Inside the Sea God Pavilion.
Mu En lay calmly in his reclining chair, yet a faint smile lingered at the corners of his mouth.
Sensing the aura coming from deep within the Golden Ancient Tree, Yan Shaozhe knitted his brows. He stepped forward and asked, "Mu En, what exactly happened?"
The other Titled Douluo experts were equally curious and all turned their gazes toward Mu En.
Mu En chuckled. "Something good, naturally. Otherwise, I wouldn't still be lying here."
Yan Shaozhe was completely at sea. He said, "Mu En, there are no outsiders here. We simply don't know what you mean by something good."
Mu En opened his eyes and slowly said, "Do you know how many grades of martial soul quality there are?"
As dean of the Martial Soul Department, Yan Shaozhe answered without hesitation, "There are five grades of martial souls in this world: trash martial souls, ordinary martial souls, high-grade martial souls, top-tier martial souls, and super martial souls."
Mu En shook his head at this. Looking at Yan Shaozhe, he said, "Not entirely correct. You missed one."
"Missed one?"
Yan Shaozhe frowned. "Mu En, those five grades already encompass every martial soul in the world. How could I have missed one?"
Something occurred to Yan Shaozhe, and he looked at Mu En. "Mu En, do you mean god-level martial souls?"
Mu En nodded lightly and said, "Ten thousand years ago, the inherited martial soul of the continent's most powerful organization, the Spirit Hall, was the god-level martial soul, the six-winged angel. This martial soul was extraordinarily powerful, commanding the three attributes of light, fire, and divinity. Furthermore, most soul masters who possessed it had an innate soul power of rank 20."
Yan Shaozhe was no fool. He instantly understood what Mu En was getting at.
He looked at Mu En in disbelief. "Mu En, are you saying that a soul master with a god-level martial soul is cultivating in the Sea God Pavilion's meditation chamber?"
At these words, the nearly ten Titled Douluos present all looked shocked.
A god-level martial soul?
A god-level martial soul.
A god-level martial soul!
An unknown amount of time passed.
The light element within the room began to dissipate.
The phantom of his purple lightning tyrant dragon martial soul appeared behind him.
No, it should now be called the thunderclap saint dragon.
Chen Tianyuan's original martial soul had already been at the super martial soul level. After he absorbed the dense light element released by the Golden Ancient Tree, the Light Dragon Clan bloodline within his martial soul was fully awakened, causing his martial soul to evolve. In addition to its original ultimate lightning attribute, it now possessed ultimate light.
Of course, without the vitality of the gold of life as a safeguard, the second awakening of his body martial soul on the brink of death, and Electrolux's guidance, he could never have made the two forms of ultimate soul power coexist within his body, let alone evolved his martial soul.
His evolved martial soul surpassed the level of a super martial soul, but it had not quite reached the realm of a god-level martial soul. For now, it could be considered a half-step god-level martial soul.
His martial soul was not the only thing that had changed. With the Golden Ancient Tree's help, Chen Tianyuan's soul power had risen three ranks in succession. He was now a rank 45 Soul Ancestor.
Feeling the changes in both martial souls within his body, Chen Tianyuan was in an excellent mood.
If his understanding was correct, the second awakening of his body martial soul was at the silver level.
Body martial soul awakenings had four levels: black iron, bronze, silver, and gold.
After a black-iron-level second awakening, a Body Soul Master's combat strength could increase by thirty percent. Bronze granted sixty percent, while silver granted one hundred percent.
Moreover, the second awakening of his body martial soul had further improved Chen Tianyuan's physique. He already possessed a beast martial soul, and with all the whale rubber he had consumed, his physical condition far surpassed that of soul masters at his rank.
By Chen Tianyuan's own assessment, his current physique should have been at the Soul Emperor level...
After calming the purple-gold soul power that surged through his body like a mighty river, Chen Tianyuan slowly opened his eyes. A gleam of gold flashed through his brown pupils and vanished.
He had just tried to stand when he stumbled and nearly fell to the floor. At the same time, hunger rose from his belly.
Mu En's voice sounded in his mind.
"Come out now that you're awake. I'm in the hall."
After moving his body a little, Chen Tianyuan opened the door and walked out.
Upon entering the hall, he saw Mu En lying in his reclining chair. Perhaps it was an illusion, but he felt that Mu En looked considerably more vigorous.
"Great Ancestor, how long was I cultivating in there?" Chen Tianyuan asked.
Mu En enunciated each word. "Nine days and one hour."
Chen Tianyuan froze at this. As far as he could tell, only two or three days had passed at most...
Before he could speak again, Mu En said, "I can sense that you've changed a great deal. Tell me what you've gained."
Chen Tianyuan opened his hand, and a ball of golden lightning appeared in his palm, radiating the auras of both ultimate light and ultimate lightning.
He said, "I gained a lot this time. The Light Dragon Clan bloodline in my martial soul was activated, and with the Golden Ancient Tree's help, I gained control over ultimate light."
"But afterward, my ultimate light soul power and ultimate lightning soul power clashed. Fortunately, it was a close call rather than a disaster. I successfully fused the two forms of soul power, and then my martial soul evolved..."
"It's just a shame that I spent all my time resolving the soul power problem. I wasn't able to comprehend Sovereign's Descent, nor did I find my own path."
Mu En nodded, his tone warm and loving. "Don't blame yourself. You've already done very well. You can take your time comprehending Sovereign's Descent the next time you go in."
Chen Tianyuan was somewhat surprised. "Next time?"
"Didn't you say that each Inner Court student could only enter once?"
Mu En chuckled at this. "Silly child, the academy has never had such a rule."
"Completing Inner Court missions earns you contribution points, and those points can be exchanged for opportunities to cultivate inside."
After leaving the Sea God Pavilion, Chen Tianyuan first returned to his home in the Inner Court to change clothes, then hurried straight to the dining hall without stopping.
He truly was hungry. After all, he had eaten nothing for nine days, relying entirely on the vitality released by the gold of life to sustain his vital signs.
Compared with the bizarre Outer Court dining hall, which had neither tables nor chairs, the Inner Court dining hall was perfectly normal. There were far fewer Inner Court students than Outer Court students, so its dining hall was less than half the size of the Outer Court's.
However, the food served in the Inner Court dining hall was beyond anything the Outer Court could offer. Hundred-year soul beast meat and thousand-year soul beast meat were common, and sometimes even ten-thousand-year soul beast meat was available.
Besides soul beast meat, there were also many spirit fruits and medicinal dishes. Most importantly, eating at the Inner Court dining hall cost nothing...
Shrek Academy certainly had many problems, but when it came to training traditional soul masters, it unquestionably deserved its place as the best on the continent.
Inside the Sea God Pavilion.
Mu En lay in his chair, with people filling the seats along both sides of the long table before him.
Yan Shaozhe said, "Mu En, this year's Soul Fighting Tournament is about to begin, but we still haven't selected the next Shrek Seven Devils."
"So I suggest we simply appoint Tianyuan as captain of the reserve Seven Monsters."
Mu En gave a hum of assent. "Just leave this matter to Xuan Zi."
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