In the God-Martial Continent, a world where martial arts are revered, there exists Yuen City, located in Zhongzhou. At the grand entrance of the city lord's residence, a crowd thronged and the atmosphere was lively and extraordinary.

Seated in a row on rattan chairs were the masters of the eight great clans of the city, their expressions solemn. Standing behind them on the viewing platform, the city lord respectfully accompanied a dozen martial artists of varying ages.

These artists were the elders from the assorted significant sects of Zhongzhou. They gathered here because today was Yuen City's annual 'Martial Soul Awakening Day'.

On this day, all the young men in Yuen City who met the qualifications could enter the 'Martial Soul Awakening Formation.' If these boys were talented and suitable for cultivating, their Martial Souls would be born under the activation of the formation.

Although Yuen City was low in the ranks amongst the other cities of Zhongzhou, it nonetheless held many talented young men ready to practice martial arts. Therefore, every year on this day, all the major sects of Zhongzhou would send representatives to watch the ceremony, hoping to recruit outstanding martial arts prodigies for their sects.

"The auspicious time has come, enter the formation!"

Following the loud announcement from the Master of Ceremonies, hundreds of young men stepped out from the crowd and under the hopeful gaze of their elders, entered the octagonal star formation built of war stones.

The expressions of the heads of the eight major clans became eager. Each of their clans was very large, and every year, many younger boys participated in the awakening of the Martial Soul. According to the rules set by the city lord himself, their performance directly affected the family's ranking during the year.

Contrary to the other seven clan masters, the expression of the clan head from the Feng's family, Feng Invincible, was a bit complicated.

This year, the Feng family had produced seventy-three outstanding young men. If all of them could cultivate their Martial Souls, the Feng family would inevitably become the top clan among the eight major clans of Yuen City. Furthermore, Feng Invincible would become the primary aide-de-camp to the city lord.

But right now, Feng Invincible could not find joy in this. His son, Feng Li, who had carelessly climbed onto the rooftop of a roadside building while waiting for the formation to open, had fallen and was still unconscious. It seemed highly likely that he would miss this year's Awakening Day.

"What's gotten into the boy today, he's usually so well behaved?"

Feng Invincible was very worried about his son's condition, but as the Awakening Ceremony was about to start, he could not leave his position.

The young lads sat cross-legged in the Star Array. The Mage responsible for activating the formation stood at the formation's focal point, waiting for the Master of Ceremonies to give the command.

Just then, an aged voice from outside the crowd arrived, "Wait a minute!"

The spectators stepped aside to make room, and Feng Wudi saw his family's old steward, Feng Jiu, come in at a quick pace, followed by a frail figure.

"Li has awakened?"

Feng Wudi rubbed his eyes, confirming he wasn't seeing things. His face couldn't help but burst with immense joy.

Feng Li slowly emerged from the crowd. He first fist-bumped the heavily panting Feng Jiu, then, under everyone's watchful eyes, stepped into the Octagonal Star Array.

A tall youth inside the array looked at the approaching Feng Li, and in a mocking tone said, "Oh, look who's awake. I thought you were a goner for sure!"

The young girl sitting next to him was amused to laughter. Seeing Feng Li look towards her, she couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Loser! Keep looking, and I'll take your eyeballs out!"

Feng Li turned a deaf ear to their sharp and derogatory words, sitting cross-legged on the ground and subconsciously questioning himself, "These two are the ones, right?"

A faint voice echoed in his consciousness, "Yes."

"Good, I'll take care of them for you!"

Perhaps the voice didn't understand the meaning of 'take care', so there was no further response.

This faint voice belonged to the original owner of this body, the real young master of the Feng family, Feng Li.

However, now, the one controlling this body is a young man named Li Feng.

He is a high school graduate. Just after finishing his graduation exams and before he could even learn his scores, he lost his precious life while saving a child from drowning.

Li Feng thought he would simply die, but whether it was his accumulated karma from good deeds, or he was just incredibly lucky, his soul miraculously traversed through the void. At the exact time that Feng Li's soul had nearly fled from shock after falling from the rooftop, with only a thread of life left, Li Feng ended up attaching to Li Feng's body under the push of the power of heaven and earth.

Feng Li's residual soul remained intact, from which Li Feng learned about the other party’s entire life. He found out that Feng Li’s unfortunate fall from the roof was completely the result of two youths’ plot.

In return for the other party sacrificing their body, Li Feng promised to help Feng Li teach those two a lesson.

Unexpectedly, before he could trouble them, the two emerged voluntarily.

"Hey kid, I'm talking to you! Are you deaf or what?”

The tall youth darkened his face, utterly displeased by Feng Li’s refusal to acknowledge him.

With a touch on his chest, the girl beside him said with a mocking tone, "Why are you bothered by a loser? He's not ignoring you, he's simply terrified by your aura!"

The corner of ‘Feng Li’s’ mouth curled up slightly, finally responding to the pair’s provocation: “Idiots!”

Enraged, the tall youth was about to get up, but the referee yelled out: “Start!”

As the formation mage injected power into the formation’s eye, the battle stones that composed the Starshine Formation emitted dazzling light. This light seemed to draw some unknown force into the formation, and the youths inside immediately felt an immense pressure.

They quickly churned the energy in their bodies to its peak, resisting this pressure while trying to connect with the unknown force.

Li Feng, who acquired Feng Li’s memories, was no exception. He fully operated the Feng family's martial art techniques, drew the battle power out from his dantian, and rushed it into his limbs and body.

After an unknown duration, accompanied by a soft noise, the raging battle power finally broke through its limit. While opening up all his pores, it also drew the mysterious force from the formation into his body.

This force gathered into a torrent within Li Feng's body, rushing straight to his sea of consciousness. Under the influence of this force, Li Feng's soul gradually solidified, and a vague shadow slowly formed in his sea of consciousness.

“Swoosh--”

A phoenix made of fire broke out from his body. Although it was just an illusion, its flaming red body and its eyes, overlooking all living beings, still elicited exclamations from the crowd.

Upon seeing this scenario, the tension in the heart of Feng Wudi, the patriarch of Feng family finally eased.

The speed at which his son's martial soul was born was only in the lower-middle range amongst all the youngsters, but his son had ultimately awakened the Feng family’s strongest martial soul. Compared to other youngsters, his son was undoubtedly the most dazzling!

"This kid's luck is unreal! Why couldn't I wake up the strongest martial soul of our family?"

A tall, young man looked at Feng Li with a face full of envy. The strongest martial soul of their clan is the King Bear, but his martial soul was unfortunately just a monkey, this resulted in great disparity in his heart.

The situation wasn't any better for a young girl, whose martial soul was a green snake, a level far below the Nine-Tailed Snake King, which was the ultimate martial soul representing her clan.

"There's no justice!"

"Ah, ah, ah, why? Why?"

Seeing the two shouting about the injustice of it all, Li Feng secretly scorned them.

"What's all the fuss about? There's something even more impressive that I haven’t shown you guys!"

Behind Feng Li, the image of a Phoenix emerged, but in fact, another giant creature was still hidden within him.

Featuring the horns of a deer, a camel-like head, rabbit-like eyes, snake-like neck, a belly like a shen, fish-like scales, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, and the ears of a cow, this beast, although lacked wings, its presence could stir up clouds and fog, creating an environment of turmoil in Feng Li’s consciousness.

No one on Shenwu Continent knew what this creature was, but as a descendant of Yan Huang, Li Feng recognized at a glance that the martial soul hidden within him was actually a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon!

Feng Li’s residual soul stimulated the Phoenix martial spirit, Li Feng's soul activated the Golden Dragon martial spirit, that is, he owned an unprecedented dual martial spirits on Shenwu Continent!