Reborn on the Dou Qi Continent

Between wakefulness and sleep, Xiao Ling slowly opened his eyes, feeling as though he had slept for an extremely long time.

Looking at the unfamiliar beams and the quaint furnishings of the room, feeling his drastically changed body, and recalling the familiar yet strange memories in his mind, Xiao Ling finally confirmed one thing: he had been reborn.

In his previous life, Xiao Ling had been an ordinary university student from Blue Star. When he was passing a bridge, he saw a young man leap into the river to commit suicide after being hurt by love. As a warmhearted young man of the modern era, Xiao Ling immediately jumped in to save him. He did manage to get the man to shore, but after pushing him onto the bank, Xiao Ling himself had no strength left. He struggled several times to climb up, but never succeeded. In the end, he helplessly sank into the water and drowned.

In this life, he was an ordinary member of the Xiao Family in Wutan City. Not long after he was born, his father died while carrying out a mission. His mother fell ill from grief and passed away not long afterward. Fortunately, the Xiao Family had provided him with compensation. Otherwise, Xiao Ling might not have survived until the day his memories returned.

At that moment, a young man pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing that Xiao Ling was already awake, he hurried over and said, "Xiao Ling, you're finally awake. You suddenly lost consciousness the day before yesterday, and today is already the third day."

After recalling the memories in his mind, Xiao Ling learned that the boy before him was named Xiao Bai. He was also an orphan of the Xiao Family and had shared a dormitory with his former self.

Xiao Ling stopped thinking and replied calmly, "Thank you for your concern. I'm fine now. I'm just a little hungry."

He walked out of the room and looked at the Xiao Family's buildings, finding them both familiar and strange.

In my memories, Xiao Yan is the same age as me, and Xiao Xun'er hasn't come to the Xiao Family yet. The plot probably hasn't begun, then, Xiao Ling muttered inwardly.

Today should be the day the younger members of the family tested their Dou Qi cultivation. Xiao Ling planned to join in the excitement. If Xiao Yan had already cultivated Dou Qi, he should be participating in the test as well. It would be a perfect opportunity to see the future Flame Emperor in his childhood.

Before long, he arrived at the testing grounds. The area was already surrounded by a crowd. Xiao Ling found an inconspicuous spot to stand in and turned his gaze toward the center of the square.

A young child walked out from the crowd. Although there was some nervousness on his face, excitement was far more evident.

Under the gaze of the Xiao Family members, the child raised his hand and placed it on the Magic Stone Tablet, slowly channeling Dou Qi into it.

"Dou Qi Stage One!"

Looking at the five shining characters on the Magic Stone Tablet, the young child on the platform breathed a sigh of relief. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and confident light appeared in his eyes. He raised his head and clenched one hand before his chest, as if he could already see a bright future ahead.

"Xiao Yan, Dou Qi Stage One, grade: Low!" The middle-aged elder beside the Magic Stone Tablet drew in a sharp breath and loudly announced the grade displayed on it. He thought, This child is terrifying indeed!

The middle-aged elder's words caused an uproar among the Xiao Family members below the platform. They whispered and exchanged comments with one another.

"Young Master Xiao Yan truly possesses extraordinary talent. I could tell at a glance that he was no ordinary person!"

"Four years old and already at Dou Qi Stage One? I've never even heard of such a thing in the Xiao Family!"

"Exactly. Young Master Xiao Yan only began cultivating not long ago, yet his talent is truly extraordinary. Our Xiao Family has produced a genius!"

Several seats on the elevated platform beside the square were occupied by the family's higher-ups. Seeing this, Xiao Zhan, seated in the middle, laughed heartily. "Hahaha! My son Xiao Yan possesses unparalleled talent. He has the potential to become a Dou Emperor!"

The other elders smiled and echoed him aloud, while inwardly hoping that their own descendants might also amount to something.

Xiao Yan came down from the testing platform and walked toward Xiao Zhan. Listening to the praise from everyone along the way, he was already overjoyed.

Looking at Xiao Yan's spirited appearance and the quaint ring on his finger, Xiao Ling stroked his chin and fell into deep thought. "Xiao Yan is still young. I wonder if I can trick Yao Chen's Bone Flame Ring into my hands."

After carefully considering it, Xiao Ling ultimately abandoned the idea.

Xiao Ling felt that even if Elder Yao was extremely weak, he could still sense what was happening outside.

First of all, Elder Yao had once been a peak Dou Zun. It would be unreasonable for him to absorb the Dou Qi of a mere Dou Zhe.

Moreover, he had refused to absorb Xiao Zhan's wife's Dou Qi and insisted on absorbing Xiao Yan's instead, while always keeping Xiao Yan at Dou Qi Stage Three. If he had been absorbing Dou Qi to recover, he would surely have drained him completely. The more Xiao Ling thought about it, the more he felt that Elder Yao was testing Xiao Yan.

If he obtained the ring and Elder Yao decided that he had an evil heart, he would refuse to accept him as a disciple. Then all his effort would be wasted, and he might even put his life in danger.

"This body of mine is already over four years old. I can begin cultivating as well." Xiao Ling stopped thinking about other matters, turned around, left the square, and walked toward his small wooden house, preparing to begin cultivating Dou Qi.

Xiao Ling held his breath and focused his mind. He took out the cultivation meridian diagram given to him by a clan member and began cultivating Dou Qi according to the method recorded on it.

Guarding his mind, he sensed the Dou Qi energy in the air. Wisps of milky-white gas appeared and vanished. Xiao Ling concentrated his attention and began guiding it into his body according to the steps recorded in the diagram.

Feeling the Dou Qi enter his body, Xiao Ling was astonished. "How did I sense Dou Qi on my first attempt? I heard that Xiao Yan took an entire day to sense it the first time. Could it be that the world I traveled from was far higher in level than his, so my Soul Power is much stronger than his and my cultivation is therefore more effective?"

Although a person's talent could be seen in many ways, the first display of talent was the time required to sense Dou Qi. The shorter the time, the stronger the talent.

This claim might not be absolutely accurate, but it still had some reference value.

No wonder his memories had only awakened when he was four. Otherwise, this body would never have been able to withstand such powerful Soul Power.

In the original work, Cao Ying, the Enchantress of the Cao Family, had possessed such powerful Soul Power at birth that even her own mother had been seriously injured and nearly died because of it.

At that moment, a mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind:

Ding! Congratulations, host, on embarking on the path of cultivation. The Myriad Worlds Extraction System has been activated!

"The Myriad Worlds Extraction System? Could this be my cheat ability from transmigrating?"

Xiao Ling was pleasantly surprised. He naturally knew about systems, since he had often read system-themed novels in his previous life. He hurriedly called out inwardly, "System, what functions do you have?"

Ding! This system is called the Myriad Worlds Extraction System. In short, it extracts items from the myriad worlds. Each time the host raises his cultivation realm by one level, he will receive one extraction opportunity. Extracted items will be randomly selected from the myriad heavens and worlds. Whether any item is obtained depends entirely on luck, and life or death is beyond consideration. All extracted items will automatically be stored in the system warehouse. Extraction opportunities can be accumulated.

"That's incredible. If my luck is good, it isn't impossible to draw an item from a world with extremely high combat power!" Xiao Ling thought. Seeing that other system novels all had starter gift packs, he hurriedly asked, "System, do you have a starter gift pack? Other systems all seem to have one."

Ding! The starter gift pack function is currently unavailable. You currently have one extraction opportunity. Extract now?

Xiao Ling was somewhat disappointed that there was no starter gift pack. However, the system's functions were so powerful that although he could not begin by instantly becoming a Dou Zun in one year or a Dou Di in two years and sweeping through everything, this was still quite good. Since he had one extraction opportunity, Xiao Ling decided to use it immediately.

"System, begin the extraction!"

Ding! The system is extracting. Congratulations, host, on obtaining the storage Soul Tool Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night from the Douluo Continent world, belonging to Yu Xiaogang.

Feeling a new item appear in the System Space, Xiao Ling moved his mind, and Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night appeared in his hand. He could not help grumbling, "Isn't this the storage Soul Tool that the scumbag Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San? Could it be that Little Bastard hasn't gone to become his disciple yet? I wonder whether Yu Xiaogang will still give Tang San a storage Soul Tool after losing Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night."

The belt was entirely black, with dark patterns on it that could not be discerned without close inspection. Evenly set across the entire belt were twenty-four milky-white pieces of jade. Each piece was only about the size of an adult's thumbnail and was circular. When he extended his Soul Power inside, he found that each piece contained one cubic meter of space. Its size was quite suitable. Since he currently had no Storage Ring, this would work very well. He could use it to store ordinary items while concealing his Storage Space.

In the Douluo Continent's Nuoding City, Yu Xiaogang was walking toward Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy after collecting his Soul Master subsidy from Spirit Hall. He was still thinking about finding a young Soul Master with extraordinary talent to take as his disciple and inherit his invincible theories. Suddenly, he felt his waist go empty. Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, which had originally hung there, had vanished. His thoughts raced, and he assumed that a powerful Soul Master had made a move. He then spoke.

"Your Excellency, your strength is extraordinary. Could it be that you would covet the storage Soul Tool of a mere Soul Grandmaster like me?"

Yu Xiaogang looked around but saw no suspicious person. He could only lament his bad luck and Heaven's jealousy of talent. Though he possessed unparalleled wisdom, he lacked peerless talent and was targeted everywhere.

"Damn it! Once I accept a disciple with peerless talent, I'll make everyone who looked down on me regret it." A gloomy look flashed across Yu Xiaogang's eyes before vanishing, and he then entered Nuoding Academy.

After calming himself, Xiao Ling began sorting through the various items inside Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, dividing them into two major categories.

The first category consisted of Gold Coins and similar items. Although the Gold Coins of the Douluo Continent and the Dou Qi Continent looked somewhat different, they were similar in shape and basically indistinguishable. They could still be used. There were more than twenty thousand Gold Coins in total. Although Yu Xiaogang's strength was lacking, he had quite a lot of money.

The second category consisted of clothing and some theoretical knowledge from the Douluo Continent, whose value was roughly equal to nothing.

After putting away the Gold Coins and miscellaneous items, Xiao Ling pondered, "Since Xiao Yan has already cultivated Dou Qi, Xiao Xun'er will be coming to the Xiao Family as well. Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, I won't try to snatch the ring from you, but I can still try to win over Xun Er, the richest woman on the Dou Qi Continent. Although everyone says that Xiao Xun'er is the number-one bootlicker on the Dou Qi Continent, it would feel wonderful if she bootlicked me, Xiao Ling. Besides, what boy wouldn't want a girl who always cared about him along the road of life?"

Stopping his thoughts, Xiao Ling formed the cultivation hand seal and began cultivating Dou Qi. On the Dou Qi Continent, strength reigned supreme. Only by becoming stronger could he establish himself.