mass of white substance glimmering with pale blue light slowly floated out from between his eyebrows.

After emerging, the white mass swayed before Tang San's eyes, as though greeting him, or perhaps bidding him farewell. Then, guided by the thread, it settled into the Soul-Nourishing Jade in Tang Ling's hand.

"Removing the foreign Heavenly Dao Mark will be very painful. Hold on. Don't give up." Tang Ling set down the blue jade, then picked up another black cube and looked at Tang San.

"Mm!" Tang San moved his body a little and nodded solemnly. With Senior Sister here, how could he give up?

Once Tang San had settled himself, Little Heavenly Dao, which had just floated before his forehead, swiftly moved to a spot above and slightly in front of his head.

"I respectfully ask the Grand Dao for assistance!"

Little Heavenly Dao's voice was solemn and dignified. Then it rapidly descended, only to be caught by something invisible the instant it touched the ground.

The next moment, the little ball slowly rose into the air and gradually transformed into a miniature figure. Once its humanoid form solidified, it quickly sat cross-legged in the air above Tang San's head.

"Close your eyes!" Tang Ling shouted sharply. Tang San instantly came back to himself and shut his eyes.

The next second, a blast of cold rushed toward Tang San. His entire body trembled, then relaxed as he allowed the chill to seep into him. In an instant, extreme cold filled his body, inside and out, even reaching his soul.

But the cold did not last long, because what came next was excruciating pain.

It was the soul-piercing agony of being torn apart alive. As time passed, the pain slowly spread deeper and deeper into his soul, until an even deadlier pain overwhelmed it.