Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 1 Night Dawn

Tonight, the stars and moon are nowhere to be seen, and the pitch-black sky shrouds the earth, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

A biting wind howled fiercely through the empty valley. In the endless darkness, only a single flame guarded the last piece of pure land.

Lying by the campfire, Ye Xixuan instinctively wrapped himself tighter in the animal-skin blanket. The flickering firelight illuminated his youthful yet delicate face. A few strands of soft black hair fell across his brow, and the slight dirt on his cheeks couldn't hide the fair and tender skin of his complexion, clearly indicating that he was a descendant of a noble family who had been pampered since childhood.

On his bare left wrist was a black bracelet. At first glance, it looked like ordinary metal, but in the dim light, it faintly shimmered with a strange glow.

In a hazy state, Ye Xixuan's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes slowly opened and closed. The firelight that came into view seemed to transform into a raging sea of ​​blood, instantly waking him up. Immediately afterwards, two completely different memories were suddenly injected into his mind.

One memory comes from a distant past life, while the other comes from this life, leaving a much deeper and more poignant impression.

"The Ye family in Tianling City..."

Tianling City is one of the top three cities in the Tianhun Empire, and the largest city in the central region. The Ye family is the most powerful soul master family in Tianling City. Although its lineage is only two hundred years old and does not have the long history of those top soul master sects, the family still has a titled Douluo-level powerhouse.

Yet, the powerful Ye family was wiped out overnight, and even the City Lord's Mansion of Tianling City failed to notice in time.

Only Ye Xixuan was sent out by the elders of his family using their abilities, who instructed him to seek refuge at Shrek Academy in the southeast of the Heavenly Soul Empire to continue the family's bloodline and glory.

He recently awakened his martial soul, and it was a powerful martial soul after a benign mutation, with innate full soul power. It is precisely because of this that he is regarded as the hope of the family.

A level 10 Soul Warrior with innate full Soul Power is much stronger than an ordinary adult in terms of physical fitness alone.

If nothing unexpected happened along the way, Ye Xixuan should have been able to reach Shrek City, where Shrek Academy was located, in five days at most. However, driven by intense pain and hatred, he unexpectedly awakened his past life memories and glimpsed the mystery of his birth. His spiritual sea was thus impacted, and he fell into a coma when he reached the depths of the Tianling Mountains.

All memories come to an abrupt end here.

"you're awake?!"

Just then, a delighted cry rang out, clear and melodious, yet it made Ye Xixuan tense up abruptly. He flipped over, bent over, and supported himself with his left hand on the ground, raising his head alertly to look behind him.

His dark eyes were as deep as an abyss, and his entire aura seemed to merge with the darkness, revealing an indescribable coldness in the deep silence.

Black, almost tangible demonic runes spread from his chest outwards, extending to his limbs and face. At this moment, Ye Xixuan exuded an eerie and ferocious aura.

The Ye family has been able to establish itself in Tianling City for over a hundred years thanks to the powerful dark element martial soul passed down within the family.

Any elemental martial soul can be considered top-tier, often being extremely pure and possessing a very high level of martial soul quality. Elemental martial souls with physical forms, such as fireballs and dark lightning, are considerably inferior in comparison.

Ye Xixuan's martial soul not only fully inherited the characteristics of the dark element martial soul, but also manifested them in another special form.

His martial soul is his own shadow, or more accurately, his inner demon shadow, which, strictly speaking, could even be categorized as a physical martial soul. After all, a shadow is also part of the body, and the two are like counterparts in two dimensions. The demonic patterns covering Ye Xixuan's entire body are innate abilities he possessed upon awakening his martial soul, known as inner demon patterns. This demonstrates the power of his martial soul.

This talent ability can bring him an amplification of all attributes, not just physical abilities such as strength and speed, but also the power of his martial soul and soul skills.

While the Heart Demon Shadow isn't a Beast Martial Soul, the Heart Demon Rune talent grants him abilities equivalent to Beast Martial Soul possession, but even more powerful. This will become increasingly apparent once he acquires his Soul Rings in the future.

The Heart Demon Shadow possessed the characteristics of a Body Martial Soul, an Elemental Martial Soul, and a Beast Martial Soul, naturally making him highly valued. Unfortunately, before he could grow up, the Ye family suffered an inexplicable massacre.

Following the direction from which the sound came, Ye Xixuan saw who it was.

She was a girl of about ten years old, with long black hair tied in a ponytail that hung down her back. A light blue outfit hugged her budding figure. Her large, bright black eyes were expressive, her nose was straight and high, and she had a nearly perfect oval face. Although her face still looked somewhat immature due to her young age, she possessed a refined and charming quality that made people feel close to her.

The girl, clutching a withered branch, was momentarily stunned by the impact of the Nightfall Xuanwu's soul aura. A bright yellow halo instinctively rose from beneath her feet, and long blue vines rapidly emerged from her body, spreading across the gravelly ground.

"Blue Silver Grass..."

Ye Xixuan stared intently at the girl's face and her distinctive Blue Silver Grass martial soul. Involuntarily, memories of his past life flooded his mind, and he began to vaguely guess the identity of the girl before him.

The girl seemed afraid of frightening Ye Xixuan, so she put down the branch in her hand, withdrew her martial spirit, and quickly walked up to Ye Xixuan, asking him with a concerned expression.

"Little brother, what are you doing in the Tianling Mountains? And you've fainted on the road all by yourself. Where are your family?"

"I have no family left, only myself," Ye Xixuan said calmly, his eyes lowered. After gradually digesting and integrating the memories of his two lives, his personality had become much more composed, and he naturally no longer had the same stressful reaction as before.

The girl, her eyes slightly red, hugged Ye Xixuan tightly, seemingly oblivious to the terrifying demonic markings on his body that resembled tattoos of evil spirits.

"I have no home anymore."

"Thank you for saving me. My name is Ye Xixuan. What's your name, sister?"

Moved by the girl's pure and kind nature, Ye Xixuan relaxed and absorbed the power of the Heart Demon Mark into his body. At the same time, he didn't forget to confirm his guess.

"Ye Xixuan, what a beautiful name." The girl loosened her embrace and looked at Ye Xixuan in front of her. A feeling of sympathy welled up in her heart. She casually wiped away the crystal tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled, as if everything around her paled in comparison.

"My name is Tang Ya, and I come from the Tang Clan of Tian Dou City."

Despite being somewhat prepared, Ye Xixuan was still stunned when he heard Tang Ya's self-introduction.

Tang Clan Tang Ya...

(End of this chapter)