Tang Li, Awakening Day

Sun-Moon Federation, Aolai City.

Today is the awakening day mandated by the Federation. All children who have reached the age of six can awaken their martial souls for free today. As long as they possess innately gifted soul power, they can become the most noble profession on the Douluo Continent—a soul master.

Outside Red Mountain Academy, Tang Wulin asked eagerly, "Xiaoli, what do you think my martial soul will be?"

"I don't know, who can say for sure with something like a martial soul?"

Although Tang Li had awakened the memories of his past life, he was unsure what Tang Wulin's martial soul would be, because this seemed to be a parallel plane of the Douluo Continent, and Tang Wulin had even become his older sister.

What if she awakened the Clear Sky Hammer just like Tang Wutong? That was not entirely out of the question.

Hearing Tang Li's words, Tang Wulin nodded. She had grown up listening to the stories of Huo Yuhao, the founder of the Spirit Pagoda, and knew that martial souls could mutate.

"Tang Wulin, Tang Li..." A teacher walked out of Red Mountain Academy, reading a list and calling out several names in succession.

"We're here!"

Hearing her name, Tang Wulin immediately raised her hand excitedly and pulled Tang Li toward the teacher.

Once all seven people who were called had arrived, the teacher turned and led them into the academy.

Compared to the hustle and bustle outside, the interior of the academy was much quieter, and the teacher brought them to a circular building.

This was the place for awakening. It had seven floors in total, with an awakening room on each floor. According to the arrangement on the list, Tang Wulin was on the third floor, and Tang Li was on the fourth floor.

Before separating, Tang Wulin patted Tang Li's head to cheer him up. "Xiaoli, I hope you awaken a powerful martial soul."

"You too." Tang Li was a little shorter than Tang Wulin and had no defense against being head-patted.

Entering the awakening room alone, Tang Li was captivated by the intricate and complex patterns before his eyes. These dazzling patterns possessed a magical power, and Tang Li could feel a force stirring within his body.

A middle-aged man wearing archaic robes stood in the deepest part of the awakening room. The robes featured yellow patterns, and some patterns of soul beasts were embroidered upon them.

Tang Li recognized this type of clothing; this was the uniform of the Spirit Pagoda. Just like with mechas, yellow corresponded to rank.

"Hello."

The Spirit Master wore a gentle smile on his face. "Come, little friend, stand in the middle. The awakening is about to begin."

Following the Spirit Master's words, Tang Li stood in the center of the awakening room. The patterns here were the most magnificent, and the attraction to the force inside his body was the strongest.

That force should be his martial soul.

"Clear your mind and calm your spirit, I am going to begin!"

Hearing the Spirit Master's warning, Tang Li hurriedly concentrated his spirit, preparing to sense his martial soul.

The Spirit Master was suddenly covered in a chilling black light. Accompanied by the howl of a wolf, his palms transformed into wolf claws.

Black soul power gathered on the Spirit Master's wolf claws, forming a pillar of light that connected to the patterns on the ceiling. With the injection of soul power, those patterns became even more brilliant, resembling fireworks.

Dazzling patterns lit up one by one. Starting from the ceiling connected by the pillar of light, they spread all the way across the entire awakening room until they converged at Tang Li's feet.

The traction force that stimulated the power within his body suddenly increased, and a tingling sensation like an electric shock made Tang Li feel hotter and hotter inside.

Uncontrollably, he reached out his right hand, and the soul power inside his body surged out through him, condensing into a strangely shaped pot.

The Spirit Master at the side clearly sensed that the soul power within Tang Li's body was far more robust than that of anyone he had awakened before, and he immediately understood that this was definitely a powerful martial soul.

As the awakening agent, he would be able to receive a reward from above! If he could invite Tang Li to join the Spirit Pagoda, he would receive even more benefits.

At this thought, the gaze he cast toward Tang Li became heated.

Although Tang Li was currently tinted by the cyan-gold soul power released by that vague pot, interspersed with a faint dim light, in the eyes of the Spirit Master, he was a piece of pure gold treasure!

At this moment, Tang Li had already plunged into his own spiritual world—

A gigantic divine pot stood upright within it, and the cyan-gold divine light inherent to the pot's body dyed the entire spiritual world cyan-gold.

This entirely cyan-gold pot resembled an ancient piece of bronze worn smooth by the years, giving one a heavy texture, its surface shimmering with a cold light like moonlight.

The body of the pot was plump and round, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. The mouth of the pot narrowed into a rim, with six lotus-petal edges slightly flared outward. The lid of the pot was tightly buckled, and the top of the lid featured a beast-head knob, baring its teeth with a small copper ring gripped in its mouth.

From the crack between the pot's mouth and the lid, a pale-cyan, eerie light constantly seeped out, resembling ghost fire, slowly dripping down along the pot's wall.

The body of the pot was densely covered in miraculous inscriptions, their strokes twisted and entangled, crawling over every inch like tadpoles, and the inscriptions spread past the various simplified fierce beast patterns on the pot's body.

Looking closely at these inscriptions, Tang Li found that they were like chains, locking those fierce beasts within them, and when the eerie light flowing from the pot's mouth swept past here, it faintly manifested astrological patterns of the celestial bodies, with the sun and moon in tow.

The body of the pot also had three vertical ridges running straight from top to bottom, supporting the pot's body like a spine. These ridges were entirely covered in fine scales, their material different from the pot's body, leaning toward a bone-white color.

The bottom of the pot was flat and square, with complex inscriptions interweaving across the base.

The entire pot slowly rotated on its own. With each complete rotation, the inscriptions flashed with a golden light, and the eerie light at the pot's mouth grew thicker and mistier in response. The copper ring on the pot's knob occasionally chimed, not crisp, but somewhat heavy.

Demon-Sealing Pot

These three words abruptly appeared in Tang Li's mind; that was the name of this pot.

Subsequently, the pot transformed into a stream of cyan-gold light and merged into Tang Li's spiritual body. It contained a massive amount of information, and before he had time to look at it, his consciousness returned to reality.

Opening his eyes, what met his view was the face of the Spirit Master pressed in entirely too close. Confirming that Tang Li was fine, the Spirit Master stepped back a few paces.

"Ahem, little friend, what is your martial soul called?"

"It's called the Demon-Sealing Pot." Tang Li looked at the Demon-Sealing Pot in his hand, which had already turned solid, and felt the innate abilities that came with the Demon-Sealing Pot as he replied.

"The Demon-Sealing Pot? Good name! I have just tested it for you, and it is Full Innate Soul Power. Is the little friend interested in joining the Spirit Pagoda? If you join, we'll give you a century-old soul spirit as a gift!"

This Spirit Master whose martial soul was a wolf began to pitch the Spirit Pagoda to Tang Li. The temptation of a century-old soul spirit was hardly insignificant; even an ordinary century-old soul spirit was worth millions in Federation Coins, and if the grade of the soul spirit was higher, the price could multiply several times over.

"Uncle, can I go home and discuss this with my dad?"

Tang Li did not refuse. As a six-year-old child, it was entirely reasonable for him to propose going home to discuss things with a parent. The Spirit Master handed his name card to Tang Li, telling him that he could call him once he had made up his mind.

Tang Li took the name card, put away the Demon-Sealing Pot, and left the awakening room with brisk steps.

Demon-Sealing Pot, Full Innate Soul Power, not bad at all.

Tang Li was extremely satisfied with his martial soul in his heart, especially now that he already knew the origin of the Demon-Sealing Pot...