Jiang Ziji (23)

"Huo Qing, put these Divine Soul Chips in your Soul-Nurturing Array and nurture them properly. The souls inside aren't dead; they might prove useful in the future."

"They're actually not dead? The craftsmanship behind them really has some tricks to it." Huo Qing was somewhat surprised, but thinking of all the new experimental materials he had gained, he happily laughed as well—seeing this, Qing Shuyu sprawled across his lap and melted comfortably against him.

Her condition had recovered quite well too. The Soul-Nurturing Array was also highly effective for her recovery.

With the issue of the Divine Soul Chips resolved, An Jing bade farewell to Huo Qing and Qing Shuyu. After notifying Principal Gu and the others, he and Nian Quan left Xuanye City and headed straight for the fully developed North Lake Marsh district.

There, Qu Tong and Steel Skeleton, who had received the notice, were both waiting for him.

[You need to imprint our Ascension Battle Bodies? I don't have a problem with that.]

Though he did not know why An Jing wanted to do this, Steel Skeleton knew very well that he owed An Jing his life. Although the Ascension Battle Body was the foundation of his very existence, he had originally been part of the Guiyi Army. The data on these Ascension Battle Bodies had been fabricated from the start, so there was no harm in giving it to An Jing.

For Qu Tong, it was even simpler. He immediately dropped to one knee before An Jing, incomparably respectful. "Benefactor, all the data and modification logs for my full set of Heavenly Mechanism Armor are here. But I haven't undergone a complete Ascension modification, and my Ascension rate is relatively low. Will that be a problem?"

"Stand up first, then talk."

As someone from a martial