Twin Martial Souls

In reality.

Before Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong's eyes suddenly sharpened as she stared fixedly at the Martial Soul that had transformed behind the boy on the Sky Screen.

Jade-green light, a proud swan...

There was no mistaking it. It was the Emerald Swan Martial Soul!

"The Heaven Dou Imperial Family's inherited Swan Martial Soul originally evolved from the Emerald Swan. In the tens of thousands of years since, not a single person in their royal family has possessed the Emerald Swan Martial Soul. I can't believe this child, abandoned by the King of Balaque, awakened it. Ghost Douluo!"

"Your subordinate is here!" Ghost Douluo stared at the scene on the Sky Screen, his face filled with shock. Hearing Bibi Dong call him, he immediately bowed his head and answered.

"Go to Nuoding City and bring this Xue Hen back to me. With him, the title of the world's strongest auxiliary Martial Soul will no longer belong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. It will belong to our Spirit Hall." Bibi Dong gave Gui Mei his orders.

"Yes, Your Holiness." Gui Mei placed his right hand over his left chest and replied respectfully.

Then his entire body turned into a cloud of black mist and vanished.

But not long after he left, he realized that the Sky Screen was showing events from fifteen years ago. That boy named Xue Hen might not even be in Nuoding City anymore. Would he still find him there?

Meanwhile, inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Xue Ye and the others also recognized the Martial Soul behind the boy named Xue Hen.

The Emerald Swan.

The Martial Soul once possessed by the ancestors of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

"Kundera, you fool!" Xue Ye clenched his fists, his face full of regret and anger, and cursed at his cousin from thousands of miles away. He had abandoned his own child for a woman. What on earth was going through that man's head?

Then he hurriedly instructed Prince Xue Xing beside him, "Xue Xing, quickly, send someone to that city in Fasinuo Province—what was it called, Nuoding? Bring that child Xue Hen back for me. With him, our Heaven Dou Imperial Family can once again possess the Emerald Swan Martial Soul!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prince Xue Xing understood how important this was and immediately agreed. He was just about to set out for Fasinuo Province.

But just as he turned and took a step, a voice filled with disappointment came from the scene on the Sky Screen.

[Ma Xiunuo shook his head and sighed. "A Beast Martial Soul, a jade-green swan. It's not a Trash Martial Soul, but how much fighting strength can a swan have? It's only a little stronger than a chicken or a duck."

Su Yuntao, standing beside him, nodded in agreement.]

Xue Ye: "..."

Prince Xue Xing: "..."

Bibi Dong, before Pope's Palace: "..."

At that moment, all the Soul Masters on the continent who recognized the Emerald Swan Martial Soul were stunned.

Were these two... clowns sent by monkeys? That was the Emerald Swan, a Martial Soul with extraordinary vitality and healing abilities, and they were judging its strength by its attack power?

Were they seriously discussing the attack power of an auxiliary Martial Soul?

"These two fools. Don't tell me they're going to miss out on this genius? If they do, they'll truly be sinners in the eyes of our Spirit Hall!" Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan muttered beside Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong furrowed her brows. She shared the same concern.

["All right, children. Let's test your Innate Soul Power." After sighing, Ma Xiunuo took out a crystal ball and addressed the nine boys, including Xue Hen.

Following the same order as during their Martial Soul awakenings, they took turns testing their Soul Power with the crystal ball.

No Soul Power.

No Soul Power.

Of the first eight children, only the boy who had awakened a wooden-board Martial Soul possessed one rank of Innate Soul Power. The others had not a trace of Soul Power, which meant they couldn't become Soul Masters.

When it was Xue Hen's turn, he followed Ma Xiunuo's instructions, took the crystal ball in both hands, and relaxed his body. At once, the crystal ball in his hands glowed with dazzling blue light.

Everyone present was stunned.

Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao were especially shocked, because they knew what that light meant.

The two exchanged a glance, then spoke almost in unison. "Innate Full Soul Power?!"

Their voices were full of astonishment.

Clearly, neither had ever imagined that a boy who had awakened a low-grade Martial Soul like the 'Jade-Green Swan' could possess Innate Full Soul Power.]

Inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Ye's eyes widened, and his breathing grew rapid.

Not only had he awakened the Emerald Swan Martial Soul possessed by his ancestors, but his Innate Soul Power was also at the full tenth rank. Heaven truly blessed my Xue Family!

"Quick, Xue Xing! Go bring that child back for me!" He immediately turned and urged his younger brother, who had yet to set out.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Prince Xue Xing hurriedly replied and rushed off.

But just like Ghost Douluo, he realized not long after setting out that the scene was from fifteen years ago. Was that child still in that city whose name began with Nuoding?

Shrek Academy.

Tang San temporarily stopped cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and looked up at the vast Sky Screen, his brows slightly furrowed.

Grandpa Ma Xiunuo and Grandmaster Su Yuntao from the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Nuoding City—the boy's awakened Martial Soul didn't look all that impressive, but his Innate Soul Power was the same as mine, rank ten. What a coincidence.

I wonder where Xue Hen is now. Maybe we'll meet someday. Tang San thought.

Then he settled his thoughts and focused on the Sky Screen again.

The scene shifted, changing from daytime to the dead of night.

[In a small grove beside Mercy Orphanage, in a corner no one paid any attention to, the boy named Xue Hen stood alone. A flash of green light appeared on his body, and the Emerald Swan Martial Soul emerged behind him.

Then he slowly raised his right hand and opened it.

"Whoosh!"

A golden light shot from his palm. When he opened his hand fully, it transformed into a golden longsword, which he gripped tightly.

One side of the sword was engraved with the sun, moon, and stars; the other bore the patterns of mountains, rivers, plants, and trees.

The boy gazed at the longsword in his hand, his eyes narrowing, his gaze razor-sharp. Suppressing his intense excitement, he said, "I never expected that I would not only awaken the Emerald Swan Martial Soul of the Xue Family's ancestors, but also possess Twin Martial Souls! Is this... the Royal Power Sword? It seems a little different. Did it undergo a transformation?"]

"Twin Martial Souls?!" In reality, Tang San's brows furrowed even deeper.

Not only did he possess Innate Full Soul Power just like me, but he also had two Martial Souls just like me. Xue Hen was destined to become a formidable rival on my path to power!

Besides, that sword in his hand... The sun, moon, and stars, along with mountains, rivers, plants, and trees. How did it resemble the legendary sword carried by the Human Emperor of the Xuanyuan Clan in my previous life?

No, impossible. How could a divine weapon from my previous life appear as a Martial Soul on this Douluo Continent? A coincidence. This must be a coincidence!

On the other side, Yu Xiaogang was also stunned. He had never expected that anyone in the world besides his disciple Tang San could possess Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.

The Sky Screen had begun by showing events from fifteen years ago. By that reckoning, Xue Hen was eight years older than Xiao San, so he should be twenty or twenty-one now. Good. If the boy was still alive and didn't have a teacher, I could take him on as a disciple.

With him and Xiao San, my theories will surely be proven!

Just as Yu Xiaogang was thinking this, the scene on the Sky Screen began to change again.

[Under cover of night, Xue Hen quietly left Mercy Orphanage in Nuoding City. He first went to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Using various methods, including digging traps, lying in ambush, and using poison, he hunted a four-hundred-year-old Armor-Piercing Golden Rhino. The horn of this Soul Beast could pierce through most physical defenses of Soul Beasts at the same level.

Born into the royal family, the boy seemed to know a great deal despite his young age. He not only recognized these Soul Beasts and could tell how old they were, but also knew their strengths and weaknesses.

He absorbed the Soul Ring of the Armor-Piercing Golden Rhino and attached it to the Martial Soul said to have evolved from the Royal Power Sword. From then on, he possessed his first Soul Ring and Soul Skill.

The Soul Skill was called: Armor Piercing!

Its effect: unleash a slash of extremely sharp sword energy, with an exceptionally powerful ability to pierce through Soul Power defenses!]