Douluo: My Martial Soul Is My Fiancée

"The full name of this system is the World Gift Pack System. As the name implies, every time the host enters a new world, this system will issue a world gift pack. After that, whatever the host does in this new world has nothing to do with this system. This system does not have any tasks, lucky draws, malls, or similar things, until the host reaches the peak of this new world, at which point you may choose to enter the next world! You may also choose to stay forever!"

"Hmm... so you're saying that other than issuing a world gift pack every time I enter a new world, everything else is none of your business?" Zheng Li frowned.

Is this... free-range parenting?

"Not exactly. This system previously stated that it will protect the host's soul from being extinguished! Of course, if the enemy's strength exceeds the scope of this system's capabilities, then..."

"Then what?" Seeing the system pause, Zheng Li asked.

"Wait for death!"

Zheng Li: "...System, does it make you happy to be a smart-aleck?"

The system remained silent.

"What is the peak of the Douluo world? Limit Douluo? Can I still return to my original world?" After thinking for a moment, Zheng Li asked another question.

"No, the peak of this world is level 100. At level 100, one becomes a god! At the moment of becoming a god, the host can choose to leave this world, choose not to enter the God Realm, or choose to enter the God Realm! If you choose to enter the God Realm, the system will issue a world gift pack!"

"As for returning to the host's original world, the answer is yes! Once the host reaches the peak of a world, you can freely travel through the worlds you have previously experienced."

"Reminder: After reaching the peak of a certain world, whether or not to choose to enter a new world is the host's freedom. This system has no right to interfere. Aside from issuing world gift packs and world travel, the host possesses the highest authority!"

"Even if you uninstall the system, this system will comply. Note: After uninstallation, the system will disappear from the root forever! If the host dies, the same applies to the system!"

"You are this system's first host, and also its last!"

Zheng Li fell into a brief silence after hearing this.

So... had his angry words earlier already pushed the system to the edge of death once?

My fault, my fault...

He did not ask the system how long he would have to regret it if he chose to uninstall; it wasn't necessary, because in the future, he would never say such things again.

Zheng Li lowered his head to think, and a moment later, he looked up, having a question to ask.

"System, I have a question."

"Please ask, host."

"If I reach the peak in the Douluo world, but later enter a world that is far inferior to Douluo in terms of combat power and level, wouldn't I reach the peak immediately?"

"You are dreaming! Please remember that the combat power level of the next world will definitely be higher than the previous one!"

Zheng Li: "..."

He let out a breath and decided not to argue with the system. He still had some questions, but he would wait until he chose to enter the next world; they were irrelevant for now.

So, next...

"System, open the world gift pack!"

"Ding! The world gift pack is opening, it has been opened."

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Age Regression x1, [ ] Martial Soul x1, Martial Soul Heart of Spirit x1, Spirit Sutra x1, Mental Enhancement x1, Physical Enhancement x1, Century-level Spirit Ring x1, Douluo World Identity x1, Shrek Academy Enrollment Recommendation Letter x1, Spirit Ring Age Increase 500 years x10 (stackable), Spirit Bone Age Increase 500 years x10, Gold Soul Coin x10000."

"The items have been automatically placed into the System Space, which the host can access at any time. The System Space can also be used for storage, though living things are not allowed."

"That's it?"

Zheng Li blinked.

"What else?" the system retorted.

"..."

"Be content, host. Fusing two major Martial Souls will bring you Innate Full Soul Power, as well as physical and mental enhancements. I even gave you a cultivation technique. If it weren't to give you some self-preservation ability, I wouldn't even have given you a century-level Spirit Ring."

"In fact, Innate Full Soul Power is enough for you to have self-preservation ability. Look at Tang San; at level ten, he was already playing around with his Silent Sleeve Sword, Mysterious Jade Hand, Purple Demon Eye, and other abilities!"

"Get lost!" Zheng Li said expressionlessly.

Can these even be compared? The guy was a Tang Sect disciple before he transmigrated; look at himself?

"System, I don't quite understand. The Martial Soul Heart of Spirit is fine, but what the hell is that [ ] Martial Soul?" Zheng Li asked in confusion.

"Provided it does not exceed the system's capabilities, whatever the host thinks of when you begin to fuse this Martial Soul, that is what it will be after the fusion!"

"That awesome?" Zheng Li was surprised. "Can I have the Heaven-Opening Axe, Ancestral Dragon, or the God-Slaying Sword?"

"You can. However, I must remind the host: no matter how powerful a Martial Soul you think of, your Innate Soul Power will not exceed level ten after the fusion."

"...I wasn't thinking about that." Hearing that it was possible, Zheng Li wanted to give the system a kiss, but the latter part of the sentence extinguished his thoughts.

System: "..."

It was a good thing it said that.

"By the way, I remember that when I suspected I was dreaming, you probed my thoughts. Such things are forbidden from now on."

System: "..."

It was a good thing you said that a step too late, host.

"Ding! It has been disabled! The host can confirm this from the system source at any time."

Zheng Li nodded and continued to ask: "Then what about the Heart of Spirit?"

"The Heart of Spirit is, as the name implies, a heart. As for its abilities, you will understand once you, the host, have fused with it."

Hearing the system say this, he did not press for more, instead asking about something else: "Then what is the situation with Age Regression?"

"Age Regression can adjust the host's body, bone age, and so on to the state they were in at ten years old. After the adjustment, the host's physical stamina, strength, and other attributes remain unchanged."

It was very unscientific, but one should not talk about science with a system!

"Mm." Zheng Li was not overly surprised; he could already tell the meaning from the literal words.

He did not reject the idea of becoming smaller; this was a good thing, as it meant gaining over ten years of lifespan for nothing. Besides, it wasn't as if he wouldn't be able to grow up again after shrinking.

"It is recommended that the host use Age Regression first, then fuse with the Martial Soul."

"Understood."

That was what he had been thinking as well.

"Will there be a huge commotion during Age Regression and the Martial Soul fusion?"

"There will not."

"Understood."

After gaining a general understanding, Zheng Li spent quite some time finding a shallow cave, intending to regress his age and fuse with his Martial Soul. He was not far from the Star Dou Great Forest, and there were still plenty of trees, bushes, and small hills nearby.

After concealing the entrance to the cave, Zheng Li began the Age Regression.

Surrounded by a pale white light, Zheng Li clearly felt the journey of his body shrinking. There was no pain or discomfort, and very quickly, he returned to the appearance he had at ten years old.

With short black hair and skin that was white with a rosy tint, he was, truth be told, quite cute, though he was now completely naked.

Even the black robe given to him by Middle-Aged Man Number One had fallen to the ground; it was simply too big. The ten-year-old Zheng Li was only a little over 1.4 meters tall, while the twenty-two-year-old Zheng Li had stood at 1.8 meters.

"So fast!"

Exclaiming this, Zheng Li picked up the black robe from the ground to wrap his body before saying, "System, begin the Martial Soul fusion!"

After saying this, Zheng Li raised his shrunken hand to look at it, and could not help but think of the soft little hand he had often held over the past half-year. A sense of emotion welled up in him: I wonder how she is doing? I suppose I count as missing now; will she think I ran away from our engagement? Will she be angry with me? Thinking about her personality... perhaps she wouldn't be angry...

He still remembered saying that if she were a character from an anime, she would surely be beautiful...

He just hadn't expected that he would be the one to transmigrate...

As he thought, Zheng Li felt very lost. Although they had only spent half a year together, he liked her very much—his fiancée.

Wait, had the system not started the fusion yet?

"Ding! Fusion complete!"

Zheng Li: "?!"

"It's done?"

"Mm."

"That's not right! System, how come you didn't warn me when it started, and now it's already finished?"

"I did warn you, but you, the host, were lost in thought and didn't pay attention."

Zheng Li: "...Even so, how come I don't feel anything at all?"

"What kind of feeling does the host want? Heart-wrenching pain? Heavenly enjoyment? Or perhaps..."

"Stop! Cut it out!"

The system was being cheeky; he had to make it stop, as who knew what else it might say.

Rubbing his brow, he immediately realized the problem.

"System, have both Martial Souls been fused?" Zheng Li asked tentatively.

"Yes, host."

Zheng Li: "...So, what is the [] Martial Soul?"

He had a bad premonition.

"Do you not know what you were thinking about, host? You can release your Martial Soul and take a look~"

The system was being cheeky again, but he was in no mood to argue.

Because... his bad premonition had intensified.

Immediately after sensing his Martial Soul and Spirit Power, he released the [] Martial Soul.

Suddenly, a faint phantom emerged before him...

Zheng Li: "..."

Chapter 4, It's Good to See You

The phantom gradually solidified. Seeing this, Zheng Li could not help but call out:

"Xiao Nai..."

Staring at the person before him, who was different from the one in his memories, his eyes could not help but moisten...

The system had said that once he reached the pinnacle of the Douluo world, which was level one hundred, he would be able to return to his own world.

But how long would that take? One year, two years, three years... even he himself had no idea.

By the time he returned to his own world, he feared that everything would have changed, and Xiao Nai might have already married someone else...

Zheng Li looked affectionately at the "Xiao Nai" before him, and "Xiao Nai" was looking back at him, though those eyes were vacant. How should he put it? It was likely a sign of lacking sentience...

He did not truly believe that the "Xiao Nai" before him was her.

If he had just been thinking about the Ancestral Dragon, would it have possessed sentience after becoming his Martial Soul? Certainly not.

The "her" before him reminded Zheng Li of Grandmaster's Luo Sanpao from ten thousand years ago; its existence was quite unique.

However, he did not notice that the vacant eyes looking at him suddenly flickered with a slight ripple, which then immediately subsided, as if it had never appeared at all.

In his memories, Xiao Nai had shoulder-length black hair, large eyes, a cute face that never carried any emotion, and stood at one meter fifty-five... but the "Xiao Nai" before him now differed from his memories in her hair and eyes; the shoulder-length black hair had become long, waist-length white hair, and her eyes had turned blue.

"Xiao Nai" was wearing a long white dress with gold patterns, and a massive golden ring floated behind her head. On the ring, diamond-shaped crystals were evenly distributed, and between every two diamond crystals floated another, identical but much smaller, neither on the ring nor within it.

The peculiar ring emitted a golden glow that shone upon "Xiao Nai's" white hair, coating it in a layer of gold and making her original long white hair look like a waterfall of white gold.

"I didn't expect even the expression to be so similar..."

Zheng Li reached out and stroked the face of the "Xiao Nai" before him, and just as he had guessed, it felt almost tangible to the touch.

"Sigh..." Zheng Li shook his head and sighed, "What does it matter if she looks like her? In the end, she isn't..."

"So, you aren't dead yet." A flat, emotionless female voice rang out abruptly.

Zheng Li: "?!"

What did she mean by "you aren't dead yet"? No, that wasn't the point! Was that just now...

"Xiao Nai's voice?"

"A hallucination?"

Zheng Li hurriedly looked at the "Xiao Nai" before him, but nothing had changed!