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In Douluo Continent, within the territory of the Tiandou Empire, the capital of the Barak Kingdom - Barak City, is immersed in a bustle.
As the core of a vassal kingdom, this city is full of vitality. On the wide streets, carriages roll over the bluestone pavement, and the sound of wheels mixes with the shouts of vendors.
"Fresh soul power bread" "Newly tanned animal hides, very wear-resistant", the sounds coming one after another are wrapped in the atmosphere of the city's fireworks, and even the wind is filled with a bit of liveliness.
But the royal palace in the north of the royal city seemed to be separated from the hustle and bustle by an invisible barrier.
In stark contrast to the hustle and bustle outside, every inch of the floor tiles here exudes calmness, and appears particularly clear under the vermilion palace walls - apart from this regular movement, it is difficult to hear any other sounds.
The servants and maids walked quickly with their heads down, their skirts sweeping across the ground silently, and even their breathing seemed to be light, for fear of disturbing the solemnity.
In an elegant room deep in the palace, six-year-old Xue Tianxing was sitting on a pearwood chair by the window, his elbows resting on the windowsill, staring blankly at the clear sky outside.
Xue Tianxing is still young, and his face still has the childishness of a child, but the outline between his eyebrows and eyes already shows some handsomeness, especially his eyes. His azure pupils are as bright as gems that have been quenched with light. When he looks up at the sky, he can even see the shadows of flowing clouds.
This child is the third son of King Xuezhe of the Barak Kingdom and also the most beloved youngest son.
The older brother Xue Tianqi has already reached adulthood. Due to his extraordinary talent in martial arts, he got married under Xuezhe's arrangement. The older sister Xue Tianning is only sixteen years old and is still studying at Barak Academy.
The whole family treated him with almost all the love and care they had in their hearts.
Xue Tianxing looked at the white clouds floating in the sky, sighed softly, and then sighed:
"It's been six years already... I didn't expect it would already be six years since I came to Douluo Continent."
There is a secret hidden in these words that only he knows - he is a time traveler.
In my previous life, I was just an ordinary person reading novels on my phone, but somehow the world changed when I opened my eyes.
When he first arrived, he didn't feel any discomfort. He even thought of the time-travel novels he had read in the past, and secretly harbored some expectations in his heart; he just thought that he had been born into a good family and became a prince of the kingdom. Even if he was not the eldest son, he could live a stable life in the future.
But later, as he grew up, listening to the people in the palace talk about "martial spirit" and "soul ring", watching the soul power glow activated by the guards during training, Xue Tianxing suddenly realized that he had traveled to the world of Douluo Dalu!
At that moment, Xue Tianxing could no longer remain calm.
As a Douluo fan, he knew too well the future direction of the world. He also knew that the Barak Kingdom was sandwiched between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Hall. In the future war that would sweep across the continent, there was no way it would remain immune.
Not to mention that he also knew that although the Spirit Hall seemed powerful, it would ultimately be defeated by the protagonists.
At first, he had thought about it: Why not join the Spirit Hall first?
If we take advantage of the situation to get rid of the protagonist, we might be able to avoid disaster.
But this idea was extinguished as soon as it came to his mind - he was the prince of the Barak Kingdom. If the kingdom dared to surrender to the Spirit Hall, the Tiandou Empire would be the first one that would not let them go, and they would probably die even faster then.
Then join the protagonist group?
Xue Tianxing pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled self-deprecatingly.
Are you kidding me? That's gambling with your life.
Besides, even if he really surrendered, what benefits would he gain?
After the war, the continent only lost the Spirit Hall, and they were still a small kingdom dependent on Tiandou, which was not a good deal at all.
After thinking about it, Xue Tianxing understood that there was no other way at the moment and he could only wait until his martial soul awakened before making any plans.
Will you be lucky enough to encounter a time traveler and awaken a powerful martial spirit to fight your way out, or will you have average talent and then find an opportunity to cling to a powerful person for stability?
It all depends on this time.
He just celebrated his sixth birthday yesterday, and today is the day his martial soul awakens.
In this world, bloodline and martial spirit can almost determine life and death.
The quality of the martial soul and the strength of the innate soul power directly determine the future path - the higher the innate soul power, the more promising the future achievements; if the innate soul power is low, unless you encounter a great opportunity, there is a high probability that this will be the end of your life.
Their family's inherited martial spirit is the Ice Bird, which is said to have mutated from the swan in the main vein. Although it is not top-notch, it is also a leader among ordinary martial spirits. The older generation also said that there is a trace of phoenix energy in the ice bird's blood, but no one can confirm whether it is true or not.
But even though their martial spirits were not bad, most of the Xue family's cultivation talents were considered high-level.
My father Xuezhe is almost sixty years old, and his soul power is at level eighty-two. It will be difficult for him to become a Titled Douluo in this lifetime; my eldest brother Xue Tianqi has an innate soul power level of level five, and now he can only barely reach the level of Soul Sect; my second sister Xue Tianning is slightly better, with an innate soul power level of level six, just touching the edge of Soul Venerable.
In fact, my father's strength as a Soul Douluo at level 82 was already considered strong on the mainland - after all, there were only a handful of Titled Douluos, and Soul Douluos were looked up to wherever they went.
But when Xue Tianxing thought about the future turmoil in this world, he couldn't help feeling heavy in his heart.
Xue Tianxing could only pray secretly that his innate soul power could be higher, and it would be even better if his martial soul could mutate benignly.
After all, I am a time traveler, so I can't be worse than my predecessors, right?
Just as he was stunned, there was a knock on the door, and the servant's respectful voice came from outside the door:
"Your Highness, the time has come. The King has sent me to invite you over."
Xue Tianxing came back to his senses, straightened his brocade robe with his hand, smoothed out the wrinkles at the corners, then stood up and walked out of the yard.
The corridor leading to the Awakening Hall was exceptionally deserted. In the past, there were always nobles, generals, and ministers coming and going here, but today, there was not even a shadow of a person in sight - for his martial soul awakening ceremony, Xuezhe did not invite outsiders, only his family members were present.
There are many paintings of ancestors hanging on the walls of the corridor, and there are ice bird statues standing every few steps. The carvings are so fine that the patterns on the bird's feathers are clearly visible.
Not only here, but throughout the palace, the mark of the ice bird can be seen everywhere:
This is the symbol of their Barak Kingdom, just like the swan is the symbol of the Tiandou Empire. Even the flag of the kingdom is embroidered with an ice bird with spread wings.
After passing through several corridors, heavy palace doors opened one after another in front of him, and soon, the magnificent palace hall stood before him.
The guards standing outside the palace were wearing blue armor. When they saw him coming, they raised their hands and pushed open the heavy palace door. The creaking sound was particularly clear in the silence.
The hall was very empty, with only four people, two women and two men, waiting.
Xue Tianxing stepped inside, and the palace door behind him slowly closed, blocking out the light and shadow from the outside.
On the throne, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties was looking at him with a smile, with gentle warmth between his eyebrows.
That was his father, Xuezhe, the current king of the Barak Kingdom.
Xuetian walked to the center of the hall and stopped, bowing to the throne:
"Father."
Then he turned to the dignified and elegant woman beside him, who was his mother, Yu Ningxin.
Xue Tianxing never knew what his mother's martial soul was - because his mother never mentioned it, and never showed it, but he knew that his mother was a 75th-level Soul Saint, whose strength far surpassed that of many court officials.
"Mother."