Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 7: Deceiving others is one thing

The free Spirit Awakening was actually attempted by the two great empires for a period of time after the Spirit Hall was destroyed ten thousand years ago, but they gave up after a few years.

The reason is that it's a thankless task. Although Soul Masters can indeed play a greater role in war, the probability of an ordinary person awakening a being with innate Soul Power is pitifully low.

In the year Tang San awakened his martial soul in his previous life, he and Xiao Wu were the only two students from several villages around Notting City who enrolled as work-study students. Xiao Wu was a 100,000-year-old soul beast, while his father Tang Hao was a Title Douluo and his mother was a 100,000-year-old soul beast. In addition, with the Xuan Tian Gong, they were completely out of the category of commoners.

Among ordinary people, if even one out of twenty awakens innate soul power, that's already a cause for celebration.

Firstly, the proportion of people who can awaken innate soul power is too low. Without innate soul power, awakening a martial soul is a complete waste of time, and their combat power is almost no different from that of an ordinary person.

Secondly, even if one truly possesses innate soul power, their future achievements will be extremely limited.

Like martial souls, the talents of soul masters are inherited. Children born to two commoners without soul power will not have high innate soul power unless their martial souls mutate.

It is entirely foreseeable that people with such innate first or second-level soul power talent will only progress to the first or second ring in the future.

It should be noted that the Grandmaster from ten thousand years ago was the biological son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan's sect leader. As one of the three upper sects, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan, with its powerful sect influence, could not use its resources to elevate his cultivation from a half-level innate soul power to a Soul Venerable. In comparison, other ordinary people, without the support of a sect's resources, would probably achieve even less.

Even a level 29 master would struggle to defeat a hundred-year-old soul beast. In a real battle, they wouldn't be much better than a well-trained army. After all, soul masters have all sorts of martial souls, and their teamwork is not very effective.

An army of one hundred Soul Kings might be able to rival an army of several thousand, but an army of one hundred Great Soul Masters is nothing.

Thirdly, Soul Masters do not necessarily obey orders.

The two empires' free awakening of Soul Masters was naturally in preparation for war, but Soul Masters might not necessarily join the army. Getting them to fight for them would cost them much more than ordinary soldiers, further diminishing the benefits of free Soul Awakening.

Due to various factors, the two great empires will naturally no longer be able to awaken martial spirits for free in every village like the Spirit Hall did.

Of course, completely blocking the path to becoming a Soul Master might cause a backlash from ordinary people, so the paid awakening system was born.

By simply setting the price of this seemingly essential item at a level that most people would need to scrimp and save for a long time to afford, this backlash can be greatly mitigated, thus dividing the population.

Whenever someone raises objections, arguing that the cost of awakening a martial soul is too high, another group of people who have already paid to awaken it will jump out to criticize them. After all, they have already paid, so wouldn't they be at a disadvantage if the price were lowered?

The moment they compromised, their stance had already shifted.

In order to make it easier for nobles and royalty to control the Soul Master group, two methods of free awakening of Martial Souls were created: joining the nobility or the army.

Even so, a considerable number of ordinary people still do not awaken their martial souls. Among them are those like Tang San who are born into good families, or those whose parents have passed away and whose grandparents are bedridden. Such situations are not uncommon in some remote villages, where the burden of the family falls entirely on the children. Even if they do not have to pay any price, they cannot leave the village for several days to travel to the town to awaken their martial souls.

Of course, Tang San didn't care about any of this; he wasn't in a very good mood at the moment.

If it were his past life, he probably would never have imagined that he would be reborn again, and that even awakening his martial soul would be difficult.

Joining the nobility as a servant or joining the army is naturally impossible. The only remaining option is to pay for awakening. You can't rely on your father for this money, so you have to go outside and see if you can earn some yourself.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel irritated. The quality of this body was much worse than that of his previous life. Although it hadn't awakened, he could vaguely sense that its innate soul power was only around level one or two. It was already slow to start cultivating the Xuan Tian Gong at the age of six, and he also had to spare energy to make money.

Fortunately, after experiencing his previous life, his understanding of the Xuan Tian Gong has improved somewhat. Now that he lives in a big city, he can buy some herbs to help with his cultivation, which can speed things up considerably.

There are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters!

Just then, his teacher's teachings from ten thousand years ago came back to him, like a shot of adrenaline, and his fighting spirit was rekindled.

Even if he is reborn again, so what? Tang San will still reach the pinnacle of the world!

Although Huo Yuhao was the one who caused all of this, becoming a god again was the most important thing compared to taking revenge on Huo Yuhao. After all, even if he got revenge, without a godhood, his lifespan would only be a few hundred years at most, which was something he absolutely could not accept.

Even with this thought in mind, he currently has no clue how to become a god.

It's important to understand that the channels for ascending to the God Realm in the current Douluo Continent are now controlled by one's former self, making it impossible to become a god through normal means.

Should I reveal my identity to Tang San of the God Realm so that he will notice me and pass on his godhood to me?

The moment this idea popped into his head, Tang San rejected it. Just kidding. Although he appeared righteous on the surface, saying that managing the God Realm was too tiring and that he wanted to pass on his position, he was still very serious.

But you can fool others with this kind of thing, but you can't fool yourself.

He wouldn't give up even the position of the God of the Sea, let alone the position of the God of the Asura.

If Tang San in the God Realm knew that he was the future Tang San, the only thing he would do was try to kill himself in the mortal realm, and he would never allow another version of himself to exist.

He didn't know if he could return to his original timeline, but he figured the chances were slim, so he had to be prepared to stay in this timeline forever.

If he becomes a god, does he want to watch another version of himself being intimate with Xiao Wu?

impossible.

He would never share Xiao Wu with another person, even if that person was his former self. From the very beginning, he and Tang San from the God Realm were never on the same side.

In order to become a god and to win back Xiao Wu, he must kill Tang San of the God Realm in this timeline and take his place.

Thinking of this, he looked inward at his mental space and saw a golden trident floating quietly inside, which made him even more agitated.

Before his rebirth, during his battle with Huo Yuhao, his Asura God power was completely exhausted. He temporarily switched godhood with Xiao Wu, which resulted in him entering the spacetime turbulence as the Sea God. The Golden Trident was also reborn here along with his soul.

If only I had been reborn with the Asura Godhood, I might have possessed an even more powerful Asura Sword.

But what's done is done, and he can't complain. Even if he possesses a divine artifact, he wouldn't dare to use it lightly. If Tang San from the God Realm discovers that he also possesses a trident, the worst outcome would be that Tang San would realize his identity.

Even if he is restricted by the rules of the divine realm and cannot act openly, he will definitely use other methods. He must not use this artifact until he truly has the ability to protect himself.

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