The God of Destruction felt sick to his stomach when he heard the Goddess of Life call him "Little Purple" again.
But for Ye Fan's God-level blessing, he forced down his disgust and managed a smile. "Yes, Life!"
"His name is Ye Fan. He has Twin Martial Souls, one of darkness and one of light."
"If we bless him and pass our godhoods on to him,"
"we can finally be together and roam the universe."
At that, the Goddess of Life's face lit up.
She turned to the God of Destruction. "You're right, Little Purple. You've thought this through."
"Let's go give the child a God-level blessing."
As for passing on her godhood, the Goddess of Life did not mention it.
She reached out to draw the God of Destruction's divine consciousness down to the mortal world with her, but he dodged her hand.
"Little Purple, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. I've had some trouble with my cultivation lately. I'm afraid my destructive power might hurt you."
"Oh!"
Sun Moon Continent, Mingde Hall!
By now, the two Angel Martial Souls behind Ye Fan had fully awakened.
Feeling the power and sanctity of the two Six-Winged Angel Martial Souls behind him, Ye Fan murmured, "Death Angel and Life Angel. Interesting."
He looked up at the sky. "Mom, Dad, don't worry. I'll never forget the debt of blood I owe for your deaths."
"And I'll find my sister."
Before he could think further, an excited Jing Hongchen took a crystal ball from his Soul Tool and cut in.
"Xiao Fan, put your hand on this crystal ball. Quick."
Jing Hongchen was plainly impatient.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the siblings beside him, were just as eager.
At Jing Hongchen's call, Ye Fan withdrew his Martial Souls and placed his hand on the dazzling crystal ball.
Jing Hongchen channeled Soul Power into it.
Everyone watched as the crystal ball's color changed rapidly.
As Soul Power poured in, the ball erupted with a pure, brilliant golden-white glow. Not a trace of any other color marred it—the unmistakable sign of Innate Full Soul Power.
Meng Hongchen clapped a hand over her mouth and cried out, "Oh my God! Xiao Fan has Innate Full Soul Power!"
Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists, envy surging in his eyes. "Innate Full Soul Power..."
Jing Hongchen smiled at the glowing ball, privately thankful he had chosen to adopt Ye Fan.
Ye Fan, however, was unimpressed. He knew a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was a God-level Martial Soul.
With both a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and Twin Martial Souls, shouldn't he have at least level twenty Innate Soul Power, if not level thirty?
Yet he had only level ten. Doubt crept in. Are my Six-Winged Angel Martial Souls defective?
Or has God King Tang targeted me?
"All right, Xiao Fan, you can—!"
Jing Hongchen was about to tell Ye Fan to remove his hand when, to his horror, the crystal ball suddenly burst.
Clink, clink, clink.
Meng Hongchen stared at the shattered crystal ball. Her other hand flew to her mouth as she cried, "Oh my God! Xiao Fan's Soul Power is far above innate level ten!"
Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists even tighter.
Jing Hongchen hurriedly took a higher-grade testing crystal ball from his Soul Tool.
Ye Fan looked stunned.
Just then, two commanding voices had sounded in his mind:
"I bless Ye Fan with ten additional levels of Innate Soul Power."
"I bless Ye Fan with ten additional levels of Innate Soul Power."
Ye Fan looked around, searching for the voices' source.
Then his aura began to surge. Moments later, everyone saw the second crystal ball used to test his Soul Power crumble to pieces.
Ye Fan's Soul Power had broken past the innate level-ten limit.
It reached an astonishing innate level thirty—ten levels above even the innate level twenty of Qian Renxue, ancestor of the Angel Clan.
Ye Fan looked around, but saw no one except Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen. While he stood there bewildered, the crystal ball in his hand turned scarlet, then shattered.
Crack!
Meng Hongchen could not bring herself to lower her hands. "Oh my God! Could Xiao Fan's Innate Soul Power be above level twenty?"
Xiao Hongchen's clenched fists finally loosened. "Grandpa, could your crystal balls be broken?"
"No one on Sun Moon Continent has ever had Innate Soul Power above level twenty. It's unheard of even on neighboring Douluo Continent."
Jing Hongchen's hand, which had been channeling Soul Power into the crystal ball, hung in midair. He began to wonder himself.
Could the crystal balls really be faulty? That shouldn't be possible.
But there's no mistaking the aura that erupted from Ye Fan just now.
Unwilling to give up, Jing Hongchen took yet another testing crystal ball from his Soul Tool and held it out to Ye Fan.
"Ye Fan, put your hand on this one."
Ye Fan obediently did so, and Jing Hongchen channeled Soul Power into the ball.
Crack.
"Again!"
Jing Hongchen and Ye Fan tried several more.
Beside them, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen watched their repeated attempts with numb expressions.
At last, Jing Hongchen gave up and decided to ask Ye Fan directly.
"Xiao Fan, no more tests."
"Summon your Martial Souls and see how many empty Soul Ring slots they have."
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen both turned toward Ye Fan.
Jing Hongchen watched him too.
Ye Fan circulated the surging Soul Power throughout his body and summoned his Martial Souls once more: the Death Angel and the Life Angel.
As his Soul Power surged, two profoundly sacred figures of light burst forth behind him.
On the left, the somber, jet-black Death Angel spread its six wings, bearing the power of annihilation.
On the right, the pure-white Life Angel gently stirred her wings, an aura of vitality swirling around her. Both God-level Martial Souls shone with flowing light, their presence overwhelming.
Most astonishing of all, three clear, distinct empty Soul Ring slots hovered around each Martial Soul. Each could bear three Soul Rings—the unmistakable sign of innate level-thirty Soul Power.
The sight overturned everything they knew about the continent. Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen's pupils contracted as they cried out together, "Oh my God! Level-thirty Innate Full Soul Power!"
Jing Hongchen froze, staring as if he had seen a ghost. After several stunned seconds, he broke into delighted laughter that rang through the hall. His eyes full of joy and affection, he fixed his gaze on Ye Fan and shouted:
"Wonderful! To think I adopted a peerless genius! Xiao Fan, will you become my disciple?"
Ye Fan did not hesitate. He dropped to his knees before Jing Hongchen and bowed. "Your disciple Ye Fan greets you, Teacher."
He then knocked his forehead against the floor three times before Jing Hongchen.
Each time, his forehead struck the floor with a resounding thud.
Jing Hongchen had tried to help him up after the first bow. "Xiao Fan, on Sun Moon Continent, a disciple only needs to bow at the waist. Kneeling is reserved for heaven, earth, and one's parents."
Ye Fan disagreed. "Teacher, a teacher for a day is a father for life. Besides, you saved my life."
"You deserve this honor."
Only then did Jing Hongchen accept Ye Fan's kneeling bows.
Meanwhile, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life had their first clash.
The two God Kings came into conflict because the Goddess of Life changed her mind at the last moment and refused to pass on her Life Godhood.
She urged the God of Destruction, "Little Purple, Tang San said a crisis is about to strike the Douluo God Realm. As enforcers of the Divine Realm, I think we should preserve our strength for now."
Without waiting for the God of Destruction to respond, the Goddess of Life claimed she felt unwell and left.
The God of Destruction watched her disappear. His face darkened to a sickly purple.
"So that's how it is, Life. You're already siding with Tang San."
He stood stunned for a moment, then made up his mind.
He would pass his Destruction Godhood to Ye Fan first. If that failed, he could try to trick the God of Devastation into passing his Ruination Godhood to Ye Fan instead.
The God of Destruction sent a fragment of his divine soul into Ye Fan's brow.
Then the rest of his divine soul returned to the Divine Realm, where he summoned the Seven Deadly Sin Gods and the God of Devastation to discuss an important matter.
Back with Ye Fan, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind. "Ye Fan, do you want a godhood?"
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