As Expected of a Martial Soul Theory Grandmaster, a Shocking Debut Release!

Outside the Nodling Academy gates.

A middle-aged man with utterly ordinary features sat on a chair, crossing his legs with a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, seemingly waiting for someone to arrive. Sunlight beat down upon his pupils, and the man squinted slightly, letting out a very comfortable yawn.

About ten minutes passed.

The man opened his eyes in confusion, clicking his tongue irritably. Where is Gangzi? Isn't he a teacher at this school? Why isn't he here yet at this hour?

Grumbling thus under his breath, he asked the guard watching the Nodling Academy's main gate, "Brother, does your Nodling Soul Master Academy happen to have any other entrances?"

"I say, Lord Soul Master Bai Ranmo, are you just that idle?" The man guarding the gate said in utter speechlessness. "Sitting outside the Nodling Academy gates the entire day just to mock that ridiculous theory grandmaster a few times, is there really any need? You aren't tired, but I'm tired just watching you."

"There's need, there's enormous need!" The middle-aged man named Bai Ranmo nodded with the utmost solemnity.

He chuckled and pulled a silver soul coin out from his pocket. "Brother, tell me about it."

The moment the guard saw Bai Ranmo hand over the money, he beamed and accepted it, pointing toward the southwest. "Go straight this way, then take a right. Walk about five hundred meters and you'll find a stairway. Keep going straight up and you'll see a small side door. Don't go saying I'm the one who told you, though!"

"Ok, thanks, brother." Bai Ranmo nodded briskly, spun around, and sprinted away in the direction the guard pointed.

The guard watched the bolting Bai Ranmo, muttering to himself that Bai Ranmo was an absolute lunatic.

This soul master named Bai Ranmo had appeared outside the Nodling Academy gates a month ago, doing absolutely nothing all day except parking himself right here.

Can you guess what he wanted to do?

Hah! He had been lying in wait for that legendary theory grandmaster, hailed as the number one figure in the realm of martial soul theory: Yu Xiaogang.

It wasn't to ask for advice on soul master matters, nor was it revenge sought by some enemy; he was simply bored out of his mind, getting right up in the man's face to fiercely humiliate Yu Xiaogang with his words, and then watching Yu Xiaogang's defenses completely shatter.

He was pure, unadulterated crazy.

How could a fool like that become a lofty soul master, while he himself could only be a regular gate guard!

Nodling Soul Master Academy, at the side door.

With a crew cut, a full face of stubble, a stiff expression like a zombie, dressed in simple black clothing, and clutching ancient books to his chest, a middle-aged man looked around cautiously. Upon making sure he hadn't run into that lunatic Bai Ranmo, Yu Xiaogang let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Good, good, thank goodness he took this side door today and didn't have to worry about being targeted by that guy...

"Yo, Gangzi, you're right here! What a coincidence, ha-ha!" A mocking voice reached his ears.

Before he knew it, Bai Ranmo had slipped up right behind Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang's gloomy, unfocused eyes widened, and he turned tail to run.

Naturally, Bai Ranmo chased after Gangzi on the run. His martial soul possessed him, wolf-like fur erupting all over his body as a white soul ring materialized beneath his feet.

"First soul skill, Sprint!"

Bai Ranmo ran like mad. Even though he was merely a level-12 soul master and Yu Xiaogang was a level-29 soul grandmaster, Gangzi's martial soul, Luo Sanpao, belonged to the detached martial soul category, and its ability was still farting, which offered very little enhancement to its host.

Although Yu Xiaogang possessed two hundred-year soul rings to reinforce his physical body, having spent decades without any strenuous exercise, his speed was as slow as a turtle's.

Bai Ranmo quickly caught up to Gangzi. The guard at the side door had originally wanted to try and stop him, but one glare from Bai Ranmo's wolf eyes scared him so badly that he collapsed straight to the ground.

"Gangzi, don't run!" Bai Ranmo chuckled, having already dashed inside the Nodling Academy, where he ran into quite a few students who had chosen to stay at school for the holidays.

Bai Ranmo started mocking him aloud. "Gangzi, I heard you published the soul world-shaking Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, so I went and took a look. Holy shit, it really is a shocking debut release!"

"Would you believe it, your Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul actually went and told me that martial souls are divided into beast martial souls and tool martial souls. My goodness! Before I met you, I had zero clue about such profound knowledge! As expected of a martial soul theory grandmaster!"

Even though Bai Ranmo said it like that, his tone was dripping with mockery; anyone could tell he was ridiculing him.

"A theory grandmaster truly lives up to his name, breaking through to level 30 right before turning fifty, ha-ha-ha! So impressive..."

"And another thing, I heard you managed to secure a post at the Nodling Soul Master Academy because you're old friends with the Nodling Academy Dean, but a conceited person like you couldn't possibly be friends with a soul ancestor! I wracked my brain and couldn't figure it out, but now I've finally figured it out..."

"Grandmaster, did you perhaps lend Luo Sanpao to the Nodling Academy Dean? Ha-ha-ha... What on earth does the Nodling Academy Dean use Luo Sanpao for, though? It's so hard to guess, ha-ha!"

Yu Xiaogang, running ahead, even stuttered his steps, almost face-planting because of a small pebble.

"Oh my~ Grandmaster, are you alright? How come a level-29 soul grandmaster like you almost tripped over a tiny rock? Did you research some new rock theory again?"

"Since you're not answering, I'll take your silence as consent... Well then, I'll keep going! I heard that a detached martial soul shares a connection with you, the soul master's body, which means—pfft, ha-ha-ha-ha! I can't take it anymore, Grandmaster is truly something else, you sure know how to enjoy yourself!"

"I heard that back in the day, Grandmaster, you were the Horn of Wisdom of the Golden Iron Triangle, and that hawk-nosed old man named Flender is in your gang—do the two of you have some sort of illicit affair going on as well, ha-ha-ha..."

Mocking him to this extent, Bai Ranmo felt it was just about enough.

With a thought in his mind, an illusory panel visible only to him appeared before his eyes.

[Host: Bai Ranmo] [Clones: 5] [Emotion Points: 26,997] [Daily Emotion Point Limit: 5,000 / 5,000] [Single Acquisition Emotion Point Limit: 999] [...]

Skipping the tedious introduction to his clones, Bai Ranmo stared straight at the refreshed page of emotion points.

[Detected intense emotional fluctuations from Yu Xiaogang, Emotion Points +400]

That must have been the emotion points scared out of him upon seeing him earlier.

[Detected intense emotional fluctuations from Yu Xiaogang, Emotion Points +999] [Detected intense emotional fluctuations from Yu Xiaogang, Emotion Points +999] [...]

[Detected intense emotional fluctuations from Wang Sheng, Emotion Points +4] [Detected intense emotional fluctuations from Passerby A, Emotion Points +1]

Without a doubt, Bai Ranmo was a transmigrator. Because he had been arguing late into the night with netizens on the internet over which of the Five Supremes was stronger, his opponent had pulled him straight into a bootlicker group chat. After arguing for a full two days and three nights straight, Bai Ranmo had directly suffered a sudden death.

Upon waking up once more, Bai Ranmo discovered he had transmigrated to another world. The moment he heard passersby mention terms like "martial soul" and "Spirit Hall," Bai Ranmo understood that he had transmigrated into Douluo Continent, specifically the timeline of Douluo I.