“Thus, this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, who was digging for honeycombs in a tree on the edge of a cliff, fell off the cliff in a panic. After completing twelve and a half rotations from a height of three hundred and fifteen meters, it smashed directly onto the thick rocks at the foot of the mountain, face down. However, its tenacious vitality as a Spirit Beast allowed it to cling to its last breath, not dying on the spot.”
After writing this passage, the black-haired, black-eyed young man scratched his head with the quill in his hand, looking at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, covered in blood and barely breathing, on the rocky beach at the foot of the mountain. He then continued to write in his notepad:
“A human Spirit Master named Bai Hong mercifully brought the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear the release of death. As compensation for its liberation, the poor Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear unreservedly offered Bai Hong its final legacy… a pair of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Paw Spirit Bones that Bai Hong could absorb as an external Spirit Bone without any pain.”
Bai Hong raised his hand, placed it on the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s forehead, and whispered softly, “Sleep, sleep. Be more careful in your next life; don’t collect honey from such a high place.”
In the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s bloodshot eyes, its pupils slowly dilated, and it finally breathed its last.
“Thank you for nature’s bounty, and thank you for the Spirit Bone you’ve given me. May you not be reborn on Douluo Star in your next life. If you truly can’t transmigrate out of the Tang Clan’s universe, it’s best to be reborn as a human. So, Amitabha~ Amen~”
The young man chanted incantations at the purple spirit ring that burst forth from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
During this historical period of the Peerless Tang Sect, where God King Tang dominated the Douluo Plane for ages, neither humans nor Spirit Beasts on Douluo Star had an easy life. Bai Hong had no past grievances or recent animosity with this little bear; he was only coveting its Spirit Bone. Naturally, he would chant scriptures to send the little bear on its way.
Although the scriptures were self-composed, they were beautiful wishes for the beings of Douluo Star, and the little bear’s Spirit in heaven would surely be very comforted.
Bai Hong, with his unusual way of thinking, was naturally not a native of Douluo Continent but a noble transmigrator, just like God King Tang.
It was only because Bai Hong clashed with a Tang loyalist while surfing the internet, fighting to the depths of the forbidden zone, that the Ten-Turn Internet Purifier Gu, carrying the ultimate imperial weapon, the Great Fortune Heavy Truck, sent his soul into Douluo Continent.
Fortunately, as a newly abandoned infant on Douluo Continent, Bai Hong still had a golden finger.
When Bai Hong awakened his Spirit at the age of six, he awakened the mythical creature form “Mind Dragon” as his Spirit. He also came with a complete Audience Pathway sequence, leading directly to the promotion path of Sequence 0 Fantasist.
Even if there were no corresponding potion ingredients for the Audience Pathway in this corner of Douluo Continent, Bai Hong could still use the Spirit Master system on Douluo Continent to “cultivate truth through falsehood,” gradually unlocking the upper limits of the Audience Pathway’s sequence advancements.
From Sequence 9 to Sequence 0, all “acting” and potion-taking rituals for every sequence transformed into ten promotion rituals called the “Fantasist’s Ten Godhood Trials,” and there was no risk of Beyonder losing control.
There was even a quill corresponding to the Sequence 1 Author characteristic and a notepad corresponding to the Sequence 1 Author characteristic, which separated from the Fantasist’s God Position. As divine artifacts, they could manifest in Bai Hong’s hand at will.
Whatever was written with this quill in the notepad would turn into reality, but the strength of the effect would depend on Bai Hong’s current Spirit Master cultivation, his current sequence level, and the strength or weakness of the writing target.
For Douluo Continent, Bai Hong was an outsider who came with a God Position. As long as he steadily achieved Titled Douluo and completed the promotion rituals, he could instantly ascend to a true god of the Audience Pathway, Sequence 0, wielding authority—the Fantasist.
At first, Bai Hong was very worried. After all, he had to start from Sequence 9 and slowly climb the ranks. God King Tang kept a close eye on his Douluo melon patch, and it wouldn’t be good if he, a lowly chara still climbing, was impaled to death by a trident one day when God King Tang was displeased.
Later, he became relieved.
Before Bai Hong’s Spirit awakening, even his golden finger hadn’t arrived, yet God King Tang hadn’t impaled him to death.
Either he discovered that Bai Hong came with a God Position, and thus had reservations, or it indicated that the gods of the God Realm had a decent level of restraint on God King Tang, preventing God King Tang from fully controlling every move on the Douluo Plane.
In any case, since God King Tang dared not act recklessly now, Bai Hong certainly could.
Subsequently, Bai Hong approached the purple spirit ring and summoned the illusory form of the Mind Dragon Spirit.
The grayish-white Mind Dragon opened its mouth, devouring the entire spirit ring bite by bite. After it finished, among the three spirit rings (purple, black, black) floating around Bai Hong, the purple spirit ring deepened in color, almost turning black, and the two black spirit rings also showed faint hints of red.
The spirit ring produced by the recently deceased Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was like a donut for Bai Hong’s Mind Dragon Spirit. It was rich in mental force, spirit power, and soul energy, making it delicious to consume. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was also a quasi-ultimate attribute Spirit Beast with an extraordinary lineage, which could increase the lifespan of Bai Hong’s existing spirit rings by a few years.
Mind Dragon: Loves to eat heartily!
However, spirit rings were not actually essential for Bai Hong.
As a nascent god of the Audience Pathway, the owner of the Mind Dragon Spirit, Bai Hong possessed unique authority in the Domains of Spirit, Mind, dreams, and soul. His mental force was already powerful, and being a dragon-type Spirit, his spirit power and vital energy were exceptionally strong, leading Bai Hong down a path of self-condensed spirit rings.
Apart from hunting a three-thousand-year-old Dream Eater Spirit Beast for his first spirit ring, Bai Hong’s subsequent second and third spirit rings were created by studying the mechanism of spirit ring formation, emulating his favored Spirit Beasts, delving into the essence of their power, and finally using his powerful mental force to command spirit power and vital energy to condense into rings, with Spirit Ability effects determined at will.
By now, even the first spirit ring obtained through hunting had been molded by Bai Hong into his desired shape, and all spirit rings could have their lifespan increased by consuming Spirit Beast spirit rings.
After testing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Double Paw Bones, a beginner’s divine equipment that every Douluo fanfiction protagonist must acquire, and confirming that this external Spirit Bone had been completely transformed by the Mind Dragon Spirit, Bai Hong used his sharp claws to dismember the bear carcass and stored it in his storage spirit tool.
The meat of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was extremely tender and juicy, with very even fat distribution, making it a rare delicacy. Although there were no bear paws to eat because of the Spirit Bone, the bear hide and gall could still bring Bai Hong a large amount of gold coins.
Having completed these tasks, Bai Hong began walking towards the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest in the direction of the Star Luo Empire, slowly walking and continuously writing in his notepad with his quill.
The century and millennium Spirit Beasts wandering in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest seemed like interstellar players, making no move against this human youth who was swaggering through the forest, stopping and starting, and wearing a conspicuous white coat as a cloak.
Psychological stealth, how terrifying!
He walked safely to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Bai Hong glanced at a wooden sign by the roadside, which read:
“Fifty li ahead, you will enter the Star Dou Great Forest. Spirit Beasts are present; please be careful.”
“Hmm, it should be around here.”
Bai Hong continued to walk and write. When he wrote, “He arrived at a clear stream rich in fish and shrimp,” he heard the gurgling sound of flowing water.
Putting away his quill and notepad, Bai Hong took out a folding tent and other wilderness survival items from his storage spirit tool, then produced a grill and a carefully selected piece of bear meat.
This would be his meat dish for the next few days.
Bai Hong intended to wait here for a few days. He heard that this person’s grilling skills were quite good, and he wondered if he would be lucky enough to taste them.
All he had to do was wait. As for searching everywhere… why would Bai Hong bother with that effort?
That being said, he wasn't just idly waiting without doing anything.
Bai Hong’s Spirit, the Mind Dragon, allowed him to possess considerable mental force and physical enhancements comparable to high-sequence mythical creatures of the Audience Pathway even before acquiring spirit rings. As a nascent god of the Audience Pathway, he could absorb ultra-high-year spirit rings to a certain extent.
Bai Hong was currently only thirteen years old and a three-ring Spirit Elder, but his three existing spirit rings were ultra-high-year spirit rings: purple, black, and black.
Purple to near black, black to near red.
Acquiring spirit rings, besides gradually unlocking higher sequence abilities of the Audience Pathway for Bai Hong, had another purpose.
Bai Hong’s intention in acquiring spirit rings was never to gain those narrow offensive Spirit Abilities, but rather to facilitate skipping classes, prematurely unlocking certain abilities of the Audience Pathway sequences, and thereby selectively acquiring corresponding functional Spirit Abilities.
Combining these with the inherent functional Spirit Abilities of these spirit rings, Bai Hong could manifest those Audience Pathway sequence abilities in the form of “self-created Spirit Abilities.”
For example, when he obtained his first spirit ring by hunting a Dream Eater, it originally only had one fixed Spirit Ability: “Hypnotic Dream Entry.”
But after Bai Hong’s manipulation, not only was this first spirit ring renamed “Pure Dream Seeking Truth,” but he could also use it to skip classes, referencing some abilities of Sequence 6 Hypnotist, Sequence 5 Dream Walker, and Sequence 3 Dream Weaver, combining them with the fixed Spirit Ability of the spirit ring to create corresponding “self-created Spirit Abilities.”
Bai Hong, waiting for someone at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, combined psychological knowledge unlocked by Sequence 8 Mind Reader. He used his first spirit ring to cast the self-created Spirit Ability “True Dream Weaving,” corresponding to Audience Pathway Sequence 3 Dream Weaver, allowing several ten-year bird Spirit Beasts to have a good dream.
Afterward, Bai Hong had these ten-year bird Spirit Beasts voluntarily chant the three-part honorific name he designed for himself. He then imprinted them with the self-created Spirit Ability “Thought Imprint” using his first spirit ring, turning these low-intelligence ten-year Spirit Beasts into Bai Hong’s Fantasist faith anchors and loyal followers, urging them to patrol the surroundings.
Combined with his inherent Sequence 0 Fantasist True God status, when Bai Hong immersed his consciousness into the God Kingdom he fantasized in his spiritual World and sat upon the Fantasist’s God Position, he could directly view the every move of these Spirit Beasts by touching their faith anchors.
He didn’t even need to run errands much.
As for using the quill and notepad to create chance encounters, before Bai Hong came to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts, he had also tried to arrange a chance encounter story with “Huo Yuhao” as the protagonist.
As a result, he waited for a long time but saw no one.
Excluding the possibility that Huo Yuhao’s current strength far exceeded Bai Hong’s existing cultivation, it was likely due to Huo Yuhao’s great luck as the Son of the Douluo Plane?
Even God King Tang, who saw Douluo Continent as his backyard, had to dismantle his own daughter and send her down to the mortal realm if he wanted to put a leash on Huo Gua.
Bai Hong’s current meager cultivation, even with his Sequence 0 True God status and divine artifacts, made it difficult to directly write a script for Huo Gua himself.
After waiting for three days, sifting through one passerby after another without finding the target, Bai Hong received information from a flying Spirit Beast.
He put his consciousness into the Divine Kingdom of Emptiness and Ideation to check if this passerby was the Huo Yuhao he was waiting for.
In the controlled Spirit Beast’s sight, a childish laugh and playfulness were heard, and then Bai Hong heard the plop of a heavy object falling into the water and the sound of splashing.
A child? That’s probably him then?
Bai Hong urged the Spirit Beast to turn its head and look closely!
“That… can I say I just happened to be here?”
What entered Bai Hong’s eyes was a blue-haired, blue-eyed child, soaking naked in the stream, washing off the dirt from his body.
Good news, the child’s eyes were sparkling, clearly full of mental force. It was indeed Huo Yuhao.
Although he was skinny and small due to long-term malnutrition, you have to admit, this manga version of Xiao Huo indeed had the appearance of a male disguised as a female.
How strange!
His consciousness returned to his body, Bai Hong stood up and activated his Spirit Possession, his second spirit ring beneath his feet glimmering slightly.
The second spirit ring was named “Everyone Like a Dragon.”
“Everyone Like a Dragon” fully utilized the Mind Dragon Spirit Possession characteristic to refine his own bloodline, akin to a blood surge, deepening the dragonification of his body during Spirit Possession, even to the point of transforming into a human body with a dragon form.
Furthermore, Bai Hong could completely control the blood surge process, applying Spirit Possession blood surge to specific parts of his body to achieve specific dragonification effects.
For example, growing a pair of dragon wings.
A pair of grayish-white dragon wings unfolded behind him.
Bai Hong flapped his wings, flew into the air, and headed in the direction where Huo Yuhao was discovered.
He timed it perfectly, waiting until Huo Yuhao had finished bathing and getting dressed before landing precisely in the bushes near Huo Yuhao and walking over.
Hearing the sound of breaking branches behind him, Xiao Huo, who was carving a tree branch with a White Tiger Dagger, quickly turned his head, his bright eyes reflecting Bai Hong’s appearance.
“This… little brother?”
Bai Hong, perfectly controlling his facial expressions, pretended to be a newcomer. Looking at the solitary Xiao Huo, and then at his surroundings, he frowned and said, “Why are you alone? Don’t you have an elder to bring you here?”
Feeling Bai Hong’s concerned tone, Xiao Huo clutched his coarse cloth clothes and stammered, “Big brother, I… I am an orphan. I don’t have any family.”
“A commoner Spirit Master? That’s not surprising then. I can feel that you possess spirit power, but it’s very weak. Are you here near the Star Dou Great Forest to acquire your first spirit ring?”
Bai Hong nodded knowingly, then politely bowed and said, “My name is Bai Hong, a Level 38 mental-type Spirit Elder. May I ask if you need any help?”
“Spirit Elder?”
Xiao Huo was aware of the Spirit Master cultivation divisions.
A Spirit Elder… has three spirit rings! His eyes lit up.
Xiao Huo’s luck was quite good. Along the way, he had encountered strangers more than once and received a lot of help from them, never running into any ill-intentioned individuals.
Facing Bai Hong’s friendly overture, Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and decided he should introduce himself first.
“Hello, my name is Huo Yuhao.”