From within the clouds, Ye Zhen looked down at Qinglan Martial Capital shrouded in night, his gaze somewhat distant.
After combining Yao Sen's testimony with the results of the soul search, Ye Zhen had basically learned Jian Qianxiong and Feng Qingyue's current circumstances.
At the same time, he had learned something else.
The main reason Yao Sen had broken through from the seventh level of the Pulse Forging Realm to the second level of the Palace Opening Realm in merely a year and a half was the pills bestowed by Ming Tang, this divine envoy from the upper realm.
Yao Sen's decision to be the first to pledge allegiance to Ming Tang was also connected to this.
Ming Tang had casually given Yao Sen a Great Treasury Palace Opening Pill, something exceedingly rare—or even nonexistent—in the True Spirit Domain and the entire True Profound Continent.
Under Ming Tang's deliberate prompting, after breaking through to the Palace Opening Realm, Yao Sen became the first to pledge allegiance to him. He then personally demonstrated the benefits and drew in Tian Guizhang, along with several other newly joined Palace Opening Realm Kings.
Worth mentioning was that this so-called allegiance was not like that in the True Spirit Domain, where a verbal oath of loyalty was enough.
In the True Spirit Domain, truly pledging allegiance to someone generally meant making a verbal vow at most, or swearing a Soul Oath. But with Ming Tang, the only standard for swearing allegiance was to hand over a wisp of one's Innate Soul through the secret art he taught.
As long as that wisp of Innate Soul remained in Ming Tang's hands, he could destroy them at any time—or make them wish they were dead—if he so desired.
Simply put, it was much like being a Martial