Fortune

A month passed.

At the border where the Star Luo Empire met the Sun Moon Empire stood a vast, bustling city.

Not only was this city strategically located, it was also a hub for trade between the two nations.

Especially trade in items such as Soul Tools.

At that moment, in a quaint inn within the city, Jin Tianming sat leisurely by the window in a private room.

His deep, bright eyes quietly gazed at the bustling street outside and the rolling mountains in the distance, as though he wished to take in everything beneath the heavens.

He gently lifted the teacup from the table, first inhaling the curling fragrance of the tea before taking a light sip. A fresh, elegant flavor spread through his mouth, leaving him intoxicated by it.

However, Moxie, who had come here with Jin Tianming, was nowhere to be seen.

Moxie had gone alone to gather information. The legion stationed in this city was the White Tiger Legion led by Duke White Tiger, so getting through the city would indeed pose a minor problem.

Yet these so-called minor problems were nothing to Jin Tianming.

After all, if he truly wished to leave in a hurry, he only needed Moxie to take him away. But at this moment, Jin Tianming showed not the slightest hint of urgency.

That was because he had another plan: to find out whether the legendary strongest Soul King in ten thousand years had appeared here during this period.

If that legendary figure really was here, Jin Tianming intended to have his main body use its dragon soul methods to firmly control him.

That way, the strongest Soul King in ten thousand years could become part of his and his main body's power. He might even become a secret trump card capable of determining victory or defeat at a critical moment!

It would be especially fun to disgust Xuanzi.

At that thought, the corners of Jin Tianming's lips lifted slightly, and a barely perceptible crafty glint flashed through his eyes.

That was the strongest Soul King who had escaped from the hands of a Super Douluo!

Back when he—his main body—had seen that plot and comic, he had truly wanted to say, Xuanzi, you really are useless! If Huo Cheat hadn't had Electrolux, then relying on that bug at most would have stunned that Soul King's brain for a moment.

It would have been absolutely impossible to kill the strongest Soul King. By then, unless the Douluo Plane personally intervened, Huo Yuhao would truly be dead and gone to see his mother.

Oh, no! His mother seemed to have been taken away by that guy with the fish fork.

Still, there was one thing that truly deserved praise. The strongest Soul King's corpse explosion was far more powerful than his main body's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!

Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion needed a clone as a medium to accumulate explosive energy, but corpse explosion was different. It could only be described as simple and brutal. As long as someone was contaminated by even half of the corpse poison, boom, they exploded!

Who the hell wouldn't be tempted by that?

It was practically a humanoid Soul Tool parasite-explosion remote control!

"Lord Golden Dragon!"

"How did it go?"

Hearing Moxie's voice, Jin Tianming knew she had returned. He asked with a trace of anticipation in his tone.

Moxie's voice sounded again. "My apologies, Lord Golden Dragon. I did not find that strongest Soul King!" Her tone was extremely dejected. As the most trusted subordinate of Immortal and Lord Golden Dragon, she had failed to handle even such a small matter.

She had truly disgraced the two lords.

Jin Tianming was visibly disappointed by that answer, though not overly so. It was an answer he had expected.

As the saying went, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

"Lord Golden Dragon, I have let you down!" Seeing that Lord Golden Dragon said nothing, Moxie in the shadows mistakenly thought she had disappointed Jin Tianming. She hurriedly added, "Lord Golden Dragon, give me some more time. I will definitely find him!"

Hearing this, Jin Tianming looked toward the shadows in confusion. However, he quickly understood and waved his hand. "It's fine. I expected that you might not find that guy. You've already done well."

"Not finding him isn't your fault. There's no need to blame yourself too much." Jin Tianming truly had not expected that Moxie would start overthinking just because he had said nothing. His main body's dragon soul enslaving people was honestly absurd.

"Yes, my lord!" After hearing Lord Golden Dragon's words, the self-reproach filling Moxie's heart instantly vanished without a trace.

Without hesitation, she immediately replied, "My lord, please rest assured. I will spare no effort to find him!" The moment her words fell, blazing, reverent light flashed in Moxie's eyes, as though it could pierce through every obstacle and reach its target.

At this moment, Moxie's heart was filled with a firm conviction—no matter the cost, she would thoroughly search that city. Even if she had to dig three feet into the ground, she would unearth that man known as the strongest Soul King!

Because to her, Lord Golden Dragon's orders were supreme decrees, leaving no room for even the slightest slackness or disobedience.

There were now only two people in this world whom she respected beyond measure. Oh, no, there was one more now: Princess Moyan!

Hearing that, Jin Tianming looked at Moxie in slight bewilderment. This dragon soul-modified person was seriously incredible.

He took in the fanaticism and reverence in Moxie's eyes, then waved his hand. "There's no need for that. We're preparing to head to the Sun Moon Empire. There are more Evil Soul Masters there to send back to my main body."

"Yes!"

Upon receiving Jin Tianming's new order, Moxie looked somewhat disappointed, but she still accepted it at once and rose to make preparations.

In the Douluo Continent, a world filled with fantasy and fierce conflict, the distribution of fortune in this era was now extraordinarily uneven.

If this fortune were compared to a night sky glittering with stars, then Huo Yuhao alone was like the most dazzling Big Dipper, occupying a full five measures of it!

On the other side, the powerful and ambitious Sun Moon Empire had claimed one measure of fortune. They were like a bright moon suspended high in the sky. Though they could not compare to Huo Yuhao's radiant brilliance, their influence was still impossible to ignore, especially in the field of Soul Tools.

Soul beasts occupied three measures, because the Imperial Auspicious Beast of the soul beasts still existed in this era.

As for the remaining one measure of fortune, it was jointly divided among the three great nations of Star Luo, Heaven Soul, and Dou Ling, as well as the long-established Shrek Academy.

If Shrek had not possessed Huo Yuhao, the Child of Fortune, and Tang San's divine descent, it would have long since been swallowed by the Sun Moon Empire and turned into Sun Moon Shrek Academy.

"Let Moyan and my future clone companions scheme for Shrek's fortune. As for that one measure of fortune belonging to the Sun Moon Empire, I, Jin Tianming, am enough!" Jin Tianming took another sip of tea. His gaze out the window brimmed with confidence and arrogance. From this day onward, he would make his name and martial soul resound across the entire continent!

After finishing the last sip of tea, Jin Tianming rose, set down the cup, left behind three Gold Soul Coins, and departed from the private room.

The Sun Moon Empire's fortune was also his for the taking!