Tang Yin and Tang San, Martial Soul Awakening

Heaven Dou Empire, Farnos Province.

Holy Soul Village, back mountain.

It was evening, the setting sun dipping below the horizon.

Leaving the woods, they faced the dim, amber twilight.

Two little boys, looking to be only five or six years old and dressed in patched linen clothes, trudged along the road back to the village, carrying large bamboo baskets filled with bundles of firewood.

Among them, a handsome little boy with short blue-silver hair and matching eyes looked thoroughly displeased, grumbling as he walked.

"That bastard Tang Hao, does he even deserve to be a father?"

"All he knows is drinking all day, ignoring everything else. The little money we manage to scrape together, he spends it all on booze."

"Why doesn't he just drink himself to death!"

"We're only children!"

"I could handle having to cook the meals."

"But making us chop wood and fetch water too? Is he even human!"

The boy's name was Tang Yin, five years old, turning six soon.

His identity was that of a transmigrator.

In his previous life, Tang Yin was just an ordinary college student on Earth, facing the fate of being unemployed upon graduation.

While job hunting, he accidentally encountered a truck hauling steel coils, which happened to lose its load.

One of the coils rolled straight toward a group of elementary school students who had just finished class.

Tang Yin's blood ran hot, and he rushed forward to stop the coil, but unfortunately, he lacked the strength and was crushed by the sheer force of it.

Fortunately, because of his intervention, the flowers of the motherland were likely safe.

Anyway, as an orphan, he had lived enough.

To die heroically while saving the flowers of the motherland, fighting a steel coil—it could be considered a death with meaning, a death of glory!

Yet, after dying, Tang Yin never expected that he would transmigrate.

He had transmigrated into the world of Douluo Continent, a novel and anime he had watched in his past life.

He was reborn as Tang Yin, the older brother of Tang San, a character who did not exist in the original work.

At first, Tang Yin was quite happy about this.

After all, even though his younger brother Tang San had a notorious reputation on the internet in his past life, often described as someone everyone wanted to beat up, that was only toward outsiders.

To his own family, his younger brother was actually quite decent!

Moreover, his younger brother Tang San could awaken the Twin Martial Souls: the Clear Sky Hammer and the Blue Silver Emperor.

As identical twins, there was a high probability he could too!

In the future, wouldn't that make him a person of status?

However, later on, Tang Yin discovered that he had been too optimistic about life.

Although the novel and anime summarized Tang San's growth in just a few strokes, basically implying that Tang Hao was a deadbeat but it wasn't a big deal, once Tang Yin became Tang San's brother, he realized just how desperate the situation with this bastard Tang Hao truly was!

Who could imagine someone feeding rice porridge to a newborn infant?

And before they were even two years old, he completely neglected them.

He left two children under the age of two to cook for themselves, and even forced them to chop wood and fetch water.

If it weren't for the fact that he had naturally awakened the bloodline of his mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, giving him a fairly resilient vitality, and the fact that Old Jack the village chief, along with other uncles and aunts in the village, often helped out, Tang Yin felt he would have been long gone.

After all, he wasn't like his younger brother Tang San, who was already cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

"Big Brother, please don't talk about Dad like that."

"No matter what, Dad gave us the gift of life and raised us!"

Beside him, Tang San spoke earnestly, hoping to ease the relationship between his big brother Tang Yin and their father, Tang Hao.

But upon hearing this, Tang Yin merely curled his lips, feeling nothing but disdain in his heart.

Father?

There are plenty of fathers in this world!

But not everyone is worthy of being called one!

At the very least, this drunken coward Tang Hao is completely unworthy!

His mother isn't even dead!

Yet this guy spends every day drowning his sorrows, with no one knowing what he's actually doing.

Is Martial Soul Hall really that terrifying?

Does it make a dignified Clear Sky Douluo like Tang Hao lose even the slightest heart to resist?!

Furthermore, while he acknowledges the debt of birth, he certainly does not acknowledge the debt of raising!

Otherwise, would they be out here chopping firewood right now just because they had nothing better to do?

The two brothers walked one after the other through the village, where smoke curled from the chimneys.

They arrived at the west end of the village, at a dilapidated blacksmith shop.

Scrap iron and coal cinders were piled at the entrance, and the air was permanently filled with the scent of rust and coal dust.

Before they even entered, a pungent stench of cheap alcohol rushed to meet them.

Tang Yin's brows furrowed even tighter as he kicked open the ajar wooden door with a loud "bang."

The room was dim, and a burly, unshaven man was sprawled across a battered wooden table, snoring like thunder with several empty wine jars rolling around him.

This was Tang Hao, the father of him and his younger brother Tang San in this life.

Seeing this scene, Tang Yin's anger flared up.

Drinking, drinking, drinking all day—why haven't you just drunk yourself to death!

At this moment, Tang San had already walked over silently, skillfully gathering the scattered wine jars to the side before picking up a broom to sweep away the trash and alcohol stains on the floor.

His movements were meticulous, as if he were doing something of the utmost importance.

He turned a deaf ear to his father's earth-shattering snores.

This left Tang Yin feeling quite helpless.

He felt that this brother of his, a slave to their father, was truly beyond saving!

Just then, a series of somewhat hurried footsteps approached from afar.

An old man with white hair and beard, looking spirited and leaning on a cane, appeared at the door; it was Old Jack, the village head of Holy Soul Village.

He first poked his head in to look inside, his brows twitching imperceptibly as his gaze swept over the drunken Tang Hao.

Then, his eyes landed on Tang Yin and Tang San, and his face broke into a kind smile.

"Little Yin, Little San, you're both home?"

Old Jack's voice was resonant, carrying the characteristic kindness of an elder.

"Grandpa Jack, you're here."

Upon seeing Old Jack, Tang Yin's small face immediately lit up with a smile, and he was very respectful.

Compared to this so-called father, Tang Hao.

He felt that from childhood to adulthood, Village Head Old Jack had provided much more help to the two brothers!

"Grandpa Jack."

At this, Tang San also stopped his work and greeted him respectfully.

Old Jack stroked his snow-white beard and chuckled.

"Little Yin, Little San, I've come to notify you!"

"Remember to come for your Martial Soul Awakening tomorrow morning; don't be late!"

After saying this, Old Jack turned and left, preparing to notify the others.

"Martial Soul Awakening?"

Tang San murmured, seemingly very curious.

Is it finally time for the Martial Soul Awakening?

A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Tang Yin's eyes, and he was very curious in his heart.

What kind of martial soul would he awaken in this life?

But since he and Tang San were twins, there was a high probability they would also awaken the twin martial souls of Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer.

He just didn't know what their Innate Soul Power would be.

The next day, early morning.

Inside the Martial Soul branch hall of Holy Soul Village.

After the arrival of the famous Brother Tao.

Tang Yin and Tang San stood together at the end of the line, waiting for their Martial Soul Awakening.

A tall, slender young man in a white uniform with handsome features stood at the front, and after setting up the awakening formation, he began to introduce himself.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Su Yuntao, a deacon of the Martial Soul Hall, and I am responsible for presiding over your Martial Soul Awakening ceremony today."

"Do not be afraid when the time comes!"

Afterward, in front of everyone, Su Yuntao summoned his Martial Soul, Lone Wolf, to perform Martial Soul Possession, transforming into a werewolf and frightening many of the children.

However, Tang Yin and Tang San remained unaffected.

Tang Yin's eyes were filled with anticipation.

Wow!

Is this Martial Soul Possession?

It's just like a transformation; it's actually quite cool!

It's just a pity that my Martial Soul is most likely the unawakened Blue Silver Grass, and as for the Clear Sky Hammer, I won't be able to transform with it.

Tang Yin felt a twinge of regret in his heart.

As for Tang San, his eyes shimmered with intrigue.

Is this that mysterious Martial Soul?

I wonder if the fact that my Mysterious Heaven Skill has yet to break through the first layer has anything to do with not having absorbed any Spirit Rings.