Heaven Dou Empire, Fasinuo Province, Nuoding City.
In a quiet courtyard in the west of the city, a young boy about five or six years old was doing his daily morning exercise.
“Marching in place, one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight, two-two-three-four, stretching exercises, ready, go…
one-two-three-four…
chest expansion exercises.”
Murmuring rhythmic slogans under his breath, the young boy was doing radio calisthenics.
Before long, another set of radio calisthenics was finished.
Just as the boy was about to persevere and do it one more time, a voice came over.
“Little Young Master, come and have breakfast~!”
Turning his head, the young boy saw the family maid waving at him.
“Coming!”
Hearing that it was time to eat, Chu Chengzhou immediately abandoned his plan to do another round of radio calisthenics.
Man is like iron, and food is like steel; skipping a meal makes one feel the hunger real.
As a dedicated foodie, when it’s mealtime, there’s nothing that can’t be put down.
Soon, after washing up, Chu Chengzhou entered the dining room.
Inside the dining room, a burly middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties and a slightly younger, kind-looking woman had already been waiting for a long time.
“Grandpa, Grandma!”
Seeing that his grandpa and grandma were already waiting for him in the dining room, Chu Chengzhou greeted them obediently.
“Little Chengzhou, eat quickly!”
Patting her grandson’s head, Li Wan said with a kind face.
“Little Chengzhou, you had your sixth birthday yesterday, and you can already awaken your Spirit.
Grandpa will awaken it for you in a while.”
Placing a piece of steamed rabbit meat into his grandson’s bowl, Su Nan said with a smile.
“Mm-hmm!”
Eating the delicious steamed rabbit meat, Chu Chengzhou nodded his little head seriously.
On the Douluo Continent, children who reach the age of six can awaken their Spirits.
Too early is not good as the body hasn’t developed yet; too late would delay cultivation.
Why didn’t Su Nan awaken it for Chu Chengzhou on his birthday yesterday?
Born as commoners, most cultivation talents are not good.
If it were too poor, wouldn’t it ruin the child’s good mood on his birthday?
Anyway, delaying it for a day was no big deal.
As for why the grandfather’s surname was Su while the grandson’s was Chu?
In fact, the two were not biological grandfather and grandson.
For some unknown reason, transmigrators seemed to be shrouded in an ominous aura; nine out of ten did not have a happy family.
Chu Chengzhou was the same, having lost both parents at a young age.
As for whether he would have ‘boundless Soul Power’ in the future, that would depend on the upcoming Spirit Awakening ceremony.
Nuoding City was a small place, and most Spirit Masters had attended the Nuoding City Elementary Spirit Master Academy.
More than twenty years ago, Chu Chengzhou’s parents, who were orphans, awakened the ‘good talents’ of Innate Level 3 and Innate Level 4 Soul Power.
Although Innate Level 3 and 4 Soul Power didn’t seem like much, in a small place like Nuoding City, it was already considered top-tier talent; calling it a once-in-a-decade occurrence wasn’t an exaggeration.
Even if their growth environment wasn’t as good as those Spirit Masters backed by major powers, becoming a four-ring Spirit Ancestor in the future was basically not a problem, and there might even be a chance for a five-ring Spirit King.
Looking at the entire continent, Titled Douluo stood at the pinnacle of all living beings.
By their strength alone, they could obtain a status comparable to that of a national emperor and were honored by the World as Your Excellency.
An Eight-ring Soul Douluo was considered a local big shot, a seven-ring Spirit Saint was an expert, and a six-ring Spirit Emperor could be called a minor expert.
But in Nuoding City, a four-ring Spirit Ancestor was already a local ‘big shot’.
Only the branch hall master of the Spirit Hall and the dean of the city’s Elementary Spirit Master academy could reach this level; even the City Lord who inherited his title was only a three-ring Spirit Elder.
Because Chu Chengzhou’s parents had cultivated hard at Nuoding Academy in their early years and had a pitiful background, Dean Su Nan felt a sense of appreciation for their talent and took them in as Disciples.
The two did not disappoint their teacher Su Nan’s expectations, cultivating to the two-ring Spirit Grandmaster Realm at a young age.
Just as Su Nan was preparing to train the Disciples he had high hopes for into his successors, an accident occurred.
During a trip to the Hunter Soul Forest, the two never returned, and both were never heard from again.
Chu Chengzhou, who was only a year and a half old at the time, became an orphan.
With both Disciples having met with disaster and leaving an infant behind, how could Su Nan, as their teacher, turn a blind eye?
Thus, Su Nan brought his grand-Disciple home to raise, and they addressed each other as grandfather and grandson.
After a harmonious breakfast, Chu Chengzhou followed his grandparents to the living room.
Su Nan took out a blue crystal ball for testing Soul Power and six small black stones for Awakening Spirits from the storage spirit tool hanging at his waist.
The Spirit Awakening formation was very simple.
By arranging the six Spirit Awakening stones in his hand into a hexagon, Su Nan had set up the Spirit Awakening formation.
“Little Chengzhou, stand in the middle.”
Su Nan called out to Chu Chengzhou.
“Oh~!”
Nodding, Chu Chengzhou did as he was told.
Then, Su Nan’s hands shot out quickly, injecting six streaks of faint black light into the six Spirit Awakening stones on the ground.
Instantly, a layer of golden radiance was released from the six Spirit Awakening stones, forming a faint golden light shield that enveloped Chu Chengzhou.
In an instant, Chu Chengzhou saw golden light spots emerging from the Awakening stones and pouring into his body.
Warmth—that was Chu Chengzhou’s first sensation.
His whole being felt as if it were wrapped in a warm World, an indescribable comfort.
The warm aura permeated his body, and Chu Chengzhou felt the primordial power within him—uh, a trace of ‘primordial power’ had appeared?
Before Chu Chengzhou could sense it clearly, guided by this warm aura, something inside his body seemed to shatter, and all the warm aura began to surge toward his right palm all at once.
‘A single Spirit?’
Only his right hand had any sensation, and Chu Chengzhou felt a wave of depression in his heart.
For sure, he could stop thinking about having twin spirits or anything like that.
However, the depression in his heart was only fleeting.
After all, the probability of twin spirits was too small and couldn’t be forced.
Besides, even with a single Spirit, there was still hope of becoming a Titled Douluo or even reaching Level 100 and becoming a god.
Spreading his right hand, Chu Chengzhou saw a dusty little grey flag appearing on his palm.
“Uh~, this is…”
Looking at the small grey flag in his right palm, Chu Chengzhou couldn’t help but be stunned.
Because he had memories of his past life since childhood, although his parents died early, he had seen both of their Spirits.
His father’s Spirit was a Black Iron Staff called the Black Iron Staff.
His mother’s Spirit was a small red flag called the Blazing Flame Flag.
It seemed his grey flag Spirit was inherited from his mother, but it had likely undergone a mutation—uh, it seemed very likely to be a negative mutation?
After all, this dull grey color didn’t look as high-end, elegant, and classy as his mother’s Blazing Flame Flag Spirit.
Seeing the grey flag Spirit Chu Chengzhou had awakened, Su Nan and Li Wan couldn’t help but raise their eyebrows, their faces showing looks of surprise.
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