"Holy shit! Where the hell have I ended up?"
Long Aoyu was jolted awake by a bout of earth-shaking tremors, his head in a daze.
One moment, he had been sitting cross-legged in the cultivation room, meditating to break through the bottleneck to level 50 Soul Power. The next, the entire sect seemed to have been uprooted, and space descended into chaos.
An immense force knocked Long Aoyu unconscious before he could even think of resisting.
When he opened his eyes again, Long Aoyu found himself in the square outside the sect's Main Hall.
The back of his head throbbed faintly, and noisy voices filled his ears.
"This..."
Long Aoyu pushed himself upright on his arms and shook his head. His vision went from blurry to clear, and then he froze.
The sect was still there, but the surroundings outside it had changed!
The Body Sect had originally stood in a natural-barrier canyon deep within the Heaven Dou Empire, its sheer cliffs on either side looking as though they had been hewn by blades and axes, shrouded in clouds and mist for centuries.
Now, those familiar cliffs had changed. The rocks had gone from grayish white to dark brown.
The river that had originally flowed in front of the sect had vanished as well, replaced by a tranquil pool.
Long Aoyu opened his mouth. The first thought that sprang into his mind was-
I haven't transmigrated again, have I?
Long Aoyu had originally been a student on Blue Star. After a Dayun truck sent him flying, he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent during the Peerless Tang Sect era, where his exceptional talent had made him the Body Sect's Young Sect Master.
The situation before him made him suspect that he had transmigrated once again.
And this time,
he had brought the entire sect along!
"Young Sect Master! Young Sect Master, you're awake!"
A disciple beside him spotted Long Aoyu and hurried over. "They've changed! All the mountains outside our sect have changed! The Sect Master and the elders are up ahead. Hurry over and have a look-"
Long Aoyu stood up and brushed the dust off his backside. Just as he was about to, a steady voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Xiao Yu."
A hand parted the crowd, and a tall, straight-backed youth squeezed through.
He was around fifteen, with sword-like brows and star-bright eyes. His height made him stand out like a crane among chickens among his peers, and he carried a sharp air that warned strangers away.
Long Aotian.
Long Aoyu's older brother, born of the same mother. His Martial Soul was skin. Three years older and having completed his Silver-Grade Second Awakening, he was now a level 57 Power Attack System Battle Soul King.
Long Aotian walked up to his younger brother and looked him up and down, only breathing a sigh of relief after confirming that he was unharmed.
Then Long Aotian swept his sharp gaze around and suddenly called toward a spot in the crowd, "Vina!"
Another gap opened in the crowd, and a young girl walked briskly over.
She looked about fourteen, with features so exquisite she seemed to have stepped out of a painting. Her cool demeanor carried a trace of innate nobility.
She wore plain white fitted clothes, her long hair tied behind her head with a silver ribbon.
Vina.
Princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, Holy Maiden of the Body Sect, wielder of the Twin Martial Souls [snow lotus] and [brain], and a level 49 Control System Soul Ancestor.
She had become engaged to Long Aotian the previous year. Everyone in the Body Sect knew that this princess, usually so cool and reserved, only showed a little of her girlish side in front of Long Aotian.
She walked up beside Long Aotian, then let her gaze settle on Long Aoyu. Only after confirming that neither of them was hurt did she speak. "I was over at the Library Pavilion just now. Two rows of shelves fell over, but no one was hurt."
Long Aotian smiled and reached out to brush a patch of dust from her shoulder.
Vina tilted her head slightly but did not dodge.
"Xiao Yu is still watching. What are you doing?"
"It's fine. He doesn't mind."
Standing beside them and watching this scene, Long Aoyu's mouth twitched.
"All right, all right, stop shoving your lovey-dovey dog food down my throat!" Long Aoyu took the lead as he spoke. "The elders are arguing like a pot boiling over. Let's go have a look."
Long Aotian and Vina exchanged a glance and followed side by side.
At the center of the square, ten Titled Douluos and the Body Sect's Sect Master, Du Busi, stood in a circle, each voice louder than the last.
"Sect Master! What do you think?"
"My Martial Soul is my feet. Standing on the ground, I can sense the course of the earth veins for twenty li around, and the earth veins beneath this canyon are completely unfamiliar!"
"Could it be some kind of super Soul Tool? Those lunatics from the Sun Moon Empire-"
"Bullshit! What Soul Tool could move an entire canyon?"
"Then you tell us-"
When Long Aoyu squeezed to the front of the crowd, he happened to catch sight of Du Busi's face. Its normally healthy color had turned livid.
Du Busi abruptly slammed his palm onto the stone lion beside him.
The stone lion weighed over a thousand jin and had been carved from solid bluestone. Under that palm strike, spiderweb cracks spread over its entire body, and stone chips showered down.
"All of you, shut up!"
His voice exploded outward, the sound waves carrying the pressure of a level 98 Super Douluo.
All ten elders shuddered in unison, the words in their throats forced back down.
Everyone in the square fell silent at once.
Du Busi barked, "Shut up, all of you! What kind of behavior is this, chirping away like that?"
Du Busi surveyed the unfamiliar cliffs and canyon around them, the corner of his eye twitching-he had no confidence himself, but he was the Sect Master. If he did not step forward, the entire sect would fall into chaos.
"Where's the steward?"
A lean middle-aged man squeezed out of the crowd and bowed. "Sect Master."
"Count everyone. Check whether any sect buildings are damaged. Report all the Soul Tools, medicinal herbs, and food reserves in the Storeroom. Go."
"Yes!"
The steward jogged away.
Du Busi turned to another elder beside him and ordered him to take some people to scout the surroundings and ensure there was no danger within ten li.
Just then.
Long Aoyu's pupils contracted. A screen of light visible only to him popped up without warning.
[Invincible Sect System activated] [Host: Long Aoyu. Age 12, Body Martial Soul · body, level 49 Soul Ancestor] [Detected that the host's sect has completed a passage through space and time. Current coordinates: Douluo Continent (northwestern continent, within the Heaven Dou Empire)] [Current point in time: twelve years before the Battle of Jialing Pass.] [Core functions unlocked-] [1. Sect panel: view all-dimensional data on the Body Sect in real time.] [2. Mission system: issues sect development missions. Completing them grants Sect Contribution Points and personal rewards. Missions fall into three categories: daily, emergency, and special.] [3. Sect shop: exchange Sect Contribution Points for secret medicinal formulas, Soul Tool blueprints, cultivation methods, formations, rare medicinal herbs...] [Beginner mission issued: gather intelligence. Within three days, the sect must gain a general understanding of the continent's current environment and powers.] [Mission rewards: Mountain-Protecting Grand Formation · blueprint ×1, 500 Sect Contribution Points]
Long Aoyu's heart pounded like a drum.
Within the Heaven Dou Empire, twelve years before the Battle of Jialing Pass.
Douluo Continent I!
A boom went off in Long Aoyu's head, and all the stories about Douluo I in his memory surged up like a tide.
Twelve years before the Battle of Jialing Pass, Tang San should have been... twelve!
This is great! In this era, the future God King Tang is still just a little punk. This is so much better than the Peerless Tang Sect era!
Back in his original time and space, Long Aoyu's greatest worry had been being discovered by God King Tang.
If his identity as a transmigrator were discovered, Long Aoyu had no doubt that, given Tang San's character, he would have only two choices: bow and scrape, or die.
But things were different now!
Long Aoyu drew a deep breath and forcibly pressed the surging ecstasy back into his chest.
"Xiao Yu?"
Standing beside him, Long Aotian had noticed his younger brother spacing out.
Vina also tilted her head slightly toward him, curiosity reflected in her clear eyes.
Long Aoyu waved a hand. "Nothing. I was just thinking about something."
Long Aotian raised an eyebrow.
This younger brother of his had been full of crafty ideas since childhood. He was surely plotting something.
Du Busi noticed them at that moment as well. His eyes lit up at the sight of Long Aoyu. His eyes shifted, and he smiled and beckoned him over.
"Xiao Yu, come here."
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