Douluo Continent: The system only arrived when I was about to leave the Spirit Hall.
Author: Zhu Yunniao
Introduction:
Originally titled "Douluo Continent: The System Only Arrived After I Was Preparing to Leave the Spirit Hall"
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You Chen transmigrated into the body of an orphan adopted by the Spirit Hall. He discovered that he had no cheat codes and was born with a level two spirit power. He cultivated honestly for twenty-nine years, but finally exhausted his potential. He then gave up the idea of defying fate for the Spirit Hall. Seeing that Tang San's spirit awakening was approaching, he prepared to run away.
Suddenly a system appears, claiming it can help the host rise to godhood.
You Chen looked at the first task and fell into deep thought.
[Please defeat Ye Han (Level 7 Soul Warrior), the classmate who bullied you.]
"Your system has a serious latency issue."
Looking at the "Adaptive Best Age First Soul Ring" reward in the newbie gift pack, I initially thought it was a useless system. Who knew that You Chen's Stardust Young Dragon Martial Soul would be reborn with it, transforming into a true Stardust Dragon. (System: What kind of immortality elixir is this? *hands on hips*)
Chapter 1: You Chen, an Ordinary Soul Master, Wants to Get Rid of It
You Chen's initial martial soul is the Wind Dragon Hatchling, and his innate soul power is level 2.
He is 35 years old this year, a level 48 Soul Master, a theoretical researcher at the Spirit Hall, a lecturer of theoretical courses at the Spirit Hall Academy, and a famous martial spirit theory master in Douluo Continent.
With such talent, to achieve such accomplishments at this age, even in the largest gathering of Soul Masters, it is a great miracle, a miracle of an ordinary person's rise to power.
Although he gradually became a marginal figure in the Spirit Hall with no power because he refused the recruitment of the current Pope Bibi Dong, he was spared a lot of trouble. He held the nominal title of "professor" and received a monthly salary of one thousand gold soul coins, so his life was relatively leisurely.
With the purchasing power of Gold Soul Coins in this world, You Chen's quality of life is many times better than that of a lowly laborer in his previous life; he is definitely a superior person.
Despite living the life he had longed for in his previous life, You Chen developed the idea of leaving the Spirit Hall.
The reason why his past life has come out is quite obvious. That's right, You Chen has another identity, which is that of a time traveler.
Judging by the timeline, Tang Buddha will soon awaken his martial spirit, and in another ten or twenty years, a war that will overturn the world order will sweep across this continent...
Dressed as an infant and regressed in age, You Chen was taken in and raised in an orphanage by the Spirit Hall. He had a deep affection for the Spirit Hall, but his several attempts to steer his fate towards a different path from the original timeline all failed.
He has now given up on the idea of interfering with the original trajectory and changing the fate of the Spirit Hall being destroyed by Tang San.
It's not that I believe fate is predetermined and unchangeable, but rather that I know my own strength is insufficient to change the course of this torrent.
He was just an ordinary Soul Master whose potential had been largely exhausted. Although he had feelings for the Spirit Hall, those feelings were not enough for him to be willing to be dragged into the Spirit Hall's camp and die on a battlefield where defeat was inevitable.
However... under normal circumstances, there is no such thing as breaking away from the Spirit Hall.
Yu Xiaogang was expelled from the Spirit Hall by the previous Pope; he didn't leave voluntarily.
This humiliating expulsion, if not for the fact that it involved the noble saintess and was concealed, would have made Yu Xiaogang an even bigger joke.
However, the fact that there is no theoretically a way to actively break away does not mean that there is none.
The simplest example is a Soul Master who is only a dozen or so levels high and has no potential to improve further. He looks down on the meager salary of a steward and quits after many years. His name will probably still be listed on some branch hall, but the Spirit Hall will not forcibly recruit him.
In other words, you can be deliberately marginalized. As long as you don't do anything reckless by joining other factions, the Spirit Hall won't bother with you.
You Chen was, after all, a Soul Master who was close to a Soul King. His strength was among the backbone of the Spirit Hall, so he wouldn't be let go so easily.
At this point, it was precisely because his lack of favor with the current Pope was common knowledge among the upper echelons of the Spirit Hall that he was spared a lot of trouble.
After all, it's ridiculous for someone with the title of professor and who serves as a teacher in the main hall of the Spirit Hall to go to a rural branch hall to work as a steward.
For some people, You Chen's self-degrading behavior is a gift delivered to their doorstep.
Besides being far from the center of the Spirit Hall, You Chen also had a little ulterior motive, so when applying for assignment, he specifically chose a branch hall around Notting City.
He was obviously eyeing that 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.
The function of a soul bone is not just to give one or two soul skills, or to improve soul power and physical attributes.
Its greatest function is to enhance a Soul Master's innate talent and improve their aptitude!
Especially for Soul Masters who are originally of low aptitude and lack resources, each Soul Bone has the effect of changing one's fate against all odds.
It's like the rare and precious materials in martial arts novels that can cleanse the marrow, reshape the foundation, and change one's talents.
You Chen knew all too well the law of the jungle and the supremacy of strength in this world with its extraordinary powers. Even if one wanted to stay away from conflict, it was easy to run into trouble if one's own strength was not strong enough.
Therefore, there is absolutely no reason not to miss out on this 100,000-year-old soul bone, which is the easiest to obtain in the original work.
The perfect time to extract the bone was when Tang San went to Shrek Academy and Tang Hao secretly followed him.
An ordinary innate second-level soul master's limit in a normal lifetime is only a soul master. If they can absorb this soul bone, as long as they are not too old, becoming a soul king is not difficult at all.
You Chen, a Soul Master with only level two innate Soul Power, was confident that if he could absorb this 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, he would definitely have a chance to become a Soul Douluo! Or even go further and become a Title Douluo, truly standing at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent!
Even if it's a future God War, a Title Douluo can easily disappear into the deep mountains and forests, avoid the limelight, and then come out again.
Thinking of the bright future, You Chen suddenly felt a little restless and decided to go to the office to ask an acquaintance about the stage of his program.
"Ding~"
[Host information detected. Counterattack System activated.]
Name: You Chen
Age: 35
[Martial Soul: Stardust Young Dragon (Intermediate Martial Soul)]
[Level: 48 Soul Master]
A neutral, mechanical voice rang in You Chen's ears.
You Chen subconsciously stopped in his tracks, his eyes widening.
At first, he thought he'd been hit by some kind of mental or auditory soul skill, but after hearing the details, a mix of excitement and helplessness welled up inside him. He mentally cursed, "Did this system come a little too late?!"
Despite the complaints, the system still needs to be turned on.
However... before opening it, a bad feeling suddenly flashed through You Chen's mind: he felt like he had seen this kind of development somewhere before?
This system is a revenge system, designed to help the host defeat everyone who looks down on them.
[Please complete the beginner's tasks to receive the beginner's gift pack.]
[Note: New player quests are prerequisites for unlocking subsequent quests and cannot be abandoned.]
[Newbie Quest: Ye Han (Level 7 Soul Master), relying on his status as the grandson of the Purple-Robed Bishop of the Spirit Hall, plans to secretly beat you up with several classmates. Please defeat Ye Han and give him a sound beating so he'll never dare to harbor any improper thoughts about you again.]
Looking at the mission details, You Chen couldn't help but feel a pang of nostalgia.
Ye Han, this guy's innate soul power aptitude is on par with mine back then.
However, having memories of his past life, and relying on the self-discipline of an adult, he engaged in intensive training and practice every day, achieving a ranking among the top in his class and reaching level 10 at the age of 9.
Instead of working harder, that kid got jealous of me and gathered a few classmates who were equally untalented and didn't know how to work hard, planning to ambush me after school. Instead, I got a good beating.
"Wait, wasn't this something that happened more than twenty years ago?!"
You Chen almost blurted out a complaint.
More than twenty years ago, Ye Han did indeed harbor resentment towards himself.
However, after so many years, this kid had long since been convinced of his superiority, and with his later miraculous comeback, he even became his most loyal follower.
He had to ask Ye Han to help him with these procedures!
'Oh well, I was planning to go anyway.'
Despite his complaints, You Chen was still really looking forward to the system's gift pack.
After all, this task wasn't difficult for either my past self or my present self; it truly is a beginner's task, so I just did it without much effort.