Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Emperor, Unifying the Continent!

Freshman dormitory.

When Xu Tianming and Beibei returned to the freshman dormitory, the old man who had been lying on the chair had disappeared without a trace.

Xu Tianming didn't pay attention; he had almost died just now and needed to calm down.

"Splash~"

It wasn't peak time for showering in the afternoon, so Xu Tianming stood in the bathroom, letting the hot water wash over his body as steam rose.

He closed his eyes and breathed steadily, but his mind kept replaying everything he had just experienced at the shores of Poseidon Lake.

From seeing Ma Xiaotao rushing over, to immediately running away after realizing what was happening, to confronting her head-on, and then... Heavenly Path Substitute Fighting!

Yes, it's Heaven's Way that's taking the hits!

He did not lose consciousness during that process. Instead, he watched as the phantom of the Ultimate Emperor Armor mobilized the power within his body, gradually lifting Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul out like a chick.

Then, he slapped the evil fire phoenix to pieces!

That is the true power of the ultimate emperor armor!

"Why did it suddenly trigger..."

Xu Tianming immersed his consciousness in the sea of ​​his mind, looking at the seemingly unchanging radiant sun and armored statue within it, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

This has never happened before since I awakened my Martial Soul.

He walked up to the statue of the Ultimate Emperor Armor and examined it closely.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed.

He discovered that although the statue of the Ultimate Emperor Armor was still a gray, sculpted form, it seemed... compared to before.

It's a little bland?

In other words, Xu Tianming has paid great attention to the cultivation of his spiritual power over the years and has been keeping a close eye on the situation of this statue.

This slight change was so subtle that he wouldn't have noticed it if his mental strength had been even slightly weaker.

The blazing sun hanging overhead seemed to emit even more intense light.

"Was it provoked by Ma Xiaotao's Evil Phoenix?"

Xu Tianming thought about it carefully and realized that the changes in his two martial souls must have been due to the stimulation of the Evil Fire Phoenix. Otherwise, why hadn't this happened in the past six years?

"If the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul causes this kind of change, then if one directly kills an Evil Soul Master, will it also accelerate cultivation speed, just like the Angel Martial Soul?"

Xu Tianming couldn't help but think about it.

He was actually not very satisfied with his current cultivation speed. Was a level 32 Soul Master who had just turned twelve really that strong?

Very strong, but not strong enough!

In fact, if he hadn't been hidden away by Xu Tianran during the Sun Moon Empire, even though the cultivation speed of an ultimate attribute martial soul is slower than that of an ordinary martial soul in the early stages, his cultivation level would definitely be far beyond what it is now.

Xu Tianran said it all well, telling him to cultivate diligently so that he could infiltrate Shrek Academy and become its dean and the master of the Sea God Pavilion.

But actually?

They were actually all princes!

Moreover, neither he nor Xu Tianran's father were emperors from the beginning.

Yes, he and Xu Tianran are now princes, but before he was nine years old, they were not princes. Their father was a prince, not the emperor.

Of course, even if their father wasn't the emperor before they were nine years old, Xu Tianran was still able to mobilize resources to provide for him. It wouldn't be as much as the emperor's lineage, but it was still quite a lot.

That was when Xu Tianming's cultivation speed was the fastest!

But after their father launched a coup and took control of the palace, things began to change.

Especially after Xu Tianran's lower body was crippled by the attack from the royal family, his supply of resources to Xu Tianming began to decrease, and he even considered giving up his original idea.

Why?

Because Xu Tianran lacked self-confidence!

When Xu Tianming awakened his martial soul at the age of six, even though he had awakened twin martial souls and had innate full soul power, Xu Tianming was still confident that he could suppress his younger brother.

At that time, Xu Tianming was six years old, while Xu Tianran was seventeen!

Seventeen-year-old Xu Tianran far surpassed Xu Tianming in terms of ability, interpersonal skills, and life experience.

He was confident that he could suppress his exceptionally talented younger brother, after all, his own talent was not bad either.

Even at this point, Xu Tianran began to show his ambition; otherwise, he wouldn't have come up with such a crazy idea after Xu Tianming's martial soul awakened.

He was certain that he would become the emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire in the future!

Perhaps, at that time, Xu Tianran and his father had already begun plotting how to seize power and usurp the throne.

In this situation, Xu Tianran's confidence reached its peak.

No matter how strong Xu Tianming's talent was, the age gap was there, the relationship between brothers was there, and he had even been brainwashed since he was six years old.

At that time, Xu Tianran gave all the precious cultivation resources he could find to Xu Tianming, determined to complete his crazy plan.

But when they actually completed the palace coup and killed the original direct line of the emperor, including Crown Prince Xu He, who attempted to escape but was still caught and executed, things began to change.

Before their father became emperor, Xu Tianran and Xu Tianming were brothers, the closest of blood relatives!

Even after their father became emperor, their relationship remained that of brothers, still based on blood ties, but Xu Tianran's gaze towards Xu Tianming began to change.

He began to realize that his younger brother... seemed a little too outstanding.

A sense of crisis!

At this time, Xu Tianran didn't care too much, after all, he was already in his twenties, while Xu Tianming was only nine years old.

Xu Tianran's real change in mentality occurred after he became disabled from the waist down!

Before this, Xu Tianming was Xu Tianran's biological brother!

After that...

Would even a close brother stab you in the back?

After all, it was their royal family members who ambushed him and caused him to be paralyzed from the waist down!

In the royal family, is kinship truly reliable?

That time, Xu Tianran's mindset completely changed.

He even considered killing Xu Tianming outright!

In fact, after becoming disabled in both legs, he lay low for several years and had already eliminated several of his half-brothers.

Those relatives who ambushed him and crippled his lower body were the ones who supported those brothers.

Compared to those people, Xu Tianming has even greater talent!

Even though Xu Tianming was his biological brother from the same parents, and even though he had already hidden Xu Tianming away when Xu Tianming awakened his martial spirit at the age of six, he couldn't help but start to have doubts.

As for why they haven't actually taken action against Xu Tianming yet...

One reason is that these are his own brothers, a major strategic move he personally concealed.

Another reason is that Xu Tianming took the injury for him when he was ambushed!

Otherwise, Xu Tianming would be dead by now.

Even so, once suspicion arises in one's mind, confusion begins.

Therefore, in the following years, Xu Tianran did not provide Xu Tianming with full support in terms of cultivation resources.

He wanted Xu Tianming to become a pawn according to his ideas, but he was also afraid that Xu Tianming would betray him after he became powerful!

However, due to this indecisive state of mind, Xu Tianming's cultivation process in the Sun Moon Empire was not smooth...