Douluo Continent

　　Episode One: The World of Douluo

　　Prologue: The Transmigrated The Third Young Master of the Carter Family

　　Bashu has always enjoyed the reputation of being the Land of Abundance, and among its many sects, none is more famous than the Carter Clan.

　　The Carter Clan is located in a mysterious place. Many people only know that it sits halfway up a mountain, and the peak of this mountain where the Carter Clan resides bears a name that sends chills down the spine—Gui Jianchou (“Ghost’s Despair”).

　　If you throw a stone from the Gui Jianchou cliff, you have to count to nineteen before you hear the echo of the stone hitting the bottom. This shows its height, and because these nineteen seconds surpass even the eighteen levels of hell, it earned its name.

　　A young man in gray stood at the summit of Gui Jianchou. The biting mountain wind could not make his body move in the slightest. From the large “Carter ” character on his chest, it was clear he was from the Carter Clan; the gray robe signified he was an outer sect disciple of the Carter Clan.

　　He was twenty-nine years old. Having entered the Carter Clan shortly after birth, he ranked third among the outer sect disciples, so they called him “San Shao” (Third Young Master). Of course, to the inner sect disciples, he was known as William Carter.

　　Since its founding, the Carter Clan has been divided into inner and outer sects. The outer sect consists of disciples with other surnames or those granted the Carter surname, while the inner sect is the direct lineage of the Carter Clan, passed down through the family.

　　At this moment, William Carter’s face was full of emotion—sometimes smiling, sometimes crying—but no matter what, he could not hide the excitement that came from deep within.

　　For twenty-nine years, ever since he was picked up by the outer sect elder Carter Lan Taiye and brought into the Carter Clan as an infant, the Carter Clan had been his home, and the hidden weapons of the Carter Clan were his everything.

　　Suddenly, William Carter’s expression changed abruptly, but he quickly relaxed, murmuring bitterly to himself, “What was meant to come has finally come.”

　　Seventeen figures, seventeen white-clad figures, leapt up from the mountainside toward the summit like shooting stars. The youngest among them was over fifty years old, each with a grave expression. Their white robes represented the inner sect, and the golden “Carter ” character on their chests was the symbol of the Carter Clan elders.

　　The Carter Clan inner sect elders’ hall, including the sect master Mr. Carter, had a total of seventeen elders. It was these seventeen who were now climbing the mountain. Not even a martial arts conference could mobilize all the Carter Clan elders at once. It should be known that among these elders, the oldest was over 120 years old.

　　The cultivation of these Carter Clan elders had all reached the highest level. In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the summit.

　　When outer sect disciples see inner sect elders, they are supposed to kneel in greeting. But at this moment, William Carter did not move. He simply watched as these grave-faced elders came before him, blocking all paths forward, and behind him was Gui Jianchou.

　　Setting down three Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus, William Carter cast one last lingering glance, a gratified smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. After all, he had succeeded. After twenty years of effort, he had finally completed the pinnacle work of the The Carter Family outer sect’s hidden weapons. The sense of fulfillment and achievement was beyond words.

　　At this very moment, William Carter felt that nothing else mattered anymore. Whether he had broken the sect rules or faced life and death, it all seemed to end with these three blooming Tang Lotus before him. The Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus, the most domineering hidden weapon in the world, was born in his hands. What could be more exciting for William Carter, who had devoted his life to hidden weapons?

　　“I know that sneaking into the inner sect and secretly learning the sect’s ultimate skills is an unforgivable crime, not tolerated by the rules. But William Carter can swear to the heavens that not a single bit of the sect’s ultimate skills he secretly learned was ever leaked to the outside world. I say this not to seek the elders’ forgiveness, but to let you know that William Carter has never forgotten his roots. Never before, and never will.”

　　William Carter was very calm at this moment—perhaps the calmest he had ever been in his life. Looking at the ancient courtyards of the Carter Clan on the mountainside, feeling the air that belonged to the Carter Clan, William Carter’s eyes grew moist. From the day he could remember, he had lived for the Carter Clan, and now, it was time to pursue his own lifelong quest, even if it meant leaving the Carter Clan.

　　The elders said nothing. They had not yet recovered from the shock of seeing the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus. Two hundred years—after two whole centuries, the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus had appeared in the hands of an outer sect disciple. What did this mean? This peerless hidden weapon, unrivaled in the world and unstoppable even by the Carter Clan themselves, signaled the arrival of another peak for the Carter Clan.

　　Seeing the elders bow their heads in silence, William Carter smiled radiantly. “Everything William Carter has was given by the Carter Clan—my life, my abilities, all bestowed by the Carter Clan. No matter when, in life I am a man of the Carter Clan, in death I am a ghost of the Carter Clan. I know the elders will not allow the body of an outer sect disciple who broke the rules to remain in the Carter Clan. In that case, let my bones return to the nature of Bashu.”

　　William Carter’s calm, even somewhat excited voice finally snapped the elders out of their daze. When they looked up at him, they saw a layer of milky-white energy instantly spreading from his body.

　　“Xuan Tian Record—you even learned the highest inner skill of our sect from the Xuan Tian Record?” Mr. Carter exclaimed.