Douluo Continent: Heavenly Pill Demon Tiger

Chapter 1: The Simp Transmigrator's Heavenly Scar Piercing Through the Heavens

In Xingluo City, outside the White Tiger Duke's mansion, there is a secluded and quiet courtyard.

The night was thick, but it couldn't dispel the faint smell of blood in the air or the despair that permeated the boy's heart.

"Cough...cough cough..." The boy's name was Dai Youheng. He lay on the bed and coughed up several mouthfuls of blood. Although his face was strangely handsome, his face was frighteningly pale in the moonlight.

He staggered and crashed through the courtyard gate, but could no longer support himself and slid to the ground against the cold gate.

His magnificent robes were covered in dust, and a delicate yet powerful handprint was clearly visible on his chest. Every breath he took was excruciating, tearing pain through his lungs.

The scene that unfolded a few hours earlier at the small martial arts arena outside the Star Luo Imperial Palace was like the sharpest ice pick, repeatedly piercing his heart.

His mind seemed to still be filled with the image of that noble and unparalleled figure, and the echoes of her cold and impatient words reverberated in his ears.

"Dai Youheng, this princess's patience is limited." Xu Jiu stood gracefully, her Star Crown Martial Soul not yet released, yet her aura naturally exuded the unique majesty and aloofness of royalty. "I sent you to Shrek Academy so you could earn your own future, not to stoop to petty scheming, currying favor with this person and fawning over that person! A year has passed, have you made even the slightest progress?"

Dai Youheng suppressed the humiliation of being looked down upon and forced what he thought was his most affectionate smile. "Princess Jiujiu, please give me another chance! I have a younger brother who is exceptionally talented and will surely achieve great things in the future. There is also the Tang Clan. I will definitely join the Tang Clan, as long as I..."

"Shut up!" Xu Jiujiu's beautiful eyes flashed with a fierce light as she interrupted him without any politeness. "You keep talking about your brother and the Tang Sect, where are you yourself? Your martial soul is the top-tier Evil Shadow Demon Tiger, not a groveling dog! What I want to see is your own strength, not whose leg you can cling to!"

"I..." Dai Youheng was speechless, her face burning.

After a long while, looking at his timid and unmotivated appearance, the last bit of patience she had for the Dai family was completely exhausted.

She said coldly, "Fine. Since you're so stubborn, I, the princess, will personally test what you've learned this past year. Ten moves. If you can withstand ten moves, I'll allow you to waste another year. If not..."

Her eyes were icy cold. "From this day forward, get out of my sight and never see me again!"

Upon hearing this, Dai Youheng felt not humiliated, but rather a glimmer of hope rose within her: "Is Princess Jiujiu's statement true? Very well! I will certainly..."

His words were interrupted again because Xu Jiujiu had already moved.

Without releasing her martial spirit, her slender figure merely flickered, and dazzling starlight gathered on her delicate white palm.

The first palm strike, delivered lightly, precisely shattered the hastily assembled, mere formless soul power defense he had created.

The second palm strike, like a shadow, pierced through his flawed stance and struck his blocking arm directly, causing a cracking sound and excruciating pain.

The third palm strike was so fast that he couldn't react at all; the blow, imbued with the power of stars, had already imprinted itself on his chest.

"puff--!"

Dai Youheng felt an irresistible force coming at him. His internal organs seemed to shift instantly, and blood gushed out uncontrollably. His body flew backward like a broken sack, crashing heavily onto the hard training ground. His vision went black.

"You couldn't withstand three moves." After a long while, he withdrew his palm and stood there, his eyes filled with disappointment. His tone was flat and emotionless, and his gaze was as if he were looking down at dust. "Remember your promise. Let's go."

After saying that, she turned away resolutely, her gorgeous skirt drawing a cold arc, and disappeared into the end of the martial arts arena without looking at him again.

Like a venomous insect gnawing at his nerves, Dai Youheng slammed his fist into the cold ground in the courtyard. The rough stone slab chafed his knuckles, drawing blood, but it was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.

"Why...why did I try so hard...why did I abandon all my dignity to please others...and this is the result I got..."

"Huo Yuhao... I've taken such good care of him... Shouldn't he lend me a hand when he becomes a god in the future...?"

"Tang Sect... Mysterious Heaven Skill... That's Tang San's legacy..."

"Xu Jiujiu... I only admire you... How can you trample on my feelings like this..."

A mixture of impotent rage, excruciating pain, and extreme resentment, along with the weakness brought on by his severe injuries, overwhelmed his remaining consciousness like a tidal wave.

Finally, his head lolled to the side, and he collapsed unconscious in the cold, desolate courtyard, unnoticed and ignored.

In his dream, he dreamed of his past again.

He was not originally from this world, but a transmigrator from another world. He became the illegitimate son of Dai Hao, the contemporary White Tiger Duke, who should not exist in the first place. He was also the older brother of Dai Luoli, the half-brother of Huo Yuhao in the original story, and the half-brother of Dai Yueheng, who was two years older than Huo Yuhao.

At the age of six, he awakened his martial spirit and underwent a mutation. He was no longer the White Tiger of the Dai family, but due to his greatly increased evil nature, he transformed into the Evil Shadow Demon Tiger, with innate soul power at level nine.

This is a martial soul filled with a cold, violent, and evil aura, possessing an extremely powerful devouring ability. Its entire body is pitch black, except for its eyes, which flash with a bloodthirsty crimson, and its claws and teeth are wreathed in a chilling shadow power.

At that moment, his heart pounded wildly. As a seasoned reader, he knew all too well what this meant. A top-tier mutated beast martial soul, with unparalleled talent, but… the evil nature of this martial soul was far too overwhelming!

In the world of Douluo Continent, especially in this era, evil martial souls are practically synonymous with evil soul masters! They are beings that the Shrek Academy's supervisory group must hunt down and eradicate!

A chill ran down my spine, but it was quickly overwhelmed by a surge of excitement.

I've transmigrated! I've really transmigrated to the world of Douluo Continent! And I even possess a top-tier martial soul and extremely high talent!

After the euphoria came deep anxiety. The original plot was as clear as if it were etched in his mind: Huo Yuhao's rise, Tang San's scheming, and the empire's conflicts.

"I must survive, I must become strong!" He clenched his fists, his eyes flashing. "But this world is too dangerous, especially for someone like me who possesses an evil martial spirit."

A thought, like a poisonous vine, coiled around his mind: "That's it, Huo Yuhao! He's the chosen one of this world, the future God of Emotions, and also the son-in-law of the God King Tang San! As long as I cling to his coattails, even if he only slips a little benefit through his fingers after he becomes a god, it will be enough for me to live a carefree life for eternity!"

"Yes! That's it! We can't be his enemy, we can only befriend him! Even... fawn over him!"

This soul from modern society, overwhelmed by a sense of crisis and fear of the original plot, subconsciously chose the safest yet most humiliating path: abandoning the pride of its top-tier martial spirit to attach itself to a future deity.

From that day on, Dai Youheng, the illegitimate son of the White Tiger Duke's mansion, seemed to have a somewhat strange personality.

Instead of focusing on studying the characteristics and cultivation methods of his own martial spirit, he devoted a lot of energy to investing in the future.

Knowing that Huo Yuhao had a miserable childhood in the Duke's mansion, he would often secretly help him by sending him food and supplies. Although he dared not openly confront the Duchess, he would always go to Huo Yuhao after he was bullied and say some comforting words, his eyes filled with an almost fawning expectation that the young Huo Yuhao could not understand.

"Little brother Yuhao, you are exceptionally talented and will surely have a bright future!" He often said this, patting Huo Yuhao's thin shoulder forcefully.

At that time, Huo Yuhao was only grateful to this brother who was the only one to show him kindness, unaware that the other was thinking, "I'm being nice to you now, but don't forget to take me with you when you become a god!"

Years passed.

Dai Youheng's cultivation progress, however, is far from matching the top-tier aptitude of his Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul and the resources allocated to him by the Duke's Mansion.

Despite having a level nine innate soul power and no shortage of cultivation resources, and despite his illegitimate son's allowance being far greater than that of a commoner soul master, his soul power growth was unusually slow.

The reason is simple: his mind is not at peace, and his will is simply unable to resonate with that evil, domineering, and bloodthirsty demonic tiger.

His mind was filled with thoughts of how to please the future bigwig and how to avoid risks, which caused the power of his martial spirit to become dormant and even repel him.

At a banquet in the Star Luo Empire, he was granted an audience as the duke's son. It was at that banquet that he saw the princess, who shone as brightly as a star, and lingered there for a long time.

Her beauty, her nobility, her wisdom and shrewdness instantly captivated the soul of this time traveler. In his previous life, he had no access to high society; how could he have ever seen a woman possessing both power and beauty?

Thus began the second phase of his life as a "simp".

Although the Dai and Zhu families have a tradition of intermarriage, in this generation, the Zhu family only has one daughter, Zhu Lu, who has already been betrothed to Dai Huabin. Even Dai Yueheng doesn't have a girlfriend from the Zhu family, so naturally he won't get one either.

So he pursued Xu Jiujiu relentlessly, expressing his love in public on several occasions and giving her all sorts of precious gifts, almost exhausting all his savings and allowance.

However, who is Xu Jiujiu? She is the most renowned princess of the Star Luo Empire, her heart filled only with the interests of the empire. Her love, and even her marriage, are destined to be one of the most important bargaining chips on the political chessboard.

She admires the strong and needs allies who can help the empire, not a duke's illegitimate son who possesses a top-tier martial spirit but is slow to cultivate, has a weak personality, and only knows how to fawn over others.

Every attempt by Dai Youheng to please her seemed utterly ridiculous and cheap in her eyes.

Tired of being pestered so much, Xu Jiujiu gave Dai Youheng a seemingly hopeful but actually a complete rejection when he tried to curry favor with her in public again.

"Dai Youheng, if you really want to prove yourself, go to Shrek Academy. If you can become one of the current Shrek Seven Devils, this princess might give you a chance to pursue me."

Upon hearing this, Dai Youheng felt as if he had been injected with adrenaline, and it was as if he had been enlightened.

Shrek Academy, that's right! Not only is it where Huo Yuhao rose to prominence, but it's also the best platform to get close to him! It also avoids outside scrutiny regarding evil martial souls; after all, once you join Shrek, you're a Shrek member. It's practically killing two birds with one stone!

He completely failed to detect the perfunctory tone and impossible preconditions in Xu Jiujiu's words. At his pace, becoming one of the Shrek Seven Devils? A pipe dream.

Originally, he was already past the age of twelve for school enrollment, but the White Tiger Dai family, like the Tang Clan, had a deep relationship with Shrek Academy and had one unlimited spot for enrollment in the outer academy every year. Since Dai Huabin had entered the academy on his own merit, this spot was useless to him. Dai Youheng then excitedly went to ask for the spot. Dai Hao thought that since the spot was vacant anyway, he agreed to give it to Dai Youheng.

However, once he arrived at Shrek Academy, he reverted to his old ways.

Instead of focusing on cultivation, he was busy scheming and currying favor with Huo Yuhao. After all, Wang Dong was the daughter of the God King Tang San. Although she was destined to be Huo Yuhao's wife, he dared not even dream of it, so it was always good to curry favor with her first.

In addition, he fawned over Bei Bei, the senior disciple of the Tang Sect, and flattered Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, and other future Shrek Seven Devils. He even humbled himself to beg Tang Ya to join the Tang Sect and learn the Xuan Tian Gong.

Aside from Huo Yuhao being relatively mild towards him out of consideration for their past relationship, and Xiao Xiao, who had a better personality, being polite to him, everyone else, such as Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi, were all shrewd and saw through his true nature at a glance. They were all polite to him on the surface but distant in their hearts.

At the end of the first academic year, Huo Yuhao went to the far north to obtain his second martial soul. When Dai Youheng returned to Xingluo City for the holidays, the first thing he did was not to visit his mother and younger brother Dai Luoli, who had high hopes for him but were increasingly disappointed, but instead he couldn't wait to see Xu Jiujiu, wanting to report on his progress at Shrek Academy.

The result was the scene at the beginning.

He suffered a crushing defeat in three moves, was severely injured and vomited blood, and was met with a disappointed shake of his head and a merciless expulsion.

Shortly after his consciousness completely sank into darkness.

A sudden change has occurred!

The once star-studded night sky was suddenly ripped apart by an indescribable, massive crack that stretched across the heavens! The crack was a strange, ominous dark red, as if the sky had been torn open with a bleeding wound. A vast, oppressive, and heart-palpitating aura spread out, instantly enveloping the entire Douluo Continent.

Countless powerful figures in the world were alarmed, waking up from their cultivation or dreams, looking up at the sky in horror, their hearts filled with doubt and unease.

Immediately afterwards, deep within the crimson rift that seemed to connect to an unknown world, a single, extremely faint light shone, and then expanded at a terrifying speed!

A massive meteorite, seemingly composed entirely of the purest dark crystal or eternal ice, crashed down with a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine and a trail of eerie blue light, like a demon god emerging from the depths of the netherworld!

Moreover, there was a figure in the meteorite, with its eyes closed, seemingly in a deep sleep, and its appearance was exactly the same as Dai Youheng's.

The place where the meteorite fell is one of the largest gathering places of soul beasts in the Douluo Continent, the far north!