Faith Struggle

After determining the general candidates to hunt down Bo Saixi, Xu Mingxi returned to the Star Luo Imperial Palace to go into seclusion and strive to completely integrate the energy in her divine spark as soon as possible.

According to his observation, the Faith Power is like a kind of adhesive, mixing the origin contained in the fragments of the Star God' divine personality with the origin of the Sun God and the Yue Shen, turning them into a new divine power that belongs only to Xu Mingxi.

Even with this Faith Power, the fusion of the three divine sources is extremely slow, taking at least several hundred years.

The last time the Sun Moon Dual Gods told him that the Asura God had only been stripped of his law enforcement power for over three hundred years, if Xu Mingxi had not yet become a god by then, no one could predict what would happen.

The only solution Xu Mingxi could think of was to expand the collection of faith and use the immense Faith Power to accelerate the fusion of the three divine sources.

Nowadays, Star God Hall have been built in almost every part of the Star Luo Empire, where Star God Statue with Xu Mingxi's appearance stand. Every commoner who awakens their Martial Soul for free will go to worship.

As for the Soul Grandmaster families and sects, they generally do not worship Deity. Even if they erect statues of gods on the surface, without heartfelt worship, they will not generate any Faith Power.

Xu Mingxi can do is to keep the Star Luo Empire in check and ensure that the people and Soul Master in the empire can live and work in peace and contentment.

In this way, they would be more willing to have more offspring, and with the rapid increase in population, the people would worship the Star God even more devoutly.

Beyond that, the only option left to gain more Faith Power is to expand one's territory.

After the fall of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Douluo Continent was roughly divided into six major forces, three each from the human and Soul Beast factions.

On the human side, there are the Star Luo Empire, the Spirit Hall Empire, and Sea God Island; on the Soul Beast side, there are the Star Dou Great Forest, the Far North Land, and the Ocean Soul Beast.

With six major forces dominating the entire Douluo Continent, Xu Mingxi must choose an opponent and seize their territory if he wants to expand outwards.

He looked at the map of the power distribution of the Douluo Continent on the table in front of him, and his gaze gradually moved upward until he saw the four big characters "Spirit Hall Empire".

Among the six forces, the Spirit Hall Empire is not particularly strong, and it is almost entirely supported by Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and Golden Crocodile.

However, their territory and population are the largest, even larger than the Star Luo Empire. Defeating them would be the most rewarding for Xu Mingxi, as it would allow him to gain the faith of most of the continent.

Xu Mingxi sat on the Prayer Mat in the secluded room, deep in thought. After sitting quietly for a long time, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been thinking wrong all along.

Now, the greatest threat to him and the Star Crown Sect is not Tang San, but Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue of the Spirit Hall.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, these two will become gods before Tang San. At that time, unless these two women become love-struck again and start fighting each other, no one on the continent will be able to stop them.

The power of Deity is vastly different from that of ordinary Soul Master, let alone the First-Level God Angel God and Rakshasa God. Once the two of them become familiar with their own power, no one on the continent will be able to defeat them.

Xu Mingxi knew that if he maintained the status quo, his speed of becoming a god would definitely not be as fast as these two. He had to speed up the process and collect more faith.

Alternatively, they could be eliminated directly to cut off the threat at its source. However, to kill these two, Qian Daoliu is the hurdle he must overcome.

A murderous glint flashed in Xu Mingxi's mind. As long as he could achieve his goal, he would not hesitate to use any means, including temporarily betraying his allies.

He would gain an advantage by killing any one of Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu, and Bibi Dong. If he could kill two of them, the Star Luo Empire would be invincible.

"If I show any signs of fatigue, Qian Daoliu and the others will definitely not hesitate to kill me. It all comes down to who shows a weakness first."

The candlelight in the secluded cultivation room went out, and Xu Mingxi resumed his cultivation. To establish the Star Luo Empire as the undisputed hegemon, he needed even greater strength.

In a battle between four or even five peerless warriors, no one dares to claim a sure victory, especially given the current disunity and the fact that everyone has their own agenda.

No one knew which way the battle would go; everyone believed they would emerge victorious and reach the pinnacle.

Star Luo Emperor rarely needed to appear in front of the people, and Xu Mingxi's seclusion had no impact on the Star Luo Empire.

Apart from Xu Mingjie's slight complaints, everyone was quite satisfied. Without Xu Mingxi's surveillance, they had the opportunity to engage in some underhanded tactics to secure more benefits for their families and sects.

For example, the families behind the Soul Arena found that even without the shackles of the Spirit Hall, their lives were not as enjoyable as before.

The Star Luo Empire is now a collection of too many forces. Whether it's the few that originally developed here or the few that fled from the Heaven Dou Empire, none of them are having an easy time.

Among the Seven Great Families, the So Li Families have completely joined forces with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School and jointly controlled the area near Seven Treasure Mountain. They are living a relatively comfortable life, but there are signs that they are being assimilated by the school.

The Chen Family, relying on their patriarch being Super Douluo, almost completely swallowed up the Mu Family, who had come with them, and carved out their own territory, continuously growing stronger.

The Du Family continues their intelligence business, and they have spies throughout the Heaven Dou Empire, much like before.

Only the Zhao Family and Qian Family, who were already developing within the Star Luo Empire, suffered significant losses during this migration of various powers, with far too many of their interests being snatched away by others.

The two factions' Titled Douluo were not strong, both at level 93, and were no match for other forces, so they could only keep retreating.

"Old Zhao, if you ask me, we shouldn't have left the Spirit Hall in the first place. Now look what's happened, our two families are the worst off."

Look at them, either they're capable enough themselves, or they've found a powerful backer. We two families are stuck here, stuck in an awkward position.

"Alright, Lao Qian, stop talking. Have you forgotten that we both voted against it back then, but there were more people in favor, and there was nothing we could do about it."

And don't forget, the higher-ups have special requirements for both of our families. We even have that thing inside us; trying to defect to another faction is suicide."

"Ugh, what bad luck! Why did they choose our two families in the first place?"

"It's not that we're in the Star Luo Empire. Compared to the weakened Heaven Dou Empire, it's much more threatening."

Zhao Gou and Qian Fu exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with helplessness. If they had a choice, they would never want to leave the Spirit Hall's command.