Sword of Promised Victory

Eastsea City, Spirit Pagoda.

Today was the annual Awakening Day.

Inside the tower, Su Qiu stood by the window in his private room and looked down.

A sea of parents and children crowded around the Spirit Pagoda.

"Awakening a Martial Soul..." Su Qiu murmured, a flicker of anticipation passing through his eyes.

After transmigrating to this world six years ago, he could finally awaken his Martial Soul. What his future held depended on whether this awakening could grant him a powerful Martial Soul.

On Douluo Continent, every human could awaken their Martial Soul through an awakening ceremony at the age of six.

A Martial Soul could be anything: an animal, a plant, an object, or even a part of one's own body. Today's Awakening Day was the day those Martial Souls would be awakened.

"Xiao Qiu."

A figure walked in. He was broad and sturdy, with a resolute face beneath his short black hair that gave him an upright, righteous air.

His name was Su Wuyan. He was the Tower Master of the Eastsea City branch of the Spirit Pagoda, a level 95 Super Douluo and a Three-word Battle Armor Master. He was also Su Qiu's uncle.

"So, you're about to awaken your Martial Soul. Excited?"

As Su Wuyan spoke, he could not resist reaching out to stroke the cute little blondie's head.

"Not really."

Though he had often imagined this day over the past six years, now that Awakening Day had truly arrived, Su Qiu felt no great emotional stir. His heart was calm. He casually said, "Skip the foreplay and get straight to the awakening."

"And, Old Man, take your stinky hand off me. Did you give birth to my head? Why are you touching it?"

"Hey, brat, I'm your uncle! What's wrong with touching your head?"

Su Wuyan did not get angry at his rude words. Instead, he increased his force and vigorously ruffled Su Qiu's head.

"Tch, keep rubbing. You'll get your comeuppance when you're old."

"What comeuppance? If you ask me, you're planning to bully me once I'm too old and weak to fight back."

"Hey, you got it right. When the time comes, you'll have to sleep with one eye open in case I pull out your oxygen tube!"

"Hahaha..."

Amid their verbal sparring, the older and younger pair arrived at an independent awakening room within the Spirit Pagoda.

Su Qiu had not gone downstairs to awaken alongside the children outside. As the Tower Master of the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, it was effortless for Su Wuyan to arrange a private awakening room for him.

The awakening room was exquisitely furnished. Even the chandelier used the latest Soul Tool technology. The room was clean and tidy, obviously having just been renovated and cleaned.

After all, this was the Tower Master's request. Even if the Tower Master said nothing, his subordinates had to conscientiously prepare everything, even going so far as to renovate the place all over again.

"Old Man, what Martial Soul do you think I'll awaken?" Su Qiu asked curiously.

"There's a very high chance it'll be the Holy Angel Martial Soul or the Bright Holy Dragon." Recalling something, a trace of loneliness flashed through Su Wuyan's eyes. "After all, those were your parents' Martial Souls."

"Of course, you might also awaken the same Bright Dragon Sparrow as me." Su Wuyan forced himself to sound cheerful. "We're blood relatives too, haha."

At the mention of his deceased parents, Su Qiu felt both sorrowful and helpless. His father possessed the Bright Holy Dragon Martial Soul, while his mother possessed the Holy Angel Martial Soul. Though still young, the two had not been far from becoming Titled Douluo. They also possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and had the potential to become Limit Douluo.

It was foreseeable that, as their child, Su Qiu's Martial Soul would not be weak either. The family of three should have had a bright future.

But when Su Qiu was four years old, the two had died at the hands of Evil Soul Masters.

Had Su Wuyan not arrived in time, Su Qiu would not have survived either.

Because of that, Su Wuyan developed a flaw in his state of mind. He blamed himself for possessing the strength of a Super Douluo yet failing to protect his younger brother and sister-in-law. He often wondered whether he could have saved his brother and sister-in-law if he had arrived just a little sooner.

That guilt extended to Su Qiu.

That was also why Su Qiu showed Su Wuyan no respect and frequently spoke so rudely to him.

Su Qiu felt that acting this way could make Su Wuyan feel a little better.

Being obedient and sensible would only make him feel more heartbroken.

"Bright Holy Dragon... It'd be better if it were the Holy Angel Martial Soul."

The Bright Holy Dragon was indeed powerful, but Su Qiu was a transmigrator. He knew clearly that in this era of Legend of the Dragon King, dragon-type Martial Souls were a trap.

Before the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King, dragon-type Martial Souls were nothing but stray dogs by the roadside.

"The Holy Angel Martial Soul would be good too. If you awaken an Angel Martial Soul, I'll take you to visit the Holy Angel Family." Su Wuyan nodded and smiled. "Those old things have plenty of good stuff."

The Holy Angel Family was the maternal family of Su Qiu's mother, Lezheng Huairou.

"The Bright Dragon Sparrow wouldn't be bad either. Then the two of us can join forces and slaughter every Evil Soul Master in the world." Su Wuyan began fantasizing.

"Let's begin."

In the awakening room, Su Qiu stood at the center.

With a casual wave of Su Wuyan's hand, a white ball of light formed from Soul Power exploded. Dazzling colors illuminated the entire room, while dense patterns around them suddenly began to glow.

It has to be the Holy Angel. Please don't let it be the Bright Holy Dragon... The Bright Dragon Sparrow won't do either. Su Qiu prayed silently.

The light flowed toward Su Qiu along the patterns. A warm current filled his entire body, slowly stirring the deepest power within him.

Something seemed to be about to emerge, and Su Qiu could not help trembling all over.

A golden pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing through the awakening room, piercing through the Spirit Pagoda, and surging straight toward the boundless heavens!

The sea of people lining up outside the Spirit Pagoda all looked up in unison, staring in shock toward the upper levels of the Spirit Pagoda before they could no longer endure it and covered their eyes.

The pillar of light was so dazzling that even the sun hanging high in the sky could not conceal its brilliance.

Within the awakening room, Su Wuyan was engulfed by the light. As a Super Douluo, his movements were incomparably swift, and he put on sunglasses in the blink of an eye.

He stared fixedly at Su Qiu in the center of the pillar of light. He was now excited beyond measure.

He had never heard of any Martial Soul awakening producing such an immense phenomenon!

It was in the bag!

Everything was in the bag!

Watching this unprecedented phenomenon, Su Wuyan felt that Su Qiu had the Potential to Become a God!

He had already begun imagining Su Qiu's invincible figure reigning over the world in the future.

The pillar of light slowly dissipated.

A sword floated before Su Qiu. Its blade had smooth lines and an elegant shape, covered by a layer of shining radiance.

The moment he reached out and grasped it, a series of messages rapidly flashed through his mind.

"This is... the Sword of Promised Victory!" Su Qiu's delight overflowed from his face.

This was the Star Holy Sword from the Fate world, a planet-level armament. Even with its power sealed by the Thirteen Restraints, it was still an extraordinarily powerful weapon. If all the seals were released, its might could even cleave apart the stars.

However, this Holy Sword was not yet that powerful. After all, it was not a real weapon and was currently only a Martial Soul. If he wanted it to become stronger, Su Qiu still needed to cultivate step by step.

"The road ahead is secure." Su Qiu knew that as long as he cultivated steadily, this Holy Sword Martial Soul alone could resolve most of the crises Douluo Continent would face in the future.

The Holy Sword was especially effective against evil!

Whether it was an invasion by the Abyss Plane or the Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult.

If they dared to invade, he would make sure they returned in crushing defeat!