Yu Xiaogang? Take That~

"Big, big, big, big... big luck!!!"

The first instant Gu Mingyuan regained consciousness, his chest hurt so badly he could barely catch his breath.

He lay in a pool of blood, several claw marks slicing diagonally across his chest and abdomen. Blood had soaked through his clothes, and the soil beneath him was dark red.

A dozen steps away, a Bone-Shaking Ape over two meters tall was slowly walking away. Its arms hung to the ground, and it occasionally swung its fists as if still savoring the recent hunt.

Gu Mingyuan did not dare to make a sound.

It was not until that massive back was blocked by the trees that he lowered his gaze to his chest.

The wound that should have been fatal was not deteriorating any further. The torn flesh was knitting together bit by bit, and an itching sensation mixed with sharp pain caused cold sweat to break out all over his forehead.

"Where... am I?"

His memories felt as though a section had been lopped off. He only remembered having great luck in his previous life, and everything after that was a complete blank.

A mechanical voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Crossing to Douluo Continent successful.] [Host ID: 10086.] [Novice permissions enabled, three talent draw chances acquired. From then on, every time the host obtains a Soul Ring, an additional talent can be drawn.]

Gu Mingyuan dazed for two seconds: "Douluo Continent? The system booted up? For real?"

He tentatively shouted in his heart, and a translucent light screen immediately appeared before his eyes.

"Holy shit! It really booted up!"

A spasm of pain racked his chest, and the upper body he had just raised slammed back into the muddy ground.

Unable to care about his disheveled state, Gu Mingyuan tentatively said: "Draw?"

[Draw starting. The three talents will be distributed together after the draw ends.]

Deep within his consciousness, the first ball of light suddenly flared.

Red!

[Red talent: Otherworldly Twin Souls.] [Effect: Randomly draws two powers from other worlds and converts them into Twin Souls adapted to the Douluo plane.]

Two spirits, and both from other worlds. No matter what they are, they probably won't be too bad...

Before Gu Mingyuan could think it through, a second golden light bloomed beside the red radiance.

[Golden talent: Tang Sect Secrets ProMax.] [Effect: Obtains an upgraded version of Tang Sect Secrets, breaking through limits on the original foundation.] [Note: Only provides cultivation techniques, does not provide realms.]

One red and one gold!

What kind of luck was this?

In his past life, he had never had such luck no matter what he drew; could it be that his luck had really turned around?

The third ball of light appeared right after, but it was only a mediocre, ordinary white.

Gu Mingyuan grew calm instead. The first two were already exaggerated enough; even if he drew a blank the last time, there was nothing unacceptable about it.

[White talent: Grandmaster's Remnant Soul.] [Effect: A wisp of Yu Xiaogang's remnant soul from ten thousand years ago will reside within the host's Sea of Spirit, retaining pre-lifetime memories and martial soul theories, and can provide long-term cultivation guidance.]

"Grandmaster?"

The relaxed expression on Gu Mingyuan's face vanished instantly.

Put in other planes, these two words were an outright great term, implying an old grandfather, a golden thigh, a portable ancestral patriarch. But on Douluo Continent, "Grandmaster" was practically Yu Xiaogang's exclusive title.

To say his theories were completely useless was not necessarily true. But to let this guy move into his Sea of Spirit and provide close, personal guidance every day...

He would rather pass that blessing on to someone else.

Gu Mingyuan thought for only a moment before speaking decisively: "System, can the drawn talents be given away?"

The mechanical voice vanished, and after a few breaths, the system finally gave a response.

[They can.]

Gu Mingyuan immediately pressed on: "Can the recipient be designated?"

[They can. The talents must first be claimed by the host collectively before they can be transferred.]

"What era is this?" Gu Mingyuan figured since there was a three-for-three choice, if not the Huo era, he would randomly toss it away.

[Ten thousand years after Tang San became a god, during the period of The Unrivaled Tang Sect. Currently, Huo Yuhao is on his way to the Star Dou Great Forest to acquire his first Soul Ring.]

"Then give the Grandmaster's Remnant Soul to Huo Yuhao!"

Such a crisp and decisive answer made the system pause for another second.

[Recipient has been locked: Huo Yuhao.]

[After the host claims the talent, the white-grade talent will be automatically delivered.]

[Draw complete. Wishing the host an enjoyable life in another world.]

The light screen darkened, and Gu Mingyuan felt the bloody soil beneath him once again.

Familiar yet unfamiliar memories surfaced along with it.

The original owner of this body was also named Gu Mingyuan.

"And he shares my name?" Gu Mingyuan made a strange expression. "Is this why I time-traveled?"

Before he could continue sorting things out, three talents descended simultaneously.

A searing heat exploded from his chest, instantly piercing through his entire body. Gu Mingyuan clenched his teeth and watched as a layer of warm jade color crept across his arm, sinking deep beneath his skin.

At that moment, his flesh, muscles, and bones seemed to have been forged into profound jade, while streams of golden patterns crawled all over them. Even after turning into a jade body, his flexibility was not affected in the slightest; before he could carefully feel it, the back of his left hand suddenly burned.

Several purple-black patterns interwove from beneath his skin, ultimately condensing into an unfamiliar demon mark. It merely branded itself there quietly, causing the surrounding temperature to drop by a fraction.

[Golden Jade Body: The product of successive generations of the Bashu Tang Clan continuously refining and improving it.]

[Demon Contract: Condensed from the royal bloodline of the demon plane, it can summon various demonic entities.]

More information flooded into his mind.

Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Emperor Eyes, Golden Jade Hand, Ghostly Shadow Trace, and Heaven and Earth Attraction, Heavenly Craft Compendium...

Yet these were not merely words and oral formulas.

How soul power should circulate during exercise, how his footsteps should fall, and how every finger should exert strength when Hidden Weapons left his hand—all of it surfaced in his mind. However, these were merely theoretical knowledge; wanting to master them and reach perfection would probably still require quite a bit of time.

Deep within his mind, a voice suddenly rang out.

"I didn't expect that I, God-Teacher Yu Xiaogang, would have a day to see the light of day once again."

"Child, I have investigated 100,866 children, and at a glance, I can tell you possess Twin Martial Souls, with me, Yu Xiaogang..." A melancholic crew-cut youth was pacing back and forth within the newly cleared Sea of Spirit.

"Shut up!" Gu Mingyuan hurriedly shouted in his heart. If this old fellow isn't sent away soon, he's going to turn into a spirit!

The arc at the corners of Yu Xiaogang's mouth instantly inverted. "Audacious rascal! How dare you reject this god-..."

Before he could finish his words, he was abruptly yanked away by a formless force.

[White-grade talent [Remnant Soul of a Master] has been delivered.]

[Recipient: Huo Yuhao.]

Only then did Gu Mingyuan let out a sigh, unable to imagine what Yu Xiaogang had done back then to make someone as feudal as Tang San not even bring him up to the Divine Realm.

However, let the daoist friend die rather than the poor Daoist. Since Huo Yuhao's head could accommodate even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, one more "theoretical grandmaster" wouldn't hurt.

Outside the Star Dou Great Forest, by a southern stream.

Huo Yuhao had rushed all the way and felt extremely happy upon hearing the sound of flowing water. Water meant rest, and it also meant food, so he hurriedly approached that direction.

At that moment, a beam of white light descended from the sky straight into Huo Yuhao's mind.

"Cough cough... Ignorant little brat! How dare you treat me, this God-Teacher, in such a manner! Wait until I..."

"Who is it!" Huo Yuhao was a soul master with mental attributes, after all, and possessed extremely keen senses in this aspect.

Yu Xiaogang looked at this even narrower Sea of Spirit, feeling somewhat disdainful in his heart, though he had no other choice right now:

"Child, I have investigated 100,867 children, and at a glance, I can tell you possess Twin Martial Souls, with me, God-Teacher Yu Xiaogang present..."