Chapter 1 — The First Life! Hidden Sharpness! Secretly Harboring Lofty Ambitions!
Saint Soul Village.
An eight-meter-long ferocious beast with enormous black wings that blotted out the sky glared murderously at a small boy standing near a cliff behind the village.
A 60,000-year-old divine-class soul beast — the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!
"Father, are we really going to kill him?"
Beside the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger stood a 1.5-meter-long creature like a large black cat with small wings on its back. Despite its ferocious nature, there was something oddly cute about its immature form.
This was Jiang Chen, who had transmigrated into this world after seeing that Feng Pen San Shao still intended to continue writing Douluo Continent VI, further ruining the world of Douluo. The frustration had literally killed him — and upon waking, he found himself reincarnated into the Douluo Continent.
As a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger cub.
Being thoroughly familiar with all five parts of the Douluo series, his first thought upon arrival was — kill Tang San.
Jiang Chen knew that if he didn't kill Tang San, he would inevitably become Tang San's soul ring in the future.
That promise San Shao made to Xiao Wu about not killing innocents? Nonsense!
So Jiang Chen traveled thousands of miles from the Star Dou Forest to Saint Soul Village, intending to end it all before Tang San could rise.
"Father, now! Go!"
Following Jiang Chen's command, a terrifying column of dark demonic lightning erupted from the tiger's twin wings, charged with the triple attributes of wind, thunder, and evil, and shot straight toward the boy by the cliff.
"What is that?"
Tang San, who was cultivating, felt the surge of mortal danger and let out a high-pitched scream, sharp as a eunuch's.
He never imagined that such an overwhelmingly strong being could exist near such a tiny village.
And that it was coming for him? Why?
Could it be an enemy of his father?
Tang San had long known his father wasn't ordinary — but he hadn't expected enemies of this magnitude.
"Purple Demon Eye!"
"Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!"
As Tang San unleashed all his Tang Sect techniques, he still had nowhere to run against the attack of a divine-class 60,000-year beast.
"No!"
I haven't yet revived the Tang Sect's glory! Am I going to die here?
Unwilling! If I ever find out who you are—you're dead!
"Father, you've doomed me!"
At that moment, an immense aura erupted. A dark shadow flashed and stood in front of Tang San.
"How bold!"
A black hammer appeared in the man's hand, instantly morphing into an enormous weapon.
Two yellow, two purple, and five black rings surrounded him.
The final ring glowed black with a crimson hue!
A Titled Douluo!
The Clear Sky!
Tang Hao!
No matter how estranged he was from Tang San, this was still his son — his and Ah Yin's child.
"Great Sumeru Hammer!"
The giant hammer collided with the Dark Demon Lightning, evenly matched.
The moment Jiang Chen saw the Clear Sky Hammer, he knew he couldn't win.
Though his father was a divine-class beast, it had only lived sixty thousand years.
Nowhere near a match for a Titled Douluo with 100,000-year soul rings.
"Father, retreat!"
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger obeyed instantly, vanishing with Jiang Chen.
But they had to leave something behind.
A blade of light flashed faster than sight—severing Tang San's arm.
"No!"
Tang Hao watched helplessly as his son lost an arm, crying in grief.
"F–Father… I… I don't want to die!"
Tang San clutched his severed arm, despairing. He knew it—cripples couldn't cultivate soul power in this world.
His future was broken.
Tang Hao held him tight, voice trembling through tears, "No! Xiao San, don't worry! I'll make you whole again and lead you to the summit!"
Pain flickered in Tang Hao's gaze as his eyes fell on his own right leg. Something was decided in his heart.
A year later.
Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
Six-year-old Tang San arrived at the academy, now fully healed. Because of his father's prior explanation, he knew his mother wasn't human—but a grass.
Tang Hao had cut off his right leg for Tang San, and by fusing with his mother's right Blue Silver Emperor leg bone, Tang San's limb regrew.
In the dormitory, Tang San met the girl he would love across lives. (The Legend of Tang San V: San Shao's Quest for His Wife)
"Hello! My name's Xiao Wu—Wu as in dancing!"
That same year, Jiang Chen kept a constant watch on Tang San.
Using his father's power, he enslaved Dugu Bo and claimed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as his territory.
Relying on the power of immortal herbs, he and his father rapidly grew stronger.
At the age of twelve, Tang San joined Shrek Academy!
The Shrek Seven Devils reunited!
Jiang Chen, in cooperation with Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo of Spirit Hall, attacked Tang San once more. Despite Tang Hao's protection, Tang San survived.
But in Tang San's rage, his beloved Xiao Wu was abducted—and Jiang Chen ravaged her.
Because of that, Jiang Chen was hunted by the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python, forced to hand over Xiao Wu's ruined body.
Even so, Tang San forgave Xiao Wu and accepted her again.
At fourteen, Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils to the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
After they won first place, Pope Bibi Dong attacked. The half-crippled Tang Hao detonated his own rings to intervene.
Jiang Chen struck again—but Tang San somehow lived.
So he kidnapped Xiao Wu once more, only to again be hunted down by the two great beasts.
Xiao Wu was rescued—but Spirit Hall besieged her. To save Tang San, she willingly sacrificed herself.
At twenty-three, Tang San returned from Sea God Island, ascending to the position of Sea God.
Yet Pope Bibi Dong defeated him. The Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape sacrificed themselves to become his first and second Haotian Hammer soul rings.
In the Sunset Forest, Tang San gazed deeply at Xiao Wu.
Word by word, nearly screaming, he cried: "Revive! My beloved!"
He successfully resurrected Xiao Wu and swore that every soul beast he hunted from then on would be truly evil — he would no longer kill innocents.
Guided by divine will, he sought his next suitable soul ring — the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Enemies met again — hatred flared anew.
Tang San instantly recognized his childhood foe!
"First Soul Skill! Blue Silver Bind!"
Jiang Chen felt numb.
Damned Tang San — impossible to kill.
Protected by his father in childhood, protected by gods in adulthood.
There was no way for him to strike.
He'd even fed Tang San's whereabouts to Spirit Hall, yet Tang San still thrived.
Unbelievable. Was this the power of a protagonist?
Jiang Chen had stolen countless opportunities from Tang San — the Eight Spider Lances, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Vast Sea Cosmic Shield, and more.
Yet in the end, Tang San still became a god.
Forced into hiding, Jiang Chen tossed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shield — once the Sea God's Heart — into a cesspit to escape Tang San's pursuit.
Fortunately, by staying by his father's side, unseen by others, he lived on.
For only one Dark Demon Evil God Tiger existed in the continent.
Jiang Chen managed to escape again.
Damn it!
This world was just too cruel to soul beasts.
The clownish Dragon God had decreed that unless the dragons revived and the Dragon God returned, no soul beast could ascend to godhood—and even added heavenly tribulations to enforce it.
Soul beasts already had a difficult path of cultivation, and yet this mechanism doomed them further.
Why couldn't that clown Dragon God just target dragons alone instead of including all soul beasts?
Jiang Chen was thoroughly dejected. If only he were human, he could've intercepted Tang San's divine inheritance and become a god himself — instead of ending up like this.
Ah, whatever.
As a divine-class soul beast carrying the Evil God's bloodline, he still had longevity. The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King had cultivated to 900,000 years before falling and sacrificing himself to Lan Xuanyu.
With a lifespan like his, Jiang Chen could afford to endure in silence.
Surely Tang San wouldn't keep chasing him forever with Blue Silver Bind, right?
Just endure!
The first life — hidden sharpness! Secretly harboring lofty ambitions!
(END CHAPTER)
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