Yejia Village is one of the three most famous villages in Baiyun Town.

As the sun rose, a chill from the early morning still lingered in the air. However, the diligent residents of Yejia Village had already risen and begun their work. Even children as young as six or seven were urged by their parents to start their morning exercise.

In the open field east of the village, a large group of children of various sizes were lined up in ten neat rows under the shouts of three burly men in leather loincloths. There were over a hundred people in total.

The morning warmth fell on these children's faces, radiating with innocent expressions and youthful vigor.

To become a powerful martial artist, one must cultivate diligently from a young age. Those who are lazy are incapable of becoming martial artists, and even if they somehow manage to, they will not achieve great success.

A middle-aged man walked past three burly men in leather, and came before the children. He kept his hands behind his back, his sharp eyes swept over the group of children, and he said coldly.

This is Ye Jiacun Hunting Team's captain and the enlightenment guide for the children in the village—Ye Feng.

“You are all ordinary rural people, it’s impossible for you to have countless precious elixirs and medicinal herbs to nurture you like the wealthy children in the city. If you want to be a powerful warrior, if you want to stand out, the only way is to train hard and forge ahead. Have you heard?”

Ye Feng's icy gaze swept over this group of children, scaring them so much that they jumped and immediately shouted in unison, "Understood!"

"Very good, let's begin training!" Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction and handed the remaining training tasks to the three sturdy men beside him. As the captain of the Yejia Village hunting team, he had to lead the hunters into the mountains every day to hunt ferocious beasts and store food for the winter.

"Train these little bastards hard, don't let them slack off!" Ye Feng said to the three burly men.

"Captain, don't worry, we understand!" the three burly men said in unison.

Ye Feng nodded, just about to leave, but suddenly frowned. The three burly men, suspicious, turned their heads to follow his gaze.

Only a man in tiger skin could be seen walking slowly towards the village from afar. In the warm sunshine, he seemed full of vigor and life. However, his eyes were empty and lifeless, looking very dejected.

"It's Ye Tian!" The three strong men had complex expressions, sighing and lamenting with a mix of resignation.

"Alright, time to train!" Ye Feng closed his eyes, let out a sigh, and strode away.

"Look! It's Ye Tiange, the first genius in our village. They say he reached the peak of the tenth level of martial arts at fifteen years old."

"Genius? You don't know yet, this genius went to the village head yesterday to start his Martial Soul Awakening, and was found to be a useless waste with no Martial Soul."

"No spirit? Then wouldn't Ye Tian ge be unable to become a martial artist for his entire life?"

The children also saw the dilapidated old man walking towards them. They all craned their necks and whispered to each other, buzzing with chatter.

"What are you all doing? Get to exercising, or do you have nothing better to do? Listen up, everyone! You're all going to run ten laps around the village!" three big men roared.

The children stuck out their tongues at him and then ran away, shouting and running around the village.

We are the good children of Yèjiacun!

"We train hard, we strive diligently, we are to be mighty warriors..."

The children ran and sang, adding a unique kind of joy to this quaint little village.

The dilapidated year raised its head, glanced this way, then quickly retracted it. Its eyes remained vacant and lifeless.

"A warrior? Hehe, even if I tried my hardest, what difference would it make? Without a Martial Soul, I'll never become a warrior!" He muttered to himself, dragging his weary body toward the outskirts of the village.

"Little Tian, there are many ferocious beasts in the mountains. Don't stray too far from the village." An aunt who was washing clothes by the river saw Ye Tian leave the village and kindly reminded him.

Ye Tian didn't answer, and continued walking forward.

"This child..." The aunt sighed upon seeing this, and then shook her head to herself. "Such a good boy... If it weren't for the lack of a Martial Spirit, he could have been the strongest warrior in our village. Perhaps he could even have led us out of this poor, isolated village."

Yes, a martial soul. In the Shenzhou continent, only those who possess a martial soul can become powerful warriors, survive in this harsh world of strength where the strong prey on the weak, and gain respect and status from others.

……

Not far from Liyé Village is a waterfall, where Yétiān often meditates in quiet contemplation. As the village's first genius, he has always been taciturn and reserved, focusing on his rigorous training. However, he also enjoys playing with other children of his age in the village.

This waterfall is Ye Tian's only confidant.

"Martial Soul!"

"Why don't I have a Martial Soul?"

"God, if you brought me into this world, why have you made me a cripple?"

……

Each question echoed in the air as Ye Tian lay on the ground, listening to the roar of the waterfall. Memories of the past fifteen years flitted through his mind, one by one.

No one knows that hidden within this fifteen-year-old's body is a soul over thirty.

Actually, Ye Tian was not a native of this world. Or rather, his past life wasn't from this world. His previous life belonged to a special forces soldier from China in the 21st century Earth.

In his past life, Ye Tian lost both his eyes while on a mission, shielding his comrades' retreat. He became a cripple for it.

As a special forces soldier, Ye Tian possessed a strong will. However, as a powerful individual, he couldn't bear the reality of being reduced to a cripple. Therefore, he chose death.

However, fate played a cruel joke on him. When he regained consciousness, he found himself transported to the Divine State Continent, where he was reborn as another Ye Tian.

As he grew older, Ye Tian gradually gained a somewhat hazy understanding of the world from his parents' neighbors.

The mainland of Shenzhou is vast and boundless, and that's how it is for the Ye family village.

On this magical continent, there is no Earth's proud technology, nor the qi and magic of Hollywood fantasy films, nor the cultivators of ancient Eastern mythology.

Here only warriors, strong warriors!

Warriors are the mainstream of this continent. Here, only by being a warrior can you have everything, wealth, fame, status, etc., all will be in your grasp.

However, to be a warrior, one must possess a Martial Soul.

The Martial Soul is the essence of a warrior. In the history of the Shenzhou Continent, only seven types of Martial Souls have ever appeared. The Martial Souls possessed by warriors on the continent are all one of these seven types.

These seven spirit souls are distinguished by colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Therefore, these seven spirit souls are also called Red Spirit Soul, Orange Spirit Soul, Yellow Spirit Soul...

Among these seven types of martial souls, the red one is the worst, and the purple one is the strongest.

For a martial artist, their Martial Soul is everything, it's their talent. The higher the level of the Martial Soul, the stronger the talent, the faster the cultivation speed, and the greater the chance of becoming strong.

Among the billions of people in the divine continent, the vast majority possess a Martial Soul and can become warriors. However, some individuals lack a Martial Soul and are called waste, unable to become warriors.

And Ye Tian, is just such a person.

In Yejia Village, children are trained rigorously from a young age. They must exercise and hone their skills because only the strong can inherit powerful martial spirits, and only those with powerful martial spirits can become powerful warriors.

Before the title of warrior was bestowed, all cultivators were called martial apprentices. Martial apprentices had ten levels, training and refining themselves in preparation for awakening their martial souls.

At the pinnacle of the tenth level of martial arts, cultivators can freely choose to awaken their Martial Souls, guided by a tenth-level warrior. The awakened Martial Soul draws in heaven and earth spiritual energy, transforming them into true warriors.

Of course, if you don't have a Martial Soul, it is impossible to attract heaven and earth spiritual energy, let alone be a martial artist.

Ye Tian possessed a soul from his past life. Besides being weak, he had the indomitable will of a special forces soldier from his previous life, along with various training methods and wisdom that surpassed those of his peers. This allowed him to display talents dozens of times greater than other children his age. At the young age of fifteen, he had already reached the peak of the tenth level of martial arts, becoming the first genius in Yejiacun.

You should know that the human quality on the Shenzhou continent is generally strong, perhaps because of the abundant spiritual energy here. Humans living on this continent can generally live to around 150 years old.

And at just fifteen years old, Ye Tian was merely a child. Most people in Yejia Village reached their Martial Soul awakening around the age of twenty-five.

From this, it can be seen how talented Ye Tian is. He was the first genius whom the elders of the village placed their hopes in.

If nothing unexpected happens, after Ye Tian awakens his Martial Soul, with his extraordinary intelligence and strong will, even if he cannot become a peerless powerhouse, it should still be possible for him to surpass the village head and lead the villagers out of this poor and remote place.

However, all of this is under the condition of possessing a martial soul. Without a martial soul, everything is meaningless.

And just yesterday, Ye Tian, who had finally reached the peak of the tenth level of martial arts, went to the village chief with excitement to receive his Martial Soul awakening. As a result, there was no fluctuation of heaven and earth's spiritual energy, and the village chief sighed sadly, announcing that Ye Tian did not have a Martial Soul.

Suddenly, Ye Tian felt as if the sky was collapsing. He was almost on the verge of collapse. If it hadn't been for his strong will supporting him, he might have chosen death like he did in his past life.

"Oh!"

"Ah!"

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Heart filled with pain, Ye Tian stood on the giant rock, roaring towards the waterfall in front of him, as if roaring out his anger and unwillingness.

Suddenly, a slight rustling sound came. Ye Tian was alert and instantly leaped down, hiding behind a giant rock at incredible speed.

After all, he had once been a special forces soldier. That peak-level vigilance was still there, coupled with his years of training, he wasn't much worse than in his past life, and even stronger.

You need to know, the quality of people in this world is generally stronger than that of Earth people in the previous life. Although Ye Tian doesn't have a martial soul and cannot be a warrior, his current strength is far stronger than in his past life.

Therefore, Ye Tian is not actually a weakling.

But ever since Ye Tian saw the village chief single-handedly obliterate a powerful beast during the annual festival, he was determined to become a martial artist.

On the vast Chinese mainland, legends speak of powerful warriors who can pluck stars from the sky and hold the moon in their hands. They can overturn rivers and seas, and even walk on air, much like the immortals of myth.

I ask, how could Ye Tian remain unmoved?

Unfortunately, he doesn't have a Martial Soul!