"Next." Su Yuntao's slightly tired voice rang out.
Su Cheng silently walked into the center of the six black stones. As the other party injected soul power, a faint golden light lit up and enveloped him.
A warm aura seeped in, and he subconsciously extended his right hand.
Golden light dots slowly gathered, and a rust-covered iron sword appeared in his hand.
"An Tool Spirit, Iron Sword." Su Yuntao nodded. Although this sword looked rather shabby, at least it wasn't one of those Blue Silver Grass or farm tools. That gave him a bit of expectation.
"Alright, let's test your soul power."
Hearing this, Su Cheng placed his hand on the blue crystal. A pulling force came, and the crystal emitted a faint glow.
Su Yuntao spoke with disappointment: "Innate soul power level 0.5. But at least you have a chance to become a soul master."
"..." Su Cheng's mentality almost exploded.
He had never expected to have innate full soul power. After all, he didn't have a Title Douluo dad or a hundred-thousand-year soul beast mom, nor did he have a chance to get the Xuan Tian Gong cultivation technique from Tang San.
But innate soul power 0.5 was really…
Su Cheng let out a bitter smile.
Fortunately, the moment his martial spirit awakened, he sensed that the simulator—which he had always been unable to activate—finally reacted.
At this moment, Su Yuntao finished the entire awakening ceremony and walked out. Seeing this, Su Cheng temporarily stopped dwelling on his innate soul power and hurriedly followed the other children.
The door opened. Wang Pan, the village chief of Wangsu Village, who had been quietly waiting outside, hurried forward and asked, "Master, is there any child this year who can become a soul master?"
Su Yuntao glanced at him and nodded. "There's one. Although his innate soul power is only 0.5, he still has a chance to become a soul master."
"Village Chief Grandpa." Su Cheng quickly walked over.
"Xiao Cheng, was it you who awakened soul power?"
"Yes."
"Great." Wang Pan patted his head, not caring about the innate soul power issue. "Our village has a work-study student quota for Nuoding City's Primary Soul Master Academy. Are you willing to go to the academy to study various knowledge about soul masters and martial spirits?"
"I'm willing. Thank you, Village Chief Grandpa." Su Cheng said quickly.
"Good. There's still one month before school starts. Prepare well. When the time comes, I'll go with you."
After sending him home, Village Chief Wang Pan left.
Su Cheng was a child adopted by an old widower in the village. After his adoptive father died, he had been living on his own.
Because he always behaved maturely, Wang Pan didn't worry too much.
Sitting on the bed, Su Cheng tried to mobilize his soul power.
As the energy circulated, the simulator—whose presence he could only faintly sense before but could never truly activate—finally revealed its true form before his eyes.
A faint blue panel unfolded in front of him.
[Villain Life Simulator loading…]
[Please choose the final mission objective for this life simulation:]
[1. Establish a new sect to replace the Upper Three Sects.Reward: Martial Spirit positive mutation.Difficulty: B]
[2. Steal imperial authority and ascend the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire or Star Luo Empire.Reward: Martial Spirit positive mutation, innate full soul power.Difficulty: A]
[3. Destroy Spirit Hall.Reward: Twin Martial Spirits.Difficulty: S]
"Villain Life Simulator?" Su Cheng was slightly stunned, then continued reading.
He didn't really care whether it was righteous or villainous. In his view, it was only a simulation anyway.But the mission rewards were indeed very tempting.
"But this difficulty is too high. Isn't there a beginner bonus?"
Looking at the three options on the panel, Su Cheng was shocked.
Honestly, he felt there was almost no chance of completing these tasks.
Don't be fooled by how the Upper Three Sects were portrayed as weak in the original work—each of them had several Title Douluo under their command, and they had been top-tier forces operating on the continent for hundreds of years.
And that was still the easiest option.
Fortunately, mission failure had no penalty; otherwise, he wouldn't dare to try.
"I've been in this world for so many years… finally I can use this. If I want another chance, I'll probably have to wait until I get my first soul ring."
Su Cheng looked troubled.
With his innate soul power of 0.5, who knew how many years it would take to reach level 10?
"Damn it, they're all hard anyway. Might as well max out the difficulty. Ten years of working is still working—one pull and live in a palace instead! Let's gamble!"
After hesitating for a long time, he chose the third mission.
"Since it's given as an option, it can't be completely impossible. I'll treat the first run as a test. If I fail, I'll just honestly cultivate to level 10! Even Yu Xiaogang managed to reach level 29 with innate soul power 0.5—no way I can't."
[You have chosen the mission objective: Destroy Spirit Hall.]
[Choose your initial character:]
[1. The youngest elder of Spirit HallSettlement bonus: 0–20%]
[2. An ordinary soul master not from Spirit HallSettlement bonus: 50–100%]
[3. A trash soul master with innate soul power 0.5Settlement bonus: 150–300%]
[Choose three talents from the following ten to be your initial talents:]
[Direct lineage of the Upper Three Sects, innate full soul power, twin martial spirits, mutated martial spirit, hundred-thousand-year soul ring (9th ring), true scholar, royal noble, master actor, medical genius, sword genius]
"Tsk… No wonder replacing the Upper Three Sects is only B-rank difficulty. With initial characters and talents like these, it really isn't hard."
Looking at the refreshed panel, Su Cheng rubbed his still-young face, slightly regretting his earlier decision.
But now he had to choose seriously.
"Although 150% settlement bonus is tempting, without bloodline or strength in this world, you can't do shit."
Everyone knows: On Douluo Continent, there are no trash soul masters—only trash martial spirits.
"Direct lineage of the Upper Three Sects, innate full soul power, twin martial spirits… This seems like the optimal choice. Isn't this basically Tang San's setup…"
After thinking for a moment, he prepared to choose a soul master from the Upper Three Sects, combined with twin martial spirits and innate full soul power as his starting build.
But he immediately stopped.
No. Almost fell for it…
"Tang San is what? The child of fate of Douluo Continent, heaven-chosen cheat machine, backed by the Asura God and Sea God. Without those critical factors, Spirit Hall would have crushed him long ago…"
Su Cheng clenched his fists and took a deep breath. "So what looks like the optimal solution is actually a dead end. If the simulator follows the real-world environment, I definitely won't be the child of fate. But when it comes to dealing with Spirit Hall, I have one absolute advantage!"
His eyes slowly lit up. "I know the script. I know Spirit Hall's structure, the big bosses' personality flaws—this is what I should rely on. Going head-on with Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu? That's dreaming!"
Once his thoughts settled, he already knew what to choose.
(End of this chapter)