Douluo: Light of the Peerless
Chapter 1

Astonishing: This Transmigrator Actually Had No System

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The God Realm.

A blue-haired man holding a golden fork frowned and muttered to himself, "What's going on? Why has an unknown change appeared in the Child of Destiny? Could my observation be wrong? No, impossible. How could I be wrong? I'm a God King."

"Four hundred ninety-eight."

"Four hundred ninety-nine."

"Five hundred."

As the sun sank westward, a boy lowered the long saber in his hand in a secluded courtyard of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

He swung the saber five hundred times every day. It had been a habit he maintained since his previous life, and even after transmigrating to the Douluo Continent, he had almost never slacked off.

This was more than just a habit. It was also a way to temper his body.

Back in his room, he sat cross-legged on the bed and calculated the time in his mind.

"By my calculations, the time for Martial Soul Awakening should arrive in a few days. Damn it, why didn't the book give an exact timeline? There should be about five years before the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux appear, with an error of at least a month. Time is pressing. I need to hurry and cultivate."

Unlike other transmigrators, who came with system panels and could obtain top-tier cheats by checking in and clocking attendance, he could truly be described as having nothing at all.

With no other choice, he could only start with the opportunities that existed in the original story and use his own abilities to plan himself a "bright future."

If you wanted something done, you had to do it yourself!

He cultivated so diligently precisely because he wanted to try to obtain the two greatest cheats of the current era five years later.

Electrolux and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Whether it worked or not, he had to do his best to try, didn't he?

The boy was named Qian Chaoguang. In his previous life, he had been a Huaxia native from Blue Star. He had grown up alone and practiced martial arts from a young age.

Six years ago, while angrily ranting about a certain Tang San, he had inexplicably transmigrated to the Douluo Continent and been adopted by the retired Old Butler of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

As an infant, Qian Chaoguang spent more than a year learning the language of the Douluo Continent and figuring out his current location and era.

It was now ten thousand years after Tang San's ascension, during the era of the Peerless Tang Sect, at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

Having thoroughly read all four books of the Tang Family Continent, he knew how important physical fitness was before Martial Soul Awakening.

To obtain a higher Innate Soul Power Level upon awakening his Martial Soul, he had consciously begun training his body after turning three.

By a stroke of coincidence, he habitually circulated an unnamed cultivation method said to be passed down through his family.

Back on Blue Star, he had tried it tens of thousands of times, yet had never succeeded even once.

That ethereal sensation of qi seemed to be nothing more than a joke.

Yet this attempt shocked him when he discovered that the sensation of qi he had failed to feel for nearly twenty years in his previous life actually existed!

It had been born almost instantly.

It turned out that the cultivation method wasn't the problem. Blue Star was.

In the room, as his breathing gradually steadied, Qian Chaoguang sank his mind into his body and urged the newly born strand of energy in his dantian to continuously temper his body.

The opening of this cultivation method called this stage the Three Refinements Stage. It also contained three different cultivation methods:

Body Refinement Method—Golden Body Art.

Qi Refinement Method—Qi Refining Art.

Spirit Refinement Method—Spirit Connection Art.

The three had to be cultivated progressively in the order of body refinement first, qi refinement second, and spirit refinement last. They could not be cultivated simultaneously.

Therefore, Qian Chaoguang did not need to wait until after awakening his Martial Soul to begin meditating like other people. Before awakening, he could already absorb the free Heaven and Earth Origin Power and convert it for his own use.

After turning three, he persisted in cultivating this so-called Golden Body Art every day.

Although he was only an unawakened six-year-old child, his physical fitness had already far surpassed that of most young adult men. Compared to other children who had yet to awaken their Martial Souls, he had already won at the starting line.

Bang, bang, bang.

"Xiao Guang, time to eat."

"Coming."

Hearing the Old Butler's call, Qian Chaoguang opened his eyes and walked toward the door.

Unlike the other servants, who had to collect their meals from the Duke's Mansion's cafeteria, the Old Butler had been retired for many years but still possessed some minor privileges. He could prepare meals for himself in the small courtyard.

At the dining table, the Old Butler slid the plate toward him and spoke with a beaming smile.

"Xiao Guang, you're at the age when your body is growing. You also train often, so eat more to build up your strength. This is Soul Beast Meat Grandpa bought especially for you. I hope it can help you awaken more Innate Soul Power."

"Mhm, thank you, Grandpa."

Qian Chaoguang answered enthusiastically.

The Old Butler treated him extremely well. In his previous life, he had had no family, so in this life, he treated the Old Butler like his own grandfather and respected him as such.

"Tomorrow morning, don't take the little girl out to train first. Don't let it interfere with the Martial Soul Awakening."

The Old Butler lovingly stroked his head, his eyes filled with benevolence.

"I just don't know what kind of Martial Soul you'll awaken or how many levels of Innate Soul Power you'll have. If you have no Innate Soul Power, that would be terrible. The world isn't peaceful these days, and ordinary people—cough, cough, cough."

Halfway through his words, the Old Butler suddenly began coughing violently.

Qian Chaoguang hurriedly put down his bowl, went behind the Old Butler, and patted his back.

The Old Butler had suffered a severe lung injury when he was young, and it had left him with a chronic illness.

Qian Chaoguang answered seriously, "Maybe it'll be a saber. After all, I've always had an inexplicable fondness for sabers. Look at me—I'm as strong as an ox. I'll definitely have Innate Soul Power."

"Yes, perhaps that's how it will be."

The Old Butler stopped coughing and placed two more pieces of meat in his bowl.

"All right, eat up. Afterward, take some to those mother and daughter as well. It isn't easy for anyone trying to make a living in this Duke's Mansion. With her status, things will only be harder without Soul Power to rely on. Dai Hao... Sigh. That brat hasn't come back in several years."

Qian Chaoguang did not take up the topic. He merely answered obediently, "All right, Grandpa. You should eat more too."

"Aye, aye. Good, good."

As he ate, he did not have particularly high expectations for the approaching Martial Soul Awakening.

He possessed a cultivation method that did not belong to this world. Even without the help of a powerful Martial Soul, he could still carve out a place for himself.

Since he could cultivate, he did not need to worry about failing to awaken Soul Power and becoming an ordinary person.

It was just his Innate Soul Power...

He was afraid it would disappoint the old man.

Ever since he began cultivating the Golden Body Art at the age of three, Qian Chaoguang had discovered a small mass of energy entrenched inside his dantian.

With the help of this energy, he had quickly gained entry into the Golden Body Art.

Normally, this mass of Soul Power would automatically replenish itself by a tiny amount every day.

Based on this, Qian Chaoguang had formed a vague guess.

This mass of energy was very likely the Innate Soul Power that every Spirit Master on the Douluo Continent possessed.

However, he did not need this sort of thing, nor did he need Innate Soul Power to define his talent. Using it as nourishment to temper his body was just right.

It seemed that he would have to conserve some of it while tempering his body over the next two days. Otherwise, if his Soul Power Level couldn't be measured when he awakened his Martial Soul, things would be awkward. It would also be difficult to explain to others later when he began cultivating the Qi Refining Art.

After dinner, once he had helped the Old Butler wash the dishes, Qian Chaoguang took the two portions of food from the steamer, packed them into a lunch box, and hurried toward the Firewood Room at the rear of the Duke's Mansion.

Halfway there, two vicious servants blocked his path.

The tall, fat man on the left shouted harshly, "Boy, you're going to deliver food to those two sluts again? Are you defying Madam's orders? I think you're looking for death!"

(Note: Little Lolita Huo Gua. Do not enter if you dislike this.)

For the sake of maintaining plot continuity, some settings have been changed, such as the point in time when Huo changed her surname.

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