Twin Martial Souls

Chapter 1: Twin Martial Souls

Shrek Academy, Inner Court.

An island shaped like a small hill, this was none other than Sea God Island.

It was surrounded by a vast lake that felt as boundless as the sea.

Mist swirled around the island, with various buildings appearing and disappearing within the haze.

At the very center of Sea God Island stood a hundred-meter-tall Golden Ancient Tree.

Its trunk was entirely golden, as if crafted from solid gold, while its branches and leaves were lush and vibrant, brimming with vitality.

Rich, gentle golden light drifted down from it, radiating a warm and heavy aura of holiness.

Carved into the thick trunk was a three-story pavilion—the Sea God Pavilion, the highest center of power in Shrek Academy.

A six-year-old child lay on a thick tree root, bathing in the light emitted by the Golden Ancient Tree.

Heh, my luck is pretty good. To think I've become Bei Bei, the great-grandson of the Dragon God Douluo Mu En. What a heaven-sent start! Bei Bei squinted his eyes and chuckled foolishly.

When Bei Bei was born, his mother died in childbirth, and his father, consumed by grief, never returned from a mission to suppress evil soul masters.

He became an orphan before he was even a year old, but fortunately, his great-grandfather Mu En took him in and doted on him, granting almost every request he made.

Bei Bei knew that his martial soul was the Radiant Sacred Dragon, but due to an unstable bloodline, it usually only manifested as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

Later, when he obtained his seventh soul ring, his soul spirit was merely a twenty-thousand-year-old Sky Dragon Horse—it was simply too pathetic!

Now that he had been reborn, he naturally could not repeat the same mistakes.

Bei Bei felt that the reason his bloodline was unstable was surely a lack of radiant energy within his martial soul.

As he grew slightly older, he often stayed by the Golden Ancient Tree, bathing in its golden light every single day.

He hoped that by constantly being nourished by the Golden Ancient Tree, he would be able to awaken the complete Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul when the time came.

"Bei Bei, stop lying there. Today is the day of your martial soul awakening. Elder Mu and Elder Xuan are both waiting, so you mustn't be late." A gentle voice sounded from the side.

Bei Bei looked toward the direction of the voice.

He saw a young girl of about sixteen walking slowly toward him.

The girl wore a dark red robe over a black inner garment, her long black hair cascading down to her waist, and she exuded a tranquil and gentle temperament.

"Sister Lexuan!" Bei Bei slowly sat up and hopped down from the root of the Golden Ancient Tree.

"Be careful, don't fall." Zhang Lexuan took a few quick steps to reach Bei Bei, a smile appearing on her flawless, delicate face.

"With Sister Lexuan here, how could I get hurt!" Bei Bei said with a wide grin.

Zhang Lexuan crouched down with a helpless smile, carefully smoothing out his slightly wrinkled clothes.

The two arrived at the location of Elder Mu, where a slovenly old man stood beside him, occasionally picking up a wine gourd to drink or taking a bite of a chicken leg.

"Great-grandfather, Elder Xuan." Bei Bei greeted them politely.

Bei Bei looked at Mu En, who was sitting in a wheelchair, with unconcealed anticipation.

Zhang Lexuan also offered a greeting before moving to stand behind Mu En.

Mu En looked at his most beloved great-grandson, his heart filled with expectation. He wondered what martial soul his only blood descendant would awaken.

Since childhood, Bei Bei had displayed astonishing intelligence and a deep interest in martial souls.

If he could inherit the same martial soul and carry on what he had learned, Shrek would surely remain prosperous for generations to come.

Mu En raised his eyes to look at Elder Xuan. "Xuan Zi, why don't you awaken Bei Bei's martial soul?"

"No problem." Elder Xuan tossed away the chicken bone in his hand, wiped his greasy palms on his clothes, and stepped in front of Bei Bei.

He took out several awakening stones and, under the control of his soul power, suspended them around Bei Bei to form an awakening array.

Bei Bei felt golden light radiating from his entire body as a force within him was stirred.

"ROAR!!!"

A high-pitched dragon roar suddenly erupted.

Bei Bei opened his right palm, and a giant dragon slowly emerged. Dense dragon scales covered its entire body, which was white-gold in color, and it radiated golden light like thunder.

The dragon horns atop its head were crystal clear, containing a powerful and holy radiant aura, and a pair of dragon wings slowly unfurled.

The dragon claws were sharp, as if they could tear through space, and they drifted with a faint, shimmering glow.

"This is... the Radiant Sacred Dragon!" Elder Xuan exclaimed.

Bei Bei had perfectly inherited Mu En's martial soul, and the dragon might and holy radiant aura it emitted were even stronger than his own.

Seeing this, Zhang Lexuan felt relieved, a bright smile appearing on her face as she felt happy for Bei Bei.

Mu En's expression was kind, without much emotional fluctuation, but deep down he could not hide his excitement. Finally, there was someone who could perfectly inherit his legacy.

Ever since his battle with Du Bisi of the Body Sect decades ago, he had been severely injured, and later, the baleful energy within the Dragon Core had damaged his foundation.

He had never been able to straighten his back since, forced to sit in a wheelchair forever, and even his lifespan had been affected.

Now that Bei Bei had awakened the Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul, Mu En was confident that he could cultivate him into a rank 99 Limit Douluo within a few decades.

Just as Xuan Zi took out the crystal ball, preparing to test Bei Bei's Innate Soul Power, an unexpected change occurred.

The golden light radiating from Bei Bei's entire body was as if splashed with ink, transforming into streaks of black mist.

The Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul in his right palm slowly vanished, while a force surged forth from his left hand.

Under the gaze of everyone present, a pitch-black dragon emerged upon the palm of Bei Bei's left hand, its body resembling the dark night sky.

The majestic dragon frame was covered in jet-black scales that emitted a faint purple glow, its entire body wreathed in corrosive black fog.

Its dragon horns were like sharp, twisted, and ferocious spikes, and with its pitch-black wings and razor-sharp claws, the dark form seemed to swallow the surrounding light.

"Roar!"

A low, deep dragon roar resounded.

Compared to the Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul, this pitch-black dragon emitted an equally heart-palpitating sense of oppression, yet it was far more ferocious and tyrannical.

Not far away, Zhang Lexuan felt a sense of nervousness; martial soul awakenings were often accompanied by a certain degree of mutation, which could be benign, but were more often malignant.

She knew very well how much Bei Bei had looked forward to his martial soul, and she did not want him to feel heartbroken over this.

"To think it is the Dark Sacred Dragon!" Mu En's eyes flashed with a strange light as he muttered to himself, his mind involuntarily drifting back to an old friend.

"Twin Martial Souls! Truly, the heavens bless Shrek." Xuan Zi was even more excited, and as for the second martial soul being the Dark Sacred Dragon, he was not worried in the slightest.

With Mu En present, he did not believe Bei Bei would stray onto a crooked path to become an Evil Soul Master.

Moreover, the Dark Sacred Dragon possessed the darkness attribute, not the evil attribute.

Seeing this, Bei Bei was also somewhat stunned; he had never expected that he would actually be a possessor of Twin Martial Souls!

Whether it was the Radiant Sacred Dragon or the Dark Sacred Dragon, both were top-tier martial souls.

Their quality completely surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, making them powerful martial souls capable of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Clear Sky Hammer.