Successful possession

If Dai Mubai really was playing the fool, he actually had something to look forward to.

Born into the imperial family, yet already knowing how to hide his abilities at such a young age-this was a very good thing.

Although his concealment had been somewhat clumsy and given him away, he was still young, so it was understandable.

With some guidance, this son might give him a surprise in the future.

Once the Soul Master responsible for the awakening arranged the Awakening Stones, he used his soul power to guide Dai Mubai's martial soul awakening.

Immediately afterward, the phantom of a white tiger appeared behind him.

The white tiger martial soul was the hereditary martial soul of the Star Luo Imperial Family, so Dai Mubai awakening it would not cause much surprise.

If what he awakened was not the white tiger martial soul, that would be a problem, wouldn't it?

Throughout the process, Dai Mubai maintained a vacant expression, showing no reaction whatsoever to awakening his martial soul.

"Your Third Highness, come test your innate soul power."

The Soul Master guided Dai Mubai through the innate soul power test.

Not far away, Dai Weisi grew noticeably more nervous.

If this third brother of his did not have a high innate soul power level, he would pose no threat, regardless of whether his idiocy was an act.

But if his innate soul power was excellent, things would be entirely different.

As Dai Mubai pressed his hand against the crystal ball, a dazzling white light appeared.

"Innate soul power, level 8.4."

The Awakening Soul Master precisely announced Dai Mubai's innate soul power.

At that very moment, although Dai Mubai still looked utterly witless, the corners of his mouth quietly curled upward.

Everyone present was a Soul Master, with eyesight far beyond that of ordinary people. Although Dai Mubai's smile was well concealed and vanished immediately afterward, many still saw it.

"I knew it! I knew he was pretending!"

Dai Weisi's expression immediately darkened at the sight.

Sure enough, this third brother of his had been feigning his idiocy.

More importantly, his talent was actually this good.

So young, yet already so deeply scheming-he had already given himself a reason to die.

"Good, very good!"

Just then, the Star Luo Emperor laughed from the raised platform.

He was so excited not because of Dai Mubai's innate soul power, but because of this son's deception. Since that was the case, as his father, he would make things a little harder for him.

That would give the brothers an even stronger drive to fight one another.

This was the tradition of the Star Luo Empire.

That was why he reacted this way.

Was Dai Mubai really pretending? Naturally, that was impossible.

The current Dai Mubai had already become a complete fool.

That smile just now had been Xiong Jun's deliberate doing.

Since he had chosen his body, he needed to lay the groundwork for what would happen to him.

If the others thought he was pretending, he would give them some evidence to convince them.

That way, once he had fully stabilized his hold on this body, any further actions he took would not arouse suspicion.

He would also follow the original story's plotline in which Dai Mubai fled. There were too many things he could not do while staying in the Star Luo Imperial City.

Not far away, Dai Weisi's expression grew even uglier when he heard his father's praise.

But Dai Weisi knew that moving against his third brother now was not a safe choice. If he was discovered, it might cause even more trouble.

Besides, didn't he have a greater enemy to deal with right now?

His dear second brother-that fellow was not only the most talented of the three brothers, with innate soul power as high as level nine, but was also close to him in age.

Even if Dai Mubai's innate soul power was slightly higher than his, the age gap was there. It would be difficult for him to pose a threat.

By comparison, his second brother was the greatest problem.

Now that Dai Mubai had awakened his martial soul, the Zhu Family of the Duke's Mansion needed to prepare a corresponding partner for martial soul fusion.

However, there was currently no one of a suitable age.

Zhu Zhuqing, who was close to him in age, was only three years old now.

They would have to wait until her martial soul awakened before verifying it.

Over the next few days, dedicated teachers taught Dai Mubai how to cultivate and explained all manner of knowledge to him.

Only seven days later did he have a relatively private space.

With a flicker of light, Xiong Jun arrived in Dai Mubai's room.

After he activated a Soul Tool obtained from an ancient secret realm, the palace where Dai Mubai stayed immediately became an isolated space.

Combined with his spiritual power sealing it off, even a Titled Douluo would be unable to discover what was happening inside the room.

"It's time to begin!"

Everything was ready. This was the moment he had been waiting for.

First, he used his own spiritual power to forcibly open a Sea of Consciousness for Dai Mubai. Only then would there be room to contain his immense spiritual power. During this process, he would also clear away Dai Mubai's remnant soul.

The seed he had left behind had already taken root and sprouted. With the corresponding anchor in place, neither opening the Sea of Consciousness nor clearing away Dai Mubai's remnant soul would be difficult.

Not long ago, he had used that seed to make Dai Mubai smile during his awakening.

After successfully opening the Sea of Consciousness, he did not immediately take control of this body.

Instead, he began working on modifying other things.

His first task was to seal Xiong Jun's more than four hundred thousand years of cultivation inside Dai Mubai's body, creating seals similar to those involving Tang Wulin and the Golden Dragon King.

Because he was both Xiong Jun and Dai Mubai, there was absolutely no need to worry about losing control.

Of course, Xiong Jun's reserves fell far short of an existence like the Golden Dragon King.

Thus, he could not directly condense blood essence soul rings.

Instead, he adopted a method similar to the Snow Empress's transformation, sealing his power inside Dai Mubai's body in the state of a failed transformation. It would quietly change his physique, after which he could condense his own soul rings like a transformed Soul Beast.

Since he did not need to transform and produce another body, this power origin of more than four hundred thousand years could be utilized perfectly.

He could even condense a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and more than one at that.

After completing this step, he next sealed his immense spiritual origin power within the Sea of Consciousness he had opened.

Although Xiong Jun's spiritual origin was inferior to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's, once all this spiritual origin power had been consumed, it could still rapidly raise his spiritual power to the Titled Douluo realm.

Then came the most crucial step: condensing a Soul Bone.

He chose a Torso Bone.

Since this was not a sacrifice, it did not cause any upheaval in heaven and earth.

He had planned everything long ago, and everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Before he knew it, three days had passed.

He had also successfully taken possession of the body.

As for the scene, there was no longer any sign of the Ferocious Beast Xiong Jun. Only Dai Mubai remained.

"From this day forward, I am Dai Mubai."

With a calm smile, he stood and controlled this brand-new body.

He had to admit, it really was good.

Although his origin power had all been sealed away, merely fusing with the four-hundred-thousand-year Torso Bone had already brought him a qualitative transformation.

Even without soul skills, his formidable physique now allowed him to easily kill a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, as long as he did not encounter one with rule-based soul skills.

If a life-or-death crisis came, he still had a backup plan. Even against a Titled Douluo, he could strive to clash with them.

It could be said that everything he had arranged was proceeding according to his thinking.

"So it really is a human soul?"

Feeling how well he fit this body, sensing the essence of his soul, Dai Mubai was happy.

Truly happy.

This meant he could try to compete for the Sea God's godhood.

Back then, one very simple factor had led him to choose to take the gamble and given him the confidence to identify the essence of his soul as human: through learning, he could master other Soul Beasts' spiritual soul skills.

Yes, soul skills, not insights into spiritual power.

It was learning, not creating his own.

That was when he had decided to gamble.

After all, restricted by their own bloodlines and talents, Soul Beasts simply could not learn other Soul Beasts' soul skills.

Even Ferocious Beasts could only draw on other Ferocious Beasts' insights to master something of their own, creating soul skills suited to their own bloodlines and characteristics.

Even Di Tian was no exception. Everything he had was developed based on his own characteristics.

He, however, could master other Soul Beasts' soul skills through learning, then activate them using Xiong Jun's spiritual origin.

The method he had used to Imprint Tang San's memories was one he had learned from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.