Chap 1
Douluo Continent, southwestern Heaven Dou Empire, Fasinuo province.
Iron Village, if you refer to this name might seem like a wealthy village but in fact, it was merely a place where mortal blacksmiths forged iron. Once upon a time one of the daughters of the village chief married a direct descendant of the Haotian Sect which means that the sect should protect the village but out of fear that they would not do it because of the death of the original chief the next generation changed the name to the Iron village.
On a small hilltop was a child who looked like only five or six years old doing push-ups with a serious expression on his face, after finishing his exercise the boy let out a dejected sigh shaking his head while saying "Still impossible huh...? Do I have no talent to became a soul master ?" This boy's name was named Xiao Meng by the village chief with the character of 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and 梦 (mèng) meaning "dream". But he had a secret, he was reborn six years ago, on this day he was going back to his home like usual when a tsunami alert appeared on his phone, the rain was heavy but knowing that he was only at some matter of his house he didn't head the warning and tried to run to his house but he encountered an old selling object and decided to save him but his good intentions were wasted because a truck appeared out of nowhere and killed him.
When he woke he realized that he was a baby in a medieval-like world so he was excited at the beginning but once he heard the caretaker of the orphanage saying things like "Three years later it will be the ceremony I hope one you can awaken your Martial Soul" it was like this that Xiao Meng realized that he was reborn in the famous novel Soul Land and judging by the fact that the Wuhun palace still exists it means that he was born at the worst time, in the generation of Tang San. Since his name was chosen by the village chief his status in the village was above five children but under five other but he lived a better life than the dog Huo Yuhao. When Xiao Meng asked the village chief about his cheap parents and their Martial Soul when he was younger, all he said was that he didn't know them but found him in the trash during one of his outings in Notting City and since he chose to take him that day, the responsibility of taking care of him naturally falls on him but since he was old he decided that it was better for Xiao Meng to be taken care in an orphanage after all he worked each day and he couldn't attribute much attention to a child. Hearing this Xiao Meng vowed to at least not put them in danger because of his ambitions in the future, he was not an idiot like Tang San who was hypocritical, like Huo Yuhao who is a puppet, or those Wuxia protagonist who recognizes their parent after suffering from hardship while they were living happily with a new son or daughter saying that they regretted abandoning him. This type of protagonist routine didn't suit his taste and after reading some fanfiction of this world in his past life he realized that all the female characters were brainless women so he will try the Cold Blooded ways, in fact, he never experienced the so-called "love" but as an otaku how could he not know that more than 90 % of protagonist turn into a brainless idiot after encountering a woman and more than half of them are useless licking dog or idiot but as a man of the 21st century how could an emotion like love affect him like some swordsman would say "Women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword"
As for his cheap family who has not returned for six years, Shi Yun can guess that although there is no large-scale war between Tian Dou and Xing Luo for the time being, there is still a small-scale war on the border which means that they could have been soldiers and abandoning a child to protect their country was okay in their books. The friction has never stopped. In the Douluo Continent, they are called soldiers at best, but they are cannon fodder at worst. In front of the soul master, the role of ordinary soldiers is only to consume the soul master's soul power so they must already be dead.
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In front of a large cabin built of large logs with a metal door in the middle were eight children accompanied by the village chief named George. There was also one youth in the Spirit Hall. This person appeared to be just over 20 years old. He was dressed completely in brilliant white clothes, a black cloak on his back, and right on the center of his chest, above his heart, was a palm-sized 'spirit' character. This was standard attire for staff directly subordinate to Spirit Hall.
"Everybody, today is the day of your awakening but before that, I want to say that cultivation is hard so if you don't want to go to the academy to learn it's okay the village can still bear your existence. Anyways the man who will come today is a spirit Grandmaster is a Spirit Master rank. Spirit Master is the noblest vocation on our Douluo continent: they can be formidable champions, and they can possess remarkable assisting ability. But no matter which kind of spirit master, all are sorted and accorded titles. A hundred years ago our Iron village produced an eighth-ranked Spirit Sage, ah. In all of Nuoding city, even in the whole Fasinuo region, this is an extremely rare existence but in the end, she married a man from the Haotian sect, it's also why this village chose this name. I know that many of you don't believe in this legend but this legend comes from fact. Well, let me explain the cultivation realm: Spirit Masters all possess their spirit power. Based on spirit power intensity, these are subdivided into ten general titles. Each title is further subdivided into ten ranks. At first, after only crossing the threshold, one is called Spirit Scholar. As soon as a spirit awakens, everyone is a spirit scholar even if you don't have innate soul power. In the event that the spirit is capable of cultivation, when the spirit power reaches the eleventh rank, one can enter the next title, which in that case is Spirit Master. And Spirit Grandmaster, is the third in this sequence of titles. Having reached the Spirit Grandmaster realm, one already is a fairly famed Spirit Master. There are a total of ten like this."
"Spirit Scholar, Spirit Master, Spirit Grandmaster, Spirit Elder, Spirit Ancestor, Spirit King, Spirit Emperor, Spirit Sage, Spirit Douluo and Title Douluo. This is precisely where our Douluo Continent's name comes from. It is said that when attaining the power of a ninetieth-ranked Title Douluo, one can take a title for oneself. They are simply unparalleled existences, ah!"
"Well I tank Chief George for this introduction, I'm Yang Ge and I'm a level 29 soul grandmaster"
"Master Ge, this time we will inconvenience you." Old George respectfully bowed to the youngster.
The center of the youngster's forehead betrayed an indifferent arrogance. Indifferently bowing slightly but he at least returned the greeting,
"Don't worry Old George doing this for you who helped my father so many times in the past is nothing."
Old George said: "Very well. Children, this is a Battle Spirit Grandmaster from Nuoding City. Next, he will guide you to open yourselves to your spirit. You must cooperate well with the great teacher to conduct your spirit awakening."
After placing six round pitch-black stones on the ground in the form of a hexagon and one sparkling blue crystal ball on a wooden desk the youngster's gaze fell on the eight children before him. As a Spirit Hall inspecting attendant, helping ordinary people undergo spirit awakening was his compulsory assignment, and he was long since used to it, this time an old friend of his father sent a letter for help regarding the awaking of the children of his village so in regard to his father face he went.
"Children, line up."
He then mentioned for the first child to stand inside the hexagon while saying "Don't be nervous, close your eyes and feel carefully" while shouting "Lazy cat possession !" and profited of the moment to clap both of his hands together activating the black stones judging by the six green light pouring into them while a layer of golden misty light was released from the stones and climbed to the body of the boy.
after some time the mist disappeared in the boy's body and the Spirit master said "Extend your right hand" which the boy did immediately only for his hand to have a light speck surging out and becoming a sickle. Not wanting to waste time the spirit master took the blue crystal on the desk and handed it over for the child to test his soul power only to be deceived as the crystal didn't light up
A similar scene happened with the other children only for Xiao Meng to be the last, after using his soul power for a long time Yang Ge seemed rather exhausted but seeing it was the last child he persisted but when he saw Xiao Meng he couldn't help but take another look, he felt a temperament different from the other children, quiet and steady. Under the eyes of everybody, Xiao Meng entered the awakening circle and clothed his eyes, he soon felt an energy wave in his body which should be the soul power of the stone and soon he felt his body was full, spread his right hand, and a strange stone emiting a strange blue light appeared. Seeing his martial spirit being a stone Xiao Meng was a little out of pace for a while but he woke up after hearing the soul master, "It's a pity, a waste martial soul again....come and find out what your innate soul power is !" Xiao Meng hummed lightly and stepped forward to hold the crystal ball, it quickly shone into a bright blue light "Hmm, your soul power rank is 5. Congratulations you are the only child of this village who can become a spirit master."