Douluo's Spiritual Pearl and Divine Sword

Qian Renxue stayed in Jun Tianlin's room until dusk, then reluctantly prepared to leave.

There was no way around it—the feeling of practicing alongside Jun Tianlin was simply too good and If her current persona weren't that of a wise prince then she would have kidnapped Jun Tianlin back in minutes.

"By the way Xiaotian, let's give our fusion power a name. What do you think?" Qian Renxue said suddenly.

It wasn't a bad idea to choose a name, like how Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong would later call theirs *Haodong Power*.

Jun Tianlin nodded "Okay, how about we use words from our names? My tian(sky) and your he(snow) How about calling it the Power of Tianhe?"

"No, it should be called the Power of Tianxue" Qian Renxue corrected with a smile. "Compared to river(he) I still prefer the word snow(xue)"

Qian Renxue smiled brightly, and no one would think it odd to hear this and after all "Xue" was the national surname of the heaven dou Empire, so it seemed perfectly normal for a prince to be proud of it.

But in truth, only she herself knew the real reason and it was from her surname xue given by her "kind father."

For the next month Jun Tianlin kept his promise and going to the East Palace every few days to practice with Qian Renxue using the Power of Tianxue.

After all,the results were too good to pass up and the cultivation efficiency increase from the Power of Tianxue was far stronger than that of the Holy Breath Barrier without a soul ring attached and For Jun Tianlin, who lacked time more than anything, this method was valuable.

Thanks to the *Power of Tianxue*, Tianlin achieved a breakthrough to level 20 in just over a month—a process he initially thought that would take 2-3 months. This made him ecstatic because it meant he could now hunt for his second soul ring.

When Tianlin arrived at the training ground where Yu Tianheng and the others often gathered and announced his breakthrough, everyone was shocked.

"At level 20 and just over seven years old? Are you cheating?"

Osler inspected Tianlin closely and poking his little face and raising his arm "Xiaotian, are you really human? You might be a soul beast in disguise! When I was seven, I was barely hovering around level 10. This is insane."

"Osler, soul beasts in disguise have beast martial spirits and don't you know my martial spirit is a sword? And If you keep poking me then don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword" Jun Tianlin warned and resisting the urge to lash out.

"Let me tell you, Xiaotian has wanted to kill you for more than a day or two" Ye Lingling remarked coolly. Her sharp tongue was as effective as her healing abilities.

"Xiaotian congratulations. It seems our agreement will be fulfilled soon then i'm looking forward to seeing you return with your second soul ring," Yu Tianheng said with a smile and patting Tianlin on the shoulder. He referred to the agreement between them—once Tianlin obtained his second soul ring and they would have a fair fight.

"This is great news! Competition breeds progress," Qin Ming and Zhou Yan chimed in. Now officially a couple and the two mentors were delighted.

Qin Ming had high hopes for these young talents and planning to train them intensively to shine in the upcoming Continent-wide Soul Master Elite Competition and this was his chance to make up for his lifelong regret of not competing himself.

"Xiaotian, do you need help hunting your second soul ring?" Zhou Yan offered. "My soul skills are perfect for hunting soul beasts and when you return with the soul ring then Qin Ming can arrange some training sessions for everyone."

Zhou Yan's martial spirit was a butterfly, but she was a control-type soul master. Jun Tianlin was curious about how she used such a fragile-seeming spirit effectively. Zhou Yan explained that her abilities relied on spreading various powders—poison, paralysis, sleep, and more.

Despite her offer Jun Tianlin shook his head "No, my master has strictly warned me not to hunt soul beasts at will and After reaching level 20, I must return to the seven treasure glazed tile clan. He will choose the soul beast for me."

Hearing this, Zhou Yan and Qin Ming didn't push further and it was natural for a Titled Douluo to take such precautions for a disciple as promising as Jun Tianlin.

The truth however, was that Chen Xin didn't want Jun Tianlin hunting with the heaven dou Royal Academy team and if Jun Tianlin couldn't use the Holy Breath Barrier to avoid exposing his twin martial spirits then he would be forced to hunt low-level soul beasts and wasting his potential.

Chen Xin insisted that Jun Tianlin's second soul ring must be at least 900 years old and even a difference of 200 years would significantly enhance elemental attributes and the power of the soul skill.

With farewells said Jun Tianlin began his journey back to the seven trasure glazed tile pagoda.

The trip wasn't far and with his soul master strength, he could reach glazed Mountain in half a day of running at full speed and After three hours Jun Tianlin arrived at the foot of the mountain but decided to stop by his home first to visit his parents.

Jun Tianhai and Mo Lan were overjoyed to see their son.

Mo Lan was simply thrilled to see him after so long, but Jun Tianhai was more serious "Tianlin, didn't you go to heaven dou Royal Academy to study? Why are you back so soon? Are you skipping school?"

"What nonsense! My son would never do such a thing!" Mo Lan scolded her husband, fiercely protective of Jun Tianlin.

"No, Father" Tianlin explained. "I've reached level 20, so I returned to ask my teacher to help me hunt my second soul ring."

Jun Tianhai froze shocked. He had spent his entire life barely reaching level 23 and now his son—just seven years old—had already reached level 20.

He sighed in regret and realizing that his time to assert fatherly authority was quickly running out.

Jun Tianlin however, refrained from further rattling his father and sparing him the truth that he could already surpass him in strength, martial spirit, and skill. Some things were better left unsaid.