Martial Soul Awakening Shocks the World

Time flew by, and another two years passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Liangchen was now six years old and had grown much taller, reaching around 1.2 meters. Two years of practicing the Five Elements Divine Fist had also made his body far stronger. He could now lift several times his own weight with one hand.

After two years of cultivation, Ye Liangchen had also reached the Beginner Realm of the first volume of the Primordial Chaos Sutra.

This divine technique had no strict divisions based on Soul Master levels. According to Ye Liangchen's own estimation, the range from Soul Master to Soul King corresponded to the Minor Achievement Realm, while the range from Soul King to Titled Douluo was the Major Achievement Realm. Perfection Realm should correspond to a level 99 Limit Douluo, while the Transcendent Realm meant Level 100 Godhood. The Mystic Realm corresponded to the range from Third Level God to First Level God, the Divine Mystery Realm corresponded to God King, and the Supreme Realm was the God of Creation, perhaps even higher.

Every major realm had to be progressed through step by step. As for the specifics, he would have to verify them one by one in the future.

Ye Liangchen had also cultivated the Five Elements Divine Fist to the Beginner Realm, though he still could not form Soul Power into tangible shapes. When practicing this fist technique, he usually hid in the small forest furthest from the academy to keep others from seeing him.

Over these two years, Ye Liangchen had racked his brains and finally managed to get Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiao Die, and Lan Xiao Ling to take the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill at different times.

Throughout the process, Ye Liangchen mixed the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill into Sugar Beans and personally fed them to the three women. For instance, when the Lan Xiao Ling sisters were handling the academy's daily documents, Ye Liangchen would pour them a cup of hot tea, then bring out Sugar Beans as snacks for them to eat.

The three women were thoroughly touched by the little fellow's filial devotion. When the energy within the Foundation Establishment Pill nourished their bodies and made them feel warm all over, they assumed it was simply the warmth of happiness and affection. None of them suspected they had taken some miraculous pill.

To make them consume the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill without noticing anything unusual, Ye Liangchen had put in tremendous effort. Fortunately, the pill did not disappoint him. Over these two years, the Lan Xiao Ling sisters' Soul Power had each risen by one level, and even the old dean, Shui Lingfeng, had improved likewise.

On this day, Ye Liangchen's Martial Soul Awakening ceremony officially began. The academy's upper ranks gathered within the Spirit Awakening Hall to witness the moment. After all, Ye Feng and Liu Ru Yan had both possessed Innate Full Soul Power. Ye Feng's Martial Soul had been a mysterious treasured sword, while Liu Ru Yan's had been a mysterious Humanoid Spirit. Both husband and wife's Martial Souls had been mysterious and powerful, so everyone wanted to see whether the little fellow would awaken Twin Martial Souls.

The Shui Bing'er sisters, Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, and the other little girls also watched curiously.

"Little Chen! Grandma will awaken your Martial Soul for you."

Shui Lingfeng took Ye Liangchen's hand and led him before the Spirit Awakening Ritual.

"Little Chen! You can do it! Big Sister believes you'll definitely awaken a powerful Martial Soul." Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the other girls waved and cheered for Ye Liangchen from the side.

The Spirit Awakening Ritual was a formation made from six fist-sized blue gemstones and several pieces of jade. The six gems formed a hexagram, engraved with lines of runes. A jade pillar supported it from below, and a blue crystal ball sat atop it, specially used to test Soul Power Level. This crystal ball could measure up to level thirty Soul Power.

This sort of apparatus was not especially expensive. Every year, Spirit Hall sent many deacons throughout the continent with awakening rituals to awaken Martial Souls for commoners.

However, the materials used for Skywater Academy's set looked extremely precious. It likely cost several hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Soul Masters were the highest-ranking profession in this world. The best resources across the entire continent were controlled by Spirit Hall, the great sects, and the empires.

It was extremely difficult for commoner children at the bottom of society to become Soul Masters. That was why Spirit Hall established Spirit Branch Halls everywhere to awaken Martial Souls for commoners free of charge. It also used this method to discover talent. After all, everyone in this world possessed a Martial Soul, and among the vast number of commoners, there would always be a few promising seedlings.

"Grandma Dean, what should I do?"

Looking at the miraculous device before him, Ye Liangchen was also curious about what his two Martial Souls would be.

"Little Chen! Stand in the middle of that hexagonal formation. Relax your mind and don't be nervous."

"Chirp, chirp..."

After instructing Ye Liangchen to stand properly, Shui Lingfeng summoned her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. The moment it appeared, it let out a phoenix cry, and the temperature throughout the hall instantly dropped.

"Buzz, buzz..."

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black. Eight Spirit Rings slowly rose from Shui Lingfeng's body, forming a huge circle around her.

"Grandma Dean, your Martial Soul is amazing!"

Seeing this Martial Soul and those eight Spirit Rings in person, Ye Liangchen was slightly shocked. This was far more impressive than watching anime in his previous life.

"Little Chen! This is Grandma's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. Now Grandma will channel Soul Power into the formation and send it into your body to awaken your Martial Soul. Don't get nervous!" Shui Lingfeng reminded the little fellow again, afraid that he might become anxious.

"I understand."

Ye Liangchen closed his eyes, relaxed, and stood quietly in the center of the formation. After all, in his previous life, he had read countless novels where Blind Douluo Tao Ge awakened Martial Souls for transmigrators. He was already very familiar with this routine.

"Buzz, buzz..."

Shui Lingfeng placed her hand into a groove in the formation and continuously poured Soul Power into it.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

In an instant, the formation activated. The six gemstones shone as a steady stream of Soul Power passed through the formation and into Ye Liangchen's body, making him feel incomparably comfortable.

With his consciousness, Ye Liangchen also sensed that the Martial Souls belonging to his game character had been unsealed within his body. A line of text appeared as well: Use or not?

"Use."

With a thought, the two Martial Souls immediately merged into his body. Yet the displayed information left Ye Liangchen utterly stunned. His two Martial Souls were actually the Goddess of Life and Chun Jun, one of the Ten Ancient Famous Swords.

Hiss! The Goddess of Life was one of the Five Great God Kings! She was actually his Martial Soul. In that case, would the Destruction God King come after him with a blade?

But when Ye Liangchen remembered that this Martial Soul had been brought to him by the game's Cheat System, the problem should not be serious. Still, shouldn't the Goddess of Life Spirit come with Divine Equipment? Could it be that it had not fully awakened yet?

Forget it. He would take things one step at a time.

"Buzz, buzz..."

Shui Lingfeng continued channeling Soul Power into Ye Liangchen's body, but the little fellow's Martial Soul still had not awakened. She felt as if his body were a bottomless pit, endlessly absorbing her Soul Power.

"Come over and help quickly! I can sense that Little Chen's Martial Soul is extremely powerful!" Shui Lingfeng shouted to everyone.

"Heavens! What kind of Martial Soul does this little fellow have?" Granny Li, Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, An Qi, Li Suyan, and the other higher-ups were all incomparably shocked.

"I told you Little Chen's Martial Soul would definitely be powerful." Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and the other girls cheered excitedly from afar.

"This is unbelievable."

Upon hearing her mother say this, Lan Xiao Die and Lan Xiao Ling were instantly overjoyed. They rushed over in a single stride, summoned their Martial Souls, and poured Soul Power into the formation's grooves.

"Pop..."

As the three women poured in their abundant Soul Power, Ye Liangchen felt as though something inside his body had broken free from its shell.

"Buzz, buzz..."

A green beam of light shot skyward from Ye Liangchen's body. Dense life energy spread through the air, making everyone in the hall feel incomparably comfortable.

"Mmm..."

Nourished by that Life Power, Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, and several other teachers could not help letting out pleased moans.

A beautiful woman drifted out from Ye Liangchen's left hand and attached herself behind his back.

She possessed peerless beauty and a tall, graceful figure. Her exquisite jade-like feet were wrapped in green ribbons, as though they were the finest works of art. She wore a green dress, and even her hair was green. Her ethereal, otherworldly aura made her seem like a celestial fairy.

Immediately afterward, an ancient long sword appeared in Ye Liangchen's right hand, standing behind him on his right side.

The sword was three feet three inches long. Its blade was covered in ancient patterns, its hilt blackish yellow and set with six purple gemstones. It was exceptionally exquisite, a sword of unparalleled nobility.

The moment Chun Jun Sword emerged, the sharp aura radiating from its edge seemed capable of splitting the heavens apart. It was a beautiful yet dangerous sword, its gorgeous exterior concealing a razor-sharp presence.

"Heavens! Twin Martial Souls!"

"Little Chen's Humanoid Spirit is so beautiful!"

Everyone in the hall was dumbstruck, their mouths hanging open in O-shapes.

"Little Chen inherited his parents' Martial Souls, but they seem to have mutated."

"This mutation should be a beneficial one."

Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die knew that Ye Feng's Martial Soul was called Dragon's Roar Sword, while Liu Ru Yan's Martial Soul was a likeness of herself, except with white hair.

Ye Liangchen checked his own hair and saw that it had not turned green from the Goddess of Life Spirit Possession. He finally let out a sigh of relief.

If the Goddess of Life Spirit Possession had turned his hair green, then it really would have become: if you wanted a happy life, your head needed a little green.

At the same time Ye Liangchen awakened his Martial Souls, Bibi Dong and Qiandao Liu, far away in Spirit City within the Papal Hall and Worship Hall respectively, opened their eyes.

"Could this kind of power be the aura of a god? But what is that other mysterious, razor-sharp aura?"

Bibi Dong had undergone the Rakshasa God Test and carried Rakshasa God's Thought within her, while Qiandao Liu was also the guardian of the Angel Temple. Naturally, they could sense the aura of Divine Power.

"A god's aura has appeared on the continent. Who could it be?"

"Tang Chen, Tang Chen! Are you still alive?"

Far away on Sea God Island, Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi sighed.

"Heh heh heh... Interesting! As long as it doesn't interfere with me, whatever."

In Slaughter City, a powerful figure with two horns on his head, red demonic markings across his face, and a red glow around his body drank a cup of Bloody Mary, then revealed an evil smile.

Beneath Lake of Life at the center of Star Dou Forest, within a great hall, a sleeping Silver Dragon suddenly opened her eyes.

"This is the aura of Life Divine Power. It has actually appeared on a human child." The Silver Dragon carefully sensed it, her shock immense.

The Silver Dragon was the ruler of Douluo Continent, the Soul Beast Ancestor known as the Silver Dragon King. She was a Divine Beast, but she had suffered severe injuries and now possessed only the strength of a Third Level God. Naturally, she was intimately familiar with Divine Power.

During the Dragon God War of old, Asura God had cleaved the Dragon God apart with a single stroke of the Asura Sword, splitting him into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. The Golden Dragon King had been captured by the God Realm, while the Silver Dragon King fled the God Realm with her heavily injured body and came to Douluo Continent, where she hid beneath Lake of Life to recover.

"Hmm! Life Divine Power has appeared on a child. Could the Goddess of Life be plotting something?"

"She has always disliked conflict. Why would she act so unusually?"

The Silver Dragon King muttered to herself. Among the several God Kings of the God Realm, only the Goddess of Life had left her with a somewhat favorable impression. She deeply hated the other God Kings, especially Asura God. The wound he had inflicted upon her with the Asura Sword still carried Asura God's Power, and it had yet to heal.

"Di Tian!"

The Silver Dragon King awakened the sleeping Black Dragon King, Di Tian, intending to have him investigate the matter.

"My liege! Why have you awakened?"

Di Tian transformed into a man dressed in black and arrived at the hall beneath the lake.

"The aura of the Goddess of Life's Divine Power has appeared on a human child. Keep an eye on his movements from now on."

"The Goddess of Life? My liege, could the God Realm be coming to kill us?"

The moment Di Tian heard the Silver Dragon King mention the Goddess of Life, he was stunned. Wherever the Goddess of Life was, the God of Destruction would surely be nearby. That was not someone they could contend with.

"I don't yet know what the Goddess of Life intends to do. My intuition tells me this matter may very well benefit us. We will watch and wait, but do not harm that child under any circumstances. Otherwise, if the Destruction God King becomes enraged, all of us will be finished."

After saying this, the Silver Dragon King returned to sleep.

"Rest assured, my liege!"

Di Tian respectfully accepted the order and withdrew from the hall. Whatever his liege commanded, he would carry it out.

"Di Tian! What happened?"

At that moment, a green-haired woman in a dark green dress came to Di Tian's side and asked curiously.

"My liege said that Life Divine Power has appeared on a human child. It may bring a turning point for our Soul Beast race."

"Then what should we do? Capture that human child?"

"No! We must consider this matter carefully. We cannot judge the future's direction yet. We will watch and wait for now."

Di Tian cut off the green-clad woman's suggestion. He thought to himself that anyone who dared touch a person connected to the Goddess of Life was courting death. Who could withstand the wrath of the Destruction God King?

Meanwhile, in the God Realm above Douluo World, the Goddess of Life sat listlessly within the God Realm Central Hall.

"So boring! So boring! When will I be able to go beyond the God Realm and take a look?"

Some time ago, Asura God had interfered in matters on Douluo Continent and was discovered by the Destruction God King. Such open violation of the rules was something the Destruction God King could not tolerate. Thus, he argued with Asura God, and the two nearly came to blows. In the end, under pressure, Asura God temporarily surrendered his law enforcement authority over the God Realm Central, which was being managed by the Life God King for the time being.

Using the Surveillance Artifact, the Goddess of Life observed the circumstances of the 108 Life Planets below. Suddenly, she sensed a powerful life aura from Douluo Continent, identical to her own Divine Power.

"Huh! What's going on?"

Through the surveillance device, the Goddess of Life carefully examined the world of Douluo Continent. In an instant, she saw a human child awaken the Goddess of Life Spirit.

"This little fellow is truly unbelievable. I never bestowed a Martial Soul upon him, so how did this happen? And he even has a mysterious longsword Martial Soul whose rank I cannot sense. This is so interesting."

"No matter what, this little fellow is fated with me. I might as well pass my divine position to him!"

"Hmm! That longsword is of a very high rank. It should be able to withstand Little Zi's Destruction Divine Power. I can have him test it later."

The Goddess of Life was kind by nature. Even when she saw that a human child's Martial Soul was the same as her own, she could not bear to harm him. Instead, she felt that this was an opportunity.

She and the Destruction God King were husband and wife. Because the Destruction God King's Divine Power conflicted with her Life Power, they had never been able to conceive a child. Faced with such dull and tedious life for so long, the Goddess of Life had long grown weary of it. She desperately wanted to leave the cage of the God Realm and see the world beyond.

Now, a human boy on Douluo Continent had actually awakened the Goddess of Life Spirit. She therefore planned to use the opportunity to pass down her divine position, and she even intended to bring her husband along.

Using her authority over the God Realm Central, the Goddess of Life observed Ye Liangchen's Life Spirit and silently considered how to pass her divine position to the boy.

"Hmm! I've got it. Isn't she recovering from her injuries on Douluo Continent? I'll simply have her help this little fellow! The future Dual God King will surely bring different changes to the God Realm!"

Since the Goddess of Life had not left behind a shrine on Douluo Continent, she decided to use other methods to help Ye Liangchen grow.

Ye Liangchen still had no idea that the moment he awakened his Martial Souls, these great figures had fixed their eyes upon him.

At this moment, several higher-ups of Skywater Academy curiously examined Ye Liangchen's Martial Souls. A Humanoid Spirit and a sword—it was truly miraculous.

"Little Chen, what are your Martial Souls called?" Lan Xiao Die asked from the side.

"Aunt Lan! My Martial Souls are called the Goddess of Life and Chun Jun Sword." The higher-ups of Skywater Academy knew nothing about such unfamiliar Martial Souls.

"Chun Jun Sword? Goddess of Life? Is that a god?" Over a thousand years ago, Heavenly Water Sect had once been a great sect. Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die, as direct descendants, knew some of the legends regarding gods.

"Not a god, just Martial Souls."

Ye Liangchen explained that he had merely awakened the Goddess of Life Spirit. Still, he wondered whether the great figures of the God Realm had noticed him. He hoped they had not. Being watched from above all day would be uncomfortable.

"Let's test his Innate Soul Power first. Logically speaking, with Martial Souls as powerful as Little Chen's, his Innate Soul Power Level should not be low."

"Little Chen, place your hand on the crystal ball and channel in your Soul Power."

Shui Lingfeng handed the Water Soul Power Ball to Ye Liangchen, allowing him to test it.

"Buzz, buzz..."

When Ye Liangchen infused the Soul Power Crystal Ball with Soul Power, it immediately erupted with blinding radiance and displayed a result.

"Innate Full Soul Power!"

Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiao Die, Su Lin, and the others cried out. Just as they had guessed, it was Innate Full Soul Power.

"This little fellow is incredible."

Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, and the others praised Ye Liangchen's astonishing talent. He truly was Ye Feng and Liu Ru Yan's child. Was this what it meant when dragons gave birth to dragons and phoenixes gave birth to phoenixes?

Ye Liangchen found it strange. Logically, a God King-level Martial Soul like the Goddess of Life should have started at Innate Soul Power level twenty at minimum, yet he only had level ten. Could all that Soul Power have been absorbed by his body? Or was this Martial Soul merely granted by the game and unrelated to the Goddess of Life? That was probably the reason. Moreover, his Goddess of Life Spirit was somewhat different from the Goddess of Life in the God Realm and even seemed to possess offensive capabilities.

Forget it. Starting with level ten Soul Power was not bad. In any case, he had a Cheat System, so he did not need to worry about leveling up at all.

"Everyone must keep Little Chen's Twin Martial Souls a secret."

"There is no need for him to register at Spirit Hall either. As for that Soul Master Subsidy, there is absolutely no need."

Lan Xiao Die exchanged a glance with her mother, then addressed the academy's higher-ups and instructed them to keep it confidential. Ye Liangchen's talent was too outstanding. If word got out, people with ulterior motives would surely target him.

"Rest assured, Dean. We know what to do."

These teachers were all trusted people. They understood how important the little fellow was.

"Now Little Chen can study with us." Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the other girls crowded around him, cheering excitedly.

"Can I skip school? I can just study cultivation with Grandma Dean in the Purple Bamboo Courtyard."

Ye Liangchen asked Lan Xiao Die for her opinion. There was nothing worth learning about Douluo Continent's knowledge. He had already become very familiar with it through novels and anime in his previous life.

To be honest, Ye Liangchen really did not want to attend classes with a bunch of little girls. Being surrounded by them every day would destabilize his Dao heart and make him feel awkward.

"No! You must go through the introductory Soul Master learning stage. Besides learning Soul Master knowledge, there are other things you need to learn as well."

Lan Xiao Die rejected Ye Liangchen's request and directly arranged for him to attend school with Shui Bing'er and the others.

"Build a house especially for Little Chen. He is already six years old. Let him learn to take care of himself at school. If a young eagle wishes to fly higher, it must experience hardship."

Although Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die wanted very much to keep the little fellow at their side, he had now awakened his Martial Souls. He had to learn independence if he wanted to go farther.

Lan Xiao Die was very strict regarding Ye Liangchen's education. The little fellow usually avoided the academy's little girls, and she believed it was because he had no parents. She needed him to attend school with children his own age and experience a happy childhood.

Sigh! I'm finished. There's no escaping it now! He was only a six-year-old child, unable to argue against the adults' arrangements. It seemed he would still have to attend school with this group of little girls.

Fortunately, Lan Xiao Die and the others were planning to build a house specifically for him. That was not bad. After class, he could peacefully cultivate the Primordial Chaos Sutra and Five Elements Divine Fist there.

"Little Chen! What are you so shy about? Isn't it nice to study with so many pretty older girls?"

Su Lin walked over to Ye Liangchen, crouched down beside him, and stroked the little guy's head, feeling an inexplicable thrill in her heart. At last, I can properly train this little guy.

"Everyone, disperse for now! Tomorrow, we'll take the little guy to obtain his first Spirit Ring. Teacher Su Lin, come with us first thing tomorrow morning." Lan Xiao Die waved her hand, sending everyone off.

"Yes, Dean." As Ye Liangchen's beginner mentor, Su Lin had to take part in the little guy's acquisition of his first Spirit Ring.

Lan Xiao Die took Ye Liangchen back to her office building to plan for the little guy's future. He was the key to whether they could rebuild their sect in the future.