Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect—Yu Tianlin

Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou Empire, Northwest Province, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect's clan grounds.

At the center of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect's clan grounds stood the sect's Council Hall, and not far to the left of the Council Hall was the Junior Soul Master Academy run within the sect.

All members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, whether direct descendants or branch members, had to enroll in this academy once they turned three, learning basic knowledge about soul masters to lay a solid foundation for their future lives as soul masters.

At this moment, our protagonist, Yu Tianlin, who was about to turn six, was sitting obediently in the classroom, listening carefully to the teacher lecturing from the podium.

Soon, class ended. Yu Tianlin silently closed his book, packed up his things, and prepared to go home.

Just as Yu Tianlin walked out of the school gates, a figure came up to him.

Glancing at the newcomer, Yu Tianlin spoke directly. "Xiao Qing, what are you here for this time?"

The newcomer was named Yu Tianqing, Yu Tianlin's younger cousin.

"Brother Lin, I don't want this either." A wry smile appeared on Yu Tianqing's small face. "My grandpa lost the competition for the sect master position to your grandpa. He said he accepted it, but he didn't believe his own son would fall short too. In the end, my dad couldn't beat your dad either, so he could only place his hopes on the next generation again. Now, no matter how hard Brother Tianxin works, he's always just a tiny bit behind Cousin Tianheng, so all the pressure in the family is on me now."

"My dad is counting on me to be stronger than you now, so I can win back some pride for the family."

Hearing Yu Tianqing's words, Yu Tianlin felt a little speechless too.

His grandfather, Yu Yuanzhen, was the sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, a Rank 96 Titled Douluo. Yu Tianqing's grandfather, Yu Luomian—Liu Erlong's biological father in the original work—was a Rank 89 Soul Douluo and had never been able to break through to Level Ninety. He probably would not break through in this lifetime.

His father was a Level Seventy-Eight Soul Sage, and in a few more years he would be able to challenge the bottleneck to Level Eighty Soul Douluo. As for Yu Tianqing's father, he had only obtained a soul ring recently and reached Rank 71. The gap between the two was still very large.

As for their older brothers, Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin had always been similar in strength, but his own older brother, Yu Tianheng, was one year younger than Yu Tianxin while being at the same level, which showed that his brother was still somewhat stronger.

So Yu Yuanzhen's line had always been stronger than Yu Luomian's line. Of course, saying that meant excluding Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Luomian's son was at least stronger than Yu Xiaogang, which undoubtedly let him breathe a sigh of relief. But after learning that his illegitimate daughter had gotten involved with Yu Xiaogang, Yu Luomian's heart was probably extremely baffled too.

Yu Tianqing said, "Brother Lin, tomorrow is your sixth birthday, right? You can already awaken your martial soul."

Yu Tianlin smiled. "You're only one month younger than me. In another month, you'll be able to awaken your martial soul too."

That was right. Sect disciples like Yu Tianlin all awakened their martial souls on the very day of their sixth birthday, without any delay.

Ordinary commoners could only wait for Spirit Hall's scheduled awakening every year. So when they awakened their martial souls, they might already be six and a half, or even almost seven.

For example, Tang San was said to be six years old when he awakened his martial soul, but he should actually have already been six and a half.

At low levels, cultivation speed was relatively fast, so not even a single day could be wasted, let alone half a year. For someone with good aptitude, half a year was enough to rise two levels.

The gap between sect soul masters and commoner soul masters was widened through these tiny details, bit by bit.

Yu Tianqing showed a troubled expression. "That's exactly what I'm worried about. Right now, we're only in the Sect Academy, and my cultural grades are just a little worse than yours, but my dad's expression already looks that awful. After the two of us awaken our martial souls, if I'm much worse than you, then I'll be done for."

Yu Tianlin patted Yu Tianqing on the shoulder and fed him some motivational soup. "Relax, relax. Strength is something you only need to compare with yourself. As long as you make sure you're always improving, then one day you'll surpass everyone."

Yu Tianqing nodded hard. "Mm, Brother Lin, I'll work hard!"

"All right, each of us goes home and finds our own mom. As for my martial soul awakening ceremony tomorrow, you can come watch too."

Yu Tianlin no longer chatted with Yu Tianqing. He directly strode off toward his home.

"Little Lin, you're back."

After Yu Tianlin stepped through the door, a woman's voice rang out.

"Mm, the academy let out early." Yu Tianlin turned to look at the woman and asked, "Mom, when are we eating tonight?"

That was right. The woman was Yu Tianlin's mother, named Yu Rou. She had once been a branch member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect. After she and Yu Tianlin's father fell in love with each other, they married and gave birth to Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianlin.

A faint smile appeared on Yu Rou's face as she said, "Your father and grandfather are handling sect affairs, so I'm afraid they'll be back a little late. Go rest in your room first. I'll call you when dinner is ready."

"Okay."

Yu Tianlin did not say anything more. He went straight back to his room, closed the door behind him, tossed his schoolbag aside, and collapsed onto the bed.

"It's been almost six years already."

Yu Tianlin stared blankly at the ceiling, recalling the six years he had lived.

Yu Tianlin had complicated feelings about transmigration.

During Yu Tianlin's previous life, when he was taking the college entrance exam, the guy sitting in front of him must have lost his mind somehow. Just as the exam was about to end, he actually tore up Yu Tianlin's answer sheet.

Although afterward, the invigilator allowed Yu Tianlin to copy his answers onto a new answer sheet, the incident still left a shadow in Yu Tianlin's heart. It directly caused him to perform abnormally in the following exams, and in the end, he mercilessly failed to get in.

After receiving that result, Yu Tianlin spent every day in a daze. Finally, while crossing the road one day, his mind wandered, and he unfortunately died in a car accident.

After transmigrating, Yu Tianlin spent a year learning the language of this world. Only then did he understand that he had transmigrated to Douluo Continent, and he also determined the timeline.

About a month after he was born, the Clear Sky Sect's prodigy, Tang Hao, fought a great battle against three Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall, including the pope. In the end, Tang Hao's whereabouts became unknown, and the Clear Sky Sect sealed itself off because of it.

Because this matter had been far too sensational, even after a year had passed, people within the sect were still discussing it. So after Yu Tianlin learned the language of Douluo Continent, he naturally came to know of it.

"Looking at it that way, I should be one month older than Tang San."

Thinking of this, Yu Tianlin could not help feeling a little worried.

At his current age, by the time Spirit Hall launched the Spirit Hunting Operation, there was no way he would reach Level Seventy.

However, among the people Spirit Hall sent to wipe out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, there were several Titled Douluo alone. Strength at Level Seventy would be completely useless.

He would see when the time came. He could reveal this information to his grandfather some time before Spirit Hall's Spirit Hunting Operation, so they could make ample preparations. Maybe they would even be able to hold out.

Mm, he also needed to urge his older brother Yu Tianheng to hook up with Dugu Yan earlier. That way, through this relationship, he could pull Dugu Bo over to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect as a guest during that period.

With Poison Douluo's group-killing ability, all the invading soul masters below Soul Sage level would have to die. Then they could concentrate the entire sect's strength to surround and kill the remaining Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo.

Bet you didn't expect it—the protagonist's parents are both alive.