Exiting Seclusion
Nine months have passed since Yu Tianheng Shrek Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing has been cultivating in the Dark Abyss for a year.
During this year, the overall situation on the mainland remained largely unchanged. However, the status of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the Heaven Dou Empire was clearly elevated, and the One King Four Dukes were constantly making small moves, further increasing the pressure on Xue Ye.
In the small details.
Although Shrek still came to the Heaven Dou Imperial City this time, they did not choose to go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Instead, they went directly to the Blue Tyrant Academy.
And they successfully took over Blue Tyrant Academy and renamed it Shrek Academy.
Nothing else has changed much. The trouble Zhu Zhuqing caused on the Douluo Continent has subsided within a year.
When she opened her eyes again, a terrifying, soul-stirring aura flashed before Zhu Zhuqing's eyes.
It has been almost a year since she came to this Dark Abyss. In that year, her Soul Power Level has increased from level 53 to Level 59, a full six-level increase.
Five of the upgrades were achieved thanks to the help of the Dark Abyss.
It's worth noting that her current level of Soul Power refinement is comparable to that of Titled Douluo. Although the Soul Power required to break through levels is not as terrifying as that of Titled Douluo, this still gives a glimpse into her future potential.
Although she was only one level away from breaking through to level 60, now was definitely not the time to continue her seclusion. Calculating the time, it was only a few days away from the time she had agreed upon with the Netherworld Grand Duke.
She also wanted to see if the Netherworld Grand Duke had found any powerful Soul Beast suitable for her.
The current timeline of the Douluo World is still relatively early, and some particularly precious Soul Beast are not yet at the point of extinction.
Furthermore, since she doesn't care about the time limit, the Duke Nether might not be unable to find her if he were to search seriously.
A year has passed, and her Holy Light White Tiger still hasn't developed the power to rival the Nether Shadow Spirit Cat's Utmost Evil Power, but it is improving every day.
A sacred light shone forth from the Dark Abyss, and a pair of imposing wings flapped behind Zhu Zhuqing, carrying her directly out of the Dark Abyss.
The area around the Dark Abyss remained a desolate wasteland for living beings until she flew a hundred miles before life gradually began to emerge.
The Duke Nether's Mansion!
For the past few days, Duke Nether has been sitting quietly in the courtyard of the Duke's Mansion, not allowing any servants to attend to him, and he can sit there for an entire day.
"It's been a year, and Your Highness's cultivation has improved even more!"
Just today, as Duke Nether Duke Nether was once again dozing in the courtyard, a clear, cold voice reached his ears.
Brush!
Duke Nether quickly opened his eyes.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a beautiful young woman dressed in black sitting in the seat in front of me.
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing did not dare to put on any airs of a father, Duke Nether quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to him, saying, "It is all thanks to Your Majesty's bestowal of precious medicine that this old man's cultivation has broken through to level eighty-nine!"
Unable to perceive how Zhu Zhuqing had appeared, the Duke Nether became even more humble.
Because the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma gave him hope of breaking through to the next rank, and his Ninth Soul Ring still depended on Zhu Zhuqing, he couldn't afford to offend her too much.
Where are my Eldest Sister and the others?
Zhu Zhuqing picked up the pastries on the table and tasted them. She hadn't eaten anything good for a year, and she was really craving a bite.
"Zhu Yun has broken through to Level 50. The First Prince took her to hunt for her fifth Soul Ring. It will probably be more than a month before they return."
As the Duke Nether spoke, a hint of emotion flashed in his eyes.
Zhu Zhuyun was the fastest Cultivation Speed member of the Zhu Family he had ever seen, apart from Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuyun is only twenty years old this year, but her cultivation level has already reached Level 50.
Back when he was twenty, who knows what he was doing!
The First Prince is no less impressive. At the age of twenty-two, even though he usually has to entertain guests and help His Your Majesty handle state affairs, he has still managed to break through to level fifty-two.
With such talent, the Star Luo Empire will likely produce two more emperors and Empress with titles in the future.
If he also breaks through to the Titled Douluo, then the Zhu Family's status can be elevated to an even higher level.
If you even include Zhu Zhuqing, although he doesn't know how his youngest daughter did it, she's becoming more and more terrifying, and her strength is probably even greater than before.
"It's been Soul Hunting! No wonder I didn't sense it!"
Zhu Zhuqing then realized that with the dual cultivation method she had taught them, Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, given their talents, should indeed be breaking through Level 50 by now, unless they were too busy.
Where is what I asked for?
Since she didn't encounter Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing didn't care anymore and instead asked her what she needed.
"Plz follow me!"
Duke Nether quickly got up and led the way.
He dispatched most of his staff during that year.
The main purpose is to collect powerful and rare Soul Beast with both light and dark attributes for Zhu Zhuqing.
The other part involved secretly gathering clues about powerful Dark Attribute Soul Beast for him.
After consuming the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, he clearly felt that his own foundation had increased.
Under normal circumstances, breaking through level 90 should not be a problem at all.
If he were to absorb another high-quality Ninth Soul Ring, or even Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, he might be able to advance a few more steps after reaching level 90.
Although he didn't focus all his efforts on collecting these two types of Soul Beast Soul Beast, he still managed to collect quite a few of them, both of which were rare and powerful, within a year.
It's just that the number of years it's been around isn't very high.
However, if you absorb their Soul Ring, you can indeed obtain pretty good Soul Skill!
He knew that Zhu Zhuqing possessed Twin Martial Souls and had roughly "guessed" what Zhu Zhuqing was thinking.
If the Soul Skill's age isn't enough, make up for it with its quality.
It's no wonder he has achieved such great success that he was able to resist the temptation to absorb high- Year Limit Soul Ring.
Duke Nether led Zhu Zhuqing to an underground chamber while introducing the events that had occurred on the continent over the past year.
Upon entering the secret room, Zhu Zhuqing smelled the scent of a Soul Beast.
Moreover, it possesses countless extremely pure energies of light and darkness.
"The time was too short. Even with the full resources of the entire government, we only managed to collect this much. What do you think?"
Duke Nether stopped at the gate and waved for Zhu Zhuqing to look inside.
"Okay, I can read it myself. You can go now. In the coming days, focus on your cultivation and try to break through to level 90 as soon as possible!"
Zhu Zhuqing had no interest in having the Duke Nether accompany her; she was already here, so she could just watch it all by herself.
What came into view were dozens of iron cages, each with a sign in front of it containing information about the Soul Beast, so there was no need for the Duke Nether to introduce them.
"Yes!"
Duke Nether's eyes lit up. Zhu Zhuqing's words meant that she had not forgotten their previous agreement.
He had no interest in accompanying Zhu Zhuqing to see the Soul Beast now; he was eager to break through to level 90 immediately so that Zhu Zhuqing could take him to hunt a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Duke Nether bowed respectfully to Zhu Zhuqing and quickly took his leave.
He didn't know how long Zhu Zhuqing would stay, but the sooner he could break through, the better, right?
"The Mystifying Ghost Death Butterfly, the Dark Night Death Scythe, the Netherworld Ghost King Lion..."
As Zhu Zhuqing walked through the underground chamber, she unconsciously nodded slightly as she looked at the Soul Beast imprisoned in each cell.
These Soul Beast are all rare and powerful Soul Beast.
The only problem is that the age limit is a bit low; the Mystifying Ghost Death Butterfly has barely broken through the Ten Year Soul Beast.
"Hmm... this, this is!?"
After passing the area where Dark Attribute Soul Beast were imprisoned, Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the area for Light Soul Beast and immediately spotted a Soul Beast that looked somewhat familiar.