Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 2: The Activation of the Gears of Fate, System Binding

Upon hearing the conversation between the two caregivers, Xiao Yu immediately stopped in his tracks, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

The timeline is set!

With Qian Xunji's death and Bibi Dong's ascension to the throne, Tang Shenwang's arrival is also a significant event, marking the official start of the original story. At this time, Dai Mubai and Oscar are about two or three years old, and Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing will be born within the next year. The day when the 100,000-year-old rabbit transforms into human form is not far off.

"Ding! The Douluo Continent storyline has officially begun. The Sacred Domain System is binding to the host."

"Sanctuary System? Isn't that the game I played before I transmigrated?"

Xiao Yu, who had just sat down in his room, was slightly taken aback, then looked completely bewildered: "Wait a minute, isn't this a game based on Saint Seiya? How did you end up in the Douluo Continent world?"

"you guess!"

A cold, mechanical voice echoed in Xiao Yu's mind.

"What a load of rubbish! If I knew, you wouldn't have suddenly appeared and startled me!"

Xiao Yu muttered a somewhat helpless complaint, but his ever-optimistic nature quickly put the question out of his mind: "Who cares? Even if the background is different, it's still a cheat code, isn't it? But system, I've been here for a year, why did you only just arrive?"

A mechanical voice sounded: "On the one hand, it's because the story here hasn't started yet, and on the other hand, I'm also integrating the rules of this world and making adjustments. Just like you said, I developed this system based on the Saint Seiya background, which is quite different from the background of Douluo Continent, so adjustments are needed."

"I see."

Xiao Yu nodded and continued, "Then tell me, what are the functions of your cheat system?"

"The original function was to allow the host to summon characters from Saint Seiya, provided that the host completes the corresponding tasks issued by the system. These tasks are issued based on the development of this world's plot, which is why the binding only occurs during the main storyline."

"However, after integrating with the rules of this world, the system has independently developed new functions: a shop exchange function and a martial soul bestowal function. With the shop exchange function, the host can use diamonds obtained by completing tasks to exchange for items that the host needs, such as immortal herbs and soul bones unique to this world."

"The Martial Soul bestowal function is currently planned to be used only once by the system, and only for the host. It exists in the host's newbie gift pack. Once the host opens and obtains it, it will not be used again."

"Doesn't that mean I can directly establish a Holy Domain on the Douluo Continent? As long as I summon enough powerful individuals, replacing the Spirit Hall and unifying the entire continent wouldn't be a dream!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu's face lit up with joy: "This cheat system is incredibly powerful! But system, what's the connection between summoning characters and completing tasks? Are there any restrictions?"

"The original system tasks were divided into steel, bronze, silver, gold and holy levels. After incorporating the rules of this plane, they have been modified to correspond to the spirit ring levels, namely white level (ten years), yellow level (hundred years), purple level (thousand years), black level (ten thousand years), red level (one hundred thousand years), and gold level (million years). Each completed task can randomly summon a Saint Seiya story character. There is no limit to the number of characters that can be summoned, but the higher the level of the completed task, the higher the minimum requirement for the number of characters that can be summoned."

For example, if the host completes a White-level mission, the summoned character will be at least a substitute Saint like Cassios; if the host completes a Purple-level mission, the summoned character will be at least a Silver Saint. The specific potential is converted into innate soul power level, as follows.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yu felt a golden light flash before his eyes, and several lines of golden text appeared before him.

"White-level summoned characters' innate soul power range: 0.5-10."

"Yellow-level summoned characters' innate soul power range: Level 2-10."

"The innate soul power range of purple-level summoned characters is: level 5-10."

"Black-level summoned characters' innate soul power range: Level 7-10."

"Red-level summoned characters' innate soul power range: Level 9-10."

"Gold-level summoned characters have an innate soul power range of 10 levels, and the starting level of the summoned character is no lower than 95."

Note: Rewards for mission summoning privileges can be accumulated and redeemed. 10 white-level summoning privileges can be redeemed for 1 yellow-level summon, 10 yellow-level summons can be redeemed for 1 purple-level summon, and so on. However, gold-level summoning privileges can only be redeemed once a year.

"Note: Due to the influence of the world plane, characters from the Saint Seiya world will be weakened and suppressed when they come to this world. Secondly, the level of the summoned character is randomized, and their soul power will increase with cultivation in this world, and they will not be at their peak from the start."

"Random?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately asked, "Does that mean even if the strongest Gold Saint is summoned, his level when he first arrives in this world might be that of a newly awakened Martial Soul with innate Soul Power? However, given his potential, as long as he doesn't die prematurely, he will definitely become the strongest person in this plane, a Title Douluo, or even a god."

"Not bad!" the system replied affirmatively.

Xiao Yu was somewhat discouraged upon hearing this: "I thought that as long as I could summon those super strong individuals, I could directly sweep through the Douluo Continent. It seems that it's not that simple. It's still a process of cultivation and development."

"Yes."

Xiao Yu continued to study the system, which took about two hours in total. It was originally sunset, but now it was pitch black.

Xiao Yu stood up, stretched, rubbed his knees which were numb from sitting cross-legged for a long time, and lay down on the bed before continuing to communicate with the system: "System, you mentioned a newbie gift pack when you introduced the Martial Soul Granting function, right?"

"good."

"Can I open it now?"

"Can."

After giving Xiao Yu an affirmative answer, the system continued, "However, since the host is only five years old and has not yet reached the age for martial soul awakening in this world, the acquired martial soul will remain dormant and will automatically awaken when the host reaches the age where it can awaken."

"Okay, then open it!"

Xiao Yu chose to activate it without hesitation, and the automatic awakening of his martial soul was exactly what he wanted. This would save him the trouble of having a spirit master from the Spirit Hall come and awaken it for him later. If the awakened martial soul was too powerful, it might attract the attention of the Spirit Hall. After all, not everyone is Tang San, nor is everyone like the blind Douluo Su.

Xiao Yu wasn't quite sure, but he vaguely remembered a plot point in the original novel, comics, and anime where Dugu Bo mentioned that many talented juniors who didn't belong to the Spirit Hall died mysteriously. While it couldn't be completely believed, it couldn't be completely disbelieved either. Therefore, Xiao Yu felt that if he wasn't strong enough, he should try not to approach the Spirit Hall.

(End of this chapter)