Do You Want to Found a Nation?

"Do Soul Beasts have a grudge against you?"

Suppressing the urge to crush the young man before him—mysterious and rational beneath the glow of the Azure Light Wheel—Di Tian suddenly felt that he had misjudged him all along.

This so-called Awakening Soul Array Diagram was, looking at it now, nothing more than a lie that carved flesh with a dull blade!

And now he was saying that Soul Beasts were "uniquely blessed by heaven and earth"? They were uniquely blessed only because they could become his materials, weren't they?!

"...It's merely Gain and Loss. It doesn't matter."

Technology was a double-edged sword. Chen Fu recalled that lately, this double-edged sword seemed to have hacked away at Soul Beasts until its blade had curled. It had even started swinging by the hilt.

But Soul Beasts truly were uniquely blessed by heaven and earth. Nearly every species possessed varying amounts of Soul Power Factors within their bodies. Although, on average, Soul Beasts had fewer Soul Power Factors than Soul Masters, they lived long lives. They had all the time in the world to accumulate Soul Power naturally. Humans, meanwhile, varied wildly. Most either had no Soul Power Factors at all, or had inert ones that simply did not react with the energy of heaven and earth.

Of course, individual super Soul Beasts and individual super geniuses were exceptions. Those were basically enormous Soul Power Factors that had gained sentience. Wherever they went, they became low-pressure points for Soul Power. Even without cultivating, their cultivation would pile up and rise endlessly.

For example... Chen Fu right now. He was currently using the super-sized first-generation [Pandora] cultivation Soul Tool. If he did not use the authority of [Youlan] too frequently, he would basically never lack Soul Power!

After all, as the first [Pandora] Soul Power cultivation device, Chen Fu had worried that it might not be powerful enough, so he had accidentally exceeded the standard by a little.

There were two common principles regarding a Soul Master's Soul Power cultivation. The first was to draw Soul Power from heaven and earth and gradually raise the body's maximum Soul Power tolerance, thereby increasing one's level.

The other was that cultivation speed was positively correlated with Soul Power recovery speed. The faster one cultivated, the faster one drew in the energy of heaven and earth. Likewise, the higher one's recovery rate would be.

Whether someone had good cultivation talent generally depended on how well their body could tolerate Soul Power. Those with high tolerance leveled up quickly, while those with poor tolerance leveled up slowly.

As for why some people reached a certain point and could no longer cultivate further?

Chen Fu's research into Soul Power Factors had shown that the higher a Soul Master's cultivation, the denser the Soul Power within their body. This raised the pressure of their internal Soul Power, causing it to exceed the pressure outside.

The inflatable structures commonly found in amusement parks in the modern world worked on a similar principle. The air cushion could inflate only when more air entered than exited. But once it expanded to a certain point, the pressure difference between inside and outside caused the incoming airflow to remain unchanged while the outgoing airflow increased.

To change that, one needed other methods—such as increasing the incoming airflow, choosing a place at a lower altitude, or sealing some air leaks with tape... These were generally referred to as opportunities.

Logically, non-god-level beings could not discover Soul Power Factors, because only gods possessed the ability to directly alter another person's cultivation talent.

But fate played a joke on the gods. A god had stripped away the Soul Power cultivation of a man gifted with microscopic-level material perception and manipulation, a man who had constantly studied the essence of Soul Power, then taught him through words, demonstrations, and firsthand experience.

To be honest, another bold idea had arisen in Chen Fu's mind.

But after running calculations through the [Youlan] database, he discovered that the technical ceiling of this method was truly useless.

One needed god-level spiritual quality and control to sever the Soul Power Factors of a non-god-level being.

If I'm already god-level, why would I go out of my way to sever the Soul Power of someone below god-level?

If it were Chen Fu, he would just crush the other party to death. Was he supposed to wait for them to develop?

He was waiting to develop. What were you waiting for? Waiting to die!

"So what exactly is this thing of yours?!" Though furious, Di Tian still tried his best to remain calm. He knew that this human truly possessed the ability to change the plight of Soul Beasts, even if all of his current technological achievements had been stabbing Soul Beasts.

But one had to have dreams, right?

If Golden Scale were not constantly guarding you as your personal guard, I would have slapped you to death already!

Even if that Youngster Mu came out to protect you, I would still risk injury to go over and slap you to death!

"[Pandora], an auxiliary Soul Tool that can replace cultivation."

"How is it made?"

"A little Soul Power Factor from a Soul Beast is enough. Even one from a ten-year Soul Beast will do." Naturally, there was basically no need to lock down the technical details.

As long as it had them and could cultivate, allowing the body to undergo beneficial mutations, that was enough. As for Soul Power Level requirements, the prototype Nuclear Ark embedded in the Ascension Light Wheel behind Chen Fu was proof. If any Titled Douluo below level 95 thought Chen Fu's Level 65 Soul Power made him easy prey, the Nuclear Ark would beat him until even his own mother could not recognize his face.

"Phew!"

Hearing that even ten-year Soul Beasts could meet the requirement, Di Tian could not help but sigh in relief. He could neither fight nor curse at Chen Fu, and there was truly nothing he could do.

"...Take a look at this."

Sensing that the black Dragon before him—the Uncrowned God—seemed to be undergoing a subtle change of heart, Chen Fu shot [Banished Immortal] toward him.

[Authority Granted]

He raised a hand and caught [Banished Immortal], which had transformed into a streak of blue light. Threads of spiritual fluctuations flowed toward Di Tian.

He did not hesitate and chose to receive them.

Then his brows furrowed. He immediately raised the Silver Blue Small Sword high above his head, and invisible spiritual fluctuations erupted in an instant.

Buzz!

A beam of azure particles, seemingly without end, instantly pierced the clouds.

"What is that?"

Startled by the sudden development, Ning Yi turned to Ning Tian and asked.

"Don't worry. If Teacher is here, there's nothing to worry about."

Ning Tian remained quite calm. Although she was also curious about what was blocking their path ahead, the absence of conflict meant that it was another person who knew Teacher.

And once a powerful person knew Teacher, generally speaking, Teacher would bend... bend them into one of his own.

"By the way, what are we going to Star Dou for?"

Having been groggily dragged aboard this pirate ship by his daughter, Ning Yi was somewhat puzzled.

"Relax. Did you see that Blue Light Wheel behind Teacher reopen just now?"

Ning Yi nodded. When that light wheel had reopened, the dozen or so Soul Engineers around him had been so excited they had nearly gone mad. Even the elder beside him had almost lost control of his aura.

The news had not spread yet, but Teacher's Soul Power had been severed by the Sin God during the [Ascension] plan!

So before this, he had been commanding Old Dragon and the others in battle as an Ordinary Person.

And now, Teacher's Soul Power cultivation has returned!

A trace of fanaticism flickered in Ning Tian's pale golden eyes. As someone who could practically be called Chen Fu's direct disciple, she understood extremely well the several mature technological systems currently in Teacher's hands.

[Pandora] + [Ark] + the Exoskeleton Armor technology that had been shelved due to its lack of a self-charging energy source meant that mortals could also challenge the ultimate peak!

"It's... a fairly good Soul Tool."

Di Tian spoke insincerely against his conscience. He now felt an impulse he had only possessed in his youth—to carry a sword and roam the world. Not for any particular reason. He simply wanted to go out with a sword and wander.

Basically every Soul Master who had obtained Soul Rings through slaughter fell within the jurisdiction of this Silver Blue Small Sword.

Perhaps this was the karmic cycle Chen Fu had spoken of?

Technology's double-edged sword had finally been swung toward Soul Masters by this Sword Wielder.

How rare... Di Tian felt that he should follow Bi Ji's advice and praise this human more. He had to stroke him the right way.

"So why have you brought such a large group of people to my Star Dou?"

Di Tian had been keeping an eye on the great war in the human world. Many Fierce Beasts from various places had even been summoned back to the Lake of Life, and they were currently watching from behind.

Chen Fu coming to seek refuge with him was naturally welcome, but bringing along an entire family left him somewhat baffled.

"To first repay a karmic debt to the Soul Beasts."

Bathed in the light of the azure divine wheel, Chen Fu possessed a unique divinity. His ink-black eyes calmly gazed straight at the super Soul Beast before him, the Golden Eyed Black Dragon King.

"Do you want to found a nation?"

"Here's a dark joke: an empire's predecessor was built upon blood and fire."

"The blood was the blood of its own Soul Beasts, and the fire was lit by its own humans."

—Empire Prequel, Volume Two

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