Star-Plucking Tower, Three Titled Douluo!

That was right. Qin Shiyuan had actually broken through to Soul Saint a year and a half ago.

Then, in just over a year, he had reached the terrifying rank of seventy-nine.

If he had continued at that pace, he would definitely be far beyond Soul Saint by now.

It was not that he had deliberately suppressed his rank. High-level Spirit Rings were simply too difficult to find.

Later on, even finding a Spirit Beast old enough to qualify often took several months.

However, the Waste Martial Soul he had mentioned earlier was not something Qin Shiyuan had made up.

More precisely, he possessed Twin Martial Souls.

And the Sheath Without a Sword was the innate talent of this body itself.

As for the other Martial Soul, he had to thank the system... no, the gifts left behind by the deceased system.

When Qin Shiyuan had first transmigrated to Douluo Continent, he had also received a golden finger.

His golden finger had been a system, but before he could even ask about its functions—

The system hurriedly tossed him a beginner's gift, then seemed to encounter some irresistible force and exploded the next moment.

The contents of the beginner's gift had been rather bizarre: three identical blind boxes.

After opening the first one, Qin Shiyuan obtained his current Second Martial Soul—the Nine Abyss Sword Box.

One of the remaining boxes contained the method for setting up a Soul Restriction.

As long as the target willingly opened their mind, or he used his own strength to directly break through the barrier on the surface of the target's Sea of Consciousness—

He could plant a restriction in the target's Sea of Consciousness that allowed him to control their life and death.

If that gift had been satisfactory enough, then the other one had been deeply disappointing.

Marrow Cleansing Pills, one bottle containing eight pills.

That was right, the kind of medicinal pill that often appeared in cultivation novels.

Its function was to cleanse the sinews and marrow, slightly improving one's aptitude and talent.

It sounded quite good at first, but the bottle Qin Shiyuan had drawn had been a defective batch.

Though he did not know what flaw these defective pills possessed, it certainly could not be anything good.

Since there was a hidden risk, Qin Shiyuan naturally had no intention of taking them himself.

After all, with his God-Tier Second Martial Soul, his cultivation speed had already advanced by leaps and bounds. There was no need to take such a risk.

But after some idle time, Qin Shiyuan felt it was rather wasteful to let the pills sit there gathering dust.

So, he used a Soul Restriction to control a servant he had bought from the slave market and used him as an experiment.

Yet unexpectedly, what he had assumed would fail brought him a pleasant surprise...

"Come over."

As his eyes opened and closed, Qin Shiyuan's expression remained blank. The gentleness in his eyes had vanished, leaving only unfathomable depths.

"Tower Lord."

The next moment, three figures appeared side by side behind him, their expressions respectful.

If there had been a sharp-eyed Spirit Master present, they would certainly have recognized that these three deferential individuals were all renowned powerhouses in the Spirit Master world.

On the far left stood Shi Nian, the headmaster of Canghui Academy. Possessing the Residual Dream Martial Soul, he was reputed to be invincible beneath Titled Douluo.

The other two possessed a Spirit Fusion Skill with perfect compatibility.

With the cultivation of a Soul Emperor and a Soul Douluo, they could withstand a Titled Douluo head-on: the Peerless Dragon Snake.

Dragon Duke—Meng Shu, and Serpent Grandmother—Chao Tianxiang.

"How did it go?"

Qin Shiyuan turned around, his eyelids lowered as he swept his gaze over the three and asked indifferently.

Hearing this, the three showed faint excitement. Meng Shu, who seemed to be their leader, opened his mouth to answer.

"Thanks to the Immortal Herbs bestowed by the Tower Lord, both of them have successfully broken through to Titled Douluo."

"As for this old man, I am only half a step away from becoming a rank ninety-five Peak Douluo."

"Not bad."

After hearing this, Qin Shiyuan slowly nodded.

That was right. In the original story, these three supporting characters had at most possessed Eight Rings.

Now, all of them had unbelievably broken through to Titled Douluo.

Among them, Dragon Duke Meng Shu was only half a step away from joining the ranks of super powerhouses.

Naturally, this could not have been achieved merely with a few Immortal Herbs harvested from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The greatest contributor had been that bottle of defective Marrow Cleansing Pills, which Qin Shiyuan had initially regarded as trash.

After that servant took a Marrow Cleansing Pill, not only did his body show no abnormalities—

With merely Innate Level One Spirit Power, he had forcefully risen from rank nine to Two Rings within a year.

From that moment onward, Qin Shiyuan knew these Marrow Cleansing Pills were anything but ordinary.

Though he could easily surpass such cultivation speed, if it were someone with Innate Level Eight or Nine Spirit Power, they would absolutely leave him far behind.

Still, fearing that it might affect his future, he had no intention of taking one himself.

Thus, another idea was born in his mind...

As could be seen before him, after using all eight Marrow Cleansing Pills, Qin Shiyuan had gained eight subordinates whose lives and deaths were entirely under his control.

Three were Titled Douluo, while the remaining five were all powerhouses with more than Eight Rings.

In Douluo One, this force could hardly be called anything less than formidable.

"How are the arrangements below coming along?"

Qin Shiyuan turned toward Shi Nian on the left, raised his chin slightly, and asked.

Shi Nian composed himself and replied with a faint pride in his voice.

"Following the Tower Lord's instructions, we are still in the stage of laying low."

"Within the Heaven Dou Empire, although less than twenty percent of our businesses are public, we have already integrated over sixty percent of the underground forces."

"When the time comes, once these hidden resources are brought into the open, we can swiftly gather a powerful force."

After saying this, Shi Nian added, "Several Soul Douluo-level stewards guard all important locations. There will absolutely be no mistakes. Rest assured, Tower Lord."

Qin Shiyuan nodded without saying anything.

After a long while, he rose and slowly walked to the window. Gazing at the faintly visible Heaven Dou Imperial Palace in the distance, his expression was calm.

"Make preparations. In three days, you three will accompany me on a long journey."

"Settle everything in your hands. Do not give anyone an opening."

"A long journey?"

Hearing his words, Meng Shu and the other two did not react at first.

They all knew that, for the sake of a certain person, their master had stayed in this small tavern for over a decade.

Aside from hunting Spirit Rings, he had almost never left.

Yet today, he suddenly...

"Tower Lord, could it be that you..."

Suddenly, Meng Shu seemed to realize something. He stared directly at Qin Shiyuan with blazing eyes, unable to conceal his excitement.

"The power Star-Plucking Tower has accumulated for more than ten years is due to be shown to the world."

Facing the blazing sun, Qin Shiyuan stretched lazily, like a slumbering beast finally awakening and preparing to bare its fangs at the world.

"The Spirit Master Finals... I happen to be short on Spirit Rings. That rabbit will do for now."

"After this excitement, we can finally act without restraint. Pulling teeth from Spirit Hall's mouth should make for excellent publicity..."