Starting in Soul Land 4, but My World is my Martial Soul

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Tianluo Planet

"Chen Ming, your martial soul is... dirt? A tool martial soul, I suppose..."

At the free martial soul awakening site of the Spirit Pagoda, a young boy with black hair and black eyes held a square object in his hands.

The top of the object was covered in lush green grass, while the rest of the area was composed entirely of dirt.

The boy was named Chen Ming, a transmigrator. The good news: he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent. The bad news: he had arrived during the era of Douluo IV, a time when god-level powerhouses were as common as stray dogs and Limit Douluo were everywhere.

Upon learning this, Chen Ming felt a sense of despair. Had he committed some heavenly crime? To be exiled directly into Douluo IV.

In this era where the little Dragon God ran rampant, Chen Ming had already prepared himself to live a mediocre life as an ordinary person. But now, the heavens had given him a chance, reigniting his hope.

It was all because the martial soul he had awakened in his hands was none other than the Grass Block from a game he used to play, My World.

Great! We are saved! Just as Chen Ming was thinking about how to properly develop, the awakening master who had awakened his martial soul pulled out a crystal ball to test his soul power and handed it to him.

"Little guy, let's test your soul power. Actually, even a dirt martial soul can have innate soul power, so don't worry about that."

"Oh, okay, uncle."

Hearing this, Chen Ming nodded immediately and placed his hand on it. To the other man's surprise, the instrument instantly bloomed with a dazzling light.

"Innate level ten?! A dirt martial soul can actually have innate level ten soul power?!"

The awakening master was completely shocked. He wasn't shocked by the innate level ten soul power itself, but by the fact that a dirt martial soul possessed it.

In the era of Douluo IV, geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power were as common as cabbages, but this was the first time he had ever seen a dirt martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power.

"Uh... uncle, please calm down..."

Chen Ming took a subconscious step back as the awakening master leaned in. Hearing this, the master coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment and then said:

"Little guy, would you like to join the Spirit Pagoda?"

The awakening master threw out an olive branch directly; a genius with Innate Full Soul Power was naturally worth recruiting. Chen Ming nodded in response.

After all, he had nothing—no cultivation techniques, no resources, and no knowledge of how to survive in this world.

If he could slowly develop within a major power, that would be for the best. The awakening master nodded and said with a smile:

"Alright, little guy, I'll send you back. With your aptitude, you don't need to stay in a small place like Tianluo Planet. The headquarters should arrange for you to go to a bigger place to receive an education."

The awakening master sent Chen Ming home, explaining the general arrangements along the way. As for Chen Ming, living in a small house, he ultimately could not escape the fate of a transmigrator: both parents were deceased.

Fortunately, there was still some inheritance left, enough for Chen Ming to get by. After arriving home, the awakening master bid farewell to Chen Ming, and he returned to his room. With a thought, his figure disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was in a vast, boundless grassland where everything around him was composed of square blocks: grass, animals, flowers, and trees.

Chen Ming looked at himself and saw he hadn't turned into a pixelated version. He looked around and quickly found his interface.

[Douluo Continent mod has finished loading! Wish you a pleasant game!]

Soon, a string of messages appeared on the chat screen, and a new option to awaken a martial soul appeared on Chen Ming's personal panel.

"Yo, which studio made this mod?"

Chen Ming was slightly surprised, then selected martial soul awakening. A moment later, a scythe martial soul appeared before his eyes, and his vision went black.

"Is there a reincarnation button? I want to restart!"

Chen Ming immediately began searching for a restart button. He was in survival mode, which meant he had to accumulate resources bit by bit.

[Chen Ming died]

Chen Ming died with a snap. He reappeared shortly after and, without a word, awakened his martial soul again. A Thunder Holy Dragon martial soul appeared before his eyes—a superior version of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?

"Only an idiot would use this martial soul. Restart!"

[Chen Ming died]

Martial soul awakening: Seven Kill Sword. Restart!

[Chen Ming died]

Martial soul awakening: Blue Silver Grass. Restart!

[Chen Ming died]

[Chen Ming died]

[Chen Ming died]

[Chen Ming died]

[Chen Ming died]

[Chen Ming died]

Chen Ming died from day until night, feeling a bit delirious, until he finally hit the jackpot.

Martial soul awakening: a ferocious golden dragon figure appeared before his eyes, followed by a verdant, massive tree martial soul.

Golden Dragon King and Life Tree. Seeing this, Chen Ming finally raised his head, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

"There is hope! As long as the little Dragon God fails to fuse his bloodlines, he won't be a match for me!"

Lan Xuanyu should belong to the third generation of Dragon Kings. After the first generation Golden Dragon King died, his essence passed on to Tang Wulin.

However, bloodlines dilute over time. On Tang Wulin's side, there is the human bloodline of Tang Hao, the god-level Blue Silver Emperor bloodline of Ah Yin, the Sea God bloodline and Asura bloodline of Tang San, and the god-level Soft Bone Rabbit bloodline of Xiao Wu.

With so many bloodlines diluting each other, by the time it reached Lan Xuanyu, the bloodline concentration must be nearly gone; he certainly couldn't be as powerful as himself.

When the time comes, he only needs to interfere with the main plot and prevent the other party from fusing into the Dragon God bloodline.

Moreover, the Life Tree is the physical form of the Goddess of Life, who is also a God King. If he fuses the destructive power of the Golden Dragon King with the life force of the Life Tree, he should be able to form the Power of Creation.

Satisfied with this, Chen Ming finally made his choice. Just as he felt content, an arrow suddenly struck him, piercing his arm.

"Ah!"

Chen Ming cried out in pain. Turning his head, he discovered it was a skeleton with a yellow soul ring circling its feet, indicating it had a hundred years of cultivation.

"Damn it! It's night!"

Chen Ming hurriedly scrambled to dodge. Zombies and skeletons were gathering in increasing numbers, and they were Bedrock Edition skeletons—shooting arrows while moving, and with terrifying accuracy to boot.

Forced into a corner, Chen Ming dug a "three-high, one-wide" hole and huddled inside to check his status.

The bleeding status was constantly draining his health. Chen Ming immediately switched to his Life Tree martial soul and, gritting his teeth, pulled the four arrows out of his body.

Blood splattered everywhere, and Chen Ming's health dropped from one hundred to seventy. Originally, Chen Ming only had twenty health points, but the Golden Dragon King martial soul had provided him with an extra eighty points to his maximum health.

As Chen Ming circulated his soul power, the aura of life energy surged into his body. His health began to recover, while his blue mana bar began to deplete.

"It hurts so much... Sigh... I'll just wait for dawn..."

As Chen Ming spoke, he began to fiddle with his interface out of boredom. Soon, he found something quite magical.

It seemed to be a second account. As he clicked it, the original information changed instantly; his health dropped from one hundred back to twenty, and at the same time, Chen Ming felt a strange sensation.

He clicked it again and found it changed back. His martial soul and the Life Tree were still there, which meant... he could dual-log!

Chen Ming immediately continued to awaken his martial soul. Since he was idle anyway, it was essentially just having a male character and a female character, with the ability to switch at any time—dual forms!

Since he had nothing better to do, he decided to roll for the second character's martial soul. Chen Ming immediately clicked on martial soul awakening.

Bone Dragon martial soul. He didn't even think about it and chose to restart!

[Chen Ming has died]

"Uh... don't you guys think this guy is weird?"

Skeleton Xiaobai watched Chen Ming die and respawn, die and respawn in this area, and couldn't help but complain.

"Come on, this is normal. We should be thankful he hasn't built a mob grinder yet."

The zombie next to him shrugged, watching Chen Ming continue to die and respawn in the area.

"Hey, do you guys want some?"

An Enderman holding a few carrots walked over to ask the zombie and the skeleton. Both accepted them and settled in to watch the show.

"Brother, I don't have hands."

A Creeper also wandered over. Seeing this, the Enderman fed it directly. Several figures stood quietly, watching Chen Ming engage in his confusing behavior.

[Chen Ming has died]

[Chen Ming has died]

[Chen Ming has died]

Finally! Chen Ming had rolled a martial soul that satisfied him! On the screen, two patterns appeared.

One was a giant silver dragon flickering with seven-colored light—the Silver Dragon King; the other was the Source of Destruction, filled with purple destructive power.

"Damn... these two accounts of mine are truly insane. As soon as I stand in the God Realm, the Goddess of Life and the God King of Destruction probably won't be able to keep their coffin lids down."

Chen Ming looked at his main account, which possessed the Golden Dragon King and Life Tree martial souls, and his secondary account, which possessed the Silver Dragon King and the Source of Destruction.

Did the Golden Dragon King cheat, or did the Goddess of Life have an affair? Or did the Silver Dragon King cheat, and the God King of Destruction have an affair?

Or... according to unofficial history, the Golden Dragon King had a crush on the God King of Destruction, and the two were in love... The Goddess of Life found out and, in a fit of rage, seduced the Silver Dragon King.

"That's really something..."

Chen Ming brushed past the mental image of the "grinding process," wiped his nose, and after confirming he wasn't having a nosebleed, coughed a few times.

"Ahem, it's dawn. Time to punch some trees."

Chen Ming walked over to a large tree, raised his fist, and silver dragon scales emitting seven-colored light covered his right hand. He threw a fierce punch.

Bang!

With a dull thud, a square on the tree in front of him instantly cracked. Chen Ming pulled his fist back and threw another punch.

Bang!

A block of wood was knocked off by Chen Ming. It was actually manageable. He continued to punch the tree, but what gave Chen Ming a headache was that he had no attack reach; he had to physically touch the tree to break it.

So, Chen Ming had to jump up and use his dragon wings to fly, then punch the tree from top to bottom.

Soon, he had a crafting table, a wooden pickaxe, and had mined some stone. After mining three stones, he upgraded to a stone pickaxe and headed into the mine.

Gurgle...

Chen Ming's stomach rumbled loudly. He checked his hunger bar and was immediately dumbfounded. Are you kidding me, bro?! Why do I have three hunger bars?!

It seemed that due to the Dragon King martial soul, his maximum food intake had increased, adding two extra hunger bars to his display.

Helpless, Chen Ming flew out of the mine. He quickly used the fire element of his Silver Dragon King martial soul to kill a dozen cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens.

"Come to think of it, why haven't I seen any soul beasts? I've only seen Overworld creatures with age-based levels."

Chen Ming took out a cooked steak and started gnawing on it. After finishing one steak, he didn't feel full at all, so he immediately began to feast.

[Farmer's Delight mod loaded! Have a pleasant game!]

Soon, another message popped up on the chat screen. Chen Ming paused, stunned. It seemed that eating had triggered the addition of a mod. Would doing other things trigger something as well?

Thinking this, Chen Ming broke a patch of grass, and a Lucky Clover box dropped out. He reached out to pick it up, and another message popped up.

[Lucky Clover mod loaded! Have a pleasant game!]

"I can even open blind boxes?"

Chen Ming chuckled, then moved his mind to open it. A silver-white dragon spear suddenly dropped out and stuck into the ground.

"What the hell?!"

Chen Ming was completely stunned. He reached out and pulled the silver-white dragon spear from the ground. Isn't this the Silver Dragon Spear? No way? Did I hit the jackpot on the first try?

[Silver Dragon Spear] Quality: "Artifact"

[Weapon Quality mod loaded! Have a pleasant game!]

At this moment, the announcement message popped up again, leaving Chen Ming silent for a long time. Finally, he retracted the Silver Dragon Spear into his body and, after gathering enough food, decided it was time to head back into the mine.

[Dynamic Surroundings mod loaded!]

Chen Ming snapped his fingers, and a small flame illuminated the surrounding darkness as he began to busy himself.

He discovered that killing creatures in My World, as well as smelting food and ores, granted him experience, which allowed him to level up.

That was why he was so diligent. After a few days, Chen Ming returned to the surface and checked his watch.

One day in the My World game was equivalent to about one hour on the Douluo Continent. Chen Ming had mined quite a lot of ore and killed many century-level zombies, skeletons, and spiders inside the mine.

His level had long been capped at ten, but he was hesitant; obtaining a soul ring without going to the Spirit Pagoda would look very suspicious, wouldn't it?

Chen Ming immediately exited My World and returned to the Douluo Continent, back in his own home.

Chen Ming looked around, raised his hand, and summoned an iron sword that flickered with a cold glint. He nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he swapped the iron sword for a block of dirt. With a tap on the ground, a one-cubic-meter block of dirt appeared.

It was immediately shattered by Chen Ming's punch, turning into a tiny cube that entered his body. It seemed that using these items didn't conflict with the Douluo Continent, which was a relief.

After getting out of bed, Chen Ming stretched, walked into the kitchen, and prepared to test the Farmer's Delight mod. He looked at the recipe and began cooking with ingredients from My World.

Cooked Steak "Terrible"

Seeing the "terrible" quality rating, Chen Ming's face darkened, and he immediately tossed it into the trash can.

[Skill mod loaded!]

At this point, another announcement popped up. The general purpose of this mod was to help him increase his skills—for example, cooking a meal would increase his cooking skill, and practicing a sword technique would increase his swordsmanship.

"This is good stuff. Time to grind!"

Seeing this, Chen Ming's eyes lit up, and he got to work.

[Cooking +1 +1 +1 +5 +2 +3 +3]

As Chen Ming busied himself, his cooking skill quickly reached the level of a regular chef. The general levels were as follows:

Terrible, Poor, Regular, Good, Excellent, Refined, Epic, Legendary, God-tier.

Weapon and tool quality followed the same scale, though the highest level became Artifact. Of course, Chen Ming had successfully exhausted all his ingredients, and after eating, he was barely full.

Alright, now a new problem had arisen: he might eat himself into poverty. Because of the Dragon King martial soul, his appetite had increased significantly, and he couldn't afford to feed himself anymore.

ps: The new book starts on February 21st, 4,000 words.