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"You've been meddling too much on the Douluo Continent!"
Destruction precedes rebirth.
Only after war can a unified Douluo Continent develop fully.
When the lower planes prosper, the Divine Realm can also flourish.
Last time, Tang San interfered in the Sun Moon Empire's unification war. Even though he didn't take direct action, his involvement still led to the failure of that campaign, leaving the Douluo Continent divided among four nations, which greatly displeased the God of Destruction.
Besides, wasn't it just about collecting hidden weapons and studying their principles? It wasn't like he stole your legacy directly. (Note: In the previous chapter, there was a mistake; it was clarified that Kong Deming went to the Tang Sect's ruins to search for both its legacy and completed hidden weapons.)
Studying an opponent's weapon counts as theft?
Tang San sighed inwardly.
He might not have stolen my legacy, but he's eyeing the structure of the hidden weapons! Combining hidden weapons with soul tools is a key part of my plan for reviving the Tang Sect! Now that the God of Destruction has his eyes on this, it's really troublesome.
The God of Destruction warned Tang San not to interfere with the affairs of the lower realms.
"And another thing, that girl doesn't have the potential. No matter what you do, she will never become a god."
"I know."
"If you know, then why are you still targeting that 190,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor?" The God of Destruction's voice was cold.
I could turn a blind eye to most things, but you're using resources my wife, the Goddess of Life, reserved for training her successor to nurture someone who's destined never to become a god? That's too much! That 190,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor was intended to help cultivate a future successor.
If the right candidate came along, such a near 200,000-year-old soul ring would be incredibly valuable.
Tang San was exasperated but adamantly denied the accusation.
What a mess.
Kong Deming had triggered one of the traps he left behind, attracting his attention. When he retaliated against Kong Deming, it caught the notice of the God of Destruction.
With the God of Destruction now watching him, the deity uncovered not only his true intentions behind these setups but also discovered the issues with Tang Ya's martial soul, leading him to suspect that Tang San was planning to steal the Blue Silver Emperor, thus keeping an even closer eye on him.
"Sigh…"
"What? You've reached level 40?"
Jing Hongchen, disheveled with a messy beard and unkempt hair, looked thoroughly worn out.
For the past six months, he had been immersed in heavy research, his workload massive, but his heart felt incredibly fulfilled.
It had been a long time since he lost himself so deeply in the study of soul tools.
This state of immersion made him feel alive.
After six months of research, Jing Hongchen had successfully developed a fusion technique to further integrate soul tools and soul masters. He had even begun testing this technique on his own soul tool armor.
During these months, he had dragged Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen into his experiments, teaching them soul tool crafting techniques along the way.
A month ago, Xiao Hongchen had reached the level of a fifth-ranked soul engineer in all aspects. However, due to his limited soul power, he hadn't been able to actually craft a fifth-ranked soul tool.
At the time, Xiao Hongchen was on the verge of a breakthrough in his soul power and had chosen not to rush into crafting a higher-level soul tool.
Finally, half a month ago, he broke through to level 50!
Meng Hongchen hadn't fallen behind in her cultivation either.
Before the upcoming Soul Dueling Competition, the siblings' goal was to reach the Soul King stage.
With their fusion martial skill and the speed of their dual cultivation far surpassing others, combined with the training resources provided by Jing Hongchen, their progress had been staggering.
After reaching level 48, Meng Hongchen didn't slow down and broke through to level 49 just a month ago.
During this time, she consumed many medicinal pills, which had a clear and powerful effect.
Meng Hongchen's martial soul contains a cold poison, which causes backlash during her cultivation. Under normal circumstances, she must carefully suppress this cold poison while training. Over the past six months, she has relied on a large number of medicinal pills to suppress the backlash from her martial soul, harmonizing the cold poison invading her body. With no worries about the poison's counterattack, her cultivation speed has increased significantly.
Additionally, she has been more aggressive in her use of these drugs compared to Su Yu, leading to even faster soul power improvements.
Within three months, she has a strong chance of breaking through to level 50.
Both siblings will need to hunt ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts for their fifth soul rings, which will be no small task. Jing Hongchen already felt the pressure.
Now that Su Yu has also broken through to level 40, his fourth soul ring will also need to be a ten-thousand-year ring!
With Kong Deming absent from the Sun Moon Empire, it falls to Jing Hongchen to help them acquire these soul rings.
In a short span of time, all three will need to obtain ten-thousand-year soul rings.
Jing Hongchen set aside his research to assess their current situation.
To best match her abilities, Meng Hongchen should acquire her soul ring from the extreme north.
For Xiao Hongchen, the best option lies in the metal-attribute soul beasts of the Jingyang Mountain Range.
As for Su Yu, his situation is more complicated, as he requires a life-attribute soul beast.
On the Douluo Continent, if the hardest soul rings to find are those with spiritual attributes, then the second hardest would be life-attribute soul rings—especially ten-thousand-year ones.
Jing Hongchen decided to first take Su Yu and Xiao Hongchen to hunt for their soul beasts.
While it won't be easy to find their soul rings, it will likely take some time.
By the time they've obtained their rings, Meng Hongchen should have broken through, and then he can take her to the extreme north to hunt for her soul ring.
"Prepare yourselves. We'll depart in three days."
They weren't leaving immediately, as Jing Hongchen needed to adjust his condition as well.
Hunting soul beasts cannot be taken lightly, and his role as a protector is critical.
If he were to make a mistake and fail to intervene during the fight against the soul beasts in time, it would be a serious dereliction of duty.
Both Xiao Hongchen and Su Yu are far too important for any carelessness.
Three days later.
Jing Hongchen appeared in high spirits, his aura steady, quite different from his state three days prior.
He retrieved a soul tool resembling wings, with three cylindrical thrusters on either side.
"This is a flying soul tool."
Jing Hongchen personally demonstrated how to use the flying soul tool.
Su Yu followed along, quickly mastering it.
The level-four flying soul tool was incredibly fast, and since they flew in a straight line, it only took them five days to travel from Mingdu to the Jingyang Mountain Range.
"The soul beasts in the Jingyang Mountain Range are predominantly metal-attribute. Even species that exist elsewhere tend to have metal-attribute variants here.
"For Xiao's fifth soul ring, we'll need to address his weaknesses by choosing a defensive-type soul ring. There are many suitable soul beasts, so our job is to find the one most appropriate for him.
"Su Yu, do you have any particular requirements for your fourth soul ring?"
"As long as it's a top-tier life-attribute soul beast, that'll be fine," Su Yu responded.
Jing Hongchen twitched slightly at the corners of his mouth.
What do you mean by "that'll be fine"?
Su Yu continued, "I've looked into the records. There aren't many life-attribute soul beasts in the Jingyang Mountain Range, and they're hard to find. But those that do survive here are all top-tier soul beasts."
Seeing that Su Yu had done his homework, Jing Hongchen asked, "Do you have a specific target in mind?"
"Sword Grass!"
(End of Chapter)