Innate Level Twenty

The Divine Aspect cradled a mass of emerald radiance in its left hand. Within that radiance lay an endless aura of life, as though a mere wisp could make withered wood bloom again and flesh grow upon bare bones.

In its right hand, the Divine Aspect held a mass of dark purple Power of Destruction. That power was wild yet contained, as if it could reduce everything to nothingness at any moment.

Life and destruction, two utterly opposing powers, coexisted perfectly within this Divine Aspect, mingling with each other.

At the center of the Divine Aspect, there seemed to be a trace of silver power, but it vanished in an instant.

What was this?

Xu Jingyao's face was filled with shock as he stared at that enlarged face, identical to his own!

The next moment, he felt his consciousness being drawn into a vast void.

He saw countless stars revolving around him and rays of divine light bursting from his body, one after another.

That power was far too immense-so immense that he almost thought he would burst.

The life divine core and destruction core within him trembled simultaneously, as though they had finally found an outlet.

The two streams of divine power surged through his meridians, condensing into a faint layer of divine light over his body.

The golden barrier in the awakening chamber could no longer hold and shattered with a bang.

The awakening master was knocked straight to the floor by the blast and scrambled into a corner.

The emperor sprang to his feet, his face filled with horror.

Xu Tianran gripped his wheelchair's armrests tightly, yet an almost crazed light blazed in his eyes.

The awakening master quickly clambered up, hurried over to Xu Jingyao, and took out a testing device.

Once Xu Jingyao took it in his hand, the device gave a ding.

"Innate soul power: level 20. Physical strength: beep, beep, beep, approximately equivalent to level forty. Can acquire a thousand-year Soul Ring."

"Twin martial souls... innate level twenty..." Xu Tianran murmured, his voice so low it was almost inaudible. "Good, good, good!"

After saying "good" three times in succession, an excited smile curled his lips!

Xu Jingyao slowly opened his eyes. The phantom divine sword and the enormous Divine Aspect dissipated together, and peace returned to the awakening chamber.

He lowered his head to look at his hands. Traces of that tremendous power still lingered in his palms.

These were his martial souls.

A divine sword that commanded the seven great elements and the powers of creation and order, and... a body martial soul whose true form was life and destruction.

That made sense. Gods had no fixed form, so his martial souls would naturally be himself plus a divine artifact!

He took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions surging within him, and turned to Xu Tianran.

The man in the wheelchair was staring at him, his gaze so searing it almost burned straight through him.

Xu Jingyao sighed inwardly.

Now Xu Tianran would probably be even less willing to let him go.

Neither would the emperor. In that brief instant just now, he seemed to have given them both quite a bit of additional vitality!

Speaking of which, could he get the Golden Tree to defect?

It felt like there might be a chance. Surely all plants under heaven revered the Goddess of Life! After all, Tang San still lacked the nerve to turn his parents into the Douluo Continent's life core and Plane Master!

This was not the best of times, but neither was it the worst. After all, by the time of Dragon King and Ultimate, it really would be: the grand stage of Douluo-don't come unless your cheats are big enough!

The Divine Realm.

"Strange. Why has the Douluo Continent's fortune changed so drastically?" Tang San looked down at the lower realm and voiced his puzzled question. He manipulated the Divine Realm Center, yet could not discover where the problem lay.

"Third Brother, why the long face?" Xiao Wu came skipping over, her face full of concern.

At the sound of Xiao Wu's voice, the ferocity on Tang San's face instantly vanished, and his voice began to turn cloyingly sweet. "Xiao Wu, honestly. You're already a mother, yet you still act as though you'll never grow up."

"Third Brooother~ What exactly is troubling you? Does it have anything to do with Xiao Qi?" Xiao Wu asked with concern.

Tang San hesitated before telling her, "I originally sensed someone on the Douluo Continent with extraordinary fortune, someone closely connected to our Tang Sect. But something changed in that instant just now, and I can't sense it no matter how I try."

Xiao Wu draped herself over Tang San. "How are things now?"

"They've returned to normal."

"Then what are you still worried about, Third Brother? What if you imagined it? Besides, Xiao Qi isn't here right now, and a spring night is all too short, Third Brother!" Xiao Wu said with a giggle, poking Tang San's chest with her finger.

The Douluo Continent, the imperial palace.

"Good, good. From this day forth, you are my adopted son. Attend me! Draft an edict promoting Xu Jingyao from commandery prince to prince, and grant him the right to appear before me without bowing. His title, his title..." The emperor grew a little contemplative. "Yao'er, what title do you want?"

Listening to the emperor's uninterrupted stream of words, a trace of helplessness flashed through Xu Jingyao's eyes.

See? This was reality. When Xu Tianran first wanted to give him the rank of commandery prince, this emperor had obstructed it at every turn. Now he was handing out a rank one level higher just like that.

"Your Majesty, I would like Unrestrained as my title," Xu Jingyao said after some thought.

After all, that title had enough flair. Of course, the main thing was that it would not arouse anyone's suspicions. Normally, with his talent, it should not come to that, and no one would dare make a move against him-but what if?

After all, sometimes it wasn't clever people you had to fear, but reckless fools!

Someone had even blown up and crippled the most powerful prince at the time, so what wouldn't they do to anyone else?

He had no doubts about those princes' stupidity and malice!

As for Xu Tianran, in a certain sense, they were now natural allies.

After all, Xu Tianran had been the one to pick him up and bring him back, so he naturally bore Xu Tianran's label.

"Unrestrained. Unrestrained is good! Hahaha, Unrestrained is good! Truly a child of exceptional promise, hahaha!" The emperor laughed heartily. "Then Unrestrained shall be your title!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Xu Jingyao said respectfully.

Sigh, it felt like his life as a beast of burden was about to begin. How miserable!

Why couldn't he just be a second-generation god who could lie back and do nothing?

It was all Tang San's fault!

And his mother's, too. If she had supported his father back then, there wouldn't have been so much trouble!

Instead, she had let Tang San do as he pleased!

Sometimes, failing to stand firmly on one side was betrayal!

"Tianran, take good care of your younger brother. Do you understand?" the emperor said with a sigh.

Xu Tianran set his wheelchair in motion and sneered. "Rest assured, Father. What I want is for our Sun Moon to unite the world, for our Sun Moon to endure ten thousand years! Besides, little Jingyao isn't like that pack of fools you fathered. He will be my only younger brother, and my only one!"

After delivering those crazed words, he wheeled himself away.

Xu Jingyao returned to his room with a trace of excitement on his face, but also a trace of confusion.

The awakening of his body martial soul was fairly normal, but something about that sword felt wrong.

But which martial soul should he cultivate first?

After all, this would affect his Soul Rings!

The more Xu Jingyao thought, the sleepier he grew, and his eyes slowly closed.