What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live?

"Fang Yuan, what kind of life do you want to live?"

"If I had to say..."

"I hope I can get knocked out every day by a 36D dragon girl in white stockings smothering my face!"

"In your dreams. Maybe in your next life!"

Star Dou Forest, Lake of Life, a small cabin in the woods.

"Little Fang Yuan, are you awake?"

A gentle voice lingered by his ear, and Fang Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

The moment he lifted his head, he ran face-first into something soft, snowy-white, warm, and fragrant.

With a duang.

Fang Yuan hurriedly shrank his head back, his little hands dazedly covering his forehead as he let out a soft groan.

"Hiss— That hurts."

He instinctively looked up.

What entered his eyes at that moment was a young girl.

She had silver hair and a pair of purple eyes.

Small silver dragon horns grew from the top of her head, and a fluffy silver dragon tail swayed behind her.

Beneath the hem of her skirt, a slender, fair calf was wrapped in translucent white stockings.

Fang Yuan stared fixedly at what should not be stared at.

Dragon girl, white stockings, 36D.

His "morning face-wash" every day.

Holy crap, it actually came true.

"Did the little guy have a nightmare? You're still talking in your sleep."

The young girl smiled gently and reached out to softly rub his forehead.

Then she carefully drew him into her arms and gently patted his back.

A scent of ambergris lingered at the tip of his nose, and that warm embrace made Fang Yuan instantly settle down.

"My Lord, you truly are especially fond of this human child."

A woman in a jade-green dress, with green hair and green eyes, looking to be in her twenties, walked in.

The silver-haired girl tilted her head slightly, a faint awkwardness flashing through her purple eyes. "Though I have always loathed humans, this child is no ordinary mortal to begin with, so naturally I have no reason to dislike him..."

"Haha..." The green-eyed woman froze for a moment, then revealed a gentle smile. "That is true. To have been born out of thin air inside a meteorite, perhaps he is an innate spiritual body left behind from ancient times, or some strange being nurtured by the stars beyond the heavens."

"Perhaps..." Gu Yuena lowered her head to look at the little boy lying obediently in her arms, an almost imperceptible softness flashing through her purple eyes.

She gently lifted the child in her arms over her head and murmured, "Little Fang Yuan, you must grow up quickly, carefree and without worries."

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

The tiny little thing from back then turned six before anyone knew it.

After staying in Star Dou Forest for these past few years, Fang Yuan had long since adapted to everything, and he had also thoroughly figured out his own situation.

He had transmigrated to Douluo Continent and been raised by Gu Yuena herself.

As a transmigrator, Fang Yuan knew full well how important this adoptive mother of his was.

She was the Sovereign of Ten Thousand Beasts, ruler over the soul beast clans of the entire continent. By nature, she was cold and remote, and had always despised humans.

Yet that distance and indifference had never once fallen on him.

Gu Yuena alone poured all her tenderness onto him and favored him in every possible way.

Even Bi Ji, who often came by to visit, could not help sighing that someone with their lord's temperament would actually care so much about a child.

Now that his age was just right, Gu Yuena planned to personally awaken his martial soul.

Fang Yuan could not help feeling anticipation in his heart as well, wondering just what kind of martial soul he would awaken.

Beside the Lake of Life.

A silver dragon-scale formation slowly lit up on the ground, its gentle radiance illuminating the entire forest.

Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, and the other six top-tier ferocious beasts of Star Dou stood in a line, their expressions solemn.

The entire Star Dou Forest fell silent.

Today was the day Fang Yuan would awaken his martial soul.

Gu Yuena slowly walked up to Fang Yuan, crouched down, and reached out to take his little hand.

"There's one more thing I need to tell you in advance," she said softly. "Little Fang Yuan, promise me that after you awaken your martial soul, you absolutely won't casually hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings. Every soul beast has its own life, and all of them are my kin, "I truly don't want to see my own people harming one another."

Fang Yuan's expression stiffened, his mind drifting for a moment.

Though souls had already become widespread, and soul masters no longer had to hunt soul beasts for soul rings, scarce things like soul bones and bloodlines still had to be obtained from soul beasts in the end.

Without relying on that path, becoming stronger would be much harder.

But then he thought about it. He was the son of the mighty Silver Dragon King. Why would he need to fight ordinary soul masters for resources?

That would be far too beneath him.

Once he figured that out, Fang Yuan nodded solemnly. "Mother, I promise you."

Gu Yuena raised her hand and gently stroked his forehead, her face full of motherly love.

"Mm. It's a promise. I hope you won't break our oath."

With that, she lifted her hand, and a stream of silver soul power poured into the formation.

In an instant, the formation patterns around them lit up with dazzling radiance.

"Mother, I will never let you down!"

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and stepped forward.

Countless golden motes of life rose from the lake water, like stars filling the sky, all surging into his body.

Warm vitality seeped into every limb and bone, bringing an indescribable comfort through his whole body.

Fang Yuan narrowed his eyes in pleasure.

He could clearly feel that something inside him had completely awakened.

Behind him, black light suddenly flared!

A low, ancient dragon roar quietly echoed.

An overbearing dragon aura rushed out from within him. Fang Yuan could clearly sense an enormous black dragon shadow condensing behind him, its black scales glossy and dark, its dark-golden pupils brimming with majesty.

His heart lurched. What kind of martial soul was this? Wasn't it a little too fierce?

Everyone present restrained their auras one after another, their gazes all falling on the dragon shadow.

"This aura of the Dragon God... no..."

Gu Yuena murmured softly.

She stared at the black dragon figure, somewhat surprised deep down.

She had lived with little Fang Yuan for so long, yet as his mother, she had not sensed the slightest bit that such a dragon aura was hidden inside this child.

This aura was far too pure.

It could no longer be found anywhere on Douluo Continent.

Even her bloodline and the Golden Dragon King's bloodline could not compare to this purity.

A true dragon bloodline?

Impossible.

In this universe, there was only one Dragon God. There could never be a second.

Gu Yuena's heart stirred.

Could this be a Dragon God from another world?

The phenomenon of the black dragon martial soul slowly stabilized, but before the shock in everyone's hearts had settled, a new mutation descended once more.

On Fang Yuan's left wrist, a strange wisp of emerald-green light lit up.

The faint light swirled and lingered, and an exquisitely designed pitch-black mechanical wristwatch appeared out of thin air, fitting steadily against his skin.

Within the groove at the center of the watch face flowed a cool, unfamiliar, and peculiar energy.

"Twin martial souls? And the second one is actually a tool martial soul?"

Bi Ji exclaimed in a low voice, her face full of disbelief.

How could this little fellow possess such a pure and extraordinary Dragon God bloodline?

Could it be that the Lord had seen through all of this long ago?

Was that why she raised him?

The Lord was wise indeed!

Gu Yuena watched everything happening before her, and her heart stirred slightly.

"Little one, your future is destined to be extraordinary."

Yet deep in her heart, a trace of regret quietly welled up.

If Fang Yuan had never awakened a martial soul and had only been an ordinary child, how wonderful would it have been if he could have stayed by her side for a long, long time?

To live out this life in peace and stability—why did he have to be bound by fate like her?

On the other side, Fang Yuan raised his little hand and stared blankly at the pitch-black watch on his wrist.

His pupils contracted slightly as his mind raced.

This design, this structure, this watch face...

The more he looked, the more familiar it seemed!

In the next second, his memories exploded open!

Wasn't this the divine artifact of his childhood in his previous life, Ben 10's Omnitrix!