"Jingyao? Are you there, Jingyao?" Xu Tianran's wheelchair was pushed to Xu Jingyao's door, and he knocked gently.
But there was no response for a long while.
This gave Xu Tianran a terrible fright, and he immediately blasted the door off with his soul power.
Then he signaled for his guards to push him inside. Only when he saw Xu Jingyao sleeping in bed did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"You may leave." Xu Tianran waved a hand, dismissing the guards beside him.
A hint of helplessness showed on his face.
This child doesn't even know to cover himself with a blanket when he sleeps. Thinking this, Xu Tianran pulled the blanket over Xu Jingyao.
The imperial palace, the library.
"Elder Kong, can you find any records of innate level 20 soul power?" Excitement showed on the emperor's face as he made sure no one else was around and questioned the strongest man in the Sun Moon Empire.
"What level?" Kong Deming's hand froze. Then he walked to the Douluo section and began searching. "Wait a moment. I think I've seen it somewhere. Just a moment."
With that, Kong Deming began rummaging through the books in the Douluo Unofficial History section. After all, these had all been unofficial histories back then, and he had read them as stories, so he had an impression of them but had not made a point of remembering them.
After rummaging for quite a while, he pulled out a book about the Angel God.
"Found it." A trace of excitement flashed in Kong Deming's eyes. "It's said that the Angel God had innate soul power at level 20! And supposedly, for innate level 20 soul power to appear, it must be a divine blessing!"
"A divine blessing! You mean our Sun Moon Empire could have a god too? Just like their Shrek Academy over in Douluo?" The emperor no longer seemed on the verge of death, his face filled with visions of the future.
"Your Majesty, I boldly request permission to become that Carefree King's guardian." Clearly, the same thought had instantly occurred to Kong Deming.
The Crown Prince's Residence.
After Xu Tianran left, Xu Jingyao sank completely into an illusion.
The illusion was indistinct. He only heard repeated calls and vaguely saw patches of light.
Some were green and others purple, all of them swirling around his body.
Meanwhile, his body in reality began giving off a faint, flickering glow. No energy accompanied it, yet the halos of light kept flashing.
Sometimes purple, sometimes green, with an occasional hint of pale gold and silver.
He slept deeply, and the green and purple light gradually receded.
It was as though nothing had happened.
But as those two clusters of light vanished completely, a yellow ring of light silently appeared beneath his feet and slowly rose.
At that moment, a faint silver light suddenly radiated around his body, making the golden ring stand out with particular clarity.
Only when the ring reached above his head did it slowly disappear.
The light in the room dimmed once more. Suddenly, a purple and green vortex appeared between his eyebrows.
A gentle, beautiful woman in a green dress and a white-haired little boy wearing a purple hood appeared beside Xu Jingyao's bed. Both gazed tenderly at the child before them.
Then light flashed in their hands. A purple scepter appeared in the God of Destruction's hand, and under a wisp of purple divine power, it slowly became a ring and settled onto a finger of Xu Jingyao's right hand.
A divine artifact resembling the Tree of Life appeared in the Goddess of Life's hand. It slowly transformed, finally becoming a bracelet that settled onto his left wrist.
Once everything was done, husband and wife exchanged a glance, then slowly vanished.
Xu Jingyao felt as though he had returned to that state of primordial chaos, as though the whole world was opening itself to him.
Fortune, destiny!
At this moment, such things would belong to him alone!
The next day, sunlight slowly shone into the room. Xu Jingyao slowly opened his eyes and looked in bewilderment at the blanket covering him and the two new ornaments on his hands.
He could clearly sense that the auras of these two objects were extraordinary, but he had no idea where they had come from.
Xu Jingyao tried to take them off, gritting his teeth until his jaw nearly went stiff as sweat gradually appeared on his face.
Yet they did not budge!
A thoughtful look flashed in Xu Jingyao's eyes. Even the Sun Moon Federation ten thousand years in the future had no such technology, let alone any written account of it.
Then, if this had nothing to do with soul guidance technology, there was only one possibility!
Could these be divine artifacts?
It's not impossible. After all, didn't that Heavenly Saint Rift Abyss thing turn into a ring back then?
Could these two be the divine artifacts of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction?
They really do look similar in both color and design.
But it seems I won't be able to use them anytime soon!
Of course, that's normal. These are the divine artifacts of two God Kings, after all. By rights, they should be super divine artifacts!
Right now, I'm equivalent to a level 20 Soul Grandmaster. How could I possibly call upon them?
Wait!
My soul power level!
As soon as Xu Jingyao circulated his soul power, he discovered that it seemed to have increased again. He casually picked up the Soul Power Tester beside him.
"Beep, beep, beep. Level 22 soul power!"
What level?
Xu Jingyao stared at the tester before him in utter disbelief. Then, after a moment's hesitation, he slowly released his sword martial soul.
Two yellow soul rings had already appeared around it.
Looks like I don't even need to choose. My heart can finally stop hanging in suspense-and just die!
I'm the son of a mighty God King, the son of two God Kings, a transmigrator, and this is the result!
My first and second soul rings are yellow!
No! No!
"Tang Wulin!" Xu Jingyao called.
The next instant, a black-haired child darted through the doorway. "What did you need me for, Your Highness?"
"Did I go out after coming back from awakening my martial soul?" Xu Jingyao asked after a moment's hesitation.
Tang Wulin shook his head. "No, Your Highness. You fell asleep as soon as you got back yesterday."
Xu Jingyao nodded. It seemed there had been no displacement in time for him, so where had his soul rings come from?
But before pondering that, he looked at Tang Wulin. "His Highness the Crown Prince is awakening the servants' martial souls together today. Go now. Take my token and skip the line."
Excitement instantly lit up Tang Wulin's eyes. "Okay! Thank you, Your Highness! Hehe!"
After Tang Wulin left, a contemplative look flashed in Xu Jingyao's eyes.
Wait!
Tang Wulin, Tang Wulin...
Lan Xuanyu!
Could my situation be the same as Lan Xuanyu's?
That really is quite possible!
But if that's the case, won't I need to consume enormous amounts of energy? And I won't be able to make up for it by absorbing soul rings!
Most importantly of all, he still did not know whether he could absorb soul bones!
After all, his circumstances were very unusual.
Tsk! I don't even know how to explain my current soul rings!
They won't mistake me for a soul beast that's taken human form, will they?
Innate level 20! A divine blessing! That explanation would work perfectly!
Surely not! I do have innate level 20 soul power, after all!
Suddenly, a voice came from the doorway. "Jingyao? Are you awake? I saw Little Tang running out..."
"Brother, just come in!" Xu Jingyao sat on a chair in his room, seemingly reading a book.
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