Martial Spirits

"Master!"

Lin Duano's words abruptly stopped as a student raised his hand, seemingly wanting to ask a question.

"What is it? Next time, don't interrupt someone's conversation, especially if it's Brother Rylan who's teaching. If you do this kind of thing, you're finished!" Master Lin Duano warned.

Although Duano wasn't pleased with the student who interrupted him, he didn't show any sign of anger or annoyance towards the student. He just reminded them not to make a habit of interrupting people, especially when it's Master Rylan Dragon who's teaching. It was certain that the student would face a reprimand and might even be expelled from the Dragon Earth Tower.

"Sorry, Master! I just wanted to ask," the student who interrupted earlier apologized.

"What do you want to ask?" Master Duano furrowed his brow.

"If someone loses their martial spirit, will they die?"

"Hmmm... a good question. In essence, a martial spirit is different from the spirit inside your body. If you lose your martial spirit, you won't necessarily die. However, you won't be able to cultivate or use any martial arts techniques anymore. You'll just be a handicapped person in the cultivator world, like a regular person with no power at all," explained Master Duano.

Almost all the students nodded, listening attentively to Master Duano.s explanation. Although the question came from a student named Caspian Wolfs, all the students present there carefully listened to Master Lin Duano's explanation. Especially since Caspian Wolfs's question was on the minds of most of the new students at the Dragon Earth Academy's Dragon Earth Tower.

"Okay, let me continue!"

Then, Master Lin Duano explained the procedures for using martial spirits to enhance attacks and also how to make the martial spirit leave the cultivator's body. He clarified that this technique was indeed very dangerous but could increase the power of attacks by up to ten times. So, if facing a single opponent, this technique was very effective in defeating someone two to four levels above.

After explaining to the students, Master Duano instructed them to try it. Among all the students, only Julius couldn't use his martial spirit to strengthen his attacks. This was mainly because Julius didn't possess a martial spirit. As the reincarnation of the God Emperor, it was impossible for him to have a martial spirit like an ordinary human.

"What's your name? Why can't you use the martial spirit purification technique? According to the information I received, you have a soul purity level of nine. You should be the most talented in cultivation improvement and martial spirit control," Master Lin Duano said, seemingly not understanding Julius's situation.

Tiberius Li Julius, as the God of Light, truly didn't understand the martial spirit mentioned by the Masters at the Dragon Tower Academy. As someone who previously had cultivation and power control techniques, he never studied anything about martial spirits. That's why Julius, who replaced the original Tiberius Li Julius's body, didn't possess a martial spirit.

"My name is Li Julius, Master! I also don't understand, Master! I don't know why I can't use the technique you taught. Maybe I'm just not talented in martial spirit control. I'll learn and ask the seniors who understand this at the Dragon Earth Tower later," Julius replied, not knowing what answer to give so that the Master could accept his situation.

"You don't need to ask your seniors in the tower. I will personally teach you right here. However, you won't rest for seven days and seven nights to awaken your martial spirit. Can you handle that?" Master Lin Duano asked, truly intending to teach Julius.

Without any hesitation, Julius nodded, expressing his readiness to the Master. He indeed wanted to learn from the Master what martial spirits meant because, until now, he had no idea about the theory behind martial spirits. Initially, he thought martial spirits were the life force inside his body.

After today's lesson concluded, all the students returned to the Tower, their place of residence. Only Julius remained in the training dimension, as agreed upon with Master Lin Duano. He would stay there for seven days and seven nights to learn the control of martial spirits.

"From what I've found after examining your body, it seems you indeed don't have a martial spirit. However, what confuses me is that even though you don't possess one, you can cultivate, and now you're in the realm of heavenly martial spirits. I don't know with what cultivation power it adheres to your body because traditionally, cultivation power is only present in the martial spirits of cultivators," Master Lin explained to Julius after assessing his condition.

Julius put on an ignorant expression, pretending not to understand his situation. However, Julius knew very well that he was different from the others in that place. Tiberius Li Julius, the God of Light, still didn't know which world he was in. Due to the limited power in his weak body, he couldn't sense the divine strength of the gods, which he could usually feel.

At one point, Julius concluded that he was currently in another universe. He thought he was thrown into a universe beyond his reach as the highest god. The God of Heaven, who was Tiberius Li Julius's father, had once told him that the universe was divided into three. At that time, they were in the first universe controlled by the gods in the Crystal God Land.

"Well then, learn from this book for now. It contains lessons on how a cultivator forms their martial spirit from non-existence to existence. This book consists of cultivation techniques derived from the contemplation of the god who created cultivation in the universe. Once you've successfully learned it, you can join our training again. For now, stay here until your martial spirit can awaken," Master Lin Duano said.