DD and start

In an inn somewhere in Heaven Dou Empire.

Raizen: "Oh man, I was happy that my starting place now is an urban area but then I remembered that being poor."

Raizen realized he was poor. He had to sell some metals that he was saving to some blacksmith, the metal that he sold had the purest composition so he was able to get enough cash to stay in an inn for a few days. He ask Layla the timeline and said that it was still two years before the start of the plot and he was in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Raizen: First, I need to start my own cultivation so that I can begin comprehending the creation of spirit rings for Saeko. Then find Liu Erlong to awaken Saeko's spirit. Not going to let another man touch my girl. Then start protecting Tang San.

When the night came, Raizen have gone to the forest a few thousand kilometers away from the city he was before.

He started reciting the manual then BOOM, he is now at the first stage of Nebula but when Layla told him to prepare for the coming tribulation. The difference of the tribulation to the original story of ST, he will only need to receive one with the equivalent of 3 strikes. He looked up to the sky and see ominous clouds which made the near spirit beast run away including ten-thousand years old beast.

The strike happens so fast that Raizen wasn't able to breathe properly. He checked himself for some injuries but then a warm sensation is being circulated throughout his body.

Raizen: "What is my current cultivation?"

Layla: [Nebula Middle stage(Level 88 Spirit Doulou)

The tribulation that you receive is ten times more potent than regular tribulation so that is how you skip a few stages.

You can now use the portion of the infinity stones and the cosmos seed started to siphon the energy from the IS]

Raizen: "But I want to know first my limits, what is my battle power compared to the people of DD?"

Layla: [Anyone below Level 91 Titled Doulou is not your match. If you use one stone it will increase the level you can defeat by one so if you use 6 stones for their energy then you will be equivalent to a Level 97 Titled Doulou and fighting capabilities will be equivalent to a Level 98 if you use the stone's properties]

Raizen: "Well the guy needs a strong bodyguard. What about fighting spirit beast?"

Layla: [If only using cultivation base then you can fight any beast below a hundred thousand years old with skills, a few thousand above a hundred then using the stones you can fight additional hundred thousands for the age.

Your limit, for now, is six hundred thousand years old. Once you manage to get to Late Nebula Stage(level 93), then you can fight any beast below a million years and the extreme doulou will not be your match.

You need to be at Peak Nebula Stage to defeat the million years old.

The time chamber increased ration and now have 500 years to one day because of the time and space stone. When you reach the peak stage then the time will be 1000 to one ]

Raizen: "Thank you, Now let's find me a new location so that I can start explaining things to Saeko."

Far from the original site where he breakthrough, Raizen let Saeko out from the chamber. Saeko said the first time that he felt heavy. He explained that the world they're in is a cultivation world and the energy inside the time chamber is still adjusting to the outside that is why she felt heavy.

He then started from where they are, spirit ranking, spirit beast, spirit rings, spirit halos, and their age, benefits from gaining ranks and gaining older halos, why he can't just awaken her because of different power system he used and what they will do for the next few years.

Saeko: "So being a Title Doulou will regain youth look right."

R: "Of all the things I have explained to you, that is what you are concerned about? The answer is yes. Let's go now so that you can awaken your spirit."

Saeko: "Because it's important to me that you see me beautiful."

R: *kisses Saeko* "Oh honey... why are you sexy and adorable. Anyway, let's go find Liu Erlong."

When Raizen was done explaining things to Saeko. He wants her to change dresses to the ones that can float so that he can just hold her hand while flying. They manage to find the Blue Tyrant Academy. They asked the guard of the academy to call someone named "Liu Erlong".

The guards were hesitant and tried to push away Raizen and Saeko because they can't feel that the two-person before them were even spirit masters much less spirit trainees.

Raizen notices that they will not call Erlong so he releases a pressure similar to a Title doulou with the help of power stone and soul stone for a few seconds which is enough to make them puke their guts out.

The guards now know to do what they were told unless they want to die at the hands of a Titled Doulou. A few moments later, a girl with red hair comes with the guard behind her.

Liu Erlong: "What can I do for the esteemed Title Doulou?"

Raizen instead of answering, kidnap Erlong with Saeko and go to straight to Star Dou Forest.

After dropping Erlong gently on the ground.

Erlong: Why did you take me to Star Dou Forest and why me specifically?

Raizen: First, as to why you are chosen, it's because I want you to unlock my wife's martial soul and I trust you. Second, you are still a level 57 Spirit King but my wife needs a Spirit Emperor to unlock her martial soul. So now I'm giving you a chance to get to the next realm faster than just cultivating on your own.

Before Erlong can talk, Raizen already put his hand on the top of her head and started channeling the power stone to her. With the help of the soul stone to stabilize her soul when receiving an influx of energy through her body and mind stone to help her not to have any backlash from the sudden breakthroughs.

After two minutes, Raizen release his hold of her head then she started checking her new strength.

Erlong: "Thank you fo-"

R: "We're not done yet, you need a spirit ring to advance right? What age do you want? 80 thousand? 90 thousand? a hundred thousand?"

Erlong: "eehhm..."

R: "Oh my! You're good at bargaining... A hundred thousand it is."

Erlong: "Wait what..."

Then she has whisked away again. A few minutes later they saw a compatible spirit beast for Erlong that is 103 thousand years old. Raizen beat up the beast until to its near-death and hold it down with the help of the space stone. Erlong who still can't believe that she will get a hundred thousand years old for her 6th ring slowly come up to the beast and give it the final blow. Then a red-colored ring floated above the dead body of the beast.

R: "Go on absorb it. I will help you with the backlash."

Erlong thinking she was crazy started absorbing the red ring. At first, she felt pain but then a cool sensation started washing away the pain. After seven minutes, she finally open her eye. She checked her new cultivation level and see that she was now a level 67 spirit emperor. Then she looks at Raizen and thank him again.

Erlong: "Thank yo-" *got irritated because she have been stopped again for giving her thanks*

R: "Don't thank me, just awakened the martial soul of my wife."

Erlong just nodded and proceed to awaken the spirit of Saeko. From Saeko's hand, a katana with different layers in the blade's body that looks like how damascus blades are made shows itself. Then Erlong checks the initial level of Saeko and before she shouts a hand covers her mouth.

R: "Whatever happens here stays with us. Am I clear?" *exerting a pressure of a titled doulou on Erlong*

Erlong just nods but she could not believe that someone can have an innate spiritual power of 30 then she heard the titled doulou, "higher than ten levels compared to the daughter of Bibi Dong". She could not comprehend what he said. Does Bibi Dong have a daughter?"

She wanted to ask more about that topic but he said that they should hunt three hundred-thousand-years beasts for the spirit ring of Saeko.

After 5 hours of hunting and killing, Saeko now has 3 red rings and her current cultivation is level, 38 spirit elder. Raizen wants to increase her cultivation faster but Saeko wants to familiarize herself with her new strength. So they are now sitting on a chair in a house that Raizen builds using the reality stone.

R: "So first of all, Liu Erlong, I want you to swear to your cultivation level that whatever had happened and will happen between the three of us in Star Dou Forest stay with us. Not even your lover can know if you have one."

Erlong was confused but she did what she was told and felt a shackle to her cultivation.

R: "That is for insurance. Really don't want others to know yet."

Erlong just nods.

R: "So my name is Raizen and she is..."

Saeko: "My name is Saeko and thank you for helping me to unlock my spirit."

Erlong: "With the help I got from a titled doulou, who am I to reject. I think that unlocking your martial soul is not enough payment from me so if you want me to do something that is not against my will, I will do it."

R: "hahaha, First of all, I'm not a titled doulou. I would say I have the cultivation of a Spirit Doulou and Battle prowess of an early Titled Doulou. What you felt was my spirit which is equivalent to a level 91 Title Doulou."

Erlong understanding a little bit just nods to him.

Erlong: "So what are your plans, now that miss Saeko has already been awakened."

R: "Well my wife said she needs to familiarize herself with her new power and I think that having red rings to show is a bad idea. So let's train."

The three of them disappeared and reappear outside a two-story house with a farm surrounding a house.

R: "Welcome Liu Erlong to my chamber. Where time inside here is 250 years is equivalent to one day outside."

Erlong: *not entirely believing what happened* "Are you god?"

R: "No, I would tell you if you became my woman but we both know that you are still longing for your past love with Yu Xiaogang."

Erlong: "How did yo-..."

R: "I told you can't really know but for a consolation... a few years later he will come to terms with the nature of your love for each other. Now, why don't we do what we came here to do?"

Erlong who is still absentminded just nods her head and for the next four years inside the chamber, they just continue to train spirit control until they were able to exert the strength of their spirit rings while fighting or just doing mundane things like planting crops on the farm or cooking. Using spirit energy to feed themselves and hiding their energy to the point that they would be felt like normal people with low spirit energy of one.

With the training done, Raizen made Erlong a teacher for Saeko for a few years and let her fight in the spirit arena if she wants to.

Raizen says goodbye to them. To him, Erlong become an elder sister because she always took care of him and Saeko whenever they were pushing themselves in training. Even though that Saeko and Raizen were hiding something from her, she still trust them and she knows that when she is in trouble, they will be there to bail her out

Saeko is now a level 47 spirit ancestor after absorbing her 4th ring that Raizen's first artificially created Spirit ring. Saeko was able to decide what type of attribute she wants for her 4th ring and she choose sharpness. Ability to cut almost anything including space if nurtured properly. She had the speed for first, strength for her second, defense for her third so that when she parries an ability of an enemy, there is a 70% chance to reflect twice the damage to the enemy, and now sharpness.

She was also able to grasp Sword intent in the first year of training and sword heart after two years. With just sword intent, she can increase her strikes up to 150% but when she stacks her sword heart, the attack will have a 300% increase. Those two buffs consume a lot of spirit energy that if she only has a purple ring then she can only unleash 3 strikes for sword intent and 1 strike for sword heard with only 50% and 100% increase in strikes respectively.

But because she has 4 red rings, she can buff herself almost indefinitely as long as she is not against a late spirit doulou and a titled doulou level opponent.

As for Erlong, she doesn't want to advance yet so she is currently at level 70 Spirit Emperor and will just ask for help when Saeko decided to advance again. But the girl currently wants to know about the doulou continent and its history, people, factions, traditions, places, and many more. So Erlong suggested letting Saeko stay at the academy to learn and fight at the arena when she wants to.

Raizen agrees because being a bodyguard for a kid that has a lazy titled doulou for a father will be rather boring. Erlong ask who os the boy was but he only said that she will meet him after 8 years. She just shrugs her shoulders because of what she learned throughout the years that they were together. They speak as if they know the future and try to not change it by giving too much information.

Raizen then went away after saying a few more words. He will be back every now and then to check upon them.

After three days of constant traveling, he finally reached Suotuo City. His business here is to see Shrek Academy but it seems that there are no students enrolled now probably this year's recruits are not up to par.

A day and a half later, he was now near the Nouding City and decided to walk the rest of the way to Holy Spirit City. I will disguise myself as a poor cook that the city people don't want and showcase a few of my skills born from blood and sweat from the two previous worlds to old Jack so that he can accept me to the village.

With my cultivation at Late Nebula Stage, my range extended to 100 kilometers and was able to cover the whole village and some parts of Nouding City and Fasinou Province.

Because Tang San is still a child, he can't go far from the village and it seems that Tang Hao was also checking his son but more like where he goes for the day and lament again for the loss of his wife.

One time I told Tang Hao using the mind stone that life and death have their own purpose. He tried to find who said that but there are no people that he knows in the village who can use communication through the mind unless your a titled doulou or your spirit is about communication. He even checked me if I was a spy sent by the spirit hall but he wasn't able to find anything that indicates otherwise.

When I was bored, I prank Tang San every now and then. Whether talking to him in his mind or making his practice difficult. One time when he was practicing his footwork. I made him trip a few times that gave me a few laughs. Then when sometimes he practiced his throwing arts, I made it so that the item he was supposed to throw does not leave his hand. He kept shaking his hand for 20 mins and even made an option in his head to cut with a knife the part of his hand that a rock that kept sticking.

2 years have passed since then and tomorrow is the start of the story.