It's Actually a Transformed Soul Beast!

Song Mu hurriedly pushed open the dormitory door, climbed onto his bed, and immediately sat down cross-legged. With a flicker of his intent, he summoned his Panel Martial Soul.

As he had expected, the Panel Martial Soul had undergone some changes.

The familiar prompt no longer appeared in the center of the screen, and several options had lit up below: Mine, Team, Spirit Beast Warehouse, Backpack, Quests, and Shop.

The spirit beast I just captured must be in the Spirit Beast Warehouse, Song Mu thought, locking his consciousness onto the Warehouse option.

The panel shifted immediately. It was divided into three sections. The leftmost area was the Spirit Box for storing spirit beasts; each box had thirty slots, meaning it could hold thirty spirit beasts. He currently possessed only one box.

The middle area was reserved for displaying the spirit beast's image.

The far right displayed the spirit beast's basic information and its skills. There were also options to "Learn Skills" and "Edit Skills," but they were greyed out and unclickable.

It seemed his Martial Soul had only undergone a preliminary awakening, with more functions yet to be unlocked.

Song Mu shifted his gaze to the Spirit Box and saw the avatar of a young girl displayed in the first slot.

How is it a human? Can my Martial Soul actually capture people?

Filled with doubt, Song Mu selected the slot.

The middle and right areas changed. A 3D image of the girl appeared in the center: her long, pale blue hair draped over her shoulders, her eyes tightly shut, and she was dressed in a long white gown.

The first impression the girl gave Song Mu was that she was beautiful—not the kind of beauty that was merely charming, but the same kind of beauty he had felt when he first saw the sunset in his past life.

Can I only see one side? Song Mu tried rotating the image, and it worked; he could rotate it not only left and right but also up and down.

His gaze shifted once more to the far right area.

The words at the very top made Song Mu realize that his Martial Soul was indeed still capturing spirit beasts. The text read: Radiant Goddess Butterfly (Transformed).

It's actually a transformed spirit beast! Only hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts can transform. This means it can grow on its own without consuming any resources.

He continued reading down to the description of the spirit beast: Forced to catalyze transformation during its juvenile stage; physical body destroyed, soul remains intact.

After reading this, Song Mu was filled with confusion. Suddenly, he realized that this spirit beast had been captured from Wang Dong.

The answer was clear: Tang San had forcibly made the Radiant Goddess Butterfly transform, stripped away its soul, and stuffed it into Wang Dong's body.

What was the reason for doing this? Song Mu had a few guesses.

Wang Dong was actually a girl, originally named Tang Wutong. In the original Peerless Tang Sect, she became the protagonist Huo Yuhao's wife and entered the God Realm.

However, during Huo Yuhao's growth, when Wang Dong revealed her gender, she claimed her name was Wang Dong'er, not Tang Wutong.

Later, when Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er entered the Valley of Love and Emotion, Wang Dong'er chose to commit suicide to save Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao used his reward to save Wang Dong'er, but she fell into a coma, leaving Huo Yuhao no choice but to send her back to the Clear Sky Sect.

When Wang Dong'er finally woke up, she called herself Tang Wutong, and her personality was completely different from the previous Wang Dong'er.

In his past life, some readers of Peerless Tang Sect had offered an explanation for this plot.

They claimed that to make Huo Yuhao his "dog," Tang San had split his own daughter's soul into three parts: one kept in his own hands, one left inside his daughter under the alias Wang Dong'er to interact with Huo Yuhao, and one stuffed into the Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Forest.

But looking at it now, that theory wasn't entirely correct.

From the information on the panel, Song Mu learned that this soul was the complete soul of the Radiant Goddess Butterfly spirit beast.

Furthermore, given Tang San's strength—he had used the same Mysterious Heaven Technique from the moment he arrived on the Douluo Continent until he died and reincarnated into the Fairy Continent, without a single innovation—Tang San lacked the ability to split a soul into three parts where each part functioned like a normal person, only to later fuse them back together into a single human being.

Therefore, the correct sequence of events must have been: Tang San found a Radiant Goddess Butterfly spirit beast somewhere and used divine power to force its transformation.

Then, Tang San sealed his daughter's original soul and stuffed the Radiant Goddess Butterfly's soul into Tang Wutong's body, letting it temporarily take control.

He then left behind a sliver of divine consciousness to prevent the Radiant Goddess Butterfly's soul from harming Tang Wutong's soul, adding various restrictions—such as making the Radiant Goddess Butterfly highly resistant to soul tools.

Song Mu raised a hand and rubbed his chin.

"That makes sense, but why go to such lengths?"

Perhaps Tang San knew his daughter's personality well; if he had let her interact with Huo Yuhao, it would have been a miracle if they didn't become enemies, let alone lovers.

The Radiant Goddess Butterfly, however, had a gentle nature, making it much easier to get along with Huo Yuhao. With a little interference from Tang San's divine consciousness and a forced Martial Soul Fusion Skill, becoming lovers would be easy.

So, what I captured was actually Wang Dong'er, and the one currently controlling Wang Dong's body is Tang Wutong.

When he captured Wang Dong'er downstairs in the dormitory, nothing happened. This meant Tang San's divine consciousness was likely in a deep slumber; it wouldn't wake up unless Wang Dong's life was in danger.

Once Tang San's consciousness woke up and discovered the Radiant Goddess Butterfly's soul was missing, he would definitely notice Song Mu.

Should I run? That was the first thought that popped into Song Mu's mind.

However, he regained his composure. If Tang San could kill him with a mere thought, it wouldn't matter where he ran.

"I really have brought a massive amount of trouble upon myself."

But he didn't regret it. Even if he were given another chance, he would still choose to capture Wang Dong'er.

From the day his Martial Soul first showed signs of awakening, he had vaguely sensed that its full awakening would be incredibly powerful.

The feeling of being unable to awaken was like a starving beggar guarding a table full of delicacies but being unable to take a single bite—a feeling Song Mu had endured for six whole years!

Song Mu's obsession with awakening his Martial Soul wasn't just because it was useless without it; part of the reason was for Chen Yunlin.

Ever since he had been taken in as a sworn younger brother, Chen Yunlin had made countless efforts to help him awaken his Martial Soul, often caring even more than Song Mu himself.

At first, Song Mu only assumed Chen Yunlin viewed him as a promising talent, someone who could be of use once he had grown.

But as the days turned into weeks, Chen Yunlin treated him just as he had from the start, and Song Mu began to accept this big brother from the bottom of his heart.

Awakening his martial soul was no longer just his own personal wish.

Fortunately, he had now successfully awakened his martial soul; although this had drawn Tang San's attention, there was no need to be overly concerned.

If Tang San were capable of simply striking him down, then worrying would be useless anyway.