Douluo: The Gate to Heaven

"Wow, I'm finally alive." Stepping out of the bathroom again, Tuoba Wukong breathed a sigh of relief, feeling refreshed. Although only one night had passed, it felt as long as a lifetime.

"I almost thought I was going to die again, but luckily it turned out to be a blessing in disguise," Tuoba Wukong muttered to himself.

Although he teetered between life and death several times last night, his gains were substantial. He not only acquired his first soul ring with a lifespan of a thousand years, but his soul power also increased dramatically, rising two levels to reach level twelve.

He is now a level 12 Soul Master.

Although this level doesn't even meet the standard for entering Shrek Academy.

The minimum admission standard for Shrek Academy freshmen is a soul power level of 15 or above, and they must be no older than 12. The best freshmen have already reached a strength level of 30 or above.

It can only be said that Tuoba Wukong did not meet either of the two standards. He was able to enter Shrek Academy thanks to the special admission of the mysterious old man, Qian Duoduo.

Soul power was not Tuoba Wukong's greatest gain.

Even his first soul skill was just an experiment, but the terrifying speed at which his soul power increased was not his most important gain this time.

His biggest discovery was that he had another martial spirit.

Yes, that's right. Tuoba Wukong is also one of the very rare owners of twin martial souls on this continent. Even without having read the story from ten thousand years ago, Tuoba Wukong's upbringing would have made him aware of the significance of twin martial souls.

Even having twice as many soul rings as other soul masters would allow him to break through quickly after reaching a bottleneck in soul power, and bring a stronger boost to his basic physical stats. Not to mention, having an extra martial soul would give him twice as many soul skills as other soul masters.

The advantages brought by twin martial souls can be said to be one of the most terrifying talents in the Douluo Continent.

Tuoba Wukong's second martial soul is himself from his previous life.

With a thought, Tuoba Wukong's body transformed, his features became blurred, and his height suddenly increased, transforming him from a naive boy of twelve or thirteen into a refined young man in his twenties with a scholarly air.

In his previous life, Tuoba Wukong.

Yes, Tuoba Wukong's second martial soul was none other than himself from his previous life.

Feeling this body, which was far stronger than in his previous life, and the equally powerful soul force within him, Tuoba Wukong gave a bitter smile. He finally understood why it had been so difficult for him to improve his soul force over the years.

He needs to cultivate not just one body, but two, and one of those bodies has aptitude that can be said to be almost zero.

Otherwise, with his level 5 innate soul power, even if he were to cultivate while dragging another body along, he wouldn't have only managed to reach level 9 in seven years.

His second body shared his soul power, and that's why the energy of a thousand-year soul ring only allowed his soul power in both bodies to simultaneously increase from level ten to level twelve.

Everything in this world has its gains and losses. If he hadn't possessed a second spirit and shared the pressure and impact of absorbing the spirit ring with Tuoba Wukong, he wouldn't have been able to successfully absorb the spirit ring of the thousand-year-old Purple Sky Sable with his first spirit ring, creating a miracle that was almost impossible for ordinary people.

From now on, every time Tuoba Wukong absorbs a spirit ring, it will be equivalent to two bodies sharing the energy within the spirit ring, pushing the limits that his spirit rings can withstand to an astonishing degree.

The increase in soul power brought by the soul ring can, to some extent, make up for the difficulty in increasing his soul power, not to mention the various natural advantages of twin martial souls.

Moreover, his martial spirit is not that simple.

"Martial Soul Possession!" Tuoba Wukong shouted. He immediately felt the two bodies merge in that instant, and the soul power that originally belonged to the two bodies and were clearly separate also began to merge.

In just a moment, the soul power emanating from his body had already surpassed the bottleneck of level 20, making him no less powerful than a level 21 or 22 Great Soul Master.

At the same time, Tuoba Wukong threw a punch, and the air crackled and popped. The fusion of the two bodies greatly enhanced his physical strength, endurance, speed, and other abilities.

With the fusion of the two bodies, Tuoba Wukong's strength underwent a near-qualitative improvement.

Tuoba Wukong's facial features changed, and his height rapidly decreased, restoring his appearance and physique from this life. The fusion of the two bodies did not affect the changes in his physique and appearance. He could freely switch between the two appearances and physiques, which was equivalent to mastering a unique disguise technique.

The existence of a second martial soul allows Tuoba Wukong to have an additional identity out of thin air.

"My second martial soul can perhaps be considered part of my original martial soul, after all, this was me in my previous life!" Tuoba Wukong said in a low voice.

A physical spirit is a rare type of spirit, a special existence that uses the spirit master's body as its spirit, such as limbs, facial features, torso, brain, blood, and skin.

Such martial souls are extremely rare on the continent, but each one is an extremely powerful existence. It seems that the original martial soul still hides many mysteries, so it has always been regarded as an important topic by martial soul researchers. Countless researchers have devoted themselves to studying this mysterious martial soul.

Tuoba Wukong's previous body was naturally the most powerful and perfect of all his original martial souls.

What Tuoba Wukong didn't realize was that his second martial soul was not just as simple as his previous body. There had never been a precedent on the continent where a martial soul could be cultivated and possess a soul power level.

Of course, there is no precedent for Tuoba Wukong's case of living two lives.

Once his second martial soul is revealed, even without the identity of having twin martial souls, the talent of having only a full-body martial soul will be enough for Shrek Academy to invest core resources in his cultivation.

Whether it's twin martial souls or his original martial soul, Tuoba Wukong has no intention of revealing it.

Not only might his second martial soul reveal his greatest secret, but even though Tuoba Wukong didn't experience extraordinary power in his previous life, he was still an adult. In this life, he spent most of his time wandering around the continent and had experienced a lot. He knew very well that keeping a trump card hidden in crucial moments, a card that no one knew about, could save his life in many situations.

"More importantly, Shrek Academy values ​​my technological accumulation from my previous life. My own talent is actually somewhat irrelevant. In the first three years, the resources enjoyed by the core disciples of the Soul Guidance Department are about the same as those enjoyed by the core disciples of the Martial Soul Department. In fact, the basic resources of the core disciples of the Soul Guidance Department are even more abundant. Who can blame them when the Soul Guidance Department is full of money and doesn't lack money? Three-quarters of Shrek Academy's funding comes from the Soul Guidance Department." Tuoba Wukong couldn't help but laugh as he spoke. Although the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy wasn't very strong, it was indeed very wealthy.

Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department cannot compare to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy's Soul Guidance Department. However, the Sun Moon Empire is hostile to the three great empires, so the Soul Guidance Devices it produces cannot be directly sold to the three great empires. On the contrary, Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department, although its technology is far inferior to that of the Sun Moon Empire, has almost monopolized the market of the three great empires of Douluo due to its own special historical reasons, making a fortune.

"However, I cannot give up on Soul Guidance Technology. Although the development of Soul Guidance Technology in Douluo Continent is still in its infancy, and perhaps due to the superstition of individual power, the development of Soul Guidance Technology has gone astray, but technology is technology. The greatest evolution of mankind is the ability to master technology. Without technology, I would have died the moment I faced the Thousand-Year Purple Void Sable, and there would be no story afterward," Tuoba Wukong said.

Initially, Soul Guidance Technology was merely a stepping stone for him to enter Shrek Academy and become a Soul Master. Now, it may also help him grow into a top-tier Soul Master.

After all, it takes a lot of resources for a Soul Master to grow up, and Soul Tools themselves are a great supplement and enhancement to a Soul Master's abilities.

Many Soul Masters in the Douluo Continent are stuck in their ways, believing that Martial Soul is the most powerful and the most important ability a Soul Master relies on. They focus on cultivating the ability of Martial Soul and thus reject the use of any Soul Guidance Devices.

Tuoba Wukong wouldn't be that stupid. While martial spirit cultivation is indeed the core of the evolution of human superhuman power, don't soul masters also need to master powerful soul skills? Power enhancement is not only the evolution of life, but also requires mastering the ability to protect oneself. In this respect, soul tools and soul skills are no different.

When the topic of cultivation came up, Tuoba Wukong couldn't help but feel a headache coming on again.

The twin martial souls did indeed greatly increase his potential, but the fundamental problem of his soul power growth speed remained unresolved.

Cultivating two martial souls simultaneously is equivalent to having twice the cultivation amount of others.

"I wonder how much my cultivation speed will be accelerated by this first soul skill..." Tuoba Wukong shook his head painfully and sat cross-legged...

A silver portal suddenly appeared behind him. As the purple soul ring surrounding him pulsed with light, the sealed door opened a crack, and a wisp of mysterious white aura seeped out from the gap.

As Tuoba Wukong breathed, this wisp of white energy entered his body, and instantly, his soul power surged and advanced rapidly.

As he refined wisps of mysterious energy, Tuoba Wukong's dormant soul power began to surge dramatically...

About half an hour later.

Tuoba Wukong opened his eyes, which shone with a strong light.

In just half an hour, his soul power increased significantly. At this rate, he could probably increase his soul power by one level in just a few days.