Six-Year-Old Boy

"Tienchen, are you really going to awaken your martial soul by yourself?"

"Wouldn't that be too dangerous?"

Aolai City was a small frontier city in the eastern Federation, bordering the East Sea.

Inside a somewhat old house.

Tang Ziran and Lang Yue looked at the platinum-haired boy sitting across from them, worry evident on their faces.

Tang Ziran was the one speaking. Just moments ago, their eldest son, who had just turned six, had announced that he wanted to go alone to the Spirit Pagoda in Aolai City to awaken his martial soul.

How could they possibly feel at ease?

After all, he was only a child who had just turned six.

Mu Tianchen, however, did not seem troubled. Smiling, he patted his chest and said, "Dad, Mom, if you don't trust others, do you not even trust me?"

"My strength now surpasses even that of ordinary adults!"

"Mm..."

Hearing Mu Tianchen say this, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue both froze for a moment. Looking at his confident face, they could not help recalling what had happened three months earlier.

Three months ago, their family of four had gone to the central park in Aolai City for fun and accidentally ran into several drunkards.

Those drunkards were well-known local ruffians, infamous in the area because of their connections.

For some reason, the drunkards had suddenly set their sights on their family of four, especially his wife, Lang Yue.

To protect his mother, their eldest son, who was only five years old, had faced five strong adults alone.

They had originally thought those five tall adults could easily deal with their eldest son.

Yet unexpectedly, their son, who was barely over five years old, had directly sent an adult in his twenties flying five or six meters with one punch.

Not only that, after being blasted away, that man had left a huge spiderweb-like crack in the wall. Everyone present, including Tang Ziran and Lang Yue themselves, had been stunned.

From then on, those drunken hooligans no longer dared trouble them.

Moreover, sometime afterward, their eldest son's name had somehow gradually spread.

Everyone in Aolai City had been saying that Old Tang's family in the eastern district had a terrifying monster, a frightening humanoid tyrannosaur!

And that humanoid tyrannosaur was none other than their six-year-old eldest son.

Indeed, thinking of their eldest son's terrifying strength, they felt much more reassured.

"What you said does seem right, but..."

At that moment, Tang Ziran himself did not know what else to say.

That was right. As a father, if even he did not believe in his son, who else would?

Mu Tianchen nodded, a warm, sunlike smile appearing on his face. "Dad, Mom, just wait at home for my news. I'll definitely awaken a powerful martial soul."

"And Wulin, be good at home too. Your big brother is about to awaken his martial soul."

As he spoke, Mu Tianchen smiled and rubbed the little boy's head while Lang Yue held him in her arms.

The little boy had jet-black hair and bright, large eyes. He looked about three years old, as delicate as a porcelain doll.

This little boy's identity was anything but ordinary.

Yes, that was right. The little boy in Lang Yue's arms was none other than Tang Wulin, who would one day command the winds and clouds as the Dragon Emperor Douluo, become a Divine Craftsman, and save the Douluo Continent.

At that moment, Mu Tianchen looked toward Tang Wulin's head and saw a long golden strand of hair on the right side, exceptionally conspicuous amid his many black strands.

In truth, he had noticed long ago that among his younger brother Tang Wulin's hair was a unique strand of long golden hair.

Although he had not been a Soul Master at the time and had not even awakened his own martial soul, he could still clearly sense the surging life force contained within that golden hair.

Now, three years later, that golden strand had grown incomparably lush. Mu Tianchen could not help feeling secretly astonished. Was this the powerful life force belonging to the Golden Dragon King?

It had to be said that the Golden Dragon King's abilities were indeed unbelievably powerful.

"Fine, then, Tianchen, you must be careful."

Seeing that their eldest son was so determined to go alone to the Spirit Pagoda to awaken his martial soul, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue had no choice but to let Mu Tianchen go by himself.

"Dad, Mom, and Wulin, I'll be going now."

Having obtained his parents' permission, Mu Tianchen did not remain at home for long. After glancing at the soundly sleeping Tang Wulin, he headed for the Spirit Pagoda under his parents' watchful eyes.

Mu Tianchen was not Tang Ziran and Lang Yue's biological son. He came from the Holy Dragon Family—yes, the very Holy Dragon Family that had produced the two Dragon God Douluo, Mu En and Bei Bei, ten thousand years ago.

The Holy Dragon Family's inherited martial soul was the Holy Dragon of Light. Unfortunately, the family line had dwindled, with fewer than twenty members even at its peak.

Mu Tianchen's father, the previous head of the Holy Dragon Family and a Rank 98 Super Douluo, had been ambushed and killed by the Holy Spirit Cult's Second Emperor, Ghost Emperor, while fighting against the Holy Spirit Cult. The entire Holy Dragon Family had consequently been destroyed.

Before his death, Mu Tianchen's father had entrusted him to Tang Ziran and Lang Yue. Therefore, Mu Tianchen had not taken Tang Ziran's surname and had retained his original surname, Mu.

At that moment, on the road to the Spirit Pagoda.

Mu Tianchen was incomparably excited.

He had transmigrated into this world six years ago, and he had finally reached the age at which he could awaken his martial soul.

Although it was already around five in the afternoon, the Spirit Pagoda operated twenty-four hours a day. Even if he went at night, he could still awaken his martial soul.

In his previous life, he had been a university student who had only recently graduated. In an accident, he had been sent straight into this world by a massive truck.

Then, he had become Tang Ziran and Lang Yue's adopted son, as well as Tang Wulin's older brother.

As a veteran fan of the Douluo Continent series who had read all four installments, how could he not know who Tang Ziran and Lang Yue were?

Still, even he found it hard to believe that he had actually transmigrated into Tang Wulin's older brother—a child only six years old.

He was now three years older than Tang Wulin.

He was already six years old and had reached the age to awaken his martial soul, while Tang Wulin was only a three-year-old child, still three years away from awakening his martial soul.

"As Tang Wulin's older brother, even if I can't awaken a powerful martial soul in the future, I can still rely on my younger brother to live a pretty good life."

Mu Tianchen laughed helplessly.

The idea was certainly beautiful, but this was the Douluo Continent. To control his own fate, he still needed to possess powerful strength himself.

He did not need to break through Rank 99 and become a Limit Douluo, but at the very least, he had to become a Super Douluo above Rank 95.

In Mu Tianchen's view, an ordinary Title Douluo would not do. Ordinary Title Douluo had little say in this world.

And to become a Super Douluo above Rank 95, possessing a powerful martial soul with great potential was indispensable.

Do not bring up examples like Kirin Douluo Tong Yu or Fierce Wolf Douluo Dong Zi'an. Their martial souls had already mutated through repeated life-and-death trials and were no longer the weak martial souls they had once been.

In Legend of the Dragon King, several martial souls were widely acknowledged to be quite powerful, such as the Titan Giant Ape martial soul of the Titan Family and the Coiling Dragon Staff martial soul of the Qiangu Family.

Or the Holy Angel martial soul of the Angel Family. These were all publicly recognized as exceptionally powerful martial souls; awakening any one of them gave one a great chance of becoming a Super Douluo.

After half an hour, Mu Tianchen finally arrived at the Spirit Pagoda located in the city center.

At that moment, outside the gates of the Spirit Pagoda.

Aolai City was a small city. Although it had a Spirit Pagoda, it was the lowest-grade kind, only three stories tall. Even so, it was still the grandest building in Aolai City.

After painfully handing over ten thousand Federal Coins to the Spirit Master responsible for martial soul awakenings, Mu Tianchen finally entered the Spirit Pagoda's Awakening Room.

He had earned those ten thousand Federal Coins by studying forging under Mang Tian when he was five and a half years old.

He remembered that, in order to earn that ten thousand, he had suffered greatly. During that period, he had swung his forging hammer until his hands were blurred with blood.

Just like that, ten thousand had vanished. Even though he still had several tens of thousands of Federal Coins in savings, he could not bear to part with it!

However, in order to awaken his martial soul earlier and begin cultivating sooner, it was all worth it!

Mu Tianchen shook his head. In Aolai City, some people who wanted to awaken their martial souls sooner usually would not wait for the annual martial soul awakening day.

They would pay the Spirit Masters of the Spirit Pagoda to help awaken their martial souls in advance. As one of the continent's most powerful forces, the Spirit Pagoda naturally had facilities for awakening martial souls.

Mu Tianchen was doing exactly that. To awaken his martial soul a few months earlier, he was willing to spend an extra ten thousand Federal Coins. At worst, he could earn it back through other channels later.

Inside the Awakening Room.

The Spirit Master from the Spirit Pagoda looked at Mu Tianchen with a faint smile on his face.

"Little fellow, keep your mindset steady and don't be nervous. Next, I will conduct your martial soul awakening. Once it succeeds, you will officially possess your own martial soul."

"And if Soul Power appears alongside your martial soul awakening, then you are a one-in-a-hundred genius and can become a Soul Master."

Wang Yu looked at Mu Tianchen. He was a Soul Master specially responsible for martial soul awakenings at the Spirit Pagoda, and his cultivation had reached Rank 38. In the small city of Aolai City, he was already among the strongest experts.

Today was the tenth awakening he had overseen. Before Mu Tianchen, he had already awakened martial souls for nine children, but unfortunately, none of them had awakened a powerful martial soul.

The strongest martial soul among them seemed to have been a Gale Wolf martial soul.

The Gale Wolf was a mid-tier beast martial soul with the wind attribute. Its evolved form, the Gale Demon Wolf, was a powerful martial soul possessing both wind and darkness attributes, belonging to the high-tier category.

He wondered whether this handsome boy with platinum hair could awaken a powerful martial soul. If he could awaken a high-tier martial soul, then Wang Yu's performance quota for this month would be secured.

"Spirit Master, I'm ready."

Mu Tianchen took a deep breath and dispelled all the tension in his heart. Then, under the young Spirit Master's watchful gaze, he quickly adjusted himself to his best condition.

Yes, that was right. He was going to awaken his martial soul in his best possible state. Even if it was somewhat mystical, he was willing to do anything to awaken a powerful martial soul.

Seeing Mu Tianchen make that gesture, Wang Yu was slightly taken aback before nodding with great satisfaction.

This little fellow was quite good. The child reacted quickly; among all the children today, this boy had adjusted himself the fastest.

"Then, handsome young man, I will now begin your martial soul awakening."

Wang Yu smiled slightly. He was rather looking forward to seeing what martial soul this boy would awaken.