Second Martial Soul, Physical Body!

And what about her Chen'er?

Compared to those ordinary mortals, Xue Bingchen was simply blessed by heaven, a favored child of fate!

Not only was he as handsome as a celestial child, but he had also awakened the absolute top-tier martial soul, the Heavenly Snow Woman.

Yes, my Chen'er is destined to be extraordinary, Snow Empress thought to herself.

Just as the Ice and Snow Empresses were filled with delight and prepared to take out a testing crystal "borrowed" from human society to test Xue Bingchen's Soul Power, believing this earth-shaking martial soul awakening ceremony had come to a perfect conclusion...

A sudden change occurred!

"Buzz—!"

Xue Bingchen, who had already calmed down, suddenly shuddered violently without warning.

Immediately afterward, the icy aura he had just withdrawn into his body was forcibly suppressed by an entirely different power.

An incomparably dazzling, strange radiance of brilliant gold and dark crimson suddenly burst from the surface of his body!

There was not the slightest trace of icy cold within this light. Instead, it overflowed with wild, tyrannical Bloodline Power, terrifying enough to seem capable of swallowing mountains and rivers!

"Th-this... what is happening?!"

The smile on Ice Empress's face instantly froze. She abruptly took a step back, her emerald eyes filled with shock.

Snow Empress was also greatly alarmed. Instinctively, she tried to probe Xue Bingchen's body with her Soul Power, only to find that her invincible Ultimate Ice Soul Power was forcibly deflected by the golden-red glow covering his body!

"Chen'er! What's wrong?!" Snow Empress called out anxiously.

Beneath the golden-red radiance, Xue Bingchen felt no pain at all.

On the contrary, he felt the blood throughout his body boiling, his bones cracking like thunder, and his muscles and meridians undergoing a complete, rebirth-like reconstruction!

He abruptly opened his eyes. His originally ice-blue pupils had now turned into a strange color—half brilliant gold and half dark crimson.

Looking at the two Ice and Snow Empresses, whose faces were full of anxiety and confusion, a wild smile curled across his lips as he shouted:

"Mom, Aunt Ice Empress, don't worry! I'm fine!"

"I... I think I've awakened again!"

"My second martial soul is... the Physical Body!!!"

"What?!"

"Awakened again? Twin Martial Souls?!"

Hearing Xue Bingchen's words, the Ice and Snow Empresses both sucked in a sharp breath, their exquisite faces filled with disbelief.

Twin Martial Souls!

This was an unparalleled gift, one that appeared only once in a century on Douluo Continent!

Even as soul beasts, they knew well what Twin Martial Souls meant to a human Soul Master.

It meant incomparable potential. It meant the possibility of standing at the very peak of the continent in the future!

But...

When they heard the latter half of Xue Bingchen's words clearly, the joy on their faces instantly froze, replaced by deep bewilderment and astonishment.

"Physical Body?!"

Ice Empress's eyes widened. Staring at Xue Bingchen as though he were a monster, she shrieked:

"How can a Physical Body become a martial soul?! You little brat, did your brain break again because you got too excited during the awakening? Aren't martial souls either Weapon Martial Souls or Beast Martial Souls? Even a mutated martial soul needs a specific form! Your body is just your body—how could it possibly become a martial soul?!"

This time, even Snow Empress, who had always been knowledgeable and well-read, fell into deep silence, unable to offer any explanation.

Confusion flickered in her ice-blue eyes.

Over the past six years, in order to teach Xue Bingchen, she had specifically gone to the human world to gather a vast number of books on martial soul theory.

In her understanding, human martial souls came in every conceivable form: blades, swords, staves, birds, beasts, and even some exceedingly rare natural elements, such as fire, water, wind, and lightning.

There were also some useless martial souls, such as farming tools, weeds, and Blue Silver Grass.

But treating one's own "Physical Body" as a martial soul?

This was simply unheard of and unseen!

It completely overturned the ironclad rules of martial souls that the Soul Master world of Douluo Continent had established over tens of thousands of years!

"Chen'er, are... are you sure you didn't sense it wrong?"

For once, Snow Empress's ethereal voice carried a trace of urgency and uncertainty.

Her exquisite face moved close to Xue Bingchen's. Her beautiful ice-blue eyes stared intently at his body, which glimmered with golden-red light, trying to find some sign resembling a Beast Martial Soul possession—scales, beast ears, a tail, or something similar.

But there was nothing.

Nothing at all!

Xue Bingchen's body remained that of a delicate, adorable human child. Other than the tyrannical blood-colored glow flowing across his skin and the changed color of his eyes, there was no sign that his appearance was transforming toward that of a soul beast.

That meant this was definitely not some Beast Martial Soul mutation!

Ice Empress, beside him, was even more anxious, like an ant on a hot pan. She circled Xue Bingchen exactly three times, then extended a pale, tender finger to poke and pinch his chubby little arm again and again.

"This flesh... is still just flesh! Other than being a little firmer and more elastic than before, how does it resemble a martial soul?"

Ice Empress looked utterly despondent and frantic. Clutching her head with both hands, she let out a wail:

"Heavens! Over these past three years, I fed this little brat the most precious Millennium Snow Lotus and Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow from the Far North, along with all kinds of highly nourishing soul beast blood essence! I thought I'd raise an earth-shattering second martial soul, but... but how did it turn into a lump of flesh?!"

Ice Empress plopped down onto a nearby Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Rock. Her cute, youthful face was full of disappointment, and her two green twin ponytails drooped lifelessly as she continued muttering:

"Why wasn't it the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion? Why wasn't it the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion... Even an Ice Bear martial soul would have been fine. At least that would be a top-grade Beast Martial Soul. Physical Body... what kind of nonsense is that?! If word gets out, where am I supposed to put my face?"

Seeing Ice Empress's despondent appearance, as if her investment had failed and she had lost everything, Snow Empress opened her mouth. A complicated look flashed across her exquisite face, but for a moment, she did not know how to comfort her.

Because deep down, Snow Empress had also developed the same hint of disappointment.

In her understanding, the strength of a martial soul was often closely tied to its form and the laws it contained.

Her Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul was the embodiment of the Ultimate Ice laws of heaven and earth—noble, pure, and infinitely powerful.

By comparison, how much power could a frail human Physical Body possibly contain?

Even though Xue Bingchen's Physical Body had been tempered by countless heavenly treasures and far surpassed that of an ordinary person, viewing it as an independent martial soul still seemed too much of a stretch.

Compared to a top-tier martial soul like the Heavenly Snow Woman, this so-called "Physical Body martial soul" was like an ant before a giant dragon. The difference was immeasurable.

It was also far inferior to Ice Empress's Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.

Could it be... that Chen'er's physique is too strong, causing the martial soul mutation to fail and producing a useless martial soul with no form at all?

Snow Empress secretly guessed, and a trace of heartache could not help appearing in her eyes.

As she watched the two Rulers of the Far North, who were somewhat disappointed and even beginning to doubt life itself, Xue Bingchen, standing at the center of the formation, was secretly overjoyed.