Meanwhile, back in Spirit City, Tai Yi was thinking about how he was about to become Pope.
Although he was only a Soul Saint and no one would dare say anything, did Tai Yi have no pride?
So Tai Yi wanted to raise his Soul Power. The simplest solution was to go to the Star Dou Forest and seek out the Ferocious Beasts within the great forest.
While increasing his strength, he could also complete his Second God Trial and form his own force, with at least ten members. Tai Yi's plan was to have his Donghuang Bell absorb the Spirit Rings of ten Ferocious Beasts, forming the Ten Great Demon Marshals under his command.
But then Tai Yi thought of something. If he truly followed this plan, by the time he formed his Ten Great Demon Marshals, his Soul Power would probably be nearing level one hundred. After all, sacrifices to the Three-Legged Golden Crow could not be like those of Snow Empress and the other two.
Thinking of this, Tai Yi did not know what to do. But just then, he discovered that the progress bar for his Second God Trial had somehow reached sixty percent.
Seeing this, Tai Yi finally realized that he had been overthinking things. He had been fixated on Snow Empress and the other two being his subordinates, forgetting that other people could also become part of the force he was building.
For the three additional people, Tai Yi specifically used the God Trial to check their names: Leng Qianqiu, Ning Rongrong, and Guang Tian.
Tai Yi could understand Leng Qianqiu and Ning Rongrong. One had been personally brought back by him from the Far North.
As for Ning Rongrong, after learning that Qian Renxue and Tai Yi possessed God Trials, she had wholeheartedly