Two Fathers

Shrek City, Tang Sect headquarters.

At this moment, inside a lavish room.

Cao Xin sat by the window, his face filled with melancholy.

Sunlight slanted in through the window, casting a warm golden glow across the side of his face.

Yet his deep eyes, far too mature for his age, were filled with sorrow wholly at odds with the cozy scene.

He had transmigrated to the Douluo Plane six years ago.

But during those six years, there was only one thing...

That he still could not understand.

He did not have a mother.

But he had two fathers.

His eldest father was the Tang Sect's master, Heartless Douluo Cao Dezhi.

His second father was the Tang Sect's vice master, Passionate Douluo Zang Xin.

Heaven knew that when he learned all of this...

His brain had nearly crashed on the spot.

The question was, how had two men given birth to him?

Wasn't that a little too contrary to the laws of the world?

And when faced with his confusion and incomprehension...

Zang Xin had remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he let out a soft sigh...

Before telling him the truth.

The Douluo Plane had three great treasure basins.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Qiankun Wenqing Valley were among them.

And these two great treasure basins had been under the Tang Sect's jurisdiction...

For ten thousand years.

Until six years ago...

Qiankun Wenqing Valley suddenly changed.

Multicolored radiance shot into the sky from within the valley.

An indescribable fluctuation of law blanketed the entire area, causing the Tang Sect disciples stationed nearby to be repelled by that force and unable to approach.

For this reason, his second father called over his eldest father, who had still been with the Blood God Legion, and the two observed the valley together.

Then, Qiankun Wenqing Valley suddenly erupted with immense power and swept both of them inside.

In the end, after a series of trials.

He was born.

Cao Xin still remembered...

The shocked yet complicated expression on his second father's face when he reached this point, as though even Zang Xin himself found the experience absurd and unbelievable in retrospect.

Fine.

He could not understand that either.

Two men underwent a trial set by a god and received a child as their final reward.

Wasn't that strange? Shouldn't the reward have been an increase in cultivation or something else?

But this involved the Love God, after all.

And on the Douluo Plane, love reigned supreme.

One could imagine just how mighty the Love God's power was.

So he could not really say anything.

Of course, according to his second father, they had originally intended to find a family and place him in foster care.

But in the end...

After a great deal of deliberation...

They decided to raise him themselves.

At worst, it would just be a little more trouble.

Fortunately, he was a reincarnated adult.

So he was unlike an ordinary child.

He had not been particularly difficult to raise.

And over these six years, he had gradually come to understand one thing: since he had already come to this world and become a member of this family.

Then some matters...

Probably did not need to be pursued to the very end.

Still, when it came to his two fathers' talent and future...

He was not worried in the slightest.

Because ever since he had been born...

According to his second father, the Martial Soul rejection that had constantly existed between the two of them had suddenly vanished.

In other words, they could continue cultivating.

Thus...

In merely six short years, his eldest father's cultivation had directly reached the Peak Quasi-God realm. Such terrifying speed could be called a miracle even across the entire history of the Douluo Continent.

His second father's cultivation had also reached the Quasi-God realm.

Though he was slightly inferior to his eldest father.

It was still an extraordinarily astonishing achievement.

According to them, although dual cultivation had played a part, the greater reason was that their states of mind had become complete, allowing their cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds.

A knot in their hearts that had lasted for years had been untied, and regrets accumulated over many years had been remedied. That clarity and completeness had left them with virtually no bottlenecks on the path of cultivation.

In other words...

His backing had instantly become the strongest on the continent.

After all, aside from the War God Hall, only the Tang Sect currently possessed two Quasi-God-level beings.

Even the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy...

Could no longer compare to the Tang Sect in terms of peak combat power.

Because of his eldest and second fathers' Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The Tao Is Heartless Yet Affectionate.

Passion Since Ancient Times Leaves Only Regret.

Emotion Moves Heaven!

It no longer required a price to use. It had become a Martial Soul Fusion Skill they could unleash normally.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door.

Zang Xin pushed the door open and entered.

His steps were light and unhurried, his temperament gentle as jade.

The eyes that seemed able to see through people's hearts turned utterly tender the moment they saw Cao Xin.

"Little Xin."

"Second Father."

Cao Xin climbed down from the window and walked over to Zang Xin.

Zang Xin said gently.

"You turned six yesterday, and I've already arranged your awakening ceremony."

"You can begin awakening your Martial Soul."

Cao Xin obediently nodded.

"Alright."

Actually, it was not yet the time for the Federation's unified Martial Soul awakening.

But who could blame him for being the son of two Tang Sect masters?

Holding the awakening ceremony ahead of schedule was naturally no problem.

All he could say was...

This was a tiny bit of willfulness afforded by power.

Cao Xin thought this.

A faint smile curved his lips.

Then...

Cao Xin followed Zang Xin to another room.

At the center of the room was an array. Dense soul guidance patterns intertwined and coiled in exquisitely intricate arcs, forming layer upon layer of complex concentric circles.

His eldest father, Cao Dezhi, was there as well.

He stood on the other side of the array, straight as a pine. Even though he had restrained most of the naturally imposing aura between his brows, people still did not dare meet his gaze.

Ever since the rejection between him and his second father had disappeared, he had often been busy traveling back and forth between the Blood God Legion and the Tang Sect.

The Blood God Legion was located on the far northern frontier and fought abyssal creatures year-round, while Tang Sect affairs were equally demanding. He could only shuttle between the two places, rarely enjoying even a few leisurely days throughout the year.

Of course, no matter how busy he was.

For a major life event like his son awakening his Martial Soul...

He would never be absent.

Cao Dezhi looked at Cao Xin and immediately revealed the smile of a doting father.

His usually stern and imposing face seemed to melt like ice and snow in that instant, becoming warm and gentle.

"Little Xin."

His voice was somewhat deeper than Zang Xin's, yet it was equally full of concern.

Cao Xin obediently said.

"Eldest Father."

At that moment, Cao Dezhi looked toward Zang Xin and said mildly.

"Thanks for the effort of bringing Little Xin over."

Hearing that, Zang Xin could not help but complain.

"Has it occurred to you..."

"That I'm also Little Xin's father?"

"Isn't this something I should be doing?"

Cao Dezhi immediately coughed awkwardly, swiftly returning to his calm and composed demeanor.

Then, he looked at Cao Xin and said gently.

"Come, Little Xin. Stand in the middle."

Cao Xin nodded and walked to the center of the array.

He took a deep breath and quietly waited for the most crucial moment of his life.

A moment later...

Pure white light bloomed from Cao Dezhi's right hand.