Douluo Continent.
Heaven Dou Empire.
Outside Heaven Dou City.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
At that moment, inside a residence reserved exclusively for direct-line disciples, a little boy was hunched over a desk, busily writing something.
A transmigrator's diary:
[March 23, 2637, Douluo Calendar.]
[Wednesday.]
[Sunny.]
[Today is my 2,190th day on Douluo Continent. Tomorrow is this young master's sixth birthday, as well as the most important day for everyone on Douluo Continent: the day of Martial Soul Awakening.]
[Honestly, I'm panicking.]
[As a transmigrator, in all six years, I haven't discovered any golden fingers apart from Wisdom AI.]
[I often comfort myself by saying that golden fingers on Douluo Continent usually appear during Martial Soul Awakening.]
[Out of curiosity, I had Wisdom AI analyze how my Martial Soul Awakening would go tomorrow.]
[After all, over these six years, the Scripture of Supreme Mystery and the physical training plan Wisdom AI gave me have been pretty reliable. They've given me fighting skills far beyond those of my peers. Even some Soul Masters who've already awakened their Martial Souls might not be a match for me.]
[I thought that awakening my Martial Soul would be like giving a tiger wings, taking me to even greater heights.]
[Instead, Wisdom AI's analysis dumped a bucket of cold water right over my head.]
[One piece of good news, one piece of bad news.]
[The good news is that when I awaken my Martial Soul tomorrow, there's a 100% chance it will mutate.]
[The bad news is the quality of that mutated Martial Soul.]
[The chance of awakening a trash Martial Soul-sickle, hoe, or Blue Silver Grass tier-is 98%. The chance of awakening an ordinary Martial Soul-standard Soul Beast or weapon tier-is 1.99%. The chance of awakening a high-quality Martial Soul-high-ranking Soul Beast tier-is 0.0099%. The chance of awakening a transcendent Martial Soul-Upper Three Sects Martial Soul tier-is... The chance of awakening a super-badass Martial Soul is 0.000004123%.]
[Who wouldn't feel their heart ache looking at that string of zeros? Even the chance of winning the top prize in the Double Color Ball lottery is 0.000005673%. This freaking chance is lower than winning first prize in the lottery.]
[People who play the odds die horribly. Anyone who's played games knows that anything involving probability in a game is a massive trap. Tomorrow, I'll most likely land in that 98% trash bracket and awaken a sickle or a hoe or something.]
[Then I'd rather awaken Blue Silver Grass. At least Blue Silver Grass has a fellow user who turned things around. Sickles and hoes don't!]
[And then there are those despair-inducing odds for my innate soul power level. The chance of having level 0.5 innate soul power is actually 98% too. I don't want to be another Two Bars.]
[I'm Bone Douluo's grandson now, but not his biological grandson. After my Martial Soul Awakening tomorrow, as a talentless piece of trash, even if Bone Douluo isn't too harsh or cruel to me, he'll inevitably start distancing himself from me over time. Then those peers of mine in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will gradually push me to the margins, leaving me as nothing more than a topic that comes up in passing.]
[That's absolutely no exaggeration. After all, Haozi from Holy Soul Village showed two completely different faces before and after Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening.]
[Some say he was afraid he'd been made to wear a green hat and only felt reassured when he saw the hammer, but that was still his reaction after learning about the twin Martial Souls.]
[And then there's Ning Rongrong, that damned princess. Fuck, back in my previous life, this young master would've demanded a different batch, at the very least!]
[This young master wasn't about to indulge her. Once, twice-right, I even taught her a lesson twice. Those have all become seeds of future trouble now.]
[I'm Bone Douluo's grandson, and I'm a pretty good fighter already, so everyone assumes my Martial Soul Awakening will turn out well. That's why, even when Ning Rongrong ran off to complain after I taught her a lesson, Ning Fengzhi quietly suppressed the matter.]
[I know that was partly to give Grandpa Bone Douluo face, and partly a bet on my future.]
[So, in Ning Fengzhi's eyes, teaching Ning Rongrong a lesson was no big deal. He could easily treat it as children fooling around.]
[That sneaky old bastard Ning Fengzhi smiles all day long. No matter what angle you look from, you'll find him looking at you, smiling at you. He looks gentle, but it's actually pretty creepy.]
[If he finds out Ning Rongrong has level nine innate soul power while I have level 0.5, and I still dared bully his daughter, he'll absolutely settle accounts after the harvest. When that happens, never mind Bone Douluo-even Jesus won't be able to save me...]
[After all, Ning Rongrong has brothers and sisters too. Why is she the only one you remember? Isn't it just because she has level nine innate soul power and great potential? You really think it's all fatherly love and daughterly devotion? Naive! As for her siblings, without talent, they can't even scrape together a chance to appear.]
[Thinking about how the Martial Souls next door are already soaring through the heavens and burrowing beneath the earth, with gods, demons, and beasts, and everyone falling to their knees to fawn over them, while I'm still worrying about tomorrow's Martial Soul Awakening, I really feel ashamed. I'm truly sorry, everyone. I've dragged down transmigrators' badass image. Once I get back, I'll leave the group myself.]
[Also, I hope an author with a conscience can tweak my settings tomorrow and give me a few more cheats. Many, many thanks!]
[With these words, on my 2,190th day since transmigrating to Douluo, personally written by Gu Yang in a residence of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.]
"Phew..."
Gu Yang let out a long breath, finishing that day's diary entry.
He picked up the cup beside him and was just about to take a sip when a knock sounded at the door.
Then the door opened, and a burly figure with light brown hair, clad in deep purple battle armor and built on a frame larger than an ordinary person's, stepped inside.
This was his grandfather, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, one of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's two heaven-supporting pillars.
Bone Douluo looked cold as ice, but he was actually quite kindly. At least, he treated Gu Yang very well-provided they were talking about the Gu Yang of before. It seemed he could only enjoy this tenderness for one more day.
"What's wrong, Gu Yang? Still awake this late? Are you thinking about tomorrow's Martial Soul Awakening?"
Noticing that something seemed a little off with Gu Yang, Bone Douluo spoke at the appropriate moment.
Seeing Gu Yang give a slight nod, Bone Douluo immediately spoke up, promising, "Don't worry. I'll personally handle your Martial Soul Awakening tomorrow. There won't be any mishaps during the process, and you'll soon officially become a Soul Master."
"And after your Martial Soul Awakening, I'll personally take you to find a suitable first Soul Ring as your birthday present!"
At those words, Gu Yang stretched his lips into a grin, unable to voice his troubles. From the sound of it, Bone Douluo seemed convinced that he simply had to have innate full soul power tomorrow.
If his innate soul power turned out to be level 0.5, that gap...
"Grandpa, actually, I think whether your Martial Soul is good or bad, or whether your innate soul power level is high or low, none of that is really impor-"
Before Gu Yang could finish, Bone Douluo patted his shoulder with a palm broader than an ordinary person's.
"All right, stop overthinking it. Get some rest and properly welcome the moment of your Martial Soul Awakening. That's the most memorable moment in a Soul Master's life!"
After that, Bone Douluo gave Gu Yang a few more reminders about other things to watch out for before turning to leave.
As for Gu Yang, he sank into another bout of anxiety over tomorrow's Martial Soul Awakening.
Ten minutes later, however, Gu Yang stopped thinking about it.
Because it was ten o'clock. Time for bed!
According to Wisdom AI's analysis, the chance of sudden death from staying up late over a prolonged period was between 5% and 10%. Believe it or not, it really was that high!