Soul Land III: Legend of the Dragon King

Chapter 1 – Resurrection Days

Glorybound City was a small town located on the border between the sea and the east coast of the Sun Moon Federation.

Today was a very busy day in the city, it was the annual Resurrection Day.

Everyone who lives in the Douluo Continent has something called “martial soul”. Martial souls are parts of the body that can be awakened when they are six years old, regardless of whether they are animals or plants. Through the means of the resurrection ceremony, they were able to awaken their own martial souls. This was precisely the purpose of the annual Resurrection Day, to awaken their martial souls.

If one's martial soul was a hoe, then their ability to cultivate fields would far exceed others. If instead they had an animal for martial souls, they might have some of those animal abilities. Because of this, martial soul had long been the most important factor in determining one's life.

However, the appearance of soul force was even more important. Soul power was a type of energy that nurtured and enhanced martial souls. Although everyone had a martial soul, only one in a thousand people might have soul power.

The soul force rank represented one's future and strength. Once their martial souls awakened, they could cultivate soul power to nurture and improve their martial souls. Thus, for the 100,000 years the Douluo Continent has existed, the most noble profession is as a Soul Master.

Because of this, even commoners would look forward to their children being six years old and awakening their martial souls, in the hope that they would have soul power. If they had soul power, their lives would change, benefiting them and their entire family.

When dawn arrived, the streets in front of the Red Mountain Academy were crowded. The streets were flooded with parents and their children who came to participate in the Awakening.

“Dad, what do you think will be my martial soul?” A boy, only six years old, said excitedly as he looked towards his father. He likes to listen to his father's stories about Soul Masters. He had a pair of big eyes filled with yearning for the future.

The boy had a head full of short black hair and was slightly taller than everyone else of the same age. However, its most attractive features are its large, clear black eyes, and long eyelashes that will not lose to a girl at all. Even with the clothing of commoners, his outstanding appearance could easily attract the attention of others.

His father was a middle-aged man who had a similar appearance. He had a medium body and an average height, everything about him was just average.

“Dad doesn't know either. It all depends on luck. ” His father let out a grim sigh in his heart. In fact, the Day of Resurrection is a day that determines a person's life and future. Whether one had soul power or not would determine the trajectory of their life. Fortunately, in this era those who could not become Soul Masters could still have a good future.

“I will definitely have soul power, right?” The eyes of the beautiful young man were filled with hope.

His father patted his head and smiled. “Despite whether you have soul power or not, dad will always love you.”

The parents and children continued to flow as they exited the academy. The majority of them all left with a sigh of disappointment, but sometimes one of them would be overjoyed. There was no need to ask why; their martial souls must have given birth to soul power. It immediately attracted envious and jealous gazes from others.

As time passed, the sunlight grew stronger, while the enthusiasm of the previous beautiful young man continued to fade.

Tang Wulin's! A teacher walked out of Red Mountain Academy with a list in hand, calling out his next name.

“I'm here!” With wide eyes, the beautiful boy leaped in excitement.

“Follow me.” Perhaps due to the excessive workload on Resurrection Day, but the teacher looked rather apathetic as she quickly turned around and started walking forward. Tang Ziran brought Tang Wulin and rushed after her teacher.

As they walked along the small path within the academy, Tang Wulin excitedly accepted everything. As he said, everything was new to him. Red Mountain Academy is a basic level comprehensive academy capable of accommodating two thousand students. The buildings within the academy were all simple and unadorned with white roofs and red walls. The academy field is very clean. The Day of Resurrection just before the start of the new term. Compared to the commotion outside the walls, the academy looked extremely peaceful. Tang Wulin's excited heart seemed to have been soothed by this environment.

Teacher brought them to the front of a circular building before telling Tang Ziran, “Can the boy's parents wait here for a while?”

Tang Ziran nodded her head and told her son, “Listen to teacher's orders, and good luck son! I'll be waiting for you here. ”

Tang Wulin firmly nodded his head. “I will definitely have a strong martial soul, father!”

As he watched his son follow the teacher into the circular building, a trace of disappointment and frustration appeared in Tang Ziran's eyes as he reminisced about the past. Every primary school must have this circular building. It was called the Resurrection Chamber, and was specifically used to help six-year-old children in their martial soul awakening. Before the day of the resurrection ceremony, the academy would invite the Soul Master of the Soul Pagoda to perform the resurrection ceremony. A few decades ago, he had the same hope when he entered the Resurrection Room.

There was not only one resurrection area within the Resurrection Room, but rather seven floors and within each of them was the Resurrection Chamber. Tang Wulin was taken to the Resurrection Room on the third floor.

As soon as he entered the Resurrection Room, Tang Wulin was blown away. All floors, walls, and even ceilings have beautiful inscriptions carved into them to create elegant decorative designs.

Inside the Resurrection Room was a middle-aged man wearing a simple orange robe, which displayed the embroidered form of a soul creature.

Since childhood, Tang Wulin had enjoyed listening to his father's story and in that story, Spirit Masters would always appear. The Spirit Masters of this Soul Pagoda were powerful and mysterious existences. They were a very special group of Soul Masters and held an extremely grand status in the Douluo Continent. However, this was the first time he had seen her.

“Halo.” Tang Wulin replied timidly.

The Soul Master put a gentle smile on his face. “Come son. Stand in the middle. ”

Tang Wulin blinked for a moment before he cutely walked over and stood in the middle. He could not help but ask, “Master Soul Master, what kind of martial soul will I have?”

The Soul Master replied with a smile, “Ah, I don't know either! Once you wake up, you will naturally be able to see what it is. After all your eyes are so pretty, it would be perfect if you had a martial soul related to your eyes. ”

Tang Wulin's eyes twinkled. “Soul eyes? I heard that the first master of the Soul Pagoda had spirit eyes…. ”

Soul Master cut it, “Quiet. I'm going to start. ”

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