"Douluo Continent, huh? After six years in this world, the time has finally come. You've all waited long enough, haven't you, E Lai, Lingqi, and Gou Huo?" [T/N: They are charcters from the "Romance Of Three Kingdom".]
In a lavish palace, a youthful and somewhat delicate-looking boy stood before a large map, speaking aloud.
This world is called the Douluo Continent. On this vast land exist two great empires, or perhaps more accurately, two alliances. These empires are divided into many territories, with countless nobles wielding armed forces. The first empire is the Heaven Dou Empire in the north, and the second, the Star Luo Empire in the south.
Within the Heaven Dou Empire, there are ten provinces, forming six major factions. The Empire directly controls five provinces, while four powerful kingdoms each control one province, and a duchy—the smallest territory—sits on the Empire's eastern edge.
On the surface, these four kingdoms and the duchy owe allegiance to the Heaven Dou Empire, but in reality, they operate as independent states. Aside from obligatory tributes, they govern autonomously. If not for the Empire's military power, internal strife might have already erupted.
The Star Luo Empire faces a similar situation. While both empires appear strong, they are, in truth, on a downward spiral. No one knows when the balance of power across the continent might suddenly shift.
Despite the growing autonomy of the kingdoms and duchies under their rule, the empires retain deep reserves of strength. The Heaven Dou Empire, centered in Heaven Dou City, controls three major military regions with a combined force exceeding one million troops.
In a way, the empires' reluctance to rein in their subordinate kingdoms has its rationale. These kingdoms, located along the borders, serve as the first line of defense in any conflict. If war breaks out, they will be the first to bear the brunt.
And this boy, standing in the lavish palace, hails from one of these four kingdoms, the Kingdom of Gore. He is none other than a prince of the royal family.
His name is Nan Feihuang, and he is a transmigrator from another world. "Nan" is the royal surname of the Gore Kingdom, and he is the sole son of the King of Gore.
The reason for his transmigration? Do any of you remember R110?
This came from his childhood—an iconic code in the game Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2. By pressing R110, one could unleash the most powerful general skill in the game, "Ghostly Wail."
But Nan Feihuang found the original game far too easy. He created his own modded version, greatly increasing the difficulty and adding many characters not present in the original, including Lu Bu's daughter, Lü Lingqi, Sima Zhao's wife, Wang Yuanji, and Zhuge Liang's wife, Huang Yueying.
He also incorporated legendary weapons from other Three Kingdoms games, such as Dynasty Warriors and The Knights of Valour.
However, after raising the difficulty too much, he found himself constantly losing. His kingdoms were repeatedly destroyed, leaving him increasingly frustrated.
In a fit of anger, he resorted to pressing R110. And not just once—he spammed it endlessly, not even remembering how many times he'd pressed it. At some point, it became so monotonous that he absentmindedly continued while watching anime.
It wasn't until the final two hours of Douluo Dalu's last episode that he stopped pressing and ended the pause.
The next thing he knew, the move Ghostly Wail seemed to burst out from his screen. His vision went black, and everything faded away.
His soul attached itself to an unborn fetus inside a pregnant woman, whose soul had yet to form.
Months passed in a dreamlike state, and finally, after seven months in the womb, Nan Feihuang awoke. Three more months later, the woman gave birth to him successfully.
He was born into royalty—crowned the Crown Prince of the Gore Kingdom. From that moment on, he lived a life of luxury, with every need and want catered to.
Nan Feihuang did not have a system like typical transmigrators, but he did have a "cheat." His cheat was the very last party he had assembled in his modded Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2.
Three generals had crossed over with him, taking on the identities of slaves' children born in the royal palace. All three of their mothers had died during childbirth.
Though Gore Kingdom outlawed the slave trade, criminals were sometimes sentenced to slavery, which is how these three were both slaves and the descendants of criminals—rendering them of the lowest status in society.
As the Crown Prince, Nan Feihuang had no trouble taking these three into his service. No one paid them much attention. At first, Nan Feihuang was thrilled, thinking he now had three powerful protectors. But he was soon disillusioned—these three had lost all their abilities and were now just ordinary children.
They would have to wait until their martial souls awakened before they could begin cultivating strength again.
Thus, Nan Feihuang's "protectors" became his little underlings, and he could only bitterly accept the situation. Still, having them was better than nothing.
Yet, because of the glitch in the system during the game's collapse, each of them had developed quirks.
One of the boys, a burly lad named E Lai, was none other than the legendary general from Cao Wei, Dian Wei. Unfortunately, he seemed to have a mental deficiency—a simpleton, but then again, Dian Wei had never been known for his intelligence in the first place.
The girl named Lingqi was Nan Feihuang's own creation—Lu Bu's daughter, Lü Lingqi. Sadly, she had lost her voice and was now mute.
The only one who remained mostly intact was a scholarly boy, who had been the strategist in Nan Feihuang's original team—Xun Yu. However, due to a typing error when Nan Feihuang modded the game using the Wubi input method, his name had been mistakenly entered as "Gou Huo." Now, it seemed the name was cursed. Even though Nan Feihuang knew his real name was Xun Yu, every time he tried to call him by the right name, it involuntarily came out as "Gou Huo."
It wasn't just him—this strange phenomenon extended even to his royal parents, both high-level soul masters, who couldn't break this odd "rule."
Only Nan Feihuang himself could correctly call him Xun Yu.
Furthermore, this Xun Yu didn't seem entirely like the historical figure; instead, he more closely resembled the sly strategist from Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires.
So, whenever Nan Feihuang addressed them, their responses were always predictable:
"Mm-hmm, I follow the lord's will."
"Aaaaah..."
"My lord! My name is Xun Yu, not Gou Huo!"
Nan Feihuang glanced at the trio, feeling utterly defeated. He regretted not choosing a more competent party back when he still had the chance.
In hindsight, he should have picked warriors like Guan Yu, Taishi Ci, Xiahou Dun, Lu Bu, or Zhuge Liang—the Four Ghost Generals plus the greatest strategist. How ideal would that have been? At the very least, it should've been Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, or other first-rate generals paired with strategists like Zhou Yu and Pang Tong.
But now, there was no turning back.
In truth, Nan Feihuang himself was also a warrior. During his DIY modding process, he had modeled a character after himself—one with top-tier combat abilities, decent intelligence, and strong martial techniques and strategies. After all, he couldn't shortchange himself.
Nan Feihuang speculated that, since these three had crossed over with him, his own martial soul might also be connected to the modded Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2.
If that were the case, then Nan Feihuang felt confident about his future.
The power system in Douluo Dalu wasn't all that high, and the martial techniques from Heroes of the Three Kingdoms should be more than enough to dominate here.
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