Douluo Continent: The Purple Dragon's Roar, the End of the Dark Abyss

Douluo Continent.

Heavenly Soul Empire, Soul Fighting Village.

"Brother Yi, Brother Yi, come down and play!"

"Yi-ge, stop standing in the tree, you're just spacing out!"

Ye Linyi, who was sitting on a tree branch lost in thought, was pulled back to reality by the sound.

He looked down and saw four children, about his age, craning their necks and gazing at him expectantly.

Four-year-old Ye Linyi grinned, his voice carrying the unique innocence of a child: "Okay, let me climb down!"

[Ding! Host meets binding requirements; the most powerful cheat system is binding...]

Ye Linyi, who had just taken his first step, suddenly stopped.

The sound exploded in his mind like thunder, almost causing him to fall from the tree.

He gripped the tree trunk tightly, his eyes swirling with ecstasy and disbelief.

"Damn it! Heaven has eyes!" he hissed, his voice trembling with excitement.

"Four years...a full four years! System, do you know how I've spent these four years?!" He looked up at the sky, as if he wanted to vent all the frustration and torment of these four years.

"An accident transported me to the Douluo Continent. From infancy to four years old, I lived in constant fear! I was terrified that I wouldn't awaken my martial soul and wouldn't have innate soul power, and that I would become cannon fodder in this dog-eat-dog world!" He clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.

"But now... I've finally got my hands on the ultimate cheat!"

He took a deep breath, trying to calm his racing heart, but couldn't help but smile.

After four years, we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel today.

This system is the foundation of his confidence in establishing himself in the Douluo Continent!

[Ding, system binding progress]

[Ding, system binding progress 10%...30%...60%...80%...]

[Ding, system binding successful!]

"Yay! It's stable! It's stable!" Ye Linyi was so excited that he danced around. Before he knew it, his foot slipped on a tree branch and he fell straight down like a kite with a broken string. With a "bang," he landed face down in a solid "dog poop" position.

The four children under the tree stared wide-eyed, then burst into laughter.

"Yi-ge, you fell too! All four of us have fallen, but you were the last one!"

"Hahaha, Yi-ge's butt's got a bruise!"

Ye Linyi grimaced as he got up, clutching his bottom tightly with his little hands, cursing inwardly, "Damn it, that hurts like hell!"

He endured the pain, waved to his four friends, and said, "You guys play, I'm leaving now!" Then he limped home, afraid of delaying the research system.

The four children stood there, stunned, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Xiong Er scratched his head, puzzled, and asked, "Xiong Da, why is Brother Yi so happy after falling down? Did he get stupid from the fall?"

Xiong Da tilted his head, thought for a moment, then grinned, "Who cares? Anyway, Yi-ge runs faster than a rabbit, he'll be fine! Come on, let's keep playing!"

"Alright!" The other children cheered and got back into the game, while Ye Linyi had already run far away, his mind filled with the system interface, and he didn't care about his sore bottom at all.

Ye Linyi rushed into his house, locked the door behind him, and slammed his back against the door before he dared to let his tears flow freely.

Clinging tightly to the edge of the bed, her voice trembled with tears: "System! Do you know how I've spent the last four years?!"

[System: The system has detected excessive emotional fluctuations in the host. Would you like to activate the "Mental Comfort" mode?]

"Comfort my ass!" Ye Linyi wiped his face, his voice suddenly rising, "I was playing a Naruto mobile game, using Edo Tensei Deidara's ultimate move to finish off my opponent, and I just shouted 'Art is an explosion,' and my phone exploded! When I opened my eyes again, I was an abandoned baby, almost eaten by wolves!"

"Art is an explosion!"

Then, by chance, it was adopted by a passerby; otherwise, it would have been eaten to bits by wild animals in the forest long ago.

After being adopted, Ye Linyi began to slowly figure out which world he had traveled to.

After learning that he had transmigrated to the world of Douluo Continent, Ye Linyi's mood fluctuated wildly.

He was so excited that he jumped up and down on the spot. After all, as a veteran book fan, he knew Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Rabbit like the back of his hand, and he could even recite the embarrassing stories of the Shrek Seven Devils.

But when he discovered that he had transmigrated to the "Peerless Tang Sect Era" ten thousand years after Tang San's ascension, he was instantly drenched in cold water—this was no cheat code script! It was clearly a hellish start!

"The Great God King Tang manipulates the pieces of fate in the clouds, evil soul masters slaughter villages in the human world for fun, and even my martial soul awakening is an unknown..." Ye Linyi once practiced "Grandpa Summoning Technique" in front of the mirror, and even shouted "System Daddy" to the moon in the middle of the night, only to be met with the barking of the neighbor's dog.

As he approached his sixth birthday, he even dreamed of awakening a "useless martial spirit" and living a miserable life, to the point that his mentality collapsed and he wanted to lie down.

But today, the system's successful binding notification sounded like heavenly music.

Ye Linyi's grin stretched from ear to ear: "Now that I have a system, a cheat code, and ambition, what am I afraid of? You have to compensate me for four years of emotional distress!"

[System: Okay, okay, wait for me here.]

"whee."

[Ding! You have a newbie gift pack]

Open or not?

Ye Linyi's eyes lit up, and without hesitation, he shouted, "Open it!"

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining...]

[A Advanced Meditation Technique, 10 System Points, Navy Six Styles (Finger Pistol), Physical Improvement*1]

Ye Linyi stroked his chin and asked curiously, "System, what is physique improvement? Is this another trap?"

[System: Hehe, you'll find out soon enough]

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linyi felt a jolt of electric pain sweep through his body. He shuddered violently and fell to the ground as if struck by a heavy hammer. His limbs twitched uncontrollably, as if countless fine needles were crawling wildly under his skin.

Ye Linyi gritted his teeth, his forehead instantly covered with fine beads of sweat, and a low groan escaped his throat.

He knew that the system was modifying his body, and if he fell into a coma at this moment, the effect would definitely be greatly reduced.

"Hold on...just a little bit more..." Ye Linyi silently chanted in his heart, clenching his fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his palms.

Time seemed to stretch out, each second feeling like a year.

Finally, the tearing pain began to subside, replaced by an unprecedented feeling of lightness.

Ye Linyi slowly opened his eyes, a tired but satisfied smile appearing on his lips, before everything went black and he completely lost consciousness.

"..."

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Linyi gradually regained consciousness.

He sat up groggily, and just as he was about to stretch, he suddenly smelled a pungent stench. Looking down, he found that his clothes and skin were covered with a black, sticky substance that emitted a nauseating odor.

"What the hell is this?!" Ye Linyi instantly sobered up. Without saying a word, he rushed into the bathroom, turned on the tap, and started washing himself with cold water.

As he scrubbed, he complained, "System, aren't you being a bit too rude? I have to clean up the biological weapon before I can even take a shower!"

A short while later, the bathroom door was pushed open, and Ye Linyi came out wearing clean new clothes, looking refreshed.

He walked to the mirror and carefully examined his face—his once somewhat childish features now had a touch of heroism, and his skin had become smooth and delicate, as if he had been reborn.

He clenched his fist and felt the power surging within him, more than twice as strong as before.

"Thank goodness I pulled through, otherwise all this improvement in my physique would have been for nothing," Ye Linyi muttered to himself, looking at his new self in the mirror and nodding in satisfaction.

Just then, the system's voice suddenly rang out:

[System: Actually, whether you pull through or pass out, the effect is the same.]

Ye Linyi froze instantly, his lips twitching: "? System, damn it, why didn't you say so sooner?!"

[System: Your voice sounded cheerful, but you didn't ask me anything.]

Ye Linyi stomped his feet in anger, but there was nothing he could do: "Fine, fine, you win! I won't hold it against you this time!"

He turned to look at the spot where he had just fallen and found a patch of black, unidentified matter on the ground, emitting a foul stench.

Ye Linyi frowned, picked up a mop, and muttered as he cleaned, "Next time the system gives out rewards, can you give me a heads-up beforehand? Tell me?"

"Phew, finally finished cleaning." Ye Linyi wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked around the tidy room, and smiled slightly.

Just then, Yang Liuqing's gentle voice came from outside the door: "Xiaoyi, dinner's ready!"

Ye Linyi quickly tidied up the room and went out.

At the dining table, his adoptive father Ye Zihao and adoptive mother Yang Liuqing were already seated, waiting for him to start the meal.

Ye Zihao is the village chief of Soul Fighting Village. His martial soul is the Gale Cloud Leopard, and he is an 81-level agility-attack type Soul Fighter.

Yang Liuqing's martial soul is the Ice Crystal Wolf, and she is a level 78 control-type Soul Saint.

The name Soul Fighting Village comes from Ye Zihao's breakthrough to level 80 Soul Fighting.

Yang Liuqing asked with concern, "Xiao Yi, you fell today, are you alright?"

Ye Linyi smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, it's harmless."

During dinner, Ye Linyi asked curiously, "Mom, how did you know I fell?"

Yang Liuqing chuckled: "It was Xiong Er and Xiong Da who told me."

Upon hearing this, Ye Linyi's lips twitched, and he sighed inwardly, "These two little rascals are really tight-lipped!"

"Mom, I'm finished eating." Ye Linyi put down his chopsticks and got up to walk outside.

"Xiao Yi, where are you going?" Yang Liuqing asked.

"I'm going for a walk," Ye Linyi replied.

Ye Zihao casually added, "Come back early, don't stay out too late!"

"Okay," Ye Linyi replied, and stepped out the door.

After Ye Linyi walked away, Yang Liuqing said to Ye Zihao, "Old Ye, Xiaoyi seems to have changed. He's become more confident, which is a good thing."

Ye Zihao nodded: "Indeed, he had always lacked confidence and often spaced out."

On the other side, Ye Linyi strolled along the village path, his mind replaying the knowledge the system had just imparted: system points could be used to purchase items, cultivation techniques, weapons, pills, and so on.

He silently plotted his future plans while throwing the dirty clothes covered in unidentified black substance into the trash heap.

As night fell, Ye Linyi wandered around outside for a while before returning home.

In the middle of the night, he lay in bed, gazing at the bright moon outside the window, and a surge of heroic spirit welled up in his heart.

He murmured to himself, his voice soft yet resolute: "From this moment on, I will be the master of this world!"