Dou Ling Empire, Ling Dou City.
Although the Dou Ling Empire was the weakest of the three original nations on the Douluo Continent, as the capital, the prosperity of Ling Dou City could well be imagined.
With cars coming and going on the streets and bustling crowds, the Soul tool neon lights continued to flicker incessantly even during the day.
But often, the more prosperous a place is, the more filth and ugliness it hides.
This place was exactly such a slum.
The pungent and foul smell made it impossible to breathe; flies buzzed everywhere, trash and sewage overflowed, and most of the people living here were dressed in rags, their figures gaunt and withered.
At the furthest end of the slum, on a relatively clean step near the street, sat a child who looked about five or six years old.
He wore tattered clothes covered in patches and was staring blankly at the street where few people passed by.
The child’s appearance was ordinary, with nothing particularly remarkable about him—the kind of person who would be lost in a crowd.
If one had to point something out, the most obvious feature was the two tufts of hair sticking up high on both sides of his head.
From a distance, they looked like dog ears.
“Xiuxiu…
Xiuxiu…”
He kept muttering these two syllables in a low voice, as if he were calling out to his lover.
That’s right.
Standing before you is none other than—
The second generation dragon god, Universe Enforcer, Ruler of the Dragon God Realm, and Supreme God King—Tang Xuanyu.
None of those were important; the most important thing was that he was Tang San’s grandson.
So, naturally, the simple four words “Grandson of Tang San” had already overshadowed all the titles Tang Xuanyu once held.
No, he should be called Lan Xuanyu now.
Because…
he had been reborn.
Lan Xuanyu lowered his head, looking bewilderedly at his tender little hands.
Why…
did it turn into this?!
I was a max-level Dragon God God King!
And you’re telling me to restart?!
Memories surged into his mind like a tide, and Lan Xuanyu remembered why he had appeared here.
As the successor of the Dragon God Bloodline and a genuine second generation dragon god, Lan Xuanyu’s strength and status could be said to have eclipsed the entire God Realm.
He was hailed as the strongest God King, with no equal!
He had even comprehended the true essence of the Dragon God God Position and the Laws of the Universe, becoming a “Universe Enforcer.” Even his grandfather, the Sea God Tang San, who had returned from a Rebirth and reset, was still not his match.
Logically, he should have been an invincible existence in the Universe.
Why was he reborn in this era?
The story must start from after the return of [Rebirth of Tang San].
Ever since Tang San’s Rebirth and return, Douluo Star and the Great God Circle had been developing at high speeds.
Especially on the Douluo Continent, after the success of their [Shrek Group] plan, over a dozen First-level Gods appeared on Douluo Star in just a thousand years.
Although the distribution of resources might have been slightly uneven, it was believed that no one would have any improper questions about it.
After his younger cousin Huo Zhanji reclaimed the [Falan Star System] and the [Guardian God] joined the Great God Circle, everyone believed the moment to charge toward becoming a Divine Star had arrived.
After all, they had the right time, the right place, and the right people.
All the Gods were of one mind, and the sphere of influence of the two major God Realms was even broader than the [Dragon God Realm] during its Peak period.
Most importantly, there were two Supreme God Kings, himself and his grandfather, presiding over it, and the [Guardian God] was also in their God Realm.
No matter how you looked at it, the advantage was theirs!
However, whether it was him or Tang San, they had still thought too simply.
Just as they were leading all the Gods, putting in every ounce of effort, and had already completed the Douluo Divine Star, everything was over.
In front of the gods of the newly born [Douluo Divine Star], a giant god appeared who brought the end to the World…
Recalling that terrifying fellow uncontrollably in his mind, Lan Xuanyu instinctively shuddered.
He was certain that for the entire Universe, it was an unprecedented disaster.
He was blown apart after taking just two hits.
Even for his grandfather Tang San, his ever-successful [Uncertain Storm] didn’t have the slightest effect; he and his trident were smashed into meat paste…
Even the two of them, Supreme God Kings, were so easily blown apart, let alone the others?
Except for the Emotion God King who fled at the very beginning, his uncle-in-Law Dai Yuhao, he didn’t know if anyone else was dead or alive.
Probably because of the immortal nature of his Dragon God God Position and his powerful cultivation, Lan Xuanyu luckily managed to leave behind a wisp of a remnant Soul.
After the Gods were all dead, the two major God Realms exploded from the inside out until nothing was left, far exceeding the Divine Star Ceremony of the [Dragon God Era].
At least back then, a little bit of the [Dragon God Realm] remained after the Dragon God’s rebellion, becoming the later Douluo God Realm.
But that explosion truly left nothing of the two major God Realms behind.
In such a terrifying explosion, no living being could have survived…
All the planets in the [Douluo Galaxy] and the [Dragon Horse Galaxy] were also completely gone in that explosion.
Lan Xuanyu even wondered if the [Falan Star System] could have survived.
He might have survived because his cultivation was profound enough and he was lucky.
In that explosion, he luckily traveled through time and space, arriving in this era and surviving.
Whether it was by the will of heaven or a coincidence of Destiny, the name of this body was also Lan Xuanyu.
However, he was just an orphan living in the slums with both parents dead—a textbook protagonist template.
But since Lan Xuanyu’s Rebirth in this era, he had discovered a very terrifying thing.
Although he hadn’t awakened his Spirit yet, he clearly discovered that the Dragon God Bloodline in his body was gone…
One must know that the Dragon God God Position, this “unique in the Universe” entity, was bound to the Dragon God Bloodline.
Without the Dragon God Bloodline, it was impossible for him to obtain the Dragon God’s recognition, let alone possess the Dragon God God Position.
As for the Dragon God’s own words about “wandering the Universe for countless years searching for his successor,” one should just take it with a grain of salt.
Who could actually believe it?
Without a pure Dragon God Bloodline, where would one go to inherit the Dragon God God Position?
Didn’t you see that the Silver Dragon King and the Golden Dragon King didn’t even get a single hair of the Dragon God God Position?
“…”
Lan Xuanyu trembled as he clenched his teeth.
Although his powerful strength in his past life was built step by step through his own hard work and wisdom, the Dragon God Bloodline was also indispensable.
But now…
it’s gone…
everything’s gone…
As a Supreme God King, Lan Xuanyu not only possessed super power but also the wisdom belonging to a Supreme God King.
Even if he wasn’t quite as wise as his grandfather Tang San, who had the nickname “God of Wisdom,” he was only slightly behind.
Back then in the Dragon Horse Galaxy, he used his [Wisdom] to cross-dress as a girl, leading those Dragon Knights on a wild goose chase and stealing many Sky-Nurturing Crystals from Tianlong Star, making an unrivaled and massive contribution to the prosperity of the Douluo Federation and Douluo Star!
So Lan Xuanyu understood very well that his Rebirth this time was the Rebirth of a sliver of his divine soul, which happened to land on this dying slum youth.
According to research in later generations, a Spirit is closely related to one’s own Bloodline and Soul.
No matter how it mutates, the mutated Spirit is still linked to one’s Bloodline.
Even Yu Xiaogang’s Luo San Pao Spirit was the prototype of a Golden Holy Dragon; Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Eye Martial Soul was also a mutation based on the eyes of the [Evil Eyes White Tiger].
Based on this judgment, how could the Dragon God Bloodline possibly appear in him again?
Thinking of this, Lan Xuanyu couldn’t help but miss his real parents.
Of course, not Nan Cheng and Lan Xiao, but Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena.
After collecting information during this period and making his own judgments, Lan Xuanyu was certain that this era belonged to his aunt, the Butterfly God Tang Wutong, and her husband, the Emotion God King Dai Yuhao.
In other words, his mother was still around, but his father had not been born yet.
The Golden Dragon King Bloodline wouldn’t be obtainable for a while, but if he could first obtain the Silver Dragon King Bloodline from his mother Gu Yuena, then he could also take off…
But how could he see his mother?
No, the problem Lan Xuanyu was facing now wasn’t whether he could see Gu Yuena.
“Awakening a Spirit costs 10 gold coins?!”
Lan Xuanyu’s face stiffened.
There was a fee for Awakening a Spirit?
How had he never heard of this?
Think about it: since his birth, he had Innate full spirit power, the Universe’s top-tier Dragon God Bloodline, the ultimate artifact [Heavenly Sacred Abyss Halberd] as his companion, and the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and Golden Dragon King Tang Wulin protecting his path.
Although his growth process was also “full of hardships,” he had pulled through with his own efforts and extraordinary wisdom.
But he never imagined he would now have to worry about how to awaken his Spirit…
10 gold coins!
In this era, that was enough for a common family’s expenses for ten years!
What kind of shitty era is this?!
Clearly, in his era, you could awaken your Spirit at home by yourself!
Suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, Lan Xuanyu shouted at the old beggar beside him, “Wait, what about the Spirit Pagoda?
What is it doing?
Doesn’t it awaken Spirits for Spirit Masters for free?
Where is it now?
And the Tang Sect?
Doesn’t the Tang Sect distribute the Mysterious Heaven Skill for free?”
The old beggar waved his hand impatiently.
“What Spirit Pagoda, what Tang Sect?
What is all this nonsense?!
Where did you hear all that?”
“…”
Lan Xuanyu slumped to the ground in disappointment.
No Tang Sect, no Spirit Pagoda, no Spirit Ascension Platform…
Then where was he going to blow up a Spirit Ascension Platform…
oh no, absorb Immortal Qi?
And Shrek Academy—he was only 5 years old now; even if he went there, they wouldn’t take him.
After thinking it over, Lan Xuanyu couldn’t come up with any good ideas.
He could only first get close to his aunt and uncle-in-Law, mooch off their opportunities, and then find a way to find his mother in the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her Bloodline.
His uncle-in-Law Dai Yuhao was the planes child of this era.
Although his final achievements weren’t very high and his status in the Tang family was very low, he still rose from a First-level God to a God King under the guidance of grandfather Tang San, and even eventually became a half-step Supreme God King.
As long as he got close to him, maybe there would be a way to contact his grandfather.
Furthermore…
in this era, the 80,000-year-old Xiuxiu had not yet transformed into a human, so he could still continue his past relationship with Xiuxiu.
Let’s go with that plan for now!
*******************************
Made it to the end?
Huge thanks for reading!