Could He Be the Son of a God?

"I recommend a hollow, lightweight structure for the left arm's joint linkage."

"Adjusting the angle of the right leg's energy intake port by three degrees can improve energy transmission efficiency, Pom..."

AI Pom-Pom's voice kept sounding, and Chen Xing's hands never stopped moving.

Time ticked by.

The hall was so quiet that only the scratch of pen against paper remained.

Everyone held their breath.

They watched Chen Xing work.

Fifteen minutes later.

Chen Xing set down his pen.

A golden light rose straight from the page.

The next second, there was a heavy thud.

Before the crowd's stunned eyes,

a White-Class Combat Mecha over three meters tall appeared out of thin air in the center of the hall.

The hall erupted at once:

"Holy shit! He really... really made it?!"

"Creating something out of thin air? What kind of ability is that?!"

"Fifteen minutes! A complete White-Class Combat Mecha in fifteen minutes! And he doesn't even have Soul Power!"

Everyone started talking at once, but a few voices shouted over the rest:

"Fake! It has to be fake! How could a little kid who's barely out of diapers build a Mecha?"

"Exactly! He must've used some trick. We need to investigate!"

Few Mecha Engineers paid them any attention. They could tell at a glance just how real the Mecha Chen Xing had created through Illusory Creation was.

Mu Xi's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth in disbelief.

In front of fifty or sixty people, in just fifteen minutes,

he had really drawn a Mecha and made it real?

She was stunned.

Zhen Hua stepped up to the Mecha and walked around it.

Everyone watched his every move.

After a moment, he said,

"Good."

Just one word.

It sent another wave of excitement through the hall.

Even the formidable Divine Craftsman had praised him.

This kid really was something.

But Chen Xing paid no attention to the reactions around him.

He had felt the Wish Power inside him rise again.

He clenched his fist, exhilarated.

Sure enough, every time he used Illusory Creation to make something new, his Wish Power increased.

It seemed he had chosen the right path with Mechas.

When Chen Xing came back to himself, he found everyone staring at him in amazement.

What happened?

Oh, right. I may have "accidentally on purpose" shown off a little.

Then that's fine.

Zhen Hua should have questions for me now, though.

Sure enough, Zhen Hua asked him the next moment,

"Little one, how exactly did you make a Mecha just by drawing it? Can you tell me now?"

Chen Xing nodded. Under Zhen Hua's and the crowd's curious, expectant gazes, he explained his Illusory Creation ability.

He did not tell them everything. He shared only what he could; Chen Xing had no intention of revealing something as unusual as Wish Power to so many people.

After hearing Chen Xing explain his Martial Soul, everyone present thought of the same possibility.

A Mutated Martial Soul.

Yes. They believed Chen Xing's Martial Soul had undergone some extraordinarily unusual mutation, allowing him to use its ability without Soul Power.

No wonder Zhen Hua had taken an interest in him.

Zhen Hua studied Chen Xing for a moment, then turned to face everyone in the hall.

"From today onward, I, Zhen Hua, formally accept Chen Xing as my student. Let it be known."

The hall erupted again.

"The president really took him in!"

"Holy shit, a kid with Zero Soul Power became the Divine Craftsman's student. Who'd believe it if we told them?"

"Right? I saw it with my own eyes, and I still can't believe it. But there's no denying it!"

"That kid's going places."

As Chen Xing took in the envious and puzzled looks around him, delight rose in his chest.

The plan worked.

With Zhen Hua guiding him, he could accumulate Wish Power faster and grow stronger sooner.

The threat of the Holy Spirit Cult still hung over him, but he felt one step closer to creating the Starfarer and starting the train.

"Come with me to the back room. I have something to tell you."

Chen Xing nodded at Zhen Hua's words and followed him.

Mu Xi hurried after them. Before leaving, she glanced back at the White-Class Mecha still standing in the middle of the hall and muttered,

"He really is a monster..."

Once the three of them had left, the hall grew noisy again.

Amid the commotion, several people watched Chen Xing's retreating figure with dark, thoughtful eyes.

"Notify the Pagoda Master. A prodigy has appeared in Aolai City. Should we take action?"

"That child truly is an anomaly. I wonder what the elders will think when they hear about him."

"Have we confirmed it? Can this person be offered to the cult leader?"

Zhen Hua's room was much quieter than the hall.

Zhen Hua sat in a chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

Chen Xing stood silently before him, waiting for him to speak.

"You said in the hall that your ability is called Illusory Creation?"

"But I get the feeling you left something out."

Chen Xing paused, then immediately understood.

Zhen Hua was perceptive and attentive. Otherwise, he would never have become a Divine Craftsman.

But Chen Xing felt he had no reason to hide it from Zhen Hua, so he told him directly.

"Wish Power. My Illusory Creation consumes something called Wish Power."

"Wish Power?"

Zhen Hua frowned.

He had already sent someone to investigate Chen Xing's background the night before.

Chen Xing was not Tang Ziran and Lang Yue's biological child.

Like Tang Wulin, he had been adopted by them.

But Chen Xing's origins before the adoption remained a mystery.

At that thought, Zhen Hua stopped and looked back at Chen Xing.

"This power of yours isn't part of the Soul Power system. In all my years, I've never seen anything like it."

Chen Xing did not answer. He could hardly explain where Wish Power came from.

Zhen Hua's expression grew complicated as he looked at Chen Xing.

"Wish Power... In the legends of the Divine Realm, there's a power called Faith Power."

Chen Xing's heart gave a jolt.

Does Zhen Hua think I came from the Divine Realm?

If I were the son of a god from the Divine Realm, I could congratulate my father on becoming a God King.

The Wish Power behind Illusory Creation is far beyond that so-called Faith Power.

Chen Xing's thoughts raced, and he deliberately let his pupils contract.

Zhen Hua noticed.

His suspicion about Chen Xing deepened.

This child might well be the son of some god who descended from the Divine Realm that vanished years ago.

He has no Soul Power, yet he uses Wish Power instead. And his insight is extraordinary.

An ordinary family couldn't have produced a child like this.

But Zhen Hua said none of it aloud.

He simply sat back down and changed the subject.

"Whatever the source of your power, if you want to study under me, I have three conditions."

Chen Xing nodded. "Please, go ahead."

"First..."