Chapter 1 : Two Monarch

In front of the branch hall of the Martial Soul Hall in the city of Nuoding, hundreds of children around the age of six gathered, waiting for their Martial Souls to awaken. Some of these children were dressed in luxury, born into nobility, while others wore inexpensive clothing, indicating less affluent backgrounds.

Despite their different backgrounds, each child's face was filled with excitement and anticipation, as this moment would determine their future.

However, fate always enjoys playing tricks, and not everyone had the qualifications to become soul masters. Most of them awakened as waste Martial Souls.

"I hope it's not a waste Martial Soul; I'm not Tang San myself." Cheng Xiao took a deep breath and, led by the steward of the Martial Soul Hall, entered the main hall.

Cheng Xiao was well aware of the rules of this continent; waste Martial Souls had no chance of turning things around. After watching "Douluo Continent" in his previous life, he had many criticisms, epitomizing the idea that "a person's fate is already predetermined."

What Yu Xiaogang said about "there are no waste Martial Souls, only waste soul masters" was simply nonsense. If there were no waste Martial Souls, wouldn't that mean he himself was worthless?

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was the Blue Silver Emperor, a twin martial soul. Did Yu Xiaogang prove that "even waste Martial Souls can become the strongest soul masters" with his talent not sound like a joke?

"Scythe, tool-type Martial Soul..."

"Burlap, tool-type Martial Soul..."

"Blue Silver Grass..."

"Rope, tool-type Martial Soul..."

"Gray Wolf, beast-type Martial Soul..."

In the cold voices of the stewards, the fate of each child was pronounced. Most of them had waste Martial Souls, and countless children walked out of the main hall weeping. The stewards did not offer any comfort; they had become numb to such occurrences over the years.

Finally, it was Cheng Xiao's turn. Facing the crossroads of fate, even though he had lived two lives, Cheng Xiao couldn't escape the nervousness.

Entering the center of the formation and manipulated by the steward, Cheng Xiao felt a certain power awakening within him. However, when he opened his hand, he found nothing in it. Instead, that mysterious power surged towards his eyes.

"Huh? A mutated Martial Soul? Interesting." The steward saw that Cheng Xiao's eyes had turned completely ink black and said with some surprise, "Measure the soul power."The steward was somewhat hopeful.

If Cheng Xiao had strong innate soul power, combined with a mutated Martial Soul, he might be selected to enter the Martial Soul City.

"First level..." But the next moment, the steward was disappointed.

First level innate soul power; even a high-level soul master would find it difficult. Too bad.

"Next one!" The steward directly called out the next one.

Cheng Xiao was pushed out of the formation by the excited children behind him, taking the place of Cheng Xiao in the center of the formation. While others thought he couldn't handle the setback, no one paid him any attention.

However, no one knew that, at this moment, Cheng Xiao's heart was like a stormy sea, difficult to calm.

In his consciousness, there were unexpectedly two Martial Souls!

Moreover, he was extremely familiar with these two Martial Souls; they were none other than the Shadow Monarch Ashborn and the Destruction Monarch Antares from "Solo Leveling"! However, his two Martial Souls seemed to have some issues. In his body, the two Martial Souls exhibited an extremely intense rejection. The mysterious shadows turned into a sphere, tightly sealing the berserk light dragon Martial Soul.

And that terrifying dragon, within the shadow space, frantically impacted, erupting a terrifying roar that shook the heart. Each roar created ripples in the shadow ball, astonishing Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao had no doubt that if he were to break the shadow's seal, the power of destruction could tear him apart directly.

This was not a power he could currently control!

Fortunately, the Shadow Monarch could subdue it, preventing Cheng Xiao from being backlashed by his own Martial Soul.

However, the conflict between the two great Martial Souls meant that he could only use a small part of the Shadow's power, to some extent, a malignant mutation of his Martial Soul. This also led to his insufficient innate soul power.

But if he could find a way to resolve the conflict between the two great Martial Souls and make his body strong enough to withstand the power of destruction, he could completely unleash the Shadow Monarch and the Destruction Monarch.

"The Shadow Monarch, it's actually the Shadow Monarch! In the future, can't I build a legion of shadows? The more joyfully Tang San fights, the larger his legion becomes." Thinking of this, Cheng Xiao lifted his head, walked out of the Martial Soul Hall with his head held high, and his excitement shimmering in his eyes.

Unaware of the mockery behind him, Cheng Xiao didn't care even if he knew.

"Do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and run 10 kilometers!"

On that day, Cheng Xiao set up a training plan for himself. Although he didn't have Sung Jin Woo's leveling system, but he was still strict with himself. Only by rigorously strengthening his body could he quickly liberate the twin Martial Souls.

Cheng Xiao was still a child, and this level of training was very challenging for him. In the end, he almost stumbled to the finish line, just managing to complete the training plan at sunset.

The next day, his whole body ached, and without a healing-type soul master, he found it challenging to persist in high-intensity training for an extended period.

"I still need to find a good academy." Cheng Xiao sighed.

"Fortunately, I'll be able to enroll in the Junior Soul Master Academy in a few days."

Dragging his aching body to stand up, Cheng Xiao once again began training other muscle groups...

A few days later, Cheng Xiao, gritting his teeth, took shaky steps to the Junior Soul Master Academy for enrollment.

Nuoding City only had one Junior Soul Master Academy, and Cheng Xiao couldn't attend academies in other cities, so he naturally had to enroll in Nuoding's Junior Soul Master Academy.

"What are you doing?" Upon arriving at the Soul Master Academy in Nuoding, even before entering, the gatekeeper noticed Cheng Xiao and frowned, reprimanding him.

"I'm here to enroll; here's my Martial Soul certificate." Cheng Xiao handed over the certificate.

"Mutated Martial Soul, Black Pupil? First-level soul power? Huh, you think you can become a soul master with this?" The gatekeeper took the certificate, sneered after reading it, couldn't help but mock silently.

But he also knew that the other person had paid to attend school and wasn't one of those hardworking work-study students.

Although he looked down on Cheng Xiao, he wouldn't do anything to stop him. After returning the certificate to Cheng Xiao, the gatekeeper impatiently waved his hand and said, "Go in."

Cheng Xiao glanced indifferently at the gatekeeper, not having any other thoughts. It was human nature to belittle and praise others; he wasn't Tang San, always seeking death.

Without making any grandiose promises like "crossing the river thirty years later," Cheng Xiao entered the academy, putting the certificate into his backpack as he walked.

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, a shadow blocked the sunlight, and a tall man appeared in front of Cheng Xiao.

Unable to dodge, Cheng Xiao collided with the man directly. Due to the intense training in the past few days, he couldn't resist and lost balance, sitting on the ground.

"Are you okay?" The tall man reached out his hand.

"Ah? Oh, I'm fine, thanks, teacher." Cheng Xiao grinned and used the man's help to stand up.

"Teacher? I'm not a teacher at the academy. A teacher has only one disciple. Only if you sincerely accept me as your master can you call me that." The man shook his head. "Others call me Grandmaster, you can call me Grandmaster too."

Cheng Xiao was taken aback. Was this person Yu Xiaogang? He looked completely different from the image in the anime and manga. Indeed, appearances in 3D simulations can be vastly different.

"You're here to enroll, right? Let me take you..." Yu Xiaogang picked up Cheng Xiao's certificate that had fallen on the ground, opened it, and after reading it, changed his words that were originally about to be spoken, "The registration office is over there; make sure you don't go the wrong way."

Saying that, he stuffed Cheng Xiao's certificate back into the backpack, dusted off the bag, and then calmly returned it to Cheng Xiao, without a hint of embarrassment.

Damn? Could it be done like this? Cheng Xiao was shocked. He clearly heard the words "let me take you." Shouldn't he have said, "I'll take you there"? Is that right?