Three Years, I've Been Doing This Kind of Task for Three Years

Douluo Continent, morning.

In the courtyard of an orphanage in Spirit City, a young boy in plain cloth clothes was on the ground, his arms bending and straightening repeatedly.

Sunlight fell on the courtyard wall and on his slightly thin but very sturdy body.

"Ninety-nine..."

Lu Chen counted in a low voice, sweat already trickling down his forehead, but his movements remained standard, without any perfunctory effort.

"One hundred."

With the last repetition completed, he pushed off the ground with his arms and slowly stood up.

At six years old, his body wasn't tall, but his eyes weren't as ignorant as those of ordinary children. Instead, they held a calmness far beyond his age.

Lu Chen stood still, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled, calming his rapid breathing.

Today's task was complete.

One hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred squats, and a ten-kilometer run every day.

To outsiders, such training intensity for a six-year-old child was incredible, even torture.

But for Lu Chen, this had been his daily routine for three full years.

No days off.

Regardless of wind or rain, regardless of physical fatigue, Lu Chen had never stopped.

He didn't expect to truly become a Saitama-like one-punch man. After all, this was the Douluo Continent, a world where spirit, spirit power, and spirit rings determined one's limits.

It was somewhat unrealistic to rely solely on physical training to overcome everything.

But he at least hoped that when his spirit awakened, his innate spirit power would be a little higher.

Even a slight increase could change his future path.

Of course, Lu Chen also didn't really want to become bald.

The thought of that shiny head made him feel a little resistant.

However, if he could truly become a one-punch man, then being bald or not wasn't entirely non-negotiable.

That's right, Lu Chen was not a native of the Douluo Continent.

Before coming to this world, he was just an ordinary person in another world.

One day, he got into an argument online with some die-hard fans of a certain "third brother." He just wanted to reason with them and express a few points, but unfortunately, there were too many opponents, and they swarmed him one after another.

Lu Chen was simply incapable of taking on multiple opponents alone.

He only remembered staring at the screen, getting angrier and angrier, and finally, his vision suddenly went black.

When he regained consciousness, he had already become an infant in the Douluo Continent.

Moreover, he wasn't born into any great sect or prominent family, nor was he a young master doted on from birth.

He was an infant abandoned outside Spirit City.

If Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo hadn't happened to pass by that day and found him, left by the roadside, his cries of hunger already weak, Lu Chen probably wouldn't have even had a chance to survive.

Later, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo brought him into Spirit City and then sent him to this orphanage.

It was precisely because of this that Lu Chen was able to grow up safely.

Lu Chen always kept this matter in his heart.

He knew how he had gotten his life, and he knew that being able to eat and stay warm in Spirit City was not a given.

As for training, it began when Lu Chen was three years old. Even elementary school students could figure this out.

From three to six years old, a full three years.

Starting training at this age was exaggerated in anyone's eyes.

At first, Lu Chen himself thought this small body wouldn't be able to handle it. He even prepared to reduce the training load appropriately.

But what he didn't expect was that although his body was young, it didn't collapse due to the training.

On the contrary, as time went by, his physical fitness actually improved little by little. His strength, endurance, and recovery ability were all much stronger than ordinary children.

Even more noticeable was his appetite.

In the beginning, he just ate a little more than children his age.

Later, the aunties in the orphanage looked at him with increasingly strange eyes because Lu Chen's appetite alone was almost equivalent to that of two or three adults.

To this, Lu Chen could only remain silent.

After all, training consumed a lot of energy, so eating a little more was reasonable.

Just as Lu Chen was pondering these matters, a gentle voice came from not far away.

"Still exercising, Little Chen."

Lu Chen turned his head and saw Dean Grandma standing at the doorway, a kind smile on her face.

She was already quite old and was responsible for taking care of the children in the orphanage.

For Lu Chen, although this old woman was not related by blood, she was one of the people who had truly cared for him as he grew up after he arrived in this world.

Lu Chen hurriedly gathered his thoughts and nodded, saying, "Dean Grandma."

Dean Grandma looked at the sweat on his forehead, then at his posture, which remained standing straight, and could not help but shake her head with a smile.

"Today is the day of your Spirit Awakening, yet you are still here training; you truly cannot sit still for even a moment."

Lu Chen replied calmly, "Today's tasks are already finished; it will not delay the awakening."

Upon hearing this, the smile on Dean Grandma's face became even more pronounced.

"That is good."

She walked to Lu Chen's side, her tone more solemn than usual.

"Little Chen, are you ready?"

Lu Chen did not hesitate.

"Of course I am ready."

He had waited a long time for this day.

From the moment he realized he had arrived on the Douluo Continent, Lu Chen understood that the Spirit Awakening at age six was the point where everyone's destiny truly began to diverge.

A good spirit, combined with sufficiently high innate spirit power, meant having the opportunity to become a Spirit Master and the chance to reach higher positions.

Conversely, if one's spirit was ordinary and their innate spirit power was low, or if they had no spirit power at all, then any ambitions were merely empty talk.

Dean Grandma looked at Lu Chen's earnest expression and nodded with gratification.

"You are a child brought back by Lord Chrysanthemum Douluo and Lord Ghost Douluo; you are ultimately somewhat different from the children in the orphanage who became orphans because Evil Spirit Masters slaughtered their villages."

Her voice softened slightly as she said this.

The backgrounds of most children in the orphanage were quite tragic.

Many of them once had parents, homes, and villages, but because of the appearance of Evil Spirit Masters, they lost everything overnight.

The people of Spirit Hall saved them, brought them to Spirit City, provided them with food and shelter, and ensured they could receive a unified Spirit Awakening at the age of six.

In the hearts of these children, Spirit Hall was not some distant power, but a place that had truly provided them with sanctuary.

Dean Grandma looked at Lu Chen again and said earnestly, "Grandma hopes you can awaken a good spirit and have a bright future; it would not be in vain for all the hard work you have put in over these years."

Hearing these words, Lu Chen could not help but feel a slight stir in his heart.

Of course, he also hoped to awaken a good spirit.

Only in this way would he have the opportunity to strive for that ethereal godhood.

For the vast majority of people on the Douluo Continent, the term "godhood" was far too distant, appearing almost like an untouchable legend.