"You brat, every time you cultivate, you make quite a commotion. So how come your level is rising so slowly?"
"If I hadn't given you a few levels when I sacrificed myself, you might not have been able to become a Twin Martial Souls genius with Innate Full Soul Power."
Tian Meng planted his hands on his hips, feeling like a total badass.
This time, it was all thanks to him!
Huo Yuhao's First Soul Ring was over twenty thousand years old, which had directly boosted his level to fifteen.
With his talent, gaining five levels in a year shouldn't have been difficult.
But just as Tian Meng had said, every time Huo Yuhao cultivated, his body absorbed a massive amount of energy. An ordinary Spirit Master could have gained several levels from a single session.
But Huo Yuhao? Nearly a year had passed, and he had only just barely reached level twenty.
"Yuhao's Soul Power has all been absorbed by his Second Martial Soul."
When it came to understanding Huo Yuhao's Second Martial Soul, the one who knew it best was definitely not Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had provided the vacant slot for it, but Electrolux.
All year long, he had been observing that drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood and the changes in the Second Martial Soul.
It was much more interesting than chatting with that giant worm, Tian Meng.
Like a salted fish, Tian Meng rolled over in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit.
"It's been nearly a year. How come the Second Martial Soul still hasn't taken shape?"
According to its original theory, whatever Soul Ring Huo Yuhao absorbed for his Second Martial Soul would determine what the Martial Soul became.
It had considered the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion its first choice for more than just its own little ulterior motive, which it couldn't exactly share with others. The Martial Soul really was powerful.
It was the best solution Tian Meng could think of, and the one it had the greatest chance of securing for Huo Yuhao.
But now, the Second Martial Soul had skipped the step of taking shape through absorbing a Soul Ring altogether. Its development had long since gone beyond Tian Meng's expectations.
It was just a tool silkworm providing a vacant Martial Soul slot. What could it possibly know?
"Actually, it could already become a complete Martial Soul. But since Martial Soul Awakening is coming up soon, I figured I'd wait."
Huo Yuhao scratched his cheek, smiling shyly.
The Ancestral Dragon Spirit was certainly not going to awaken unnoticed. If that was the case, he might as well make the biggest impact possible.
Huh? Showing off in front of everyone?
Ahem, he really wasn't the kind of person who liked to show off!
On the Douluo Continent, every village had a Spirit Hall.
Most of the time, the Spirit Hall was just an empty building. Only on the day of the annual Martial Soul Awakening would a Spirit Master from Spirit Hall come to awaken the Martial Souls of the children who were old enough.
Although most children in the villages awakened Trash Martial Souls, Spirit Hall's Spirit Masters still came every year as promised.
Early that morning, the village chief brought Huo Yuhao to the front of the Spirit Hall.
At around midmorning, around nine o'clock, a man who looked to be about thirty years old arrived. He had an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were sharp.
The village chief went over and spoke to him. After listening, the man nodded and entered the Spirit Hall first.
"Go on in," the village chief urged the seven nervous children.
The man stood inside the simple Spirit Hall. When his gaze passed over the little ones, Huo Yuhao among them, his expression softened considerably.
"I'm Zhao Chuan, a level forty-three Soul Ancestor. I'm the Spirit Master in charge of conducting this awakening ceremony."
"Starting from the right, come forward one by one and stand in the middle."
Huo Yuhao, standing at the far right: "???"
He had planned to save himself for last, but this Lord Soul Master wasn't playing by the usual rules. He had called up Huo Yuhao, the biggest surprise, first.
Zhao Chuan had already arranged six black stones on the ground. Having undergone Martial Soul Awakening once before, Huo Yuhao calmly walked to the center and took his place.
Soul Rings rose one after another beneath Zhao Chuan's feet: one white, two yellow, and one purple, four Soul Rings in all, circling around him.
He activated the black stones. Golden light flew out of them, forming a golden barrier that enveloped Huo Yuhao.
When another ray of golden light entered his body, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up, glowing faintly.
Zhao Chuan looked puzzled.
"Your Martial Soul is... your eyes? This is the first time I've seen a part of someone's body become their Martial Soul. Let's test—"
Before Zhao Chuan could finish, Huo Yuhao suddenly closed his eyes.
Using the golden light that had entered his body earlier, he fully activated his second Martial Soul.
ROAR—!!
A dragon's roar, as if it had come from the ancient past, suddenly rang out, leaving Zhao Chuan's mind blank.
The energy of heaven and earth nearby swirled like a vortex around Huo Yuhao, pouring continuously into his seemingly frail body.
As the energy entered him, some of the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood and some of his own essence blood gathered with it in his lower abdomen.
After an unknown amount of time, a Dragon Pearl about the size of a pigeon's egg took shape in his dantian.
The instant the Dragon Pearl formed, a black phantom that blotted out the sky slowly rose behind Huo Yuhao.
The phantom opened its eyes. A terrifying pressure, one that looked down on the world and stood supreme above all, swept outward.
At the same time, far away beneath the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest, the silver giant dragon that had been sleeping as she healed suddenly opened her eyes.
"This is! The Dragon God?! No, it isn't. This aura doesn't belong to the Dragon God." The Co-Lord of Soul Beasts, Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, raised her head. "Di Tian, come see me."
Before long, a handsome, imposing man dressed in black appeared before Gu Yuena.
Di Tian dropped to one knee and called out respectfully, "Sovereign."
"Did you sense that aura just now?" Gu Yuena's expression was grave. "It wasn't the Dragon God's aura, but the power of that bloodline is likely no weaker than mine."
"Find him at all costs and bring him before me."
Huo Yuhao, still unaware that he had caught her attention, opened his eyes and looked at the imposing Black Giant Dragon.
Could this be... the Ancestral Dragon, the forefather of all dragons?
The Black Giant Dragon roared once more. The hundred-zhang phantom gradually shrank, finally turning into a streak of dark golden light that sank into his body.
Even after the Ancestral Dragon phantom disappeared, the entire Spirit Hall remained silent.
Many of the children who had never seen anything like this had wet their pants. They were simply too frightened to dare cry out loud.
Zhao Chuan's mouth hung open. It was a long while before he finally came to his senses.
"Twin Martial Souls! And the Second Martial Soul is such a powerful Beast Martial Soul!"
"Quick, test your Innate Soul Power!"
Zhao Chuan shakily took out a crystal ball and had Huo Yuhao place his hand on it.
He had to report this! As quickly as possible!
A genius like this couldn't be snatched away by another sect!
The crystal ball shone brilliantly in Huo Yuhao's hand, making Zhao Chuan even more excited.
"Innate Full Soul Power!" He had actually discovered a genius with Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls!
Zhao Chuan asked as steadily as he could, "Child, would you be interested in joining Spirit Hall? With your talent and aptitude, Spirit Hall would spare no effort in cultivating you!"
"Our Spirit Hall..."
"Uncle, if I go to Spirit Hall, can I bring my mother with me?"
Zhao Chuan couldn't promise him, but he knew one thing. "Child, in this world, geniuses always enjoy many privileges."
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