The Nuoding City Lord's manor was decked out in lanterns and colorful streamers, with gongs and drums resounding through the air.
Anyone unaware might have thought the manor was hosting a grand celebration—and in a sense, they were right.
"Hahaha! My son, Xiao Chenyu, has the makings of a Spirit Master!"
A middle-aged man was circling a "werewolf" covered in fur, his face filled with excitement.
The look in his eyes was as if he were gazing upon a rare, priceless treasure.
Yet, at this moment, Xiao Chenyu himself—who had transformed into a werewolf due to his beast spirit awakening—wore an expression of utter despair.
He looked down at his own furry claws, his mind racing with a frantic barrage of thoughts.
I've transmigrated.
I actually transmigrated!
And I transmigrated into a minor cannon fodder character from "Soul Land" who shares my name—the son of the Nuoding City Lord, Xiao Chenyu!
He was the very same "Boss Xiao" who, at Nuoding Academy, had been forced to his knees and made to concede by a six-year-old Tang San using a set of "Motherly Entanglement."
Transmigrating wasn't scary; transmigrating as a loser was!
An ordinary wolf spirit.
An innate spirit power of level three.
In the worldview of Soul Land, these two factors combined were essentially equivalent to: "The starter account is trash; suggest deleting and restarting."
Xiao Chenyu desperately wanted to curse.
With this setup, he was firmly at the bottom of the food chain in terms of combat power in Soul Land.
"Hahaha, Yu'er, don't look so glum! Becoming a Spirit Master is a joyous occasion!"
The middle-aged man slapped Xiao Chenyu's shoulder hard.
This man was Xiao Chengkun, Xiao Chenyu's father, the Lord of Nuoding City and a level fifty-five Spirit King.
It was clear that he was genuinely happy.
After all, in such a remote little city, having a child with the talent to become a Spirit Master was like his ancestors' graves smoking with good fortune.
Xiao Chenyu squeezed out a smile that looked worse than a cry.
My dear father, you are rejoicing far too early.
Time would prove everything.
Or rather, time would deliver a resounding slap to the face.
Time flew like an arrow, and the years passed in the blink of an eye.
Four years had gone by.
In the backyard of the City Lord's manor.
"Hah!"
Ten-year-old Xiao Chenyu punched a wooden post, leaving several cracks on its surface.
Xiao Chenyu stared at those cracks and fell into silence.
Spirit power level: ten.
This was the total result of four years of bitter cultivation.
"Seven levels of spirit power gained in four years..."
Xiao Chenyu's mouth twitched.
At this rate, by the time he reached the level of a Spirit Ancestor, it would take... he did the math, then decided not to.
The benefit of being bad at math was that, at the very least, he wouldn't have a breakdown on the spot!
His ominous premonition from four years ago had indeed come true.
Xiao Chenyu's talent was truly suffocatingly pathetic.
"So... what was the point of me transmigrating here?"
Xiao Chenyu sighed at the sky, his expression one of despair.
He felt the world's deep-seated malice.
The crushing weight of the novel's setting!
The destiny of a cannon fodder supporting character!
Four years of hard work, struggle, and unwillingness... all of it transformed into a profound sense of powerlessness at this moment.
"Should I just stay away from Nuoding Academy and honestly live out my life as a good-for-nothing son of the City Lord?"
Xiao Chenyu muttered to himself.
If he couldn't afford to provoke Tang San, couldn't he at least hide from him?
How is one supposed to fight a cheater like this?
Just as Xiao Chenyu was about to completely resign himself to his fate—
[Ding! Detected that the host is about to lose the courage to face Tang San, the most sinful Child of Destiny in the history of the Douluo Continent. Binding the "Avengers Chat Group" for the host!]
A translucent virtual screen suddenly appeared before his eyes, displaying a chat group interface.
Group Name: [Avengers Chat Group]
Xiao Chenyu: "..."
He blinked.
He rubbed his eyes.
Finally, he simply raised his hand and slapped himself across the face.
"Smack!"
It was crisp and loud.
"Hiss! That hurts!"
It wasn't a dream!
"Holy crap! A chat group! A golden finger!"
Xiao Chenyu nearly jumped up on the spot.
Having read so many Douluo fan-fiction novels, how could he not know what a chat group was?
This was one of the top-tier golden fingers for a transmigrator, equivalent to an SSR-level starting bonus in a game!
"I'm a transmigrator with a golden finger, too!"
Xiao Chenyu's voice trembled.
Soon, he noticed the group member list.
Group Member List:
[Group Leader · Will of the God Realm] (Offline)
[God of Destruction] (Online)
[Goddess of Life] (Online)
[Human-Faced Demon Spider] (Online)
[Will of Douluo Planet] (Online)
Seeing these four familiar names, Xiao Chenyu gasped.
"Hiss!"
That single gasp was enough to clear out all the PM2.5 in Nuoding City.
"Aren't these group members... a bit exaggerated?"
Not to mention the others.
The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life were two God-King level big shots from the God Realm.
The screen suddenly flickered, and a message popped up.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: @Xiao Chenyu, finally waited for you, yay, it's an Avenger! (◦˙▽˙◦)
[Human-Faced Demon Spider]: Tang San! Revenge! Kill! Kill! Kill!
[God of Destruction]: Kid, do you want to change your destiny?
[Goddess of Life]: Little Zi, don't scare the child. @Xiao Chenyu, welcome to the Avengers Chat Group.
Xiao Chenyu stared at the messages in the group, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Will of Douluo Planet, God of Destruction, Goddess of Life... a lineup of gods. How did a piece of trash like me, with only innate level three soul power, end up in a group of gods like this?"
It was like a level one slime in the starter village suddenly being dragged into a world boss raid party.
It was absurd beyond belief.
Xiao Chenyu took a deep breath and typed with trembling fingers.
[Xiao Chenyu]: Um... esteemed big shots, may I ask what this chat group is? And what exactly is an Avenger? (ºOº)
[Will of Douluo Planet]: This is a long story, so let this baby explain it. •͈ᴗ⁃͈✧
[Will of Douluo Planet]: The Avengers Chat Group actually originates from the Will of the God Realm plane at the end of time, which is our Group Leader.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: And we are merely a group of... fellow sufferers, echoes salvaged from the river of time by the Group Leader due to our resentment.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: For example, this baby is the Will of the Douluo Planet plane, which was harmed by Tang San.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: We have gathered together for only one purpose: revenge! (≧▽≦)
[Human-Faced Demon Spider]: Revenge! Revenge! Kill Tang San! Kill!
Xiao Chenyu: "..."
His CPU was slightly overloaded.
"Wait, let me wrap my head around this."
The Will of the God Realm?
It was one thing for Douluo Planet to have a planetary will, but the God Realm had one too?
The goal of the Avengers Chat Group was revenge; that much he could understand.
It was just the target of this revenge...
[Xiao Chenyu]: So, the target of the revenge is Tang San?
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Sob, sob... That is exactly right.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: This baby exhausted all resources to nurture Tang San, helping him become a god, yet he was ungrateful and wanted to take this baby's life! (⩌⤚⩌)
[Will of Douluo Planet]: In the future, in order to completely turn Douluo Planet into his own backyard, he actually attempted to have his father, Tang Hao, possess this baby and replace my existence!
[Will of Douluo Planet]: It's not just me; @Human-Faced Demon Spider, Little Spider is also very miserable. It is the collective resentment of the Human-Faced Demon Spider race that was exterminated by Tang San in the future.
[Human-Faced Demon Spider]: Aaaaah! Tang San! Die! Die! Die! Exterminate the race! Revenge!
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Sorry, Little Spider's existence is quite special; its level of intelligent expression is limited.
"..."
Xiao Chenyu understood.
Simply put—it wasn't very bright, but the hatred was real.
Xiao Chenyu felt his scalp tingle.
"Even the collective will of the exterminated Human-Faced Demon Spider race has popped out!"
He remembered that in the original work, because of Xiao Wu, Tang San had practically hunted the Human-Faced Demon Spiders to the brink of extinction.
A grudge of genocide; no wonder this resentment was heavier than that of a vengeful ghost.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: And there are God of Destruction and Goddess of Life, they...
[God of Destruction]: No need for you to introduce us.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Oh, oh! ₍ᵔ・•・ᵔ₎ (Obediently shuts up.jpg)
[God of Destruction]: I am the God Realm Enforcer, the God King of Destruction.
[God of Destruction]: Tang San is my enemy.
[God of Destruction]: Little Green could not be reborn because of him; it was all my fault for trusting him! Despicable Tang San!
[Goddess of Life]: Sigh, Little Purple, this is not your fault.
[Goddess of Life]: We can only blame ourselves for misjudging the person... Sea God Tang San, he has many faces, hidden too deeply and too perfectly.
Xiao Chenyu widened his eyes.
He remembered this plot point.
In the future, after a failed coup initiated by the God of Destruction, the God Realm encountered a spatial-temporal turbulence.
The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life burned everything to fuse the power of creation, barely preserving the God Realm and leaving behind only a seed of the origin of the laws of life.
As long as the origin of the god positions and laws existed, they would eventually be reborn and return.
And the result?
Tang San gave the God Position of Destruction and the God Position of Life to his son, Tang Wulin, and his daughter-in-law, Gu Yuena.
From then on, out of the five seats of the God Realm Enforcers, three bore the surname Tang.
The God Realm had completely turned into the Tang family's backyard.
This maneuver, Xiao Chenyu would call it "the God Realm version of a family-run business."
[Goddess of Life]: @Xiao Chenyu, you are the one chosen by the Will of the God Realm, the only one who can change all of this... the Avenger.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: Sigh, creating this chat group that spans the river of time has exhausted the group owner's final strength; it has now fallen into a deep slumber.
[Will of Douluo Planet]: From here on out, it can only rely on you, Avenger! (≧▽≦)
"Rely on me?"
All the pressure instantly converged onto Xiao Chenyu.
"You want me to deal with Tang San?"
He muttered to himself, his face clearly expressing four words—"Are you kidding me?"
Who was Tang San?
He was the author's own son, perhaps even the incarnation of the "author himself"!
And what about himself?
A pure weakling with innate soul power of level three, who had only reached level ten after four years of cultivation.
The gap was so wide it was embarrassing to even look at.
"This isn't an Avengers alliance at all; it's a Suicide Squad, isn't it?"
[Xiao Chenyu]: My esteemed lords, I deeply sympathize with your tragic experiences.
[Xiao Chenyu]: However, you don't expect me, a mere level ten Spirit Scholar, to physically "transcend" the future Sea God and Asura God, do you?
[Will of Douluo Planet]: That won't be necessary. After all, at the point in time where you currently reside, Tang San is still the Child of Destiny protected by "me." You couldn't kill him even if you tried~ Ehe! (。-.•)
[Xiao Chenyu]: ???
Xiao Chenyu was even more bewildered.
Couldn't kill him?
Then what was the point of seeking revenge?
Did they want me to reform him with love?
[Goddess of Life]: Child, destiny truly exists.
[Goddess of Life]: While you cannot kill him, you can weaken his destiny.
[Goddess of Life]: Experiencing pain is the most effective way for one's fortune to drain away.
[God of Destruction]: Exactly. Make him suffer, make him miserable, make everything go wrong for him until he completely loses his mandate of heaven!
Xiao Chenyu blinked.
Weaken his destiny?
Make Tang San feel pain?
"Almighty push..."
Just then, a golden light flashed across the chat group panel, and new information appeared.
[Core Rule of the Chat Group: Completing acts of vengeance against a group member's target and causing them to feel pain will weaken their destiny and fortune.]
[Newbie Perk: You may request a beginner's permission red packet from each group member! Feel free to fleece these big shots!]
Xiao Chenyu's eyes lit up instantly.
The brightness was comparable to a two-thousand-watt spirit tool lightbulb.
Make Tang San feel pain?
He was familiar with this line of work!
To put it bluntly, wasn't this what netizens often called—torturing San!
It was right up his alley.
[Xiao Chenyu]: Understood!
[Xiao Chenyu]: But esteemed lords, coming back to the point, even if I wanted to torture San, my heart is willing but my strength is lacking!
[Xiao Chenyu]: Not to mention Tang San's father, Tang Hao, who is the Clear Sky Douluo.
[Xiao Chenyu]: He is petty and protective of his own; if I target Tang San, there is a high probability that Tang Hao will come to have a "heart-to-heart" with me while wielding his Clear Sky Hammer. One hammer blow, and I'll be turned into a two-dimensional paper cutout.
[Xiao Chenyu]: So, do you big shots have anything that could lend me a hand?
Xiao Chenyu rubbed his hands together, a look of anticipation on his face, looking exactly like a fledgling bird waiting to be fed.
The chat group went quiet for a second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Then—
[Ding! Will of Douluo Planet has sent you a red packet: "Concealment Mark"!]
[Ding! God of Destruction has sent you a red packet: "Wisp of Destruction Power"!]
[Ding! Goddess of Life has sent you a red packet: "Wisp of Life Power"!]
[Ding! Human-Faced Demon Spider has sent you a red packet: "Human-Faced Demon Spider Origin"!]
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