Douluo Starting with the Chaos Divine Examination

"System?"

Mu Chen was taken aback, his heart racing with excitement. It seemed that the saying held true: a golden finger is a must-have for transmigrators! A golden finger might be late, but it would certainly not be absent!

Mu Chen had been in this world for six years. During this time, he had often wished for some powerful golden finger to aid him.

As a law-abiding citizen of the 21st century, who often received various honors for acts of bravery, Mu Chen had no other skills besides doing good deeds and possessing cutting-edge technological knowledge.

Since transmigrating to the Douluo universe as a newborn, he hadn't brought along any strange antiques like necklaces, jade slips, or bracelets.

Over the past six years, Mu Chen had come to terms with not having a golden finger and instead relied on the advanced civilization knowledge he had mastered, such as push-ups, shadowboxing, and greenhouse techniques, treating them as his golden fingers. He never expected that he would actually possess a system.

"Ding dong!"

"The Chaos System is now online and has bound with the host. I'm happy to serve you!"

"Chaos System?"

Mu Chen murmured to himself again.

"Why hasn't your martial soul awakened yet?"

Xiao Meimei, responsible for awakening Mu Chen's martial soul, furrowed her brows. According to her experience, Mu Chen should have awakened his martial soul by now. So, she increased the flow of soul power.

"Ding dong!"

"Given that the host is currently in the Douluo universe, the system will provide a new book gift package related to this universe!"

"A new book gift package?" Mu Chen was astonished.

"Ding dong! Yes," the system responded.

"It won't be some wooden sticks or dull iron swords, will it?" Mu Chen thought of a certain legendary game where nearly every new player gift package contained those three items.

"Ding dong! The system cannot give the host a definite answer. The new player gift package will be determined based on personal luck and the current universe. Since the host is in the Douluo universe, the final items in the new player gift package will definitely be related to it!" the system explained.

"Douluo universe? So, it could include a martial soul, soul ring, or soul bone?" Mu Chen pondered.

"Ding dong! You are completely correct, host."

"Then what are we waiting for? System, open the new player gift package!" Mu Chen commanded.

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations, you have opened the new player gift package. You have obtained the Nine Trials of the Chaos God!"

"The Nine Trials of the Chaos God?"

Mu Chen's heart raced, and he exclaimed in surprise, "System, I can't believe I've obtained a top-tier divine trial!"

He faintly sensed a gray energy entering his forehead, but then… nothing happened. There was no pain as he had imagined, nor was there the massive influx of information typically associated with divine trials. As for the benefits of body enhancement that come with top-tier divine trials, they didn't occur at all.

"What… is this? Is this really a divine trial?"

Mu Chen was dumbfounded, wondering if he had received a fake divine trial!

Just as Mu Chen was about to ask the system, Xiao Meimei's voice rang out.

"Your martial soul is a black sword, a weapon martial soul. If you possess soul power, you also have the hope of becoming a glorious soul master! Let's test your soul power next!" Xiao Meimei extended her hand and presented the blue crystal ball to Mu Chen.

"A black sword!" 

Mu Chen looked at his palm, where a petite black sword floated. The black sword had ten equally sized small black holes along its blade. If one looked closely enough, they would see numerous seemingly random but traceable patterns on the blade, exuding an ancient aura.

Following the instructions, Mu Chen controlled his thoughts to absorb the black sword martial soul into his body. He reached out and touched the crystal ball.

One second passed.

Two seconds passed.

Ten seconds passed.

Xiao Meimei looked at Mu Chen in disbelief, disappointment etched on her face as she said, "There's no soul power; you cannot become a soul master! Your martial soul is a useless martial soul!"

"A useless martial soul?" Mu Chen was taken aback. How could such a beautiful black sword be deemed useless by Xiao Meimei?

"Yes. Generally, sword-type weapon martial souls can provide their masters with soul power feedback. Your martial soul did not provide any soul power feedback when it awakened, which indicates that your martial soul is indeed a useless weapon soul!" Xiao Meimei replied.

However, just as Xiao Meimei was about to retract the crystal ball, a light resembling a firefly illuminated the inside of the crystal ball.

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations! You have harvested Xiao Meimei's feeling of regret. The system has automatically converted the emotional points into soul power needed for the host's upgrade. You have gained 1 soul power point."

"Regret?" Mu Chen repeated in his mind.

"Hmm? There's soul power now. But this light is too weak, isn't it?" Xiao Meimei looked at the tiny glimmer in the center of the crystal ball, puzzled.

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations! You have harvested Xiao Meimei's feeling of surprise. The system has automatically converted the emotional points into soul power needed for the host's upgrade. You have gained 1 soul power point!"

"Hmm? The light has become stronger?!" Xiao Meimei exclaimed, her voice faltering.

"No, it's gotten stronger again."

"It's changing again!"

"What… what… what…"

Xiao Meimei stammered in astonishment. The light in the crystal ball grew increasingly brighter in her shocked gaze.

Once the light reached a certain intensity, the changes became less pronounced.

Xiao Meimei stared at the glowing crystal ball in her hand, speechless with surprise. Normally, soul power feedback is immediate when awakening a martial soul. This continuous feedback was a first for her.

"Do I have the hope of becoming a soul master?" Mu Chen asked.

"Of course! Your soul power is level three; you have the potential to become a soul master," Xiao Meimei replied, putting away the crystal ball. She looked at Mu Chen and said with regret, "If only your soul power could reach level four, you could enter the Martial Soul Hall Academy for training. Then I could…"

Sighing, Xiao Meimei collected the crystal ball and walked out of the branch of the Martial Soul Hall.

"Level three soul power?"

Mu Chen was taken aback, not expecting to have innate level three soul power. However, he wasn't anxious; after all, he had obtained the Nine Trials of Chaos and had a system!

Recalling the strange events that had just occurred, Mu Chen wondered where the soul power had come from, especially since it had come from someone else's emotions. "System, how did I suddenly gain soul power just now, and why did it come from someone else?"