Soul Land: The Formless Hand, Beginning with the Heaven-Stealing Inheritance
Chapter 1

Savior of the Demon from Beyond the Heavens, Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable Arrives!

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Near Notting City, in Holy Soul Village.

"Little Qin Qi, today is the day of the martial soul awakening, you must do your best!"

"As long as you can gain soul power, even if it is only rank one, you can still embark on the path of a soul master."

Village Chief Old Jack pulled Qin Qi along as they walked toward Tang San's house, speaking as he went.

"Grandpa Village Chief, what martial soul awakens and whether one has soul power is determined by the heavens."

"I have no way to work hard at it."

Qin Qi was pulled along by Old Jack, his face filled with resignation as he looked at the old man before him.

He sighed inwardly, knowing he was not a person of this world and had transmigrated over.

After coming here he at least had parents, but they passed away when he was three years old.

Since then, he had survived by eating from a hundred families.

During that time, he had once fantasized about getting a cheat and walking the path of a protagonist.

Yet as time passed, he gradually discovered that there was no cheat, no system, and not even any cultivation technique.

He was even worse off than Tang San; he was purely a blank slate.

Moreover, neither of his parents were soul masters, making the probability of him being one extremely faint!

At this moment, Tang San, who had gone out to gather firewood, returned and looked at the old village chief and Qin Qi standing by his doorway.

"Grandpa Jack, my dad hasn't gotten up yet. If you have business, you can tell me."

At this time Tang San was only six years old and still a little child, looking very cute on the surface.

He completely lacked that future demeanor of constantly talking about the way of courting death.

"I am not looking for that good-for-nothing father of yours, I am looking for you."

"Xiao San, you are also six years old this year, right? It is time to awaken your martial souls."

"Right now, the lord from Spirit Hall is in the village, hurry and come with me."

The village chief directly grabbed Tang San's hand, bringing Qin Qi and Tang San along as he walked toward the village.

Not long after, the three of them arrived at the center of the village.

At this moment, many people had already gathered here.

Some children had already begun awakening their martial souls.

"Martial soul, handkerchief."

"Zero soul power."

"Martial soul, iron shovel."

"Zero soul power."

"Martial soul, Blue Silver Grass, a trash martial soul."

"Zero soul power."

Su Yuntao awakened the children's martial souls one after another, and it was soon Qin Qi's turn.

When the ritual began, Qin Qi's hands began to emit light, and a pair of translucent palms appeared before everyone.

"Martial soul... palms?"

Su Yuntao looked at this pair of palms that only had a single finger each, revealing a puzzled expression.

"A Body Martial Soul!"

"Its value has skyrocketed!"

Qin Qi was somewhat excited; people in the first Douluo Continent did not know the value of a Body Martial Soul.

However, he, a transmigrator, knew it. The strongest aspect of a Body Martial Soul was that the body itself was the martial soul.

The higher the cultivation, the stronger the martial soul quality; the stronger the martial soul quality, the faster the cultivation speed!

Stepping on one's own left foot with the right foot would send one straight flying!

There was even the possibility of secondary and tertiary awakenings later on!

Su Yuntao picked up the crystal ball and handed it to Qin Qi, having him measure his soul power.

"As long as a Body Martial Soul has rank one soul power, relying on my foreknowledge, I can try to play a big game!"

Qin Qi placed his hand upon the crystal ball, and it began to emit light, but it quickly stopped.

"Soul power, rank one."

Su Yuntao announced the result, then reached out and patted Qin Qi on the shoulder.

"Although it is only rank one, as long as you have soul power, you can become a soul master."

"If you work hard in the future, you might not fail to achieve something."

Su Yuntao's words were mostly composed of comfort.

At this time, the common perception in the Soul Master world was that Innate Soul Power determined later achievements.

Although level 1 soul power allowed one to become a Soul Master, the achievement would definitely not be high.

Yet in this small village, being able to become a Soul Grandmaster was already considered quite good.

"Thank you, I will work hard!"

Qin Qi did not hear Su Yuntao's invitation to Spirit Hall, and he sighed in his heart.

As expected, Spirit Hall did not take just anyone, especially if the Innate Soul Power was too low.

They did not want those people either.

Qin Qi walked away, Tang San stepped up, and then came the classic trash Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power.

"I'm so envious!"

"If I had known earlier, I would have memorized some martial arts manuals back then."

"They might not have worked in our world, but what if they turned out useful here?"

Qin Qi could not help sighing to himself; Tang San probably had next to no soul power innately either.

Yet that guy had stubbornly managed to practice and cultivate it using the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

If he himself had searched online for something like the Pure Yang Skill, Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic, or Stars-Absorbing Technique and brought it along back then,

then he might have been able to take off as well.

Qin Qi turned around and prepared to leave, but suddenly, an aged, weathered sigh rang out in his mind!

"Starlight rises over the desolate desert oasis, a lonely soul from beyond the heavens pulls at heartbroken strings!"

"I am naturally a traveler of reincarnation, unaware of where to speak of mulberry and hemp!"

Wait! Bro, what are you doing!

Why are you reciting poetry the moment you open your mouth, and it sounds so familiar too!

Qin Qi's expression instantly changed. This was right—if you were going to recite something like, Holding the sun and moon while plucking the stars, there is no one like me in this world,

he could understand it!

Even if you were to say something like, Who dares to call themselves invincible, and who dares to say they are undefeated,

he could understand that too.

But the moment you opened your mouth, you spoke in Gu World dialects, you scared him to tears!

"Wandering traveler, like me, you are also a pitiful person who has a home but cannot return to it."

"My given name is Ben Jie Sun, and people in the world call me Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable!"

As those words finished, the true inheritance of Thieving Heaven surged into Qin Qi's mind!

At the same time, Qin Qi suddenly understood what his awakened Martial Soul actually was!

That was no ordinary palm; it was a Thieving Dao killer move, the Formless Hand!

Good news: you obtained the inheritance of a mighty expert.

Bad news: it belonged to a Gu World mighty expert.

Good news: it was the inheritance of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable!

"Ben Jie Sun, good brother!"

"You wait for me. Once I become a god, I'll go straight to the Gu World to find you. No matter what, I have to send you home!"

Qin Qi felt the inheritance in his mind, and he was so moved he felt like crying.

As the saying went, countrymen meeting countrymen brought tears to each other's eyes.

Thieving Heaven truly was an honest person. If this had been changed to Spectral Soul Demon Venerable, he would have possessed his body directly.

If it had been changed to Great Love Immortal Venerable, he would have directly gifted his cultivation and memories together to Qin Qi.

Well, there was just a bit of a side effect—he would forget his previous memories.

"Suddenly my hand feels a bit itchy."

Qin Qi looked at his own hand, then looked at Tang San not far away, suddenly longing to test out his Formless Hand.

He wanted to see what he could steal—bah, what he could pick up and bring back.

"Xiao San, I'm sorry, you're the only soul master in our village."

"If I don't steal from you, I don't have any other targets."

Qin Qi quietly moved to an empty spot and activated the Formless Hand.

The translucent hand flew straight toward Tang San.

During this process, the people around completely failed to notice.

The moment the Formless Hand contacted Tang San, it merged into him.

Tang San felt nothing at all and completely failed to notice the Formless Hand, and by the time the Formless Hand returned to Qin Qi's hand,

He brought back a hammer, a hammer that radiated light!

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