Time flies, and the years pass like a shuttle.
Three years have passed since the Sun Moon Empire unified the continent.
The entire continent, or rather, the territory of the Sun Moon Empire, presents a picture of prosperity and vitality. The unification of the continent and the popularization of the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance technology have caused a tremendous leap in the productive forces of human society. Various advanced technologies are flourishing, ushering in an unprecedented golden age.
The Sun Moon Temple and the Angel Temple, established in recent years, have also spread across the entire continent. Moreover, the Sun Moon Empire's overseas fleet recently occupied two other continents beyond the seas, officially incorporating them into the empire's territory.
However, these are two entirely new continents, and the Sun Moon Empire has no foundation there. Assimilating them will require a considerable amount of time. The Sun Moon Temple and Angel Temple are far from being able to establish their own systems as rapidly as they did in the empire's homeland.
With no shadows cast by war or rampaging evil soul masters, there is only peace and harmony. Today, the entire continent, whether in the cities or in remote mountain villages, is exceptionally lively. Because the annual Awakening Day has arrived.
The people of the Douluo Continent all possess something called a martial soul. A martial soul can be any animal, plant, or object. At the age of six, one can awaken their own martial soul through the martial soul awakening ceremony. The annual Awakening Day is the day for awakening martial souls.
This grand occasion can be traced back ten thousand years.
Although the former Spirit Hall, due to the ambition of its high-level members, ignited a war that nearly engulfed the entire continent, it cannot be denied that Spirit Hall's original intention of spreading branch halls across the continent and providing free martial soul awakenings for commoners was good.
It was only later, after Spirit Hall was overthrown and the aristocratic class once again seized absolute power, that this benefit enjoyed by commoners was naturally canceled.
This continued until the Sun Moon Temple and Angel Temple systems were perfected.
The spirit transmitters of the Sun Moon Temple are responsible for awakening the martial souls of children of appropriate age in the cities, while the deacons of the Angel Temple travel to the villages around the cities according to the tasks assigned to them.
This not only serves to divide the Sun Moon Temple and Angel Temple and maintain a balance of power, but also suppresses evil soul masters at the root.
The streets in front of the Sun Moon Temple headquarters in Mingdu were congested from early morning today. Everywhere, parents were bringing their children for martial soul awakening. The parents were filled with hope, while the children mostly felt apprehensive and uneasy, unconsciously gripping their parents' hands tightly.
Soul master families control their own methods of martial soul awakening. The vast majority of the children gathered here come from commoner backgrounds. If they could awaken a decent martial soul accompanied by innate soul power, they would be able to cultivate and become soul masters, the noble profession that has been passed down on the continent for a long time.
The appearance of a single soul master is enough to benefit the entire family. Therefore, even the most ordinary citizens hope that their children will manifest soul power when awakening their martial souls.
The Sun Moon Temple as a whole is a domed building in gold and silver tones. A towering sculpture of a golden sun and silver moon stands at the top, blocking out the sky. Golden sunlight pours down, blooming with brilliant and dazzling halos.
The spirit transmitters of the Sun Moon Temple each hold forms and are conducting the work in an orderly manner. They would read out several names from the forms in their hands each time, then instruct the parents to bring their children into the vast and grand main hall of the Sun Moon Temple.
Every first-time visitor to the main hall of the Sun Moon Temple would feel dazzled. The main color scheme of the hall is pale gold, and the floor, walls, and even the ceiling are engraved with dense, magnificent patterns.
Especially for the children who were about to awaken their martial souls, an indescribable feeling arose in their hearts. Staring at these patterns, it felt as if something within their bodies was being stirred.
The most shocking sight was the tall tower deep within the hall. The tower had an ancient and simple style, with seven floors on all four sides. It was pure white, spotless, and flawless, with a total height of over a hundred meters.
"The Eternal Tower!"
Some lively children directly shouted the origin of this tall tower, their faces full of joy and excitement.
Stories about the Eternal Tower had already spread widely across the continent. It was said that one of the wives of the Sun Moon Empire's Sovereign, the Time-Space God Xu Zihuang, Angel Douluo Ye Guyi, had received the favor of a powerful being from another plane during her childhood.
That otherworldly powerhouse had used the knowledge from his previous life to create the soul spirit fusion method, ushering the development of soul masters into a brand-new chapter.
Soul spirits could not only fully replace the function of soul rings but could also bring various other wonderful enhancements to soul masters. According to the policies of the Sun Moon Empire, as long as a child awakens a martial soul accompanied by innate soul power and successfully cultivates to the tenth level of soul power, the Sun Moon Temple will provide a free ten-year soul spirit. Of course, wealthy families could also spend money to purchase higher-level hundred-year soul spirits.
And all of this was because of the soul spirit fusion method created by that otherworldly powerhouse, Electrolux. Even Electrolux's own divine soul resides within the Eternal Tower. The Eternal Tower is open to the public; if one can gain Electrolux's recognition, they can enter the Eternal Tower to obtain their own opportunity.
The lead spirit transmitter said to the crowd with a gentle smile: "Parents, please wait here. Children, follow us to the awakening rooms."
Amid the encouragement and instructions of their parents, the children were led by the spirit transmitters of the Sun Moon Temple into the individual martial soul awakening rooms.
Before long, a chubby little boy walked out of the awakening room with joyful leaps. From his expression, it was obvious that he had awakened a martial soul accompanied by soul power, immediately drawing envious gazes from the many parents in the hall.
The only exception was the little boy's father.
The boy's father, his face flushed red, quickly walked forward, unable to hide his delight as he picked up the little boy in one hug and laughed heartily. Before leaving the Sun Moon Temple, he did not forget to pull the little boy along and bow reverently in the direction of the Eternal Tower.
However, those who awakened a martial soul accompanied by innate soul power were ultimately only a very small portion. The vast majority of parents left dejected and sighing. Those young and ignorant children experienced the cruelty of reality for the first time.
At the same time, on the top floor of the Eternal Tower, three figures stood silently.
Leading them was an elderly man with an aged face, wearing a luxurious black robe. On that black robe, however, shone golden runes. It was Electrolux.
Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi stood side by side behind Electrolux. Xu Zihuang stood tall and straight, and Ye Guyi was also tall and slender; the two had an indescribable sense of harmony in their temperaments.
In these three years, Xu Zihuang had traversed countless planes through the comprehension of his own abilities, retrieving all of Electrolux's divine sense fragments and reassembling them in the Douluo plane. Electrolux had basically recovered to his peak capabilities and, influenced by the rules of the Douluo plane, no longer needed to worry about his divine sense being forced to dissipate between heaven and earth as before.
In terms of strength, the current Electrolux was equivalent to a deity without a divine position.
A head of soft, smooth golden long hair draped over her fragrant shoulders. Ye Guyi held Xu Zihuang's hand and asked Electrolux softly, "Elder Yi, have all your memories returned?"
Although Electrolux had been in deep sleep all these years, Ye Guyi had always remembered the teaching grace of Elder Yi from back then. After Xu Zihuang achieved the position of a deity, he had Xu Zihuang help awaken Elder Yi and specially built this Eternal Tower.
"Yes, they have all returned."
Electrolux turned around and looked at Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi leaning against each other. His eyes showed a trace of absent-mindedness as he nodded, his expression filled with melancholy.
From those memories, he learned who he was and knew his past, how he, who had fallen into darkness and hatred, had repented. Looking at Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi before him, he could not help but recall the two people he had encountered back then.
"Once, I walked toward degeneracy and darkness and did many wrong things. But what's done is done. Now, I only hope that the knowledge I gained throughout my life can benefit this plane, which can also count as atonement for my past sins."
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