Innate Zero Soul Power

[The clan elder in charge of the awakening did not hesitate, injecting Soul Power into the Magic Array.]

[The next moment, Yu Chen slowly raised his right hand. At that moment, only a tiny speck of light, so weak it seemed it could go out at any time, floated above his palm.]

[No one in the square found this scene particularly surprising. After all, they had long believed that Yu Chen would never awaken any decent Martial Soul. Now, their expectations had simply been confirmed.]

[Yu Chen, however, did not care in the slightest that he had awakened nothing more than a speck of light. He merely placed his hand on the Soul Power testing crystal ball. Yet after several seconds passed, the crystal ball showed no reaction whatsoever—not even the faintest glimmer.]

["Innate Zero Soul Power!"]

["Hahaha! What a piece of trash! He doesn't even have a trace of Soul Power!"]

[Someone in the crowd finally failed to hold back their laughter. In an instant, mocking voices rose from all around.]

[They had originally thought that no matter how useless Yu Chen was, he should at least be a Soul Master capable of cultivation. But now, zero Soul Power meant that he did not even possess the qualifications to become a Soul Master!]

[On the high platform, Yu Yuanzhen's face darkened. He snorted coldly, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust and contempt.]

[As a Title Douluo who stood at the peak of the continent, he had been proud all his life. If this matter spread, it would be the greatest humiliation of his life. Yu Yuanzhen would surely become the laughingstock of the entire Soul Master world!]

"Ha! I told you! Yu Chen isn't even a Soul Master, so what gives him the right to compare himself to me?!"

Within Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang could no longer suppress the wild joy in his heart and burst into loud laughter.

At this moment, he had never felt more confident. The Yu Chen in the footage could not even become a Soul Master, while he, Yu Xiaogang, was at least a Soul Grandmaster! Compared side by side, he was practically a genius!

Beside him, Ning Rongrong watched Yu Xiaogang's smug, petty expression and frowned in disgust.

Hypocritical, arrogant, revolting!

To Ning Rongrong, the Yu Chen on the Sky Screen was Yu Xiaogang's own brother. Yet Yu Xiaogang had mocked him coldly in the footage, showing not the slightest trace of brotherly affection. It was utterly disgusting.

Zhu Zhuqing silently clenched her fists, a flicker of pity passing through her cold eyes.

She had thought Yu Chen might turn things around through his Martial Soul awakening, but instead, the shackles of misfortune had only tightened around him. She understood all too well that suffocating feeling of being abandoned by one's family.

Meanwhile, at Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong stared at the Sky Screen with trembling hands and impatiently sent a comment.

[Liu Erlong]: I knew Xiao Gang was the most outstanding! Look, Yu Chen is Xiao Gang's twin brother, yet he can't even become a Soul Master in the end. He isn't even worthy of being compared to Xiao Gang!

The moment this comment appeared, Huo Wu of Blazing Fire Academy exploded.

[Huo Wu]: I've had enough! Who the hell are you, woman? Are you blind? Why do you keep defending that useless Grandmaster?

[Huo Wu]: Didn't you see Yu Xiaogang's disgusting face in the footage? He doesn't care about family at all, and you're still singing his praises?

[Shui Yue'er]: Huo Wu, I'm with you! Even if they both have useless Martial Souls, Yu Chen remained calm and composed in the face of ridicule. He's a hundred times better than that so-called Grandmaster, who only knows how to yap like a dog and pretend to faint with his eyes closed!

"Yue'er! Shut up!"

At Skywater Academy, Shui Bing'er saw that Shui Yue'er had once again sent a comment through the Sky Screen—and such an aggressive one at that—and immediately rebuked her sharply.

But this time, Shui Yue'er stubbornly lifted her chin, her face full of indignation.

"I just can't stand seeing someone whitewash that damn Grandmaster! Look at how arrogant and overbearing he is. He makes me sick!"

"And look at Yu Chen. What did he do wrong? Talent is something one is born with. He did nothing, yet he had to endure the ridicule of his entire clan. Even his biological father and younger brother treated him with utter coldness. It's just too pitiful!"

Hearing her sister's accusations, Shui Bing'er ultimately said nothing more. She had only stopped Shui Yue'er from speaking carelessly because she did not want her to offend some formidable figure in secret. But Shui Yue'er was indeed right.

With that thought, Shui Bing'er looked toward Yu Chen on the Sky Screen, and her eyes likewise filled with pity.

Spirit City, Pope's Palace.

When Bibi Dong saw that Yu Chen possessed Innate Zero Soul Power, she nearly laughed out loud. Deep down, she could not help feeling relieved for Yu Xiaogang.

"Ha! Yu Chen doesn't even have Soul Power. What does he have to compare himself to Xiao Gang?"

For a time, countless Soul Masters across the continent lost interest in this comparison footage.

One was an Innate Half-Level good-for-nothing who thought too highly of himself, while the other was an ordinary person without Soul Power. There was truly nothing worth watching.

[While everyone mocked him, no one noticed that Yu Chen curled his lips into a faint smile and murmured softly, "So it really is just as I guessed?"]

[Without lingering any longer, Yu Chen left the square.]

[After passing through the dense forest behind the sect, a small wooden cabin soon appeared before Yu Chen.]

[Yu Chen skillfully opened the cabin door and walked inside.]

[Because the cabin had no windows, the interior was extremely dim. However, several cages and the remains of Soul Beasts could vaguely be seen.]

[World 2, Yu Chen's first-stage footage has concluded.]

[Soul King A]: Damn! What did he mean by that last sentence?! Could it be that he already knew he had no Soul Power?!

[Soul Ancestor B]: Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I've lived this long, and I've never heard of anyone knowing their Innate Soul Power before their awakening!

[Dugu Yan]: It may sound unbelievable, but think carefully. That Yu Chen was terrifyingly calm from beginning to end! If he didn't have everything under control, how could a six-year-old child still smile while facing the mockery of so many people?!

[Yu Xiaogang]: Hah! It was nothing more than a clumsy performance meant to attract attention! I, Yu Xiaogang, guarantee with the reputation of a theoretical Grandmaster that it is absolutely impossible for anyone to know their Innate Soul Power before awakening their Martial Soul.

When he saw the Sky Screen begin discussing Yu Chen, especially when some people actually suspected that Yu Chen had known his own talent in advance, Yu Xiaogang finally could not resist sending his first comment through the Sky Screen.

Yu Xiaogang was utterly disdainful.

Throughout his life, Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized... borrowed and read so many ancient texts, yet he had never heard of anyone knowing their Innate Soul Power before awakening their Martial Soul.

Therefore, he could conclude that Yu Chen was nothing more than a jumping clown, merely trying to use a performance to escape the fact that others were mocking his poor talent.

[Liu Erlong]: Xiao Gang! Is that really you, Xiao Gang?

[Ning Fengzhi]: Although Grandmaster's talent is somewhat lacking, what he said is true. Knowing one's Innate Soul Power level in advance truly goes against the common sense of the Soul Master world.

Inside the main hall of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Seeing Ning Fengzhi's comment, Sword Douluo Chen Xin furrowed his brows and said solemnly,

"Fengzhi, is there really no such possibility? Then why has that Yu Chen looked so calm all along? And what was the meaning of those words he said?"

Ning Fengzhi stood with his hands clasped behind his back, staring at the Sky Screen. Only after a long while did he let out a deep sigh.

"Uncle Sword, it is not that I do not believe it. It is simply that such a method... is too shocking. Without conclusive evidence, I can only judge it to be false."

Hearing this, Chen Xin fell silent. He understood what Ning Fengzhi meant.

It was not that he did not believe it, but that he dared not believe it!

If a method capable of predicting talent in advance truly existed, then once it was revealed, the entire structure of the Soul Master world would be completely overturned in an instant!

Take their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, for example. In the past, in order to recruit fresh blood, they had to spend vast resources taking in countless orphans every year, then wait until they turned six to awaken their Martial Souls in what amounted to a gamble. As long as they drew even one person with Innate Soul Power of level seven or above, they would make back their investment.

But if there were a way to learn a person's talent in advance, they could completely skip the large-scale adoption process and use that method to precisely locate talented children before bringing them back to the sect.

If even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could do this, then there was no need to mention Spirit Hall, which possessed an enormous grassroots network.

With its vast number of people at the grassroots level, Spirit Hall could gather every talented child in advance and bring them all to Spirit City for training. If that happened, it would not be long before Spirit Hall had no enemies left.

Meanwhile, after seeing Ning Fengzhi speak up, everyone in the comment section assumed that Yu Chen's earlier behavior had merely been an act, much like Yu Xiaogang pretending to faint back then.

After all, anyone with even a little knowledge of the Soul Master world knew Ning Fengzhi's status. He was the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects that possessed a Title Douluo. The weight of his words went without saying.

However, after the discussion over whether Yu Chen had known his own talent in advance came to an end, the topic shifted to the final scene of the footage—the image inside that wooden cabin.