In the depths of meditation, Su Yu felt a stirring within himself.
In the Sea of Spirit, the runes "Clear" and "Bright" instantly illuminated the entire sea.
The two runes rapidly became more complete.
...
Su Yu fell into an epiphany.
This enlightenment lasted for a day.
In the Sea of Spirit, the two runes "Clear" and "Bright" were clearly much more perfected, now on par with the two runes of Life and Death Reincarnation in complexity.
However, compared to Life and Death, they still lacked a touch of spiritual resonance.
But Su Yu had a premonition; he was close.
The spirituality of the two runes would not be born from a single epiphany or deep meditation but would gradually emerge as his path became perfected.
...
Starfall Village.
The scent of blood hung in the air.
A six-year-old child was running frantically, chased by a hideous Soul Master who pursued the boy with a sadistic laugh.
The familiar scene brought a sense of nostalgia to Su Yu watching from afar.
It was so much like his own past.
Unfortunately, the boy hadn't even awakened his Martial Soul and couldn't find a tool to turn the tables.
Su Yu's gaze turned cold, and his Spiritual Power suppressed fiercely.
The once-mocking face of the hideous Soul Master instantly turned pale with terror in his eyes.
He was pinned to the ground by a terrifying force, unable to move.
Su Yu's Spiritual Power was already nearing the cusp of tangible and intangible, capable of exerting an initial influence on the outside world.
The boy, with a terrified expression, looked at the scene of his nemesis, who was about to kill him, lying immobile on the ground, still shaken.
He didn't immediately counterattack.
Such mockery had occurred twice before.
This pervert had deliberately released him twice already!
Even knowing his death was imminent, Bai Feng could only desperately flee. He understood that only by surviving did he have hope.
"Boy, kill him."
Su Yu quietly approached the boy and spoke.
Bai Feng then noticed that someone had appeared beside him.
Unlike the malicious aura of the hideous Soul Master, Su Yu exuded a Vitality Power that felt comforting.
Staring blankly at the dagger handed over by Su Yu, Bai Feng swallowed hard.
His eyes gradually became resolute as he took the dagger with both hands, facing the hideous Soul Master with a cold, fierce look.
Thud.
The hand raised, and the blade fell.
Bai Feng slayed the hideous Soul Master with the dagger.
"What's your name?"
Su Yu felt sympathetic toward the child sharing a similar fate to his own and was also a bit curious.
The boy had the mental fortitude to take action.
Sitting on the ground, Bai Feng let two streams of tears run down his cheeks in silent sorrow, not even hearing Su Yu's voice.
Su Yu waited for a while and asked again.
"My name is Bai Feng. Thank you, benefactor!" Bai Feng finally wiped his tears, bowed his head to Su Yu in gratitude.
"Your family..."
"All killed by this pervert. Starfall Village is gone too."
Su Yu learned from Bai Feng that Starfall Village housed a Soul Venerable and three Grand Soul Masters, with the Soul Venerable even a Second-level Soul Guide.
It was a rather prosperous village.
However, they were all slaughtered by this hideous Evil Soul Master.
This Evil Soul Master had a near Soul King level of cultivation, easily overwhelming Starfall Village's Soul Venerable.
Yet they managed to hold him off, allowing some villagers to escape.
Bai Feng wasn't the only survivor.
But he was unfortunate to be targeted and endlessly tormented by this pervert.
Su Yu was speechless.
These Evil Soul Masters truly all had something wrong with them.
Perverts.
The Evil Soul Master who once hunted him down also claimed to become more excited as he fled for his life.
"Benefactor, is he an Evil Soul Master?" Bai Feng pointed to the Evil Soul Master he had slain and asked.
Su Yu shot him a surprised glance.
This little guy actually knew about Evil Soul Masters.
"That's right."
"The village elder was right; Evil Soul Masters are all perverts, beasts. I'll kill all the Evil Soul Masters!"
Recalling the tragic deaths of the elder and others, Bai Feng's hatred burned intensely within.
The runes "Clear" and "Bright" flickered, stabilizing Bai Feng's emotions.
"Killing Evil Soul Masters requires strength. Without it, it's just going to your death. Not only would it be useless, but it would also bolster their power."
"Please, benefactor, help me awaken my Martial Soul!" Bai Feng knelt, beseeching Su Yu to help awaken his Martial Soul.
The Sun and Moon Empire wasn't like the Douluo Three Kingdoms, where commoners had no chance to awaken their Martial Souls.
Soul-guiding Devices were becoming more accessible to commoners, and so was the spread of Martial Soul awakening.
The only issue was the inability to achieve complete proliferation.
Ultimately, domestic noble families held control, lacking extralegal powers to execute it.
After Xu Tianran rose to power, this task was truly carried out.
Remarkably, sometimes the harshest emperors enforced civilian policies more thoroughly than moderate rulers.
...
"Feel the movements within your body. The Martial Soul is a part of your body, like another organ. Carefully sense its presence."
Su Yu chose to awaken Bai Feng's Martial Soul.
With the guidance of Soul Power, even though Bai Feng's Martial Soul hadn't fully manifested, Su Yu sensed the Soul Power within him.
A rough scan with Spiritual Power revealed that this Soul Power was not weak.
"Innate Full Soul Power?"
Su Yu was somewhat taken aback.
Just casually picked up someone with Innate Full Soul Power on the road?
In Bai Feng's hand, within a golden light orb, a long sword revealed its edge.
Sparkling starlight danced across the blade.
Su Yu felt a spiritual ripple from the sword, along with another realm.
Bai Feng looked at his Martial Soul, sensing its power.
"Star Soul Sword, this is my Martial Soul, Star Soul Sword!"
"Star Soul Sword, slay the evil demons!" Bai Feng said, sensing his Martial Soul's power.
He summoned his Martial Soul and struck the Evil Soul Master's corpse.
The Star Soul Sword emitted a purple energy.
Su Yu raised an eyebrow, surprised to see the Evil Soul Master's malevolent aura seemingly dissolve after Bai Feng's strike.
This sword naturally countered Evil Soul Masters?
Su Yu didn't ridicule Bai Feng's dramatic lines, as they were not arrogant words but genuinely the thoughts of a child.
...
Although he sensed Bai Feng's Soul Power nearing Level 10, Su Yu still took out a Soul-guiding Device to test it.
Not something he carried, but a device once crafted, which remained in his Storage Soul-guiding Device, never discarded.
Bai Feng took the disc handed by Su Yu, channelling Soul Power into it, where all ten inner circles lit up.
"Congratulations, Innate Full Soul Power." Su Yu smiled, reflecting on his good fortune.
Bai Feng was also aware of his Innate Full Soul Power level.
If it were before, he'd definitely share the joy with the village elder, but now...
"Your Martial Soul's quality is high, though a bit mixed—possessing the Star Attribute, being a Sword, with a Spirit Attribute, and inherently having a Demon Slaying realm."
Truth be told, Su Yu couldn't offer good guidance on cultivating such a Martial Soul.
Each attribute was a direction.
All had significant potential.
The choice of developmental direction was left for the child to decide.
"What attribute of Soul Ring do you want?"
After briefly explaining the choice criteria for Soul Rings, Su Yu let Bai Feng decide for himself.
"I want the Star Attribute, preferably enhancing the sword."
Bai Feng, through sensing his Martial Soul, realized its essence was the Power of the Stars and the Sword.
The Demon Slaying realm was a derivative of these two.
Though not tangible, Bai Feng felt the Spirit Attribute likely also stemmed from the Star Attribute.
"Star Attribute is rare to find." Su Yu frowned.
Within the Sun and Moon Empire, high-quality Soul Beasts were already scarce, and even more so with a Star Attribute.
"First, come back with me to Mingdu, and join the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy. My senior brother has researched the Power of the Stars and could provide the best intel on Soul Beasts."
Su Yu had adapted to this method of obtaining Soul Rings with prior information.