Entering the Secret Realm to Condense a Soul Ring, Obtaining the Reincarnation Pearl

At that moment, Liu Ming said, "I'll take Xiaotian to rest first. Tomorrow, I'll send him into the Secret Realm to condense his Soul Ring."

Liu Zhenyan nodded upon hearing this. "Good! Liu Ming, take your grandson to rest first. Tomorrow, we'll gather here and open the Secret Realm's gate for Xiaotian!"

"Understood, Big Brother!"

Liu Ming led Zhao Xiaotian toward a comfortable room. After pushing open the door and bringing Zhao Xiaotian inside, they saw a row of maids standing neatly within.

Zhao Xiaotian looked at his grandfather in confusion. Liu Ming smiled and said, "Your great-grandmother arranged this. She was worried you wouldn't sleep well here, so she had these maids come take care of you."

Zhao Xiaotian nodded. "Then I should thank Great-Grandmother. However, I don't need the maids to look after me. Grandfather, you should let them leave."

Though Liu Ming found it somewhat difficult, he still agreed. After taking the maids away, Zhao Xiaotian washed up and went to bed.

The Liu Family treated him rather well. The room was spacious, with a separate bathing room, a separate washroom, and even a study filled with every kind of book.

Before long, Zhao Xiaotian drifted off to sleep. The moon was especially round that night, as harmonious and complete as Zhao Xiaotian recognizing his mother's family today.

The night passed without incident, and time flew by...

In the morning, Zhao Xiaotian opened his bleary eyes, rubbed them with one hand, threw back the covers, got out of bed, and went to brush his teeth and wash his face. After changing into a clean, formal white outfit, he left the room.

He arrived at the sect master hall from yesterday. At that moment, more than twenty Elders of the White Shadow Sect were already seated inside. When Old Madam Liu saw Zhao Xiaotian arrive, she stood and said, "Come! Xiaotian, stand beside the sect master's throne."

Zhao Xiaotian did as instructed and stood beside the sect master's throne. Seeing this, Old Madam Liu tapped her cane against the floor, and a rune formation appeared on the ground.

The White Shadow Sect's Elders rose one after another and poured Soul Power into the rune formation. Zhao Xiaotian was still puzzled when the eyes of the White Shadow Sect ancestor's stone statue on the other side of the sect master's throne suddenly erupted with golden light.

As the statue shone with golden light, a portal appeared in the center of the formation. Liu Ming said to Zhao Xiaotian, "Xiaotian! After entering, sit cross-legged, calm your mind, and sense the spiritual energy fluctuations around you. Once your third Soul Ring forms, you can begin absorbing it."

Zhao Xiaotian nodded and walked into the Secret Realm. Upon entering, the surrounding environment transformed into one suited for his cultivation.

The pure white shallow water beneath his feet turned into a Tai Chi diagram identical to Zhao Xiaotian's Martial Soul. Following his grandfather Liu Ming's instructions, Zhao Xiaotian sat cross-legged, calmed his mind, and sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations around him.

The moment Zhao Xiaotian sat down, the spiritual energy around him began rapidly gathering before his eyes. After waiting for two hours, the spiritual energy condensed into a pitch-black Soul Ring that appeared to be twenty-five thousand years old.

Without another word, Zhao Xiaotian summoned his Martial Soul. The shallow water around him instantly boiled as he guided the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring above his head. "Come! My third Soul Ring!"

Outside the Secret Realm, the White Shadow Sect Elders waited nervously, especially Liu Ming and Liu Zhenyan. One was Zhao Xiaotian's grandfather, while the other was his master.

Both were worried for the safety of their grandson and disciple. Old Madam Liu, seated in the place of honor, shot her two sons a glance. "You don't need to worry so much. I examined his aptitude long ago. His physical constitution is fully capable of absorbing a twenty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring. I truly don't understand what you're worried about."

Three more hours passed inside the Secret Realm. Zhao Xiaotian had already completed the Soul Ring absorption and was now converting his Soul Power.

Just as the Soul Power conversion was nearing completion, a pale blue bead appeared floating before Zhao Xiaotian. After converting the excess Soul Power in his body into physical strength, Zhao Xiaotian opened his eyes.

The instant he opened them, he saw the pale blue bead floating before him. He did not know what it was, but its patterns somewhat resembled the Reincarnation Bead from his previous life.

Although Zhao Xiaotian had never seen a Reincarnation Bead in his previous life, he had heard many rumors about them from his senior brother. Outside the Secret Realm, Old Madam Liu felt that the time was about right and opened the Secret Realm's gate once again.

When Zhao Xiaotian saw the Secret Realm gate reopen, he did not hesitate. He placed the bead into his Soul Tool and took it outside. The moment Zhao Xiaotian appeared before Old Madam Liu, the aura of Level 34 erupted from his body.

Old Madam Liu's eyes widened as she stared at Zhao Xiaotian in disbelief. "Xiaotian, your Soul Power has reached Level 34!"

Zhao Xiaotian nodded. "That's right! My Soul Power Level has successfully reached Level 34, and the Soul Ring I absorbed in the Secret Realm is as old as twenty-five thousand years!"

Liu Ming said, "Xiaotian, let Grandfather see what your third Soul Skill is!"

Zhao Xiaotian smiled and nodded. "Then Grandfather, you'd better be careful!"

Liu Ming found this amusing. How could a dignified peak Level 97 Titled Douluo possibly fear the damage from a Soul Skill used by a Level 34 Soul Elder? Just as he was thinking this, three Soul Rings appeared around Zhao Xiaotian—one purple and two black.

Then Zhao Xiaotian extended a finger and lightly pressed it against the ground. The entire floor of the hall transformed into a slowly rotating Tai Chi Bagua pattern.

After this Soul Skill was activated, certain functions of Zhao Xiaotian's body could be increased by twenty percent, while the Soul Power consumed when Zhao Xiaotian used Soul Skills could also be reduced by twenty percent.

After Zhao Xiaotian explained the Soul Skill's effects to the Liu Family elders present, Old Madam Liu and the other twenty-two Elders, including Liu Ming and Liu Zhenyan, all stared at Zhao Xiaotian in shock.

After Zhao Xiaotian withdrew his Martial Soul, he smiled faintly. Liu Ming happily stroked Zhao Xiaotian's head. "Good child! Stay in the sect for one more night, then go down the mountain with that brat Bai Bin and return to the academy to continue your studies!"

Zhao Xiaotian nodded. "All right, Grandfather!"

With that, Zhao Xiaotian left the sect master hall alone. Once Zhao Xiaotian was gone, Old Madam Liu's expression instantly darkened. "It's time for our White Shadow Sect to thoroughly investigate what happened back then!"

Liu Ming immediately understood what Old Madam Liu meant and nodded. "Understood, Mother! I'll arrange for the family's branch disciples to investigate this matter at once."

Liu Zhenyan said coldly, "Liu Kai, Liu Xiang, the two of you are Level 96 Titled Douluo. Investigate this matter together. Remember, once you have proof that the hidden mastermind was from the Clear Sky Sect's Tang Family members, send the news back immediately!"

Liu Kai and Liu Xiang nodded, then flashed away from the clan hall and headed for the Shadow Clan. The entire Shadow Clan possessed Ghost Shadow as their Martial Soul, and they were also the Gui Mei Clan.

Because Ghost Charm had been dispatched by the White Shadow Sect to the Star Luo Empire border to control the situation back when he was a Soul Douluo, and because he had personally witnessed the deaths of Zhao Tian and Liu Qin'er, he did not dare return to the family or face the White Shadow Sect elders.