Soul Guidance Seismograph

Rumble!

As if a thunderclap had exploded beside Ju Zi's ear, Xu Tianran's words left her so shocked that words could scarcely describe it.

Old Emperor Xu Sixteen's illness—the baffling condition for which renowned doctors from every nation had been summoned—had actually been caused by poison Xu Tianran had personally arranged for someone to administer!

No wonder the imperial physicians at the Imperial Medical Institute prescribed nothing but harmless tonics every time they examined the Old Emperor. No wonder every physician claimed that the illness was too rare and utterly incurable. Yet the Medical Immortal Douluo had cured the Old Emperor's "terminal illness" with only the slightest effort!

Thinking of the Soul Extinguishing Powder planted in the captured students and sect disciples of the Three Great Empires in Sunrise City, Ju Zi almost instantly realized a terrifying fact.

The poison Xu Tianran had used to bring down the Old Emperor had probably also come from the Evil Soul Masters. Only Evil Soul Masters could possess both a poison formula like Soul Extinguishing Powder, which left Soul Masters weak and numb, and an incurable toxin that slowly eroded a person's life force bit by bit.

Right, it all fit together. The period after the Old Emperor fell ill and the Crown Prince began ruling in his stead was also when Xu Tianran acknowledged that Supreme Cult Master as his adoptive mother and appointed Zhong Li Wu as State Preceptor!

"Ju Zi, what are you thinking about?"

Just as Ju Zi was piecing together every scrap of intelligence she possessed, Xu Tianran's sinister voice rang out.

"Your Highness."

Ju Zi hurriedly dropped to her knees. Beads of sweat slowly dripped down the bridge of her nose, and she did not even dare breathe too loudly.

"Don't be so nervous, Ju Zi. Since