Fourteen years had passed since the cultivation system of Lesser Zhou Circulation, Great Zhou Circulation, Martial Cultivation Cauldron, Soul Establishing Furnace, Fire Control, Opening Inner Scenery, and Create All Heavens—Forging the Holy Court—had spread across the entire continent.
Over those fourteen years, the continent could not exactly be called peaceful and prosperous. Yet whenever disaster struck, whether man-made or natural, Chihua guided the nations so that any country in trouble could seek aid from the others for disaster relief.
Along with the development of Soul Tools, the rise in productivity, and the gradual refinement of the Soul Master cultivation system, more and more ordinary people gained the opportunity to cultivate.
The emergence of Artificial Soul Rings had also allowed Soul Masters to break through bottlenecks without needing to hunt Soul Beasts.
Of course, there was also a group of "traditionalist" Soul Masters who believed that Soul Rings from truly wild Soul Beasts were unquestionably superior to Artificial Soul Rings!
Yet the truth was that Artificial Soul Rings were far better than Soul Beast Soul Rings. Their age could reach the limits of what their users could endure, and their Soul Skills could be selected to a certain extent.
More importantly, they could be bought with money. As productivity developed, Artificial Soul Rings also became cheaper and cheaper.
By now, an ordinary person could buy one after working for a year.
Their price would only drop further in the future.
Correspondingly, materials from Soul Beasts had instead become increasingly expensive...
Those Ferocious Beasts and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, led by the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian, had also established the Myriad Beast Kingdom with Chihua's assistance, taking responsibility for communicating and cooperating with humanity.
Humans could still hunt Soul Beasts, but under certain conditions:
First, they could only hunt Soul Beasts