"Junior brother, you were right after all. Over the past two years, a few brothers and I have traveled across the continent, and what we've seen is something I'd never witnessed before.
"I used to stand too high above everyone else. I'd never seen how ordinary people at the bottom really lived. I always thought that although their quality of life couldn't compare to Soul Masters', it couldn't be that bad, either."
As he spoke, Qian Xunji sighed.
"But after traveling for these two years, I've seen just how unfair the world of ordinary people is. My first stop was a village, where I awakened Martial Souls for the children. Only one awakened Soul Power, and he had only first-level innate Soul Power.
"He became the hope of the whole village. But when he entered a Soul Master Academy in the city, he found that everyone there was stronger than him. He grew self-conscious. With no connections and no strength, he could only fade into obscurity. There are examples like that everywhere."
At that, Murong Huai took a bite of food and asked, "Then, senior brother, what do you want to do?"
Qian Xunji clenched his fist, his expression resolute. "I want to create a golden age, a world where everyone is equal, and abolish the aristocracy. I want to rein in every Soul Master under heaven!!!"
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, Murong Huai's lips curled upward. "Good. With a worthy ambition like that, I'll do everything I can to help you, senior brother. Let's eat first. Afterward, I'll give you a magnificent gift."
"Oh? All right."
An hour later, after everyone had finished eating and rested for a while, Murong Huai took Qian Xunji in a carriage to Star Dome Valley outside the city.
As for the other seven,