Drawing Cards from the Douluo World

"Roar!"

A tiger's earth-shaking roar rang out within the room, only to be blocked once again by Li Fu's expanded domain, causing no disturbance outside.

At this moment, as the original owner of the martial arts card, Dai Weisi could already see Li Fu's status through the system panel.

Li Fu

Relationship: Retainer

Loyalty: 100 (Unwaveringly Loyal)

Martial Soul: Ripping Wind Black Tiger

Innate Soul Power: Level 9

Soul Power: Level 90

Fused Soul Card: "Tiger Claw Absolute Hand"

...

After fusing with the "Tiger Claw Absolute Hand" martial arts card, Li Fu underwent an earth-shattering transformation.

Not only had his Soul Power broken through its shackles and reached Level 90, but even his Innate Soul Power had risen from Level 7 to Level 9.

What delighted Dai Weisi even more was—

Li Fu's original Black Tiger Martial Soul had only barely qualified as a high-grade Martial Soul. Yet after this fusion, it had been reborn and mutated into a top-tier tiger-type Beast Soul—the "Ripping Wind Black Tiger"!

Combined with the newly acquired Self-Created Soul Skill, "Tiger Claw Absolute Hand," Li Fu's close-range explosive damage had increased dramatically.

It was easy to foresee that, over the coming period, Li Fu's strength would undergo a transformation akin to leaping three tiers in succession.

After a short while, the aura around Li Fu gradually subsided, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Grandpa Li, how did Divine Grace feel?"

Dai Weisi looked up at the elder and asked with a smile.

Li Fu felt his body brimming with power. This healthy, robust state, filled with potential—he had not felt like this in so long!

"It's incredible. I've never felt this good before. Is this... the power bestowed by a god?"

His eyes, usually muddy and lifeless in appearance, now shone like lightning. Yet deep within them remained a trace of disbelief.

What had just happened in that instant felt almost like an illusion.

Even retainers, companions, and family members who had fused with Soul Cards could not come into contact with the system's existence.

Thus, Dai Weisi brought out the explanation he had prepared long ago.

"Grandpa Li Fu, ever since the day I was born, I was chosen by a god as a Divine Son—in other words, a Successor of Divine Seat."

"The Divine Grace just now was a blessing bestowed by the god upon you, my guardian."

Li Fu suddenly understood, filling in the entire story from the framework Dai Weisi had given him.

He had been confirmed as a Successor of Divine Seat from the moment he was born?

In that case, the First Prince's precociousness, the miraculous golden tiger markings on his White Tiger Martial Soul, and the Divine Blessing just now all made sense.

However, this concerned the inheritance of a Divine Seat. News like this was simply too shocking.

A sharp light flickered in Li Fu's eyes, though he was still partly unable to believe it.

"But, First Prince—"

"This concerns the inheritance of a Divine Seat. How could you reveal such a matter so casually to an outsider like this old servant?"

"If you had trusted the wrong person, if this old servant harbored even the slightest ill intent, then within my Black Wind Domain, Your Highness..."

Of course, Dai Weisi did not place all his trust in Li Fu himself, but in the system.

However, what he told Li Fu was this:

"This Divine Blessing signifies the identity of my guardian. The one who decides the guardian is not me, but the gods of the Divine Realm."

As soon as those words were spoken, the final missing link in Li Fu's reasoning fell perfectly into place.

Naturally, his own conscience was clear. Yet his care and loyalty toward the Empress and the First Prince had never been openly expressed, and Dai Weisi, being only a child, could not possibly see through people's hearts.

But gods could.

The gaze of gods could naturally peer into the hearts of mortals without obstruction.

Thus, it was only natural that he had become the most suitable guardian for the First Prince.

Li Fu, believing he had sorted everything out, finally stopped dwelling on it. He bowed to Dai Weisi and said, "This old servant, Li Fu, is willing to die in service of Your Highness!"

It was the second time this old man had spoken those words in his life, yet their sincerity and simplicity made them impossible for anyone to doubt.

Dai Weisi's expression turned solemn. He raised a hand and tapped Li Fu's arm—he was too short to reach his shoulder—as he said, "Minister Li, I, Dai Weisi, accept your Pledge Allegiance."

Perhaps this was the simplest ceremony of allegiance on the Douluo Continent, yet its significance was enough to be recorded in the continent's history.

Afterward, the two began discussing their plans for the period ahead.

There were only two matters of greatest importance.

First, Li Fu needed to hunt a sufficiently powerful ninth Soul Ring.

Second, after Li Fu became a Titled Douluo, he would follow Dai Weisi's plan and seize the immortal herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

As for Li Fu's ninth Soul Ring, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were difficult to find, but there were quite a few eighty- or ninety-thousand-year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

According to Li Fu's own recollection, when he had hunted his eighth Soul Ring years ago, he had encountered two tiger-type Soul Beasts over eighty thousand years old.

As for whether he could defeat them...

At Level 90, Li Fu possessed a domain. If he spent another month or so familiarizing himself with the newly acquired Self-Created Soul Skill, "Tiger Claw Absolute Hand," his combat power could rise even further.

With such strength, so long as he did not stubbornly challenge those powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts head-on, he should be able to roam freely through the Star Dou Great Forest.

Once Li Fu successfully obtained his Soul Ring and formally advanced to Titled Douluo, he would head straight to the Heaven Dou Empire and retrieve several immortal herbs Dai Weisi wanted from Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

As for the entire medicinal garden—

It was, after all, an isolated enclave deep within enemy territory. That could wait until the strength in Dai Weisi's hands had grown a little greater.

If everything went smoothly, by the time Li Fu returned from the Heaven Dou Empire, Dai Weisi would be nearly ready to break through Level 20.

Then he could return to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt his second Soul Ring and become the youngest Soul Grandmaster in Star Luo Empire history.

After that, Dai Weisi would add a whole series of cultivation plans for himself.

He would no longer limit himself to simply cultivating Soul Power. His physical fitness, palm techniques, and actual combat ability all needed to be trained.

And the ancient Soul Tool he had obtained on the day his Martial Soul awakened—the Giant Peak Soul Locking Bracelet—would also be put to use then.

After the conversation between master and servant ended, Dai Weisi left Li Fu's courtyard as though nothing had happened.

That very night, Li Fu had someone notify the Empress and ask her to secretly dispatch a guard force of two Soul Sages and eight Soul Emperors to protect Wanjin Mountain Villa.

As for himself, before dawn had even broken, he quietly left Star Luo City through its gates without alerting any of the soldiers guarding the city.

At Wanjin Mountain Villa, Li Fu's courtyard was cleaned each day by his grandson, Li Yang.

Li Yang also delivered three meals a day as usual, then secretly ate them inside the room so that no one else would notice anything unusual.

This way, for the time being, no one would discover that the strongest Soul Douluo of Wanjin Mountain Villa had quietly departed.

For the next stretch of time, Dai Weisi's life was dull and monotonous, yet filled with happiness.

Aside from attending school, cultivating the "Complete True Heart Method," and practicing the "Mountain Shaking Iron Palm," only Liu Yunying's frequent challenges gave him a bit of interest.

It had to be said that the teammate he had chosen truly was a born warrior.

Or rather, the descendants of the Liu Family who inherited the Crimson Flame Overlord Spear Martial Soul were all born warriors.

Every three to five days, Liu Yunying would challenge Dai Weisi once.

But because the gap in their raw strength was far too great, Dai Weisi always ended the fight in just a few punches and kicks.

Yet there was not the slightest trace of discouragement in Liu Yunying.

She fought time and again, lost time and again, then fought again. Though the results remained far from encouraging, and she could still only last two or three moves beneath Dai Weisi's hands, none of the other students in the Royal Junior Soul Master Academy could understand her apparent desire to be beaten up.

But Dai Weisi understood, and he was deeply shocked by it.

Only he, who had continually fought Liu Yunying, knew just how terrifying the talent of this little girl who repeatedly lost was.

After all—

While Liu Yunying was improving, Dai Weisi himself was improving every day as well!

Though he had not cultivated for long, after fusing with the martial arts card, practicing the "Mountain Shaking Iron Palm" was smoother for him by an unknown number of times compared to others.

And even under such circumstances, Liu Yunying's improvement in her family's inherited spear technique could barely keep pace with his?

If a Weapon Spirit could not possibly be a transformed Soul Beast, Dai Weisi would have even suspected—

Could she be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Crimson Flame Overlord Spear Soul Beast in human form?