Starting as a Second-Generation Hun—Hun Xiu

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Hun Realm.

Atop a mountain peak.

A child of about four sat cross-legged atop the peak, his eyes tightly shut and his hands forming seals. With every breath, terrifying Dou Qi spread through the air.

Several hours later.

"Phew..."

The child stopped forming seals and slowly exhaled a long breath of stale air. His tightly shut eyes gradually opened as well.

They were particularly lively eyes. One could tell from them that this child was far more mature than other children his age.

The child's features were quite handsome. It was easy to imagine that, years from now, he would definitely become a strikingly handsome man.

A "scumbag" who would bring disaster upon countless young girls.

Sensing his own strength, the child could not help murmuring with slight delight, "I actually broke through to the fourth stage of Dou Qi."

This was the Dou Qi Continent.

There was no flashy, dazzling magic here. There was only Dou Qi, cultivated to its very peak! Dou Qi, Dou Zhe, Dou Shi, Da Dou Shi, Dou Ling, Dou Wang, Dou Huang, Dou Zong, Dou Zun, Dou Sheng, Dou Emperor.

And this four-year-old child was not originally from this world.

His name was Hun Xiu. He had been in this Dou Qi Continent for four years. When he learned that he had arrived in the Dou Qi Continent—

and had even been born into the Hun Clan, as one of Soul Emperor's sons—

Hun Xiu felt that he needed to cultivate diligently. If he did not, he might become nothing but a pile of bones in a few years.

Thus, ever since he could remember, Hun Xiu had come to this mountain peak every day to cultivate. By now, he had been cultivating for a year.

Children his age in the Hun Clan were all still weaning, doing nothing but playing, eating, and drinking.

After all, as members of the Hun Clan, they possessed something as heaven-defying as the Dou Emperor Bloodline. There was no need for them to begin cultivating so early.

Once they turned seven and activated their Dou Emperor Bloodline, cultivation would come as easily as turning over one's hand.

But Hun Xiu, who had transmigrated here, did not care about any of that. Knowing the Hun Clan's future, he knew that every second counted.

The Hun Clan might seem infinitely glorious now, but once they offended the protagonist—

the Hun Clan would gradually decline, until it was ultimately exterminated.

Whenever he thought of the Hun Clan's future, Hun Xiu could not help drawing in a sharp breath and shuddering.

He could not understand why heaven had played such a joke on him. He had been reborn—or rather, transmigrated.

Other people who transmigrated would get systems, cheats, and things like that.

But Hun Xiu had none of them. As a transmigrator, he had nothing.

Systems and cheats had nothing to do with him.

If he had to say what he did have, then it was a good father—Soul Emperor.

And a Dou Emperor Bloodline that had yet to be activated.

Other than that, he had nothing.

He had started with nothing but a good father, and everything else would depend on himself.

Though he could rely on his father, Hun Xiu did not forget that even relying on one's father required capital of one's own.

The Dou Qi Continent was a place where the weak were prey to the strong, and the Hun Clan was no exception.

If you lacked sufficient talent for cultivation, that good father of his would not spare you a glance.

For an ambitious figure like Soul Emperor, breaking through to the Dou Emperor realm was what truly mattered.

As for everything else? There were only those who could be used and those who could not.

In the original work, Soul Emperor had not even spared the Hun Clan's people in his pursuit of becoming a Dou Emperor. That alone showed just how ruthless he was.

He had thought that becoming a Dou Emperor would make him invincible in the world, allowing him to unify the entire continent.

But then Xiao Yan appeared, shattering his beautiful dream completely.

He was even sealed away by Xiao Yan, while the vast Hun Clan vanished into the river of history.

They became a massive stepping stone on Xiao Yan's path to becoming the Flame Emperor.

Now that Hun Xiu had come to this Dou Qi Continent, the Hun Clan's future would be rewritten by him.

Not only would he rewrite the Hun Clan's future, he would also comfort Xiao Yan's beautiful confidantes! Of course, to fulfill these two wishes, strength was indispensable.

On the Dou Qi Continent, Dou Qi reigned supreme, and the strong were honored. This was the continent's highest law, an eternal truth.

Sensing the increase in his cultivation, Hun Xiu was greatly delighted. At his current cultivation speed, he would likely be able to condense a Dou Vortex and become a Dou Zhe before turning seven.

Becoming a Dou Zhe was the first step toward becoming a powerhouse of the continent. Only after becoming a Dou Zhe could one cultivate techniques and Dou Skills, gaining the foundation needed to establish oneself in this Dou Qi Continent.

How could Hun Xiu not be delighted at that thought?

"I'll come again tomorrow!" Hun Xiu rose from the ground and took small steps away from the mountain peak.

Yet he was secretly considering what excuse he should use tomorrow to leave those little brats behind and come here alone to cultivate.

After Hun Xiu left, two men appeared atop the mountain peak where he had just been sitting cross-legged.

One wore black robes. His aura was fully concealed, and he was exceptionally handsome, with eyes as black as ink. If one looked closely, one would see flames constantly dancing within those black eyes.

The other wore white robes and was likewise remarkably handsome. He even bore some resemblance to Hun Xiu.

They were Nihility Devouring Flame and Soul Emperor.

Soul Emperor looked in the direction Hun Xiu had left and murmured, "That boy Xiu'er has been different from other children since he was young."

Nihility Devouring Flame agreed, "Yes. Other children his age only know how to play, yet he has already begun cultivating. Without activating his Dou Emperor Bloodline, he actually reached the fourth stage of Dou Qi within a year. To be honest, such talent is indeed terrifying."

Black Flame flickered within Nihility Devouring Flame's eyes, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Soul Emperor nodded slightly. "Indeed, that level of cultivation talent is quite good."

"But isn't such cultivation talent everywhere in the Hun Clan? So long as one activates the Dou Emperor Bloodline, diligent cultivation will bring strength eventually."

"What I value is his diligence and hard work."

Nihility Devouring Flame smiled. "Soul Emperor, if diligence and hard work were useful, then what would talent be for?"

"No..."

Soul Emperor shook his head, disagreeing with Nihility Devouring Flame. "Talent is important, but effort and diligence are important too."

I only hope Xiu'er will not disappoint me in the future, Soul Emperor thought.

To be honest, Soul Emperor saw the shadow of his younger self in Hun Xiu. Back then, he had been just like Hun Xiu.

While everyone else was playing, he was cultivating. He had also begun cultivating at the age of three.

Back then, he was not favored by his father, so he swore, "I will quietly rise above the rest, then astonish everyone."

Later, he finally accomplished it.

He became one of the five peak experts of the continent, leading the Hun Clan step by step toward its current prosperity.

After so many years, he had finally seen the shadow of his younger self in one of his descendants.

He believed that one day, Hun Xiu would astonish everyone—astonish him and astonish the continent—just as he once had.

Quietly rise above the rest, then astonish everyone.