After leaving Skywater City, Ji Xuan didn't linger for a moment.
"Master, where are we headed?"
Ying's cool, ethereal voice rang out.
"We're going to the Sun Moon Empire. Ming Capital."
Ji Xuan replied in his mind.
His goal had been clear from the very beginning.
The Snow Empress!
According to his memories of the original story, the Snow Empress should have already transformed into an embryo by now.
That embryo had been purchased at auction by Ming Hall in Ming Capital.
It was, without a doubt, one of the most heavily guarded places on the entire Douluo Continent.
Stealing the Snow Empress Embryo from a place like that without a trace would be like snatching food from a tiger's mouth.
Even with an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo guarding it, the task would be no easy feat.
A direct assault was the worst possible approach.
There was only one way: infiltrate the place.
And the best way to infiltrate Ming Hall, the most heavily guarded place of all, was to become one of its members.
"The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy..."
A thoughtful gleam flickered in Ji Xuan's eyes.
"This is a good opportunity. I've also been wanting to see for myself just how advanced the Soul Guidance Technology of this era has become."
The journey from the Heaven Dou Empire to the Sun Moon Empire was long, spanning more than half the continent.
Along the way, Ji Xuan witnessed the strikingly different customs of the two empires.
The Heaven Dou Empire, along with the other two kingdoms of the original Douluo Continent, still clung to ancient traditions.
Its cities were steeped in history, Soul Masters held the highest status, and people's way of life had changed little in ten thousand years.
But the moment they crossed into the Sun