Douluo Continent: The Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, who intercepted the immortal herb

Douluo Continent, Martial Soul City.

Martial Soul City Primary Orphanage.

The cramped room contained four simple wooden beds. Moonlight streamed in through the dilapidated wooden window, spilling onto the rough floor.

A six-year-old boy sleeping by the window suddenly opened his eyes. He sat up straight, panting heavily, with a fine layer of sweat on his forehead.

The boy's name is Su Chen.

Just a few minutes ago, he experienced a soul rebirth.

A flood of memories rushed into his mind, allowing him to fully understand his current situation.

He crossed.

This is the Douluo Continent, a place without magic or battle qi, only martial spirits.

Su Chen rolled out of bed and walked barefoot to the window.

He pushed open the wooden window, and the night breeze blew in his face.

The magnificent building that towered into the clouds in the distance emitted a faint golden light in the night.

That is the Papal Palace, the absolute core of Wuhun City, and the holy land for commoner soul masters across the entire continent.

According to the original owner's memories, he was an orphan abandoned in a war-torn village on the border of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Six months ago, a low-ranking deacon of the Spirit Hall passed by that devastated village and brought him back to Spirit City, where he was placed in an institution specifically set up for commoner orphans.

The Spirit Hall provides free food, clothing, and shelter.

Tomorrow is the annual Martial Soul Awakening Day, and the Martial Soul Hall will send someone to awaken their Martial Souls for free.

Su Chen gripped the window frame tightly with both hands.

In his previous life, he was a reader of online novels and had no liking for Tang San, the protagonist who was aloof and full of righteousness.

The Spirit Hall offers free Spirit Awakening to all commoners across the continent and provides a monthly subsidy of one gold coin to low-level Spirit Masters.

For ordinary people without any background, the Spirit Hall is the only channel for the common people to break down barriers and change their fate.

Tang San was born into the Haotian Sect and enjoyed the implicit benefits of the three upper sects, yet he kept calling himself a commoner.

In his previous life, he secretly learned the inner techniques of the Tang Clan and jumped off a cliff to prove his resolve.

He was reincarnated in Douluo Continent and immediately knelt down to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple, a man with a powerful background.

In order to revive the Tang Clan, he sold highly lethal hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Heavenly Dou Empire at high prices, making a fortune from the war.

This extreme double standard and selfish behavior disgusted Su Chen.

Yu Xiaogang, who is called a master, is even more hypocritical.

Yu Xiaogang was born into the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family. Due to a failed spirit mutation, he became a cripple. However, he took advantage of the Spirit Hall's treasured internal secrets and compiled ten flawed core competencies, which he then packaged as his own academic achievements to swindle and deceive people everywhere.

Yu Xiaogang claimed that there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters.

This statement is utterly absurd. A farm tool martial soul with zero innate soul power could never break through to level ten even after a lifetime of training.

This kind of toxic motivational quote not only deceives the world, but also serves as the greatest mockery of ordinary Soul Masters.

In the original ending, Tang San, together with the two great empires and Seagod Island, completely destroyed the Spirit Hall.

After the Spirit Hall was destroyed, there was no longer any organization on the mainland that offered free spirit awakening services to ordinary people.

Soul Masters have become a privileged profession monopolized by nobles and sects.

Ordinary people lose their path to advancement and are exploited generation after generation.

Moreover, Bibi Dong was originally a saintly woman of extraordinary talent, but she suffered physical and mental trauma after being detained by Qian Xunji through despicable means.

She could have become a great ruler, but due to Yu Xiaogang's cowardice and Tang San's coercion, she went to extremes.

Qian Renxue infiltrated the Heavenly Dou Empire for twenty years, only to end up with her godhood shattered.

Su Chen took a deep breath to calm his turbulent emotions.

Having been given a second chance at life, possessing the body of an orphan from the Spirit Hall, and having received the Spirit Hall's life-saving grace, he could never stand idly by and watch the Spirit Hall march towards destruction.

He wants to change all of this.

He wanted to stop Bibi Dong from going down the path of extreme destruction in despair.

He wanted to help Qian Renxue complete the infiltration of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

He wanted to completely crush Tang San and Yu Xiaogang under his feet.

The reality, however, is extremely cruel.

He is now just an orphan who will soon turn six.

In this dog-eat-dog world, without a powerful martial spirit or sufficiently high innate soul power, he couldn't even get close to the steps of the Papal Palace.

The situation within the Spirit Hall is not optimistic.

With the death of the former Pope Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong seized the opportunity to become the new Pope.

The Papal Palace and the Hall of Worship, controlled by Qian Daoliu, appear peaceful on the surface, but are actually rife with power struggles.

If an orphan with no background awakens only an ordinary martial soul, even if he has the foresight of a transmigrator, the higher-ups will not give him a chance to speak.

He will soon be assigned to a remote town, where he will live out his life in a daze.

We must break this deadlock.

Su Chen's gaze hardened.

A mechanical voice devoid of any emotion suddenly rang in Su Chen's mind.

"bite."

"Host's soul fusion is complete, and mental strength meets the requirements for binding."

"The God-level Selection System is now activated."

"System initialization in progress."

"Progress is 10%... 50%... 100%"

"God-level selection system successfully bound."

Su Chen's body stiffened slightly, his tense muscles completely relaxed, and a relieved smile appeared on his lips.

The time traveler's biggest trump card has arrived.

"System, introduce your functions," Su Chen silently recited in his mind.

A translucent, pale blue light screen, visible only to him, appeared before his eyes.

Mechanical sounds rang out simultaneously.

"This system is a god-level selection system. When the host faces major events and key plot points that affect their own destiny or the course of the continent, the system will automatically trigger relevant options."

"The host will make a decision based on the options provided on the panel. After completing the task conditions corresponding to the selected decision, you will receive a generous reward from the system."

"The rewards include items such as martial spirits, spirit rings, spirit bones, cultivation techniques, divine artifacts, and rare treasures from Douluo Continent and countless other worlds."

"The system's sole purpose: to assist the host in breaking down the barriers between worlds and ascending to the highest divine throne."

Su Chen quickly read the text on the light screen.

The system mechanism is very straightforward.

There's no need to complete tedious daily check-ins, nor is there any need to be forced by the system to issue penalty tasks.

He only needs to make a choice according to his heart at the crucial moment to obtain resources that are enough to defy fate.

This is exactly what he needs right now.

"bite."

"The host will be participating in the Spirit Awakening Ceremony at the Spirit Hall's Primary Orphanage tomorrow morning. A key plot point has been triggered."

"Preliminary selection tasks are now being released."

The semi-transparent light screen instantly refreshed with three new lines of text.

"Option 1: Deliberately conceal your abilities and remain low-key during tomorrow's awakening ceremony, displaying only ordinary talent. Reward: Level 5 innate soul power, intermediate-level beast martial soul Azure Shadow Wolf, and 500 gold soul coins."

"Option Two: Demonstrate certain talent and choose to become a disciple of an ordinary cardinal or outer elder of the Spirit Hall, serving as their vassal. Rewards: Level 8 innate soul power, the high-grade weapon spirit, the Void-Splitting Blade, and a low-level Xuan-rank meditation technique."

"Option Three: Reject Mediocrity. Shine brightly at the Awakening Ceremony, showcasing unparalleled talent and directly alarming the highest power core of the Spirit Hall. Reward: One chance to draw a God-level Spirit, and a level 20 innate full spirit power physique (Note: The reward has been prepared in advance and can only be fully solidified and absorbed after the host completes the conditions to shock the higher-ups during tomorrow's Awakening process)."

Su Chen glanced at the three options, his brain working rapidly.

Option one is immediately ruled out. In the Douluo Continent, merely surviving doesn't guarantee safety. Mediocrity will only land him at the bottom of the Spirit Hall. If war breaks out in the future, low-level Soul Masters will be nothing but cannon fodder. Without strength, he won't even be able to protect himself.

Option two seemed like a safe bet; his level eight innate soul power and advanced martial soul were enough to secure his place in the Spirit Hall. However, he was well aware of the Spirit Hall's upper echelons' ways. Becoming an appendage of an ordinary elder meant being branded with a factional label. His future access to core resources would inevitably face numerous obstacles. Neither Bibi Dong nor Qian Daoliu would allocate core resources to an elder's subordinate.

Only option three is available.

Reject mediocrity, strive for instant fame.

The highest power core of the Spirit Hall is Pope Bibi Dong and Grand Elder Qian Daoliu.

The Spirit Hall has never lacked geniuses; Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan of the Golden Generation were all top-tier geniuses. But the Spirit Hall desperately craved a supreme prodigy who could suppress an entire era.

As long as he demonstrates a talent that Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu cannot refuse, he can rise to the top in one step, cross the threshold of the lower class, and directly obtain the Spirit Hall's top-level resource allocation.

Opportunity to draw a divine-level martial soul.

A level 20 physique with innate full soul power.

Su Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Throughout the history of Douluo Continent, only Qian Renxue, possessing the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, has reached level 20 of innate full soul power. This represents divine favor and signifies 100% potential to become a god.

As long as he wins this reward, he will have already surpassed Tang San, who has twin martial souls, at the starting line.

"System, I choose option three," Su Chen commanded in his mind.

"The host has confirmed option three."

"The opportunity to extract a divine-level martial soul is ready, and the innate full soul power level 20 primordial energy has been injected into the host's body and lies dormant."

"Please fulfill the conditions during tomorrow's awakening ceremony to fully activate the rewards."

The light curtain slowly dissipated.

Su Chen felt a warm energy lurking deep within his meridians. It was the innate full-soul power source that the system had injected in advance. As long as the ritual started tomorrow, this power would erupt completely.

Su Chen walked back to the wooden bed and lay down again.

The clanging of armor from patrolling knights could be heard from afar on the street outside.

There are still three hours until dawn.

Tomorrow will be the first step he takes to change the landscape of Douluo Continent.

He intends to use an unprecedented martial spirit awakening to shake the entire Martial Spirit City.

Tang San, Yu Xiaogang.

Your doomsday countdown begins tomorrow.