Having lived for so many years, Elder Song was considered one of the world's top experts, far surpassing Xuanzi in knowledge.
Xuanzi only managed to maintain her advantage due to her powerful martial soul and bloodline.
In terms of understanding martial souls and the Soul Master system, he was inferior to Elder Song.
The Sea God Pavilion's records indicated that those who underwent the Divine Trial would bear relevant marks, and their martial souls would undergo a certain degree of sublimation, acquiring characteristics of the corresponding deity in their soul power.
Feng Jin, aside from not seeing any Divine Trial marks, met all the requirements for a Divine Trial participant.
Elder Song was basically certain that Feng Jin had gained the favor of a certain deity.
Of course, the reality differed somewhat from her expectations.
Feng Jin wasn't a Divine Trial participant; the Sky Throne was merely a concept, without a corresponding deity.
She was similar to the Destruction God King and Xia Die, favored by the rules and willingly placed on the throne, without even needing to collect faith. Amon was also attempting to walk this path.
However, the rules of error are far more aloof than the heavens. Unless Amon achieves the highest level of error, he won't be actively elevated to godhood.
Feng Jin is regarded as Song Lao's successor; the brighter her future, the happier Song Lao is.
The Ultimate Wind is her lifelong dream, but unfortunately, she can't achieve it.
Her daughter, Xian Lin'er, has also reached a bottleneck in this path, unable to break through without the right opportunity.
Seeing an Ultimate Wind in person now fulfills one of her wishes.
However, a serious problem has arisen:
Feng Jin's Ultimate Wind arrived too early!
She missed the level 70 bug!
She'll suffer the debuff of the Ultimate Martial Soul.
Fortunately, Shrek Academy possesses cultivation insights left by the former Ultimate Wind, which should offer some help.
Unfortunately, the characteristic of Shrek Academy's Ultimate Wind was extreme speed, while Feng Jin's Martial Soul seems unrelated to extreme speed, more like the power of nature.
Each ultimate martial soul possesses its own unique characteristics.
For example, ultimate fire can be categorized into yang fire and yin fire.
The second-generation Fire Dragon King Jia Lin's ultimate fire, Crimson Gold Profound Flame, is a prime example of yang fire, while Ji Dong's Ding Si Netherworld Yin Spirit Fire is a prime example of yin fire.
Old Song looked kindly at Feng Jin, who was playing with Little Ika with Xia Die and Ti Bao, pondering how to help Feng Jin remove the side effects of her ultimate martial soul. If all else failed, he'd use Dream Coins to build it up!
He'd convert a large amount of Dream Coins into spiritual power, forcibly suppressing the ultimate soul power as it circulated through her meridians.
If money wasn't enough, he'd drag Old Zhuang along; healing-type soul masters were known for their wealth.
Who could guarantee they wouldn't get injured?
Normally, offensive-type soul masters would try to give gifts to famous healing-type soul masters, hoping it would save their lives in the future.
" ...Brother, I'm back."
Behind the battlements of the imperial city, Xu Jiujiu bowed to Xu Jiawei and the Empress, then greeted them softly.
"Sigh, there are no outsiders here, no need for formalities, it makes us seem distant."
"Has the Book of Records been delivered?"
Xu Jiawei looked at Xu Jiujiu helplessly, then straightened his expression and looked at her seriously.
Xu Jiujiu's azure eyes were filled with seriousness; they had taken complete precautions regarding the Book of Records.
"Yes, it's been delivered to the Hall of Offerings."
"Our whereabouts haven't been exposed."
"The false information we left behind was discovered by the Body Sect; they now think it was bought by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."
"The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy thinks it was bought by the Body Sect; I estimate they'll start fighting as soon as the competition ends."
Xu Jiawei nodded in satisfaction, finding it so enjoyable to watch the dogs fight each other. It was a pity Shrek Academy didn't fall for it; their team leader was too astute.
If it were a three-way battle, with the Star Luo Empire remaining on the sidelines, just hearing about it would make him want to eat two more bowls of rice.
"By the way, Jiu Jiu."
"Has the message from Her Majesty Ling Bing been confirmed?"
"Could there really be a Sea God family?"
Xu Jiu Jiu's expression turned serious.
She swallowed hard and nodded solemnly, saying,
"I came here this time for this very reason."
"Brother, the secret guards deployed on the west coast of the Star Luo Empire have sent the latest news."
"They discovered the base of an unknown force on an island hundreds of kilometers away from Tianxing City using a high-altitude detection soul tool!"
"The high-altitude detection soul tool was shot down immediately after reaching their airspace."
Xu Jiawei's brows twitched, and he said in a low voice,
"This high-altitude detection soul tool was ordered from Xilu City for 15 million gold soul coins. It can operate at an altitude of 10,000 meters."
"It was shot down directly!"
"Either they have more advanced soul tool technology! Or they have a Limit Douluo!"
"And this Limit Douluo is extremely powerful!"
Xu Jiu Jiu pursed her lips, her eyes showing worry as she said,
"Brother, if the intelligence is true."
"This Sea God family may have more than twenty Title Douluos, and one Limit Douluo has already been confirmed."
"And to be able to fight a Deep Sea Demon Whale King that's nearly a million years old and even severely injure it."
"Then how many Super Douluo must there be?"
Xu Jiawei shook his head and sighed,
"These are turbulent times!"
"To set up camp so close to the Star Luo Empire, I'm afraid what Lingbing Douluo said is true; their intentions are not good!"
"With this level of power, our Star Luo Empire alone really can't resist."
"But if we add the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest like Ditian, our Star Luo Empire might not be unable to fight back."
"If we really let these guys run rampant over our Star Luo Empire, our royal family will lose face!"
"Perfect timing, the Sect Master of the Body Sect, Du Busi, should be coming to Star Luo City because of the Book of Records."
"The Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Masters should be around the same time."
"Find a way to drag both of their forces into the conflict between the Star Luo Empire and the Sea God Family."
"That way, at least in terms of high-end combat power, Star Luo City will definitely not be inferior to the Sea God Family for a period of time."
"The Sea God Family has really bitten off more than they can chew!"
"I believe that facing guests from the sea, we will all make the same choice!"
"If they want our Star Luo royal family to bow down, then let's have a real fight first!"
Xu Jiawei had absolutely no goodwill towards the Sea God Family, who wanted to spread the Sea God faith across the continent.
What emperor would want all his subjects to worship one religion?
Even the Sea God, that's unacceptable!
If the Star Luo royal family bowed down, it wouldn't be long before the Star Luo Empire faced a struggle between imperial and divine power.
If the imperial power lost, the Xu family's reign would be over.
The Star Luo Empire would become a country with divinely ordained imperial power, and the Xu family would be a dog of the Sea God Family. Xu Jiawei felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it; he didn't want that kind of future!
Compared to this future, being annexed by the Sun Moon Empire isn't so hard to accept.
Who would rather be a dog than a human?
Xu Jiujiu then asked,
"Brother."
"The secret guards also asked whether to retaliate directly if the Sea God family forcibly enters the country?"
Xu Jiawei's eyes were filled with anger, his whole body exuding imperial majesty, his tone filled with uncontrollable rage.
"Tell the border guards and secret guards that if the Sea God family dares to come in, use fixed-position soul-guided cannons!"
"I will transfer Duke White Tiger over there to guard against this covetous Sea God family."
"The land is only so big a cake, and the ocean wants to take a piece too? It won't be that easy!"
...
"What are you looking at?"
Huo Yuhao came to Roman's side with a cup of coffee and handed it to him.
Dai Ying and others were with him, holding milk tea from Snow King Ice City.
Roman took the coffee and said softly,
"Let's see how Feng Jin's condition is."
"The crown and she are perfectly integrated. That winged beast called Little Ika is quite peculiar."
"The power it contains is beyond imagination, and its connection to the sky is very deep."
Huo Yuhao said with a smile,
"As a manifestation of the crown and Feng Jin's bloodline, it established a connection between Feng Jin and the sky."
"Just like the monocle I gave Amon, Little Ika is a symbol representing the sky."
"Alright, try the coffee I gave you."
Huo Yuhao's face was devoid of a smile; people are always patient when doing bad things.
Roman didn't think too much and took a sip of the coffee in his hand. His emerald green eyes widened instantly; the strange taste seemed to be defiling his taste buds.
"Cough!"
"Wait! What is this?"
This is coffee?!
Huo Yuhao patted Roman on the shoulder and said,
"I found a century egg flavored coffee in Star Luo City, isn't it delicious?"
Roman looked at the century egg flavored latte in his hand, feeling like the Pope of the Catholic Church seeing Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be the second son of God, polluting Christian doctrine with a distorted Bible of unknown origin.
"Which coffee shop did this?!"
"This is pure heresy!"
"I'll nail him to the cross and roast him over a low flame!"
Huo Yuhao patted him on the shoulder and said,
"We should be tolerant, tolerant of cultural differences from different places, isn't that good? It reflects the diversity of the coffee industry, just like ginger ale."
Roman made a bitter face. He knew Huo Yuhao was petty, but he didn't expect him to even find century egg coffee for revenge.
Huo Yuhao straightened his expression and said seriously,
"No more joking."
"In a while, things will get interesting in Xingluo City."
"Amon sent a message saying the Sea God family is getting impatient, and Du Busi from the Body Sect is preparing to come to Xingluo City."
"Otto and Jing Hongchen sent messages saying Kong Deming is leading three level-nine Soul Masters towards Xingluo City."
"Their objective is the Book of Records."
"I've sent the Root Group to intercept them for a while, ensuring they arrive in Xingluo City around the same time as the Sea God family."
"Soon, this place will be a vibrant, flourishing place."
Roman hesitated upon hearing this, glancing at the large crowd watching the match, and said,
"The casualties will be huge, won't they?"
"After all, so many powerful figures are fighting."
Huo Yuhao paused, then smiled at Roman and said,
"You're much more humane than that half-Nightmare."
"Don't worry, that won't happen."
(End of Chapter)
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