Two and a Half Levels, Learning a Meditation Method

A warm force surged from within him, instantly sweeping through his full body. His Soul Power, once so faint it was nearly imperceptible, suddenly skyrocketed.

His original half-level of Soul Power directly leaped to two and a half levels!

Yu Changge took a deep breath and suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Stay calm. This wasn't the time to be happy yet. Deal with what was in front of him first.

The light of the Awakening Stone faded. The presiding elder sighed, finished recording the results in his booklet, and waved his hand. "Next."

Yu Changge turned and stepped down from the formation. The mocking voices around him continued, but they no longer mattered to him.

Laugh all you want. The harder you laughed now, the harder your faces would hurt later.

He walked over to his parents. Yu Shuyao immediately stepped forward and hugged him tightly, her voice choked with emotion. "Changge, it's okay, it's okay. Even if your Martial Soul isn't good, you'll always be Mommy's good child."

His father also came over, patting his shoulder with a large hand. His tone was steady. "Don't take it to heart. A Martial Soul doesn't determine everything. Hard work after birth matters just as much."

Seeing the pain and worry in his parents' eyes, Yu Changge felt warmth fill his heart.

"Dad, Mom, I'm fine." He smiled, his tone calm.

"Are you really fine?" Yu Shuyao raised her head and carefully studied his expression.

"Really." Yu Changge nodded earnestly.

The awakening ceremony continued. After several more rounds, the final child completed their awakening.

The presiding elder closed his booklet and announced the end of the ceremony.

The clan members dispersed in small groups, while the discussions never ceased.

"Two Pig Martial Souls. This year is really bizarre."

"Yu Xiaogang is the Clan Head's son, and Yu Changge's parents are both Soul Saints, yet both of them are trash. Tsk, tsk."

"Exactly. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's reputation has been utterly disgraced."

"Keep it down. The Clan Head is still here."

Yu Changge listened to their discussions without changing expression.

He left the main hall with his parents. The moment they stepped outside, he saw a familiar figure.

Yu Xiaogang.

The son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Head, he had awakened a Pig Martial Soul several days ago, along with Innate Half-Level Soul Power.

At that moment, he stood on the steps outside the hall with his back to the crowd, his figure seeming somewhat lonely.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Yu Xiaogang turned around. He glanced at Yu Changge, his gaze complicated.

There was the bitterness of shared misfortune, as well as silent resentment toward fate's unfairness.

The two exchanged a glance, neither of them speaking.

Yu Changge merely nodded at him before following his parents home.

Although he and Yu Xiaogang belonged to the same clan, they had long since become distant relatives, so he was not very familiar with Yu Xiaogang.

After returning to their small home, his parents consoled him once more.

Yu Changge did not know whether to laugh or cry. "I'm really fine. A poor Martial Soul doesn't mean anything. I'll become stronger in my own way."

His parents exchanged a look, both seeing relief in each other's eyes.

"Good, that's the spirit!" Yu Tianqing laughed heartily. "No matter what, I'll support you! If you need any cultivation resources, just tell me when the time comes."

Yu Shuyao also smiled through her tears. "Yes, yes, Mommy will support you too. Even if you can't become a powerhouse in the future, I'll still save up enough family wealth for you to live on for the rest of your life."

Yu Changge felt warmth in his heart and nodded.

Early the next morning, the dawn light had only just begun to brighten the sky.

In the courtyard, Yu Tianqing had already begun personally teaching Yu Changge the meditation method exclusive to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yu Changge calmed his mind and focused his spirit. He quickly grasped the trick to meditation, guiding his Soul Power through one full circulation within his body.

Seeing his son enter the door so quickly, Yu Tianqing secretly marveled at his son's exceptional comprehension.

But then he remembered that his son's Innate Soul Power was ultimately only half a level, and his heart could not help sinking again.

Innate Half-Level Soul Power meant his starting point was far, far lower than everyone else's.

Even if he and his wife exhausted all their resources to cultivate him and piled heavenly treasures upon him, his limit in this lifetime would likely stop at the Soul Grandmaster level.

What gave Yu Tianqing an even greater headache was his son's Pig-like Martial Soul.

There was simply no record of such a thing in the clan's history.

No precedent meant no experience to draw upon. When it came time to choose his First Soul Ring, it would definitely be an enormous problem.

It was not entirely without precedent, though. After all, Yu Xiaogang had awakened the exact same Pig Martial Soul a few days ago...

And Yu Tianqing currently had no idea what attribute this "Pig" Martial Soul belonged to.

He could not possibly rigidly follow the standards for obtaining Soul Rings for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and have his son absorb a Sub-Dragon Spirit Beast with a violent lightning attribute, could he?

If the attributes clashed fiercely, the consequences would be disastrous. At best, his Martial Soul would be ruined; at worst, he would explode and die!

Yu Tianqing stroked his chin, suddenly forming a plan. Perhaps he should find a time to sound out the elders he knew well.

Once that boy Yu Xiaogang reached level ten, he would see what kind of First Soul Ring the Clan Head would obtain for him.

In Yu Tianqing's eyes, Yu Xiaogang was, after all, Yu Yuanzhen's biological son.

The cultivation resources and connections Yu Yuanzhen possessed were undoubtedly far greater than his own.

Although Yu Xiaogang, like his son, had Innate Half-Level Soul Power,

with the support of massive resources, Yu Xiaogang would most likely reach level ten slightly faster than his own son.

When the time came, whatever Soul Beast the Clan Head chose for Yu Xiaogang, he would follow the same example and choose something similar for his son.

Yu Changge: Dad, don't do this...

In truth, everyone in the Soul Master world knew a piece of common knowledge.

If one's Innate Soul Power was below level one, it basically meant that person's path as a Soul Master had already been cut off. There was virtually no hope.

But everything in this world had exceptions.

If one was born into a major sect, then even with terrible talent, as long as precious resources were forcefully piled onto them, their progress would still be slow, but breaking through to become a Soul Master, or even a Soul Grandmaster, would not be entirely impossible.

In the end, as long as there were sufficient resources, creating a Soul Grandmaster was merely a matter of time.

But if one wished to go further and break through the great threshold of level thirty to become a Soul Elder, that would likely be nothing more than a foolish dream.

After all, the foundation of Innate Soul Power was right there. The upper limit had already been completely locked in place.

The path of cultivation for Soul Masters had never been a smooth road straight ahead. Along the way, one would encounter all kinds of fatal bottlenecks.

Especially thresholds such as level nine to ten, nineteen to twenty, and twenty-nine to thirty, which crossed major realms.

The higher a genius's Innate Soul Power, the more smoothly the Soul Power in their body circulated, and generally speaking, the faster they could break through these thresholds.

Conversely, they might be stuck for months, years, or even an entire lifetime.

Furthermore, before the age of thirty, every Soul Master was in the most active stage of physical function and spiritual power. These were also the golden years when cultivation progressed the fastest.

Once they passed thirty, their vitality and blood would begin to settle, and their cultivation speed would start to decline.

If they attempted to challenge those major realm thresholds after turning thirty, the difficulty would multiply, perhaps even becoming utterly impossible.

This was also why there were clearly quite a few Soul Masters on the continent with Innate Soul Power of level seven or even level eight.

Yet some of them would remain stuck at the Soul Douluo realm for their entire lives, unable to break through to become a Title Douluo.

Missing the explosive period before the age of thirty was one very important factor.