The Youngest Second-Class Soul Engineer in History

The strongest soul tools were currently ninth-grade, and the Sun Moon Empire possessed the most powerful ones.

The strongest soul masters were those at the ninety-ninth-grade Limit Douluo level, and the Sun Moon Empire had none.

At this moment, Jing Hongchen stared at Qin Chuan on the screen and sighed, "The fundamental reason my Sun Moon Empire has yet to rule the Douluo Continent is that the strongest soul tools and the strongest soul masters have never truly been combined."

Most native soul masters of the Sun Moon Empire forcibly boosted their soul power with medicinal pills. This approach did bring considerable gains in the early stages.

But once they reached the late stages, the difficulty of breaking through to Title Douluo skyrocketed. In fact, not a single person within the Sun Moon Empire had reached soul power level ninety-five.

This was the essential difference between the Sun Moon Empire and the three nations of the Douluo Continent.

One relied on drugs; the other on steady, solid training.

"Qin Chuan, perhaps you are the key figure who can lead the Sun Moon Empire to rise," Jing Hongchen murmured.

His own grandson, Xiao Hongchen, was already eight years old, a Second-Class Soul Engineer with soul power at level twenty, hailed as a genius of the Sun Moon Empire.

But compared to the Qin Chuan before him—who had achieved Second-Class Soul Engineer in seven days, soul power at level twenty-three, Twin Martial Souls, and a second soul ring that was directly a thousand-year one—the contrast was stark. Qin Chuan crushed Xiao Hongchen without mercy.

Before long, Ye Guyi was the second to complete her soul tool.

The soul tool Ye Guyi made was a second-grade soul tool, a dagger carved with angel wings as the hilt.

Both sides of the blade had the effect of absorbing corresponding attacks, then returning that absorbed energy by stabbing into an enemy's wound.

Its fatal flaw, however, was that since it was made from ordinary iron, the dagger could only be used once—a disposable item.

Xuan Ziwen smiled and said, "To achieve this with ordinary iron is already quite impressive. Ye Guyi, I formally inform you now that you are being promoted to the third grade ahead of schedule. The first-grade curriculum is no longer suitable for you."

Ye Guyi was overjoyed at the news.

Time passed minute by minute. Among the other children, including Qian Renxue, some had already carved out models, some were still sketching, and others had ruined their iron blocks beyond recognition, clearly ending in failure.

Qian Renxue remained silent throughout, burying her head in meticulous carving, completely unaware that Qin Chuan and Ye Guyi had already finished their soul tools.

It wasn't until the morning session ended that Qian Renxue let out a breath of relief. Looking at the completed soul tool in her hand, a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

The soul tool Qian Renxue made was a short sword ten centimeters long.

Upon closer inspection, it was easy to see that this was a simplified version of the divine artifact, the Angel Holy Sword.

By channeling soul power into the core formation of this short sword, it could kill from a hundred paces away without a trace, leaving corpses wherever the sword light passed.

After inspecting it, Xuan Ziwen returned the short sword to Qian Renxue, nodded, and said, "Not bad. It's indeed impressive to craft a second-grade soul tool in just one morning. Han Xue, your talent is already quite good. Although you are the oldest among the first graders, your diligence is something I rarely see."

"Ye Guyi is already a Second-Class Soul Engineer, so let's not talk about the monstrous Qin Chuan. You are already the best among this batch of new students."

Xuan Ziwen changed his tone: "However, your foundation is still not solid enough. Next, I will promote the three of you to the third grade, and at the same time, I will tutor you on the basics. Qin Chuan as well."

"Understood, Teacher Xuan," Qian Renxue nodded, gripping the short sword tightly.

She silently vowed to herself that she would thoroughly master advanced soul tool technology. Only then could she truly make the Martial Soul Hall of her world stand above the two great empires, or even destroy them completely.

Qin Chuan was about to strike up a conversation with Qian Renxue when the system's cold prompt suddenly rang out after ten days of silence.

"Dong dong. Detected Bibi Dong using the host's Rakshasa Demon Scythe to kill the Heavenly Dragon Sect's Title Douluo, Old Heavenly Dragon. Reward: 50,000 Snow Hatred Value."

"Ding dong. Detected Bibi Dong killing the Heavenly Dragon Sect's Yu Tianlong. Reward: 3,000 Snow Hatred Value."

"Dong dong..."

"..." The system's prompts rang incessantly. It wasn't until Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi went to the cafeteria together to eat that the sounds finally subsided.

Current Snow Hatred Value: 253,900.

Qin Chuan's heart churned with waves of shock. He marveled inwardly, "Has our mother gone mad? She actually wiped out the entire Heavenly Dragon Sect."

The system's final prompt was for achieving the achievement "Heavenly Dragon Sect Annihilated," rewarding 50,000 Snow Hatred Value.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect was the bloodline continuation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan ten thousand years later. Although it no longer held the title of one of the top three sects from ten thousand years ago, in Dragon City, near the far north of the Heaven Dou Empire, it was practically the ruler of half the city, an existence that absolutely crushed the Earth Dragon Sect.

Qin Chuan never expected his mother's speed of action to be so fast. In just ten days, she had annihilated the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Earth Dragon Sect were the two overlords of Dragon City, always at odds with each other.

Today was the Heavenly Dragon Sect's birthday banquet, and the Earth Dragon Sect was expected to send a gift as a courtesy.

The sect master was a beautiful woman, Nan Shuishui, whose martial soul was the Rouge Dragon, possessing a rare annihilation attribute.

The martial souls of the sect's disciples were mostly earth dragons, and she herself was a powerful Soul Douluo.

"Mom, why do we have to give gifts to that old mud eel on his birthday?" Nan Qiuqiu puffed out her cheeks, speaking with great dissatisfaction.

"Qiuqiu! Show some respect!" Nan Shuishui frowned slightly and scolded her outspoken daughter, "I've really spoiled you. Although Old Heavenly Dragon of the Heavenly Dragon Sect has been suppressing my Earth Dragon Sect all this time, he is a man who distinguishes between kindness and grievance and understands righteousness. It's true that there are longstanding grievances between our sects, but now that he's celebrating his eightieth birthday, if we don't send a gift, it would be unreasonable both emotionally and logically."

"Go prepare. I will go in person shortly."

Just then, a disciple of the Earth Dragon Sect rushed in frantically, looking as if he had seen a ghost, to report.

"What's all this panic for? Did you see a ghost or something!" Nan Qiuqiu put her hands on her hips, redirecting the anger from her mother's scolding onto the disciple.

Nan Shuishui shot Nan Qiuqiu a fierce glare, then said calmly, "Don't rush. Speak slowly. What happened?"

"Heavenly Dragon... something's happened to the Heavenly Dragon Sect!"

"The Heavenly Dragon Sect? What happened to the Heavenly Dragon Sect?"

"Don't tell me the Heavenly Dragon Sect has been wiped out!"

"Qiuqiu!" Nan Shuishui glared at Nan Qiuqiu. How dare she casually utter such treasonous words? Didn't she know that disaster comes from the mouth?

Yet the disciple responsible for the report then delivered a shocking piece of news.

"As the young mistress said, the Heavenly Dragon Sect was annihilated overnight. Corpses litter the sect grounds, and Old Heavenly Dragon's head has been severed and hung on the sect's plaque. Dragon City is now in utter chaos."

Upon hearing this, Nan Shuishui shot to her feet, staring at Nan Qiuqiu in disbelief.

"Mom, it wasn't me. I was just talking offhand." Nan Qiuqiu's eyes reddened with fright as she hurriedly distanced herself from the accusation.