"On this world, only a Body Martial Soul is truly blessed by the gods. A Body Martial Soul has the greatest potential and can reach the highest heights!"
At this, the middle-aged man's voice turned solemn, almost sacred.
"Th-this... how is that possible? When my Martial Soul awakened, my Innate Soul Power was even below level one. I've become a Soul Master now, but I still don't have much fighting ability. I have to rely on Soul Tools..."
Huo Yuhao's voice trembled slightly, full of disbelief.
"That's because you never met me. You never joined our sect. You don't understand: there are many, many factors that determine the level of one's Innate Soul Power. A stronger Martial Soul doesn't necessarily mean higher Innate Soul Power at awakening."
The man shook his head and sighed softly.
"Th-then... what does that mean?"
Huo Yuhao was even more bewildered. What the man said seemed to run counter to everything he knew.
"I'm telling you that low Innate Soul Power doesn't mean your Martial Soul lacks potential. How old are you, child?"
"I'm eleven..."
Huo Yuhao replied.
"Then that explains it. You're only eleven, and you're still so small and thin. I'm afraid you weren't well nourished in the past. A Martial Soul's growth also depends on the body sustaining it."
The man sighed softly, sounding regretful.
"So you mean my physical condition affected my Martial Soul's development, which is why my Innate Soul Power is so low?"
Huo Yuhao was taken aback.
The man nodded, then shook his head.
"That's not the whole story. Body Martial Souls are complicated to begin with. Because our Martial Souls are so powerful, one awakening isn't enough. They need a Second Awakening. Only after a Second Awakening does a Body Martial Soul reach its true, complete form."
The man continued. Huo Yuhao was utterly stunned. This was all knowledge he'd never heard before.
"If your Martial Soul undergoes a Second Awakening, it definitely won't be weak. After all, with a Body Martial Soul, the more crucial and important that body part is to the body, the higher the quality of the Martial Soul."
The man spoke calmly.
"You could say that even among Body Martial Souls, mine is a left hand while yours is an eye. Your Martial Soul is actually a level above mine. The most gifted person we've ever encountered has his own brain as his Martial Soul."
As he said this, a trace of envy flashed in the man's eyes.
"So Body Martial Souls come in so many different kinds..."
Huo Yuhao murmured, as though a whole new world had opened up before him.
"That's right. You may rarely encounter them, but those of us with Body Martial Souls have gathered together and formed our own sect. In the sect, we're one family. We can share what we know and protect one another."
The man smiled.
"Our sect is called the Body Sect. You're on your own, child. I take it you don't belong to a sect yet?"
The man looked into Huo Yuhao's eyes, asking expectantly.
"No, I... I don't belong to a sect yet. Do you mean you want me to join yours?"
Huo Yuhao's voice was slightly tense as he asked.
"Exactly! Join the Body Sect, child. Perhaps one day, you'll become one of the truly strongest Soul Masters in the world!"
The middle-aged man laughed heartily and held out his broad palm. Huo Yuhao hesitated briefly, then reached out his own hand. The middle-aged man's strong grip instantly swallowed up Huo Yuhao's thin palm.
In the Sky Screen, the middle-aged man took Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect's secret mountain stronghold, where they tested his aptitude in every way. The results sent shockwaves through the entire sect.
"Th-this child doesn't just have an eye Martial Soul! His true Martial Soul is his eye and his brain!"
A Body Sect elder spoke in a near-trembling voice.
Until then, the most gifted member of the Body Sect's younger generation had possessed only a brain Martial Soul.
Though that girl had Twin Martial Souls, the Body Sect still considered her inferior to the purest, most exceptional Body Martial Soul.
The brain ruled the mind, and the eyes were the windows to the soul! Together, they formed the perfect mental-type Body Martial Soul. Nothing like it had ever appeared in history!
As for Huo Yuhao's low Innate Soul Power, that was no problem at all. There were plenty of ways to improve his constitution after birth and make up for his innate deficiency. Even the Mysterious Underworld Sect's Mysterious Water Pill could do it.
In the Body Sect, they had as much of that kind of medicine as anyone could want.
After his talent was discovered, Huo Yuhao was personally taken in as a disciple by Body Sect master Du Busi, who trained him himself and taught him the Secret of the Body!
A year later, the Body Sect was even more astonished to discover that Huo Yuhao had not only the finest Body Martial Soul but also Twin Martial Souls—and an Ultimate Martial Soul.
His Spirit Eye and Ice Jade Empress Scorpion made him the all-around upgraded version of Vina, the Princess of Heavenly Soul and one of the Body Sect's former core successors!
At fourteen, Huo Yuhao joined Du Busi in a daring raid on Mingde Hall in the Sun Moon Empire, stealing the God Sealing Platform that held the sealed Snow Empress Embryo. He fused with it.
At fifteen, Huo Yuhao achieved a Silver-level Second Awakening of his Body Martial Soul, and his cultivation had already reached the five-ring level. By seventeen, he had broken through to Soul Emperor and set out for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament!
For the first time in many years, this Soul Master Tournament was open to direct participation by sects as well as academies.
The Body Sect entered the tournament under the alias "Snow Demon Sect." They didn't need to show their true strength in the early rounds to carve through their opponents and reach the later stages.
But in the final, they ran into Shrek Team, who were determined to avenge their crushing defeat at the hands of Sun Moon Team in the previous tournament and reclaim their glory!
The battle was brutal. His senior brother Long Aotian was ambushed, then fought Shrek Team's Bei Bei to a double knockout.
And after Princess of Heavenly Soul Vina defeated two members of Shrek Team, a mysterious woman with pink-and-blue hair gravely injured her with a Clear Sky Hammer.
"Hmph!"
Seeing Shrek Team act so despicably and viciously, Huo Yuhao seemed truly enraged. During the team battle, he actually ordered everyone else to fall back and faced all of Shrek Team alone!
Outside the Sky Screen, seeing this, everyone could only laugh in disbelief.
"Back in the previous world, Shrek Academy relied on Huo Yuhao's abilities to cheat and ambush their opponents in all kinds of ways. This time, they'll get a taste of Huo Yuhao's strength for themselves."