Sun and Moon Empire, Dongyang City, City Lord's Mansion.
As the largest city and commercial hub in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire, the city lord's mansion in Dongyang City is undeniably luxurious.
"Tianming, today is the day you awaken your martial spirit."
In the main hall of the city lord's mansion, a graceful and beautiful noblewoman looked at the child in her arms and couldn't help but smile kindly.
"When your father returns, he will personally awaken your martial soul. Are you happy?"
Although the child in the noblewoman's arms was young, his face was extremely handsome, and his eyes shone with a wisdom beyond his years.
"happy!"
This child is none other than Xu Tianming, who traveled back in time to the era of Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect.
In the world of Douluo Continent, only children who have reached the age of six can awaken their own martial spirit.
Xu Tianming had been waiting for this day for six whole years. How could he not be excited?
"You'll be happy, but are you scared?"
The noblewoman reached out and lightly tapped Xu Tianming's forehead, teasingly.
"My mother is joking with me again."
Xu Tianming reached out and brushed away the noblewoman's finger that was pointing at his brow, then shook his head.
"My martial soul is nothing more than the Sun Martial Soul inherited from my father, or the Crescent Moon Martial Soul inherited from my mother."
"Both your martial spirit and your father's are extremely powerful. I am willing to inherit either one."
Xu Tianming's father, Xu Xiang, is the city lord of Dongyang City, and also the cousin of the current emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.
He is a genuine member of the royal family with close kinship to the Sun Moon Empire, and inherits the Sun Moon Empire's Sun Martial Soul.
Now he is a powerful seven-ring Soul Saint and a level seven Soul Master.
However, the succession of the Japanese imperial family has always been quite bloody.
To avoid disaster and protect his family's safety, Xu Xiang took the initiative to leave Mingdu and come to Dongyang City to live a carefree life as the city lord.
"My martial soul is of similar quality to your father's, so you might even be able to awaken twin martial souls."
The lady pinched Xu Tianming's cheek and smiled.
The Kong family, to which Xu Tianming's mother Kong Yue belongs, has been linked to the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire through marriage for generations, making them the second largest family in the entire Sun Moon Empire.
However, Kong Yue's martial soul is not the moon, but another form of the moon martial soul, the crescent moon martial soul, which is slightly weaker than the moon martial soul.
Although his strength is not as great as Xu Xiang's, he is still a Soul Emperor with six rings.
However, Kong Yue's talent in soul guidance surpasses that of Xu Xiang, and she is now a level seven soul guide.
"Having twin martial souls isn't that easy."
Xu Tianming couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"We don't even know if anyone in our entire Sun Moon Empire has twin martial souls!"
Although he said that, Xu Tianming was thinking about the rewards the system had given him.
Awaken the three inherited martial souls of the Sun and Moon Empire, and be rewarded with one benign mutation!
In a way, having twin martial souls can be considered a conscientious mutation of martial souls.
Who knows, I might actually awaken twin martial souls!
"Yue'er, son, I'm back!"
Just as the two were chatting and laughing, a deep voice suddenly rang out in the living room.
Immediately, a handsome middle-aged man stepped over the threshold and walked quickly toward Kong Yue and her son Xu Tianming.
"Son, have you missed me?"
Reaching out to take Xu Tianming from Kong Yue's hand, Xu Xiang casually tossed Xu Tianming lightly between his fingers twice.
"Our son isn't your toy, so put him down right now!"
Kong Yue playfully patted Xu Xiang, who then sheepishly put Xu Tianming down from his arms.
"Father, today is the day my martial spirit awakens, why are you back later than usual!"
After straightening the somewhat deformed clothes, Xu Tianming looked at Xu Xiang with some curiosity.
"Of course I went to prepare a gift for you to awaken your martial soul."
Xu Xiang bent down and patted Xu Tianming's head twice, a mysterious smile appearing on his face.
She thought her son was perfect in every way—sensible, handsome, and filial.
The only downside is that he was precocious from a young age and always acted like a little adult.
"What gift?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianming's eyes lit up immediately.
"Hey, let's talk about the gift after your martial soul awakening is over."
Xu Xiang kept everyone in suspense, then took Xu Tianming's hand and led him into the backyard. Kong Yue, seeing this, quickly followed the father and son.
The backyard of the city lord's mansion is a vast garden, even though Dongyang City is located in the extremely cold coastal area of the north.
But at this moment, the flowers in the backyard of the city lord's mansion were blooming in all their splendor, not at all like those in the bitter cold of the far north.
Xu Xiang led Xu Tianming to a large open space in the backyard before letting go of Xu Tianming's hand.
"Tianming, let's begin."
"Yes, Father."
Xu Tianming nodded slightly.
Although the Sun Moon Empire had long since widely adopted the use of soul tools to awaken martial souls, Xu Xiang chose to use the traditional method to help his son awaken his martial soul this time.
He placed six carved traditional runes on the ground, forming a six-pointed star magic circle.
"Go in."
At Xu Xiang's signal, Xu Tianming took two deep breaths and stepped into the magic array composed of six awakening stones.
Xu Xiang's hands shot out swiftly, and six streams of soul power shot straight towards the six awakening stones on the ground.
Instantly, a layer of golden light emerged from the six stones, eventually connecting to form a golden barrier that enveloped Xu Tianming.
At this moment, Xu Tianming felt a warmth all over his body, and this warmth was slowly seeping into his body.
Click!
It seemed as if something inside him had shattered, yet it also seemed as if something had fused together.
[Host is detecting that they are awakening a martial soul. Would you like to use the rewarded martial soul for a benign mutation?]
The mechanical sounds coming from his ears startled Xu Tianming from his immersion in the warmth of his martial soul awakening.
"Yes, use it!"
Without much hesitation, Xu Tianming immediately gave the order to the system.
In an instant, the light within the awakening array suddenly shot into the sky.
To Xu Xiang and Kong Yue's astonishment, the soaring light transformed into the strange spectacle of the sun and moon shining together in the sky above the City Lord's Mansion.
In an instant, everyone in Dongyang City could see this strange sight.
"Brother Xiang, what kind of martial soul did Tianming awaken?"
Kong Yue covered her mouth, her gaze fixed on the scene of the sun and moon shining together in the sky above.
"The sun and moon share the same sky... What exactly is going on at dawn...?"
Xu Xiang did not answer Kong Yue's question, but stared intently at Xu Tianming, whose figure was no longer visible in the awakening array, and murmured to himself.
This strange phenomenon lasted for a short while before the light that created it slowly receded back into Xu Tianming's body.
Xu Xiang and Kong Yue then saw clearly that Xu Tianming's figure was slightly raised in the air within the awakening array, with molten gold flowing in his left pupil, and a tiny sun crown faintly radiating light at the center.
His right eye was like a vortex of cold silver, and deep within it, one could seem to see a crescent moon.
(End of chapter)