Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 6 Martial Soul Awakening Shocks the World

Time flies like an arrow, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Liangchen is now 6 years old and has grown much taller, about 1.2 meters tall. After practicing the Five Elements Divine Fist for two years, his body has become stronger, and he can now lift several times his own weight with one hand.

After two years of cultivation, Ye Liangchen has reached the entry level of the first part of the Hunyuan Technique.

This divine skill has no level restrictions on the Soul Master's level. According to Ye Liangchen's own speculation, the distance between Soul Master and Soul King is divided into Minor Completion, the distance between Soul King and Title Douluo is Major Completion, as for Perfection, it should be Level 99 Limit Douluo, Extraordinary is Level 100 Godhood, Profound Realm corresponds to Level 3 God to Level 1 God, Divine Mystery corresponds to God King, and Supreme is Creator God, or even higher.

Each major realm is reached gradually, and the specifics will have to be verified by oneself later.

Ye Liangchen had also mastered the Five Elements Divine Fist to the beginner level, but he still couldn't materialize his soul power. To practice this fist technique, Ye Liangchen usually hid in the small forest furthest from the academy, to avoid being seen.

Over the course of two years, Ye Liangchen racked his brains and finally managed to give the Foundation Building Pill to Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiaodie, and Lan Xiaoling at different times.

Throughout this process, Ye Liangchen would mix the Foundation Building Pills into the candy beans and personally feed them to them. For example, when the Lan Xiaoling sisters were handling the academy's daily documents, Ye Liangchen would pour them a cup of hot tea and then give them candy beans as snacks.

The three women were so moved by the little boy's filial piety that they were completely bewildered. When their bodies were nourished by the energy from the Foundation Establishment Pill, they felt warm all over. They all thought it was due to the happiness and emotion they felt, and did not suspect that it was some kind of miraculous medicine.

Ye Liangchen went to great lengths to ensure that they would consume the Foundation Building Pill without anyone noticing anything amiss, and the Foundation Building Pill did not disappoint him. The soul power of the Lan Xiaodie sisters increased by one level in the past two years, as did that of the old Dean Shui Lingfeng.

On this day, Ye Liangchen's martial soul awakening ceremony officially began. The academy's high-ranking officials gathered in the academy's martial soul awakening hall, wanting to witness this moment. After all, both Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan were born with full soul power. Ye Feng's martial soul was a mysterious sword, while Liu Ruyan's martial soul was a mysterious humanoid martial soul. The couple's martial souls were both mysterious and powerful, and everyone wanted to see if the little guy would have twin martial souls.

Shui Bing'er and her sister, Xue Wu, and Yu Hai Rou, the little girls, also looked on curiously.

"Xiao Chen! Grandma is awakening your martial spirit."

Shui Lingfeng pulled Ye Liangchen to the Martial Soul Awakening Device.

"Xiao Chen! Keep going! I believe you will awaken a powerful martial soul." Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the other girls waved and cheered for Ye Liangchen from the side.

The Martial Soul Awakening Device is a magic array made of six fist-sized blue gems and some jade. The six gems form a six-pointed star array, engraved with various patterns. It is supported by a jade pillar at the bottom, and there is a blue crystal ball on top, which is used to test the level of soul power. This crystal ball can test the level of soul power up to level 30.

This kind of device is not very expensive. Every year, the Spirit Hall has many deacons who carry awakening devices to awaken the spirits of commoners on the continent.

However, the materials used in this instrument from Tianshui Academy seem to be very precious, probably costing several hundred gold soul coins.

Soul Masters are the highest-level profession in the world. The best resources on the entire continent are controlled by the Spirit Hall, major sects, and empires.

Becoming a Soul Master is extremely difficult for ordinary people from the lower classes. This is why the Spirit Hall has established branch halls everywhere, offering free Soul Awakening services to commoners. Secondly, it's a way to find talent. After all, everyone in the world possesses a Soul, and among the vast number of commoners, some promising individuals can always be identified.

"Grandma Dean, what should I do?"

Looking at the amazing instrument in front of him, Ye Liangchen was also curious about what his two martial souls were.

"Xiao Chen! Stand in the center of that hexagonal magic circle, relax, and don't be nervous."

"Chirp chirp..."

Shui Lingfeng instructed Ye Liangchen to stand still, and then summoned her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. As soon as the Martial Soul appeared, it emitted a phoenix cry, and the temperature in the entire hall instantly dropped.

"Buzzing..."

Yellow, purple, black, black, black, black, eight soul rings slowly rose from Shui Lingfeng's body, forming a large circle that enveloped her in the center.

"Grandma Dean, your martial spirit is amazing!"

Seeing this martial spirit and its eight spirit rings in person was still a little shocking to Ye Liangchen; it was much more impressive than watching anime in his previous life.

"Xiao Chen! This is Grandma's Martial Soul, the Ice Phoenix. Now Grandma is going to input soul power into the magic array and transfer it into your body to awaken your Martial Soul. Don't be nervous!" Shui Lingfeng gave the little guy some instructions, afraid that he would be nervous.

"I understand."

Ye Liangchen closed his eyes, relaxed, and stood quietly in the center of the magic circle. After all, he had read about the blind Douluo Tao Ge awakening martial souls for countless transmigrators in novels in his previous life, so he was already very familiar with these kinds of routines.

"Buzzing..."

Shui Lingfeng placed her hand into a groove in the magic circle, continuously pouring her soul power into it.

"Swish..."

In an instant, the magic array activated, the six gems emitted light, and a continuous stream of soul power flowed into Ye Liangchen's body through the array, making him feel extremely comfortable.

Ye Liangchen also sensed with his mind that the martial spirit in the game character within his body had been unsealed, and there was a line of text prompting: Use or not?

"use."

With a thought, the two martial souls immediately merged into his body, but the information displayed surprised Ye Liangchen greatly. The two martial souls were actually the Goddess of Life and Chun Jun, one of the Ten Famous Ancient Swords.

Hiss! The Goddess of Life is one of the five great god-kings! And it's actually my own martial soul! In that case, will the God of Destruction kill me?

However, Ye Liangchen thought that since this martial soul was given to him by a game cheat, there shouldn't be any major problems. But shouldn't the Goddess of Life martial soul come with a divine equipment? Could it be that it hasn't been fully awakened yet?

Well, let's take it one step at a time and see what happens!

"Buzzing..."

Shui Lingfeng kept pouring soul power into Ye Liangchen's body, but the little guy's martial soul had not yet awakened. She felt that the little guy's body was like a bottomless pit, constantly absorbing her soul power.

"Come quickly and help! I can sense that Xiao Chen's martial spirit is extremely powerful!" Shui Lingfeng shouted to the crowd.

"My God! What kind of martial soul does this little guy have?" Granny Li, Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, An Qi, Li Suyan and other high-ranking members were all extremely shocked.

"I told you, Little Chen's martial spirit must be very powerful." Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu and the other girls cheered and celebrated from afar.

"That's incredible!"

Upon hearing their mother's words, Lan Xiaodie and Lan Xiaoling were overjoyed. They rushed over and summoned their martial souls, channeling their soul power into the array's grooves.

"Pop..."

As the three men channeled their powerful soul energy into him, Ye Liangchen felt as if something inside him was breaking free from its shell.

"Buzzing..."

A beam of green light shot into the sky from Ye Liangchen's body, and a rich life force spread throughout the air, making everyone in the hall feel extremely comfortable.

"Baby..."

Teachers Su Lin and Mu Qingxue, nourished by that life force, couldn't help but let out comfortable groans.

A beautiful woman floated out from Ye Liangchen's left hand and attached herself to his back.

This woman was stunningly beautiful, tall and slender, with exquisite jade-like feet adorned with green ribbons, like the finest works of art. She wore a green dress, and even her hair was green; her ethereal and otherworldly aura made her seem like a celestial being.

Immediately afterwards, an ancient-looking longsword appeared in Ye Liangchen's right hand, standing behind him on his right side.

This sword is three feet and three inches long, with its blade covered in ancient patterns. The hilt is black and yellow and inlaid with six purple gemstones, making it an exquisite and unparalleled sword.

The moment the Chun Jun Sword was drawn, the sharp aura emanating from its blade seemed capable of cleaving the heavens in two. It was a beautiful yet dangerous sword, its magnificent exterior concealing a deadly edge.

"My God! It's actually twin martial souls."

"Xiao Chen's humanoid martial spirit is so beautiful!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned, their mouths agape in an "O" shape.

"Xiao Chen inherited his parents' martial soul, but it seems to have mutated."

"This mutation should be benign."

Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie knew that Ye Feng's martial soul was called the Dragon Roar Sword, while Liu Ruyan's martial soul was her own appearance, except that her hair was white.

Ye Liangchen looked at his hair, which hadn't turned green despite being possessed by the Goddess of Life's martial soul, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If the Goddess of Life's martial spirit possesses someone and turns their hair green, then it truly becomes: to get by in life, you have to have a green head.

……

At the same time that Ye Liangchen awakened his martial soul, in the distant Martial Soul City, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, who were in the Papal Palace and the Hall of Worship respectively, opened their eyes at the same moment.

"Could this power be the aura of a god? But what is that other mysterious and sharp aura?"

Bibi Dong had participated in the Rakshasa God's assessment and possessed the Rakshasa God's divine sense. Qian Daoliu was also a guardian of the Angel Temple, so he could naturally sense the aura of divine power.

"The aura of a god has appeared on the continent; who could it be?"

"Tang Chen, Tang Chen! Are you still alive?"

Far away on the distant Poseidon Island, Poseidon sighed.

"Hehehe...! Interesting! As long as it doesn't interfere with me, whatever."

In the City of Slaughter, a powerful figure with two horns on his head, red demonic markings on his face, and a red glow emanating from his body, revealed an evil smile after drinking a Bloody Mary.

Beneath the Lake of Life in the heart of the Starry Forest, in a grand hall, a sleeping silver dragon suddenly opened its eyes.

"This is the aura of divine life force, and it's actually appearing on a human child." The silver dragon sensed it carefully and was extremely shocked.

The silver dragon is the Silver Dragon King, the king of the Douluo Continent and the ancestor of soul beasts. It is a divine beast, but it is currently seriously injured and only has the strength of a third-level god. Naturally, it is very familiar with divine power.

During the Dragon God War, the Asura God cleaved the Dragon God in two with a single sword strike, splitting him into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. The Golden Dragon King was captured by the God Realm, while the Silver Dragon King, heavily wounded, escaped and came to the Douluo Continent, where he hid at the bottom of the Lake of Life to recuperate.

"Hmm! The power of life has appeared in a child. Could it be that the Goddess of Life is plotting something?"

"She's never liked conflict, why is she acting so strangely?"

The Silver Dragon King muttered to himself, "Of all the God-Kings in the God Realm, only the Goddess of Life has left a somewhat good impression on me. I deeply hate the other God-Kings, especially the God of Asura. I was wounded by the Asura Sword years ago, and the Asura God's power has remained attached to the wound ever since."

"Emperor Heaven!"

The Silver Dragon King awakened the sleeping Black Dragon King, Di Tian, ​​and wanted him to investigate the situation.

"My lord! Why are you awake?"

Di Tian transformed into a man in black and arrived at the temple at the bottom of the lake.

"The divine power of the Goddess of Life has appeared on a human child. Keep an eye on his movements from now on."

"Goddess of Life? My Lord, is the divine realm about to attack?"

When Di Tian heard the Silver Dragon King mention the Goddess of Life, he was immediately shocked. Where there is a Goddess of Life, there must be a God of Destruction, and that guy is not someone they can deal with.

"I still don't know what the Goddess of Life is going to do. My intuition tells me that this matter is likely to be in our favor. Let's wait and see, but we must not harm that child, otherwise, if the God of Destruction gets angry, we will all be finished."

After the Silver Dragon King finished speaking, he fell asleep again.

"Rest assured, my lord!"

Di Tian respectfully accepted the order and left the temple, doing exactly as his master instructed.

"Di Tian! What happened?"

At this moment, a green-haired woman dressed in a dark green dress came to Di Tian's side and asked curiously.

"Our lord said that the presence of life-giving divine power in a human child may bring a turning point to our soul beast race."

"So what should we do? Capture that human child?"

"No! We need to consider this matter carefully. We cannot judge future developments right now, so let's wait and see."

Di Tian interrupted the green-clad woman's suggestion, thinking to himself, "Anyone who dares to touch the Goddess of Life is courting death. Who can withstand the wrath of the God of Destruction?"

Meanwhile, far above the Douluo World, in the God Realm, the Goddess of Life sat listlessly in the central hall of the God Realm.

"So boring! So boring! When will I be able to go outside the realm of gods and take a look?"

Some time ago, the God of Asura interfered in the affairs of Douluo Continent, which was discovered by the God of Destruction. This blatant violation of the rules was intolerable to the God of Destruction. So he argued with the God of Asura and almost came to blows. In the end, under pressure, the God of Asura temporarily relinquished the central law enforcement authority of the God Realm, which was then managed by the God of Life.

The Goddess of Life, through her monitoring artifact, observed the situation of the 108 life-bearing planets below. Suddenly, she sensed a powerful life force in the Douluo Continent, exactly the same as her own divine power.

"Huh! What's going on?"

The Goddess of Life carefully examined the world of Douluo Continent through the monitor. In an instant, she saw a human child awaken the Goddess of Life Martial Soul.

"This little guy is truly extraordinary. I didn't even bestow a martial spirit upon him, how could this be? Moreover, he also possesses a mysterious longsword martial spirit, the level of which I can't even sense. This is truly fascinating."

"Regardless, this little fellow is destined to be with me, so I shall pass on my divine position to him!"

"Hmm! That longsword is of a very high level; it should be able to withstand Xiao Zi's destructive power. Let him test it later."

The Goddess of Life is kind by nature. Even when she sees a human child whose martial soul is the same as her own, she cannot bear to harm him. Instead, she sees it as an opportunity.

She and the God of Destruction were husband and wife. Because the God of Destruction's divine power clashed with her life force, they had been unable to have children. Over time, the Goddess of Life grew tired of this dull and tedious life and longed to leave the prison of the divine realm to see the outside world.

Now, the human boy in Douluo Continent has awakened the Goddess of Life Martial Soul, so she plans to pass on her divine position and even bring her husband along.

The Goddess of Life, using her authority over the central hub of the divine realm, observed Ye Liangchen's life spirit and secretly plotted how to pass on her divine position to this young man.

"Hmm! I've got it! Isn't she healing in Douluo Continent? Why not let her help this little guy? The future dual God Kings will surely bring about some changes to the God Realm!"

Since the Goddess of Life did not leave a dojo in Douluo Continent, she planned to use other methods to help Ye Liangchen grow up.

……

Ye Liangchen was unaware that he had been targeted by these powerful figures even before he awakened his martial soul.

At this moment, several high-ranking members of Tianshui Academy looked at Ye Liangchen's martial spirit with great curiosity. A humanoid martial spirit and a sword—it was truly amazing.

"Xiao Chen, what's the name of your martial spirit?" Lan Xiaodie asked from the side.

"Aunt Lan! My martial soul is called the Goddess of Life and the Chun Jun Sword." These unfamiliar martial souls were completely unknown to the higher-ups at Tianshui Academy.

"The Chun Jun Sword? The Goddess of Life? Is she a god?" The Tianshui Sect was a major sect thousands of years ago, and Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie, as direct descendants, knew some of the legends about gods.

"It's not a god, just a martial spirit."

Ye Liangchen explained to everyone that he had only awakened the Goddess of Life Martial Soul, and he didn't know if he would be targeted by the big shots in the God Realm. However, he still didn't want to be targeted, as it would be uncomfortable to be watched by people above every day.

"Let's test his innate soul power first! Logically speaking, with Xiao Chen's martial soul being so powerful, his innate soul power level should be quite high."

"Xiao Chen, put your hand on the crystal ball and infuse it with your soul power."

Shui Lingfeng handed the Water Soul Power Ball to Ye Liangchen, asking him to test it.

"Buzzing..."

When Ye Liangchen poured soul power into the soul power crystal ball, the crystal ball immediately emitted a dazzling light and displayed its level.

"Innate full soul power!"

Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiaodie, Su Lin and the others exclaimed in surprise, just as they had guessed, it was indeed innate full soul power.

"The little guy is really amazing."

Su Lin, Mu Qingxue and others exclaimed in admiration of Ye Liangchen's extraordinary talent. He truly deserved to be the child of Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan. Could this be a case of dragons begetting dragons and phoenixes begetting phoenixes?

Ye Liangchen felt very strange at this moment. Logically speaking, a God-King level martial soul like the Goddess of Life should at least start at level 20 innate, but he was only at level 10 innate. Could it be that all that soul power was absorbed by his body? Or was this martial soul just given by the game and had nothing to do with the Goddess of Life? That should be the reason. Moreover, his Goddess of Life martial soul was slightly different from the Goddess of Life in the God Realm. It seemed to have attack capabilities as well.

Well, starting with level 10 soul power isn't bad either. Anyway, I have a cheat code, so I don't need to worry about leveling up.

"Everyone must keep Xiao Chen's awakening of twin martial souls a secret."

"There's no need for him to register at the Spirit Hall, and as for that Soul Master subsidy, it's completely unnecessary."

Lan Xiaodie exchanged a glance with her mother, then addressed the academy's higher-ups, instructing them to keep it a secret. Ye Liangchen's talent was too exceptional; if word got out, it would surely attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

"Don't worry, Dean! We'll know what to do."

These teachers are all on our side; they know how important the little one is.

"Now little brother Xiaochen can study with us!" Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu and the other girls gathered around and cheered excitedly.

"Can I skip school and just study cultivation with Grandma Dean at Zizhuyuan Park?"

Ye Liangchen asked Lan Xiaodie for her opinion. There wasn't much to learn about Douluo Continent; he was already very familiar with it from the novels and anime in his previous life.

To be honest, Ye Liangchen really didn't want to attend classes with a bunch of little girls. Being surrounded by these girls all day made his Dao heart unstable and was also very awkward.

"No! In the initial stage of learning a Soul Master, you must go through this process. Besides learning Soul Master knowledge, you also need to learn other knowledge."

Lan Xiaodie refused Ye Liangchen's request and instead allowed him to go to school with Shui Bing'er and the others.

"Let's build a house especially for Xiaochen! He's already 6 years old now, so let him take care of himself at school. A fledgling eagle needs to be trained to fly higher."

Although Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie wanted to keep the little guy by their side, he had now awakened his martial soul and needed to learn to be independent so that he could go further.

Lan Xiaodie was very strict with Ye Liangchen's teaching. The little guy usually avoided the girls in the academy. She thought it was because he didn't have parents and wanted him to go to school with other children his age and experience a happy childhood.

Oh no! I'm doomed, there's no escaping it! I'm only a six-year-old child, I can't argue with the adults' arrangements, it seems I'll have to go to school with these little girls.

Fortunately, Lan Xiaodie and the others are preparing to build a house specifically for me, which is great. After class, I can focus on cultivating the Hunyuan Technique and the Five Elements Divine Fist.

"Xiao Chen! What are you shy about? Isn't it great to study with so many beautiful girls?"

Su Lin walked to Ye Liangchen's side, squatted down, and stroked the little guy's head. She felt a strange excitement in her heart: Now I can finally discipline this little guy.

"Everyone, you can disperse now! Tomorrow we're taking the little guy to get his first spirit ring. Teacher Su Lin, why don't you come with us tomorrow morning?" Lan Xiaodie waved her hand, letting everyone go their separate ways.

"Yes, Dean." As Ye Liangchen's junior mentor, Su Lin felt obligated to participate in the little guy's acquisition of his first spirit ring.

Lan Xiaodie took Ye Liangchen back to her office building to plan for the little guy's future. This little guy was the key to whether they could rebuild the sect in the future!

(End of this chapter)