Martial Soul Awakening

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion crossed the mixed zone, heading toward the core area. The closer they drew to the Lake of Life, the denser the heaven and earth energy became. The canopies of towering ancient trees blotted out the sun, allowing only sporadic specks of light to filter through the layers of branches.

Chi Wang led the way, his three heads constantly scanning the surroundings, his six eyes filled with vigilance. For the entire Star Dou Great Forest, the safety of these two little ancestors was of paramount importance.

Six years ago, when Di Tian brought Lin Shuo before the Great Beasts and declared him the Young Master, the event had caused quite a stir among them.

Xiong Jun had been the first to bristle, his copper-bell-sized eyes filled with disbelief: "Di Tian, has your brain been kicked by Chi Wang? You're letting a human infant become the Young Master of the Star Dou Great Forest."

At these words, the surrounding Great Beasts turned their gazes toward Xiong Jun in unison.

However, Di Tian insisted this was by the order of the Lord. Once the Great Beasts sensed the powerful dragon bloodline energy within Lin Shuo, his status as Young Master was set in stone.

Upon arriving at the Lake of Life, the Great Beasts had already gathered.

Seeing Lin Shuo arrive, Di Tian, Bi Ji, the King of Ten Thousand Monsters, Xiong Jun, Zi Ji, and the others knelt on one knee in unison: "Young Master."

Lin Shuo leaped from the back of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with a light grace, his gaze sweeping over each of the Great Beasts in turn.

"Rise, all of you." Lin Shuo's voice was steady, unlike that of a six-year-old child; this scene had already played out countless times.

Di Tian stepped forward. "Young Master, to prevent your martial soul awakening from attracting outside prying eyes, the Lord will guard you from the shadows."

Lin Shuo nodded. "Di Tian, let us begin."

Lin Shuo sat cross-legged within the formation and began to awaken his martial soul.

"Young Master, relax your mind, feel the changes within your body, and do not resist it," Di Tian said steadily from the side.

Lin Shuo slowly closed his eyes. He saw darkness—boundless, endless darkness.

Then, he saw a youth radiating seven-colored light injecting his bloodline energy and life force into the body of a nine-colored middle-aged man.

As time passed, the youth's body gradually withered.

Finally, the seven-colored youth's body turned to dust, leaving not a single trace behind.

At the end of the vision, Lin Shuo saw the maddened Dragon God roaring as he charged toward the Nine Great Dragon Kings.

Outside, as Lin Shuo's martial soul awakened, seven-colored light first swirled around him, followed by a dull dragon roar that erupted from within his body. The sound seemed to traverse time and space, echoing endlessly throughout the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

"This aura..."

The moment the dragon roar sounded, the legs of Di Tian and Zi Ji buckled uncontrollably, their knees slamming heavily into the ground. It was not that they chose to kneel, but that the dragon bloodlines within them instinctively chose to submit before that sound. When facing the suppression of a superior dragon, the body always reacts faster than the consciousness.

Within the awakening formation, that dull dragon roar continued to reverberate between heaven and earth.

Immediately after, the seven-colored light surrounding Lin Shuo surged violently, transforming into a pillar of light that pierced the clouds. The surface of the Lake of Life trembled violently, the water churning as if boiling, and emerald ripples spread outward in all directions.

Within the pillar of light, a dragon shadow slowly condensed into shape.

The dragon was covered from head to tail in seven-colored scales as clear as glazed glass. Each scale refracted a different luster, the colors intertwining and flowing, so dazzling under the sunlight that one dared not look directly at it.

When this seven-colored dragon shadow fully manifested, the heads of Di Tian and Zi Ji, which they had just barely managed to lift, were forced down deeply once more.

It was then that another figure appeared—a youth exuding a youthful and vibrant aura, his body radiating a faint seven-colored light.

"Your Highness, is it truly you?" Seeing this figure, Di Tian confirmed his previous suspicions and shouted in excitement.

The moment the youth appeared, the Silver Dragon King broke through the surface of the lake, transforming into human form and hovering in mid-air. She looked at the seven-colored dragon shadow and the youth beside it; in those typically indifferent purple eyes, it was as if tens of thousands of years of time had frozen. Although Gu Yuena had never met the Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan, as the half of the Dragon God, she understood everything the moment the youth appeared—the palpitations from the depths of her bloodline could not be faked.

And the moment Gu Yuena appeared, the youth's phantom slowly turned his head.

He looked toward the silver figure.

The expression on that handsome face, specifically in his eyes, made Gu Yuena tremble—it was a sorrow so thick it could not be dissolved. That sorrow was not for himself, but for the Dragon God. He had neither helped his father achieve the God Star nor protected his father well.

Subsequently, the youth transformed into a seven-colored light and surged into the seven-colored dragon shadow.

Lin Shuo slowly opened his eyes. As a transmigrator who had read the Douluo series before arriving, he understood everything the moment he saw the youth. His martial soul and his bloodline came from the Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan—the Seven-Colored Dragon King. He was the only legitimate heir of the Dragon Clan.

Di Tian and the other Great Beasts remained prostrate on the ground. This Beast God, with a cultivation of 890,000 years, was now so excited he was nearly losing his composure. He raised his head, his usually steady face filled with irrepressible shock and awe.

"Your Highness..." Di Tian's voice trembled slightly. "It is truly you. You are still alive."

The surrounding Great Beasts were already kneeling in a sea. Especially Xiong Jun, whose head—usually afraid of nothing—was buried deep in the ground, not daring to even breathe loudly. Every time he recalled his words from six years ago, "Di Tian, has your brain been kicked by Chi Wang?", he wanted to slap himself—he had actually dared to question him; that was the Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan, the only biological offspring of the Dragon God.

Gu Yuena hovered in the air, her long silver hair fluttering slightly in the wind. Her cold, aloof face remained unsettled. When the youth appeared, that sorrowful emotion had instantly infected her; something deep within her heart was churning violently, and a sense of grief emanated from the depths of her bloodline.

Lin Shuo looked down at his hands. Seven-colored light flowed across his palms; the light was warm and gentle, yet it contained a supreme pressure sufficient to make ten thousand dragons submit. He could feel his soul power surging through his meridians.

"Young Master." Di Tian rose, his voice more respectful than ever before. "Please allow this subordinate to overstep, but may I test your current soul power level?"

Lin Shuo nodded.

Di Tian stepped forward and reached out to place a hand on Lin Shuo.

"As expected, Innate Full Soul Power."

The Great Beasts all wore expressions of expectation, some even feeling it was a bit low.

If even the Young Master did not have Innate Full Soul Power, then no one in this world should.

"Shuo, come with me."

Gu Yuena descended from the air, speaking to Lin Shuo with a gentle expression.