Holy Soul Village. The branch hall of Spirit Hall established in the village.
Though they called it a branch hall, it was actually just a small wooden hut.
A familiar face appeared before everyone. It was Su Yuntao, the man who had found Xue Hen back then and taken him to the Mercy Orphanage in Nuoding City.
"Children, this is Master Su Yuntao of Spirit Hall. He'll awaken your Martial Souls. I hope one of you has the talent to become a Soul Master and bring honor to our Holy Soul Village!" an old man leaning on a cane said to the children behind him.
"Enough, Old Jack. You say that every year. Becoming a Soul Master isn't that easy," Su Yuntao said.
"That's true. It's been so many years, and not one child in our village has had the talent to become a Soul Master. We've failed the Soul Saint who once brought our village such boundless glory," Old Jack said dejectedly at Su Yuntao's words.
Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
"W-what is this? I want to see what happened to that child, Xue Hen. I want to see his future! What is this Holy Soul Village? Why has time jumped back to six and a half years ago again?" Xue Ye bellowed angrily.
In his eyes, Xue Hen was now immensely important. After all, he possessed royal blood, and despite being only in his early twenties, he had already reached Level 98 Soul Power. He was a peerless genius!
Why, after the screen went dark, had it shown other people and other events instead?
Quite a few others were cursing just like Xue Ye.
In front of Pope's Palace.
Bibi Dong furrowed her brows. From the information shown on the Sky Screen just now, she knew that two months later, Xue Hen would return to the Balak Kingdom and kill his biological father's favored concubine and youngest son. By then, his Soul Power would have reached Level 98.
If he would be Level 98 two months from now, then he was most likely already Level 98. Even if he wasn't, there was no doubt he had at least Level 97 Soul Power.
Dealing with an expert like that... really wouldn't be easy!
Behind her, Chrysanthemum Douluo had lowered the hand covering his mouth at some point. Pointing at the Sky Screen, he said, "Good heavens, what's going on? Why aren't they showing us anything about that kid Xue Hen anymore? Why show us people awakening Martial Souls in some little village? Huh, Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power?"
"Hmm?" At the sound of Chrysanthemum Douluo's voice behind her, Bibi Dong came back to her senses and continued watching the Sky Screen.
By then, the Sky Screen had reached the moment when Tang San begged Su Yuntao to test his Innate Soul Power. As soon as he took the crystal ball, it burst into dazzling blue light.
It was the sign of Level 10 Soul Power.
Then, just as Chrysanthemum Douluo had said, the boy's awakened Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass.
"Blue Silver Grass can have Innate Full Soul Power too?" Bibi Dong said in disbelief.
[Su Yuntao looked at the crystal ball in Tang San's hands and took it back with a regretful expression. "What a pity. Your Martial Soul is only Blue Silver Grass. Even a sickle would have some combat power after gaining its First Soul Ring. But Blue Silver Grass... I can't imagine what use it could possibly have."
As he spoke, he led the children out of the Martial Soul Branch Hall and returned them to Old Jack, who was waiting outside. He told him how the awakening had gone.
During this exchange, Old Jack also revealed the name of the child who had awakened Blue Silver Grass and possessed Innate Full Soul Power.
Tang San!]
Inside an inn in Suotuo City, Balak Kingdom.
A man in pale moon-white robes, who looked to be in his early twenties, stood by the window, gazing up at the scene on the Sky Screen outside.
He watched as information about Tang San was gradually revealed to everyone.
The scenes of Tang San showing Tang Hao that he had actually awakened two Martial Souls and revealing the little hammer kept appearing one after another.
Watching them, the man shook his head and thought, Sorry, but I need to mix some real things in with the fake ones. That's the best way to make people believe them. Besides, I need you to draw some of the attention away from me so I can develop in peace.
Then the man waved his hand, and a window visible only to him appeared before his eyes.
[Fictional Sky Screen, Make-Believe-to-Reality System. Fabricated identity, experiences, abilities... The more people believe them—and the more characters who play important roles in the original story believe them—and the more these details fill them with shock, admiration, fear, yearning, and other such emotions, the more the fabricated information will ultimately become reality. Current Semi-Fictional Character: Super Douluo—Xue Hen (83%) Available for fusion.]
"Already at an 83% reality rate? Nice, that's fast progress. Fuse!" Xue Hen issued the command in his mind.
"Vmmm—" As soon as he spoke, a mysterious light shot out from the window and entered his body. At once, he felt his Soul Power rising rapidly. Not only that, he could clearly sense that he had gained another Martial Soul, and even the Soul Rings of his existing Emerald Swan Martial Soul were changing.
What kind of change?
They vanished.
Yes, unlike what the Sky Screen had shown, Xue Hen had awakened an Emerald Swan Martial Soul back then, but he hadn't possessed Twin Martial Souls. So all these years, he had been adding Soul Rings to his Emerald Swan: yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, black.
When he had awakened the system a few days ago, his Soul Power had only been Level 61. He had been just a Soul Emperor.
He couldn't help it. Support-type cultivation was too difficult.
At the time, he had been preparing to set out for Heaven Dou City to find Dugu Bo and try to improve himself with an Immortal Herb. He hadn't expected the system to appear just as he was about to leave. So he'd changed his plans and decided to use the system to give himself a boost first.
Now it seemed the results were excellent!
Before long, all the light had entered Xue Hen's body, and the window before him displayed his actual information.
[Name: Xue Hen Age: 20 Martial Souls: Imperial Power Sword/Emerald Swan Soul Power: Level 91 Imperial Power Sword Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Red, Red Emerald Swan Soul Ring Configuration: None Domain: Life Domain Soul Bone: None.]
"No Soul Bones, and the Emerald Swan doesn't have its three 100,000-Year Soul Rings either. My Soul Power is only Level 91. As expected, I won't have the same information as the Sky Screen until the progress reaches 100%." Xue Hen took a deep breath, felt the surging Soul Power in his body, and murmured as he looked at the information displayed in the window before him.
As soon as he spoke, the window changed, and the reality rate shifted.
83% → 85%.
Another beam of light shot out of it. Xue Hen felt his Soul Power rise again, from Level 91 to Level 92.
Shrek Academy.
"So Xiao San has Twin Martial Souls too, and his Martial Soul is actually the legendary number-one weapon-type Martial Soul—the Clear Sky Hammer!" Oscar cried out, eyes wide.
"Could Xiao San be from the Clear Sky Sect?" Dai Mubai murmured.
"Third Brother is from the Clear Sky Sect..." Ning Rongrong lowered her head, lost in thought.
On the academy training grounds.
Yu Xiaogang furrowed his brows. Hearing Flender and Zhao Wuji ask him about it, he nodded helplessly and admitted, "That's right. Everything shown here is true. Xiao San really is, like Xue Hen, a peerless genius with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power!"
[Current Semi-Fictional Character: Super Douluo—Xue Hen. Reality Rate: 85% → 88%. Hyperspace Storage Soul Tool Necklace: Available to materialize. Corpse of the 100,000-Year Soul Beast Life Giant Whale (containing a Soul Bone): Available to materialize.]
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