Martial Soul Awakening

Awakening of Martial Souls

Douluo God Realm, Sea God Temple

"Now that the ten-year term of the Douluo Continent is approaching, I am sending Xiao Qi down to the lower realm. I hope that through her, I can train a good dog for the Tang family—no, I mean a good son-in-law—to help me break the current deadlock of who holds power in the God Realm."

Tang San stood in front of the passage he had built in the Sea God Temple to observe the Douluo Continent, watching a circular object wrapped in his divine power slowly fly toward the Douluo Continent.

Just as Tang San was imagining the wonderful life where he would rule over the entire God Realm, a voice coming from the entrance of the Sea God Temple interrupted his fantasies of the future.

"Third Brother, have you seen Xiao Qi? Where has that girl run off to play again?"

Xiao Wu walked into the Sea God Temple, her long scorpion braid swaying from side to side as she walked. She looked at the blue figure standing there still gazing into the distance at the Douluo Continent, a trace of grievance welling up in her heart.

Third Brother is really something. How many years has he been a god, yet he still constantly obsesses over the Douluo Continent? With this kind of time, he would be better off trying harder to make a little one!

Xiao Qi is going to be completely spoiled.

"Xiao Qi? Uh... she might be over by Destruction or Life right now. You know how children are. A little mischievous, so running around is normal."

Tang San turned his head back, using his body to block the channel entrance behind him that was slowly closing. He looked at Xiao Wu, but his gaze drifted somewhat, not daring to meet her eyes directly.

After all, children love to play, so they would run out to play; it was just that this time she ran a little far.

"No, I already asked."

Xiao Wu looked at Tang San, and seeing his somewhat drifting gaze, she instantly thought of a possibility.

"Third Brother, you didn't send Xiao Qi to the Douluo Continent, did you?!"

"Xiao Wu, y-you listen to my explanation... Oh no!"

Just as Tang San pulled Xiao Wu into his arms, wanting to explain a few words, his expression suddenly changed.

A succession of booming sounds rang out.

The God Realm shook violently in an instant. Those who were cultivating, those who were slacking off, and those who had taken flight all abruptly stopped what they were doing and raised their heads to look outside the God Realm.

Rampant spacetime force instantly enveloped the entire God Realm, and the realm was immediately thrown into a precarious sway by this power. But at that critical moment, accompanied by a dazzling white light emitted from the God Realm Central Hub, the vibrating God Realm instantly calmed down.

Spacetime turbulence. Ah, this spacetime turbulence couldn't come sooner or later; why did it have to arrive right when I just sent Xiao Qi down to the lower realm? I just hope she can safely reach the Clear Sky Sect, not to mention the anomaly over on the Sun Moon Empire side—truly an eventful autumn.

A day in heaven is a year on earth. I just wonder when this spacetime turbulence will dissipate.

Just as Tang San was deep in thought, he suddenly felt a chill on his back. When he turned his head, he found Xiao Wu staring at him with a fierce expression.

"Third Brother, let's go. Come back to the room with me. I want to hear you give me a good, thorough explanation of why you sent Xiao Qi to the lower realm."

Purple Radiance Prince's Residence, Sun Moon Empire, Douluo Continent

A six-year-old child dressed in a luxurious purple-gold robe lay on a lounge chair in the backyard of the prince's residence. His eyes were closed, and his fingers tapped rhythmically against the side in time with the swaying motion of the chair.

"Second Brother, I guessed right away that you'd be here. You're going to awaken your martial soul very soon—how can you not be anxious at all?"

Xu Tianran said helplessly as he looked at his younger half-brother, who was three years junior to him.

"What is there to be anxious about? In any case, no matter how we flip it, our family only has those few inherited martial souls; they won't be bad."

Xu Tianchen raised his head slightly, glanced at his eldest brother, and replied in a somewhat lazy tone.

After speaking, he looked up at the sun blooming with boundless light in the sky, a trace of emotion rising in his heart.

He claimed he wasn't nervous, but in truth he was still a little nervous. After all, he certainly didn't want to become the "Grandmaster" of Douluo II.

By now he had been transmigrated for six whole years. According to the transmigration code—speaking in terms of looking at whatever you were viewing when you transmigrated—

He remembered that when the dimensional driver was running up his performance metrics, he had clearly been binge-watching Second Feng's Xuanwu Gate Incident. If he was going to transmigrate, he should have transmigrated into the Tang dynasty to display his ambitions, instead of ending up in this godforsaken Douluo Continent.

Transmigrating to the Douluo Continent was fine and all, but it turned out to be the Ultimate Douluo era, and there wasn't even a system. How did they expect him to face Tang Buddha? Huh? You ask me how I knew what era this was? Because Xu He—meaning that He Caitou—was just born this year.

Fortunately, his starting hand wasn't bad. He wasn't an orphan like in his past life; at least he still had a father and a grandfather who cherished him immensely. As for his mother...

Well... was his father somewhat cursed to lose his wives? Or was the prince's residence simply plagued by bad feng shui?

Every single woman he took as his primary wife ultimately died in difficult childbirth. Whether it was the eldest brother's mother from the beginning or his own mother, they all met the same end. Therefore, out of guilt or something else, they were both exceptionally good to him and his eldest brother.

As for his grandfather, that person was truly extraordinary—he was none other than Kong Deming, known as the Father of Soul Tools!

He finally understood why his cheap old man had so many supporters when he later rebelled. It wasn't just because his imperial uncle was too weak and always wanted to make peace with the Three Douluo Kingdoms, causing the pro-war generals and ministers in the imperial court to disapprove of him, but also because of the detached neutrality of his grandfather and the rest of the Consecration Hall.

"Your Highness, did you find the Second Young Master? The Prince and Elder Kong have both arrived and are waiting in the main hall right now."

Hearing his little maid's shouts, Xu Tianchen hurriedly bounded down from the lounge chair. While pulling Xu Tianran along to run outside, he said:

"Big Brother, you didn't even think to tell me that Grandfather came too."

Hearing this, Xu Tianran helplessly twitched the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Xu Tianchen run out, Xiao Su stamped her feet twice, and was then pulled along by Xu Tianchen to run forward together.

Before long, Xu Tianchen led the two trailing burdens behind him as he ran all the way into the main hall of the prince's residence. As soon as he reached the entrance, he saw Kong Deming sitting inside the hall. Immediately letting go of both their hands, he opened his arms and sprinted straight into Kong Deming's embrace.

"Grandfather!"

Kong Deming caught Xu Tianchen as he hurled himself into his arms, then smiled and stroked his head.

"Chen'er, Grandfather is going to awaken your martial soul for you right away. Are you happy?"

"Happy, thank you Grandfather."

Although he knew that the quality of the final result had nothing to do with the cultivation level of the person presiding over the awakening, Kong Deming, as the head of the Consecration Hall, had specifically come out of seclusion just to awaken his martial soul. From this, one could see just how much affection he held for Xu Tianchen.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and get down from Elder Kong. It's almost time, get ready so we can all head to the quiet room together for the awakening."

Prince Purple Radiance Xu Chengjing stood to the side, looking at the harmonious scene between the old man and the young boy, and spoke.

Naturally, the awakening ceremony could not possibly be held in this main hall; instead, it took place in a quiet room within the prince's residence.

The stone walls of the quiet room were forged from deep-sea sunken silver mixed with special materials, and countless complex soul tool runes were carved into the walls. One could even faintly perceive the flowing luster of energy, and these runes possessed extremely powerful sealing and stabilizing effects. Clearly, this was the result of reinforcement by Kong Deming—after all, these runes had not been present when Xu Tianran underwent his awakening.

As for the most eye-catching feature of this quiet room, six milky-white martial soul awakening stones were embedded in the floor right at its center.

"Come, Chen'er, stand within the awakening array. Don't be nervous, relax your entire body, carefully sense the hidden power within your body, and then release it."

Kong Deming stood before the awakening array and instructed Xu Tianchen.

"I understand, let's begin, Grandfather."

Xu Tianchen stepped into the awakening array, saw the encouraging gazes given by Xu Tianran and Xu Chengjing standing off to the side, and then closed his eyes, letting his arms hang naturally by his sides as his entire body relaxed.

Outwardly he looked somewhat relaxed, but in his heart he was still a bit nervous. Even though over the years he hadn't skimped on medicinal baths and the like provided by the prince's residence, and a massive amount of precious resources had been used to build his foundation, he still felt a degree of panic. After all, having transmigrated, who would want to remain an obscure weakling?

Yet regardless of how Xu Tianchen felt, the awakening ceremony had to begin all the same.

Come on!

As Kong Deming channeled his soul power into the array, this soul power was transformed by the awakening array into countless golden spots of light, which were absorbed into Xu Tianchen's small body.

Xu Tianchen only felt his entire body grow light, as if he were soaking in a hot spring, experiencing an unprecedented sense of comfort.

"Roar—!"

A low and ferociously predatory dragon roar echoed within the quiet room, and dense dragon scales were seen growing all over Xu Tianchen's arms. Those purplish-black dragon scales presented a profound look, as though they could swallow all surrounding light. Dark golden patterns flowed along the edges of every single scale, and the overall entity radiated a devastating aura that made one's heart palpitate.

At the same time, a massive giant dragon projection manifested behind Xu Tianchen. Its dragon head was ferocious, current crackled alongside its dragon eyes, and its entire body was covered in purplish-black dragon scales—a truly imposing sight.

"This is the Purple Radiance Annihilating Heaven Dragon! It's been a long time since I've seen such a formidable Purple Radiance Annihilating Heaven Dragon, and this destruction attribute is even stronger than Tianran's!" Xu Chengjing exclaimed in astonishment from the side.

Yet just as this exclamation had not yet fully died away, yet another scene unfolded before the eyes of the three men.

A great sun rose above Xu Tianchen's head, and the previously dim quiet room instantly grew brightly lit. That light carried the scorching heat and majesty of a blazing, magnificent sun.

"Twin martial souls! This—this temperature, it's also an ultimate attribute! Truly, heaven protects our Sun Moon!" Kong Deming, who was presiding over the awakening, cried out in shock.

One sun, one dragon. One was scorching light and flame—ultimate flame and quasi-ultimate light, golden radiance illuminating all. The other was an intimidating destruction—purple energy coming from the east, with all things withering.

Immediately afterward, Xu Tianchen's appearance also underwent changes. The most direct manifestation was that his height shot up a bit more, his hair turned a deep shade of purple, and when he opened his eyes, they felt filled with light while simultaneously radiating an overwhelming sense of majesty.

Though the young dragon was small, its sharp edge remained impossible to conceal.

Xu Tianchen sensed the power within his body—a power that felt capable of destroying heaven and earth—and with a sense of relief, he revealed a happy smile.

"Quick, quick come over, test the innate soul power." Kong Deming was so excited that his voice even trembled slightly.

Xu Tianchen looked at the crystal ball in front of him, placed his hand upon it, and then slowly channeled the soul power within his body into it.

Unsurprisingly, the crystal ball burst forth with dazzling light.

Innate Full Soul Power!