The Sun Moon Empire, the Great Sun Prince Mansion.
Early morning.
Xu Zhao slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air. The breath was as sharp as a sword, gathering without dispersing and making a faint popping sound in the air.
After an entire night of tedious cultivation, the tenacious barrier within his body had finally been broken through.
"Level 94. I finally made it."
Xu Zhao murmured to himself. With a slight movement of his mind, an utterly terrifying aura instantly filled the entire secret chamber.
If not for the top-grade Soul Tool Shield here, which kept his aura from leaking out, the entire imperial city would probably have been alarmed.
Behind Xu Zhao, a Brilliant Sun abruptly rose, its golden light illuminating the room as if it were broad daylight, blazing and domineering.
Immediately afterward, nine Soul Rings slowly appeared, revolving around his body.
Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, red, red, red, red!
The last four bright-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings radiated a suffocating pressure.
Beside the blazing sun, a cool silver moon quietly appeared, shining in tandem with it.
Though only a solitary red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring hovered above it, its clear, proud chill was in no way inferior to the blazing sun's might.
Sun and Moon Shining Together, yin and yang converging.
"Level 94!"
Xu Zhao slowly withdrew his Martial Souls, feeling the abundant Soul Power within him, and couldn't help but smile.
Twenty years since his transmigration, he had relied on his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, along with the Prince Mansion's full support and resources.
Not long ago, Xu Zhao had broken through to level 90.
His father, who had been titled the Great Sun and was level 98, had taken him Soul Hunting alongside several Titled Douluo worshippers from the mansion.
In one go, they had hunted the ninth Soul Ring for his Sun Martial Soul and the first for his Moon Martial Soul.
Two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
His Soul Power had surged to the peak of level 93.
After cultivating naturally for a while longer, he had smoothly reached level 94.
He was just one step away from becoming a level 95 Super Douluo.
His fame had spread far and wide, shaking the entire Sun Moon Empire.
Countless people were certain that Xu Zhao would break through to the level 99 pinnacle before the age of fifty.
And perhaps even catch a glimpse of the Deity realm!
"It's about time I got out for some fresh air."
Xu Zhao rose to his feet and straightened his robe, preparing to open the door and leave.
Just then.
A mechanical prompt sounded without warning in Xu Zhao's mind.
A moment later, a pale-blue virtual panel suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[System loading...1%...99%...100%] [Strongest Soul Master Auxiliary System bound.] [Host's bodily functions detected as normal. Bone age scan...six years old (eight-year delay...correcting system data delay...failed, maintaining original assessment).] [Host has met the requirements for Martial Soul awakening: six years old.] [New beginner's guidance mission released: Host, please proceed as soon as possible to Holy Soul Village, south of Notting City, Fasinuo Province.] [Mission objective: Find Grandmaster Su Yuntao and have him assist you and Tang San in awakening your Martial Souls. Host will awaken the Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass.] [Mission reward: Martial Soul quality evolves into Blue Silver King; Innate Soul Power increases by one level (can exceed the Innate Full Soul Power limit).] [Note: Host's current location is in an unknown high-energy area. Please leave as soon as possible and report to the beginner village!]
Looking at the rows of pale-blue text before him, Xu Zhao's excitement over his breakthrough instantly froze.
For a moment, Xu Zhao's mind was filled with question marks.
"???"
Xu Zhao raised his hand and looked at his long, powerful fingers, then at the glaring "six years old" on the panel.
"System? What do you mean, you're eight years late?"
"And what do you mean, awaken my Martial Soul alongside Tang San?"
"I awakened my Martial Souls fourteen years ago!"
"I don't know if the system was late, or if I transmigrated early!"
Xu Zhao's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but complain aloud.
Ever since he had transmigrated into this world as an infant, he had been waiting for his cheat to arrive.
He had waited and waited, until he awakened Twin God-level Martial Souls at six, until he was named the Heir Prince.
Until he had surged ahead all the way to become a Titled Douluo...and the damn system still hadn't shown up.
Now he was level 94, not far from becoming invincible in this world, and only then had it arrived?
And what kind of ridiculous mission was this?
"You want me, a son of the Sun Moon Empire's prince, a level 94 Titled Douluo, to cross the sea to Douluo Continent and find that Soul Grandmaster Su Yuntao...to help me awaken my Martial Souls?"
"And I'm supposed to awaken a Trash Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass?"
Xu Zhao thought the world had gone mad.
But complaints aside.
Xu Zhao still felt the system had come at just the right time!
His branch of the Prince Mansion had grown increasingly powerful.
Its prestige had even surpassed that of the imperial family.
Xu Zhao saw the situation clearly.
The emperor—his uncle—had strong misgivings about it.
Xu Zhao had no desire to turn against his own family.
Rather than fight his relatives to the death,
he might as well take the Prince Mansion's people and head straight for Douluo Continent.
A few years ago, the Soul Tool fleet Xu Zhao had commissioned had been successfully built.
Besides Xu Zhao himself, his father Xu Yu, and two worshippers, there were also two ordinary Titled Douluo who would definitely follow him.
With advanced Soul Tool technology and the Soul Core method, he could head to Douluo Continent and use his knowledge of the plot to crush the opposition with an overwhelming advantage!
But until now, Xu Zhao had never been able to figure out
what era this was.
More precisely, he didn't know whether Tang San had transmigrated yet.
At this point in time, the Sun Moon Continent hadn't yet joined with Douluo Continent.
Xu Zhao worried that Tang San might already have become a god.
Then he'd be done for.
But now, judging by the system's "mission" just issued,
the system was "eight years late."
In other words,
Tang San was only fourteen right now.
If Xu Zhao went over soon enough, the Elite Tournament on Douluo Continent might not even have started yet!
The sun and moon phantoms behind Xu Zhao trembled slightly with his emotions.
The pressure they released warped the very space around them.
Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Darkness were no empty claims.
(Regarding Ultimate Attributes, Douluo I never established this setting, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. As the Douluo Planet's rank rises, more beings with Ultimate Attributes are born. In this novel's setting, the founder of the Sun Moon Empire had Ultimate Fire a thousand years ago. According to all recorded history, no Ultimate Attribute has yet appeared on Douluo Continent.)
If that man Su Yuntao were standing before him, he probably wouldn't even withstand a glance from Xu Zhao. He'd burst apart on the spot.
"Wait..."
Xu Zhao's gaze suddenly settled on the mission reward.
"Innate Soul Power increases by one level (can exceed the Innate Full Soul Power limit)?"
Xu Zhao's eyes narrowed.
At his level, his understanding of Soul Power was already profound.
Ten levels of Innate Full Soul Power was the limit for mortals.
As for someone like Qian Renxue, whose innate Soul Power was level 20, that was a divine gift.
Though his Soul Power was now as high as level 94, its foundation was still the Innate Full Soul Power he'd possessed back then.
If he could add another level on top of that—even if it was only one innate level—
it might bring about an unexpected transformation in his future path to godhood.
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