Ren Jun, a native of the Heavenly Soul Empire, thirty-six years old, a rank eighty-two Soul Douluo!
At that age, with that Soul Power, Ren Jun would absolutely have been considered a genius even at Shrek Academy.
And that was indeed the case. Ren Jun had earned admission to Shrek Academy's inner court and had nearly become one of that generation's Shrek Seven Devils.
Logically, under Shrek Academy's powerful "brainwashing," a genius like him should never have betrayed the academy to join the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
But nothing was safe from the unexpected. It was precisely because of an accident that Ren Jun, a commoner genius with a promising future, had accepted the Sun Moon Empire's invitation!
Ren Jun had reached rank eighty in Soul Power at thirty-three. When he went to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring, accompanied by a certain unreliable academy elder, an accident occurred.
The Level 98 elder vanished without a trace, leaving eight students facing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. In the end, four died, two were crippled, and two were injured!
Ren Jun could be considered lucky, because he had survived.
But he was also unlucky, because he was one of the two who had been crippled, losing his right leg forever.
Because the academy needed the formidable fighting strength of someone at Level 98, the punishment imposed on Sea God Pavilion Elder Xuan Zi was merely symbolic.
As for victims like them, the academy grandly proclaimed that it would take responsibility to the very end, but after some time, no one paid them any attention at all.
For a cripple like him, staying at the academy every day and watching others cultivate and improve was sheer torment.
In the end, utterly disheartened, Ren Jun left Shrek Academy and returned to the Heavenly Soul Empire.
He had thought he would spend the rest of his life like that, but unexpectedly, a glimmer of opportunity appeared after he left the academy. People from the Sun Moon Empire found him.
They made him a custom leg Soul Tool, allowing him to walk normally and even fight.
A Worship Hall elder even personally accompanied him to hunt for a Soul Ring, helping him break through to the Soul Douluo realm.
It was precisely because of this that Ren Jun decided to come teach in the Sun Moon Empire!
As the only outstanding graduate from Shrek Academy, Ren Jun was assigned to the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
With the Soul Master class about to begin, Ren Jun took up his duties as its homeroom teacher and began studying the students' information.
After all, his teaching would require different training plans based on the characteristics of each person's Martial Soul.
To be honest, even though Shrek Academy had left Ren Jun badly in the lurch, he still carried that Shrek-style arrogance and had not thought much of the Sun Moon Empire's so-called Soul Master geniuses.
But when Ren Jun seriously examined the student information on the soul-powered screen before him, he froze!
These students were generally under nine years old, yet all of them were already Soul Masters. More importantly, not one of them had Innate Soul Power below rank seven!
Shrek Academy's current admission requirements were an age below twelve and Soul Power no lower than rank fifteen.
By those standards, quite a few of these students, none older than nine, already qualified!
"Ye Lingtong, eight years old. Martial Soul: Heavenly Spirit Staff. Soul Power: rank sixteen. Innate Soul Power: rank eight."
"Hou Zhenzhong, nine years old. Martial Soul: Silver Wolf. Soul Power: rank fifteen. Innate Soul Power: rank seven."
"Xu Wei, eight years old. Martial Soul: Lightning. Soul Power: rank sixteen. Innate Soul Power: rank nine."
"Xu Tianyi, nine years old. Martial Soul: Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon. Soul Power: rank seventeen. Innate Soul Power: rank nine."
Looking through the students' records, Ren Jun put aside his initial arrogance. He had to admit that even by the standards for Shrek students, all these students were geniuses!
Ren Jun kept his eyes on the screen as he asked, "Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon-is this Xu Tianyi a member of the imperial family?"
Lin Jiayi smiled. "It seems you know quite a lot about our Sun Moon Empire, Teacher Ren!"
Ren Jun recalled, "Because of the war four thousand years ago, Shrek Academy has always paid close attention to the Sun Moon Empire. I also came across some secrets concerning the Sun Moon Empire when I was in the inner court."
Knowing what Ren Jun had suffered, Lin Jiayi already regarded him as one of their own, so he concealed nothing. "Xu Tianyi is Prince Xu Guozhong's youngest son. In terms of talent, he ranks first among the imperial family's younger generation."
Ren Jun nodded in understanding. Soul Power surged in his left hand, and the soul-powered screen before him automatically turned to the next page, displaying the information on the final page.
Suddenly, his gaze stopped, and his pupils contracted slightly. He stared fixedly at the information on the last two people on the list, then read it out word by word.
"Kong Ling, eight years old. Martial Soul: Sun. Soul Power: rank eighteen. Innate Full Soul Power."
"Kong Xuan, eight years old. Martial Soul: Atlas Spear. Soul Power: rank twenty-two. Innate Full Soul Power."
"There are actually two with Innate Full Soul Power?!"
Ren Jun abruptly looked up at Lin Jiayi across from him. Even at Shrek Academy, geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power were rare.
Seeing Ren Jun's shocked expression, Lin Jiayi kept his face composed, but inwardly, his heart blossomed with joy.
The fact that the Sun Moon Empire's geniuses could shock Ren Jun, who came from Shrek Academy, so deeply gave him an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
"The brother and sister are twins, and they're also descendants of Elder Kong, the master of the Worship Hall."
Lin Jiayi gave a brief introduction. Kong Deming had personally received a talent like Ren Jun when he first arrived.
"Twins with completely different Martial Souls? It seems they each inherited one parent's."
Ren Jun murmured to himself, his mind filled with the two children's information.
The Sun Martial Soul was another Martial Soul unique to the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family. Its power naturally needed no explanation.
As for the elder brother, Kong Xuan, he had cultivated to rank twenty-two at only eight years old. He truly was a Little Monster!
With cultivation speed like that, even though Ren Jun had never heard of or seen his Martial Soul, it was definitely a top-tier tool Martial Soul.
At this thought, Ren Jun's expression suddenly changed, and he asked, "With such terrifying cultivation speed, he hasn't been taking drugs, has he?"
Having been in the Sun Moon Empire for a while, Ren Jun scoffed at the way some of its geniuses cultivated by popping pills.
To him, sacrificing future growth in pursuit of faster cultivation early on was an extremely unwise choice.
Faced with Kong Xuan, a genius with Innate Full Soul Power, Ren Jun had already begun to cherish his talent as his homeroom teacher and worried that he had taken a wrong turn at such a young age.
Lin Jiayi shook his head. "Elder Kong teaches them cultivation, so naturally, he wouldn't give them drugs that squeeze out their talent. I've met this child once. He's a true genius!"
"That's good!" Ren Jun breathed a sigh of relief and slowly closed the soul-powered screen. "Now I'm really starting to look forward to meeting these Little Monsters!"
The third day after Kong Xuan's breakthrough.
Kong Deming did not go to the Worship Hall that day, because Kong Xuan and Kong Ling were going to report to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
At Kong Deming's instruction, the siblings took out the luggage and belongings they had prepared and packed into their Storage Soul Tools the previous night and checked everything again.
"Xuan'er, you must take good care of your younger sister at the academy."
"Get along well with your classmates. Some of them will be your companions in the future."
"Study diligently under your teachers. When you come home, I'll be testing the results of your cultivation."
Kong Deming patiently went over his instructions again and again. Although they were not his biological grandchildren, after two years together, he already regarded the siblings as his true family and successors.
Only when Xuan Ziwen walked in did Kong Deming stop fussing.
"Your martial uncle will take you to the academy. If you have any problems there, go straight to him."
Kong Xuan asked in surprise, "Martial Uncle, are you staying at the academy too?"
Xuan Ziwen patted Kong Xuan's head. "I'll be teaching at the academy. You can come to me about anything."
Kong Deming looked at his disciple. "Ziwen, I'm leaving the two of them in your care."
Xuan Ziwen said solemnly, "Rest assured, Teacher. I'll take good care of them."