Spirit Awakening Ceremony!
At this moment Dai Xingchen was in a dilemma. Staring at the two large ethereal beasts that have invaded his spiritual sea he was absolutely clueless on what to do.
"ROOOAR!!!!" The towering red and white ethereal beasts continued roaring.
Dai Xingchen then thought: "From what Daisy said it seems these two beasts are giving off pressure that is strong enough to crush my soul. Which means it would be extremely dangerous to get near them!"
"ROOOAR!!!!" As the two beasts continued their roars, the pressure they unleashed became stronger and stronger.
And suddenly Dai Xingchen's spiritual sea began to shake as if it was experiencing a massive earthquake.
Daisy: "Not good... If their pressure grows anymore your spiritual sea will be completely destroyed my lord's chosen!"
Hearing this Dai Xingchen couldn't help but clench his fists as he thought: "Damn what do I do?!"
Suddenly....
Shiiing!!!
A large circular white object appeared in the sky of Dai Xingchen's spiritual sea.
Seeing this Dai Xingchen couldn't help but exclaim: "Is that a moon?!"
Daisy: "No my lord's chosen that is the primordial pearl!"
Shiing!!!
The primordial pearl shined and showered down glittering white light at the two beasts.
"ROOOAR!" The roars of the two beasts gradually became weaker along with the pressure they were releasing. It was clear that the glittering white light coming from the primordial pearl was suppressing them.
Seeing this Dai XIngchen said: "Now's my chance!"
Daisy: "What are you going to do my lord's chosen?"
Dai Xingchen: "I'm gonna see if I can talk to those two beasts. Since we're pretty much clueless on what we're supposed to do, I at least gotta know why their here."
Daisy: "Be careful my lord's chosen. Although the primordial pearl seems to have suppressed a bit of their pressure, it is still strong enough to greatly damage your soul."
Dai Xingchen nodded: "Noted."
As Dai Xingchen got closer and closer to the two beasts he could feel the pressure around him getting stronger and stronger.
After about thirty or so steps Dai Xingchen could no longer withstand the pressure and was forced to kneel down on the ground.
Dai Xingchen grimaced: "Ugh! I gotta get closer! I gotta at least know what their doing here."
After forcing himself to stand Dai Xingchen showed a slight smile as he muttered: "Heh compared to the pain I've felt in my previous life this is nothing!"
Gritting his teeth, Dai Xingchen forced himself to walk forward once again.
By this point the two beasts had noticed Dai Xingchen.
The red beast then telepathically sent the white beast a message: "White One... It seems this human also possesses a strong will similar to our previous hosts."
The white beast telepathically replied: "Indeed... now the question is if he'll be able to withstand our combined pressures Red One."
When Dai Xingchen finally got close enough, he shouted at the two beasts: "Hey!.... HEY CAN YOU HEAR ME?!"
Hearing his shout the two beasts quickly ceased their roaring and turned towards Dai Xingchen.
The red beast then asked: "What do you want human?"
"So they can speak!" Thought Dai Xingchen.
Still feeling the immense pressure released by the two beasts, Dai Xingchen strugglingly spoke: "W-Why are... you here?"
Instead of replying the red beast just simply turned towards the white beast for a brief moment and suddenly the pressure released by the two increased by a bit.
Shiiing!
The primordial pearl then once again released more glittering white light to suppress the increased pressure but it was too late.
"Ugh!" Dai Xingchen was hit by the two beasts increased pressure and was sent flying.
"My Lord's Chosen!" Shouted Daisy as she approached Dai Xingchen who was now lying on the sand.
The white beast then spoke: "How disappointing is that the extent of your willpower human?"
The red beast then said: "If that is truly your limit then don't even think about harnessing our powers boy."
Hearing the beasts speak as he stood from the sand Dai Xingchen muttered: "Harnessing their powers?... What are they talking about?"
Dai Xingchen then raised his head and asked: "What do you mean harnessing your powers?"
The white beast: "If you do not wish for your soul to be crushed by our constantly increasing pressure...."
The red beast: "Then you must gain control over our powers...."
The white beast: "But to do that you must first gain our recognition."
Dai Xingchen: "How do I gain your recognition then?"
The red beast: "Easy.... Just get close and touch us."
Dai Xingchen: "Touch you? But your pressure will crush me! Wait, why are you two even doing this?"
The red beast then roared: "Enough talk!"
The white beast then roared as well: "Harness our powers or die!"
The pressure released by the two beasts once again increased. By this point even the primordial pearl was having a hard time suppressing their combined pressures.
Seeing this Dai Xingchen sighed: "Guess I have no choice."
Daisy: "My lord's chosen are you sure?"
Dai Xingchen: "Yeah since they said this was the only way then I'll just have to withstand the pressure and touch them."
Daisy: "Are you not afraid of death my lord's chosen?"
Dai Xingchen: "The risk of death is something every soldier faces in every second they are in a battlefield. As such dangerous situations like this is nothing new to me."
After saying those words Dai Xingchen quickly walked forward towards the two beasts.
Seeing this Daisy silently muttered: "Good luck.... Xingchen."
Dai Xingchen clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he endured more and more of the pressure released by the two beasts. Not noticing that with each step he takes red and white lights were starting to appear around his body.
Seeing this the red beast couldn't help but show a slight smile as he telepathically spoke to the white beast: "It seems to have begun White One."
The white beast then telepathically replied: "Yes, our auras are now beginning to imprint into his soul."
"Ugh!" By this point Dai Xingchen was once again forced to kneel on the ground.
"This is.... NOTHING!!!" Shouted Dai Xingchen as he once again forced himself to stand using his willpower. Not noticing that the red and white lights around him had suddenly grown brighter.
It was at this moment that the primordial pagoda infused within his soul started to shine brightly.
And suddenly Dai Xingchen was covered in a black colored aura.
Seeing this Daisy became surprised as she muttered: "The primordial pagoda is... strengthening his soul."
"HAAAAAAAAH!!!" Roared Dai Xingchen as he continued to endure the growing pain he felt from the two beasts pressures.
After a long and extremely painful struggle Dai Xingchen was now finally only a few steps away from the two beasts.
Staring at the two beasts with red eyes as he constantly panted Dai Xingchen muttered: "Just a couple more steps.... Just a couple more steps!"
With one more step.... BOOM!
The amount of pressure he felt suddenly became enormous as if a large truck just fell on him.
"Ugh!" Once again enduring the pain, Dai Xingchen grimaced.
Mustering every ounce of willpower he had left Dai Xingchen roared: "RAAAAAAAA!!!!"
BOOM!...BOOM!...BOOM!
He had taken three steps forward and was now only one step away from the two beasts.
At this moment the red beast sent another telepathic message to the white beast: "Excellent... With such willpower he will definitely not disappoint us."
The white beast the telepathically replied: "It is too early to judge that Red One... If he cannot take the last and most important step, then his fate is only to die."
"Grrr!!!" Struggling to make that last step, Dai Xingchen now had his arms raised forward as if desperately trying to reach the two beasts.
..............
Back on black clouds mountain.....
Shiiiing!
The tear shaped white pendant on Dai Xingchen's unconscious body started to shine with beautiful tri-colored light.
Crack!...Crack!...Crack!
Suddenly several large cracks started to appear on the pendant. The pendant then started levitating above Dai Xingchen's unconscious body and then.... Shatter!!!
The tear shaped white pendant suddenly shattered into three pieces. The three pendant pieces then took on three different colors. One purple, one silver and one black.
Shiiing!
The three pendant pieces then shined brightly as they turned into three streams of light which then entered Dai Xingchen's unconscious body.
..............
Back within Dai Xingchen's spiritual sea.....
As Dai XIngchen was about to take the final step and reach the two beasts, three bright lights then suddenly descended from the sky.
Daisy: "Those are.... the other three souls!"
BANG!
When the three lights landed one took the form of a gigantic ethereal black beast, another took the form of an entity that seemed to be completely clad in pure darkness. As for the final light it took the form of a man..... A man that seemed to have cloaked himself in purple colored energy, as if he was wearing it as a coat.
Whether it was the ethereal black beast, the entity clad in darkness or the red and white beasts the moment they laid their eyes on the man that seemed to be wearing purple colored energy as a coat they couldn't help but feel great fear from the bottom of their hearts. They instinctively knew that this was a being that could very easily destroy them if he so wished.
As if by instinct to guard against the man covered in purple colored energy the red and white beasts couldn't help but further increase the pressure they were releasing.
Boom!
With the pressure from the two beasts suddenly increasing, Dai Xingchen was once again sent flying.
"My Lord's Chosen!" Shouted Daisy as she once again rushed towards Dai Xingchen.
As Dai Xingchen was flying in the air, he couldn't help but look towards the five souls who have invaded his spiritual sea as he muttered: "It seems I.... failed."
Shiiing!
It was at that moment that the three pendant pieces that came along with the three souls suddenly shined with blinding bright light.
The white light from the three pendant pieces then suddenly became brighter and brighter until finally it's light illuminated Dai Xingchen's entire spiritual sea. Due to the white light the five souls that have invaded Dai Xingchen's spiritual sea started to blur.
The red beast then said: "Heh... looks like we'll have to wait for next time to test our new host. Wouldn't you say so White One."
The white beast then said: "It is indeed so Red One.... However...."
Turning it's head and glancing at the ethereal black beast, the entity clad in darkness, the man covered in purple energy as well as the two martial souls which were now encased in cocoons of light, the white beast couldn't help but say: "It seems it won't just be us who becomes a part of this host."
The red beast then laughed: "Hehe! That just means it won't be boring here!"
The five souls then completely vanished under the white light unleashed by the white pendant pieces.
In the last moments before Dai Xingchen completely lost consciousness all he saw was pure warm white light.
..............
Back on black clouds mountain.....
Shiiing!
Dai Xingchen's unconscious body was suddenly covered in aurora light.
After a few moments his body disappeared from where it laid.
..............
When Dai Xingchen woke up in his room's floor he immediately held his forehead and grimaced: "Ugh! My head hurts!"
Daisy's voice then sounded from his body: "Congratulations you have successfully passed the trial of destiny my lord's chosen!"
"Ugh.... Daisy... what happened?" Asked Dai Xingchen as he strugglingly stood up.
Daisy: "The three remaining souls had entered your spiritual sea which seems to have startled the two beasts which resulted in them instinctively increasing their pressures thus sending you flying and knocking you unconscious."
Dai Xingchen: "I see.... What happened to those five souls that have invaded my spiritual sea?"
Daisy: "They are now laying dormant within your body and soul my lord's chosen."
Hearing this Dai Xingchen couldn't help but panic: "Dormant?! You mean they are still inside me?!"
Daisy: "Yes but for now I can guarantee that they won't cause you any trouble my lord's chosen."
Rubbing his aching head once again Dai Xingchen asked: "Is there any way to get them out?"
Daisy: "I do not think that would be wise my lord's chosen. For any attempts of removing them runs the risk of waking them and...."
Dai Xingchen: "Yeah I get it, say no more. From what I've experienced they're definitely not souls that I wish to wake."
Dai Xingchen then asked: "By the way what happened to my martial souls? I seem to remember them being wrapped in some sort of light cocoons by the other four souls."
Daisy: "Yes it seems two souls have merged with your sword martial soul and the other two souls merged with your white tiger martial soul. This will result in your two martial souls undergoing variation and evolving into much more powerful martial souls. In fact this can be considered as the heaven defying benefits that you've received by passing this trial of destiny."
Dai Xingchen: "Is that so... So my martial souls are going to evolve into much more powerful ones huh."
Dai Xingchen: "By the way how were you able to determine that I've managed to pass the trial of destiny Daisy."
Daisy: "Once you pass a trial of destiny my lord's chosen, I will immediately receive information regarding it's details."
Dai Xingchen: "I see.... So what were the details of this trial of destiny Daisy?"
Daisy: "Simply put there was only one requirement for passing my lord's chosen..... Survive!"
Dai Xingchen: "Survive?"
Daisy: "Yes you simply had to survive the nine souls entering your body my lord's chosen."
Hearing this Dai Xingchen couldn't help but give a forced smile as he muttered: "So basically the only results were either I died or survived huh."
Dai Xingchen then realized and asked: "Come to think of it... How did I survive Daisy?"
Daisy: "I believe it was due to your Mother's pendant my lord's chosen."
"My Mother's Pendant!" Exclaimed Dai Xingchen as he quickly searched for the pendant his mother gave him as he touched his neck. But to his surprise it was no longer there.
Daisy then explained: "Your Mother's pendant dissolved into white light which forced those five souls to go into a dormant state. In fact if not for that I'm afraid your soul would not have been able to survive the combined pressures of those five souls my lord's chosen."
"My Mother's pendant saved me?" Muttered Dai Xingchen.
It was at this moment that Dai Xingchen remembered the words his Mother had said about the pendant.
"This was a special treasure I had obtained during my time in Abyssal Devil Cult. I don't exactly know what it does but legend says it is capable of saving one's life and transforming one's body."
Dai Xingchen: "Saving one's life and transforming one's body huh. I don't really know if it has transformed my body... but it definitely had saved my life."
Dai Xingchen then closed his eyes and muttered: "Thank you Mother.... Wherever you are."
..............
At this moment within the halls of Blazing Academy a beautiful woman was staring at the bracelet on her wrist which was emanating green colored light.
The beautiful woman then muttered with a voice full of sadness: "My little Xingchen."
..............
Dai Xingchen then sighed and said: "For now I think I should get some rest and continue discussing this tomorrow. What do you think Daisy?"
Daisy: "I completely agree my lord's chosen. It is indeed time for rest."
As Dai Xingchen leaned over to his bed he accidentally touched the book that Grandpa Hei had left him.
Shiiing!
The book then suddenly flashed with silver light and vanished.
"This..." Seeing what had just happened Dai Xingchen was startled.
"Daisy what's going on now?" Dai Xingchen asked.
Daisy then replied: "You had just used your Requip Magic my lord's chosen."
Hearing this Dai Xingchen was shocked as he exclaimed: "But how is that possible? I don't have magic power."
Daisy: "You may not possess magic power my lord's chosen, but now it seems you possess a Mysterious Energy within your body. From my understanding this mysterious energy seems to have been given to you by the pendant before it dissolved into white light."
Dai Xingchen then asked: "Could it be spirit power?"
Daisy: "No my lord's chosen. I can confirm that it is definitely not spirit power but instead a completely different type of energy."
It was at this moment that Dai Xingchen thought: "Could this be the 'Transform One's Body' part of the pendant that Mother was talking about?"
..............
Less than a Year Later.....
In these past eleven months after discovering that he had a Mysterious Energy within his body Dai Xingchen began testing whether it could fuel some of the abilities and techniques that he could not use before. And to his delight it could!
Thanks to this mysterious energy Dai Xingchen could now use his Requip Magic to store all of his Ninja Tools within his Requip Space. Besides this thanks to the mysterious energy the power of both his Taijutsu as well as his Absolute Blade Arts had greatly increased.
From Daisy's words the amount of mysterious energy that Dai Xingchen possessed in his body seems to be equal to the amount of spirit power a Rank 15 spirit master possessed in theirs.
Due to this Dai Xingchen had decided that it was time to train against training dummies that fought back.
As such Dai Xingchen decided to ask Grandpa Hei to take him to the place where soldiers trained. That way Daisy could gather data on the soldiers fighting styles and combat abilities.
After Daisy had gathered enough data on the soldiers, Dai Xingchen finally gained some descent sparring partners as he trained in the primordial pagoda's special realm. Among the dozens of soldiers that Daisy had gathered data on several of them were spirit masters. Which allowed Daisy to manifest training dummies with power similar to spirit masters. Which naturally allowed Dai Xingchen to compare his current power against the power of spirit masters.
During his training Dai Xingchen realized that Tsunade's "Chakra Enhanced Strength" technique completely consumed his Mysterious Energy. As such Dai Xingchen decided that it was not wise to use this technique in battle for now.
However Dai Xingchen did have two great gains in these 11 months of training.
One was the fact that he had succeeded in creating his own movement technique! With Daisy's help Dai Xingchen was able to combine parts from Kamito Kazehaya's 'Meta Three-Dimensional Movement' technique, 'Thunderclap' technique as well as some of Guy's knowledge of the Body Flicker Technique, which allowed him to create his own movement technique that he now calls Phantom Flicker Movement.
The second gain he got from these 11 months of training was the fact that he could now open the first of the eight gates... The Gate of Opening! To his surprise Dai Xingchen found out that opening the first gate not only greatly increased his strength and speed but also temporarily increased the amount of Mysterious Energy he possessed in his body, thus allowing him to barely execute Tsunade's 'Chakra Enhanced Strength' technique without consuming all of his Mysterious Energy.
After fighting with several training dummies possessing strength and power comparable to the soldier spirit masters that they had gotten data on, Daisy estimated that the power Dai Xingchen possessed with his Super Soldier Physique coupled with the opening of the first gate was now barely comparable to an elite Spirit Elder with an optimal spirit ring configuration.
..............
Right now Dai Xingchen could be seen standing at the center of a hall, around him were his family as well as the elders of Star Luo. He was about to undergo his spirit awakening ceremony!
Staring at him were Dai Baihu, Zhu Zhuhua, Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi. In front of him stood Grandpa Hei.
Grandpa Hei then looked down at Dai Xinchen and asked: "Are you ready third prince?"
Dai Xingchen simply nodded and replied: "I am Grandpa Hei."
Grandpa Hei then nodded back as he placed his hand above the boy's head.
Shiiiing!
Bright light shined as an extreme heat was unleashed throughout the entire hall.
Seeing this Dai Baihu couldn't help but be shocked as he thought: "This.... This isn't Evil Eyes White Tiger!"
Dai Xingchen's body was now completely covered with orange light as the heat in the hall just grew more intense by the second. In fact everyone in the hall felt as if they were literally under the scorching sun.
As for Dai Xingchen his consciousness had once again entered his spiritual sea.
Dai Xingchen muttered: "Why did my consciousness suddenly enter my spiritual sea?"
Suddenly..... BOOM!
Two large light pillars suddenly appeared on the eastern and western sides of his spiritual sea. On the eastern side was a large blue light pillar while as on the western side was large orange light pillar.
After a few moments the orange light pillar dissipated and in it's place was a large orange mountain.
Dai Xingchen raised his head and saw at the top of the mountain was a gigantic lion with orange fur. Behind the Lion was a gigantic ball of blazing flames, similar to a miniature sun.
Dai Xingchen then muttered: "So my white tiger martial soul turned into this gigantic lion with orange fur."
With a flash of orange light the lion suddenly transformed into a large muscular man with a mustache.
Seeing the muscular man Dai Xingchen's eyes grew wide with shock for he had actually recognized who this man was.
Dai Xingchen exclaimed: "You! It was you?!"
The muscular man simply smiled at him and with another flash of orange light turned back into a gigantic lion with orange fur.
By this point Dai Xingchen's consciousness had left his spiritual sea. And as he opened his eyes he saw that his body was now somewhat different. First of all his height increased by about two feet, his arms up to his shoulders along with the lower part of his neck was now covered in orange fur and finally his hands have now transformed into something akin to beast claws. Besides this he noticed that his entire body was emanating scorching heat.
He then turned to his back and there he saw a gigantic orange lion phantom standing majestically behind him.
It was then that Dai Xingchen knew the name of one of his Martial Souls.
Lion Sin of Pride!
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Extreme North.....
Beneath the ground of the extreme north's core area a large towering ice palace could be seen.
Within this beautiful ice palace laid a majestic nine-tailed fox with ice blue colored fur, on the fox's head was a crown that seemed to be completely made of ice. This fox is a spirit beast that has been slumbering within this palace for hundreds of thousands of years.
The Million Years Spirit Beast Nine-Tailed Arctic Fox Sovereign!
Shiiing!
Suddenly a mirror appeared levitating in front of the fox sovereign. The fox sovereign then eagerly raised it's head as if waiting for something.
Then suddenly the image of a beautiful woman with ice blue colored hair appeared on the mirror.
The woman in the mirror then spoke: "I have found your destined one!"
Hearing the woman's the fox sovereign's body trembled as if excited to hear the woman's next words.
The woman's image in the mirror then vanished replaced by the image of a large lion with orange colored fur, behind the lion was a ball of flames similar to a miniature sun.
The woman then once again spoke: "Find the human that possesses this lion he will be your destined one. He will be the one to assist you in achieving your greatest wish... To be a God!"
After the woman spoke those words, the levitating mirror immediately vanished leaving the fox sovereign alone within it's palace once again.
Raising it's head the Fox Sovereign was suddenly enveloped in ice blue light. And in the next moment... it was gone.
..............
Near a village covered in snow a six year old little girl with ice blue colored hair and ice blue colored eyes could now be seen walking towards the village covered in snow.
The little girl muttered: "My destined one.... I will find you!"