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"A Body Martial Soul? What is that?!"
For ten thousand years, everyone on Douluo Continent had held one belief as gospel: Martial Souls came in only two kinds. Beast Martial Souls possessed the body for battle; Tool Martial Souls took the form of objects.
There was nothing else.
But today, with nothing more than his eyes, Huo Yunhao had told everyone on Douluo Continent—
The human body itself could be a Martial Soul!
After a deathly silence, comments flooded the screen. Shock filled it, along with the lingering fear of those looking back at everything they had missed.
[Douluo Continent · Ordinary Soul Master Passerby A]: "A Body Martial Soul?? I've lived my whole life and never heard of one! How can the human body be a Martial Soul? That's not in any textbook!" [Douluo Continent · Spirit Hall Researcher]: "Is this real? If it is, it overturns the Martial Soul Theory we've studied for ten thousand years! After all these years of research, we never even understood all the forms a Martial Soul could take!" [Douluo Continent · Soul Saint Village Resident Zhao Dazhuang]: "The more I think about it, the more terrifying it gets! When my Martial Soul awakened as a child, no phantom appeared. They called it a Trash Martial Soul and cut off my path of cultivation! Could it be... I never had a Trash Martial Soul at all? Could it have been a Body Martial Soul?" [Douluo Continent · Soul Saint Village Resident Zhao Dabao]: "Get out of here. You just have no talent!" [Douluo Continent · Senior Scholar]: "Come to think of it, that's entirely possible! I'd wager plenty of people were misjudged! For ten thousand years, countless ordinary people with extraordinary gifts, exceptional physiques, or immense mental strength were crudely declared to have no Martial Soul or a Trash Martial Soul. In truth, we were the blind ones, unable to recognize this so-called Body Martial Soul!!"
Inside Shrek Academy, Tang San's fingertips trembled. His mind reeled once more.
He remembered the countless ordinary people he had seen dismissed as mediocre. Now he suddenly understood: it was not that the world lacked geniuses. Douluo Continent's understanding of the martial path was simply too narrow and shallow. The so-called "complete Martial Soul Theory" Yu Xiaogang had taught him was flawed and incomplete at its very foundation.
Yu Xiaogang, who had long since fled into the street, looked up at the sky screen. His face was ashen, his lips quivered, and he could not speak.
He had spent his life calling himself the foremost authority on Martial Soul Theory. Only now did he see just how little he knew. Blow after blow had left him nearly senseless.
Just as the whole world reeled and everyone online reconsidered what they thought they knew, several comments from a secretive top power on Douluo Continent were abruptly pinned. They caught every eye.
[Douluo Continent · Body Sect Chief Disciple Long Aodi]: "At last, a true top-tier Body Martial Soul has appeared!" [Douluo Continent · Body Sect Outer Sect Elder]: "The world knows Beast and Tool Martial Souls, but few know of our Body Sect. Our sect has remained hidden for ten thousand years. We accept neither Beast Martial Souls nor Tool Martial Souls. We accept only one kind of person—prodigies who have awakened Body Martial Souls!!" [Douluo Continent · Body Sect Master Du Budao]: "An eye-type Body Martial Soul... a top-tier soul-type Body Martial Soul! Of the Body Martial Souls based on the flesh, bloodline, and organs, the Spirit Eyes rank highest! They can peer into souls and pierce illusions. They are a top-tier Mental Attribute Martial Soul, even within my Body Sect! If you join my Body Sect, we can teach you our true core inheritance—a sect-defining cultivation technique!" [Sun Moon Continent · Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Instructor Xu Liu]: "An eye-type Body Martial Soul is more precious than one based on a limb or the flesh. It specializes in the mind and soul and is among the hardest Martial Souls to face. At the same rank, there's almost no way to counter it!" "Our Lord Sky Wolf may be in danger!"
A secretive top sect had openly revealed itself to recruit a young prodigy over a single arena battle!
The whole internet erupted. Everyone finally grasped the true value of the Spirit Eyes Body Martial Soul.
[Douluo Continent · Theory Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang (Still Holding On, Barely)]: "Ahem. I... seem to understand a little about this so-called Body Martial Soul. Its strength lies in mental attacks, and its future potential is astonishing. But its weakness is just as clear— Its body will be relatively weak early on, with poor resistance to physical attacks. And his opponent is an explosive, attack-focused Soul Master. There's a good chance that young man will be crushed if his opponent gets close." [Sun Moon Continent · Battle Strategist Liu Siwei]: "The grandmaster finally said something sensible! Don't underestimate Sky Wolf! His Mutated Martial Soul is far too unusual! Silver Moon's field control combines with Sky Wolf's explosive speed, giving him fearsome power at close range. He's the natural enemy of a mental-type Soul Master whose body isn't suited to combat!" [Sun Moon Continent · Body Sect Outer Sect Grand Elder]: "Young man, I can see that your Spirit Eyes Martial Soul is pure and flawless, with an exceptional foundation of mental strength. You are the makings of a top-tier Body Martial Soul talent rarely seen in a century. Do you know the greatest shackle on a Body Martial Soul?" "Ordinary Beast and Tool Martial Souls can keep advancing through Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and cultivation techniques. But once a Body Martial Soul takes shape, its origin becomes fixed, and it can scarcely transform again in its wielder's lifetime. Without a way to break through, level eighty will be the limit of your life. You will never have the chance to reach the Titled rank, much less become a Super Douluo!"
Even knowledgeable Soul Masters knew little about Body Martial Souls. Only the truly learned understood that while their gifts defied the heavens and made them nearly invincible against others of the same rank, they carried a fatal flaw from birth—
Once their Martial Soul Origin became fixed, their later growth suffered. The higher their level, the harder it was to break through!
No one knew how many dazzling Body Martial Soul prodigies had stalled at the peak of the Soul Douluo rank, never to reach the Titled rank. Their stories ended in bitter disappointment.
[Douluo Continent · Body Sect Master Du Budao]: "Under all the heavens, only my Body Sect possesses the secret art of the Body Martial Soul Second Awakening." "This art has been our sect's guarded secret for ten thousand years. It is taught neither to those outside our direct line nor to anyone short of a peerless prodigy. Outsiders know nothing of it! It can break the shackles of a fixed origin, remake the Martial Soul's foundation, shed its mortal limits, and raise it to a higher grade—achieving a Martial Soul Second Awakening!"
Then the Body Sect began unveiling one unrivaled secret after another. Every word carried the confidence of those who held a monopoly.
[Douluo Continent · Body Sect Steward Huang Ye]: "The Body Martial Soul Second Awakening has three grades: Black Iron, Bronze, and Silver!" "The Black Iron grade unlocks a Body Martial Soul's basic enhancements and raises its limits slightly; The Bronze grade transforms the Martial Soul's form and greatly boosts its attributes; And the Silver grade effectively remakes its origin and foundation, nearly doubling its abilities. It can also break through the barrier to the Titled rank. That is what countless Body Martial Soul Masters spend their lives seeking!" [Douluo Continent · Body Sect Master Du Budao]: "And after the Second Awakening, there is a third! It is known as the Gold-Grade Awakening! This supreme awakening exists only in legend. It is vanishingly rare across the ages, and few can achieve it. The methods have been lost everywhere else. Only my Body Sect still holds a few scattered records!" "Little one, your talent is exceptional. If you join my Body Sect, I can personally oversee your Silver-grade Second Awakening and help you break your shackles! You may even have a chance to touch the ultimate limit: a Gold-grade Third Awakening!"
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