Martial Soul—Records of the Three Kingdoms!

As the dazzling light flared in his palm, Zhuge Ming was overjoyed!

Such astonishing radiance... the martial soul he had awakened had to be incredibly powerful!

He was not the only one who thought so. Gasen and the other three children thought the same!

All of them stared wide-eyed at his palm!

A moment later, the brilliant golden light finally faded.

What appeared in Zhuge Ming's palm was actually a book...???

The cover of this book-type martial soul was blue, with three vertical black characters written in the center—

Records of the Three Kingdoms!!

Such a peculiar martial soul left everyone present utterly baffled.

A book-type martial soul?

It should count as a kind of tool martial soul, right?

But what use could a martial soul like that have?

It could neither possess its wielder like a beast martial soul nor serve as a weapon like a spear martial soul...

Surely he was not supposed to roll up the book and bash people over the head with it in a fight?

Could it be a support-type martial soul like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?

If that was true... wouldn't this kid be set for life?

His heart burning with excitement, Gasen hurriedly held the crystal ball before Zhuge Ming and urged him impatiently:

"Quick, test your soul power! You might have innate full soul power!"

Zhuge Ming nodded and pressed his palm against the crystal ball with eager anticipation.

The reason he had awakened such a bizarre martial soul might have had something to do with the Records of the Three Kingdoms game he had played before transmigrating.

Under everyone's intensely expectant gazes—

One second passed.

Two seconds passed.

Three seconds passed.

Ten seconds passed!

The dazzling blue light they had imagined did not appear!

Not even the faintest glimmer appeared!

The blue crystal ball... did not react at all!

The anticipation in Zhuge Ming's eyes visibly turned solemn!

Refusing to believe it, Gasen hurriedly comforted him:

"This... this crystal ball must be broken!

"I'll go get another one. Stay here and don't move!"

With that, Gasen ran to a nearby tent and brought back a new crystal ball.

Frowning, Zhuge Ming pressed his hand against the new crystal ball.

Yet this time, the crystal ball still showed no reaction...

By this point, it was basically certain.

The earlier crystal ball had not been faulty. His Records of the Three Kingdoms martial soul simply had no innate soul power at all!

It did not even have half a rank of soul power...

Without soul power, his martial soul could not increase in rank through cultivation!

In other words, he was destined to be sent to the front lines and become cannon fodder who died on the battlefield, just like his father...

"Pfft."

The two boys who also had no innate soul power could not help laughing.

They had been worried that Zhuge Ming would awaken some incredible martial soul and completely change his family's fate.

In the end, this book-type martial soul that looked so impressive was also a useless martial soul without innate soul power!

That instantly made them feel much better.

They had truly been afraid that this kid would soar to success and live a better life than them...

At that moment, Zhuge Ming lowered his head in disbelief.

If his martial soul truly was useless, then why had such astonishing light appeared when it formed?

There had to be something different about his martial soul compared to ordinary ones!

His martial soul could not possibly be useless!

Gasen looked at the boy with a face full of disappointment.

He had not expected such a spectacular awakening to result in not even a trace of soul power.

Even if he had only half a rank of soul power, this kid would have had more potential than the girl who had just summoned a turtle martial soul!

Unfortunately... all thunder, no rain.

Such a crushing contrast was hard to accept not only for a six-year-old child, but even for an adult like him.

Just as he crouched down, intending to comfort the boy, he was surprised to discover that the boy's face was not nearly as disappointed as he had expected.

Instead, the boy's gaze had inexplicably become resolute!

Gasen silently praised him for such strength of character.

Even with a useless martial soul, this kid would surely accomplish something on the battlefield someday!

Gasen patted Zhuge Ming on the shoulder and said:

"Although I don't want to believe this is the outcome either, the facts are right before us. I still have to follow the rules.

"Go back and get some rest. Tomorrow morning, you and the other two boys will go train at the military camp.

"However, I believe you have greater potential than the other children!

"I'll do my best to keep you off the battlefield before you turn sixteen!

"I hope you won't give up on yourself. Work hard to find another path. You may still have a chance at a good life."

Feeling Gasen's goodwill, Zhuge Ming took a deep breath and answered seriously:

"Thank you, Captain! I won't lose heart!"

Gasen nodded approvingly.

"Good! An outstanding soldier should have that kind of spirit!

"Rather than kicking someone when they're down after seeing them suffer misfortune!"

As he spoke, Gasen shot a glare at the two boys who had just mocked Zhuge Ming.

The two boys jumped at Gasen's look and hurriedly lowered their heads uneasily.

Gasen said nothing more and sent the four children out of the military camp.

At that moment, the four children's families were waiting outside the military camp.

Zhuge Ming's mother, Zhou Xuan, and his elder sister, Zhuge Tong, were among them.

Through the camp's fence, they saw the only girl run out happily.

When they learned that the girl had awakened a beast martial soul with half a rank of soul power,

their faces immediately showed envy, and they hoped that their own Ming could awaken a martial soul with soul power as well.

Soon, they saw Zhuge Ming walk out with a calm expression.

This made it impossible for them to tell whether he had awakened a useful martial soul.

But before they could ask, the other two boys who had come out earlier sighed to their families:

"Sigh, other than Xiaozhen, all three of us boys failed..."

Zhou Xuan and Zhuge Tong's faces instantly stiffened.

However, they soon returned to normal and smiled as they extended their hands to Zhuge Ming, who had arrived before them:

"Come on, let's go home and eat!"

Zhuge Ming looked at his mother and sister in surprise.

The sincere smiles on their faces warmed his heart slightly!

It seemed they already knew the outcome, yet they had not shown any disappointment.

Just as before, they gave him gentle comfort...

Zhuge Ming secretly clenched his fists.

He had to find out why his martial soul had no soul power. He had to change his family's fate!

He had already lost his father. He could not let these two fragile women continue to suffer misfortune!

Zhuge Ming took his mother's and sister's hands and returned with them to their humble home.

Zhou Xuan said to Zhuge Ming:

"Ming, awakening a martial soul takes a lot out of you. Go back to your room and rest first. I'll call you when the food is ready.

"Tong, come help me wash the vegetables."

His sister Zhuge Tong responded and went into the kitchen with their mother.

Zhuge Ming watched their departing figures.

He understood that they, too, needed some time alone to properly vent the helplessness in their hearts...

He raised his left hand and summoned his Records of the Three Kingdoms martial soul.

Although they had not asked any questions,

he still found it hard to accept that his extraordinarily unusual martial soul could lack even a trace of soul power.

If his martial soul were truly just an ordinary useless martial soul, there was no reason it should have emitted such dazzling light at the start, right?

With that question in mind, he opened his Records of the Three Kingdoms martial soul and discovered that it contained twenty blank pages, not a single word written on them.

If words appeared on these pages, would that allow him to gain extraordinary power?

Could he write whatever he wanted directly into this martial soul?

Zhuge Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and he rushed into his room.

The instant he stepped inside, his martial soul suddenly trembled, as though it had resonated with something in his room!

The next moment, Zhuge Ming discovered in astonishment...

Golden characters slowly emerged on the first page of his Records of the Three Kingdoms martial soul, which had previously been completely blank!