Douluo: Golden Dragon Martial Soul, the Dragon-Riding Son-in-Law
Chapter 1

Soul Transmigration to Douluo

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Brothers, I transmigrated!

At this moment, in Heaven Dou City, the Crown Prince's Residence, inside a quiet and elegant guest room in a side courtyard.

The room was filled with the sweet fragrance of fruit, and the atmosphere was peaceful and comfortable.

A delicate-looking maid arrived at the door.

Knock, knock, knock!

The door was knocked on as the maid called from outside.

"Young Master Fei, His Highness the Crown Prince has sent me to invite you to the study immediately for your martial soul awakening."

"Got it. I'll be right there."

A lazy, somewhat childish voice came from inside the room.

Inside, a child sprawled lazily across a soft sofa, his limbs relaxed without the slightest trace of the restraint typical of ordinary children.

A wooden tray beside him was piled with fresh, plump seasonal fruits, their fragrance filling the air.

He grabbed a grape and tossed it into his mouth before slowly sitting up.

The child was named Zhang Fei, and he had originally come from Earth.

In his previous life, Zhang Fei had merely been an ordinary college entrance exam candidate.

Three years ago, after finishing the exam, confident that he had done fairly well, he had finally cast off the crushing pressure of ten years of study and wanted nothing more than to indulge himself in celebration.

He asked his parents for some money, gathered a few friends, and spent three straight all-nighters battling away in an upscale internet café.

But when he dragged his exhausted body out of the café, a violent wave of dizziness suddenly struck. His vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground, completely losing consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, Zhang Fei had already transmigrated into the Douluo Continent, possessing the body of a child barely three years old.

The original owner had been named She Fei, the same age as Tang San.

His background was far from ordinary. He was the only grandson of She Long, the Serpent Spear Douluo and one of Spirit Hall's elders.

Whenever the Serpent Spear Douluo She Long was mentioned, anyone familiar with Titled Douluo could not help but tease him.

She Long was a genuine level ninety-two attack-type Titled Douluo. He possessed the Azure-Purple Serpent Spear, one of the continent's foremost mutated weapon martial souls, and his lightning- and poison-based combat power was fierce and tyrannical.

His seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Body, could even transform his weapon soul true body into a beast soul form, turning him into a two-headed giant golden python. This gave him both the transformative enhancement of a beast martial soul and the toughness and might of a weapon martial soul, making him undeniably one of the continent's top-tier powerhouses.

Yet this very Titled Douluo had become one of the greatest jokes in Douluo history.

A dignified level ninety-two Titled Douluo, during the Heaven Dou Palace Coup, had faced the level eighty-two Soul Douluo Yang Wudi with a ten-level advantage, yet was suppressed head-on by the other man's Soul-Breaking Spear.

During the battle of Jialing Pass, after Yang Wudi received Ning Rongrong's Nine-Treasure Glazed Tower enhancement, She Long was even beaten into a grievously wounded retreat.

Even more absurdly, She Long was the only Titled Douluo in the entire history of the Douluo Continent whose fifth soul ring was still a thousand-year purple ring.

If Dugu Bo was the bottom rung among Titled Douluo, then the Serpent Spear Douluo was probably not much better.

The original She Fei's parents had both been Spirit Hall deacons of average strength. A year ago, they had both perished while encircling and suppressing evil soul masters.

As for She Long, his only support, he had been assigned by Spirit Hall to carry out a top-secret mission elsewhere for years and rarely returned to Spirit City even once a year.

Zhang Fei, who was extremely familiar with the original story, knew that She Long had been protecting Qian Renxue alongside his friend Porcupinefish in Heaven Dou City. He was practically inseparable from her and simply could not return to Spirit City.

After his parents' deaths, the young She Fei had remained alone in the residence in Spirit City, with only an old butler to care for his daily needs.

Three years ago, on a stormy, rain-soaked day, the mischievous and playful original owner had slipped out of his room while the butler was distracted and hidden beneath a large tree, only to be struck by lightning.

Everyone thought the child would surely die, but Zhang Fei from Earth had seized that lightning strike as an opportunity, taken over the body, and miraculously survived.

Upon learning that his grandson had survived such a disaster, the Serpent Spear Douluo was filled with lingering fear, heartache, and concern.

After much consideration, he sought out Qian Renxue, who was lurking within the Heaven Dou imperial palace while posing as Xue Qinghe, hoping to arrange for She Fei to stay temporarily at the Heaven Dou Crown Prince's Residence.

At the time, Qian Renxue was lying low in Heaven Dou and secretly laying her plans. She had only recently ascended to the position of crown prince and was plotting to overthrow the Heaven Dou imperial family, so she feared unforeseen complications disrupting her plans most of all.

But the Serpent Spear Douluo was a loyal elder who had followed her for many years.

Moreover, she had heard that She Fei had undergone a drastic change in temperament after narrowly escaping death by lightning. He had become obedient, sensible, steady, and reserved. No longer a troublesome child, he would not stir up trouble.

After weighing the pros and cons, Qian Renxue ultimately agreed.

Under the pretext of taking in an orphan, she brought She Fei into the Crown Prince's Residence in Heaven Dou City and renamed him Zhang Fei.

Of course, they did not tell him Xue Qinghe's true identity. They merely said that she was secretly protecting the crown prince; after all, Zhang Fei was only a three-year-old child.

Time passed, and three years went by in the blink of an eye.

Over those three years, with the Serpent Spear Douluo secretly protecting him and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe openly looking after him, Zhang Fei lived an exceptionally comfortable life.

Zhang Fei was unlike those other transmigrators and Tang San.

He had neither a system nor any cheat ability, let alone some cultivation technique, and he was exceptionally lazy.

All Zhang Fei could and was willing to do was learn some words and read books about martial souls.

After all, this was the Crown Prince's Residence, and Qian Renxue did her best to satisfy this child of impeccable background. Zhang Fei could not exactly say he lacked nothing, but whatever he wanted was available to him.

He had even used Qian Renxue to get his hands on Ju Douluo's Immortal Herb Catalog from Spirit Hall.

As a transmigrator, Zhang Fei naturally understood the importance of the Immortal Herb Catalog.

But the people of the actual Douluo Continent regarded immortal herbs as nothing more than legends and did not take them seriously.

Other than that, Zhang Fei did nothing but eat and sleep. He had none of the drive other transmigrators had to train desperately as if pumped full of adrenaline.

He was still so young, at the age when his body was growing. Zhang Fei did not dare mess around in case he accidentally trained himself into ruin.

Besides, in his previous life, even playing on his phone made his hands sore. How was he supposed to suddenly rise at dawn and sweat through grueling training? That was impossible, alright? There had to be a process.

Now, Zhang Fei had turned six.

On the Douluo Continent, everyone underwent martial soul awakening upon reaching the age of six.

A martial soul awakening could be said to be the most important event in a person's life here.

Whether one became a dragon or a pig all depended on this single day.

Some would embark on the path to becoming strong, while others would fall into the abyss and become worthless trash scorned by all.

Besides awakening a martial soul, there was also the innate soul power test. It not only determined the level of one's talent, but whether one could become a soul master at all.

Even half a rank of soul power counted as crossing the threshold. Otherwise, one could only become a commoner at the very bottom.

Other than nobles and disciples of great sects, commoners rarely awakened innate soul power.

Even if a commoner awakened relatively high innate soul power, it did not necessarily lead to a good outcome. They might very well be taken by nobles or great sects—men turned into breeding studs, women reduced to breeding machines.

For talented commoners who wanted to receive training, the best path was to join Spirit Hall or an auxiliary sect like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Spirit Hall did not ask about one's origins or bloodline. As long as one had sufficient talent and worked hard enough, one could receive their full support.

Even those without much talent could become ordinary deacons and assist commoners with their martial soul awakenings.

This was also the main reason Spirit Hall had grown increasingly powerful and gradually become the number one soul master force on the Douluo Continent.

Zhang Fei's grandfather, the Serpent Spear Douluo, was the best example: born a commoner, possessing a mutated martial soul and innate soul power above level nine, he had been cultivated by Spirit Hall into a Titled Douluo.

Today, many of Spirit Hall's mid- and high-ranking members, even elders, also came from commoner backgrounds.

Of course, with such an enormous scale and low barriers to entry, there was naturally no shortage of parasites and scum.

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