The Divine Artifact in His Sea of Consciousness, the Purple Brilliant Dragon's Mutation

"Buzz!"

When Qin Yu placed his hand on the crystal ball, it lit up. The glow grew brighter and brighter until it filled the entire sphere.

"Innate Full Soul Power!"

Su Yuntao cried out, his smile widening.

Over the years, many Soul Scholars had awakened their martial souls under his guidance. Among them were geniuses with Innate Soul Power of level seven, eight, or even nine.

But this was his first with Innate Full Soul Power!

Without a doubt, his career awakening martial souls was complete.

"But what kind of martial soul is this? How am I supposed to register it?"

Once Su Yuntao recovered from his shock, confusion filled his face. His pen hovered over the page; he had no idea how to record Qin Yu's information.

Qin Yu saw his predicament and was about to speak.

Whoosh!

A figure suddenly flashed into view.

He was a burly, older man with rugged features, dressed in a heavy golden armored robe. Merely standing there, he radiated an overwhelming presence.

Even with his aura deliberately restrained, Qin Yu and the others felt stifled.

At the sight of him, Su Yuntao's pupils contracted. He immediately bowed and said respectfully, "Greetings, Second Worship!"

The children looked bewildered. They clearly had no idea who the "Second Worship" was, but they still showed him basic respect.

Hearing the title, Qin Yu immediately understood who had arrived.

A level ninety-eight Peak Douluo, titled "Golden Crocodile," and the second-strongest figure in the Worship Hall after Qian Daoliu.

In seniority, he even outranked Qian Daoliu.

Golden Crocodile Douluo gave a slight nod and spoke slowly. "There's no need to record the details of this child's martial soul. Just put down a Dragon martial soul and Innate Full Soul Power."

"Yes."

Su Yuntao answered and immediately wrote down exactly what Golden Crocodile Douluo had said.

Once he finished, he stood respectfully to one side.

Golden Crocodile Douluo paid Su Yuntao no further attention. Instead, he gave Qin Yu a long look, a trace of approval passing through his eyes.

"Arrange for this child to enter Spirit Academy. Give him the highest level of treatment and focus on cultivating him."

With that, Golden Crocodile Douluo vanished.

"Yes," Su Yuntao replied. He wondered why Golden Crocodile Douluo had not taken Qin Yu as his disciple, but he did not dare ask.

He turned to Qin Yu with a gentle smile. "Wait here a moment, child. I'll take you to Spirit Academy."

"All right."

Qin Yu nodded and waited quietly.

Su Yuntao took a deep breath and continued awakening the remaining children's martial souls.

He even found himself hoping that another genius like Qin Yu might emerge among them.

Qin Yu paid no attention to the others' awakenings. His thoughts were fixed on his own martial soul and the divine artifact in his sea of consciousness.

My martial soul is actually the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon. And there's also this... divine artifact!

Qin Yu stared, momentarily lost in thought, at the silver-gray halberd deep within his sea of consciousness.

The halberd was roughly ten feet long, with a straight, sturdy shaft.

Its head was the most distinctive part: fierce in shape, with a long, sharp central point and two side blades spread like bat wings, their edges curling around jagged contours and savage patterns.

A dark purple gem was set in the center of the halberd head, concealing a cold glimmer.

The halberd was wreathed in an aura of destruction even more terrifying than the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon's. It was wildly unstable, as though it might erupt at any moment.

"The Heavenly Saint Rift-Splitting Halberd."

Qin Yu recognized it.

He did not know why this Transcendent Divine Artifact was deep within his sea of consciousness, or why it was so unstable that it seemed ready to erupt at any moment.

But he knew he could not control the Heavenly Saint Rift-Splitting Halberd as he was now.

And what's this scale? Qin Yu's gaze moved above the Heavenly Saint Rift-Splitting Halberd to a fan-shaped silver scale.

Without the scale suppressing it, the Heavenly Saint Rift-Splitting Halberd would have erupted long ago.

Just moments earlier, the awakening of his martial soul had stirred it, letting a sliver of its aura leak out. Fortunately, the silver scale had suppressed it in time.

Otherwise, he would already be dead.

This thing could kill me.

Qin Yu shook his head inwardly, but he was not too discouraged. If anything, he felt a little excited. Still, it isn't all bad news.

I'm just not strong enough to control the Heavenly Saint Rift-Splitting Halberd yet... Not being able to now doesn't mean I never will.

My martial soul awakened with a Transcendent Divine Artifact. There aren't many Transcendent Divine Artifacts in the entire Divine Realm.

And the Heavenly Saint Rift-Splitting Halberd has caused my Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon martial soul to mutate.

The Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon and the Heavenly Saint Rift-Splitting Halberd both possessed the attribute of destruction. Nourished by the halberd, the dragon had undergone a beneficial mutation.

Devour!

Surprise flashed through Qin Yu's eyes. It can devour Dragon bloodlines to keep strengthening its own!

That means the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon might advance to a True Dragon Bloodline, then a Dragon King bloodline, or even become a Dragon God beyond the Dragon Kings.

For all its strength, the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon was still only a Sub-Dragon.

Dragon bloodlines ranked from lowest to highest as Earth Dragons, Sub-Dragons, True Dragons, Dragon Kings, and Dragon Gods.

With the ability to devour, Qin Yu's Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon martial soul had limitless potential. It could absolutely reach the level of a Dragon God.

But what is this silver scale...

"Qin Yu, come with me."

Su Yuntao's voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"Coming."

Qin Yu answered and followed Su Yuntao.

Several other children with Innate Soul Power above level five went with him. They, too, could enter Spirit Academy.

The rest would also receive training at different levels, but they would not be given much attention.

Powerful figures watching from the shadows saw Qin Yu leave.

"The old men of the Worship Hall moved quickly. I suppose they're planning to take this child in," Bibi Dong murmured before turning and entering the Papal Hall.

Qin Yu was quite talented, and she liked his potential.

Unfortunately, he was a boy, and part of her recoiled at the idea.

Had he been a girl, she would already have stepped forward and taken her as her second disciple.

Bibi Dong had no intention of taking him as a disciple, while the other powerful figures did not dare entertain the thought. They gave up.

After all, Golden Crocodile Douluo's actions had made it clear that he thought highly of Qin Yu.

As for why he had not taken Qin Yu as his disciple immediately, perhaps Golden Crocodile Douluo had his own reasons.

It was best for juniors like them not to interfere.

Before long, all the powerful figures hidden in the shadows had left.

But they would not stop watching Qin Yu.

"Golden Crocodile, Qin Yu awakened the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon martial soul. Its powerful destructive attribute makes him well suited to inherit your teachings."

"Why didn't you take him as your disciple right away? Aren't you afraid someone else will snatch him up?"

Inside the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu looked at Golden Crocodile Douluo with a smile.

He held a file containing Qin Yu's identity, personal details, and background.

From the moment Qin Yu drew attention, his records had reached the hands of the powerful figures. Nothing he had done in his six years of life could be hidden from Spirit Hall.