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 and turned to look at the beast that was dead beyond death, a pale yellow Spirit 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 staggered over on trembling legs, sat cross-legged before the spirit beast's corpse, and began absorbing its Spirit Ring.

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

The young man was named Tian Mucheng. In his previous life, he had been an orphan without parents and afflicted with a terminal illness. Before he died, he was directly hit by a truck and sent to Douluo Continent.

He became a baby. Fortunately, he was taken in by a kind old man.

At first, he thought this point in Douluo's timeline was before Tang San became a god. But according to the old man, Tang San had already become a god ten thousand years ago. That was when he understood which era he was in.

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

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

That was freaking awesome.

He had thought he would have some kind of cheat like a system, but 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 been able to undergo his martial soul awakening.

Back then, he had eagerly hoped to awaken some ridiculously powerful martial soul. In the end, he awakened a Dragon Soul, the soul of a dragon with no physical form.

The old man and I fell silent the moment we saw that martial soul. The old man said he had never expected me to awaken a martial soul that had never been recorded anywhere on Douluo Continent.

Back then, the old man searched everywhere for information to help me, but found nothing. In the end, he tested my Soul Power and discovered that I had level-seven Soul Power. That was at least a blessing amid misfortune.

When the old man saw that I had Soul Power, he decided to push me to cultivate. Once I reached level ten, he planned to take me to Hunt Spirit Ring.

But an accident came knocking, cruelly and mercilessly. After the old man handed me a box, he was brutally killed by those people. At the time, I had no way of knowing who had done it. Even the home I lived in was gone.

In this life, I had finally gotten a home and a family member, yet in the blink of an eye, it was all gone... After a while, Tian Mucheng slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at the one-hundred-and-twenty-year Yellow Spirit 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 given my body quite a substantial boost. Otherwise, this body would still be in terrible shape.

Tian Mucheng scanned his surroundings. Seeing no other dangerous creatures, he immediately hoisted the spirit beast's corpse onto his back and hurried away. As for the other tests, he would wait until he got back. 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, planning to take it out to sell for money the next morning.

He sat on the bed, gasping for breath as he sensed the changes in his body. Helplessly, he said, "It was still too much of a strain. This body is just too frail. I really don't know which bastard cursed me when I was born. I've been sickly and weak since childhood."

A high fever at one, a high fever at two, a high fever at three, a high fever at four. By the time I awakened my martial soul at six, the fevers had stopped, but my body only grew weaker and weaker, as if a single bump could kill me.

I was practically the king of high fevers! The king of frailty!

Now that he had obtained his first Spirit Ring, his body finally had a chance to improve. That was why he had gone all out.

He had gone alone to hunt a spirit beast. A step back was a blade, and a step forward was a blade, so he might as well gamble!

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

"My body has improved, but carrying a spirit beast back alone was still too much."

Tian Mucheng glanced at the Golden Armored Ape on the ground, estimated his heart rate, and began examining his First Spirit Ability.

A translucent white Dragon Soul appeared in Tian Mucheng's palm. The instant the Yellow Spirit Ring rose, the translucent white Dragon Soul was instantly covered in gold.

Rip—

A sudden, violent pain tore through his brain, as though an invisible giant hand were ripping it apart.

"It hurts so much!" Tian Mucheng clutched his agonizing head. After a minute passed, he could no longer endure it. His vision went dark, and he fainted.

At that moment, the unconscious Dragon Soul wrapped itself around Tian Mucheng's body.

When Tian Mucheng woke up again, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. The scene before him resembled a starry sky—or perhaps a sea 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 not expected to open his by accident.

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

Tian Mucheng moved closer in confusion. His martial soul would not harm him, would it?

But in the end, he had misplaced his trust.

The white Dragon Soul seemed to have found its anchor and flew directly into Tian Mucheng's body. Terrifying Spiritual Power began affecting his nerves. He clutched his head with both hands and knelt there, the excruciating pain in his nerves leaving him unable even to scream.

What sin had he committed? His transmigration had been like this, and now this was happening too.

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 very moment, he finally understood what his cheat was. It was creating clones to seize destiny and feed it back into his body. Otherwise, his body would kill him sooner or later.

In order 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 destiny, his clones could either make a name for themselves or join factions and seize the reputations of major powers. For example, joining Sea God Pavilion and becoming its master also counted as seizing destiny.

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

Tian Mucheng stared at the golden Dragon Soul and muttered, "Gold Element?"

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

He slowly sat up, his expression turning solemn as he fell into serious thought. The clone would obey the original body's commands without condition, but the choice of personality trait was crucial. One wrong choice, and the clone's personality flaw could cause unforeseen problems.

After a long while, Tian Mucheng chose arrogance as its origin. He already knew where the Gold Element would be suited: the Sun Moon Empire!

There were countless geniuses from the Soul Tool Department there, but pitifully few soul master geniuses, and all of them were the sort who grew stronger by taking pills. A Gold Element clone going there would receive preferential treatment while also learning 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 with 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. He began imbuing the golden Dragon Soul with the personality of arrogance.

An hour passed. Tian Mucheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I finally succeeded!"

A golden-haired man stood before him. His features bore some resemblance to Tian Mucheng's, yet there were many differences. Perhaps because of the arrogant personality, the clone had undergone a tremendous change!

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

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