“Place it into the heart, and it can enhance the body’s recovery ability. Place it into the liver, and it can boost detoxification. Place it into the lungs, and it can ease the breath. Place it into the brain, and it can enhance comprehension. Place it into…”

　　When everything was done, William Carter’s body, which had been cut open, actually recovered without the slightest trace of injury.

　　At this moment, William Carter only felt an incomparably powerful energy within his body, and there was actually something pulsating in his dantian.

　　That thing resembled a transparent seed, floating in the center of his dantian. He could clearly feel a strong aura of life continuously emanating from it.

　　William Carter was familiar with that feeling. It was something he had only experienced when he possessed his first martial soul. “Soul seed! Could it be… could it be that I, William Carter, am really about to possess a second martial soul?”

　　Those faces that once fawned on him, but turned vicious after his martial soul was taken away.

　　Those figures who once tried to curry favor with him, but distanced themselves after his martial soul was taken.

　　Those voices that once flattered him, but turned to insults after his martial soul was taken.

　　They kept appearing before his eyes, kept echoing in his ears.

　　All of this, as if sharp blades, stabbed at his heart at every moment.

　　He was only thirteen years old now, yet fate had played a huge joke on him before he even reached this age.

　　That so-called genius named Henry Carter had taken away his divine martial soul, turning him from a prodigy into a good-for-nothing in everyone’s eyes!

　　His pride and sharpness had been worn away, but his fighting spirit remained unbroken. Instead, his mind had become even stronger!

　　He always firmly believed that he would once again possess a martial soul, once again become a genius in everyone’s eyes, and make those who looked down on him, insulted him, and distanced themselves from him regret it!

　　Perhaps I was once vulnerable, but! I will become invulnerable to all weapons and impervious to all methods!

　　He never expected this day to come so soon, to actually possess a martial soul once again!

　　He now had the support to rise again!

　　The joy of regaining what was lost, and the burning sensation brought by the fusion of the spiritual liquid and his body, made it feel as if he had endless power within him that needed to be released right now.

　　“Cough, cough.”

　　William Carter suddenly heard David Clark’s coughing, and only then remembered that David Clark had just cut open his body and placed the thousand-year spiritual liquid inside, surely consuming a great deal of his life-protecting spiritual energy.

　　He turned around and saw that David Clark indeed looked much older than before, and for some reason, his body was trembling.

　　“Mas…” William Carter was just about to speak when David Clark interrupted him, “I don’t have much time left. After I’m gone, you must help me with two things!”

　　William Carter silently nodded.

　　David Clark said in a hoarse voice, “First, although our sect was destroyed, as far as I know, the sect leader’s son managed to escape by luck.”

　　“If you find him, he can help you find the inheritance our sect left behind.”

　　“That will help you quickly gain the strength to contend with the Qingtian Sect. But if you can’t find him, then just let it go.”

　　“I originally wanted to teach you some of our sect’s techniques, but I’m afraid that if you use them, others might discover it and bring unnecessary trouble.”

　　William Carter nodded and said, “What’s the second thing?”

　　“The second thing…” David Clark stroked his chin and waved his hand at William Carter, “I don’t have much time left. Carry me to the riverside, and we’ll talk as we walk.”

　　William Carter nodded, then carried David Clark on his back and walked toward the river that David Clark had indicated.

　　When they reached the riverbank, David Clark finally said to William Carter, “A person lives only once, and always hopes to leave something behind in this world. The second thing I want you to do is, after I die, mold me into a statue in the earth, build a small temple, and enshrine me there. I have learned secret arts—perhaps with this, I might be able to come back to life…”

　　As he spoke, he pointed to a small, dilapidated hut not far from the river.

　　But just as he stretched out his hand, he suddenly saw something familiar appear on the horizon in the direction of the Qingtian Sect. It was none other than the Sky-reaching Azure Vine!

　　The higher it went, the more the clouds and mist swirled around it, making it impossible to see its end.

　　He strained his eyes, and in that instant, he saw the swirling clouds and mist suddenly blown apart by the wind, gradually dispersing, and strands of golden light slowly shining through the parted clouds.

　　As the golden light continued to spill out, he saw clearly that the source of the golden light was actually a monkey!

　　In that vast starry sky… there was a kind of monkey! A gigantic monkey! Even the sun and moon could be held in its palm!

　　It had golden fur, more dazzling than gold itself!

　　Entwined by the Sky-reaching Azure Vine, it struggled continuously.

　　With every struggle, the sky seemed to tremble as if it would collapse, and streams of blue lightning poured down toward the earth.

　　Its shrieks shook the heavens and the earth, and with every howl, the stars and moon in the vast sky trembled violently…

　　Its power could shatter the world, its roar could move the sun and moon!

　　Yet even so, it still could not break free from the entanglement of the Sky-reaching Azure Vine. The more fiercely it struggled, the tighter the vine bound it.