Dragon Soul

Star Dou Great Forest, outer region

A bedraggled young man slowly climbed to his feet. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then looked back at the beast that was dead beyond doubt, a pale yellow soul ring floating above it. At last, a smile appeared on his face.

"There are countless gamblers in this world. Beast, I outplayed you by a little!" With that, the young man dragged his trembling legs over to the soul beast's corpse, sat down cross-legged, and began absorbing the soul ring.

This was already the safest place. If he did not absorb the soul ring now, it would probably disappear.

The young man was named Tian Mucheng. In his previous life, he had been an orphan with no parents and a terminal illness. Before he died, he was hit by a truck and sent straight to Douluo Continent.

He became a baby, and fortunately, his luck was good enough that a kind old man took him in.

At first, he thought he had arrived during the period before Tang San became a god. But according to the old man, Tang San had already been a god for ten thousand years. That was when he understood exactly what era he was in.

The era of Peerless Tang Sect—the time when Tang San was looking for a dog—no, a son-in-law.

The protagonist of this era was the famous Huo Yuhao, loaded with cheat abilities and even trained into a dog by Sea God Tang San!

He was damn incredible.

He had thought he would receive some kind of cheat, like a system. Yet even when he awakened at the age of six, no system appeared. If not for the old man at home, he probably would not even have had the chance to awaken his martial soul.

Back then, he had eagerly hoped to awaken some overpowered martial soul. In the end, he awakened a dragon soul—a dragon's soul without any physical form.

The old man and he had both fallen silent the instant they saw that martial soul. The old man said he had never imagined Tian Mucheng would awaken a martial soul that had never been recorded anywhere on Douluo Continent.

To help him, the old man searched everywhere for information, but found nothing. In the end, they tested his Soul Power and discovered that he possessed level-seven Soul Power. That was at least a blessing amid misfortune.

Seeing that he had Soul Power, the old man decided to urge him to cultivate. Once he reached level ten, he planned to take him hunting for a soul ring.

But misfortune came knocking unexpectedly. After giving him a box, the old man was brutally murdered by those people. At the time, Tian Mucheng had no way of knowing who had done it. Even the home they lived in was gone.

In this life, he had finally gained a home and a family member, only for everything to vanish in the blink of an eye... After a while, Tian Mucheng slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at the one-hundred-and-twenty-year yellow soul ring rising beneath his feet, he let out a breath of relief and thought to himself, Although its age is a little low, its compatibility has greatly strengthened my body. Otherwise, this body of mine would still be in terrible shape.

Tian Mucheng looked around. Seeing no other dangerous creatures, he immediately hoisted the soul beast's corpse onto his back and hurried away. As for further testing, he could wait until he returned. The Star Dou Great Forest was simply too dangerous.

Before the sun set, Tian Mucheng finally returned home. He placed the Golden Armored Ape on the ground, intending to take it out tomorrow morning to exchange for money.

He sat on the bed, gasping as he felt out the changes in his body. Helplessly, he said, "It was still too much of a strain. This body is simply too frail. I really don't know which bastard cursed me when I was born. I've been sickly ever since I was little."

A high fever at one, another at two, another at three, and another at four. By the time he awakened his martial soul at six, the fevers had stopped, but his body had only grown weaker and weaker, as though a single collision might kill him.

He was practically the King of Fevers! The King of Frailty!

Now that he had obtained his first soul ring, his body might finally improve. That was why he had gone all out.

He had hunted a soul beast alone. Taking a step back meant death, and taking a step forward meant death, so he might as well gamble!

In the end, the goddess of luck had still stood on his side and given him a chance to live.

"My body has improved, but carrying a soul beast back by myself was still too much."

Tian Mucheng glanced at the Golden Armored Ape on the floor, silently estimated his condition, and began examining his first soul skill.

A translucent white dragon soul appeared in Tian Mucheng's palm. The moment the yellow soul ring rose, the translucent white dragon soul was instantly covered in gold.

Rip—

An intense pain suddenly exploded in his brain, as if an invisible giant hand were tearing it apart.

"It hurts!" Tian Mucheng clutched his agonized head. A minute passed, and he could no longer endure it. His vision went black, and he fainted.

The unconscious dragon soul wrapped itself around Tian Mucheng's body at that moment.

When Tian Mucheng woke again, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. The scene before him resembled a starry sky—or perhaps an ocean of stars!

"The Sea of Consciousness?"

Tian Mucheng quickly recognized where he was. If he was not mistaken, this was the legendary Sea of Consciousness. He remembered that Huo Yuhao had only opened his Sea of Consciousness with the help of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He had never expected to open one by accident.

Boom... The Sea of Consciousness trembled, and two dragon souls flew out—one white and one gold—appearing before him.

Tian Mucheng approached them in confusion. His own martial soul would not harm him, would it?

But he had placed his trust in the wrong thing.

The white dragon soul seemed to have found its core and flew directly into Tian Mucheng's body. Terrifying Spiritual Power began affecting his nerves. He clutched his head with both hands and dropped to his knees. The excruciating pain in his nerves left him unable even to scream.

What sin had he committed? He had suffered like this when he transmigrated, and now he was suffering again.

A moment later, Tian Mucheng lay there like a dead dog. "Huff... huff..." He panted heavily, staring blankly at the gold-and-white dragon soul above his head as though he had been reborn.

At this moment, he finally understood what his cheat was: creating clones to seize fortune, which would then nourish his body. Otherwise, sooner or later, his body would kill him.

To avoid being rejected by this world's plane, his physical body had been weakened several times over, leaving him in this sickly state.

As for how to seize fortune, it meant having his clones establish their own fame or join factions and seize the fame of major powers. For example, joining Sea God Pavilion and becoming its master would also count as seizing fortune.

Shrek, Star Luo, Sea God Pavilion, Holy Spirit Cult, Sun Moon Empire, Body Sect—these were all places where he could seek fortune.

Tian Mucheng stared at the golden dragon soul and could not help muttering, "Gold Element?"

"To create a clone, I must select one trait from my own personality: arrogance, wrath, lust, cowardice..."

He slowly sat up, his expression turning solemn as he fell into serious thought. The clone would obey the original body's orders without condition, but the choice of personality trait was crucial. One careless mistake, and the clone's personality flaws might cause unexpected problems.

After a long time, Tian Mucheng chose the origin of arrogance. He already knew where the Gold Element was best suited: the Sun Moon Empire!

There were countless Soul Tool Department geniuses there, while soul master geniuses were pitifully scarce—and all of them relied on drugs to grow stronger. Sending a Gold Element clone there would not only earn him preferential treatment, but also allow him to learn Soul Tool Technology. It was killing two birds with one stone.

Xiao Hongchen's Three-legged Golden Toad martial soul was of the Gold Element. A clone possessing the same Gold Element could not possibly lose to Xiao Hongchen by much.

He could never have imagined that this decision would bring him an enormous surprise in the future!

The moment Tian Mucheng made his decision, he began acting. The golden dragon soul was part of the white dragon soul, and also part of his body. The arrogant personality trait began to be bestowed upon the golden dragon soul.

An hour later, Tian Mucheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally sighed in relief. "It worked at last!"

A golden-haired man stood before him. His features somewhat resembled Tian Mucheng's, yet differed in many ways. Perhaps because of the arrogant personality, the clone had undergone tremendous changes!

"Your name will be Jin Tianming, and your martial soul will be called the Radiant Gold Ancient Dragon!"

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