Does My Son Have What It Takes to Become a God? What Do You Think?

"Hui'er, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Qingyi asked with concern the moment she opened the door.

Minghui, already seated by the bed, shook his head. Then, with delight on his face, he said, "Dad, Mom, I just sensed my martial souls and discovered that besides the Radiant Plume Divine Bow, I have another martial soul. I can sense it in my head. It should be a Body Martial Soul."

"A Body Martial Soul!" The couple exchanged glances, both revealing delighted expressions.

This meant they could let their son cultivate his Body Martial Soul first and build a solid foundation before cultivating the Radiant Plume Divine Bow.

That way, they would not have to worry about his internal organs being too weak to withstand the chilling erosion caused by absorbing Ice Attribute Soul Rings.

At that thought, Ming Chen was so excited that he nearly cried.

"Heaven blesses the Ming Family!"

By his generation, the Ming Family had been reduced to him alone. He had finally cultivated to the rank of Titled Douluo and suppressed the backlash from the cold. After working tirelessly, he had only managed to have a child after reaching seventy. If the child were to die prematurely, the family bloodline would end there. He would absolutely go mad.

God knew how much pressure he had endured over the years.

But now, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"In your head? Could it be a Spirit Attribute?" Qingyi hurried over and sat beside her son.

"Hui'er, try activating it."

"It probably is. I already tried it just now." As Minghui spoke, a thought crossed his mind and he activated his martial soul. His mind immediately became somewhat clearer.

The scene before his eyes changed drastically as well.

As Titled Douluo, Qingyi and Ming Chen sensed a ripple of Spiritual Power spreading from their son's brow.

It was very weak, but at such close range, with their strength, there was no way they could have sensed it incorrectly.

"Since it releases Spiritual Power fluctuations upon activation, it should undoubtedly be a Spirit Attribute." Ming Chen's gaze flickered.

A Spirit Attribute was an extremely rare martial soul attribute.

It should be highly compatible with their family's Eye Tempering Art.

"Dad, Mom." Minghui continued, describing what he had experienced. "After activating this martial soul, the world I see through my eyes changed."

"To be precise, it feels like a Third Eye has opened between my brows. Even with my eyes shut, I can still see the things in front of me."

He quickly closed his eyes.

"It's just that although I'm seeing the same objects, they look different now."

"For example, when I look at you two right now, your clothes are very dark, but your skin has become brighter and appears pale blue."

"Your heads are the brightest, and they constantly release ripples, like fish stirring waves on the water's surface. I looked outside earlier and found that the flowers, grass, and trees around us all release similar ripples, but lifeless things in the room, like chairs, do not."

After speaking, he opened his eyes again. "I can see them now too, but the images overlap, so I can't distinguish them clearly."

"They should be Spiritual Power fluctuations." After listening, Qingyi turned to her husband and voiced her own guess.

"Only living things release Spiritual Power fluctuations. Inanimate objects do not, which is why their colors look dim. So what Hui'er is seeing should be the spiritual world, the manifestation of the real world within the spiritual domain."

"It's just that Hui'er's martial soul has only just awakened, so he can only see the surface level."

"Once his cultivation and Spiritual Power grow stronger, perhaps he will be able to see deeper things."

"For example, souls." A sharp glint flashed through her beautiful eyes.

"And being able to see them means he may have a chance to attack them through soul skills."

The implication was clear: enormous potential!

"To achieve that, Hui'er's martial soul may need to undergo another evolution." Ming Chen spoke meaningfully.

Qingyi immediately understood. There was only one place on the continent that could trigger a second evolution in a Body Martial Soul.

And it was north of the Heaven Dou Empire.

The Body Sect? That did not seem impossible. Minghui still knew a fair bit about the Body Sect from having read the original story. They had once led people into the Star Dou Great Forest, hunting down seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in succession and triggering a Beast Tide, causing considerable disaster for the surrounding civilians.

Judging by the outcome, they certainly deserved criticism, since they had indirectly caused many deaths. But as for the cause, soul masters hunted soul beasts to obtain Soul Rings and Soul Bones. They had not slaughtered indiscriminately, so there was not much else to say.

Had few Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts been hunted by soul masters on the continent over the years? Several were known to have been killed by Shrek Academy alone. The only difference was that the times and places of those hunts had been scattered, so they had not triggered a Beast Tide.

In the end, everyone was simply pursuing what they needed.

Besides, as the Heaven Dou Empire's protector sect, the Body Sect had done its utmost when it came to resisting foreign enemies in the original story. Its Sect Leader, Du Busi, had even self-destructed in an attempt to assassinate the Sun Moon Empire's Crown Prince, Xu Tianran. From the perspective of the Heaven Dou Empire, he could even be considered a national hero.

Honestly, Minghui had quite liked that character when reading the original story.

Moreover, after being reborn into this world several years ago, he had never heard of the Body Sect indiscriminately slaughtering innocents outside.

He had heard that they would send the strong after someone who bullied the weak, and that they were fiercely protective of their own, even going to people's doors to beat them up. Because of this, the world judged their conduct as domineering, neither wholly righteous nor evil.

His mother had once commented on the Body Sect as well. She said that although most of them were simple-minded brutes who only knew how to train their muscles, their unity was very worthy of emulation. First, the fundamental law of the world was survival of the fittest. Second, Evil Soul Masters appeared from time to time across the continent. If one did not band together or remain united, one would be bullied, or even killed. He deeply agreed with that, which was why he had a fairly good impression of the Body Sect.

Protective of their own? Who would not like that if the person being protected was themselves?

Of course, that was not what concerned him most right now. To him, Tang San was the greatest hidden danger ahead.

Since he had awakened an Ultimate Ice martial soul and a Spirit Attribute Body Martial Soul, he felt it was necessary to try obtaining opportunities such as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Electrolux, the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress Embryo, and the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone containing the Ice Blast Technique.

And that would very likely require him to come into contact with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, thereby becoming entangled with Tang San.

Well, assuming Tang San was not currently occupied!

"Also, Dad, Mom, there's something else." Minghui straightened his posture and immediately continued.

"What is it?" Qingyi asked with a smile, still in a good mood.

Minghui scratched his head, pretending to be puzzled. "Mom, it's a little strange when I think about it. After I fainted yesterday, I had a dream."

"In the dream, I saw a towering tree. It was incredibly tall and huge. Looking up, I couldn't see its top. The trunk at the bottom was terrifyingly thick. I felt that even a hundred people holding hands would not have been able to wrap their arms around it. Looking upward, its branches spread out like a giant net, and its leaves were incredibly dense, blotting out the sky like a huge cloud. The entire tree gave off a faint golden glow and brimmed with vitality."

Such a massive tree was indeed rather strange. The couple looked at each other, deeply astonished.

"And standing directly in front of that tree were two people." The confusion on Minghui's face deepened.

"They were a man and a woman. The man wore a purple robe, while the woman wore a green dress. She was very beautiful, as beautiful as Mom, and she also felt very familiar to me."

"I don't know why, but the first time I saw that woman, the title Goddess of Life appeared in my mind."

The Goddess of Life? A god? The couple was shocked.

"But I can't recall the title of the man beside her. His facial features were also completely blurred. However, when I looked at him, a sense of reverence rose in my heart for no reason." Minghui furrowed his brows.

"It was as though he possessed great authority."

"Also, they were a loving couple. I can be certain of that."

"Dad, Mom." He turned to glance at his parents, who were already wearing thoughtful expressions. "When I first woke up, I didn't pay much attention to it. I only thought I had seen you two so often that I was imagining nonsense in my dream. But after you left just now, when I activated my Body Martial Soul, those scenes suddenly became clear again. It was as if I had truly met them before, and met them many times."

When Tang San had pursued him through the God Realm, he had seen everything clearly.

Could my son be the Reincarnation of some Deity from the God Realm? As they studied their son from the corners of their eyes, the same thought arose in both their hearts.

My son has what it takes to become a god?!

"So, Hui'er, do you still remember what that Goddess of Life looked like?" Qingyi asked after composing herself.

"Of course." Minghui nodded solemnly. "I remember her very clearly."

"Then good." Qingyi nodded. "I'll have your Aunt Hong come over later. Describe her properly to her so she can paint her."

Since this concerned a Deity, she felt it was better to believe than not. She had never heard of the Goddess of Life, but she had heard of, and even seen, the Life Tree. There was currently an instructor at Shrek Academy who possessed the Life Tree Martial Soul.

Moreover, the Golden Ancient Tree on Sea God Island in the Inner Court was very similar to what her son had just described. Sea God Tang San had transplanted it there ten thousand years ago.

The key was that her son had never seen it!

Therefore, what her son had seen in his dream might truly have had some basis in reality.

She decided to have a portrait and statue made of the Goddess of Life, worship her sincerely, and pray for her son's future. As for the other male Deity, her son neither knew his name nor could see his face. She felt that erecting a faceless statue would be somewhat disrespectful, so it was better not to worship blindly.

Perhaps the reason I was able to have a son in my old age was also thanks to those two gods. Ming Chen also felt that he needed to pay them respects.

His wife had still become pregnant in her seventies. He felt that this was, to some extent, a Divine Miracle.

"Okay, Mom." Minghui nodded obediently.

Qingyi smiled and reached out to stroke her son's head. "All right, Hui'er. Don't overthink things. Get some proper rest first. We can discuss everything else after your body has recovered."

Absorbing a Soul Ring while in poor condition was no good thing. Besides, her family did not know much about Body Martial Souls.

"Mm." Minghui nodded.

After giving him a few more instructions, the couple rose and left the room.

Minghui lay back down on the bed, bathed in the warm, scorching sunlight streaming through the window, and closed his eyes to feign sleep.

I hope this catches the Goddess of Life's attention. He sighed inwardly.

His plan was to use faith to draw the Goddess of Life's attention. Backed by his family, with many people and broad influence, this was an advantage he could use. As long as enough people believed and generated enough Faith Power, he felt the plan had a certain degree of feasibility.

And as long as he drew the Goddess of Life's attention, it would mean the God of Destruction was watching as well.

In the original story, the God of Destruction was wholly intent on expanding the God Realm during this period. Expanding the God Realm required the God Realm Central Key, which was also why the God of Destruction would later move against Tang San. Therefore, what Minghui needed to do next was find a way to hand the God of Destruction a weapon.

Tang San had interfered with the lower realm around Huo Yuhao so many times that some of it had been blatantly beyond the rules.

If the God of Destruction saw those things with his own eyes, would that not give him a perfectly legitimate reason to strike and take the key from Tang San?

And without the God Realm Central Key, Tang San's surveillance over the Douluo Plane should weaken considerably.

Furthermore, out of caution, even if Tang San knew that Minghui was the one who had ruined his plans, with the identity of a follower of the Goddess of Life, he presumably would not dare do anything to him openly.

Perhaps Life and Destruction would even protect him wholeheartedly.

"Of course, it is also possible that after the Goddess of Life turns her attention to me and learns that I met her in a dream, she might directly search my soul and read my memories. But so what? If she learns from my memories about what Tang San has done, Tang San still won't have an easy time."

"If I can stop the Abyss Plane invasion later on, then I'll have done a great service for the continent and my family's future."

No loss either way! Minghui muttered inwardly.

Of course, he still held onto a sliver of hope. The Goddess of Life was not Tang San. Based on her portrayal in the original story, she still had principles and was even somewhat excessively compassionate. She should not commit such rude acts as prying into memories and violating another person's privacy.

Especially since he was a man.

As for the God of Destruction, that was harder to say. He could only hope the Goddess of Life would stop him.

The greater the storm, the more valuable the catch. Fortune was found amid danger. If he won the gamble, everything would go smoothly from then on. If he lost, at least he would not have come into this world for nothing.

Just do it! As a hot-blooded young man who had lived two lives, Minghui felt that he could not back down at a time like this.

"Chen, what do you think about this?" Outside the room, in the living room, Qingyi was the first to speak.