Innate Level-Twenty Full Soul Power!

"The God Realm decrees that Deities must not interfere with mortal destiny."

"Shura, you used your origin divine power to protect your inheritor. I saw it all clearly. You so blatantly violated the divine rules—aren't you abusing the privileges of an enforcer god for personal gain?"

After hearing the Sea God's account, the Shura God sat calmly upon his divine throne. His blood-red eyes were indifferent as he said disdainfully, "Su Qi awakened my Asura Demon Sword as his Martial Soul bloodline. He also possesses my inheritance token, the Killing God Domain, and is an Innate Shura Sacred Body."

"He is destined to become the Shura God in the future, so my helping him does not count as interfering with his destiny."

"As for Tang San, other than being the descendant of my previous inheritor, he currently has nothing whatsoever to do with the path of Shura."

"If I helped Tang San and forcibly made him inherit my divine position, that would be interfering with mortal destiny and violating the divine rules."

"Sea God, are you jealous of me? If you have the ability, find yourself an inheritor with an Innate Sea God Sacred Body. Stop trying to hold me accountable every time you catch me."

Hearing this and seeing the Shura God's smug expression, the Sea God was so furious he wanted to beat his chest and stamp his feet.

Yet he did not do so. Instead, he grinned wickedly and said, "Shura, since you've chosen Su Qi as your inheritor, Tang San belongs to me!"

"I can see that this child has the potential to become a god as well. With enough opportunities paving his way, his chances of completing my Sea God's Nine Trials in the future are quite high."

"No!" the Shura God refused. "The reason I did not kill Tang Hao was so he could remain behind to protect Tang San. Sea God, I am not as foolish as you, leaving only a single inheritance token in the mortal world."

"I will naturally nurture Su Qi with care, but to prevent unforeseen circumstances, I still need Tang San as a backup. So I cannot give him to you!"

"You old Shura, you're insatiably greedy. Sooner or later, you'll get what's coming to you! I don't care. I've taken a liking to Tang San. Once you pour all your attention into Su Qi, I'll exploit the opening and steal your candidate."

At this point, the Sea God changed his tone and corrected himself. "No, that's not right. Tang San doesn't even have the Killing God Domain now, so he does not count as your candidate at all. If I regard him as my inheritor, it is none of your business!"

"Hmph." The Shura God said disdainfully, "Sea God, you make it sound as though Tang San has your inheritance token."

"I recall that the only inheritance token you left on Douluo Continent has already been treated by the Heaven Dou Empire as its national treasure."

"If you want Tang San to obtain that item from the empire, you will inevitably have to interfere with many karmic ties in the Mortal Realm, won't you?"

"Enough. I do not wish to waste any more words on you. If you want to complain to Goodness and Evil, then go ahead. I have not violated any rules anyway."

"However, Sea God, you should think this through. If you report me today, then prepare to be reported by me until the day you die!"

Seeing the sinister smile curl across the Shura God's lips, the Sea God was immediately left speechless.

After a brief silence, he flicked his sleeve and transformed into a blue-gold pillar of light, vanishing from Shura Hall.

"Shura, those who walk by the river often will eventually wet their shoes. We are both pitiful people desperate to hand over our divine positions. In the future, let us each turn a blind eye to the other. I'm leaving."

Watching the Sea God disappear, the Shura God smiled indifferently. He had already resolved to nurture Su Qi into the next Shura God in the shortest possible time.

So even if he had to defy the rules, he would absolutely transfer his divine position this time!

Beyond the Douluo God Realm lay countless unknown star systems and planes waiting for him to explore. How could he remain imprisoned here for his entire life?

Just as the Shura God and Sea God finished their conversation, night had already fallen in the distant Mortal Realm.

Within Holy Soul Village, the moonlight was dim.

After being severely injured by a strand of the Shura God's divine sense, Tang Hao appeared unharmed on the surface, but his internal injuries had worsened. His meridians were affected, his foundation damaged, and his cultivation had become restricted. He would never be able to make another breakthrough in his life.

He had preserved his life, but he looked more desolate and dispirited than ever as he limped into the blacksmith shop.

Seeing how seriously injured his father was, Tang San's face filled with worry. He hurried forward and asked anxiously, "Dad, where did you go? Who beat you into this state?"

"Mind your own business. If you have nothing better to do, help me repair those farm tools. They need to be delivered tomorrow."

After responding weakly, Tang Hao did not even raise his head. His will was crushed as he endured the pain throughout his body and entered the inner room.

After clashing with the Shura divine sense, he had clearly fallen into utter despair.

Now that Spirit Hall had gained Su Qi, the inheritor of the Killing God, what hope did he have left for revenge?

Moreover, with his foundation damaged and internal injuries worsened, he had to rely on soul power and a full set of soul bones just to support his skeleton and walk normally.

In the past, he had pretended to be a cripple in Holy Soul Village.

Now, he truly had become one.

He might as well remain dejected, spend his life as an ordinary blacksmith, and no longer concern himself with worldly affairs.

Witnessing Tang Hao's numb and despondent appearance, Tang San felt bitterness rise in his heart.

Although this father had always been cold toward him, he was still Tang San's only family in this world.

By both sentiment and reason, Tang San should care for him. He should also explain the situation to him.

After considering for a moment, Tang San said, "Dad, I awakened the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, with Innate Full Soul Power."

"Besides the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, I also awakened a hammer Martial Soul. It was too heavy, so I instinctively withdrew it and did not let anyone else see it."

Upon hearing Tang San's words, Tang Hao abruptly pushed open the wooden door and limped out from the inner room.

He was completely different from his formerly numb and dispirited self as he demanded, "Release your Martial Souls!"

"Alright." Tang San first raised his right hand and revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. Then he withdrew it, raised his left hand, and a pitch-black hammer Martial Soul quietly emerged.

The moment Tang Hao saw that hammer Martial Soul, emotion instantly filled his cold eyes. He staggered down into a crouch, spread his arms, and pulled Tang San into an embrace. "Good, good! Little San, my good son!"

A warm, solid embrace wrapped around him, carrying the metallic scent of iron mixed with bloodstains on Tang Hao's clothes.

Tang San's body stiffened as a warmth he had never felt before welled up in his heart.

He had lived alone in his previous life and had never experienced familial affection.

At this moment, he finally understood.

This was fatherly love.

The father who had always been so cold to him was now giving him such a warm embrace.

Could it be that his twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power talent had made his father feel proud and happy?

As Tang San enjoyed Tang Hao's embrace, the excitement in Tang Hao's eyes had already faded somewhat, replaced by helplessness and sorrow.

He had been excited just now because he had confirmed that Tang San, this prodigy who had possessed strange martial skills since childhood, was truly his biological son.

He was born with all manner of strange martial skills, possessed twin Martial Souls, and had Innate Full Soul Power.

Such talent was unparalleled in a century and should have been their greatest hope for revenge against Spirit Hall.

But when Tang Hao recalled the image of Su Qi as the Killing God during the day, the last flame of hope in his heart went out once more.

No matter how strong a mortal was, he was still only mortal.

Even if Tang San followed the path of his grandfather Tang Chen and cultivated to become a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, he still could not cross the gulf between gods and mortals.

Now that Su Qi, the inheritor of the Killing God, had joined Spirit Hall and had the Killing God guarding his path, Tang San would have no chance of victory if he wished to shake a god as a mortal in the future.

Unless this son of his also gained a Deity's favor and ascended to a divine position.

Otherwise, revenge would forever remain empty talk.

Elsewhere, within Sea God Hall in the vast God Realm.

A sapphire Divine Mirror reflected scenes from the mortal world.

Sea God Poseidon quietly watched the father and son, Tang Hao and Tang San, embrace each other, his gaze profound.

Only then did he realize that every word the Shura God had said earlier was true.

Tang San possessed not a trace of Asura Origin, nor did he possess even the slightest marine divinity.

The life-oriented Blue Silver Grass and the immensely destructive Clear Sky Hammer.

These two Martial Souls instead had close connections to the two God Kings, Life and Destruction.

Tang San's future destiny should likewise develop in the directions of Life and Destruction.

If he forcibly brought Tang San over, paved the way for him, and helped him begin the Sea God's Nine Trials, it would be no different from changing a mortal's destiny.

He would even be competing with the two God Kings, Life and Destruction, for a person!

Fortunately, as native Deities, neither of those two God Kings had any intention of relinquishing their divine positions.

Meanwhile, the Shura God was focused on Su Qi's growth and regarded Tang San only as a backup.

If he intervened, turning Tang San into his inheritor would not be too difficult.

But the greatest problem was that he had only left one inheritance token in the Mortal Realm: the Heart of the Sea.

That meant there could only be one future inheritor.

In contrast, the Shura God had established the rule in Slaughter City that awarded the Killing God Domain, ensuring that inheritance tokens were not limited to a single person.

Anyone possessing the Killing God Domain could become a candidate for divine inheritance.

"That old Shura really is cunning!"

Cursing inwardly, the Sea God stared at Tang Hao and Tang San in the sapphire Divine Mirror, his thoughts returning to how he could pave a path for Tang San.

The Heart of the Sea, his inheritance token, was currently named the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud by humans. It was sealed within Heaven Dou Palace and had become the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure.

To have the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire hand the Heart of the Sea over to Tang San, he would have to interfere with many karmic ties in the Mortal Realm.

When that happened, he would certainly violate the God Realm's rules and suffer punishment.

The Sea God lightly tapped the sapphire Divine Mirror with his fingertip and sighed.

It was a pity Tang San had not awakened his Heart of the Sea or Sea God's Trident as a Martial Soul. He did not even possess a water-element Martial Soul or cultivation method.

If he had even one of those, paving the way for him would have been much easier.

At present, he could only exploit loopholes in the rules, secretly offer limited assistance, and avoid the main gods' surveillance.

Once Tang San obtained the Heart of the Sea, everything would naturally fall into place!

While the Sea God considered how to pave Tang San's path, several days in the Mortal Realm passed in the blink of an eye.

It was daytime now, with the sun shining brightly beneath clear skies.

Upon the official road leading toward Spirit City.

Three luxurious carriages raced forward, kicking up clouds of dust.

This was an escort convoy directly under Papal Palace.

It had been specially dispatched across various regions to bring away young geniuses who had awakened outstanding talents.

Inside the first carriage, which enjoyed the highest status in the convoy.

Su Qi sat quietly within.

Across from him sat a charming yet gentle figure. This person was Yue Guan, Chrysanthemum Douluo and an elder of Spirit Hall.

The fact that Yue Guan, Chrysanthemum Douluo, had personally come to escort him showed just how seriously Papal Palace regarded Su Qi's talent.

Su Qi was no stranger to Yue Guan.

In his previous life, Su Qi had been chosen as Spirit Hall's Holy Son and had interacted with Yue Guan many times.

Thanks to Yue Guan teaching him about all kinds of immortal herbs, Su Qi had been able to accurately distinguish the various immortal herbs and their effects when he entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well alone in his previous life.

At the time, Su Qi had harbored selfish motives.

He had not reported the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or the opportunities involving its various immortal herbs.

Nor had he taken all the immortal herbs. He had only consumed three: Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass, Inferno Apricot Delicate, and Autumn Water Dew.

In his previous life, when he was ten years old—twenty-one years ago.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had not yet been occupied by Dugu Bo.

By now, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well should have become Dugu Bo's treasured place for suppressing his snake venom.

Dugu Bo did not recognize immortal herbs, so the herbs left unpicked around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well should all still be perfectly intact.

Su Qi had never expected that the Soul Martial Soul from his previous life would gain the ninth soul skill, Life Return.

This soul skill was passive. It could package the medicinal power of immortal herbs contained within the body, along with all beneficial enhancements, and carry them alongside the soul through reincarnation.

Thus, at the very beginning of this life, he already possessed the effects of three great immortal herbs.

Nourished by the medicinal power of those three immortal herbs, he was born with eyes capable of seeing through countless rare treasures, as well as a constitution immune to all poisons and both water and fire.

What delighted Su Qi was that the medicinal power of the three immortal herbs had come with his soul and would not affect his ability to consume immortal herbs in the future.

In other words, once the time was right, he could still enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seek out and consume other immortal herbs.

"Child, what are you thinking about?" Yue Guan's effeminate voice suddenly sounded. "Release your sword Martial Soul and let me see what is going on."

Su Qi did as instructed, but to keep the killing intent from affecting the carriage's movement, he fully suppressed his Martial Soul's aura. Only a palm-sized Asura Demon Sword appeared in his hand.

After examining the miniature Asura Demon Sword for a while, a flash of surprise appeared in Yue Guan's eyes.

Even with its aura deliberately suppressed, the divine might emitted by the Asura Demon Sword itself was still awe-inspiring.

"This sword Martial Soul is no ordinary thing!"

As he spoke, Yue Guan handed a specially made golden crystal ball to Su Qi.

This sphere had been designed specifically to test the soul power of Spirit Hall's Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. It could withstand Innate Full Soul Power beyond the normal limit.

"Come, child. Let me retest your soul power." Yue Guan explained, "Once we arrive at Papal Palace, I must truthfully report your actual soul power to the Pope."

"Alright." Su Qi withdrew the Asura Demon Sword Martial Soul and extended his small right hand, his fingertip touching the crystal ball's surface.

Buzz—

Blinding golden light instantly filled the entire carriage.

The golden light surged, sacred and majestic.

"This is Innate Level-Twenty... Full Soul Power?"

Yue Guan's pupils contracted as realization dawned on him. "No wonder ordinary crystal balls shattered immediately."

"Child, your sword Martial Soul is like the Six-Winged Angel, the supreme symbol of Spirit Hall. It is a God-Gifted Martial Soul!"

"Because of a Deity's blessing, your innate soul power was able to surpass the limits of mortals and become Innate Level-Twenty Full Soul Power!"

Hearing this, Su Qi tilted his head in feigned confusion and asked in a childlike voice, "Lord Yue Guan, what is a God-Gifted Martial Soul?"

"A God-Gifted Martial Soul is a Martial Soul nurtured by a Deity's origin. It possesses abilities similar to certain aspects of that Deity, and its quality is certainly beyond the highest grade."

Yue Guan looked at Su Qi's youthful features, his eyes filled with shock.

Suppressing the countless thoughts in his heart, he patiently explained, "For mortal Martial Souls, the upper limit of innate soul power is level ten. It can never be exceeded in one's lifetime."

"Only Martial Souls tainted by a god's aura and blessed by a Deity can break through those shackles and possess Innate Full Soul Power above level ten."

"Across Douluo Continent, only the Six-Winged Angel lineage inherited by Papal Palace is universally recognized as having a God-Gifted Martial Soul."

At this point, Yue Guan's expression became increasingly solemn.

"And you are the second person in thousands of years, aside from the Six-Winged Angel lineage, to possess a God-Gifted Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power at level twenty."

"So that's how it is!" Su Qi pretended to only half understand, but his mind was perfectly clear.

The Shura God's origin had taken root within him. This talent had never been something a mortal should possess, not to mention that he had already begun the Shura God's Nine Trials and was currently undertaking the first trial.

There was nothing strange about having Innate Level-Twenty Full Soul Power.