Chapter 1 Canglan Academy, Demigod Realm, Heavenly Curtain Descends!
In a secluded, picturesque valley on the Douluo Continent, lies Canglan Academy, a mysterious academy not mentioned in any records of the continent.
At this moment, on the academy's training ground, soul power surges and energy radiates.
Lin Yuan, dressed in white, stands calmly in the center of the field, his gentle demeanor radiating confidence.
Around him, sword energy swirls, forming an invisible barrier.
A ghostly figure appears behind him—Zhu Zhuqing.
Her claws, whistling through the air, aim for Lin Yuan's back.
However, the claws are stopped an inch from Lin Yuan's back, firmly held back by an invisible sword energy.
Then, a thin line formed from emerald green snake venom, like a living venomous snake, silently coils around Lin Yuan's ankle.
Simultaneously, a noticeable spatial fluctuation flashes, and Xiao Wu's figure appears out of thin air to Lin Yuan's left, her legs twisting like scissors towards his neck!
High in the sky, a gigantic phantom of an ice phoenix appeared behind Shui Bing'er, its biting cold almost freezing the entire valley. A beam of light containing the ultimate power of ice descended from the sky!
At the very back, Ning Rongrong held the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and several beams of light instantly fell.
On their bodies, battle armor that had only appeared 20,000 years later appeared!
In addition, Ning Rongrong's hands held two soul-guided hand cannons!
However, facing this attack from all directions, Lin Yuan didn't even use his martial soul.
He simply extended his right hand, forming a sword finger, and in an instant, thousands of sword energies burst forth from his body.
All the attacks vanished like smoke.
"Sigh," Ning Rongrong pouted, the first to deflate, "Teacher, you're still so strong. We thought that wearing battle armor and soul-guided devices this time would at least force you to use your martial soul."
Xiao Wu, looking equally troubled, landed from the air: "Don't even mention you guys. When the academy first opened, I was the only student. So many years have passed, and I still don't know what Teacher's true martial soul is."
"I only know he has a very special eye martial soul and a mysterious sword martial soul."
Zhu Zhuqing pursed her lips, looking at Lin Yuan with eyes full of resentment and admiration: "Teacher, I will strive to become stronger!"
Lin Yuan looked at the several vibrant young women before him and smiled with satisfaction: "No need to rush. The oldest among you is only about eighteen years old. Your future is promising."
Dugu Yan retorted somewhat indignantly: "But Teacher, you're also very young. You're only twenty-five this year, aren't you?"
"Yes, yes," Ning Rongrong immediately chimed in curiously, "Teacher, you feel so much stronger than my Sword Grandpa! Sword Grandpa is ninety years old and only level ninety-six now, but you feel a hundred times stronger than him!"
Lin Yuan chuckled, his figure becoming increasingly ethereal: "Alright, go cultivate on your own. Follow me, and it won't be long before you become as strong as me."
Before he finished speaking, he had vanished from the spot.
"Hey, Teacher, why are you slacking off again!" Ning Rongrong stomped her feet in frustration.
Every time they tried to get something out of Lin Yuan, he would immediately disappear, a tactic that never failed. She had been brought here before by this trick; her Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa hadn't even had time to react before she was gone.
On the other side of the valley, Lin Yuan appeared in a small pavilion, leisurely reclining on a deck chair, looking quite relaxed.
Just now, having received feedback from his disciples about their improved cultivation, he had finally broken through.
Level ninety-nine, the demigod realm!
He sighed inwardly; this speed was still a bit slow. He'd obtained the system, yet it had taken him a full six years to break through from Soul Douluo to Demigod.
Listen to that?
A Demigod at twenty-five? How could anyone else compete?
Keep in mind, what level were Tang San and Bibi Dong, who also possessed twin martial souls, at nineteen?
Six years ago, on Lin Yuan's nineteenth birthday, he officially broke through to level eighty Soul Douluo, and it was then that he bound himself to a system called "Become Stronger by Taking on Disciples."
As the name suggests, the stronger and more talented the disciples he takes in, the more benefits he will receive, and the faster his strength will improve.
The best way to take in disciples is naturally to open an academy.
He'll gather all the talented people he knows, perhaps those with special martial souls, to work for him!
That's right!
You read that right!
He'll gather them!
He doesn't want to play the game of Jiang Taigong fishing, waiting for willing participants to take the bait, or sincerely beg others to become his disciples.
His newly opened Canglan Academy has nothing; who would want to become his disciple, a complete stranger?
Just because he broke through to the Soul Douluo level at nineteen?
That's possible, but Lin Yuan thinks it's too slow.
So Lin Yuan directly chose a relatively quiet valley as the location for the academy.
And his first disciple is naturally Xiao Wu.
Before she even entered Notting Academy, she intercepted and brought her here.
Xiao Wu thought she was about to be hunted down as soon as she left the Star Dou realm, but when she heard that Lin Yuan only wanted her to become his disciple, she was dumbfounded.
To survive, she could only outwardly comply, secretly plotting her escape later.
In her mind, taking her as a disciple was a pretense; her true intention was to fatten her up for her ninth spirit ring.
She was terrified.
But gradually, she discovered that Lin Yuan wasn't interested in her spirit ring, and after becoming his disciple, he diligently taught her, even giving her treasures, which led to the evolution of her martial spirit (bloodline)!
Subsequently, Lin Yuan successively "invited" Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and other talented individuals to this secluded valley.
With the power of his martial spirit, those titled Douluo were too late to discover his disappearance.
This approach had a villainous feel to it.
But what was wrong with Lin Yuan?
He simply wanted to quietly ascend to godhood, not wanting to get involved in the continent's struggles or have any connection with other forces.
And Ning Rongrong and the others initially unwilling.
But soon, they were won over!
Their spirit tools and matching battle armor were all given to them by him.
Under his tutelage, their strength naturally underwent a dramatic transformation compared to the original story.
Furthermore, he had already bypassed Dugu Bo and directly intercepted the immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
This was all thanks to the unique nature of his martial soul.
However, at this moment, without warning, the entire sky of the Douluo Continent was completely enveloped by an extremely dazzling golden light!
A vast and boundless sky stretched across the Douluo Continent, visible from anywhere!
On the sky, three large characters gradually emerged:
[Martial Soul Ranking]
(End of Chapter)