Forsaken Martial Spirit: The Ascension of Roberto

time flies

Isabella's anger manifested in a resounding smack on the young lad's backside.

"Such shame." Roberto's embarrassed soul rolled on the ground.

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Time flew by, sixteen years later.

In the Canglong Empire, in the province of Dachuan, in Yun Village.

"Isabella, I'm back." A tall and handsome young man, dressed simply, returned to the village courtyard carrying a brown wild boar on his shoulders.

Inside the courtyard, a voluptuous beauty with alluring curves was bending over to arrange dishes on the wooden table: four dishes and a soup, a well-balanced meal.

With her perky buttocks and slender waist, she exuded a seductive charm.

Upon hearing his voice, the cool face of the beauty lit up with a radiant smile. "Roberto, go freshen up. We have a new dish today, see if it suits your taste."

Roberto's mouth twitched; no doubt, another round of food testing awaited him.

Formerly an empress, when would she have deigned to cook for others, let alone for someone worthy?

Do you know how I managed to survive these sixteen years?!!

Sitting at the table, gazing at the enchanting beauty before him, Roberto sighed inwardly. She had concealed seventy to eighty percent of her beauty, yet she remained so captivating. Truly deserving of being a calamitous nine-tailed celestial fox.

"What are you looking at, young man?" Isabella chided playfully.

"Aunt... you're so beautiful."

Isabella lifted her chopsticks and lightly tapped Roberto's forehead, her expression turning cold. "Tsk, how many times have I told you, when there are outsiders, call me aunt, but when there's no one around, call me wife."

"Aunt doesn't sound good," Roberto chuckled, unafraid of her cold demeanor. He knew his celestial fox wife was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

"Remember your status; you're my foster son." Isabella scolded sternly. "Others haven't had the chance to call me that yet."

"Anyone who dares to call me that, I'll beat them to death," Roberto snorted.

Isabella's lips curled up. "Such a domineering little man. You better work hard; otherwise, you won't be able to protect me in the future. Too many people want to steal your woman."

"I will become a soul master, the strongest in this world," Roberto's voice was calm, but there was determination in his eyes.

Sixteen years ago, Isabella thought it best to let the baby grow up in the human world, so she brought Roberto to this village, concealing most of his appearance.

But even so, there were countless young and old men in the village secretly infatuated with Isabella.

As for the openly infatuated ones?

Their legs had been broken.

What Isabella didn't expect was that Roberto's maturity would far exceed that of a normal human at such an early age. Not only did his appearance not deteriorate, but he also grew taller and more handsome with each passing day.

Such a foster son truly surprised her.

"Stop bragging and eat. Your wife only wishes for your safety and happiness." Isabella placed a piece of meat in his bowl as she spoke.

As Roberto ate, he pondered. Over the sixteen years, he had come to understand the continent of soul martial arts—a world where the weak were preyed upon and the strong were revered.

Only soul masters who awakened powerful martial souls could be considered on the path to greatness.

There were various types of martial souls, such as scythes, hammers, and lizards. However, most soul masters awakened beast martial souls, weapon martial souls, or plant martial souls, such as flames or meteorites, which belonged to special martial souls.

Before awakening a martial soul in the Soul Martial Continent, one had to undergo body refinement first, until the age of sixteen when the body fully developed, before undergoing the martial soul awakening ceremony.

"Tomorrow, the temple will come to the village to awaken your martial souls. What kind of martial soul do you think you'll awaken?" Isabella passed another dish to him.

Roberto shook his head. "Where can I guess? We'll find out tomorrow."

The system hadn't appeared in sixteen years. Isabella had taught him body refinement, and now he was at the peak. Single-handedly fighting a giant wild boar was something even a novice soul master couldn't do.

Even Isabella marveled at his extraordinary talent. She had never heard of anyone refining their body to such an extent before awakening their martial soul.

Roberto wasn't surprised. He remembered the system seemed to promise him the Pure Immortal Body and the strongest twin martial souls.

The Pure Immortal Body had been fulfilled; now it was time to see what the martial soul would be.

He was looking forward to it.

[Ding! The path of heaven is vigorous, the gentleman strives unremittingly.]

Sizzle—

It startled me.

The system, silent for sixteen years, suddenly feigned death...

[Ding! Host has practiced diligently day and night, achieving peak body refinement independently, triggering hidden special reward: Heaven Rewards Diligence!]