Heavenly Dao: All My Life, I've Walked on Thin Ice!
Bi Ji nodded slightly and began telling Lin Mo about the Mystic Bird's origins.
"That was a very, very long time ago," she said softly, her voice tinged with reminiscence. "In ancient times, the masters of this continent were not originally humans, but us Soul Beasts."
"The ancestor of us Soul Beasts, the Dragon God, was defeated in the battle against the God Realm."
"However, although our Soul Beast Clan lost, our remaining forces and power were still more than ordinary humans could resist."
Lin Mo listened intently.
Bi Ji continued, "And to counter the remaining Soul Beasts, the gods decided to bestow upon humans-"
"Martial Souls."
"And that is where your human Martial Souls came from."
"However, that terrifying war between gods also spread to the lower realm. Mountains and rivers across the entire continent were shattered, and living beings were plunged into misery. The land desperately needed time to recover."
"And to ease the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts, the Plane Master of Douluo Star-in other words, the Heavenly Dao-personally stepped in and chose a member of the avian race from among the many Soul Beasts."
At this, Bi Ji's tone grew solemn in a way that was hard to put into words:
"Afterward, the Heavenly Dao and the Five Great God Kings joined forces to transform it into the innate first Martial Soul and bestow it upon the human leader of that time."
"And that innate first Martial Soul was the Mystic Bird."
Lin Mo's eyes widened instantly. Somewhat incredulous, he pointed a finger at himself. "Senior, do you mean that my Martial Soul is this so-called innate first Martial Soul, the Mystic Bird?"
"That's right."
Bi Ji looked at him and spoke each word distinctly. "After that human leader was bestowed with the Mystic Bird Martial Soul, he possessed both Soul Beast and human bloodlines."
"He was the mediator between the two races, and the full name of the Mystic Bird Martial Soul is-"
"Heavenly Mandate's Auspicious Omen: Mystic Bird."
"Favored by the Heavenly Dao and bearing the power of the Heavenly Mandate, it walks the mortal world, bringing peace and tranquility to the entire continent."
Lin Mo was stunned as he listened to Bi Ji's words.
That sounded a little too impressive. Even the Heavenly Dao and God Kings were involved. Was this really something a nobody like him could possess?
Afraid that Lin Mo might not understand, Bi Ji explained it again in the simplest terms:
"Your Martial Soul is the Heavenly Mandate Mystic Bird. It possesses both human and Soul Beast bloodlines, is favored by the Heavenly Dao, and was born with an auspicious aura."
"And any person or thing you acknowledge, like, or cherish will likewise receive the Heavenly Dao's favor."
"Oh~"
Lin Mo nodded in sudden understanding.
"I don't believe it."
The Ferocious Beasts: "..."
Nothing was worse than a sudden, awkward silence.
Di Tian and the other four Ferocious Beasts looked at one another. None of them had expected that, after all that buildup to an epic backstory, the response would be "I don't believe it."
The smile on Bi Ji's face froze for a moment.
Only the Three-Eyed Golden Lion tilted her head and looked innocently at her little bird, completely unaware of the subtle shift in the atmosphere.
Lin Mo believed Bi Ji when she said his Martial Soul was a Mystic Bird.
After all, on Blue Star, another name for a crow was Mystic Bird. Nothing wrong with that.
But Lin Mo didn't believe a single word of what Bi Ji had said about the "Five Great God Kings joining forces," the "Heavenly Dao's favor," or "bringing peace and tranquility to the entire continent."
If he really had the Heavenly Dao's favor, why had his previous life been so miserable?
Every day, he was either on the run or on his way to prepare to run, and he had to endure every manner of exploitation from those bastards in the Holy Spirit Church!
The higher-ups were caught up in passionate, tortured romances, while those at the bottom slaved away like oxen and horses.
He hadn't reaped the slightest benefit, but he'd been left carrying a whole basketful of blame!
When other children of destiny transmigrated, they were given secret manuals at the start, picked up divine artifacts along the way, and found inheritances when they jumped off cliffs. But him? He hadn't encountered a single heaven-sent opportunity and had simply taken a beating all the way to his death.
Even when he finally died, no God King had lifted a finger to protect him.
Favored by the Heavenly Dao?
Favored my bird!
Actually, the Heavenly Dao really couldn't be blamed for this.
In his previous life, the Heavenly Dao had finally selected Lin Mo from among countless planes and gone to great lengths to bring him over.
And what happened? Before it had even had time to warm the little bird it had just acquired, Buddha Tang and Tang Hao had joined forces to scheme against it and forcibly devoured a third of its Heavenly Dao power-a whole third!
By the time the Heavenly Dao had finally dealt with those two and turned around to look-
The sky had fallen.
Its little bird had been lured into an evil cult!
Not only had he been lured into the Holy Spirit Church, but his life's fate had also been fucking tied to a villain!
The Heavenly Dao's vision went black on the spot, and it nearly fainted.
But there was nothing it could do. That was its own little bird.
A villain it was, then. It would go all out-even if he was a villain, it could still protect him!
What kind of places were the Holy Spirit Church and the Sun Moon Empire?
Without the Heavenly Dao secretly protecting him, how could Lin Mo have spent every day fishing in troubled waters and still lived so securely? How could he have been lucky enough to run away and escape unscathed every time trouble arose?
He had even managed to reach level seventy-nine as a Soul Sage at twenty-four, with one foot in the Soul Douluo realm, relying solely on his daily cultivation without any resources to help him!
Because of this, Lin Mo had a nickname in the Holy Spirit Church at the time:
Undying Mystic Crow!
All of that was the result of the Heavenly Dao's silent protection.
At long last, the Heavenly Dao saw its little bird cling to the thigh of Xu Tianwan, one of the greatest villains in the continent's destiny. He was safe for the time being.
Now it can finally breathe a sigh of relief, right?
Well, as it turned out, its child of fortune was trained like a dog by Buddha Tang!
For that, Buddha Tang had even gone so far as to split his own daughter into three and devour its cat too!
Both its fortune and its power of fate were seized.
Its Heavenly Dao power plummeted by another third.
Under that double critical hit, the Heavenly Dao could no longer hold on and was forced into slumber.
However, it had not been asleep for long before the loss of its own Heavenly Mandate power forcibly awakened it.
It groggily opened its eyes and looked down:
Oh! My! God!
Its bird!!
Its bird was dead!!
The little bird it had worked so hard to protect, even at the cost of half its life, was gone just like that!!!
At that moment, the Heavenly Dao's composure utterly collapsed.
To save its little bird and keep the last of its Heavenly Mandate power from falling into Buddha Tang's hands, it made a world-shocking decision.
The Douluo Heavenly Dao voluntarily gave up its position as Plane Master!
It detonated its origin, taking Lin Mo's soul with it as it broke through the plane and fled into the endless turbulence of space and time.
It did not know how long it had been lost in the turbulence, but just before its origin power was completely exhausted, it finally found-another Douluo Continent.
Here, it was pleasantly surprised to discover:
Sea God Tang San was a good man, just a bit of a daughter slave, and Tang Hao was also living out his retirement peacefully, farming in the God Realm.
As for the new Five Great God Kings here, although they often bickered and fought, those were only minor squabbles. They had done nothing out of line, nor had any one of them established sole dominance.
Overall, they got along very harmoniously.
Most importantly, the "Heavenly Dao" of this plane was at the height of its power!
(P.S.: Lin Mo's first life was on Blue Star. After transmigrating, his second life was in the "Douluo 2 novel setting," and after his resurrection, his third life was in the "Douluo 2 comic setting.")