Innate Spirit Sea Realm Mental Power!

"After this... will the Federation help take better care of them?"

Back in Luo Yuhang's soul-guided car, Qi Ji could not help looking back at the orphanage's iron gate as it gradually receded into the distance, then asked softly.

The shadows of parasol trees outside the window slid backward frame by frame. The tiny figures of the children waving to him from the orphanage wall's railings also shrank inch by inch into blurry patches of color.

Luo Yuhang sat across from him. After two seconds of silence, he said, "Of course. With an outstanding child like you having come from there, every Federation department will surely be eager to show goodwill toward the orphanage where you lived—funding, renovations, additional staff, better meal standards. You needn't worry about any of that; people will naturally rush to do it. I believe that if you become a true powerhouse who commands the Federation's respect, you may even be able to push for Federation legislation in the future and comprehensively improve the treatment of orphanages across the Federation. By then, your voice will carry far more weight than you imagine."

Qi Ji withdrew his gaze. There was little change in his expression as he simply gave a quiet hum. "I hope so."

He remembered that in the era of Douluo IV, the Douluo Federation's productivity had indeed been extremely advanced. Soul-guided technology was highly developed, and people's living standards were much better than those in his previous world.

By that point, improving conditions in orphanages seemed like a natural course of events. It felt as though his presence or absence would make little difference.

Still, there was no need to say any of that. He accepted Luo Yuhang's goodwill. As for how far he could go in the future, he would simply take things one step at a time.

Qi Ji turned back and brought the conversation back on track. "Then, Uncle Luo, what are we doing next? Obtaining my first Soul Spirit?"

Leaning back in his seat, Luo Yuhang said slowly, "That depends on whether you want to obtain your first Soul Spirit now or wait a while longer. This isn't ten thousand years ago—in those days, Soul Masters with Twin Martial Souls had to agonize over which Martial Soul to cultivate first. But now, with the Soul Spirit system, as long as one's Mental Power is strong enough, Soul Spirits can be attached to both Martial Souls at once. They can be cultivated simultaneously without interfering with each other."

Qi Ji blinked, catching the key phrase. "Mental Power? Uncle Luo, I think my talent for Mental Power should be decent."

He sounded very modest, but he had some confidence in himself. After all, he had lived two lives, and his soul had been tempered by transmigration. Even if he could not compare with those genius Soul Masters born with spiritual attributes, he should at least not be too far behind.

What was more, his Martial Soul was the Dragon God Crown Prince, known as the "Little Dragon God." The Dragon God had been the ultimate all-around, invincible warrior, maxed out in every attribute without a single weakness. As the inheritor of that bloodline, he should at least be a miniature version of such an all-around warrior. It was unlikely that he possessed any glaring flaw.

Luo Yuhang glanced at him and smiled. "That makes sense. A smart child like you can't possibly have poor talent for Mental Power. Then let's test it first."

He took a palm-sized device from his Storage Soul Tool. It resembled a lightweight silver headband, with a row of densely packed soul-guided crystal chips embedded along its inner side. Beneath the car's warm lighting, they glimmered with a faint blue radiance.

Luo Yuhang held the device out to Qi Ji. "I used this to test Mental Power in the past. It's an old thing from before I broke through to the Spirit Abyss Realm. Once I no longer had any use for it, I just left it gathering dust in my storage space. Looks like it came in handy today."

Qi Ji took the headband. It felt slightly cool to the touch, its metallic surface smooth and delicate.

Following Luo Yuhang's instructions, he put it securely on his head and adjusted its fit until the crystal chips pressed tightly against both sides of his temples.

"Keep calm. Don't be nervous," Luo Yuhang instructed from beside him. "When testing Mental Power, the reading is closely tied to your current state of mind. The more relaxed you are, the closer the result will be to your true limit."

Qi Ji closed his eyes and took a deep breath, clearing all the random thoughts from his mind.

The orphanage, Awakening Day, the Dragon God Crown Prince, the War God Temple, the road ahead—he temporarily pushed them all aside, letting his consciousness spread out like a pool of still water.

The next second, the Mental Power testing device on his head began jumping frantically.

The number on the display shot up from zero, breaking past fifty in less than three seconds.

Luo Yuhang leaned in for a look, a satisfied smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. "As expected—without even a Soul Ring, you already have high-stage Spirit Origin Realm Mental Power. Your talent truly is impressive. Many Soul Grandmaster-level Soul Masters only have Mental Power at this level."

Yet the number did not stop. It continued soaring like an unbridled horse, charging past one hundred in an instant and steadily crossing into the threshold of the Spirit Connection Realm.

Luo Yuhang's smile faded somewhat, replaced by a more serious appraisal. "This... it seems you can choose to accommodate one Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, or two Hundred-Year Soul Spirits. Mental Power at the Spirit Connection Realm is enough to control Soul Spirits below the thousand-year level. For a child who has only just awakened, this starting point is already absurdly high."

But the number still did not stop.

Within half a minute, the value on the screen had risen to three hundred.

Luo Yuhang's smile vanished completely. His pupils contracted slightly, and he unconsciously leaned forward.

Three hundred—this number was already in the mid-to-high range even within the Spirit Connection Realm. Yet the child before him had not attached even a single Soul Ring. He had reached this level through talent alone.

This was a level never seen before, and one that would be difficult to see again.

Qi Ji, however, felt no great waves in his heart. He remembered that in Douluo IV, the Little Dragon God had actually been rather weak in his early days due to the conflict between his bloodlines. He had not displayed talent capable of crushing everything from the very beginning.

As for himself, as the reincarnation of the Dragon God Crown Prince, he had neither the Golden Dragon King's and Silver Dragon King's powers fighting within him nor any messy seals holding him back—his starting point naturally ought to be much higher than the Little Dragon God's. Only then would it suit the prestige of his two God-Level Martial Souls.

Yet the number still did not stop.

350... 400... 450...

Luo Yuhang could no longer help holding his breath. The entire cabin was so quiet that only the faint hum of the soul-guided crystal chips operating remained.

His fingers unconsciously clenched the armrest, his knuckles turning white.

Good heavens, this child was only six years old. Was his Mental Power about to break through into the Spirit Sea Realm?

When had he himself first consciously begun training his Mental Power and finally entered the Spirit Sea Realm?

He tried hard to recall—it had probably been when he was in his forties in level, already a Soul Ancestor.

Back then, he had been ambitious. He wanted to accommodate a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit upon becoming a Soul King, so he had frantically tempered his Mental Power. It had taken him nearly three years to grind his way from the Spirit Connection Realm into the threshold of the Spirit Sea Realm, even delaying some of his Soul Power cultivation.

Yet this child before him... he was only six, and had not even begun formally cultivating Soul Power.

But the number did not change in the slightest because of his shock.

498... 499... 500...

A crisp beep sounded—he had broken through to the Spirit Sea Realm.

After reaching the Spirit Sea Realm, the number's rate of increase finally slowed visibly, as if its initial momentum had been exhausted and it had begun climbing upward inch by difficult inch.

Qi Ji felt the crystal chips against his temples grow slightly hot. A mild swelling ache spread from deep between his brows, as though something were being forcibly pulled outward.

He gritted his teeth and tried his best to keep his state of mind steady.

In the end, his Mental Power value settled firmly at "510," no longer rising.

The cabin was silent for several seconds. Luo Yuhang stared at the screen as though his gaze had been nailed to those three digits.

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, his voice somewhat dry. "Innate Spirit Sea Realm... perhaps I have witnessed the birth of a future supreme powerhouse of the Federation."

He could not help swallowing, then drew in a sharp breath.

Even the Federation's current number one, the master of Shrek Sea God Pavilion—Atlas Douluo Yun Ming—probably had not possessed a more terrifying talent for Mental Power at Qi Ji's age, had he?

Qi Ji removed the headband and shook his slightly swollen head, then looked up at Luo Yuhang with a youthful smile. "It seems... I can try a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit now, can't I?"