I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

The senior in black standing before me is named Xu Sanshi. He was the third-ranked member of the Shrek Seven Devils during the original novel's legendary era, and his martial soul is the Xuanming Turtle.

The reason Xu Sanshi knew Xu Xingyu was simply because he knew her through family issues.

Several years ago, when Xu Xingyu, Gu Yuena, and others visited Tiandou City, they encountered a little girl asking for medicine.

That little girl was none other than Jiang Nannan, the Mad Rabbit, who ranked fourth among the Shrek Seven Devils during the original novel's legendary era.

Seeing the pitiful little girl, Xu Xingyu helped cure her mother's illness. However, in the process, she discovered that Jiang's mother had actually been poisoned, and the poisoner was from the Xuanming Sect.

That person was the Grand Elder of the Xuanming Sect. He had accidentally discovered that Jiang Nannan possessed the Taiyin Jade Body, a special physique suitable for dual cultivation.

For the sake of the Xuanming Sect's future, he wanted to create a situation where Jiang Nannan would have to ask them for medicine, so that he could legitimately make her perform their family's second martial soul awakening ceremony.

The Xuanming family's second martial soul awakening ceremony is basically to stimulate one's Xuanwu bloodline through sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex, giving one's martial soul the possibility of evolving into a Xuanwu.

If Jiang Nannan, with her Taiyin Jade Body, is chosen as the target, then as long as she doesn't go astray, she will inevitably awaken the Xuanwu Martial Soul. In this way, their Xuanming family will surely have a future member who could potentially become a Limit Douluo.

Unfortunately, Xu Xingyu discovered this plan. If he hadn't, Xu Xingyu might have let the original plot unfold as it was, after all, he's not a saint. But if he ignored it after discovering it, he would look down on himself.

Finally, Xu Xingyu led her soul beast clan to the Xuanming Sect, forcing them to submit and apologizing for Jiang Nannan's actions. At the same time, Xu Xingyu also took this opportunity to establish her own sect's Spirit Pagoda in Tiandou City.

Xu Sanshi's feelings towards Xu Xingyu were once complex and tinged with resentment, as no one likes being forced to submit to any power. However, after submitting to them, their Xuanming Sect was unexpectedly gifted a 100,000-year-old golden tortoise-shell soul.

This spirit not only comes with a torso skeleton, but the Spirit Pagoda is also willing to make this golden, hat-wearing spirit their exclusive spirit for the Xuanming Sect.

When the person who merged with this soul dies, the Spirit Pagoda will reserve a spot for this Golden Tortoise in the Soul Realm, allowing only members of the Xuanming Sect to merge with it, and no one other than members of the Xuanming Sect can merge with this soul.

Furthermore, aside from the necessary soul contract fee, no other additional expenses are required. Faced with such benefits, most of the resentment within the Xuanming Sect seemed to have never existed.

As for Xu Sanshi's own feelings, although he was initially forced to join, it was somewhat unpleasant. However, working for the Spirit Tower was not so bad; on the contrary, it was full of benefits.

Take Xu Sanshi as an example. Because his family works at the Spirit Pagoda, they get a 20% discount when buying spirits, which gives him the opportunity to fuse with a rare spirit like the Xuan Snake as his first spirit.

Moreover, because the fused soul spirit was the Xuan Snake, the Xuanwu bloodline in his body was activated without undergoing a second martial soul awakening ceremony, and he successfully awakened the Xuanwu martial soul.

Therefore, he became one of the most powerful candidates for the next sect leader of the Xuanming Sect, and his father, who was the clan leader, announced that he could fuse with the 100,000-year-old golden tortoise-tailed spirit when he reached a sufficient level.

Because of this, Xu Sanshi has a deep respect for Qiling Tower and vows to maintain a harmonious relationship between his family and Qiling Tower.

As for Jiang Nannan, he had heard about the Grand Elder's unauthorized actions. He felt sorry for her and had considered making amends, but now that Jiang Nannan had become the personal secretary of the young master of the Spirit Pagoda, he felt a bit out of place.

Therefore, they could only befriend each other in private, and the kind of maneuvering he would use to pursue Jiang Nannan, as depicted in the original story, was completely out of the question. His emotional intelligence was quite high; he could still tell that Jiang Nannan had some feelings for Xu Xingyu, the young master of the Qiling Tower to whom she depended. Such a blatant attempt to steal her away would likely only plunge him and his family into deeper trouble.

After all, he had witnessed Xu Xingyu's fighting prowess before. Although she was younger than him, her combat strength far surpassed his. If Xu Xingyu wanted to cripple him, it would be no problem at all.

This explains why Xu Sanshi was so troubled when he met Xu Xingyu; the other party far surpassed him in both strength and background. To test such a monster—wasn't that just shortening his lifespan?!

Fortunately, Xu Xingyu saw through Xu Sanshi's predicament and said, "Don't worry, I'll give you face. Just go all out."

Upon hearing this, Xu Sanshi stopped arguing and introduced himself by releasing his martial spirit: "Xu Sanshi, martial spirit Xuanwu, level 37 Soul Master, please give me your guidance."

As soon as he finished speaking, three spirit rings of different colors, yellow, black, and yellow, surrounded Xu Sanshi, ready to use his spirit skills to fight against the examinees in front of him.

This greatly shocked the teachers in charge of the assessment. It's important to know that Xu Sanshi was among the top students in Shrek Academy's outer department.

His third ring, in particular, is a fusion of the ten-thousand-year-old Xuan Snake provided by the Spirit Tower, which makes him an undefeated legend in Shrek Academy's outer court.

Even Bei Bei, the great-grandson of the Sea God Pavilion Master, lost more often than he won against him!

As for why Xu Sanshi was able to absorb a ten-thousand-year-old soul spirit, it's because the unique secret technique of the Spirit Bond Tower can seal a portion of the soul spirit's cultivation during soul spirit fusion, reducing the requirements for a soul master to fuse with that soul spirit.

However, he was surprisingly wary of the candidate in front of him, even though, according to the registration form, this candidate was just the grandson of the Star Saint Duke of the Star Luo Empire.

Although he has a good background, is it necessary for Xu Sanshi to be so wary?

In response, Xu Xingyu released her martial spirit. A dazzling star appeared, its color a purplish-gold, giving the illusion of looking directly at a high and mighty emperor.

"Xu Xingyu, Martial Soul: Ziwei Star, Level 35 Soul Master, please give me your guidance."

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The appearance of three spirit rings beside Xu Xingyu left the proctor speechless.

Although Xu Sanshi has one spirit ring that surpasses his opponent's, all of his other spirit rings are inferior to his opponent's.

Moreover, judging from this situation, Xu Xingyu should also have fused with that so-called soul spirit. Therefore, the current soul ring age is unreliable, and the actual age should be higher than it is at this stage!

As the examiner had predicted, the soul spirit that Xu Xingyu fused with was not a species from the Douluo Continent, but a race from outer space called the Void Star Spirit.

The Void Star Spirit Clan was invited by the Star Lord of Douluo Continent to deal with certain parasites infesting the Douluo Continent.

At the same time, this race was also subordinate to Xu Xingyu's first incarnation, so they were happy to help Xu Xingyu in any way.

As for the Void Spirit that Xu Xingyu merged with, her name is Xingxuan. She is the daughter of the Void Spirit Clan Chief and once had the cultivation of a Divine Official.

Although she fell from godhood for some reason, the spirit rings she generated are theoretically greater than those provided by any spirit beast in the Douluo Continent (except for Gu Yuena).

The only thing we can offer right now is a purplish-black soul ring that's nearly ten thousand years old, simply because Xu Xingyu can't withstand that much power at this stage.

With the release of the two martial spirits, the assessment finally began under the watchful eyes of the examiners.

Xu Sanshi rushed towards Xu Xingyu, and the spirit rings surrounding him began to glow.

First Soul Skill: Xuanwu Zhen!

Third Soul Skill: Xuanwu Power

The tortoise shell shield in Xu Sanshi's hand also began to resonate, and a black soul force began to entwine around the shield in his hand.

The teacher in charge of the assessment could clearly sense that even a Soul Master of the same level would not be able to withstand this attack, so how could this mysterious examinee resist it?

Seeing this, Xu Xingyu softly murmured, "Purple Star God's Protection."