Starry Dragon Emperor
The Douluo Continent was a wondrous land. It had no magic or battle Qi, but it did have Martial Souls. Every human could awaken a Martial Soul of their own at the age of six. If that Martial Soul contained Soul Power, they would have a chance to become a noble Soul Master.
In this world, strength alone reigned supreme. Only the strong were qualified to control their own destiny, while the weak could only drift with the wind, living out ordinary lives as ordinary people.
Eleven years ago, however, an anomaly of myriad stars appeared over the Douluo Continent. From that day on, the continent's fate began to veer off course. A new star had descended upon it, but would this new star bring destruction or hope to the continent?
Eleven years later, in a forest, a purple-haired boy and a white-haired girl rode a golden-haired lion with three eyes. The two humans and one beast roamed freely through the woods.
The purple-haired boy was named Xu Xingyu. He was a child born during the starry anomaly more than ten years ago, a transmigrator from Blue Star. In his previous life, he had been an ordinary university engineering student who was accidentally electrocuted while working on his graduation project. When he woke up, he had been born a baby on the Douluo Continent.
In this life, he was the grandson of the Star Luo Empire's Star Saint Duke. Although he had read books about the Douluo Continent back on Blue Star, he had still thought he would live the life of an ordinary noble: going to the battlefield to defend his country, inheriting his grandfather's title and serving the Star Luo Empire, then marrying a gentle, virtuous wife and spending the rest of his life with her.
The reason was simple: these were difficult times. The Douluo Continent was still under the Divine Realm's watch, and among its watchers was a certain God Realm Enforcer who knowingly broke the law while keeping a close eye on every change on the continent. To avoid getting tangled up with that person, Xu Xingyu chose to live an ordinary life and leave the important matters to the protagonists of the original story.
But the moment he awakened his Martial Souls, he knew that was impossible. Xu Xingyu was one of the rare possessors of Twin Martial Souls, and both of his Martial Souls were exceptionally extraordinary. His First Martial Soul was the North Star, also known as the Ziwei Star, which represented the star of emperors. His Second Martial Soul was the Dragon God.
To be honest, Xu Xingyu could understand the former. After all, he came from the Star Saint Clan, whose inherited Martial Soul was the Star Saint Sword, which itself possessed a strong stellar attribute. It was understandable that a Martial Soul Mutation could produce the Ziwei Star.
But what was going on with the Dragon God Martial Soul? The Dragon God had once been a Supreme God King who stood above the Divine Realm's Five Great God Kings! Legend had it that he had ultimately died under their joint assault.
But why had Xu Xingyu awakened this Martial Soul? As he recalled, his mother's Martial Soul had a connection to dragons, but no matter how it mutated, how could it possibly become the Dragon God Martial Soul? This was a full-blown reversion to his ancestors!
He learned the answer soon enough. On the day he awakened his Martial Souls, the Star Saint Duke's Mansion had come under attack by assassins from the Sun Moon Empire. As they fled, they had seized Xu Xingyu as a hostage.
Just then, a graceful silver figure appeared and rescued him. That person was none other than one of the two beings created when the Dragon God split apart after his death, the current sovereign of all Soul Beasts, the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena!
After Gu Yuena rescued him, Xu Xingyu learned from her that he was not merely a transmigrator from Blue Star. He had been reincarnated twice. His time on Blue Star had only been his second life; in his first, he had been the Dragon God's son, the Starry Dragon Emperor.
When he was born in his first life, just as in this one, he had triggered an anomaly in which myriad stars gathered. It had caused his bloodline to mutate, making it even stronger than his father's. He had also been the first Emperor Auspicious Beast of the dragon race.
Later, however, he had been killed in a sneak attack by a treacherous villain. His death had also prompted the Dragon God, his father in his first life, to start the Dragon God War and declare war on the human gods.
After learning his own identity and of Gu Yuena's own desire, Xu Xingyu agreed to help her revitalize the Soul Beast Clan and lead them to glory. He also opened his memories of Blue Star to her, allowing her to learn whom she truly needed to guard against.
From then on, Xu Xingyu devoted himself to revitalizing the Soul Beast Clan. He found Electrolux, the Calamity of the Undead, ahead of time-one of the original protagonist's cheats-and, with his help, created Soul Spirits.
But Xu Xingyu knew that the Soul Spirit Method alone could not save the Soul Beast Clan, so he added rules concerning Soul Spirits. Using the multiple small worlds inside the Star Soul Pearl, the Super Divine Artifact from his first life, he fused them into a small plane with Gu Yuena's help.
This plane was used as the Soul Spirit Realm. Its main function was to store completed Soul Spirits. When a Soul Master died, their Soul Spirit would not dissipate but would instead be sent to the Soul Spirit Realm to heal, forming an endlessly repeating cycle of reincarnation.
Xu Xingyu then established his own faction, the Spirit Contract Pagoda, and began selling Soul Spirits and spreading word of their existence. With the Soul Beast Clan's help, he succeeded in establishing four Spirit Contract Pagoda branches across the Douluo Continent's four great empires.
Thanks to the Spirit Contract Pagoda's establishment, the tensions currently visible between humans and the Soul Beast Clan had begun to ease. But Xu Xingyu had not been without trouble during this time.
That trouble was Tang San, one of the God Realm Enforcers who called himself the embodiment of justice and held the godhoods of both the Sea God and the Asura God. Once, when Xu Xingyu had gone to the Ice God's ruins in the Far North with the Snow Empress, the King of the Far North, Tang San had hunted him down.
The main reason was that Xu Xingyu's existence would obstruct Tang San's Tang Clan Continent Plan. To eliminate Xu Xingyu before he could become a future threat, Tang San had taken it upon himself to violate the laws of the Divine Realm and send an avatar to hunt him down. Fortunately, Xu Xingyu had left a contingency in the Star Soul Pearl during his first life and ultimately refined Tang San's avatar into a pearl.
After that, Xu Xingyu devoted himself to expanding the Spirit Contract Pagoda's influence, right up to the present. He was now eleven years old, and it was time for him to go cultivate at an advanced Soul Master Academy.
The academy Xu Xingyu had applied to was none other than Shrek Academy, the Douluo Continent's number one Soul Master Academy. He was now traveling through the Star Dou Great Forest on his way there.
Soon, Xu Xingyu could see the direction of Shrek Academy. He jumped down from the golden-haired lion and prepared to say goodbye. The lion asked, "Brother Xingyu, is it all right for me to see you off here? It looks like there's still quite a way to go."
"This is far enough, Qiu'er. After all, you're a member of the Soul Beast Clan and the current Emperor Auspicious Beast!" Xu Xingyu said with a smile. "For your safety, it's better to avoid humans when you can."
That was right. The golden-haired lion Xu Xingyu had been riding was a member of the Soul Beast Clan, the current Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Although her body resembled a lion's, her muzzle protruded farther. Her four paws were dragon claws, and golden dragon scales lay hidden beneath her golden fur. The third eye on her forehead was proof of her status as the Emperor Auspicious Beast: her Eye of Destiny.
Through her Eye of Destiny, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could interfere with the flow of fortune to a certain extent, accelerating the cultivation of the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and weakening the heavenly tribulations they faced.
Yet such a being was like a little sister who would never grow up whenever she was with Xu Xingyu.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion rubbed against Xu Xingyu and said, reluctant to part, "Brother Xingyu, do you really have to go to that Shrek Academy? If you ask me, cultivating at the Spirit Contract Pagoda or right here in Star Dou would be much better than going to that so-called number one academy on the continent."
Xu Xingyu could only give a wry smile and stroke her head to comfort her. "I don't have a choice, Qiu'er. I promised Grandpa I'd get into Shrek Academy. Besides, cultivating there will also help me build more connections, so our Soul Beast Clan can develop better."
"All right. But you have to come visit me often during your holidays!" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said, her eyes brimming with tears. "The Star Dou Great Forest is so boring without you!"
"Mm, I definitely will."
At that moment, the white-haired girl, who had remained silent all this time, asked, "So, are you two done saying goodbye?"
She was none other than the Snow Empress, the former Lord of the Far North. Because of certain unavoidable factors, the Snow Empress had ultimately become human. She now presented herself as Xu Xingyu's sworn younger sister and went by the name Xu Yanxue. Since she was ostensibly Xu Xingyu's younger sister, she would also be going to Shrek Academy to study.
Hearing his sworn sister speak, Xu Xingyu turned to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. "All right, Qiu'er, your brother Xingyu is setting off now. I'll visit you often when the holidays come."
Finally, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched the two leave and quietly made up her mind. Brother Xingyu, I won't wait for you. I'll come find you myself!