Douluo Continent, Spirit City, the Worship Hall.
Today was nothing out of the ordinary, but for the Feng Family, it was a rather important day.
Feng Baiyu, the biological grandson of Azure Luan Douluo, was turning six today and would soon undergo Martial Soul Awakening.
"Six years already~"
Feng Baiyu lay in bed, mumbling to himself. As a transmigrator, if I don't get a system, surely it's not too much to hope I'll awaken Grandpa's Azure Luan Martial Soul and have Innate Full Soul Power, right?
In his previous life, Feng Baiyu had been playing on his phone while crossing the street when the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had accidentally run him over and sent him transmigrating. When he woke up, he had become a newborn baby.
After getting through the bewildering infant stage, Feng Baiyu realized he had come to Douluo Continent.
The good news: his biological grandfather was the level-96 Azure Luan Douluo.
The bad news: when he was three, his father had followed Pope Qian Xunji to hunt down Tang Hao, only to be beaten to death.
The even worse news: his mother had reached Soul Saint rank, then never returned from hunting a Soul Beast to obtain a Soul Ring.
His grandfather, Feng Qingluan, had raised Feng Baiyu, playing both father and mother. As the Feng Family's only heir, Feng Baiyu ate the best food, wore the finest clothes, and used the best things. In the past six years, he hadn't suffered much hardship.
Well... actually, he had suffered some.
When he was an infant, Feng Baiyu had been helpless to resist when Qian Renxue, whose Martial Soul had yet to awaken, grabbed his little pee-pee.
But she was the Grand Pontiff's granddaughter. He couldn't afford to provoke her.
Thinking of Qian Renxue, Feng Baiyu sat up in bed. "I'm awakening my Martial Soul today. I'll pay her back, bit by bit, for the humiliation I suffered back then!"
"Clack~"
Just as Feng Baiyu was muttering to himself, the door swung open. A voice came from the doorway. "Baiyu, time to get up and eat."
"Okay, Grandpa." Feng Baiyu answered and immediately scrambled out of bed.
Feng Baiyu ate a sumptuous breakfast with his grandfather. Feng Qingluan looked at his grandson with a kindly smile and said, "Baiyu, happy birthday."
As he spoke, Feng Qingluan handed him a ring. "This is a Storage Soul Tool your grandfather got for you. Once your Martial Soul Awakening is over, you'll be able to use it."
"Thank you, Grandpa." Feng Baiyu put the Storage Soul Tool on his left hand and said, "Grandpa, I'm ready. Please help me awaken my Martial Soul!"
"Good." Feng Qingluan took out six Awakening Stones and arranged them on the ground in a hexagram.
Feng Baiyu had seen Martial Soul Awakening countless times, so of course he knew the process. He stepped straight into the middle of the formation and waited for his grandfather to awaken his Martial Soul.
Feng Qingluan wasted no time. With a cry of "Azure Luan, possess me!" the phantom of the divine bird Azure Luan appeared around him, and the nine standard Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet.
"So this is Grandpa's Azure Phoenix Martial Soul!" It wasn't the first time Feng Baiyu had seen his grandfather release his Martial Soul, but it always left him awestruck.
He looked at his grandfather and said, "I hope I awaken the Azure Luan Martial Soul like you, Grandpa, and have Innate Full Soul Power."
"Haha!" Feng Qingluan laughed. "Baiyu, you're my grandson, Feng Qingluan's! Your Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power are bound to be excellent!"
"Now, calm your mind and focus on what you feel." Feng Qingluan's expression turned slightly serious. "Grandpa's about to awaken your Martial Soul!"
Feng Baiyu nodded earnestly and closed his eyes.
Feng Qingluan's Soul Power surged, and six streams of azure light poured into the six black stones on the ground. At once, a hazy golden radiance spilled out from the stones. In a flash, brilliant golden light enveloped Feng Baiyu!
"Excellent!" Feng Qingluan beamed with delight. The more golden light there was, the stronger the Martial Soul that would awaken!
His precious grandson was surrounded by so much golden light—Feng Qingluan had only seen that once before, when Qian Renxue awakened.
He was certain his grandson had awakened an extraordinarily powerful Martial Soul!
At the same time, Feng Baiyu felt as though he were wrapped in a warm, cozy world. It felt so good he nearly groaned aloud.
Drawn by that warm energy, Feng Baiyu felt as if something inside him had shattered.
My Martial Soul. It has to be my Martial Soul!
The golden light around him burst apart with a bang.
"Caw~"
With the sound of a bird's cry, Feng Baiyu's Martial Soul Awakening was complete.
"Uh..."
When Feng Qingluan saw his grandson's Martial Soul, his delighted expression froze.
Feng Baiyu slowly opened his eyes and looked at his Martial Soul.
"Uh, what..." Feng Baiyu stared at the big black rooster by his feet, stunned.
"A Martial Soul... outside the body?"
The big black rooster ran up to Feng Baiyu and rubbed against his leg. Feeling it brush against his foot, Feng Baiyu's heart finally sank for good.
He hadn't awakened his grandfather's top-tier Beast Martial Soul, the Azure Luan. Instead, he had awakened a Martial Soul outside the body, its beneficial mutation having stopped halfway through. His Martial Soul did indeed have unparalleled potential—but he was the one holding it back.
Feng Baiyu looked at his Martial Soul, close to tears. "Heavens, are you messing with me?"
Was this the Punishment for being a Little Black in his previous life, making him awaken Brother Kun?
"A Martial Soul shaped like a beast, yet born outside the body!" Feng Qingluan's voice had turned hoarse. Looking at his grandson's Martial Soul, he thought of Yu Xiaogang, the infamous "Grandmaster" of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!
He had never imagined his own grandson would awaken a Martial Soul like that.
Disappointment and sorrow coursed through Feng Qingluan. In the end, he took a deep breath, gently stroked his grandson's head, and said, "It's all right, Baiyu."
"You're my grandson, Feng Qingluan's."
"Even if you spend your whole life as an ordinary person, that's all right."
Hearing his grandfather's words, Feng Baiyu knew what he was thinking. He lowered his head and said, "Grandpa, I've let you down."
"How could you? No matter what, you're still my grandson." Feng Qingluan didn't utter a single harsh word. "What kind of Martial Soul you awaken isn't something either of us can decide. We did everything we could, but what it ultimately becomes is out of our hands."
"If you'd awakened Grandpa's Azure Luan Martial Soul, of course I'd be happy. But if you awaken a big rooster outside your body, I shouldn't blame you for that either." Afraid his grandson would worry, Feng Qingluan reassured him. "Being a Soul Master means you still have to cultivate, always on edge and afraid someone or some Soul Beast might kill you one day. It's not so bad to be an ordinary person, take a few wives, and raise some children."
Feng Baiyu wasn't too dejected. This Martial Soul outside the body might be troublesome, but it wasn't impossible to fix. For example, hadn't the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma helped Yu Xiaogang perfect his Martial Soul?
And the other Immortal Herbs were even more effective!
He was younger now and had more opportunities. Surely becoming a Titled Douluo in the future was still possible!
"Grandpa, a Martial Soul outside the body can still be cultivated!" Feng Baiyu said. "That Yu Xiaogang, who also had one, cultivated all the way to level 29. How could I possibly be worse than him?"
Feng Baiyu looked at his grandfather and said, "Test my Innate Soul Power level. Starting today, I'm going to work hard at cultivation!"
"Well... all right." Seeing that his grandson was determined, Feng Qingluan finally took out a blue crystal ball. "Put your hand on it."
"Mm." Feng Baiyu pressed his hand against it, and the crystal ball glowed pale blue.
Innate Soul Power: Level 2.5!
"Damn!"
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