In the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest,a disheveled young man slowly rose from the ground. He wiped the blood from his mouth, turned back to look at the beast, now beyond dead and emanating a pale yellow spirit ring, and finally smiled.
"There are countless gamblers in the world, beast, I'm slightly better than you!" With that, the young man, his legs trembling, walked to the beast's corpse, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing the spirit ring.
This was the safest place; if he didn't absorb the spirit ring soon, it would likely disappear.
The young man's name was Tian Mucheng. In his previous life, he was an orphan with no parents and a terminal illness. Before dying, he was hit by a truck and transported to the Douluo Continent.
He was reborn as an infant, but luckily, he was taken in by a kind old man.
At first, he thought this Douluo timeline was before Tang San became a god, but according to the old man, Tang San had already been a god for ten thousand years, at which point he understood which timeline he was in.
The Douluo Continent timeline was the time when Tang San was looking for a son-in-law—or rather, finding a dog.
The protagonist of this period is none other than the infamous Huo Cheat, possessing a ton of cheat codes and even being trained like a dog by the Sea God Tang San! He's incredibly powerful, like a little cow pulling its tail.
I thought I'd have some kind of cheat code like a system, but by the time I reached my six-year awakening period, I hadn't awakened a system.
If it weren't for my grandfather, I probably wouldn't have even awakened my martial soul.
Back then, I was hoping to awaken a truly awesome martial soul, and what I finally awakened was a dragon soul—the soul of a dragon without any physical form.
When my grandfather and I saw this martial soul, we were instantly speechless. My grandfather said he never imagined I would awaken a martial soul never before recorded in the Douluo Continent.
At the time, my grandfather searched everywhere for information to help me, but to no avail. Finally, he tested my soul power and found I had level seven soul power, which was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
Seeing that I had soul power, my grandfather decided to urge me to cultivate. Once I reached level ten, he planned to take me hunting for soul rings.
Unexpected misfortune struck. After the old man handed him a box, he was brutally murdered by that group. At the time, he had no idea who had done it, and he even lost his home.
In this life, he had finally found a home and family, but in the blink of an eye, it was all gone… After a while, Tian Mucheng slowly opened his eyes.
Looking at the 120-year yellow spirit ring rising beneath his feet, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "Although the age is a bit low, the compatibility has brought me a significant physical improvement; otherwise, this body would still be in great discomfort."
Tian Mucheng looked around and, seeing no other dangerous creatures, immediately picked up the spirit beast's corpse and hurriedly left. As for the other tests, he would deal with them when he got back, since the Star Dou Great Forest was far too dangerous.
Before sunset, Tian Mucheng finally returned home. He placed the Golden Armored Ape on the ground, intending to exchange it for money the next morning.
He sat on the bed, panting, feeling the changes in his body. He sighed, "It's still too much. My body is just too weak. I really don't know which dog cursed me at birth; I've been sickly since I was little."
High fever at one, high fever at two, high fever at three, high fever at four. He only stopped having high fevers at six when he awakened his martial soul, but his body grew weaker and weaker, as if he'd die at the slightest bump.
He was practically the king of high fevers! The king of fragility!
Now, with his first soul ring, there was a chance his body could improve, so he was going all out.
He would hunt soul beasts alone. Whether he retreated or advanced, it was all the same; he might as well take a gamble!
In the end, Lady Luck was on his side, giving him a chance to live.
"My body has improved, but carrying the soul beast back alone is still too much."
Tian Mucheng glanced at the golden-armored ape on the ground, mentally estimated his heart rate, and began to examine his first soul skill.
A translucent white dragon soul appeared in Tian Mucheng's palm. The moment the yellow soul ring rose, the translucent white dragon soul was instantly covered in gold.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my brain, as if it were being torn apart by an invisible giant hand; the pain was excruciating.
"It hurts so much!"
Tian Mucheng clutched his throbbing head. A minute later, he could no longer bear it and fainted.
The unconscious dragon soul enveloped his body.
When Tian Mucheng awoke, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. The scene before him resembled a starry sky or a vast ocean of stars!
"The Sea of Spirit?"
Tian Mucheng quickly recognized his surroundings. If he wasn't mistaken, this was the legendary Sea of Spirit. He remembered that Huo Yuhao had opened his spirit using the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, but he hadn't expected to open it unintentionally.
Boom...
The Sea of Spirit trembled, and two dragon souls flew out, one white and one gold, appearing before him.
Tian Mucheng approached them, puzzled. Surely his martial soul wouldn't harm him?
But he had misplaced his trust.
The white dragon soul, as if finding its anchor, flew directly into Tian Mucheng's body. Its terrifying spiritual power began to affect his nerves. He knelt there, clutching his head, the excruciating pain preventing him from even screaming.
What sins had he committed to deserve this? He transmigrated like that, and now he was like this too.
A moment later, the sky seemed to lie there like a dead dog, panting heavily, staring blankly at the golden-white dragon soul above his head as if reborn.
At this moment, he finally understood what his cheat ability was: creating clones to seize fortune and nourish his own body. Otherwise, he would have died from his body sooner or later.
His physical body had been weakened several times over to avoid being rejected by the world's plane, resulting in this sickly state.
How to seize fortune? It meant making his clones famous or joining forces to seize the reputations of various factions, such as joining the Sea God Pavilion and becoming its leader. This was also a way of seizing fortune.
Shrek Academy, Star Luo, Sea God Pavilion, Holy Spirit Cult, Sun Moon Sect, Body Sect, and so on were all places where he could seek fortune.
Tian Mucheng stared at the golden dragon soul, muttering to himself, "Gold element?"
"To create an avatar, one must choose a trait from their own personality: arrogance, rage, lust, cowardice..."
He slowly sat up, his expression turning serious as he pondered deeply. The avatar would unconditionally obey the original's commands, but the choice of this personality trait was crucial. A slight misstep could lead to unexpected situations due to the avatar's flawed nature.
After a long while, Tian Mucheng chose the source of arrogance. He already knew where the gold element was suitable: the Sun Moon Empire!
There were countless geniuses in the Soul Guidance system there, but very few Soul Master geniuses, and most of them were the kind who grew through drug use. A gold element avatar going there would receive preferential treatment and learn Soul Guidance technology—a win-win situation.
Xiao Hongchen's Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul was of the gold element, so a gold element avatar couldn't possibly be much weaker than Xiao Hongchen.
He never imagined that this decision would bring such a wonderful surprise to his avatar in the future!
Once Tian Mucheng made his decision, he immediately took action. The golden dragon soul was part of the white dragon soul and also part of his body, and his arrogant personality began to be imbued into the golden dragon soul.
An hour passed, and Tian Mucheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, finally letting out a sigh of relief. He said, "Finally, I succeeded!"
A man with golden hair stood before him, his features somewhat similar to his own, yet with many differences. It seemed that his arrogant personality had greatly altered that clone!
"Your name will be Jin Tianming, and your martial soul will be called Yaojin Gulong!"
(End of this chapter)