Martial Soul World

In a world where Martial Souls are the means to power, a defective Martial Soul should have meant that fate had forsaken him. Elden refused to allow his defect to define him. Granted a potent Martial Soul without the means to use it, his path was cut from under him.  Or was it? An obscure bloodline might just be the salvation he needs. But, to obtain it requires him to go through a crucible that might leave even the most talented broken. .....  Cain had everything set out for him. He was the heir to House Talon. He was a genius in the ways of both a scholar and a warrior.  He had everything he needed to succeed in life, and yet he couldn’t get past the shadow of his ‘crippled’ cousin.  With envy in his heart and his mysteriously disappearing cultivation, he stands at the precipice of destiny.  He would either break, or be molded into weapon to be feared by all. .....  In a world constantly on edge, their journey shall pave a new age. The MCs will start out as relatively innocent kids, whom I intend to make jaded as they grow up. No Romance.