Rebirth

"Ah!" A miserable scream pierced the heavens.

All around lay snow-covered mountains, and the land and sky beyond were an endless expanse of white. At the center, surrounded by the snowy peaks, was a lake of magma. Yet unlike ordinary magma, it was not fiery red but a ghastly white, with crystalline ice forming across its surface.

A little girl in a blazing red dress was curled up in the middle of the magma. Her small figure was the only splash of color in this world.

Scorching heat and bone-piercing cold—two extreme sensations relentlessly battered the girl curled within the magma.

"Youquan, you have to hold on. It's only the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. You are the registered disciple personally taught by the Fiery Emperor, who commands all flames under heaven!" Endless agony enveloped the little girl as she muttered to herself.

Inside her body, wisps of ghastly white flame rampaged through her meridians. Anything that stood in their path was instantly burned into nothingness.

Amid that ultimate heat, an icy current that chilled her to the bone wound through the girl's meridians. Fine, glistening strands of ice had even appeared in her hair.

The cold current spread through her body along her meridians in every direction. Wherever it passed, a milky-white layer of ice covered both her meridians and bones.

Wherever the flames passed, the two extreme energies—one cold, one hot—continuously scoured the girl's meridians. The moment her body could no longer endure, that flash of red would vanish from this world.

Youquan mobilized her powerful Soul Force with all her strength, wrapping it around the ghastly white flames burning through her meridians. Her resolve grew ever firmer. Within the hazy realm of her senses, a tall, imposing figure gradually emerged in her heart.

"Teacher!" the girl cried out unconsciously.

"Youquan, your teacher believes in you." A clear, gentle voice sounded beside the girl's ear.

Youquan was the sole registered disciple of Xiao Yan, the Fiery Emperor and leader of the Tianfu Alliance on the Dou Qi Continent. She was the Tianfu Alliance's heir, personally taught by both Fiery Emperor Xiao Yan and Venerable Yao, Yao Chen.

Back then, Soul Heaven Emperor had successfully gathered the fragments of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Jade, opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling, and used the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill along with the sacrifice of countless souls to successfully advance to the Dou Emperor realm.

Seeing that the continent was about to be ravaged by Soul Heaven Emperor, Xiao Yan, leader of the Tianfu Alliance, used the Exotic Fire Square within the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling to advance to the Dou Emperor realm.

After Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan and Soul Heaven Emperor of the Soul Clan both became Dou Emperors, they fought the War of the Twin Emperors, a battle that determined the life and death of the continent.

In the end, Xiao Yan, leader of the Tianfu Alliance, successfully gathered all the Heavenly Flames and sealed Soul Heaven Emperor within Exotic Fire Square, restoring peace to the Dou Qi Continent.

After becoming the Fiery Emperor, Xiao Yan tore through the void and brought the Origin of Dou Qi back to the Dou Qi Continent. Afterward, the Fiery Emperor led his teacher, two wives, and friends in ascension to the Great Thousand World.

He left the Tianfu Alliance he had founded to his personal disciple, Youquan, and told her that once she broke through to the Dou Emperor realm, she could tear through the void and travel to the Great Thousand World to reunite with her teacher and the others.

From then on, as the Fiery Emperor's disciple, Youquan became the third leader of the Tianfu Alliance. While cultivating diligently, she also managed the Tianfu Alliance exceptionally well.

Her greatest wish was to become a Dou Emperor as soon as possible, travel to the Endless Fire Domain in the Great Thousand World, and continue fighting alongside her teacher and everyone else.

After many years, following in her teacher's footsteps, Youquan finally became a Dou Emperor, and her Soul Force had also reached the Emperor Realm.

Yet just as Youquan tore open the void and prepared to ascend, unrest erupted from Exotic Fire Square, where Soul Heaven Emperor had been sealed.

To everyone's surprise, Soul Heaven Emperor, who had been sealed in Exotic Fire Square by the Fiery Emperor all those years ago, had actually broken free with the aid of the Outer Evil Clan and seen the light of day once more.

Having finally regained his freedom, Soul Heaven Emperor was filled with boundless hatred. The instant he broke free, he began killing without restraint. With the Outer Evil Clan's assistance, Central Plains became a river of blood in mere moments, while the skies filled with the anguished wails of countless souls.

Soul Heaven Emperor, having broken through the seal, was filled with hatred toward Xiao Yan and the Tianfu Alliance. He immediately turned his vengeful gaze upon the Tianfu Alliance.

To protect the Dou Qi Continent and safeguard the Tianfu Alliance founded by the Fiery Emperor and Venerable Yao, Youquan could only temporarily abandon her ascension. She stabilized the Spatial Wormhole leading to the Great Thousand World while fighting Soul Heaven Emperor and the Outer Evil Clan.

After Youquan gave everything she had, she ultimately killed the Outer Evil Clan and sealed Soul Heaven Emperor within Exotic Fire Square once more.

However, Youquan had suffered grave injuries in that battle. Both her body and soul had been severely damaged.

But if she did not enter the Spatial Wormhole and complete her ascension this time, then the next time she wanted to establish a Spatial Wormhole leading to the Great Thousand World, she would have to wait until someone else broke through to the Dou Emperor realm. No one knew how long that would take.

Missing her teacher and the others terribly, Youquan could only risk entering it. Yet she had not expected to encounter a severe Spatial Storm within the Spatial Wormhole. Seriously injured and with a damaged soul, Youquan had no strength left to resist.

When she woke again, Youquan had somehow become an infant. It took her a long time to learn that she had not arrived in the Great Thousand World, but in a place called the Douluo Continent.

Reborn, Youquan became the illegitimate daughter of the Flame Sect's leader. From the moment she was born, Youquan had never seen her mother. She had always been raised by a nanny with no cultivation ability whatsoever.

The only things that gave Youquan some peace of mind, proving that everything from her past had not been a dream, were her Soul Force—which had fallen but still remained at Heaven Realm Great Perfection—the countless Battle Skills and cultivation techniques engraved in her soul, and the alchemy arts personally passed down by the Fiery Emperor.

Time passed quickly, and before she knew it, Youquan had turned six. Having constantly cultivated the Fennel Art, she had remained stuck at the Dou Disciple realm, unable to break through.

"Miss, today is the day of your martial soul awakening. No matter what happens, you must find a way to attend the martial soul awakening ceremony. Only by taking part in the awakening can you change your current situation." The nanny placed breakfast on the table before Youquan and earnestly advised her.

"Martial soul awakening? Is it that important?" Youquan's mind was entirely occupied by her inability to break through. She asked the nanny indifferently.

"Of course it's important!" Hearing Youquan's unconcerned tone, the nanny replied at once.

"My young miss, martial soul awakening is the most, most, most important ceremony in every person's sixth year."

"Once you awaken a martial soul, even if you only have level-one Soul Power, you can cultivate and have a chance to become a Spirit Master. When you cultivate to level ten, you can hunt Soul Beasts and obtain a Spirit Ring, officially becoming a Spirit Master. Once you become a Spirit Master, Miss, you can go to Spirit Hall to receive a Spirit Master Subsidy. Then your life will be much easier."

"If you awaken a high-grade or even top-grade martial soul, you will be a genius the sect focuses on nurturing. If you awaken a top-grade martial soul and your Soul Power is not low, then surely the sect leader will no longer ignore your existence."