God of Heavenly Punishment, the Worshipers Arrive.

In the Awakening Hall.

Murong Chayue felt his heart palpitating uncontrollably. Under that immense pressure just moments ago, he had witnessed a terrifying existence: nine dragon heads with disdainful eyes looking down upon all living things, unleashing various energies that seemed capable of destroying the heavens and the earth.

He felt like a mere ant, unable to muster any thought of resistance, left only to wait quietly for death to arrive.

As the purple-black pillar of light dissipated, Murong Huai's figure fell from the air. Murong Chayue was quick-witted and caught him, only to find that Murong Huai had already fainted.

Seeing this, Murong Chayue hurriedly checked his physical condition and found that he had merely fallen unconscious with no serious injuries. He let out a long sigh of relief and looked to the side, where Bibi Dong had also fainted under that same pressure.

At this moment, several figures arrived in the Awakening Hall; it was Qian Pocheng and his group. Seeing Murong Chayue inside, they hurriedly asked:

"Third brother, we just felt a terrifying energy erupting from the Awakening Hall. Do you know what happened?"

Murong Chayue nodded and explained everything that had just occurred to the group.

"It happened like this..."

"..."

Hearing Murong Chayue's account, everyone was astonished. On one hand, two individuals possessing Twin Martial Souls had appeared in a single day.

On the other hand, that pressure had actually originated from the awakening of a six-year-old child's martial soul—what kind of powerful martial soul could that be?

"We can only wait for the child to wake up before we know for sure..."

Qian Pocheng pondered for a moment, then addressed the group:

"No one is to leak a word of today's events. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Great Elder."

Outside Douluo Continent, in the distant God Realm.

In a blood-colored palace, a man clad in blood-red armor sat upon a throne. Sensing something, he suddenly opened his eyes, stood up abruptly, and looked around in confusion, muttering:

"What is going on? I clearly felt a powerful force, yet it has vanished? Could it be that the guy Destruction has increased his strength again?"

The other five God Kings of the God Realm Committee also sensed something, but after finding nothing, they let the matter drop.

Because that energy had arrived quickly and dissipated just as fast, ethereal and formless, even the God Kings could not pinpoint its exact location.

Douluo Continent.

Inside the Murong residence, Murong Huai slowly opened his eyes. There was excitement in them, but also a hint of worry, for the moment his second martial soul awakened, he knew exactly what it was.

"My God, my second martial soul is actually the Nine-Headed Chimera, the God of Heavenly Punishment—Austin Griffin!!!"

In the world of the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, he was the most terrifying powerhouse, crushing all living beings. Even the strongest of the Demon Race, Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Feng Xiu, or the protagonist who possessed the super-artifact Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, were no match for him. He was a truly terrifying existence.

The Nine-Headed Chimera form of Austin Griffin possessed nine elemental abilities, with each head representing a unique element: light, fire, wind, ice, poison, earth, metal, lightning, and the most powerful of all, destruction—all of which were ultimate attributes.

What excited Murong Huai was that such a terrifying existence had become his martial soul, but what worried him was that he knew the ninth head of Austin Griffin, which possessed the power of ultimate destruction, represented his ultimate destructive will as the God of Heavenly Punishment. Once that head grew out, the wills of the first eight heads would be completely suppressed, leaving no room for reason, triggering world-ending behavior that would destroy everything in its path and annihilate entire planes.

Murong Huai was not sure if he could remain unaffected by the ninth head; after all, the God of Heavenly Punishment was too terrifying, rivaled only by the Creator God.

However, there was no need to dwell on these things for now. By the time the ninth head grew out, he would at least have to be a nine-ring Titled Douluo or have attained godhood; that was still a long way off.

"Eh, it seems the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena in the Lake of Life also possesses nine attributes, and she seems to have time, space, and destruction attributes as well. I wonder who is stronger compared to Austin Griffin."

However, Murong Huai did not pay much attention to it. He had confidence in Austin Griffin; this was a terrifying powerhouse on the same level as the Creator God. Even at his worst, he was likely on par with the Dragon God.

Murong Huai got up, stretched, and after a simple wash, went to the main hall.

At this time, several figures were sitting in the main hall: the seven Great Elders, the Pope, and the two Protectors. Seeing Murong Huai enter, Murong Chayue introduced him:

"Huai'er, come and meet the Elders and the Pope."

Murong Huai bowed to them.

"Murong Huai greets the Elders, Your Holiness the Pope, and the Elders."

Qian Pocheng, sitting in the main seat, nodded and said gently:

"I shall call you Huai'er. Huai'er, when you awakened your martial soul yesterday, an extremely terrifying pressure erupted. I wonder what martial soul you awakened? Let me see."

The others also looked at Murong Huai. The latter nodded, knowing these were the high-level members of Martial Soul Hall and could be trusted. He flicked his right hand, and a long sword appeared, shimmering with golden light.

"This is my first martial soul, the Immortal Lord Nine-Arrival Sword."

Murong Huai hadn't understood his mutated martial soul at first, but once he did, he was shocked. This Immortal Lord Nine-Arrival Sword was also an incredibly powerful martial soul, possessing the attributes of Ultimate Metal and Space—an absolute super martial soul. With this alone, Murong Huai was confident he could reach level ninety-nine or even become a god.

Afterward, Murong Huai retracted the Immortal Lord Nine-Arrival Sword. He knew they hadn't come for his first martial soul. He then channeled the power within his body. Suddenly, a purple-black energy surged behind him, and the group of powerhouses held their breath, staring intently.

A creature with two dragon heads appeared, looking like a lizard. The tops of its two heads were gold and red, respectively, and it had scales with peculiar patterns and a short tail.

To summarize in four words: it looked completely unremarkable!!

Everyone was dumbfounded, looking at each other as if to say:

Are you telling me that this thing is what caused me to kiss the floor tiles yesterday?

And made everyone in an entire city drop to their knees?

Is this right?

Qian Pocheng was also somewhat puzzled, so Murong Chayue asked:

"Huai'er, your Martial Soul..."

Hearing this, Murong Huai naturally understood his grandfather's meaning and began to explain:

"Grandfather, esteemed seniors, my second Martial Soul is called the Nine-Headed Chimera—Austin Griffin."

The crowd was bewildered, clearly having never heard of this creature, so Murong Huai continued:

"It has another title, known as the God of Heavenly Punishment!!"

Once the God of Heavenly Punishment was mentioned, even if the crowd did not understand what kind of creature it was, any Martial Soul that dared to use the name of a god was undoubtedly extremely powerful.

In the world today, only the Six-Winged Angel of the Martial Soul Hall and the Sea God of the overseas Sea God Island were god-level Martial Souls, both being among the most terrifying existences on the continent.

Qian Pocheng could not remain calm either; this was absolutely a god-level Martial Soul, and not a simple one at that. Even when the Six-Winged Angel and the Sea God awakened, they did not possess such terrifying pressure.

If nurtured, he would absolutely become a super existence capable of crushing all living beings, perhaps even becoming a god himself.

This was the only thought in everyone's mind: if the Martial Soul Hall nurtured him with all its might, it would surely lead the Martial Soul Hall toward glory!