Countless martial souls, the supreme divine path—let me ask just one thing: is it possible to be invincible?

Vines reach the heavens, the sky itself becomes a prison, divine liquid of ten thousand years forges prodigies—let me ask just one thing: is it possible to be invincible?

If there is no way to become invincible in this world, then become the invincible one! ——William Carter

Here you will find the most passionate stories, the hardest bones, the most unyielding spines, and the most moving friendships!

A story belonging to Gao Lou Da Sha, a legend born for passion and friendship.

Chapter 1: The Strongest Soul

"Crash!"

The thunderous sound of water, rising mist—a waterfall like a giant dragon surged down from a thousand-foot cliff, the torrent pounding against William Carter's thin body as if it were a heavy mountain, pressing him so hard he could barely breathe.

Yet William Carter still clenched his teeth, stubbornly enduring beneath the waterfall.

Because William Carter knew that to reclaim what he had lost, he would have to pay ten or a hundred times more effort and sweat than others.

What William Carter had lost was his own martial soul.

Anyone who possesses a martial soul is a favored child of heaven and earth; among millions, there might not be even one, and William Carter was, without a doubt, the luckiest among these lucky ones.

He possessed the supreme martial soul! One of the top ten kingly martial souls of his era!

Just the aura released by the martial soul could make countless martial artists submit and bow down.

In the millions of years of history on the Hanwu Continent, there have only ever been a handful of people who truly possessed the supreme martial soul, and every one of them walked their own legendary path.

Originally, William Carter could have been just like them, becoming a true legend of the Hanwu Continent.

However, a year ago...

Every year, the younger generation of the Zheng family would hold a grand competition. The winner would earn the chance to enter the Xuanming Sect, gain access to advanced martial arts, and become a disciple of a great sect.

Last year was even more remarkable. Before the competition, news came from the Xuanming Sect that the first place winner of the Zheng family's competition that year would very likely become an inner disciple.

After this news spread, the entire Zheng family was shaken. Everyone believed that this inner disciple spot was reserved especially for William Carter.

Because William Carter possessed a supreme martial soul, something rarely seen in a thousand years.

No one expected that this inner disciple spot would bring William Carter the greatest humiliation of his life...

Before the competition, Edward Carter, whose chances of winning were second only to William Carter, quietly went to the ancestral land and told the number one genius there, Henry Carter, about William Carter's supreme martial soul.

Henry Carter rushed over overnight, suppressed the entire Zheng family by himself, and with extremely cruel methods, forcibly took away William Carter's supreme martial soul.

A genius fell to the dust.

The once hopeful William Carter of the Zheng family became, from then on, a good-for-nothing in everyone's eyes.

When Edward Carter entered the Xuanming Sect, the smug look on his face was like a whip, driving William Carter to work even harder.

"What I have lost, I will definitely take back!"

William Carter clenched his teeth tightly, fighting against the rushing water.

"Eight breaths, nine breaths, ten breaths..."

William Carter knew that every extra breath he could endure under the waterfall meant he was stronger than yesterday. When he finally counted to the twelfth breath, the raging torrent could no longer be resisted, and William Carter was knocked flying by the water, soaring more than ten meters before crashing heavily onto the surface of the lake...

"Twelve breaths already..." William Carter wiped the water from his face. He looked a bit bedraggled, but his eyes were brighter than ever.

In just one month, from eight breaths to twelve breaths—one day, he would reclaim what he had lost...

"Yo, isn't this our great genius? What, sneaking out to play in the water again?"

"You guys think, if the great genius keeps playing like this every day, will he end up playing himself to death?"

"Don't say that, the great genius won't be happy if he hears you!"

"Oh, I'm so scared, hahahaha..."

A few Zheng family youths passing by saw William Carter's sorry state and laughed harder than ever. For these ordinary boys, seeing the family genius they once could only look up to fall to a level even lower than themselves was something to be happy about.

But as a genius fallen to the dust, William Carter had long since grown used to the fickleness of human nature over the past year. The mockery of a few boys was not enough to bother him. He simply wiped the water from his hair and was about to turn and leave.

"Yo, you useless trash, ignoring us—do you look down on us?"

However, just as William Carter turned to leave, a youth in white with a sharp mouth and monkey-like cheeks suddenly blocked his way.

William Carter remembered, this person was Samuel Carter. Because he had once pursued Grace Turner, he had often caused trouble for William Carter over the past year.

"Excuse me, let me through."