Martial Soul Awakening, Sun and Moon in the Same Sky

Sun Moon Empire, Dongyang City, City Lord's Mansion.

As the largest city and commercial hub in the north of the Sun Moon Empire, Dongyang City's City Lord's Mansion was nothing short of luxurious.

"Tianming, today is the day you awaken your Martial Soul."

In the great hall of the City Lord's Mansion, an elegant and beautiful noblewoman looked at the child in her arms, a tender smile unconsciously appearing on her face.

"Once your father returns, he will personally awaken your Martial Soul for you. Are you happy?"

Though the child in the noblewoman's arms was young, his little face was exceptionally handsome, and his eyes gleamed with wisdom far beyond his years.

"I am!"

This child was naturally Xu Tianming, who had transmigrated into the era of Peerless Tang Sect.

In the world of Douluo Continent, only children who had reached the age of six could awaken their own Martial Souls.

Xu Tianming had waited a full six years for this day. How could he not be excited?

"It is good that you are happy, but are you afraid?"

The noblewoman teasingly tapped Xu Tianming between the brows.

"Mother is making fun of me again."

Xu Tianming brushed aside the finger pointed at his forehead and shook his head.

"My Martial Soul will be nothing more than an inheritance of Father's Sun Martial Soul, or Mother's Crescent Moon Martial Soul."

"Both Father's and your Martial Souls are exceptionally powerful. I would be willing to inherit either one."

Xu Tianming's father, Xu Xiang, was the City Lord of Dongyang City. Beyond that, he was also the cousin of the current old emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.

He was a true member of the imperial clan, bearing the close bloodline of the Sun Moon Empire's royal family and inheriting the Sun Martial Soul of the Sun Moon Empire.

He was now a powerful Seven Ring Soul Saint, as well as a seventh-rank Soul Engineer.

However, the succession struggles within the Sun Moon Empire's royal family had always been rather bloody.

To avoid disaster and protect his family's safety, Xu Xiang had taken the initiative to leave Ming Capital and come to Dongyang City to live as a carefree City Lord.

"Your father's Martial Soul and mine are of similar quality. Perhaps you might even awaken Twin Martial Souls."

The noblewoman pinched Xu Tianming's cheek and smiled.

The Kong Family, to which Xu Tianming's mother Kong Yue belonged, had intermarried with the Sun Moon Empire's royal family for generations and could be considered the second-largest family in the entire Sun Moon Empire.

However, Kong Yue's Martial Soul was not the Moon Martial Soul, but another form of it: the Crescent Moon Martial Soul, which was slightly inferior in quality.

Though she was not as strong as Xu Xiang, she was still a six-ring Spirit Emperor.

However, Kong Yue's talent in Soul Tools surpassed Xu Xiang's, and she was now also a seventh-rank Soul Engineer.

"Twin Martial Souls are not that easy to come by."

Xu Tianming could not help rolling his eyes.

"We do not even know whether there are any Twin Martial Souls in the entire Sun Moon Empire!"

Though he said that aloud, Xu Tianming was thinking of the reward granted by the system.

Awaken the three great inherited Martial Souls of the Sun Moon Empire, and receive one Beneficial Martial Soul Mutation!

To a certain extent, Twin Martial Souls truly counted as a beneficial mutation of Martial Souls.

Perhaps he really might awaken Twin Martial Souls!

"Yue'er, son, I'm back!"

As the two chatted and laughed, a deep, powerful voice suddenly rang out in the hall.

A handsome middle-aged man then stepped over the threshold and strode toward the mother and son, Kong Yue and Xu Tianming.

"Son, did you miss me?"

Taking Xu Tianming from Kong Yue's arms, Xu Xiang casually tossed him lightly into the air twice.

"Our son isn't your toy. Put him down already!"

Kong Yue gave Xu Xiang a mildly reproachful smack, and only then did Xu Xiang awkwardly put Xu Tianming down.

"Father, today is the day I awaken my Martial Soul. Why did you return even later than usual?"

After straightening his slightly rumpled clothes, Xu Tianming looked curiously at Xu Xiang.

"Of course I went to prepare a gift for your Martial Soul awakening."

Xu Xiang bent down and rubbed Xu Tianming's little head twice, a mysterious smile appearing on his face.

There was nothing wrong with his son. He was sensible, handsome, and filial.

The only bad thing was that he had been precocious since childhood, always putting on the air of a little adult.

"What gift?"

Xu Tianming's eyes immediately lit up at those words.

"Heh, we can talk about the gift after your Martial Soul awakening is over."

Xu Xiang kept him in suspense, taking Xu Tianming's little hand and leading him toward the backyard. Seeing this, Kong Yue hurriedly followed behind the father and son.

The backyard of the City Lord's Mansion was a vast rear garden. Although Dongyang City lay in the frigid coastal region of the north,

the flowers in the mansion's backyard were blooming in brilliant competition, nothing like the bitterly cold land of the Extreme North.

Xu Xiang led Xu Tianming to a large open space in the backyard before releasing his hand.

"Tianming, let's begin."

"Alright, Father."

Xu Tianming nodded slightly.

Although the Sun Moon Empire had long since popularized the use of Soul Tools to awaken Martial Souls, Xu Xiang had chosen the traditional method to awaken his son's Martial Soul this time.

He placed six Awakening Stones carved with ancient runes on the ground, forming a hexagram formation.

"Go in."

At Xu Xiang's signal, Xu Tianming took two deep breaths before stepping into the formation formed by the six Awakening Stones.

Xu Xiang thrust out both hands, and six streams of Soul Power shot directly into the six Awakening Stones on the ground.

At once, a layer of golden light emerged from the six stones. It eventually connected into a golden barrier that enveloped Xu Tianming.

Xu Tianming only felt warmth spreading throughout his body, and that warmth continued to slowly seep into his body.

Crack!

It seemed as though something inside him had shattered, yet it also felt as though something had fused together.

[The host is awakening his Martial Soul. Would you like to use the rewarded Beneficial Martial Soul Mutation?]

The mechanical voice in his ear startled Xu Tianming awake from the warmth of the Martial Soul awakening.

"Yes, use it!"

Without much hesitation, Xu Tianming immediately gave the system the command.

In an instant, the light within the Awakening Formation suddenly shot into the sky.

Before the astonished eyes of Xu Xiang and Kong Yue, the soaring light transformed into the strange spectacle of Sun and Moon in the Same Sky above the City Lord's Mansion.

For a time, everyone in Dongyang City could see this strange sight.

"Brother Xiang, what Martial Soul did Tianming awaken?"

Kong Yue covered her mouth, her gaze fixed firmly on the sight of Sun and Moon in the Same Sky overhead.

"Sun and Moon in the Same Sky... What exactly is Tianming's..."

Xu Xiang did not answer Kong Yue. He merely stared without blinking at Xu Tianming, whose figure could no longer be seen within the Awakening Formation, and muttered to himself.

The phenomenon lasted for a short while before the light forming it in the sky slowly withdrew into Xu Tianming's body.

Only then did Xu Xiang and Kong Yue see that Xu Tianming was floating slightly above the ground within the Awakening Formation. Molten gold seemed to flow through his left pupil, while a tiny Solar Corona faintly glowed at its center.

His right eye resembled a whirlpool of cold silver, and deep within it, a crescent moon could faintly be seen.