Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou Empire, Hettonmal Province, Blaze Fire City.
In the early morning, in a beautiful small courtyard at the northeast corner of Blaze Fire City, a young boy, around five or six years old, with red hair and black eyes, was stretching his limbs.
Unlike other children his age, the boy's complexion appeared a bit pale, giving an impression of being a sickly child.
At that moment, a girl in a red dress, also with red hair, rushed into the courtyard.
"Xiao Yang, stop practicing those useless martial arts. They don't help at all. Today is the day you awaken your martial soul, hurry up! After breakfast, you'll awaken your martial soul!"
Seeing her younger cousin still practicing some strange and ineffective martial arts, the red-haired girl, Huo Wu, said with annoyance.
"Big Sis, these aren't just any random moves, they're called fitness exercises. Practicing them every morning helps improve my energy and vitality."
Mu Yang didn't stop his exercises, still performing his routine while speaking without turning around.
Huo Wu rolled her eyes and said, "Cut it out! I see you practicing these every day, and yet, your sickly condition hasn't improved. Instead, you've gotten even more listless after doing this."
Without waiting for Mu Yang's response, Huo Wu grabbed his arm and dragged him toward the dining hall.
Mu Yang, being pulled along, couldn't help but show a helpless expression on his face.
Without having awakened his martial soul yet, he was no match for his elder cousin and had no way to resist.
And I've said it so many times already... I'm not sick! I'm not sick! I'm not sick! It's important, so I'll say it three times!
The reason his face, which should be rosy, appeared pale and he looked weak all the time, with excessive sleep compared to other children, was because his spiritual energy was overly consumed, not because he was suffering from some mysterious illness.
Mu Yang was a transmigrator. In his previous life, after finishing his college entrance exam, he indulged in watching a popular anime called Douluo Dalu, which was more about love than soul masters.
Perhaps because he lacked the "spiritual root" necessary to become a cultivator, he never had time to reflect on the fate of the characters in the anime before suddenly losing consciousness.
When he regained his senses, he had already been reborn back in his mother's womb.
At first, Mu Yang was excited, thinking he could restart and, with the help of his previous life's experiences, live a carefree life of modest wealth.
However, things didn't go as expected. After he was born, he realized that he hadn't simply restarted, but had transmigrated to Douluo Dalu.
This became apparent to him shortly after birth when he saw his father's martial soul and the yellow, purple, and black soul rings that appeared on him.
As a transmigrator, Mu Yang did not discover any systems or special aids. However, being a transmigrator, he must be different from others, or else what would be the point of transmigrating?
Perhaps due to his soul traveling through the world barrier and experiencing something unimaginable, a mutation occurred, and shortly after birth, Mu Yang realized he possessed a special talent ability.
Talent Ability: Deduction – Consumes spiritual energy to deduce all things. The specific effect depends on the strength of the spiritual energy. The more accurate the knowledge, experiences, and perceptions, the higher the deduction efficiency.
The fitness exercises he had been practicing were one of the results of using his deduction ability.
Because he frequently used this ability, Mu Yang's complexion appeared somewhat pale, and he seemed listless all the time. He even slept far more than other children due to the excessive consumption of his spiritual energy.
To Huo Wu and others, this naturally seemed like an unknown illness. Despite the family having hired a healing-type Soul Douluo, no one could find the cause.
Soon, Mu Yang was dragged by Huo Wu to the dining hall.
At this point, three people were already sitting at the table.
A red-haired middle-aged woman, a muscular man with golden brown hair, and a young boy with the same hair color.
"Mom, Dad, WuShuang Ge," Mu Yang greeted as he entered the room.
"Xiao Yang, sit down. After breakfast, I'll help you awaken your martial soul," Mu Xiyue, his aunt, said as she looked at his pale face with affection. She gently patted his head and sat him beside her.
Just as Mu Xiyue finished speaking, Huo Wu immediately volunteered, "Mom, let me help Xiao Yang awaken his martial soul! I've had good luck recently, and I even found a gold soul coin yesterday at the academy! Maybe my lucky hands can help Xiao Yang awaken his full innate soul power."
Although Huo Wu wasn't very old, her soul power was impressive, reaching the level of a Soul Master with two soul rings, more than enough to help a little kid awaken his martial soul.
"Enough! I saw that gold soul coin first, but you snatched it from me," Huo WuShuang rolled his eyes and retorted.
"Hmm? Brother, I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words," Huo Wu raised her eyebrows and said slowly.
Huo Wu Shuang: "..."
"Xiao Yang, what do you think?"
Seeing this, Mu Yang's uncle, Huo Lie, the principal of Blaze Fire Academy, smiled and turned to ask Mu Yang.
"Since my sister says I can awaken my full innate soul power, then it must be true!" Mu Yang nodded, his face showing a confident smile.
Huo Wu immediately choked on her words.
Well, I was just joking, but he actually believed it? Can't we have some fun?
"Ahem... Well, little brother, I really do hope you awaken your full innate soul power, but if you don't, don't blame me."
Clearing her throat, Huo Wu gave Mu Yang a warning, afraid he would get his hopes up too much and be disappointed later.
After all, in the history of soul masters, out of hundreds of thousands who had awakened their martial souls, fewer than twenty were recorded to have awakened full innate soul power.
Although her little cousin wasn't entirely incapable of it, the possibility was undoubtedly too low.
"That definitely won't happen! And I believe in you, it'll definitely happen!" Mu Yang waved his hand, reassuring her.
This wasn't because Mu Yang believed Huo Wu's lucky hands could help him awaken his full innate soul power, but because he was confident that no matter who helped him awaken his martial soul, He would Have full innate soul power.
That's because, some time ago, Mu Yang had persistently asked Huo Wu for meditation methods, and with his deduction ability, he had deduced a meditation technique that didn't require a martial soul for cultivation.
About a month ago, he realized his soul power cultivation had hit an invisible bottleneck, unable to break through.
Needless to say, his situation was similar to Tang San in the original story, as he hadn't awakened his martial soul yet and lacked the first soul ring, causing his soul power to be stuck at the limit of a level 10 Soul Master.