The Night-Startling Divine Spear!

Li Changsheng stood atop the mountain peak, gulping down the invigorating morning air mixed with dew as he paced back and forth.

Myriad Worlds Sign-in System!

Looks like my luck wasn't bad! I drew a powerful system.

"A divine weapon? The Night-Startling Divine Spear? I think I've heard of it in some old myth. As the saying goes, anything produced by a system is bound to be top quality. It should be pretty powerful, right?"

Once he had calmed down, he began to think seriously about the reward for his first sign-in.

After living for ten thousand years, he had a mature mind. Though excited, he hadn't stayed that way for long. He hadn't lived all those years for nothing.

He opened the new system interface.

World: Douluo Continent

Name: Li Changsheng

Skill: Longevity (notes);

Inventory: None

Main Quest: Sign in at the Sea God Awakening Hall!

Side Quest: Obtain the peerless skill Tang San left behind! Learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill before Martial Soul Awakening!

Li Changsheng frowned and opened the notes on the Longevity skill:

"Longevity! Staying alive is the top priority! Since the sign-in times are uncertain, the host must be granted an endless lifespan, living as long as heaven and lasting as long as earth! Any action will increase your lifespan!"

Boom!

After reading the notes, Li Changsheng was dumbstruck.

Wasn't this the same as the ability of his Longevity System? How had it become a skill here? Had he been ripped off?

Though he grumbled like crazy in his mind, Li Changsheng didn't complain too much.

He had chosen the system himself, and he had gotten something out of it. Though life had been dull, he had still lived for ten thousand years!

Relying on the system's ability to alter people's perceptions, he had lived in God Soul Village for a full ten thousand years! He'd done everything he hadn't dared to do before transmigrating...

After learning about the new system, Li Changsheng sat down again. His gaze turned cool as he considered what to do next.

Staying holed up in God Soul Village was out of the question.

With a new system and a Martial Soul Awakening coming up, how could he possibly stay here? His future was only just beginning to unfold!

"According to the Sign-in and Clock-in System, the divine weapon, the Night-Startling Divine Spear, will arrive in my inventory around six this evening. Can I even use it?"

Thinking of his current six-year-old body, he imagined himself wielding a spear. A long spear had to be at least two meters long, right? His head started to ache.

"So now I need to think about this side quest: getting the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Tang San's old home. The Mysterious Heaven Skill is powerful. If I learn it, wielding a spear shouldn't be a problem."

"I heard that after Tang San became a god, he left behind the Mysterious Heaven Skill and other inheritances. But you had to join the Tang Sect to learn them. I don't have a Martial Soul, so there's no way I could join. A few years ago, I read in a Soul Master newspaper that the Tang Sect had been completely wiped out and its ancestral grounds seized. I regretted that I'd never get the chance to learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill. But who would've thought there'd be a rubbing beneath the bed in Tang San's old home?"

Remembering the past, Li Changsheng couldn't help feeling how unpredictable life was.

Over these ten thousand years, Douluo Continent had developed at a breakneck pace, and many things had changed. Especially the great war a hundred years ago, when the Sun-Moon Continent collided with Douluo Continent—that terrifying battle remained vivid in his memory.

"However, from what I know, Su Yuntao's descendants will come to God Soul Village in half a month to conduct the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony. Can I learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill and reach the Innate Full Soul Power stage in just half a month?"

Whenever he thought of the annual Martial Soul Awakening ceremonies in God Soul Village over the past ten thousand years, Li Changsheng wanted to burst out laughing.

Because Su Yuntao had helped Tang San awaken his Martial Soul, a rumor had gradually spread that Su Yuntao had played a major part in Tang San's success.

In particular, here in God Soul Village, Su Yuntao's descendants had been coming to help with awakenings for ten thousand years, hoping another Tang San would emerge. After Spirit Hall fell, responsibility for the Martial Soul Awakening ceremonies passed to the various city lord's offices, and they charged for awakenings! One Gold Soul Coin per ceremony! As a result, people said Su Yuntao's descendants were all especially rich.

"Learning the Mysterious Heaven Skill well enough to reach Innate Full Soul Power in half a month seems a bit difficult. But I don't really care whether there's a special reward. I can awaken my Martial Soul anyway! I'll head to Tang San's old home... No, I should wait until night. There are too many people around right now, and even I can't dig up a bedframe in broad daylight. Nuoding City's garrison is stationed there. Tang San's old home is a major source of annual revenue for Nuoding City, so I'll have to come up with a plan..."

Thinking of this, Li Changsheng couldn't help sighing. "Tang San! If you knew that your home had become a tourist attraction, with admission costing one Gold Soul Coin per visit, what would you think? Even the things you used, down to a broken wooden stool, could fetch a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins at auction!"

"Haha, I'm the one who did all this! I've been living the good life for ten thousand years, using your name to swindle and cheat."

Like some great villain, Li Changsheng got to his feet and headed toward the other side of the hill.

How had little Li Changsheng managed to climb this thousand-meter mountain?

Had he climbed it?

Of course not! Apart from having lived a long time, he was an ordinary person in every other respect. Naturally, he'd taken the stairs!

Long ago, he'd egged on the village chief of the time to build a thousand-meter-long stairway on the far side of the mountain.

He clearly remembered that the stones hewn out to build the stairs had sold for a lot of money.

He wasn't in the mood to admire the view from up high. Before long, he had descended the mountain. Along the way, he thought about how to steal the Mysterious Heaven Skill without anyone noticing. He had an idea, but couldn't put it into action until the Night-Startling Divine Spear arrived...

Before changing this appearance, the Longevity System had erased Li Changsheng from everyone's memories and given him a new identity, implanting it into everyone's minds. He didn't know exactly what it was... and didn't care. This was only a beginner's village, after all. It was just an identity. All that mattered was that he knew who he was and what he had to do.

For that reason, Li Changsheng didn't go back to the Li Family first. Instead, keeping out of sight, he went to a room at an inn he'd rented earlier. He waited for the Night-Startling Divine Spear to arrive in his inventory while continuing to refine his plan.

Before long, night fell. The Full Moon cast its gentle, scattered light over the Blue Silver Grass with its drooping leaves, while Soul Guidance Lamps lit up the village, creating a scene of lights in every home.

Li Changsheng sat on the bed, waiting quietly.

"If I can use the Night-Startling Divine Spear, the theft will be incredibly simple. If I can't, I'll have to use my other plan."

Li Changsheng had thought up two plans. One was simple and forceful; the other would require a few tricks.

Naturally, he didn't want any trouble, so he prayed he'd be able to use the divine weapon, the Night-Startling Divine Spear.

Before long.

As he kept refreshing the inventory interface, an icon of a long spear, black from end to end, appeared.

There was no flashy description, just a simple label: Night-Startling Spear.

Li Changsheng hurriedly took the Night-Startling Divine Spear out of his inventory.

Clang!

Suddenly, a long spear, black from end to end, tore through dimensional space, treading on shattered dimensional walls as it shot straight down into the stone floor. Yet it made no sound on impact, while the sturdy stone slab split apart as easily as rotten tofu.

The Night-Startling Divine Spear!

The spear was about two meters long, and its sharp tip was much wider than that of an ordinary spear. A dusky gem floated above the middle of the descending spearhead. On either side, flame-like markings seemed to beckon, giving the ashen Night-Startling Spear a powerful, oppressive presence. Its complex butt was enough to leave anyone in awe of this peerless divine weapon! Stranger still, golden blood flowed from the bottom of the spear!

Li Changsheng's eyes widened as he stared fixedly at the black, gleaming Night-Startling Spear.

He could feel a hair-raising aura constantly radiating from it.

His excitement was even ruthlessly extinguished by the spear, and a feeling of worship rose in his heart.

After a while, the aura released by the Night-Startling Divine Spear gradually faded. In moments, it had returned to being an ordinary black spear. The golden blood flowing from it had dried up, too.

It looked ordinary, but it was anything but!

He stepped forward and gripped the shaft with his right hand.

Cold!

A bone-piercing chill instantly seeped into Li Changsheng's palm.

He didn't let go. Instead, he gradually acclimated himself to the cold.

One minute.

Two minutes.

After three minutes, Li Changsheng grinned and abruptly pulled back his right hand.

A layer of frost had formed on his right hand. The frost hadn't spread from the outside in; it seemed to have emerged from within his palm.

Li Changsheng smiled faintly and grabbed the Night-Startling Spear. The spear, planted in the ground, instantly fell into his hand. Though the bone-chilling cold remained, some strange connection seemed to have formed between them.

Holding the Night-Startling Spear, Li Changsheng suddenly spun it around and thrust it fiercely into the air.

In his spare time, he'd read books about weapons. Even on Douluo Continent, there were plenty of people who practiced martial arts.

The Night-Startling Spear was like a black dragon. It made no roaring boom and gave off no dazzling light. It was just a thrust, yet it sent ripples through the dimensional barriers.

Boom!

The air exploded, and the void collapsed. The spreading shock waves shook everything in the room, and the Soul Guidance Lamp that had lit it up went dark in an instant.

"Haah, haah, haah..."

Li Changsheng was startled. He'd never imagined the Night-Startling Divine Spear would be so powerful.

As soon as he'd gripped the Night-Startling Spear, he'd felt he had completely mastered it, as though it had become one with him.

But the Night-Startling Divine Spear's power was terrifying, beyond compare, and it was clear that Li Changsheng couldn't yet wield it. The moment he planted the spear on the ground, a wave of exhaustion washed over him, and he collapsed onto the bed with a thud.

Lying on the bed, Li Changsheng wore an excited smile despite his weary face.

Amazing! Just this spear alone made him no weaker than some Soul Grandmasters!

He'd lived a long time, and over the years, the Soul Masters who visited God Soul Village had opened dueling arenas and other fighting venues. He often went to watch.

That thrust with the Night-Startling Divine Spear had drained all his strength, but the power behind it had definitely been no weaker than the power a Power Attack System Soul Elder could unleash using a third Soul Ring!

"In that case, the side quest should be much easier."

As Li Changsheng murmured these words, an unintentional chill and bloodlust crept across his face...

He planned to rest for a few hours, then hurry to Tang San's old home to find the Mysterious Heaven Skill!

As the saying went: a moonless night and howling winds—the perfect night for murder!

Just as Li Changsheng slowly closed his eyes to rest, the Night-Startling Spear on the ground suddenly turned into a streak of black light and burrowed into the space between his brows. The black light gradually faded, finally condensing into a Night-Startling Spear mark formed of black, red, and gold.

The gleaming spear mark brought a terrifying, inexplicable aura of bloodlust to the resting Li Changsheng. It was as though a veil of phantom blood covered his handsome face, and the aura of slaughtering all living things kept stirring...