Time flies, and two years pass in the blink of an eye. Ye Liangchen is now six years old and has grown considerably taller, now standing about 1.2 meters tall. Two years of practicing the Five Elements Divine Fist have strengthened his body, and he can now lift several times his own weight with one hand.
After two years of practice, Ye Liangchen has reached the entry level of the first chapter of the Hunyuan Jue.
This divine skill has no restrictions on the level of the soul master. According to Ye Liangchen's own calculations, from soul master to soul king, there is the minor success level, from soul king to titled douluo, the major success level. As for perfection, it should be the 99th level ultimate douluo, the extraordinary level is the hundredth level god, the mysterious level corresponds to the third to the first level god, the divine level corresponds to the god king, and the supreme level is the creation god, or even higher.
Each major realm is a gradual process, and the specific details will have to wait and see.
Ye Liangchen has also cultivated the Five Elements Divine Fist to the entry level, but he is still unable to transform his soul power into a form. To practice this martial art, Ye Liangchen typically hid in a small forest at the farthest point of the academy, hidden from view.
Over the course of two years, Ye Liangchen racked his brains and finally, at different times, administered Foundation-Building Pills to Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiaodie, and Lan Xiaoling.
During this process, Ye Liangchen mixed the pills with candy beans and personally administered them to them. For example, while Lan Xiaoling and Lan Xiaoling were working on daily academy paperwork, Ye Liangchen poured them a cup of hot tea and then offered them candy beans.
The three women were overwhelmed by the little girl's filial piety. As their bodies were nourished by the energy of the Foundation-Building Pills, they felt a surge of warmth. They attributed it to happiness and emotion, not suspecting it was some kind of panacea.
Ye Liangchen painstakingly managed to ensure they consumed the Foundation-Building Pills without noticing any abnormality, and the pills did not disappoint. Over those two years, Lan Xiaodie and Lan Xiaoling's spirit power increased by a level, and even Dean Shui Lingfeng experienced the same improvement.
On this day, the ceremony for Ye Liangchen's Martial Soul Awakening officially began. The academy's senior leaders gathered in the academy's Martial Soul Awakening Hall, eager to witness this moment. After all, both Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan were born with full soul power. Ye Feng's soul was a mysterious sword, while Liu Ruyan's was a mysterious humanoid soul. Both of their souls were mysterious and powerful, and everyone wanted to see if the youngster would develop twin souls.
Shui Bing'er, her sister, Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, and other young girls also watched curiously.
"Xiaochen! Grandma will awaken your soul for you."
Shui Lingfeng pulled Ye Liangchen over to the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony.
"Xiaochen! Keep going! I believe you will awaken a powerful soul." Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and other girls stood by, waving and cheering Ye Liangchen on.
The Spirit Awakening Instrument is a magical formation crafted from six fist-sized blue gems and some jade. The six gems form a hexagram, inscribed with patterns. A jade pillar supports it, and a blue crystal ball sits atop it, specifically used to test spirit power levels. This crystal ball can test up to level 30.
This instrument isn't expensive. Every year, many Spirit Hall deacons carry the instrument across the continent to awaken spirits for ordinary people.
However, the materials used for the Tianshui Academy instrument appear quite precious, likely costing several hundred gold spirit coins.
Spirit Masters are the highest profession in the world, and the best resources across the continent are controlled by the Spirit Hall, the major sects, and the empire.
Becoming a Spirit Master is incredibly difficult for ordinary people, which is why the Spirit Hall has established branch Spirit Halls across the world, offering free spirit awakening services to ordinary people. Secondly, this method allows them to recruit talented individuals. After all, everyone in this world possesses a spirit, and among the vast population, there are always promising talents.
"Dean, what should I do?"
Staring at the magical instrument before him, Ye Liangchen wondered about his two spirits.
"Xiaochen! Stand in the center of that hexagonal magic circle. Relax and don't be nervous."
"Chirp..."
Shui Lingfeng instructed Ye Liangchen to stand still, then summoned her Ice Phoenix martial spirit. The spirit's cry echoed, instantly lowering the temperature throughout the hall.
"Buzz..."
Eight spirit rings, yellow, purple, and black, slowly rose from Shui Lingfeng's body, forming a vast circle that enveloped her in the center.
"Dean, your martial spirit is truly powerful!"
Witnessing this martial spirit and those eight spirit rings firsthand, Ye Liangchen was still a bit stunned. It was far more astonishing than watching anime in his previous life.
"Xiaochen! This is Grandma's martial spirit, the Ice Phoenix. Now Grandma will channel her spirit power into the magic circle and transfer it to you, awakening your martial spirit. Don't be nervous!" Shui Lingfeng warned the little fellow, fearing he might become nervous.
"I understand."
Ye Liangchen closed his eyes, relaxed, and stood quietly in the center of the magic circle. After all, in his previous life, he had seen Blind Douluo Tao awaken the spirits of countless time travelers in novels, and he was already familiar with these routines.
"Buzz..."
Shui Lingfeng reached into a groove in the magic circle and poured a steady stream of soul power into it.
"Swish..."
In an instant, the magic circle activated, and six gems glowed. A steady stream of soul power flowed through the magic circle into Ye Liangchen's body, making him feel extremely comfortable.
Ye Liangchen also felt the spirit of the game character within him being unsealed. A line of words prompted: Use or not?
"Use."
With a thought, the two spirits instantly merged into his body. However, the information displayed surprised Ye Liangchen. The two spirits were actually the Goddess of Life and Chunjun, one of the ten great ancient swords.
Hiss! The Goddess of Life is one of the five great divine kings! It turned out to be his own spirit. Would the God King of Destruction kill him?
However, Ye Liangchen thought, since this spirit was granted to him by a game cheat, it shouldn't be a big deal. But shouldn't the Goddess of Life spirit come with a divine armor? Could it be that it hasn't fully awakened yet?
Never mind, let's just take it one step at a time and see what happens!
"Buzz..."
Shui Lingfeng continued to pump spirit power into Ye Liangchen, but the little guy's spirit hadn't yet awakened. She felt like the little guy's body was like a bottomless pit, constantly absorbing her spirit power.
"Hurry up and help! I can sense that Xiaochen's spirit is very powerful!" Shui Lingfeng shouted to the crowd.
"Oh my god! What kind of spirit is this little guy?" Grandma Li, Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, An Qi, Li Suyan, and other senior executives were incredulous.
"I told you, Xiaochen's spirit must be very powerful." Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and other girls cheered and celebrated from a distance.
"It's incredible."
Hearing their mother say this, Lan Xiaodie and Lan Xiaoling were immediately overjoyed. They rushed over and summoned their martial spirits, inputting soul power into the grooves of the formation.
"Pop..."
As the three men poured their powerful soul energy into him, Ye Liangchen felt as if something within him were breaking free.
"Buzz..."
A green light shot up from Ye Liangchen's body, a rich aura of life spreading throughout the air. Everyone in the hall felt an incomparable sense of well-being.
"Infant..."
Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, and other teachers, nourished by the life force, couldn't help but moan in pleasure.
A beautiful woman floated out from Ye Liangchen's left hand and took possession of his back.
She was stunningly beautiful, tall, and had a pair of exquisite, jade-like feet wrapped in green ribbons, resembling the finest works of art. She wore a green dress, even her hair was green, and her ethereal aura was like that of a celestial being.
Then, in Ye Liangchen's right hand, a pristine longsword emerged, standing to his right.
The sword was three feet three inches long, its blade covered in ancient patterns. The hilt was a black and yellow hilt, inlaid with six purple gems. It was a magnificent, unrivaled sword.
As the Chunjun Sword emerged, the sharp aura its edge radiated seemed capable of splitting the heavens apart. It was a sword both beautiful and dangerous, its ornate exterior concealing a sharp aura.
"Oh my god! Twin spirits!"
"Xiaochen's humanoid spirit is so beautiful!"
Everyone in the hall was stunned, their mouths gaping in astonishment.
"Xiaochen inherited his parents' spirits, but it seems to have mutated."
"This mutation is likely benign."
Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie knew that Ye Feng's spirit was the Dragon Roar Sword, while Liu Ruyan's spirit was her own, albeit with white hair. Ye
Liangchen glanced at his hair, which hadn't turned green due to the possession of the Goddess of Life spirit, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
If the possession of the Goddess of Life spirit had turned his hair green, then it would be true: to live a decent life, one must have a green head.
...
At the same moment that Ye Liangchen's spirit awakened, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, both in the distant Spirit City, in the Pope's Palace and the Worship Hall, opened their eyes simultaneously.
"Could such power be the aura of a god? But what is this other mysterious, sharp aura?"
Bibi Dong had participated in the Rakshasa God Trial and possessed the Rakshasa divine consciousness. Qian Daoliu, as the guardian of the Angel Temple, could naturally sense the presence 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 Sea God Island, Poseidon sighed.
"Hehehe...! Interesting! As long as it doesn't interfere with me, it's fine."
In the Slaughter City, a powerful figure with two horns on his head, a face covered in red magic patterns, and a glowing red body, drank a Bloody Mary and smiled wickedly.
Beneath the Lake of Life in the center of the Star Dou Forest, in a great 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 carefully sensed it and was extremely shocked.
The silver dragon is the king of Douluo Continent, the ancestor of soul beasts, the Silver Dragon King, and a divine beast. However, it is now seriously injured and has only the strength of a third-level god. Naturally, it is very familiar with divine power. During the Dragon God War, the Asura God slashed the Dragon God with a single sword, splitting him into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. The Golden Dragon King was captured by the God Realm, and the Silver Dragon King, gravely injured, fled the Divine Realm and came to Douluo Continent, where he hid beneath the Lake of Life to recuperate.
"Hmm! The divine power of life has appeared in a child. Is the Goddess of Life plotting something?"
"She's never been fond of fighting, so why is she acting so erratically?"
the Silver Dragon King muttered to himself. Of the Divine Realm's God Kings, only the Goddess of Life impressed her more. The Silver Dragon King deeply hated the other God Kings, especially the Asura God. He had been wounded by the Asura Sword himself, and the Asura divine power had remained attached to the wound, which hadn't healed to this day.
"Emperor Tian!"
The Silver Dragon King awoke the slumbering Black Dragon King, Di Tian, wanting him to investigate.
"Master! Why are you awake?"
Di Tian transformed into a man in black and arrived at the lakeside temple.
"The divine aura of the Goddess of Life has appeared on a human child. Keep an eye on his movements."
"Goddess of Life? My Lord, are the gods coming to attack?"
Di Tian was shocked when the Silver Dragon King mentioned the Goddess of Life. Wherever there is the Goddess of Life, there must be the God of Destruction. That being is no match for them.
"I still don't know what the Goddess of Life is going to do. My intuition tells me that this matter may be beneficial to us. We should wait and see, but be careful not to harm the child, or the God of Destruction will be enraged and we'll all be doomed."
The Silver Dragon King finished his words and fell back into sleep.
"Don't worry, my Lord!"
Di Tian respectfully accepted the order and left the temple. He would do whatever his Lord commanded.
"Di Tian! What happened?"
At this moment, a green-haired woman in a dark green dress approached Di Tian and asked curiously.
"The Lord says that the divine power of life has appeared in a human child, potentially bringing a turning point for our soul beast clan."
"So what should we do? Capture that human child?"
"No! We need to consider this matter in the long term. We can't predict future developments right now, so let's wait and see."
Di Tian interrupted the green-clad woman's suggestion, thinking, wouldn't anyone who dares to touch the Goddess of Life be courting death? Who could withstand the wrath of the God King of Destruction?
Meanwhile, far above the Douluo World, in the Divine Realm, the Goddess of Life sat bored in the central hall of the Divine Realm.
"So boring! So boring! When can I go outside the Divine Realm and take a look?" Some time
ago, the God of Shura had been meddling in the affairs of the Douluo Continent, and the God of Destruction had discovered it. This blatant violation of the rules was unbearable for the God King of Destruction. He argued with the God of Shura, nearly coming to blows. Finally, under pressure, the God of Shura temporarily relinquished law enforcement authority over the Divine Realm's central hall, handing it over to the God of Life.
The Goddess of Life, monitoring the 108 life-bearing planets below through a divine surveillance artifact, suddenly sensed a powerful life force on Douluo Continent, identical to her own divine power.
"Huh! What's going on?"
The Goddess of Life, carefully surveying the world of Douluo Continent through the monitor, instantly saw a human child awaken the Goddess of Life's Martial Spirit.
"This little fellow is truly extraordinary! I haven't even gifted him a Martial Spirit, so how could this happen? Furthermore, he possesses a mysterious longsword Martial Spirit, the rank of which even I can't discern. How fascinating!"
"Regardless, this little fellow and I are destined to be together. How about I pass my deity to him?"
"Yes! That longsword is of a very high rank, and should be able to withstand Xiao Zi's destructive divine power. Let him test it later."
The Goddess of Life was kindhearted by nature. Even seeing a human child with a Martial Spirit similar to her own, she couldn't bear to harm him. Instead, she saw this as an opportunity.
She and the God King of Destruction were married, but because his power conflicted with her life force, they had been unable to conceive children. Over time, the Goddess of Life grew tired of this tedious existence and longed to leave the prison of the God Realm and see the outside world.
Now that a young human boy on Douluo Continent had awakened the Goddess of Life's spirit, she planned to pass on her throne to him, even bringing her husband along.
Using her authority over the God Realm's central core, the Goddess of Life observed Ye Liangchen's spirit and plotted how to pass her throne to the young man.
"Hmm! I've got it! Isn't she recovering in Douluo Continent? Why not let her help this little one? The future twin God Kings will surely bring about remarkable changes to the God Realm!"
Since the Goddess of Life didn't maintain a training ground on Douluo Continent, she decided to use other methods to help Ye Liangchen grow up.
...
Unbeknownst to Ye Liangchen, even before he awakened his spirit, he was being targeted by these powerful figures.
At this moment, several high-ranking officials at Tianshui Academy were curiously observing Ye Liangchen's spirit. A humanoid spirit and a sword—truly amazing.
"Xiaochen, what are your spirits called?" Lan Xiaodie asked nearby.
"Auntie Lan! My spirits are called the Goddess of Life and the Pure Sword." These unfamiliar spirits were completely unknown to the Tianshui Academy high-ranking officials.
"Pure Sword? Goddess of Life? Is she a deity?" Thousands of years ago, the Tianshui Sect was a major sect, and Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie, direct descendants, knew something about the legends of the gods.
"It's not a deity, just a spirit."
Ye Liangchen explained that he had merely awakened the Goddess of Life spirit. He didn't know if he would be targeted by the powerful gods. He didn't want to be targeted, though; being watched constantly from above was unsettling.
"Let's test your innate spirit power first! Logically, Xiaochen's spirit is so powerful, so his innate spirit power should be quite high."
"Xiaochen, reach into the crystal ball and inject your spirit power."
Shui Lingfeng handed the water spirit power ball to Ye Liangchen, allowing him to test it.
"Buzz..."
As Ye Liangchen poured soul power into the soul crystal ball, it instantly erupted with a dazzling light, displaying its level.
"Full Innate Soul Power!"
Shui Lingfeng, Lan Xiaodie, Su Lin, and the others exclaimed. As they had suspected, it was full Innate Soul Power.
"Little guy is truly impressive!"
Su Lin, Mu Qingxue, and the others exclaimed, praising Ye Liangchen's extraordinary abilities. He truly lived up to the name of Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan's child. Was this a case of "like begets like dragon, like phoenix"?
Ye Liangchen felt incredibly puzzled. A Divine King-level spirit like the Goddess of Life should have a minimum Innate Level of 20, yet his own was only Innate Level 10. Could it be that all that soul power had been absorbed by his body? Or was this spirit simply granted by the game, unrelated to the Goddess of Life? This must be the reason. Furthermore, his own Goddess of Life spirit was slightly different from the one in the Divine Realm, seemingly possessing offensive capabilities.
Never mind. Starting at level 10 isn't bad. Since I have cheats anyway, I don't have to worry about leveling up.
"Everyone, keep Xiaochen's awakening of his twin spirits a secret."
"There's no need for him to register with the Spirit Hall. As for that Spirit Master subsidy, it's completely unnecessary."
Lan Xiaodie exchanged a glance with her mother, then addressed the academy's senior management, urging them to keep it a secret. Ye Liangchen's talent was too remarkable. If word got out, it would surely attract those with ulterior motives.
"Don't worry, Dean! We'll know our limits."
These teachers were all family members; they understood the importance of the little one.
"Now, little brother Xiaochen can study with us." Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu gathered around, cheering excitedly.
"Can I skip school? I can just study with Dean Grandma in Zizhuyuan."
Ye Liangchen consulted Lan Xiaodie. There was nothing much to learn about Douluo Continent; he was already familiar with it from novels and anime in his previous life.
Honestly, Ye Liangchen really didn't want to attend classes with a bunch of little girls. Being surrounded by them all day was unsettling and awkward.
"No! You have to go through the beginner soul training phase. Besides soul master knowledge, you also have to learn other things."
Lan Xiaodie rejected Ye Liangchen's request, simply sending him to school with Shui Bing'er and the others.
"Let's build a special house for Xiaochen! He's six now, so let him fend for himself at school. A fledgling eagle needs to be tempered if it wants to soar higher."
Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiaodie wanted to keep the little one with them, but now that he had awakened his martial spirit, he needed to learn to be independent before he could go further.
Lan Xiaodie was very strict with Ye Liangchen's teachings. The little boy often avoided the girls at the academy. She assumed he was parentless and needed to go to school with his peers and experience a happy childhood.
Ugh! It was over. He couldn't hide anymore! Now I am only a six-year-old child, and I can't refute the arrangement of adults. It seems that I have to go to school with these little girls.
But fortunately, Lan Xiaodie and the others are going to build a house specifically for me. This is good. After class, I can practice Hunyuan Jue and Five Elements Divine Fist with peace of mind.
"Xiaochen! Why are you shy? Isn't it good to study with so many young ladies?"
Su Lin walked to Ye Liangchen, squatted down, and touched the little guy's head. I felt inexplicably excited in my heart: I can finally train this little guy now.
"Everyone, disperse first! Tomorrow we will take the little guy to obtain the first spirit ring. Teacher Su Lin, you will also set off with us tomorrow morning." Lan Xiaodie waved her hand and let everyone disperse.
"Yes! Dean." As Ye Liangchen's junior instructor, Su Lin must participate in the little guy's acquisition of the first spirit ring.
Lan Xiaodie took Ye Liangchen back to her office building to make plans for the little guy's future. This little guy is the key to whether they can rebuild the sect in the future!