Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 2 Everything is going according to plan

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Nan Fusheng got up and dressed. Today was the day he would officially enter Hongshan Academy, specifically the Soul Master class, to begin his at least nine-year academic journey.

According to the regulations of the Sun and Moon Federation, both elementary and secondary schools provide free compulsory education. Elementary schools offer three years of instruction, while secondary schools offer six years.

There are several ways to gain admission to a higher education institution: either by passing the entrance exam with excellent grades, or by paying a high price to get in. Alternatively, one can attend a vocational college to learn a skill.

"I never expected that after transmigrating, I would have to go through nine years of compulsory education. However, I will have to start playing my own role next, otherwise it will be difficult to get to know the protagonist."

Next door, Tang Ziran had just led Tang Wulin out when she heard a roar from next door: "Get out of here right now! How could I have given birth to such a bastard like you?"

With a series of smashing sounds, a boy slowly walked out. The boy had fair skin, dark circles under his eyes, and was thin, seemingly malnourished. He closed the door without saying a word and walked out, seemingly heading in the same direction as them.

Tang Ziran frowned slightly upon seeing this. To be honest, he didn't know much about his next-door neighbor, though he had gleaned some information from others.

The family next door seems to consist of only a mother and child. The man abandoned his wife and child, and the woman frequently abuses her child. She stays at home all day, relying on the child to bring her food.

He heard all of this from the people around him, and he initially thought it was just gossip, but it turned out to be true.

However, he didn't say much, as it was someone else's family matter. He simply took his child and followed Nan Fusheng silently.

Tang Wulin, who was being led by Tang Ziran, looked at Nan Fusheng in front of him as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent.

Walking ahead, Nan Fusheng revealed a knowing smile. Yes, this was all part of his plan. Although he possessed the foundation to become the Lord of Mysteries, "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun," he lacked the corresponding ascension ritual. The ritual could be seen as part of a performance.

Lord of Mysteries is a world filled with chaos and madness, and most of the high-sequence extraordinary beings have some mental issues. The core function of "rituals" is to maintain self-awareness and assist in advancement.

Although he became a "thief" for some reason and hasn't heard any "talking" since, he hasn't forgotten his first experience at Source Castle.

In the worst-case scenario, he might never become a high-sequence extraordinary being in this lifetime, so he can only try two approaches to become a powerful Soul Master. You ask him why he is so confident?

Of course, it's because he's already a thief. Although he's currently just a low-sequence extraordinary being, he possesses some of the abilities of a high-sequence being.

The protagonist of Lord of Mysteries, Klein, possessed the ability of the "Fool" pathway at a low sequence level, thanks to the Source Castle. This included part of the "Miracle Master" ability, "Resurrection is a Miracle."

So, it makes sense that this "Little Celestial Venerable," who simultaneously possesses the Source Castle and three unique attributes, has the ability to use some high-sequence components ahead of time!

"Uniqueness" is the physical symbol of the authority corresponding to the sequence. Only by truly grasping uniqueness and integrating the three extraordinary characteristics can one complete the transformation from human to god and wield the authority of that sequence.

This is the condition for becoming "Sequence Zero". However, it is not that complicated for him. He does not need three extraordinary characteristics. As long as he becomes "Sequence One", he can become a true god after completing the fusion of "uniqueness" and perhaps a ritual.

To put it simply, he can use the "Thief" pathway, which grants abilities from Sequence Nine to Sequence Five, but it's quite resource-intensive and comes at a cost. Sequence Four isn't entirely unusable either.

And the capabilities of this pathway sequence six:

Stealing: The ability to briefly steal another person's extraordinary abilities for one's own use. There is a chance to steal one ability from a target within a 50-meter radius. The more one knows about the target, the easier it is to steal the desired ability; the less knowledge one has, the more random and luck-dependent the stealing becomes.

When the target sequence is higher than 6, failure is possible; the higher the sequence, the greater the probability of failure. Even high-sequence powerhouses can be stolen, but the chance is smaller. Within ten minutes of the ability taking effect, the victim will directly lose the corresponding ability. The "Fire Stealer" can then use it skillfully. After ten minutes, the ability disappears, and the victim will have to wait until the next day to recover.

In terms of Soul Masters, the higher one's strength, the lower the chance of "stealing".

In recent years, he unexpectedly discovered that when he used this method to steal from Soul Masters, he could steal a portion of their Soul Power. Although he would return it afterward, his body slowly began to possess Soul Power. The parents of this body were ordinary people.

Naturally, he didn't have any soul power, but when he stole "soul power," his body was slowly nourished by it. Soul masters need soul power to use their martial souls and activate soul skills, so when he stole "soul skills," he could steal a certain amount of soul power from the other party.

To be honest, he hadn't expected this. He originally thought that the target of the theft couldn't use soul skills, but when his target was soul power, depending on the difference in strength between the two sides, if the difference wasn't too great, he could steal most of the target's soul power.

When he discovered this ability, he didn't use it recklessly. Instead, he stole it two or three times until he had a certain amount of soul power in his body, at which point he stopped using it. This is also why his innate soul power was only level one.

The ability to "steal" cannot be used indiscriminately. It doesn't matter if the target he steals is a Soul Warrior who has just awakened his Soul Power, but if the target is a Soul Master, and the other party cannot use Martial Soul and Soul Skills, then he may be exposed. Although the possibility is very small, he does not want to take this "risk".

Especially now, he needs to rest for a short period of time after using "Steal" once, since this is not an ability he can use right now. He can probably only use it once a day, and after that, he will experience the side effect of "dizziness and blurred vision".

The "woman's roar" that Tang Ziran just heard was also his doing, the ability of the "Diviner" Sequence Five: Master of the Mystic Puppet.

Having three unique pathways, he can use the abilities of the other two pathways across pathways, but this consumes more resources.

In simple terms, the "Master of the Puppet" ability is to gain the vision of the "Threads of the Spirit." By manipulating the "Threads of the Spirit" of a target, one can directly influence the target's spiritual body, astral body, mental body, and etheric body, and then control the target's body through the "etheric body."

However, perhaps because the world is different, in Douluo Continent it is: through the spiritual thread, one gradually erodes the target's spirit and martial soul, and then controls the other's body.

Once the target's "spiritual threads" are initially grasped, the target will immediately exhibit slowed thinking, sluggish movements, and physical stiffness, gradually developing into a puppet or marionette.

If the control process is not interrupted, the target will become a secret puppet after five minutes. In a sense, the target is truly dead, and the secret puppetization is irreversible.

Nan Fusheng's mother, the woman named "Lan Yuxi," turned her into a "secret puppet" when Nan Fusheng had just been reborn with the help of "Yuanbao" and still had some residual power.

The woman didn't return home until noon the day after Nan Fusheng's "resurrection." To be honest, as a "time traveler," Nan Fusheng naturally had his own way of thinking.

He finds it difficult to truly accept strangers, even his parents, let alone the fact that they, in a way, killed him once.

So when "Lan Yuxi" returned home, he immediately turned her into a "secret doll" because he was still too young. If Lan Yuxi had been gone for a few more days, he was afraid he would have died several more times. After that, he used "Lan Yuxi's" soul-guided communicator to order some baby food to be prepared.

Fortunately, Lan Yuxi had already been turned into a "secret puppet" and did not need to eat, which allowed him to barely get through the novice period.

The scene that morning was also deliberately directed by Nan Fusheng. A child without a father and unloved by his mother could easily gain the sympathy of others. It was also a move he made to prepare for his next contact with Tang Wulin's family and even in the future.

However, controlling the spirit thread really consumes too much mental energy. In order to play this role in front of Tang Wulin's family, he must pay attention to the timing. At the same time, controlling the "secret puppet" does not consume spiritual energy, but mental energy, which makes him look like he has been "staying up all night".

However, it's okay, everything is in the plan.

(End of this chapter)