Chapter 3: First Soul Spirit, Auspicious Beast Capybara (Part 1)

"God-level body martial soul."

Zhao Xuanzhen clenched his fists. The martial soul that the Benti Sect ancestors had fantasized about as a match for the Dragon God—the strength of 'True Self' seemed terrifyingly abnormal, but...

He tilted his head slightly to look at Leng Yaozhu, who was flushed with excitement. "World-shaking wisdom..."

Teacher, are you slandering the Silver Long Wang?

Noticing the disciple's obviously strange gaze, Leng Yaozhu coughed lightly, recovered her graceful posture as the Deputy Tower Master of the Spirit Tower in half a second, and said:

"Xuanzhen, you have Innate Full Soul Power; I will take you to fuse with your first soul spirit directly."

"Okay, Teacher."

Zhao Xuanzhen agreed, silently calculating which soul beast to choose in his heart.

Relying on his 188-point Spirit Penetration Realm mental power, plus his status as the only direct disciple of Tianfeng Douluo, he would definitely not be forced to fuse with a ten-year artificial grass snake like Tang Wulin. The thousands of soul spirits treasured by the Spirit Tower headquarters were his to choose from.

The first soul spirit is the foundation of a soul master's life; the more choices there are, the more cautious one must be.

The advantage of starting in the Spirit Tower is the soul spirit and the Spirit Ascension Platform. The cultivation of the soul spirit is not the primary consideration; refer to the old Tower Master Qian Gu Dieting, who relied on the Spirit Ascension Platform to force his soul rings to nine reds, so the strength and compatibility of the soul spirit are what matter.

Unlike fixed beast martial souls and tool martial souls, body martial souls symbolize the soul master himself, and humans have infinite possibilities. Strength, speed, spirit, and attributes are all viable paths. What Zhao Xuanzhen needs to do is to firmly walk one path among the countless crisscrossing avenues!

Leng Yaozhu and the Bai sisters saw Zhao Xuanzhen deep in thought and didn't disturb him. The four of them silently left the Awakening Room, and the elevator went straight to the underground of the Spirit Tower headquarters.

The underground space was a spacious hall, with dozens of staff members busy dispatching soul spirits to various Spirit Tower branches. The other side of the hall was lined with numerous metal passages, each guarded by high-level soul masters with powerful auras.

As the Deputy Tower Master of the Spirit Tower, second only to one and above ten thousand, Leng Yaozhu's face was the best pass. Under the ninety-degree bows of the guards, she led the three juniors into the central blood-red passage.

After walking for dozens of meters, they entered an elevator again, continued downward for more than ten seconds, and when they appeared again, the four of them were in a circular room.

The room was a pure white metal structure, with huge soul guidance screens hanging around the walls, displaying a lush green world, with soul beast images flickering from time to time.

"This is Xuanzhen's first time here." Leng Yaozhu smiled. "This is the virtual space where the Spirit Tower stores soul spirits, simulating the survival environment of the ancient Star Dou Great Forest."

"I'll pick a few out first, you see if there are any soul spirits you like."

With that, Leng Yaozhu performed a series of skilled operations, and huge hands, as irresistible as those of a god, appeared above the virtual world, grabbing several soul beasts and displaying them one by one before Zhao Xuanzhen's eyes.

"Starting with a 'King Bomb'..."

Having 'rolled' for six years, Zhao Xuanzhen instantly judged the species of the first soul beast, and the corner of his eye couldn't help but twitch.

An ape-type soul beast, its fur as black as ink, its limbs covered in muscular bulges more terrifying than granite, rising like small hills. Its crystal-yellow beast eyes, the size of lanterns, shot out fierce light, showing no fear at all from being controlled.

Six hundred years, Titan Giant Ape!

Son of the Earth, one of the kings of strength in the soul beast world, with no shortcomings in attack or defense, an absolutely top-tier soul beast!

Zhao Xuanzhen nodded and moved his gaze to the side.

A silver eye floated in mid-air, looking very strange, like a balloon, covered in brown spots, with two silver tentacles hanging softly to the ground.

Evil Eye, spirit-attribute soul beast, five hundred years of cultivation!

The Evil Eye clan, also known as the Evil Eye Tyrant clan, is the face of the spirit attribute. On the list of the top ten fierce beasts of Douluo ten thousand years ago, the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign was second only to the Beast God Di Tian!

After careful observation, Zhao Xuanzhen suddenly discovered that this Evil Eye was actually a rare pure spirit-attribute, originating from the same source as the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign!

"Eighty percent chance it's a descendant of the Evil Emperor, the first soul spirit that spirit-attribute soul masters on the continent dream of..." Zhao Xuanzhen clicked his tongue in wonder.

The third soul spirit had the sharpest momentum, its body covered in a thick stratum corneum, embedded with dense, extremely sharp black thorns. Under the sunlight, the thorns shone with a cold light, capable of easily piercing armor.

Eight-hundred-year Thorn Dragon, dragon bloodline, space attribute!

OUT!

Zhao Xuanzhen directly eliminated the Thorn Dragon.

Soul spirits and soul masters influence each other. Having finally awakened a martial soul that is not suppressed by the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings, absorbing a dragon-type soul beast would lead to an immediate explosion!

"Let me see the last one, oh, Twin One-Eyed Giant?"

Thousand-year Twin One-Eyed Giant!

Its massive humanoid body exceeded three meters, its body surface grew black and white fur, and its shoulders carried two one-eyed heads, the pupils constantly releasing piercing light.

Among the four soul beasts, the Twin One-Eyed Giant had the highest cultivation and the lowest bloodline, but Zhao Xuanzhen sensed a familiar smell from it.

"Hum—"

True Self martial soul possessed him, a strand of black hair turned pale, and a huge Taiji Yin-Yang diagram appeared behind Zhao Xuanzhen. Seeing this, the Twin One-Eyed Giant was stunned, and its two eyes immediately revealed a fawning look, constantly winking at Zhao Xuanzhen!

"It seems the Twin One-Eyed Giant likes you very much." Leng Yaozhu said playfully. "It's also a female."

"Hmm." Zhao Xuanzhen clenched his fist. "It's eliminated."

Have you ever seen brute force?

Have you ever seen a female 'Machamp' winking?

Alright, stop releasing that damn charm!

As long as he thought about this thing following him for a lifetime, Zhao Xuanzhen would rather fuse with a Titan Giant Ape!

On the side, Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen looked at the Twin One-Eyed Giant with some trepidation, strongly agreeing with Zhao Xuanzhen's wise decision.

Sweeping from left to right across the four major soul spirits, Zhao Xuanzhen fell into deep thought. Leng Yaozhu was worthy of being an old Spirit Tower member; the soul spirits she chose each had their own merits.

The Titan Giant Ape meant that the future of the True Self martial soul was physical strength/defense, the Evil Eye focused on spirit, and the Thorn Dragon leaned towards speed.

Leng Yaozhu was meticulous and sharp, even considering Zhao Xuanzhen's Yin-Yang attribute. The Twin One-Eyed Giant possessed the Yin-Yang attribute, which was one in ten thousand on the continent.

This was also the reason why the Twin One-Eyed Giant used all its strength to seduce Zhao Xuanzhen; the Yin-Yang attribute of the True Self was superior to it, and fusing with Zhao Xuanzhen would lead to a hundred percent bloodline evolution!

After a long while, Zhao Xuanzhen sighed and asked: "Teacher, does the Spirit Tower have any other soul spirits suitable for me?"

Leng Yaozhu was puzzled: "These four types of soul beasts almost cover all cultivation paths, and you didn't like any of them?"

"Each one is missing a little bit." Zhao Xuanzhen said frankly. "True Self is an extremely comprehensive martial soul. The first soul spirit lays the foundation for a soul master's life. A single body, spirit, speed, or attribute is a waste of talent."

"Teacher, I hope the first soul spirit is a Yin-Yang attribute that fits the True Self, while also possessing certain physical and mental capabilities, similar to the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's 'Dominator Domain' which ignores bloodline suppression."

"With my mental power, fusing with a two-thousand-year soul spirit is not a problem. Just filter based on this limit cultivation, including those that resist contracting with human soul masters..."

"Unyielding soul spirits!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 4 =====