Night fell, and the bright moon hung high in the sky.
After being unconscious for a long time, Yu Hengqing opened his eyes to find Yu Yuanzhen holding his hand, sitting beside the bed with a worried look on his face.
"Hm?! You're awake!"
Yu Yuanzhen stood up, gently helped Yu Hengqing sit up, and propped a pillow behind him.
"How do you feel? Is anything bothering you?"
Yu Hengqing's head was still a little dizzy. He shook it slightly and answered softly, "Nothing's wrong. I just feel a little hungry."
Hearing that Yu Hengqing was only a little hungry, Yu Yuanzhen felt some of the tension in his heart ease.
"Good, as long as nothing's wrong. I'll have your Uncle He Feng check you over again. Once he's finished, we'll go eat. How does that sound?"
Relieved, Yu Yuanzhen patted Yu Hengqing's hand, then got up and headed outside to find He Feng.
"Okay!"
As an eighty-second-rank healing-type Soul Master, He Feng naturally didn't need much time to examine a six-year-old child. He finished the checkup before long.
After putting away his Martial Soul, He Feng calmly told the father and son before him, "Sect Master, there's nothing wrong with Hengqing's body."
Hearing He Feng say everything was fine, Yu Yuanzhen let out a breath of relief and finally set down the weight on his heart.
"Doctor He, has Xiao Qing's congenital deficiency improved?"
At Yu Yuanzhen's question, He Feng looked troubled. He glanced discreetly at Yu Hengqing on the bed, then drew Yu Yuanzhen aside and spoke in a low voice:
"Hengqing's congenital deficiency has improved, but he still hasn't reached the standard for children his age. Still, looking on the bright side, the regular training and medicine have at least started to work. We mustn't stop either of them."
Learning that Yu Hengqing's condition had improved was enough to make Yu Yuanzhen happy for quite some time!
After all, correcting a congenital deficiency was already incredibly difficult. The fact that this method was working had exceeded Yu Yuanzhen's expectations.
"As long as it's working, that's enough. It's getting late, so we won't keep troubling you, Doctor He. Xiao Qing, come on. Dad will carry you home and make you something to eat!"
Knowing the treatment was working, Yu Yuanzhen carried the delighted Yu Hengqing out of He Feng's apothecary.
Since it was late and the kitchen was empty, Yu Yuanzhen cooked a pot of vegetable congee himself for Yu Hengqing.
After going hungry all day, Yu Hengqing drank three large bowls before finally setting down his chopsticks, satisfied.
Seeing that Yu Hengqing had eaten his fill, Yu Yuanzhen asked softly, "Can you sense your Martial Soul now?"
As long as he can sense his Martial Soul, that proves today's Martial Soul Awakening was a success!
Yu Yuanzhen didn't say the rest aloud. He was afraid it would put pressure on Yu Hengqing.
At his question, Yu Hengqing first closed his eyes and tried to sense it. Once he confirmed he could feel his Martial Soul, he nodded to Yu Yuanzhen.
Before asking, Yu Yuanzhen had already prepared himself for the possibility that the awakening had failed.
But when he learned Yu Hengqing could sense his Martial Soul, his face brightened, and he said excitedly, "Good! Now follow what I taught you and try to summon your Martial Soul."
"Mm!"
Following the knowledge Yu Yuanzhen had taught him, Yu Hengqing circulated the Soul Power inside his body and gathered it in his right hand.
"Martial Soul, possess me!"
In the blink of an eye, a golden figure appeared behind Yu Hengqing. A pair of golden eyes slowly opened, and golden lightning coursed over its body.
As expected, it isn't the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. It's a Beast Martial Soul I've never seen before.
Looking at Leiyi behind Yu Hengqing, Yu Yuanzhen remained remarkably calm. He understood that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul couldn't have caused the commotion from earlier.
However, this also meant Yu Hengqing's Martial Soul might be even stronger than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!
Just as Yu Yuanzhen was about to take out the crystal ball for testing Soul Power, he suddenly realized there was something unusual about Yu Hengqing's Martial Soul. He looked closer.
Good heavens! Yu Hengqing's Martial Soul wasn't an illusion. It had a physical body!
Another External Beast Martial Soul! Is Xiao Qing going to follow in his older brother's footsteps too?!
Yu Yuanzhen knew very little about External Beast Martial Souls.
If Yu Xiaogang hadn't possessed an External Beast Martial Soul, he might never have learned such a Martial Soul existed.
By the time Yu Yuanzhen came back to his senses, Yu Hengqing had already put away his Martial Soul.
"Xiao Qing, put your hand on the crystal ball. It can test your Innate Soul Power."
At this point, Yu Yuanzhen could only take things one step at a time. Even if Yu Hengqing really had Innate Soul Power as low as Yu Xiaogang's, he would protect his son no matter what.
While Yu Yuanzhen was lost in thought, Yu Hengqing quickly asked Leiyi, who was staying in his mental space, "Leiyi, will my Soul Power stay suppressed until you adapt to it?"
Inside the mental space, Leiyi replied apologetically, "Yes. The Soul Power in your body conflicts with the power of thunder inside mine. To prevent it from affecting you, I have to suppress the Soul Power in your body."
"Then how can we resolve this conflict? If you keep suppressing my Soul Power, won't my cultivation speed be slower than a turtle?"
At the thought, Yu Hengqing couldn't help feeling a little worried.
Inside the mental space, Leiyi answered with certainty, "As long as you can provide me with the power of thunder from this world, I'm confident I can assimilate the Soul Power!"
"The power of thunder?"
That stumped Yu Hengqing. The power of thunder wasn't exactly something you could pick up by the roadside. Generally, only powerful Soul Beasts had it inside them.
The only solution Yu Hengqing could think of was to absorb a Soul Ring and try to obtain the power of thunder from it for Leiyi.
Before Yu Hengqing could tell Leiyi about this idea, Yu Yuanzhen had already come back to his senses.
Yu Hengqing could only set the matter aside for now. He placed his hand on the crystal ball to test his Innate Soul Power.
I hope my Innate Soul Power will be a little higher, even with Leiyi suppressing it!
The moment Yu Hengqing's hand touched the crystal ball, an intense light burst from within it.
Could it be Innate Full Soul Power?!
Watching the crystal ball blaze with light, Yu Yuanzhen's heart began to race.
In the void beyond Douluo Continent,
a space on the verge of shattering drifted aimlessly through the void.
Within it, streaks of multicolored, even seven-colored, lightning coursed through the space.
Some of the colored lightning struggled to hold back the void's erosion.
Even releasing a single wisp of their aura would instantly leave a Limit Douluo gravely wounded.
Yet when faced with the void, they could only watch helplessly, like powerless husbands, as the void slowly devoured what little remained of their space.
The rest of the colored lightning tempered a silver-white broken sword suspended in the center of the space.
But no matter how they tempered the sword, it remained dull and lifeless.
Just as the colored lightning was tempering the sword as usual, the broken sword, which had never once reacted, seemed to sense something.
A silver-white gleam flashed across its dim blade, and it finally responded to the colored lightning.
Like someone slurping down noodles, the broken sword swallowed streak after streak of colored lightning into its blade. It even devoured the lightning that had been resisting the void's erosion.
In an instant, the space that had once been an ocean of lightning was left without a single bolt.
With the lightning gone, the void was free to go all out.
In a single breath, it devoured most of the space, leaving only an area one zhang wide for the broken sword to occupy.
Having absorbed the lightning, the broken sword's blade was no longer dark and dull. A faint silver glow appeared across it.
Just as the void was about to reach the sword, its blade stirred, and a sword aura shot toward the void.
The fierce sword aura directly held back the void's erosion, even faintly suppressing it.
The blade moved again. The sword aura carved a rift in the void, and the broken sword slipped inside.
Before you continue