Lin Feng was having a long dream. In the dream, his soul wandered outside his body, drifting in the darkness, and no matter how much he drifted, his soul could never escape the endless darkness.
This was a world of darkness, a world without any signs of life.
Lin Feng didn't know how long his soul had been drifting when a sudden light appeared before him. This was the only light in the darkness, with a colorful glow spiraling upward, dazzling and magnificent.
"How dreamlike."
Lin Feng moved closer to the light, which grew brighter and brighter. He discovered that the spiraling light extended far beyond his reach. Above the dazzling light, a brilliant celestial book seemed to float quietly, exuding an ancient aura, as if it had existed since the beginning of time.
As Lin Feng looked at the brilliant celestial book in the sky, a dazzling light burst forth again. The celestial book slowly opened, and then countless characters rushed toward Lin Feng!
"Boom!"
His mind exploded instantly, and Lin Feng sat up from the ground. The drizzling night rain continued, and the world was dark. There was no dazzling light, let alone the brilliant celestial book.
"Phew, phew..." Lin Feng's mouth emitted heavy breaths, and his body still trembled slightly. Fortunately, he was still alive.
In the intense pain just now, Lin Feng almost thought he was going to die. That pain was something no human could endure.
"Do others also have to endure such pain when their martial souls awaken?" Lin Feng's deep eyes looked at the dark night, a hint of doubt in his expression. Although he didn't think his talent was particularly strong, he had some confidence in his willpower. If others could endure the pain when their martial souls awakened, he could too.
However, when his martial soul awakened, the pain attacked him three times, each more intense than the last. By the last time, it was almost fatal. That pain was not something that could be endured by willpower alone. His will was strong, so he didn't collapse directly but bled from all seven orifices.
Perhaps everyone's martial soul is different when it awakens. I wonder if my martial soul has passed this test.
Lin Feng thought to himself. His mind moved, and his martial soul was released. In the next moment, Lin Feng suddenly had a strange feeling, a sense of being in darkness. Everything around him changed; it was dark, an endless darkness. At this moment, he was no longer in the night but in a dark world.
His senses seemed to become even more acute. Even the slightest movement within a few miles could not escape his notice. His mind became incredibly calm and sharp, far more so than usual, as if he could see through everything instantly.
More terrifying were Lin Feng's eyes, which he couldn't see himself. The dark pupils, devoid of human emotion, exuded a terrifying calm and indifference.
"Dark... martial soul."
Lin Feng found his mind clearer than ever before, even he could feel the terror of this martial soul.
Moreover, it seemed to be more than just that...
His mind moved again, and behind Lin Feng, a vast and massive black shadow spiraled upward. At the top of this dark shadow, a brilliant book floated quietly. This brilliant book opened a page, as if it had always been like that.
"Is this a martial soul?" Lin Feng's eyes were blank. When a martial cultivator's martial soul is released, they can clearly feel everything about their martial soul. The scene presented now was like a dream: an endless dark world, a light flickering, and a floating celestial book.
In Lin Feng's memory, no martial soul had ever been released twice. It seemed this martial soul had two layers. The first layer had no dark shadow but made the surrounding world merge into darkness. The second layer revealed the celestial book martial soul. Lin Feng thought his martial soul's awakening had failed, but now it seemed he had not only succeeded but exceeded expectations.
"Heavenly Book, Book Martial Soul..." Lin Feng didn't know what to call his martial soul.
In the Nine Heavens Continent, there were countless martial cultivators with a wide variety of martial souls. No one could claim to know all the martial souls, only that there were many common and rare martial souls.
The Book Martial Soul was a unique rare martial soul. This martial soul was not for attack, nor could it defend or assist in battle. However, the owners of these Book Martial Souls might have some extraordinary things recorded in their martial soul books, which could potentially change a martial cultivator's fate.
"Amaterasu." Lin Feng whispered, and instantly, a brilliant silver light appeared in his dark, cold pupils, as dazzling as the sun, terrifyingly bright.
The brilliant light flashed and vanished, but Lin Feng fell into deep thought. Amaterasu was the divine ability granted to him when the Book Martial Soul opened its first page. Amaterasu, to see through everything.
"From now on, I will call you the Amaterasu Martial Soul." Lin Feng murmured. The martial soul's shadow dissipated, and his eyes gradually returned to normal, no longer cold and indifferent. His eyes were still as clear as ever, but behind the clarity, there was a deeper depth.
He opened his palm, and white qi-gang fluctuated. The elemental energy of heaven and earth could now be freely transformed into qi-gang. Lin Feng had reached the Spirit Martial Realm.
The Dark Martial Soul, after its awakening, had given birth to the Amaterasu Martial Soul, which could be released twice. Although the small snake martial soul had not awakened, Lin Feng was already very satisfied.
His Amaterasu Martial Soul should only need to unlock the first layer to give him even greater combat power. The second layer of the Book Martial Soul might be an auxiliary ability, allowing him to gain miraculous divine powers, which he wouldn't need to release normally.
"From now on, I will have no rivals at the first level of the Spirit Martial Realm." Lin Feng smiled confidently. He could feel how terrifying the transformed Dark Martial Soul was. Just the first layer of Amaterasu was equivalent to the evolution of the Dark Martial Soul. Now, if he met Lin Qian again, Lin Feng was confident he could defeat her, even if she was a prodigy with the Ice and Fire Dual-Source Martial Soul.
The rain continued to drizzle, and a hint of light appeared in the dark sky, signaling the dawn.
Lin Feng stood up and looked at his rain-soaked body, unable to help but smile bitterly. He hadn't realized that he had been sitting there all night, truly a miserable state.
He looked in the direction of the city lord's residence, and a cold light flashed in his clear eyes. Last night, so many eighth and ninth-level Spirit Martial Realm cultivators from the city lord's residence had tried to assassinate him. If his strength had been slightly weaker, he would have been dead without a trace.
"City Lord's Residence, Nalan Feng, you will regret your actions today."
Lin Feng took a step and walked away.
PS: One more chapter added. My heart is cold. Isn't the apocalypse over? Why are there no more readers? Not even a cup of hot coffee or a recommendation!