Xue Ye and Prince Xuexin; Yu Tianheng's astonishing claim

"You're Tang Shan, aren't you? At only seven years old, you've become a Soul Grandmaster with two Thousand-Year Soul Rings. Such extraordinary talent truly makes you a future pillar of the Heaven Dou Empire."

Xue Ye was the first to break the silence, praising him aloud.

Around the room, reactions ranged from doubt to astonishment to calm acceptance.

"This kid is only seven? I'd believe you if you said he was seventeen."

Perhaps overly wary because Tang Shan had been looking at his granddaughter, Dugu Bo was the first to question it. Clearly, he knew little about Tang Shan.

"Tang Shan really is only seven. He has Innate Full Soul Power, though, and his Martial Soul is a Body Martial Soul called the Self-Deity. Its influence made him develop a little faster."

Before Tang Shan could explain, Xue Qinghe answered for him.

After all, Tang Shan was someone she had brought. Questioning his age was, in a way, questioning her judgment as Xue Qinghe.

"A Body Martial Soul? The one Grandmaster described in his Sixth Theory of Martial Souls as having special potential, though no one has found the right way to cultivate it?"

The speaker was a burly, rugged-looking middle-aged man, but Tang Shan did not recognize him.

"I'm Ning Fengzhi. The man who just spoke is Yu Xuancang, an elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and a Soul Douluo."

Ning Fengzhi's voice reached Tang Shan through a private transmission. He identified the man, hoping to leave Tang Shan with a good impression of himself.

Tang Shan gave Ning Fengzhi a slight nod of thanks, then answered Yu Xuancang.

"That's right. It's a Body Martial Soul. My Martial Soul encompasses my entire body, which is why it's also called the Self-Deity Martial Soul."

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