Oops, I Became the Universe Devourer

Even if a few children managed to measure some soul power, most only had level one or two, making it hard to speak of any real future.

Whenever an orphan failed the awakening, Dean Grandma would comfort them gently, telling them not to be sad.

Yet, the disappointment on those children's faces was still hard to hide.

Lu Chen watched it all, but said nothing.

The Douluo Continent was just that cruel.

The moment the martial soul awakened, many people's lives were already divided into different paths.

The only one among the orphans who could be considered decent was a child who awakened a mutated martial soul.

That child's martial soul seemed to have mutated from some kind of ordinary plant, and the final form manifested was called the Ghost Demon Vine.

Although it was not a top-tier martial soul, among the orphans today, it was already the best result.

More importantly, he also had Innate Level 5 Soul Power.

As soon as this result appeared, Dean Grandma clearly breathed a sigh of relief, and the child himself was so excited that his eyes turned red.

The Cardinal glanced at him and nodded slightly, though he did not appear overly surprised.

He had clearly anticipated such a situation.

The children native to Spirit City had better backgrounds, and their parents were mostly related to soul masters in some way, so the probability of awakening a better martial soul was naturally higher.

As for the children from the orphanage, their origins were complex and their aptitudes uneven, so it was not strange for a large number of ordinary martial souls to appear.

Therefore, the Cardinal did not care much.

To him, this was just a normal situation that occurred every year.

The line kept moving forward.

Finally, it was Lu Chen's turn.

Dean Grandma looked down at him, her eyes filled with encouragement.

"Little Chen, go ahead."

Lu Chen looked up at her and nodded earnestly.

"Mm."

He did not show any obvious nervousness, simply stepping toward the Awakening Array.

One step, two steps.

When Lu Chen stood in the center of the array, the Cardinal also cast his gaze upon him.

Perhaps because Lu Chen was too calm, or perhaps because Dean Grandma had mentioned his background earlier, the Cardinal looked at him with a bit more seriousness than he did with the ordinary orphans.

However, he did not say anything, merely raising his hand to begin injecting soul power into the Awakening Array.

As the soul power was injected, the array lit up.

A gentle light rose from beneath Lu Chen's feet, enveloping his entire body.

Lu Chen only felt his body warming up, as if a force were being awakened from the depths of his limbs and bones.

The feeling was marvelous; it was neither painful nor uncomfortable, but rather like something that had been dormant for a long time was finally beginning to stir.

He closed his eyes instinctively.

The next moment, the scene before Lu Chen suddenly changed.

He was no longer standing inside the Awakening Temple.

The surroundings had turned into a deep, vast universe.

Boundless darkness spread out, with specks of starlight distant and cold.

Before his eyes lay a desolate, shattered planet.

That planet had no life, no sound, only deathly silence.

The planet's atmosphere was covered in gray-green gases, looking as if the entire environment had undergone a drastic, hostile change due to over-exploitation.

Lu Chen was stunned.

Before he could understand what was happening, he realized that the planet before him seemed to be shrinking rapidly.

No.

It wasn't the planet that was shrinking.

It was he himself who was growing larger.

A change that could not be described in words appeared in his perception.

Lu Chen felt as if he were no longer in a human body, but had transformed into a dark purple, cloud-like spherical energy entity.

That energy was vast, profound, and cold, yet it carried an aura so divine it was almost terrifying.

He was enveloping that shattered planet.

And then, devouring it.

Lu Chen's consciousness seemed to hover amidst it all, watching as the dark purple energy he had transformed into gradually covered the planet's surface, completely engulfing the dead, silent world.

Lu Chen felt his physical constitution rising rapidly, and his mental power seemed to be breaking through at a breakneck speed as well.

At the same time, outside the Awakening Array, a sudden anomaly occurred.

Behind Lu Chen, a spherical mass of dark purple, cloud-like energy emerged.

The energy was initially unstable, resembling mist and cloud alike, slowly rotating around an unspeakable core.

The Cardinal's previously calm expression shifted abruptly.

Dean Grandma also widened her eyes.

The children nearby were so frightened by the sudden aura that they retreated repeatedly.

Following that, the mass of energy shifted rapidly, actually beginning to condense into a physical form.

The entity took the shape of a Colored Dragon, a fusion of a Western dragon and a humanoid figure.

Its body was primarily red and purple, with golden dragon horns, massive membranous wings, and a long, spiked tail—a coexistence of sanctity and ferocity.

A massive, majestic, sacred, and terrifying form manifested behind Lu Chen.

Although it was merely a manifestation during the Spirit awakening, it already carried an oppressive force capable of making one's soul tremble.

If Lu Chen were to wake up at this moment, he would certainly recognize it.

This was none other than the top-tier monster from the Ultraman Worldview, the Universe Devourer, Leugocyte.

And that was not all.

The moment Lu Chen's Spirit manifested, a massive phantom of Leugocyte appeared in the sky above the entire Spirit City.

The phantom hung high in the firmament, as if descending from the depths of the universe.

The dark purple energy silhouette shrouded the sky, and while a terrifying pressure spread outward, it also carried an almost divine demeanor.

The entire Spirit City was shocked at this moment.

Countless people looked up at the sky, their faces filled with horror.

Spirit Masters felt it even more clearly.

That was not a fluctuation that an ordinary Spirit could produce.

It was an aura that far exceeded common understanding.

Inside the Pope Hall.

Pope Bibi Dong suddenly looked up, her gaze piercing through the direction of the hall doors as if she could see that terrifying and sacred phantom above Spirit City.

Well, in truth, she had simply sensed the aura of a god-level Spirit.

A clear look of shock appeared on her face.

"A god-level Spirit..."

Bibi Dong spoke in a low voice, her tone carrying an unconcealable tremor.

"Another god-level Spirit, just like that beast's daughter..."

She could sense that the aura was by no means simple.

Even from a distance, that pressure remained incredibly clear.

Bibi Dong's eyes quickly turned sharp.

Without a moment's hesitation, she issued an order.

"Gui Mei."

As her voice fell, a black humanoid phantom appeared silently within the great hall.

The figure seemed to step out from the shadows, or perhaps it had always existed within the darkness.

The moment it appeared, it bowed respectfully to Bibi Dong.

"Your subordinate is here."

Bibi Dong looked toward the direction of the Awakening Temple, her voice steady yet carrying unquestionable majesty.

"Bring this child who has awakened a god-level Spirit to the Pope Hall immediately."

Gui Mei did not ask any questions.

He simply lowered his head to accept the command.

"Yes."

The next moment, his body rapidly transformed into a black streak, leaving the Pope Hall and speeding toward the Awakening Temple.