On the viewing platform atop the city walls, the atmosphere had grown subtly tense.
Martial Souls were passed down through bloodlines. The moment one was activated, it would unconsciously release the most fundamental aura of its bloodline origin.
As long as members of the same lineage were not too far apart, their Martial Souls would produce an inseverable resonance and mutual sensation.
This instinctive perception stemming from bloodline was extraordinarily accurate. Older high-level Soul Masters could even use it to determine at a glance whether a younger generation truly carried their blood.
Unless a Martial Soul underwent a rare and drastic reverse mutation during inheritance, this origin-based perception was almost never wrong.
And at that moment, the starlight blooming from the Star Staff in Xu Mingzi's hand was recklessly radiating an aura from the same bloodline.
That unique, sacred fluctuation belonging to the power of stars was virtually identical to the Star Crown Martial Soul inherited by the Star Luo Imperial Family.
As the marshal of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Hao had dealt with the imperial family for most of his life and was more familiar with that aura than anyone.
With only a slight glance from the corner of his eye, he instantly concluded that the youth named Xu Mingzi was undoubtedly the biological son of the emperor beside him.
As for the surname Xu, that was even easier to explain.
"Xu" and "Xu" shared the same pronunciation, though they were written differently.
On this continent, where noble families maintained strict hierarchies, giving illegitimate children surnames that sounded the same was an unspoken rule among great clans.
Giving mistresses hidden from the light, or illegitimate descendants scattered outside, a homophonous surname not only avoided the awkwardness of revealing their identities, but also served as a subtle mark of