Taiji Diagram and Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda Appear on Douluo Continent!

"Chang Sheng, are you ready? It's time for us to go awaken our Martial Souls!"

Outside a rather remote thatched cottage in the Heaven Dou Empire, a pleasant yet youthful voice rang out.

"I'm coming, I'm coming. Don't rush me, I'm looking for something!"

After replying, Li Changsheng picked up an iron box that had been stored away for who knew how long, opened the door, and stepped outside.

"What are you looking for?"

Seeing Li Changsheng emerge, Jiang Nannan blinked her exceptionally beautiful eyes and asked curiously.

"What else could it be? Money, of course."

Walking up to Jiang Nannan, Li Changsheng opened the iron box and showed her its contents. He said helplessly, "It's all that damned Tang San's fault. If he hadn't destroyed Spirit Hall, would we need to scrape together money just to find someone to help us awaken our Martial Souls?"

"You can't say things like that carelessly!"

Jiang Nannan's expression changed drastically. She hurriedly covered Li Changsheng's mouth with her hand and whispered, "Tang San is a god-level powerhouse, someone of immense status and authority! If anyone hears you, you might get chopped into minced meat the moment you step outside!"

"I only complain about him in my head, and tell you about it!"

Li Changsheng reached out and pulled Jiang Nannan's little hand away, speaking indifferently. "I'm not stupid enough to badmouth Tang San in front of other people. What kind of brain-dead move would that be?"

"That's good. Then let's go!"

Jiang Nannan breathed a sigh of relief before leading Li Changsheng toward the distant street.

Once they arrived on the street, Li Changsheng stated his background and paid the fee. Under Jiang Nannan's watchful gaze, he began his Martial Soul Awakening with an uneasy heart.

Honestly, whether in his previous life or this one, he felt that no world had a bloodline hierarchy more absurd than Douluo Continent's.

Douluo's class system had already become rigid to a horrifying degree, yet the author kept misleading everyone through Yu Xiao Gang.

Just like he said: there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters. But what about himself?

His Innate Soul Power was only half a rank, and his Martial Soul was something that could do nothing but fart.

Without Tang San's help, he would have remained at Rank 29 for his entire life, forever unable to advance another step.

That was also why Shrek Academy had set such a hard rule ten thousand years ago: it only accepted genius Soul Masters.

So, on Douluo Continent, being reborn into the right family truly was a technical skill.

For example, when Tang Hao saw that Tang San's Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, he immediately said: "A Waste Martial Soul. Go cook for me."

But if it was the Clear Sky Hammer, it was different: "Now that's my good son!"

To put it simply, whatever Martial Souls your parents had basically determined how far you could go in this life.

If your parents had hoe-type Martial Souls, then you would most likely be stuck being a farmer for the rest of your life.

Farming would be your destiny. The truly terrifying part was that it would continue through generation after generation, without even a glimmer of hope in sight.

Were there exceptions? Yes, mutated Martial Souls!

But for ordinary people to rely on mutation to defy fate and change their lives, the odds were even lower than winning the lottery.

Nobles, however, were different. They practiced selective breeding, pairing powerful Martial Souls with powerful Martial Souls. Their children were born with halos around them, starting ten streets ahead of commoners right from the starting line.

Master Yu Xiao Gang had told a joke: there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters. Surely no one actually believed it, right?

Take the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils. On the surface, they were an inspiring tale of grassroots underdogs rising to greatness, but in reality?

It was a full-blown gathering of nobles!

Tang San was the crown prince of the Clear Sky Sect, and he came with cheat-code-level Twin Martial Souls.

Ning Rongrong was the beloved young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects, and possessed the continent's only pay-to-win support Martial Soul.

As for Dai Mu Bai and Zhu Zhu Qing, there was even less need to mention them. They came from the Star Luo Empire's imperial family.

With their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they could directly crush you through bloodline suppression. What could you possibly use to fight them?

By contrast, Ma Hong Jun had only managed to change his fate through mutation.

But mutation was entirely a matter of heaven feeding you, and its random side effects were outrageously severe.

And even if the mutation succeeded, so what?

Without resources or guidance, you would still fall before reaching greatness.

Just like Oscar.

Without the Hidden Weapons and Immortal Herbs Tang San had given him, let alone marrying Ning Rongrong and becoming the God of Food, he would have been lucky not to die during his training in the Extreme North.

So, it was basically impossible for commoners to rise up. After all, even Huo Yuhao had only achieved a leap across social classes with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's help.

At that thought, Li Changsheng's heart pounded wildly. He was terrified that something might go wrong during the coming Martial Soul Awakening—or worse, that he would awaken some utterly worthless Martial Soul.

As a stream of Soul Power entered him, a faint Golden Light began radiating from Li Changsheng's body.

Then, the light grew increasingly dazzling, forcing Jiang Nannan, standing some distance away, to raise a hand and shield her eyes.

When the light faded, the first thing to appear was a Golden Pagoda.

Its body emanated ancient and weighty Mysterious Yellow Qi, as though it had condensed the most primordial and purest power between heaven and earth within itself. The pagoda had nine levels, each forged from mysterious materials from the dawn of chaos. At the corners of every level were lifelike carvings of Primordial Divine Beasts. Some roared toward the heavens, while others spread their wings as if ready to take flight. Their expressions were so vivid that they seemed ready to burst free from the walls at any moment. Strands of Law Power coiled around these divine beasts, powerful beyond measure.

Numerous Runes flickered across every level of the pagoda. They seemed like gold yet jade, and as their radiance flowed, they appeared to depict the paths of all things in heaven and earth, the birth and destruction of stars throughout the cosmos. Countless delicate bells hung beneath its eaves. Their material was neither metal nor stone, and whenever a breeze stirred or the pagoda's might surged, they produced crisp, pleasant chimes. The sound contained a strange power that could calm the mind and suppress evil.

At the top of the pagoda was embedded a massive Mysterious Yellow Treasure Bead. Within it, a small world seemed to be in motion, complete with sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers. At times, it shone brilliantly, illuminating the surrounding Chaos Space as brightly as day. Wherever its Mysterious Yellow light reached, all chaotic qi was purified, revealing a clear and orderly scene.

One of the Grand Pure Sage's magical treasures, the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, had appeared on Douluo Continent.

"This Martial Soul is truly powerful!"

Seeing this, the Awakening Master narrowed his eyes and murmured, "And that aura... it seems another Martial Soul capable of suppressing Evil Soul Masters has appeared in this world!"

Just as he was about to conclude the process, an even more terrifying power erupted from Li Changsheng's body.