The Incompetent Emperor!

The transformation unfolding before their eyes was nothing short of a fairy tale, leaving everyone in the audience wide-eyed and utterly bewildered!

Although the soul power fluctuations radiating from Xu Wensu the moment he appeared were terrifying, those present were essentially the elite of the Star Luo Empire.

Therefore.

To a greater or lesser extent, they could all tell that this old man had reached the twilight of his years.

One could even say he was half-dead, with one foot already in the grave!

According to the common logic of the soul master world, a soul master in such a state could never break through to become a Title Douluo!

Not even the legendary immortal herbs would necessarily grant him such an opportunity!

Yet!

What had they just witnessed?

After consuming a pill they had never seen before, he had broken through to become a level ninety, eight-ring Title Douluo in a mere two and a half minutes!?

At this moment!

Everyone was stunned!

Especially those veteran officials who prided themselves on their extensive experience; they stared at Xu Wensu, who sat cross-legged on the ground, as if they had seen a ghost, their minds completely blank.

Even Tang Wei, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, stood up abruptly, his pupils constricting, "What kind of pill is this!?"

"This..."

He seemed to have realized something, suddenly looking up at Chen Fan, his eyes filled with shock!

This young Sect Master of the Seven Kill Sect did not seem as simple as he appeared on the surface.

How on earth did he come up with this pill?

What was his background!?

However.

Before the crowd could recover from their shock.

Chen Fan, quite satisfied with the reactions of the many people present, flipped his palm once more, and a rhombic, blood-red crystal appeared in his hand.

The crystal was as transparent as glass, refracting eerie light under the lamps and emitting energy fluctuations extremely similar to those of a soul ring!

He scanned the room, feeling quite pleased.

Sure enough, the best way to promote oneself was to show off and slap faces, the kind that directly shocked the entire audience!

He believed that the difficulty of achieving "many children, many blessings" in the future would surely be reduced geometrically!

Of course.

The reason he dared to do this was because he had Chen Jianjun as his backing!

Otherwise, if an ordinary person dared to pull a stunt like this, they wouldn't even know how they died.

"Old Xu."

After these thoughts flashed through his mind, Chen Fan handed the crystal to Xu Wensu before him, "You just broke through, you haven't absorbed your ninth soul ring yet, have you?"

"Try this!"

Xu Wensu opened his eyes, having just exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling as if he were in a dream.

However, Chen Fan's words instantly jolted him awake.

Or rather, it was the energy fluctuation similar to a soul ring emanating from the blood-red crystal that woke him up!

Immediately, his gaze subconsciously shifted to the crystal, and his pupils constricted violently.

Because...

His martial soul felt an incredibly intense craving for this crystal!

"This..."

Xu Wensu's eyes widened like copper bells, and he looked at Chen Fan in a daze, about to say something, only to see Chen Fan shove it into his hands without a word.

Seeing this, Xu Wensu no longer hesitated; he took a deep breath and began to absorb it, circulating his soul power just as one would absorb a soul ring!

Boom!

The moment the crystal entered his body, an extremely powerful mental fluctuation and a surge of soul power erupted from him.

Chen Xin, having been prepared, stepped forward to block the shockwave for Chen Fan.

But the other Star Luo officials, who had yet to recover from their shock, were not so lucky; those with lower soul power levels were directly blown away, their minds left completely blank!

"This... this fluctuation?"

"Is this the mental shock unique to a ten-thousand-year soul ring!?"

"No, that's not right. This fluctuation is even more formidable than the eighty-thousand-year spirit ring I absorbed back in my day!"

"Could it be..."

Facing a barrage of shocked and desperate gazes.

Behind Xu Wensu, above the two yellow, two purple, and four black rings, a blood-red spirit ring gradually condensed in the position of the ninth spirit ring!

One hundred thousand years, a ninth spirit ring!

The entire venue fell into deathly silence!

Everyone stared with wide eyes, looking at the scene before them in a daze, their mouths hanging open, their expressions vacant.

This... is this the legendary one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!?

And at this moment!

The spirit power fluctuation on Xu Wensu's body also climbed rapidly!

Level ninety peak!

Level ninety-one!

Level ninety-two!

Level ninety-three!

It was not until level ninety-three that the terrifying fluctuation of spirit power slowly subsided.

The entire venue was silent as the grave.

Everyone stared blankly at the blood-red one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring behind Xu Wensu, their minds completely blank.

A level ninety-three Title Douluo!

A one-hundred-thousand-year ninth spirit ring!

Just like that... it was born?!

How could this be possible!?

Is this a dream!?

Since when did breaking through to become a Title Douluo and possessing a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring become so simple!?

Some of the old officials found it truly hard to believe, pinching their own thighs and grimacing in pain.

As for Dai Yue, who was standing to the side, she nearly popped her eyes out of their sockets!

An on-the-spot promotion to Title Douluo!

And a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!

Is this something a mere show-off could produce!?

How could this be possible!?

"Yo-Your Majesty..."

Empress Zhu's face turned pale, and she looked at what was happening before her with uncertainty.

She felt her legs go weak and instinctively grabbed the chair to sit down, yet her legs beneath her white dress continued to tremble...

Dai Li's lips quivered, and he couldn't utter a single word.

"What kind of fortuitous encounter has this Seven Kill Sect obtained!?"

Compared to the others' stupor, Tang Wei was filled with shock!

He was, after all, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect.

He had once heard the Sect Master, Tang Chen, speak of rumors regarding deities, but those were merely legends; even Tang Chen had never seen one with his own eyes, this...

In contrast.

Tang Xiao's face turned pale, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Chen Fan.

He had just wanted to fly into a rage for the sake of a beauty?

Heh... what a joke!

The man could casually turn an eighty-nine-level Spirit Douluo into a ninety-three-level Title Douluo; what was he, a sixty-two-level Spirit Emperor, in comparison?!

"Hoo..."

Xu Wensu exhaled a long breath of stale air and opened his eyes.

Feeling the unprecedented power within his body, Xu Wensu felt a complex mix of emotions, even feeling the urge to shed tears of joy.

Stuck at level eighty-nine for so many years, he had thought he might become the final guardian of the Xu family, eventually dying in battle or passing away from old age.

But he never imagined that.

Today, when he had already resigned himself to death and was prepared to fall in the great hall.

A pill and a crystal that could be called a miracle had dragged him from hell straight up to the clouds.

Level ninety-three!

A hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!

Everything felt like a dream.

And the one who had bestowed all of this upon him was the young man standing right before his eyes.

At this thought, Xu Wensu took a deep breath, turned around, and slowly knelt before Chen Fan. "Sect Master Chen's great kindness, this old man will never forget as long as I live!"

His voice was hoarse, yet carried an unprecedented gravity. "From this day forth, the entire Xu family shall follow Sect Master Chen's lead in all things!"

He raised his head, his cloudy eyes now exceptionally bright. "As for my two great-granddaughters, I dare not ask for them to be wives; to simply serve by the Sect Master's side would be the greatest blessing for the Xu family!"

Xu Jiuer and Xu Qinger stood to the side. Upon hearing this, their pretty faces flushed to the roots of their ears. They lowered their heads, not daring to look at anyone, their fingers nervously twisting the corners of their clothes.

The court officials remained in shock, casting trembling gazes toward Chen Fan.

A single pill, a single crystal, had created a level ninety-three Title Douluo!

Such methods were simply unheard of!

The way they looked at Chen Fan had completely changed.

The previous contempt, disdain, and mockery had all transformed into deep apprehension and awe.

Such an inconceivable scene had completely rewritten their worldview!

Tang Wei, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect sitting beside the main throne, pursed his lips and remained silent, his eyes flickering with uncertainty.

This matter today must be reported back to the Clear Sky Sect immediately!

I must even inform the Sect Master!

This Seven Kill Sect actually possesses such unheard-of pills!

A single pill could allow a level eighty-nine Spirit Douluo to break through to a Title Douluo, and a single crystal could grant someone a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring. If the Seven Kill Sect had mastered a way to mass-produce these things...

Tang Wei dared not think any further.

By then, let alone the Clear Sky Sect, even if the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect joined forces, they would likely...

Beside him, Tang Xiao wore an expression as if he had seen a ghost, his eyes wide as he stared fixedly at Chen Fan.

What was this?

Creating a Title Douluo out of thin air!?

And a Title Douluo with a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring at that!?

Damn it, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it even if he were beaten to death!

As for the eldest princess of the Dai family, Dai Yue...

She bit her lip hard, feeling as though she had missed out on a fortune.

Previously, she had looked down on Chen Fan as a mere show-off, believing he wasn't worthy of her, and had tacitly approved of the high price Empress Zhu had demanded.

But now... looking at the Xu sisters beside Chen Fan, she felt a burning sensation on her face.

He could create a Title Douluo with a casual wave of his hand, yet she had been smugly proud of her pathetic status as a royal princess?

She felt that if she put a little red on her nose, she would truly be a clown.

Why...

Two people from a declining duke's family, why were they the ones chosen?

She bit her lip until her nails dug into her palms, complex emotions surging in her heart, but jealousy dominated them all!

Why?

Why were those two girls from the Xu family able to obtain such an opportunity?

"It should be over now..."

Many officials thought silently to themselves as they watched this scene.

Now that Xu Wensu had broken through to become a Title Douluo, even if he wanted to secede from the Star Luo Empire, it would be a trivial matter.

Dai Li could not stop the entire Xu family from joining the Seven Kill Sect; he could only watch helplessly, becoming a truly incompetent emperor...

However!

Just as everyone thought the dust had settled, Dai Li suddenly spoke up. "My Star Luo royal family possesses an ancestral pill capable of allowing a level eighty-nine Spirit Douluo to step into the level ninety Title Douluo realm."

"It is just that, due to a traitor within the royal family years ago, the formula for this pill was lost."

"Now it seems it was stolen by your father's generation, Chen Fan!"

As soon as these words were spoken!

The entire hall erupted in an uproar!

The civil and military officials widened their eyes, looking at Dai Li in disbelief. Even Tang Wei, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, looked at Dai Li with astonishment.

A thought could not help but rise in their hearts...

Had Dai Li lost his mind?