Hey, Isn't This That Legendary What's-His-Name?

Shi Yueyi took out a map from a confiscated Soul Tool and checked her bearings.

It was not a complete map of the continent, only the northern portion of the Heaven Dou Empire.

She did not know why she had traveled back ten thousand years, nor could she clearly remember what had happened before she crossed over.

In her previous life, she had reached the highest level of cultivation attainable by Soul Masters of that era. She had also been a killer, an assassin-type Soul Master.

Well, she was here now.

Being from ten thousand years in the future, she recalled the information she knew about this era. As for the so-called Spirit Hall, its headquarters was supposedly a city of sin that had ultimately been overthrown under the Sea God's leadership.

Later generations had extraordinarily little recorded information about Spirit Hall. Over and over, there was only one description— a fallen city of sin.

That was all.

Mm, the sinners of that city of sin helped ordinary people awaken their martial souls for free.

Thinking it over carefully, there really seemed to be no historical evidence proving that Spirit Hall had committed any truly heinous acts.

Even Spirit Hall's predecessor, the church, had led human Soul Masters in carving out a place to survive under the crushing pressure of Soul Beasts.

Other than how they had eventually started a war in an attempt to unify the continent.

But judging by the outcome, Spirit Hall was gone, yet the war remained—and had never stopped.

From what she had seen, many people at the bottom of society still lived in misery. Even while carrying out missions in her previous life, she had seen soldiers in the military who—did not have martial souls.

Mm, slaves ten thousand years ago definitely had martial souls. Soldiers ten thousand years later might not.

Still deep in thought, she arrived before a city gate.

"Traveler from afar, welcome to Ice City. However, for the sake of your frail body and lovely face, I sincerely suggest that you put on a few more layers."

The guard standing by the gate spoke with complete sincerity.

The corner of Shi Yueyi's mouth twitched imperceptibly. She had already changed into a thick coat she had confiscated.

In her previous life, she had possessed a soul bone from a Sea Soul Beast in the icy sea north of the Sun Moon Empire, so she had been highly resistant to low temperatures.

This time around, she had eaten quite a lot of ice-element Soul Beast meat in the Frozen Forest. After obtaining her External Soul Bone, her physique had changed as well.

But in life, why rely on strength when acting could do the job?

Thus, seeing Shi Yueyi's terrified, helpless eyes and her trembling legs, the guard could only take her for some noble young lady. He repeatedly comforted her before leading her into the city.

"Sigh, I heard the Crown Prince has recently been making rounds through the empire's north... Putting on an act is really tiring."

After Shi Yueyi entered the city, the guard could not help curling his lip.

After entering Ice City, Shi Yueyi first went to a clothing store to buy several thick coats, taking the opportunity to ask around for information.

Although this new body was only seven years old, she was already nearly one and a half meters tall.

Even among Soul Masters her "age," she would be considered tall, so no one found her suspicious.

She looked like a teenage girl.

Afterward, she changed into new clothes and headed toward the Spirit Hall Branch in the city.

"I've heard all along the way that Spirit Hall really does help people awaken their martial souls for free."

Thinking this, Shi Yueyi arrived at the entrance to the Spirit Hall Branch.

"Hello." Shi Yueyi greeted the guard at the entrance. "May I ask whether martial souls can still be awakened now?"

"Awaken a martial soul?" The guard gave Shi Yueyi an odd look. "Little girl, how old are you this year?"

Shi Yueyi answered, "Seven."

Then she recalled what she had heard before: every year, Spirit Hall sent personnel to awaken the martial souls of commoners' children, even traveling to remote mountain villages.

"It's because I happened to be away on the previous Awakening Day." She added, "So, may I ask if it's still possible?"

The guard smiled kindly. "Of course. You're a little late, but it's not much trouble. Little girl, go on in. Just find the Awakening Room."

"Thank you." Shi Yueyi replied politely, then walked inside.

However, just as she found the Awakening Room at the deepest part of the branch hall, she suddenly sensed a wave of killing intent!

It was not coming from inside Spirit Hall, but from outside!

She immediately turned around and looked out through a nearby window at the sky.

At that moment, dark-red ripples appeared in the evening sky, and within those ripples, a figure seemed to be hidden!

"This is—"

Shi Yueyi's pupils suddenly contracted. She could not be mistaken. This was the instinct of an assassin: before making an appearance... no, before even appearing, one would use something to intimidate the intended target. Usually, that meant a prearranged trap or some aspect of the surrounding environment.

But that was merely the usual approach. If someone could bring overwhelming killing intent with them the instant they appeared, then any additional setup would be nothing but gilding the lily!

As an assassin from ten thousand years in the future, she had naturally studied such things. At this very moment, the dark-red demonic patterns in the sky and the transparent shockwaves blasting apart the surrounding clouds perfectly matched an ability she knew of.

This was an ability nearly every assassin ten thousand years later dreamed of possessing: Divine Slaughter's Domain!

Shi Yueyi was not the only one to notice the newcomer. The other Spirit Hall staff had noticed him as well.

The transparent shockwave suddenly poured downward, enveloping the entire Spirit Hall Branch. An invisible pressure descended, crushing the low-level Soul Master staff to the ground and leaving them unable to move!

"Who goes there?! How dare you cause trouble at a Spirit Hall Branch!"

An angry roar rang out from inside the branch, followed by a bishop in red robes rushing out. Red-robed bishops generally possessed cultivation above Rank 70.

"Cause trouble?"

A wind from nowhere lifted the figure's face. It was a deathly pale face, perhaps covered by something like a mask. Yet Shi Yueyi could tell at a glance that he was using a disguise resembling facial alteration, because the corners of that mask were tilted upward!

Nine soul rings descended in sequence: two yellow, two purple, four black...

And one red!

A 100,000-Year Soul Ring!

At the same time, the man held an enormous hammer in his right hand, its head as large as a water vat.

"Clear Sky Hammer! You're from the Clear Sky Sect!"

The red-robed bishop's expression changed at once.

Even someone from ten thousand years later like Shi Yueyi knew about the conflict between the Qian Family's Spirit Hall and the Tang Family's Clear Sky Sect!

"Haha! Clear Sky Sect! Haha!" The figure seemed to be laughing wildly. Then the massive hammer in his hand rapidly expanded in the wind, instantly turning into a colossal hammer a hundred meters long before smashing down toward the Spirit Hall Branch enveloped by his Divine Slaughter's Domain.

"I came today to take back what belongs to me!" Tang Hao roared furiously.

As the gigantic hammer descended, not only was the Spirit Hall Branch caught in the attack, but many ordinary people in this street district were affected as well.

"A Titled Douluo is killing people!"

"Run!"

But it was useless. Before absolute power, even a red-robed bishop who was a Soul Sage could not escape disaster.

A massive gale of Soul Power swept over them. Although Shi Yueyi was in the deepest part of Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao's hammer had only struck the front half of the building, even the residual shockwave sent her flying.

Shi Yueyi felt excruciating pain course through her body, like a savage dragon boring into her and intending to grind all her internal organs to pieces.

"Damn it!" Her eyes locked fiercely onto that figure as she spat out blood. "You bastard, don't let me survive this, or I'll skin you alive!"

But her martial soul had not even awakened yet.

How the hell was she supposed to survive?!

Extreme experience: dizzy and disoriented.

At that moment, a nameless viciousness within her was instantly ignited. She instinctively curled her body up, trying to protect her heart.

Then she shielded her head with her right hand and used the force of the shockwave to crash into a room.

It was as if the External Soul Bone from the Thunder Vine was protecting its master. That viciousness was like a bolt of ferocious lightning, shattering the chaotic images in her mind caused by Divine Slaughter's Domain.

A white-haired figure appeared before her eyes. It seemed to be her from her previous life, and that version of herself reached out a hand toward her.

Her mind abruptly cleared. Anger from nowhere filled her heart, and the impact of over a year of life-and-death crises erupted at this moment. Relying on that alone, she—

Awakened her martial soul automatically!

This should have been a treasure storage room within the Spirit Hall Branch. She reached out with her right hand and grabbed a cabinet that was practically embedded in the wall. This special cabinet was exceptionally sturdy and held several treasures. She dragged it directly in front of herself and hid behind it.

"Urgh—"

Blood spilled from her mouth again.

In her eyes, the front half of the hall had already collapsed, while bricks and rubble continued raining down where she was. She kept pulling over anything around her that could block the impact.

Her razor-sharp will supported her actions. She could not immediately remember who had smashed Spirit Hall, but she would definitely kill him in the future!

An ordinary person might not survive. They might retreat after learning the opponent was a Titled Douluo. But Shi Yueyi was different. She had to—no, she would definitely kill him!

Through the gaps in the broken walls and rubble, she recognized the martial soul in his hand.

Meanwhile, Tang Hao, the culprit behind all this, turned and left. He had to continue seeking out other remote Spirit Hall branches and continue "taking back what belonged to him," just as he had mentioned in the letter he left his son when departing Holy Soul Village.

He had to act quickly and could not allow his soul skills to be identified. Therefore, he had not used any specific soul skills, merely using brute force alongside Divine Slaughter's Domain to destroy this branch hall.

And only two people possessed Divine Slaughter's Domain at present. Ordinary people would not recognize it.

He did not notice the gaze slowly closing in the depths of Spirit Hall—or rather, even if he had noticed it, he would not have cared.

Because those narrowed eyes looked like those of a dead person.

Or perhaps they were looking at a dead person.

When Shi Yueyi woke again, she was lying in a room.

Sitting before her was a young man.

He had long black hair tied with a teal cloth ribbon, hanging neatly behind his head.

"You're awake." The young man looked at her gently.

"I..." Shi Yueyi struggled to prop herself up, trying to sit.

"Careful, don't move around." The young man reached out to support her, faint Soul Power emanating from his hand.

Shi Yueyi froze. How could she sense the other party's Soul Power entering her body? And there were fluctuations of Soul Power within her own body interacting with it... communicating with it?

The young man also sensed a trace of surprise, so he withdrew his hand.

She quickly followed her memories and circulated her Soul Power.

That was right! Her martial soul had truly awakened on its own!

"Little girl, my name is Xue Qinghe." The young man smiled at Shi Yueyi. "Which family are you from? Why were you alone in a place like that?"

"If you hadn't been so lucky, you probably would have died there." His voice was gentle. Although his clothes looked ordinary, he carried a natural air about him that made people want to draw close.

Hearing the young man introduce himself, Shi Yueyi could not help blinking. "Hello, my name is... Shi Yueyi."

"October First?" Xue Qinghe paused. "That's quite a special name."

"Xue Qinghe? Your name is quite special too... Could you be the rumored Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire?"

But inwardly, she was thinking: Could this be that legendary... what's-his-name?

A plot-driven new story with an overall lighthearted tone. The female lead starts with a top-tier build and follows the Qian Renxue route—not purely the Spirit Hall route.