The Douluo Continent.
The ink-black night sky twinkled with scattered stars when the weather suddenly transformed; fierce gales whipped up, and intense air currents swept across heaven and earth.
A giant rift tore open in the sky, difficult to mend for a long time as eerie purple air currents spread outward, radiating a vast and oppressive aura that enveloped the entire continent.
Eerily enough, facing such a violent commotion, the experts of the mortal world remained completely oblivious, not a single one jolted awake from their slumber to investigate the anomaly.
An invisible barrier enveloped heaven and earth, blocking out all prying gazes. Clearly earth-shaking, it was handled with effortless ease in reality. It was not hard to imagine what kind of supreme mighty figure possessed such power.
Deep within the spatial rift, a speck of micro-light ignited, gradually magnifying as time passed.
Pitch-purple and carrying the momentum of destroying heaven and earth, a purple crystal-or perhaps a meteoroid-crashed down abruptly. The energy contained within it was incomparably immense, yet all of it was blocked by that invisible barrier, remaining completely silent.
Viewed from the outside, it seemed someone was wrapped inside it, possessing handsome facial features and an evil temperament, emitting a light that could not be ignored.
This commotion shielded the plane, even including the Divine Realm nine heavens above. Tang San, who embodied both the Sea God and Asura, monitored the Douluo World by virtue of his convenience in controlling the Divine Realm center, yet the detectors never gave any warning, and he himself remained completely ignorant of what was happening.
Outside the starry sky, a man with a sharp gaze and unangered prestige gazed down at this realm. He wore gorgeous, dazzling Tribulation Armor, the Shi Wu Wings moved without wind, and his aura carried extreme oppression, looking upon him as if he were a god... or rather, he was a god.
Watching the completely unprepared Douluo God Realm, he gently curved the corners of his lips. Gods of Douluo, it is not yet time for you to know; wait for now!
As his words fell, that invisible barrier did not dissipate; instead, it expanded further, silently sweeping across the entire Divine Realm like a tide. It was not meant for destruction, but for silent shielding and annihilation. A God King as powerful as Tang San did not detect the slightest anomaly.
"This still doesn't seem like enough, let's do a little more..." The man waved his massive hand. This time it was not aimed at the Divine Realm, but he pointed a finger downward toward the falling meteoroid, injecting a force into it that invisibly remodeled the body within.
Similar to the barrier isolating the divine prying, this force also possessed a shielding effect, though purely for the person inside the meteoroid, preventing certain factions from noticing this person's existence.
"New-born power, unknown destiny, what kind of change will you bring? Xiao Zi, you won't need to worry about the God Realm for a short time; I will leave you a few cultivation methods and some fortuitous encounters. How far you go depends entirely on yourself."
Having finished these matters, the man grew slightly satisfied. He checked the barrier between the God Realm and the Douluo star one last time, glanced at the person called Xiao Zi, withdrew his figure, and closed the spatial rift.
Simultaneously.
Above the wasteland, a drastic change was unfolding.
The Angel God, who had fallen in the Battle of the Two Gods ten thousand years ago, was currently utilizing remaining divine power to repair her godhood.
During that battle back then, Qian Renxue shattered her own godhood to save her mother, leaving the Angel Godhood vacant ever since. God King Tang San regarded the Douluo Continent as private property; unless one belonged to the Tang family, one could not inherit godhood. For ten thousand years, not a single soul master had attained godhood, let alone ascended to the nine heavens.
Barring accidents, even if Qian Renxue reshaped her physique, she would still be forced to lurk in the shadows, unable to see the light of day again.
"If this goes on without four or fifty thousand years, I will never return to my peak. No..."
Qian Renxue in her soul state sighed softly, lamenting both her own destiny and feeling unreconciled at being unable to fulfill the regrets in her heart.
Just as things were about to continue like this, the firmament was suddenly torn apart by purple, and a huge meteoroid plummeted from the sky. That marrow-deep feeling of palpitation was descending at an astonishing speed!
Its direction was unswervingly precise: exactly where Qian Renxue and her secret realm were located!
When the meteoroid completely entered the atmosphere, the crack behind it snapped shut, leaving the sky smooth as a mirror with only the night wind howling and sweeping across.
Bang!
The meteoroid crashed heavily onto the ground, producing a heaven-shaking roar. Accompanied by cracking sounds, the stone slowly fractured, and then unreasonably shattered into pieces, transforming into dust that drifted into the air.
On the ground, a young man lay sleeping-none other than Xiao Zi, whom the man outside the starry sky had addressed.
Lacking a physical body, Qian Renxue hovered in a soul form. It seemed a voice was reminding her that merging with the young man before her would allow her to obtain everything she desired.
Having once served as a deity, she could sense that this person's body and soul were extremely weak, yet their tier was by no means low. The problem was where this person had come from, and where his power originated.
The hint from that voice made Qian Renxue understand that as long as she merged with this person-or rather, sacrificed herself-he would awaken anew.
How long was a span of ten thousand years? Rather than sit and wait for death, it was better to proactively fight for a sliver of vitality; even if there was only an illusory, ethereal possibility, it was worth it!
What Qian Renxue did not know was that the voice she heard was not simple. It carried inspiring power and deeper cosmic laws, which even she, a former deity, could not immunize herself against, making her instinctively want to obey.
This is my only chance!
She was naturally a decisive person. Coupled with the hint from the nameless individual, Qian Renxue resolutely chose to sacrifice herself.
Rumble-
Golden light soared into the sky, and the six-pointed star sacrificial formation instantly lit up. Majestic Angel Divine Power, guided by the ritual, roared and surged into the young man's body.
After becoming the Angel God, her soul had evolved into a divine soul, ensuring her divine consciousness remained undestroyed even with shattered godhood, lasting for a duration as long as tens of thousands of years.
When the divine power poured into his body and deeper into his Sea of Consciousness, she discovered that the young man's condition was even worse than she had imagined.
His body was frail, and his sea of consciousness was shattered, as if he had just experienced an apocalypse; wherever she looked, it was a scene of utter devastation!
"Since I've chosen to sacrifice myself, I might as well see it through to the end!"
Qian Renxue hardened her heart, utilizing all the reserves she had accumulated over the years and pouring them out without the slightest reservation into the young man's body and Sea of Consciousness.
The laws of the Douluo Plane dictated that everyone had to undergo Martial Soul Awakening and possess soul power to be considered a true soul master.
Qian Renxue had once been a deity. By dedicating all her own power, she forcibly triggered the plane's rules, helping the young man awaken his martial soul.
Accompanied by a slight ringing sound, the young man's hands automatically spread open, and something condensed and took shape within them.
"Twin Martial Souls, actually!" Qian Renxue was extremely surprised, staring fixedly at those hands to see what kind of martial souls they were.
In the right hand was a ferocious beast resembling a lion, with a horn on its nose and black scales covering its entire body. In the left hand was a scepter wreathed in purple lightning; although the aura it emitted was not intense, the law power implied within it was enough to destroy heaven and earth!
"Just a beast martial soul and a tool martial soul, yet they make me feel such palpitation?" Qian Renxue was utterly shocked.