Plane Shielding

Star Luo City

Twelve-year-old Ji Lin was cultivating. A white-haired, blue-eyed youth around 1.6 meters tall sat cross-legged beneath a large tree in the courtyard. His slender frame was peerlessly handsome, and sunlight fell upon him, reflecting a faint golden glow that made him seem like a god descended to earth.

Just then, Xu Jiujiu came to Ji Lin's side.

"Xiao Lin, the people you sent to watch the White Tiger Duke's Mansion reported back. An eleven- or twelve-year-old boy left the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and judging by the direction he was heading, he was bound for the Star Dou Great Forest."

Although Xu Jiujiu did not know why Ji Lin was keeping watch over the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, or why he cared about when an eleven- or twelve-year-old boy would leave the duke's residence,

she only needed to know that Ji Lin would not harm her or do anything detrimental to the Star Luo Empire. She would not pry too deeply into anything else.

As Her Highness the Princess, raised under the imperial family's elite education, she understood very clearly that she could not tie Ji Lin down too tightly or insist on getting to the bottom of everything.

She had to leave Ji Lin enough personal space and freedom. It was enough for her to know that he held her in his heart.

Otherwise, if she clung to him too much, he would grow tired of her sooner or later.

Hearing Xu Jiujiu's words, Ji Lin rose from beneath the tree and dusted himself off.

"Is that so? Then it seems I should set off as well. It's time to head to Shrek Academy."

"I knew it. Xiao Lin, I've already prepared your things for you."

Xu Jiujiu handed Ji Lin a Storage Spirit Tool containing enough resources for a year of cultivation, along with some daily necessities and several Soul Tools.

Ji Lin accepted it and checked its contents. Among the Soul Tools were a fourth-level Milk Bottle, a charging Soul Tool that could replenish Soul Power. It had extremely high requirements for both materials and cores, but was stable.

A sixth-level Invincible Shield. The Invincible Shield was a Soul Tool developed based on the Invincible Golden Body. It was a single-use consumable, and at minimum, a fifth-level Soul Tool. It required Golden Crystal Stones, a specialty of the Sun Moon Empire, as a medium. Once infused with the core formation, the Invincible Shield could transform the energy within the Golden Crystal Stone into immensely powerful defensive strength. A fifth-level Invincible Shield could withstand attacks from anyone below an eight-ring Soul Douluo for three seconds. A sixth-level one could block the attacks of an ordinary Titled Douluo for three seconds.

Wall of Tenacity, a sixth-level Soul Tool similar to the Invincible Shield. It could be activated by a Soul Master's Soul Power or maintained through a continuous supply of Soul Power. Its defense was slightly weaker than the Invincible Shield's, but the Wall of Tenacity was not a single-use consumable, and its defense activated upon being triggered. However, once activated, it continuously consumed the Soul Master's Soul Power.

There was also a Flying Soul Tool.

The Soul Tools Xu Jiujiu had prepared for Ji Lin were all defensive or supportive. He had no need for offensive Soul Tools. Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment, with its Ultimate Fire, was more than enough.

Over three years, Ji Lin's Soul Power cultivation had reached level 39. The eight-thousand-year Purple Sword Bamboo he had absorbed three years ago had only raised him one level, and then he had spent three years gaining another eight levels.

Although he had long known that Soul Masters with ultimate attributes cultivated from level 30 to level 70 at a pace like a crawling turtle,

even with ample cultivation resources and Void Sword Qi, Ji Lin could only improve by around two and a half levels each year. Compared to other ordinary Soul Masters, that was not slow.

But he also had Void Sword Qi accelerating his cultivation.

In recent years, Ji Lin had devoted all his time to cultivating Soul Power and had not put much effort into studying Soul Tools. He had barely reached the level of a third-level Soul Engineer, and that was according to the Star Luo Empire's ranking. In the Sun Moon Empire, he would only count as a second-level Soul Engineer.

But Ji Lin was not in a hurry.

He understood his own role clearly. Soul Master first, Soul Tools second. He did not need to be overly proficient with Soul Tools; it was enough to understand them and learn how to use them.

After packing his luggage and bidding Xu Jiujiu farewell, Ji Lin called for Chi Yuan, who had long been waiting, and left Star Luo City with her for the Star Dou Great Forest.

This time, Ji Lin did not have Chi Yuan carry him through the air. Instead, he used the Flying Soul Tool to fly alongside her.

Although he also possessed the Fire Dragon Wings, which allowed him to fly, they consumed more Soul Power than the Flying Soul Tool.

Along the way, Ji Lin took out two cards from his Storage Spirit Tool and turned them over in his hands, hesitating over whether to use them. In the end, he made up his mind and used both cards.

These two cards were treasures Ji Lin had obtained from the Treasure Chest System.

He suspected that they were treasures custom-made for him by the Treasure Chest System. To him right now, they were no different from timely aid in a snowstorm.

Originally, he had not been certain whether he could accomplish his goal this time.

But now, he was brimming with confidence.

One of the two cards he had just used was the Plane Shield Card. As the name suggests, it could block the Douluo Divine Realm's observation and interference with Douluo Continent, preventing gods from interfering with the lower realm or contacting it.

It had come from the eleventh treasure chest. Without question, it was meant to guard against God King Tang.

This card would make God King Tang believe that the plane consciousness had actively severed the connection between the Divine Realm and the Douluo plane.

God King Tang would place all the blame on the plane consciousness, and he would not dare to forcibly break through the barrier. The Divine Realm was not yet his personal domain, and God King Destruction, displeased with him due to their differences of opinion, had been keeping a close eye on him.

This card had come at just the right time, because Ji Lin did not know whether God King Tang had been watching Huo Yuhao. After all, Huo Yuhao, the Child of Fortune, seemed to have been targeted by God King Tang from the moment he was born.

If Ji Lin came into contact with Huo Yuhao or stole his fortuitous opportunities, would God King Tang notice something?

Not to mention Princess Tang. God King Tang's divine consciousness was within her Sea of Consciousness.

Now, things were different. The plane had been shielded, and God King Tang probably could no longer see him.

As for the divine consciousness on Princess Tang, he had a way to deal with that as well.

The second card had come from the twelfth treasure chest. It was called the Fate Modification Card.

It could alter one instance of fate for oneself or another person.

When Ji Lin had used it just now, he had already altered both his and Huo Yuhao's fates.

He had changed Huo Yuhao's fate of encountering the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm into Ji Lin's fate of encountering the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Everything was ready; all that was needed was the final push.

Thus, Ji Lin was in no rush to catch up to Huo Yuhao. He had faith in the Fate Modification Card obtained from the Treasure Chest System. He would definitely encounter the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

At the same time, when Ji Lin used the Plane Shield Card,

the Douluo Divine Realm.

A gentle halo, like a mother's hand, softly caressed the delicate skin of the clouds and mist. The illusory space possessed an exceptionally moving sense of substance. Vaguely, not far away, there seemed to stand a majestic palace, both unreal and real beneath the caress of that gentle halo.

A figure stood quietly amid the clouds and mist, gazing into the endless distance, though no one knew what he was looking at.

He had long, waterfall-like blue hair that reached all the way to his feet. If not for his imposing figure and broad shoulders, one might have mistaken him for a woman from behind.

His luxurious blue robe seemed to ripple with waves. If one looked closely, one's gaze would instantly be drawn into that deep azure, and even one's entire soul might be pulled into that boundless blue as profound as the sea.

His handsome face appeared to be only in its twenties, yet his eyes were unfathomably deep. His gaze seemed empty, yet it also seemed to contain all things. From time to time, a flash of purple flickered through it, stirring the soul. It carried the sense of fleeting splendor and the instant extinction of life and death.

"Hm? What's going on? Why can't I see Douluo Continent's fate clearly anymore?"

The man frowned deeply and muttered in confusion.

"Did the Douluo plane consciousness block my investigation? Sigh... I can't even contact the divine consciousness within Xiao Qi anymore. Fortunately, Da Ming Er Ming are still on Douluo Continent. I hope they can take good care of Xiao Qi. Destruction has been watching me closely lately, so I have no way to act. Otherwise... sigh!"

With a sigh, the man wore a melancholy expression.