Donghai City

At the suggestion of Lan Kai, Juggler did not take Lan Kai and Na'er back to Shrek City, the headquarters of the Spirit Pagoda. Instead, he brought them to Eastsea City, a major metropolis in the eastern region of the Douluo Continent, to settle down temporarily.

Since Juggler and Lan Kai had successfully intercepted Na'er, there was no longer any need for them to remain in Proud Arrival City.

Tang Wulin's three years in Proud Arrival City would not change his dual nature of god and demon. According to the analysis of Lan Kai and Juggler, the true catalyst for the historical shift in Tang Wulin's personality should be Eastsea City—or, to be precise, the Tang Sect Branch located there.

As for why Lan Kai and his companions chose to settle in Eastsea City rather than Shrek City... it was because, aside from the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua, the city was home to the genius Saint Craftsman most suitable for an apprenticeship: Mu Chen.

Furthermore, the spirit soul Lan Kai required had been requisitioned to the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda by Juggler, who utilized his authority as a Spirit Envoy.

It was an Unyielding Spirit Soul: a Bright Lion King with a thousand years of cultivation.

Although Unyielding Spirit Souls could be transferred between the Eighteen Pillars of the Spirit Pagoda, they were generally not permitted to be moved to ordinary Spirit Pagoda branches due to their inherent danger.

Perhaps for others, attempting a thousand-year spirit soul as a first spirit soul would be considered quite arrogant.

Lion-type spirit souls, in particular, possessed an innate domineering aura that ordinary soul masters simply could not control.

But how could the light attribute of the Douluo Continent possibly compare to a Warrior of Light?

Even Ultraman Belial or that Lord Zoffy could crush the entire Douluo Continent world with their power of light.

As a transmigrator and the wielder of the Light of Orb, Lan Kai's spiritual power was not to be underestimated; merging with a thousand-year spirit soul was naturally no problem at all.

As for the domineering aura the Bright Lion King might possess, that was not an issue either. After all, Lan Kai's will was equally firm, and he already knew what kind of terrifying enemies he would eventually face.

Perhaps his will was still relatively immature and his combat power had yet to fully form, but it was already sufficient to withstand the Bright Lion King's arrogance.

In the eyes of the Bright Lion King, it was initially facing nothing more than a human child, which made it feel insulted.

Those talented youths who had failed to make it submit—some even being killed by it in the process—could a mere child possibly earn its recognition?

Then, an extremely blinding light stripped away its strength.

When its vision finally cleared, standing before it was not a child, but a fifty-meter-tall Giant of Light.

The Giant of Light merely glanced at the Bright Lion King, and the beast immediately knelt, as obedient as a pug.

Big boss, please take me with you!

Under Na'er's worried gaze, Lan Kai successfully merged with his first spirit soul, and his soul power increased accordingly.

At the same time, two cards with very blurry images and faint colors appeared in Lan Kai's hands.

Before Lan Kai could examine them closely, Juggler snatched the two cards and studied them carefully.

"As expected, they are cards of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga... However, it seems you will need to continue improving your soul power cultivation before you have any hope of transforming into the Specium Zeperion Form."

"Looking at it this way, the spirit soul attributes you will need next should be wind and fire..."

Seeming to recall being brutally beaten by Kurenai Gai using the Thunder Breastar Form—a form that also carried the risk of losing control—Juggler did not want to mention anything related to it.

After seeing the blurry contents of the cards clearly, Juggler returned them to Lan Kai.

"I have already registered you and Na'er for Eastsea Academy, though a human without a martial soul sounds quite interesting..."

Regarding Na'er's martial soul, Juggler had attempted to set up a martial soul awakening array according to the knowledge of the Spirit Pagoda, and he had awakened Na'er's martial soul twice.

The first time, Juggler had Yan Yu use his soul power to help Na'er awaken, but there was no reaction at all—not even the appearance of a trash martial soul lacking innate soul power.

The second time, Juggler sent Yan Yu away and injected his own dark power into the awakening array, causing a massive Silver Dragon Phantom to appear behind Na'er.

However, Juggler was cunning enough to instantly retract his dark power, so Na'er's "no martial soul" status remained intact. Na'er herself did not even realize that her "martial soul"—or rather, her true form—had been completely exposed to the Sharp-Horned Alien.

Therefore, seeing Juggler looking at her with a meaningful expression, Na'er felt confused and eventually hid behind Lan Kai, seemingly a bit afraid of Juggler.

Seeing the Silver Dragon King, who intended to lead soul beasts in a rebellion against the "oppression" of humans and the God Realm, acting so "timid," Juggler smiled slightly and turned away, seemingly to attend to his duties as a Spirit Envoy.

Lan Kai took Na'er to make preparations for school.

To be honest, attending a primary soul master academy on the Douluo Continent was not as helpful to Lan Kai as simply attending a regular class.

With his current strength, he could already trounce many people at an intermediate soul master academy.

However, in order to see if he could build good relationships with those who appeared in the original work—or even join the protagonist's group and turn them into reliable teammates—while also pondering how to get beaten up by Juggler less often, Lan Kai was still willing to go to school.

Moreover, school life would allow Na'er to better "experience" the "emotions" that belonged to humans.

As for whether she would leave for a while after three years like in the original work and return as Gu Yue, or find a way to manifest a brand-new martial soul and suddenly become a formidable soul master...

Both Lan Kai and Juggler were looking forward to it.

"Sure enough, there is no point in attending this primary academy."

"I didn't expect that 'God King of Defeat' wouldn't even show up. If I didn't have to confirm Na'er's situation and prevent her from encountering any female creatures born with a penchant for bullying, I wouldn't want to come to school either."

On his first day of school, Lan Kai received one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

Good news: His classmate was the "God King of Defeat," Xie Xie.

Bad news: He didn't show up for school at all.

If not for the worry that Na'er might encounter some heaven-defying female creature born to bully others, Lan Kai would have liked to learn from the "God King of Defeat" and skip the primary academy entirely.

Although this would likely increase the time he spent being beaten into submission by Juggler, increasing his strength faster would not necessarily be a bad thing.

Fortunately, perhaps because they had heard that Na'er had a genius soul master brother, her classmates were exceptionally friendly toward her, which made Lan Kai breathe a sigh of relief.