Transmigration as Yan Shaozhe's Older Brother

[Please leave your brain at the door][Age has been slightly adjusted]

I have been in this world of The Peerless Tang Sect for over fifty years.

The ten-thousand-year grand plan of the Tang God-King has finally reached its initial stage. Bei Bei and Tang Ya have already set off for the Great Star Dou Forest to help Tang Ya hunt for her third soul ring. Everything is proceeding exactly as it did in the original story, but Yan Jingzhe knows that the mastermind behind the scenes in the God Realm has already begun to act.

By the lake next to the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy, the sunset sinks into the horizon, and shattered gold spreads across the entire tide.

The Dean of the Soul Guidance Device Department, Yan Jingzhe, stands with his hands behind his back. His long, silver-white hair glows faintly under the moonlight, making him appear like a drawn longsword—his sharpness restrained, yet possessing an inherent majesty.

He gazes at the lights reflected on the lake and lets out a long, soft sigh.

Fifty years, gone in the blink of an eye.

He raises his hand to look at the Phoenix Mark on his palm, his thoughts drifting back to that morning fifty years ago, when he awakened his martial soul at the age of six.

At that time, he and his younger brother, Yan Shaozhe, awakened their martial souls simultaneously. Blazing golden light shot into the sky, and the phantoms of two Light Phoenixes circled above Shrek City three times, startling every soul master within a hundred miles.

Innate Full Soul Power, Light Phoenix Martial Soul.

Upon hearing the news, Shrek Academy immediately dispatched teachers to bring them in. Afterward, they were taken as disciples by the contemporary Sea God Pavilion Master, the Dragon God Douluo Mu En, and cultivated with great care.

At twelve, he was already a level-34 Soul Elder, standing on the stage of the Freshman Competition with Xian Lin'er and Feng Ling by his side. In that battle, he turned the tide single-handedly, defeating his younger brother Yan Shaozhe. With flames burning the heavens and the phoenix reborn, the three young boys and girls stood shoulder to shoulder to lift the championship trophy.

At nineteen, he was a level-73 Soul Saint.

At the once-every-five-years All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, Yan Jingzhe led the Shrek team to claim the championship with an overwhelming momentum. On the final stage, he used the combat technique Sovereign Over All taught by his teacher to send a defense-type Soul Emperor flying off the ring with a single strike, leaving the entire arena in silence before a tsunami of cheers erupted. Mu En stood in the stands, a rare look of gratified satisfaction showing on his aged face.

At thirty, he broke through to become a Titled Douluo and became a Rank-9 Soul Engineer in the same year. He crafted two Rank-9 Life Soul Guidance Devices: the Radiant Tower, possessing absolute defense, and the Radiant Sword, possessing absolute attack.

The moment nine soul rings rose from beneath his feet, Mu En personally crowned him with the title "Radiant" and solemnly announced before all the elders of the Sea God Pavilion: Yan Jingzhe would be the next Sea God Pavilion Master.

As for matters of the heart.

The corners of Yan Jingzhe's mouth curl up slightly. He is not the timid, hesitant type like Yan Shaozhe.

Xian Lin'er is fiery and decisive, while Feng Ling is gentle and firm. Two equally outstanding women, both of whom admire him—he truly cannot bear to let either of them go.

Therefore, only children make choices; as an adult, I want them all.

Initially, Xian Lin'er was a bit reluctant, but under my aggressive pursuit and the anticipation of her good friend Feng Ling, she eventually agreed.

However, all of this is still not enough.

After fifty years of bitter cultivation, his soul power has reached the peak of level 98, only one step away from becoming a Limit Douluo.

That step seems close, yet it is like a chasm. The Deputy Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Xuan, has been stuck at level 98 for many years and has yet to break through that shackle even now.

As for Yan Jingzhe, if he were to cultivate step by step without any fortuitous encounters, it would likely take him 20 years to even have a chance to take that step. And that would only be through the most ordinary Co-position Resonance. His ambition is great; he wants to use the Yin-Yang Resonance Method to break through to the Limit Douluo realm.

But even if he crosses that threshold, so what?

Without becoming a god, one can never achieve eternal life.

But becoming a god? Easier said than done, especially in this worst of eras. The Tang God-King's ten-thousand-year grand plan is like an invisible net covering the entire continent, making it hard to breathe.

God positions are controlled, successions are monitored, and every powerhouse attempting to touch the God Rank is strangled in the cradle without even knowing it.

In the original story, Tang San even calculated his own daughter's path to godhood, let alone outsiders.

Yan Jingzhe took an object out of his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

It is a carving knife, transparent and flawless, with what appears to be green light rain flowing slowly inside, revealing a vibrant vitality.

This is Life Gold—the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife from the Star Luo Empire auction in the original story, which Yan Jingzhe purchased from them.

The original story describes it as being able to increase lifespan, possessing immense vitality, delaying aging, and breaking the lifespan limit of human soul masters.

He grips the Life Gold tightly, feeling that warm energy seep into his meridians through his palm, creating a wondrous resonance with the Light Phoenix martial soul within his body.

Unfortunately, he does not know how to refine this piece of Life Gold. He dares not swallow it recklessly; if he were to do so, the Golden Tortoiseshell in the Great Star Dou Forest would be a cautionary tale.

Yan Jingzhe shakes his head and sighs.

"But it doesn't matter. With this Life Gold, combined with the radiant aura of my Light Phoenix martial soul, I don't believe I can't attract that Demigod of the Calamity of the Undead."

Yan Jingzhe mutters to himself, his eyes flickering with light.

"As long as I can intercept the remnant soul of Electrolux, I can strike a deal with him—using the vitality of the Life Gold as a catalyst, I will ask him to help me break through to Limit Douluo, and then absorb all the vitality of the Life Gold to break the lifespan limit imposed on soul masters by the Tang God-King."

After that, he will wait. When the Sun Moon Empire launches its war of aggression, he will lead Shrek Academy and the three major empires as a level-99 Limit Douluo to crush the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Device Legion head-on.

He will take the opportunity to collect the Power of Faith from humanity, then establish the Spirit Pagoda to collect the Power of Faith from soul beasts.

To ensure nothing goes wrong and to avoid being spied on by the Tang God-King, he will go directly into Electrolux's Undead Half-Plane to condense the Power of Faith from all humans and soul beasts on the Douluo Continent. He will use this Power of Faith to ignite the Divine Fire, open up a god position, and reach the God-King Realm.

By then, the sky will be vast for birds to fly.

Hmph, Tang God-King, you have your ten-thousand-year grand plan, and I have my hundred-year plan to become a god. When the time comes, I will achieve the position of God-King right under your nose; let's see if I don't scare you to death.

As the night deepens, Yan Jingzhe takes a deep breath, no longer hesitating.

"It's time to go."

He leaps up, and nine soul rings suddenly bloom from beneath his feet—yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red! One yellow, two purple, three black, and three red; the ultimate configuration. The pressure emitted by those three 100,000-year red soul rings alone causes ripples to stir across the lake, and the grass and trees on the shore bow in unison.

"Light Phoenix, possess!"

A clear, resonant phoenix cry rings through the night sky. A pair of blazing golden wings unfurls behind Yan Jingzhe, each feather like molten sunlight, scorching and sacred. His eyes transform into golden vertical pupils, and his silver-white hair flutters in the flames like a flag. A majestic surge of soul power erupts into the sky, causing even the veteran masters who have been in seclusion within the Sea God Pavilion for years to open their eyes, looking toward the lake in a daze.

The golden figure did not linger, streaking across the night sky like a meteor as he raced toward the Great Star Dou Forest outside the east gate of Shrek.

The wind whistled, and Yan Jingzhe looked down at the earth retreating rapidly beneath his feet, his mind perfectly clear.

Great Star Dou Forest, I am coming.

Electrolux, I am coming.

This world dominated by the Tang God-King, from today on, shall have a new sky.