Twin Martial Souls, Gravity and Absolute

Six years later.

Heaven Dou Star, Heaven Dou City, the Ye Family.

When Ye Zhiqiu sat up in bed, the sunlight outside the window fell squarely across his face.

He was six.

He had lived in this world for six whole years.

Over those six years, besides eating, sleeping, and growing up normally, he had constantly sensed the two dormant things within his body. His left palm felt slightly heavy, his right palm slightly cool.

But neither had stirred. They had stayed quietly inside him, and today was the day they would finally emerge.

He jumped out of bed, landing on the floor with a thud. The sensation beneath his feet felt real, ten thousand times more real than any VR device from his previous life.

From downstairs came the sound of cooking, the hum of the range hood, and his mother's voice.

"Zhiqiu! Come down for breakfast! Have you forgotten what day it is?"

Ye Zhiqiu rubbed his eyes, then washed up. Looking at the ridiculously handsome guy in the mirror, he couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up. Someone this handsome actually exists. That's me for you.

Once he finished and headed downstairs, he caught the scent of fried eggs.

He had actually lived quite comfortably these past six years.

The Ye Family wasn't fabulously wealthy by Heaven Dou City standards, but they certainly weren't poor. His father, Ye Jiyang, held a fairly high position at the Federal Academy of Sciences, while his mother, Shen Qingwan, worked at Heaven Dou City's administrative hall. They lived in a small detached house in the city's central district, with yards in front and back.

Compared to his previous life as a webnovel author in a twenty-square-meter shared rental, with instant noodle crumbs covering his keyboard, this starting situation already counted as gentle mode beneath the highest difficulty setting.

Still, one thing had been on his mind these past few years. He remembered that in the original story, Lan Xuanyu had awakened his twin gold and silver Blue Silver Grass at six, with innate full soul power, causing quite a commotion that day.

What would happen when he awakened?

On the dining table sat a plate of fried eggs, two slices of toast, and a small bowl of fruit salad.

Shen Qingwan sat across from him, tilting her head as she asked gently, "Are you nervous?"

Ye Zhiqiu took a bite of fried egg and mumbled, "No."

Perhaps some people would still be nervous even knowing the answer, but he was different. His personality made it hard for him to get nervous.

Shen Qingwan reached over and ruffled his hair. "Awakening a martial soul comes down to fate. Even if your talent is average, that's fine. Our family isn't counting on you to go to war. You can take an academic path instead."

Ye Jiyang walked over with his coffee and added, "But my son certainly won't be bad."

Ye Zhiqiu looked up at this father he'd acquired. Ye Jiyang was in his early forties and wore thin-framed glasses. He looked refined and scholarly, but whenever he spoke, there was always an air of "my son is the best in the world." Anyone who tried to stop him would get an earful.

"Let's go." Ye Zhiqiu stuffed the last bite of fried egg into his mouth and hopped off his chair. "The sooner we get there, the sooner we'll be done."

"Hey, what's the rush?" Ye Jiyang said with a chuckle, though his hands hadn't stopped moving. He had already taken his coat off the rack.

Martial soul awakening in this world was much like what the novels in his previous life had described. All children underwent it at six in their community's awakening room, where an awakening master guided their soul power seed to awaken their martial soul.

As the capital of Heaven Dou Star, Heaven Dou City had exceptionally comprehensive infrastructure. The Clearwind Community, where the Ye Family lived, had its own dedicated awakening room.

It wasn't far, only a five-minute walk.

They passed a shopping street along the way. Most of the shops on either side hadn't opened yet; only the breakfast stalls and a few soul tool repair shops had their lights on.

A bookstore window displayed the latest Star Net literature bestseller rankings. Ye Zhiqiu glanced at them before looking away. It wasn't time for him to think about that yet.

Once he was nine or ten, he could copy some famous novels from his previous life and publish them to earn a little pocket money.

The Clearwind Community awakening room was housed in a small, three-story white building. A dozen or so people were already lined up outside, all parents accompanying their children. A few children were chattering and roughhousing, a few were nervously rubbing their hands, and one was clinging to his mother's leg, refusing to let go no matter what.

"Next, Ye Zhiqiu." A staff member in a white uniform poked their head out and called his name.

Ye Jiyang patted his son's shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous, and Ye Zhiqiu followed the staff member inside.

The awakening room was roughly forty square meters, with a translucent Awakening Stone platform in the center. An intricate guiding array was engraved into the floor. The four walls were smooth and clean, and a warm yellow lamp hung overhead.

An awakening master in his forties stood beside the platform, holding a registration form. He looked up at Ye Zhiqiu, then back down at the form, and said:

"Ye Zhiqiu... six years old, son of Ye Jiyang and Shen Qingwan? Where are your parents?"

"Waiting outside."

"All right. Step up here."

Ye Zhiqiu walked to the Awakening Stone platform and stepped onto it.

The awakening master moved to the side of the platform, took a thumb-sized transparent crystal from a recess in its side, and pressed it into a hole on its surface.

The array lit up.

A warm current surged up through the soles of his feet and climbed along his spine, passing through his chest, throat, and crown before splitting into two streams that flowed toward his hands.

Ye Zhiqiu could feel the two things that had lain dormant for six years pulsing wildly, like two savage beasts that had been caged far too long and were finally about to be released.

His left hand grew heavy, his right hand cool.

The awakening master stood beside him, watching the changes in his hands. At first, his expression was quite relaxed, and he was still saying, "Just relax, little fellow. Don't be nervous. A lot of people, their first time..."

Then he stopped.

A silver-gray orb of light appeared in Ye Zhiqiu's left palm.

The orb wasn't large, only the size of a fist, and hovered three inches above his palm. Rather than being solid inside, it contained a rotating miniature galaxy, countless tiny points of light turning slowly within it. At its very center was an exceedingly small vortex, like a planet compressed to its utmost limit.

The Gravity Martial Soul.

Immediately afterward, his right palm lit up too.

A pure white, translucent blade appeared, about a meter long. It had no sense of physical substance, its entire form existing in a state "between existence and nonexistence." Its edge was so sharp that a single glance made one's eyes ache.

The Absolute Blade Martial Soul.

The registration form nearly fell from the awakening master's hand.

He gaped for two seconds, then abruptly lowered his head to check the array's feedback data. A faint line of golden text appeared on the surface of the Awakening Stone platform: the soul power level measurement result.

Innate full soul power!

"T-twin? Twin martial souls? Innate full soul power?"

Ye Zhiqiu stood on the platform, the silver-gray orb turning slowly in his left hand and the white blade hovering quietly in his right. Both were stable.

He could feel the soul power circulating inside him, like a river that had just thawed. It wasn't flowing particularly fast, but it was steady. The sensation wasn't bad.

And at the instant of awakening, two more of the five options he had chosen back then also appeared.

The Infinite Storage Space and Autonomous Soul Spirit Condensation.

It seemed he could use the Infinite Storage Space whenever he wanted, though he had no idea where in his body it was.

As for the second, he would have to wait until he got home to condense one. Doing it right here would scare this awakening master to death.

The awakening master watched Ye Zhiqiu in silence. In this era, innate full soul power wasn't uncommon, but innate full soul power paired with twin martial souls was still a rare sight. Even now, very few people possessed both.

Besides, neither of these martial souls looked ordinary in quality. At least one had to be a super martial soul!

"Little fellow, try withdrawing your martial souls into your body," the awakening master said.

Ye Zhiqiu nodded. That was exactly what he wanted. With a thought, he withdrew the silver-gray orb, and the white blade shrank back into his body as well.

The awakening master couldn't help staring for a moment. Well now, so proficient on his very first try. I've seen plenty of children take ages to withdraw theirs. This child is something else.

"Little fellow, do you know what your two martial souls are called?" the awakening master asked, holding the registration form.

Ye Zhiqiu shook his head "honestly." "No. They didn't tell me."

After asking a few more detailed questions, the awakening master thought for a while, finally wrote a few words on the registration form, then told Ye Zhiqiu gently, "All right, you can go back to your mom and dad now. Have something extra with your meal today to celebrate."

"Okay, thank you."