Chapter 9 – God-Level Martial Spirit!?

At long last it was Tang San's turn, Su Yuntao didn't have to speak, he already stepped ahead to stand in the centre of the six pitch-black stones that formed a hexagonal array.

In pace with Su Yuntao's six streams of spirit power pouring into them, the pale golden light once more shone up brightly.

Warmth, this was Tang San's first sensation, as if his whole body was wrapped up inside a nice and warm world, feeling unspeakably comfortable.

No wonder those children before could smoothen their emotions when wrapped up in the light.

Warm breath permeated into his body, and Tang San distinctly became aware that the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the internal power which he has been practising for I'm quite a while seemingly fluctuated unexpectedly.

Immediately afterwards, followed by the traction of warm energy, he felt as if something inside his body had broken and in a split second a warm breath surged towards the palm of his hand.

Tang San felt as if his hands were itching slightly feeling a little uncomfortable.

Su Yuntao's eyes abruptly shone, because, within that golden light, there appeared many golden flecks that it was even more than what all the previous children possessed together.

He faintly had a feeling of the awakening of some correspondingly powerful spirit. Excitement showed in his manner.

Speaking of those Spirit Hall attendants responsible for ordinary people's spiritual awakening, if they could awaken a potentially outstanding child, and then bring him to Spirit Hall, they could acquire many first-class benefits. Getting promoted was enormously advantageous.

He has already got one such child and now if this kid was able to awaken some powerful spirit his contributions will be huge, securing a good position and income enough to last lifelong.

Tang San enveloped by the golden light had a feeling of being one with nature, he could sense the plants and trees nearby from his heart as if there existed a connection between them.

"Is this the power of Blue Silver Grass?"

Ye Chen remembered the power of Blue Silver Grass in the original sequel which later became a God-level Spirit after Tang San ascended to the Divine realm. Though it was mostly for his descendants.

A small blue coloured vine slowly materialised in Tang San's right hand, surrounded by a blue halo.

Followed by the awakening of his Martial Spirit a blue radiance covered the entire room, but it disappeared instantly.

Su Yuntao thought it was the awakening of some powerful Martial Spirit but he was at a loss after seeing the result.

He had no choice but to say,

"Again a useless spirit, it seems. Holy Spirit village this time was again a waste of time. Ok, children, you can leave."

"By the way, both of you stay behind."

Su Yuntao signalled the boy and the girl, who were the only ones to awaken Spirit Power. He was helpless seeing the other children not being able to awaken any decent Spirit and Spirit Power.

Even the last child greatly disappointed him and his expectations.

The previously great quantity of golden flecks of light appeared, giving him a lot of expectations, but unexpectedly it was merely Blue Silver Grass, the sense of disparity caused Su Yuntao to be somewhat in a bad mood.

"Mr, you still have not let me undergo a spirit power test, right."

Tang San saw Su Yuntao already wanting to pack up that blue crystal ball, and hurriedly reminded him.

"No need to test. Blue silver grass, for this useless spirit I still have never seen one instance where spirit power appeared." Su Yuntao said without looking back.

"Let me give it a try Mr Who knows something miracle may happen. Isn't there always a chance?" Tang San persistently said.

When the golden light brought a warm feeling inside him. He felt the shackles binding him broke, producing a strange sensation as if a great door opened and caused a subtle change in Mysterious Heaven's skill.

At the same time, he also very much wanted to know, what the actual difference was between his inner strength and this world's Spirit. Though he read and saw most of them in the novel and anime, he wanted to experience them for himself.

Su Yuntao was dumbfounded, to see the child look at him with a calm and rather steadfast gaze. His heart was amused, seeing the child ostensively out of the ordinary.

"Very well."

Trying once could not waste much time. While speaking, he handed over the blue crystal ball to Tang San.

As before, Su Yuntao instructed to withdraw blue silver grass from within the body.

Tang San realised this was not much difficult; concerning Mysterious Heaven Skill control it was similar to what the skill to withdraw could accomplish. Simultaneously, he additionally discovered, that the moment blue silver grass appeared, his Mysterious Heaven skill poured out condensing the Blue Silver Grass through the Mysterious Heaven skill.

With his palm just about to touch the blue crystal ball, Tang San's body fiercely trembled all of a sudden.

He was shocked to discover, that the seemingly beautiful blue crystal ball unexpectedly possessed tremendous attraction. His inner strength and spiritual power surged condensing on the crystal ball as if finding an outlet.

He wanted to struggle free, but no matter how he tried he was unable to escape that strong attraction.

Su Yuntao was similarly amazed. Never expecting such a situation would arise while conducting the spirit power test of the last child.

Suddenly, the blue crystal ball in Tang San's hand began to shine, dazzling blue light starting from a point spread in a flash.

Just in a blink, the crystal ball looked just like a resplendent gem giving off sparkling luminescence. A cool blue flare showed up moving unspeakably.

By the traditional test, as long as the crystal ball gave some response, even a single trace of radiance, it would prove by the test that spirit power existed, and at present, the blue crystal ball radiated such dazzling radiance that there was only one explanation.

The little girl who stood on one side of the podium stared at Tang San with a glint in her eyes. She was astonished to see the crystal ball glow so brightly.

But before Su Yuntao could scream out with astonishment a sudden change appeared. But Ye Chen i.e Tang San holding it had a rapid change invisible to the people all around.

Influenced by the attraction of the Crystal Ball, the Mysterious Heaven Skill he learned from Tang Ming-San's soul after defeating him started running automatically.

Tang San took the time to look sideways. He saw the crowd of onlookers standing there with stunned expressions, their mouths agape.

Out of all the children present in the hall, Tang San's vision was drawn toward the cute little girl.

He saw his figure reflected in Li Jing's beautiful worry-filled eyes.

At this moment, to Tang San, the entire world had slowed down and his thinking has become more than ten times clearer than before, able to take in these myriad scenes and feelings he felt from the heart around him in an instant.

A profound and mysterious feeling rose from the bottom of his heart, a sensation he had never felt before. Bathing in this feeling Ye Chen aka Tang San experienced an unprecedented sublimation of his heart and soul.

*Hong!*

A layer of shackles seemed to shatter in his mind giving Tang San an uplifting sense of freedom like he was a fish that had leapt from the sea and began soaring through the sky.

High up in the sky dark clouds began to gather, covering the entirety of Holy Soul village and the nearby town of Notting City, releasing an ever-increasing pressure as they thickened.

Tang San had completely immersed himself in this strange mental domain that he lost track of time and his goal.

The children cowered in fear seeing the dark sky. But Su Yuntao slightly squinted his eyes. He had a feeling that all of these might be related to Tang San's awakening but he had no concrete evidence, furthermore, the child had shown no abnormal reaction.

On the other hand, Tang San stood where he was, slowly blinking as he held the crystal ball in his hand, his brow furrowed as his Spirit Power rolled and fluctuated.

*Hong long hong!*

The sound of thunder resonated through the sky, like the beat of a giant drum shaking the very Heavens and Earth, causing everyone's ears to ring and their hearts to pound.

As the wind howled the dark clouds that now covered all of the regions became thicker and thicker, gradually immersing the nearby regions in profound darkness without a trace of light.

"What is happening?"

Suddenly being covered in this blanket of darkness, no one knew what was happening, all the people seeing this scene, whether Soul Masters or commoners whispered to each other as they started up at the dark sky, anxiety and fear slowly creeping into their hearts.

Floating far in the distance, Tang Hao who had his arms crossed behind his back, carefully watched this sudden change, a bright light flushing past his eyes as he stared at the unmoving Tang San, a look of anticipation appearing on his face.

"Brother, Brother!"

A beautiful lady in her twenties called out as she walked out hurriedly towards him having run out of the broken house at some unknown point.

Tang Hao glanced over at her and gently lifted a finger to his lips, signalling her to calm down.

This person was nobody other than Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao & Tang Xiao's little sister. She manages the business for Clear Sky Clan in the Imperial City of Heaven Dou, staying incognito and sending the sect money to help it run.

Ever since Houtian~zong was attacked by Spirit Hall, it was compelled to close its gate and banish Tang Hao; concealing their presence from the rest of the world & entering into hiding.

But Tang Yuehua had always maintained her contact with her big brother Hao.

She has visited Tang Hao once in a while in the past, hiding her identity. She has always been cautious and didn't dare to visit Tang Hao quite often because of her sensitive identity as the Master of "Moon Pavillion" which The Spirit Hall may spy upon and track Tang Hao through her.

Tang Yuehua, could not help but shrink her neck and ask softly with a melodic voice, "Brother Hao, what is happening to Xiao San?"

"I don't know. It looks like he's in the midst of the awakening ceremony. But I really don't understand what's going on with the little brat. He really loves making others worry!" Tang Hao muttered in a depressed tone, shaking his head in a helpless sigh.

"So, is something wrong with him right now?"

Tang Yuehua's beautiful eyes were filled with worry as she anxiously asked.

"He should be fine."

Tang Hao shook his head, his expression becoming a bit profound.

"Not only is he alright, judging from his current appearance, but it also seems like he awakened pretty powerful Martial Soul with strong Spirit Power."

"Powerful Martial Soul! Strong Spirit Power!"

Tang Yuehua exclaimed, her delicate hands covering her small mouth. Looking up at the thick layer of black clouds in the sky and feeling a devastating power condensing within them, she couldn't help paling slightly, suddenly realizing what was happening, "Brother, do you mean to say that this phenomenon was brought about by Xiao San's awakening?"

"It should be." Tang Hao was honestly quite shocked as well.

He had neither seen nor heard of any person creating such a massive disturbance when only awakening their Martial Soul.

Meanwhile, Tang San stood still, silently operating the "Endless of Dim" ability and started absorbing the world energy to strengthen himself.

It was not because of sheer recklessness but because he experienced and understood what those two meteoric tear-drop shaped crystals were capable of, which he comprehended after extensive research.

Ye Chen remembered reading in some novels, where Cultivators have to undergo thunder tribulation and world energy baptism for promotion. But this has never been the case for humans of Douluo Realm.

Only Spirit Beasts here had to undergo tribulations for a breakthrough in their cultivation. Humans were exempted from this rule.

Maybe others did not know but this was the backhand that Dragon God imposed upon The Spirit Beast Clan with Asura God's help.

The World Energy gathering in the dark clouds high above was definitely not something an ordinary Soul King could withstand. But Ye Chen (Tang San) was different.

During this baptism, a cultivator could rapidly absorb this world energy to strengthen themselves, but each cultivator has a different aptitude and physique, so the benefits they could harvest from this process would vary greatly.

The better one's aptitude, the stronger their physique and the more benefits one could obtain.

He was confident because of The Infinity of Darkness and The Gift of Light. Even if he was injured, he could heal himself with The Gift of Light.

"Crackle!"

Under Tang Yuehua's horrifying eyes a bolt of lightning, thick as an arm struck Tang San penetrating the portico¹. He was caught unprepared, spewing a mouth full of blood.

Even Su Yuntao and the eleven children fainted from the aftereffects of the impact that landed close to them.

Tang Hao was quick and took the kids away to safety. He was extremely worried, no longer able to maintain his calm.

But right when he was prepared to save Xiao San something strange and astonishing took place.

A hammer-shaped peak ever moved so slightly that a loud 'hum' reverberated from within the building. In an instant, the building collapsed as rocks and sands flew in every direction.

At the same time, an enormous Hammer-shaped artefact appeared before Tang Hao's eyes. The enormous Hammer was exquisite and sophisticated in design but it was excluding an ancient aura as if it had seen and weathered hundreds of thousands of years.

The enormous Hammer was covered in complex and mysterious runes that were constantly circling on its surface.

Tang Hao was very surprised to see the hammer in Tang San's hand. But he was more astonished to see the power it contained.

Suddenly, the Hammer started to glow, and while its brilliance was pulsating, a reverberating toll suddenly rang from it as if coming from the far ancient times.

Sensing the descent of the second tribulation, Ye Chen swang the hammer with all his might.

*Weng!...*

With a swing of the hammer, the lightning tribulation was absorbed into the hammer. At that moment the world seemed to have torn apart and the heavens seemed to have inverted. Mountains and rivers seemed to be suppressed as the sound of the hammer spread to the surroundings.

Immediately sound waves visible to naked eyes converged into an indestructible energy wave.

Tang Hao's expression drastically changed at the sight of this and hastily opened his Martial Soul and displayed his purple third Soul Ring.

It was a defensive technique. He formed a barrier around the perimeter of the dilapidated place where once stood the Spirit Sub-Hall, to protect the village.

*Hualala....*

The aftermath of the sound wave was still spreading, and the force of the impact caused the ground to flip over as if the end was here.

Thankfully, Tang Hao was quick enough to deploy a barrier to prevent further damage to the village.

Only after ten breaths did everything slowly subsided.

Tang San's jaws dropped open in astonishment at what he witnessed. He never expected The Houtian Hammer to be so overpowering! Even in the original sequel, Tang San's Hammer was not so overwhelming. But he didn't have time to think about it as he saw another tribulation taking shape in the clouds.

"Fuck! What the hell!" Tang San cursed. He anticipated the ability of Endless of Dim to absorb the Tribulation, but his expectations shattered resulting in him experiencing a minor loss.

The Endless of Dim was only effective against energy attacks and not any physical attacks.

Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua both were rendered speechless.

Suddenly, Tang Hao seemed to be in deep thought, as if he remembered something, which he read long ago from his Grandfather's books. But the memories seemed quite hazy to recall the details.

"Yuehua, I seem to have some vague impression about this Hammer but I can't recall where I saw it? Do you happen to remember?" Tang Hao asked Tang Yuehua.

Tang Yuehua stared at the Hammer, which was surprisingly hundreds of meters tall, sitting on Tang San's hand, looking like a small mountain.

The Emperor's aura and runes surrounding it were extremely dazzling. Not even Tang Yuehua and Tang Hao could take their eyes off this mysterious hammer as they tried to spy on its secrets from afar.

Suddenly, a bright light shone upon Tang Yuehua's face.

"Impossible! How can it be possible!?" Tang Yuehua muttered as if she was wrecking her head trying to find a justification.

Tang Hao shook his sister to wake her up.

"What's wrong Yuehua? Do you remember something?"

"Brother Hao do you remember Grandpa telling us stories about The Founding Ancestor of the Houtian Sect when we were young. Do you not think the Hammer in Xiao San's hand perfectly matches with the picture and description of the Hammer of the First Hammer Spirit!" answered Tang Yuehua.

Tang Hao appeared to have visibly shaken from head to toe as his breathing became fast and rough, muttering a word he remembers hearing from his Grandfather.

"The Emperor Tian Hammer" – The Ultimate Evolution of Houtian Hammer, which appeared only once in the history of the Houtian sect in the hands of the Founding Ancestor.

It is believed that the Founding Ancestor later surpassed level 100 and reached a new plane. All these were recorded in the Sect's book.

The Emperor Tian Hammer is an Ancient Exotic Emperor level Martial Soul, way beyond and much more profound than the God-level Martial Soul; the only one of its kind and known existence in the Douluo plane.

Legends have it that it carries a mysterious Wild Qi that has a tremendous suppressive effect that was even feared by the Gods.

An attack from Emperor Tian Hammer can even suppress the world and invert the heavens.

In the ancient recordings of the Sect, it was mentioned that the awakening of such Martial Souls that usually defied the Heavens was usually followed by Thunder Tribulation.

If everything described in the recordings is true then it was very likely that Emperor Tian Hammer has not even shown his true might and just shown a fraction of its power!!

*Hong long long...*

The sound of boring thunder resounded again, causing Tang San's expression to become somewhat strained.

Above his head, the tumbling black clouds slowly swirled and transformed into a great vortex. Following the lines of this, an unstoppable suction emerged from Yang Kai's body and began swallowing the surrounding World Energy.

He ran the "Endless of Dim" with his full power. Trying hard to intercept the third tribulation. The hammer was so heavy that most of his strength has been depleted by swinging it twice.

"Such a baptism, will Xiao San be able to endure it?" Tang Yuehua asked anxiously.

This phenomenon could no longer be called a baptism but a disaster!

"It will be up to his fortune."

Tang Hao quickly said, a thick worry also developing on his brow. He was somewhat fond of this little son and felt it would be a shame for him to die so young in such an unfortunate circumstance.

"This child, he's definitely capable of breaking through this world's bonds and ascending to a higher realm! Moreover, he has the same Martial Soul as The Founding Ancestor, who broke through the bonds of this world."

Tang Hao was quite interested in seeing just how far his son could go.

"Brother, how can little San be so reckless? Why doesn't he take in the Martial Soul?" Tang Yuehua said with tears in her eyes. She had already lost her Sister-in-law and now she doesn't want to lose her only nephew.

Tang San was amid an awakening and absorbing the world energy baptism. If he is disturbed in any way the consequence would be disastrous and absolutely unimaginable. In case something happens to Xiao San, she cannot live up to her deceased Sister-in-law's expectations.

Passing for a moment Tang Hao calmly said,

"Rest assured if the situation really becomes dangerous, I wound sit ideally by. After all, he is also my son."

"En"

Tang Yuehua replied lightly as her pair of crystal clear eyes stared over towards where Tang San stood.

All of a sudden a bolt of dark energy struck Tang San.

Along with a great shout Tang San's body seemed to become a bottomless pit, and in the blink of an eye intercepted this lightning with another swing of the hammer, absorbing this bolt of energy.

Though he was exhausted and breathing heavily, the Gift of Light helped him recover his energy at a steady rate.

Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua could do nothing but helplessly watch Xiao San fight it out alone.

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