Innate Level Ten

Ling Yi didn't pay much attention to what the Clear Sky Sect was planning. 💜♢ 🍭✌

That's how the world works; when you become powerful, everything around you becomes more welcoming.

The change in attitude of the Clear Sky Sect was simply because there was something to gain from Ling Yi, nothing more.

Of course, Tang Yuehua's emotions are genuine, a fact that Ling Yi, with his experience from two lifetimes and his current transcendent spiritual state, can clearly perceive.

However, this "sincerity" was still mixed with certain sect interests, and this was not something that could be changed according to her personal wishes.

Tang Yuehua's surname is Tang, and she carries the most orthodox direct bloodline of the Tang Family Clear Sky Sect, a fact that she cannot change no matter how hard she tries.

Of course, the adult world is not black and white, nor is there any right or wrong, justice or Evil. Ling Yi is not incapable of accepting marriages based on mutual benefit, especially since he is the one marrying into the family, not the other way around.

However, Tang Yuehua's identity meant that Ling Yi could not accept it.

Similarly, there is the daughter of the elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a woman whose name is Yu Wushuang, whom we have never met.

This is not because Ling Yi is worried that marrying the legitimate daughters of these two families will have any negative impact on Lingyun City.

On the contrary, with Ling Yi's methods, he could easily use Tang Yuehua and Yu Wushuang's identities to gradually bring the power of the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into Lingyun City. In their eyes, it would be like a cuckoo taking over Lingyun City, but in Ling Yi's eyes, any power that enters his sights will be of use to him.

To put it bluntly, if the marriage alliance were to take place, Ling Yi was confident that within twenty years, he could completely shift the focus of both families to Lingyun City, making them part of Lingyun City.

Perhaps in the eyes of these two families, their members hold high positions in Lingyun City and have a significant influence on all decisions, which is equivalent to making them the decision-makers and leaders of Lingyun City.

In reality, in Ling Yi's eyes, these people were no different from high-level employees, much like the relationship between the [Angel · Qian Clan] of the [Spirit Hall] and the families behind those worshippers and elders.

If this development path is followed, in twenty years, at most just twenty years, Lingyun City could become the second Spirit Hall, achieving a two-way division of the world with it on the Douluo Continent!

As for forces like the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Elephant Armor Sect, and other five Lower Four Sects, without combat power at the Titled Douluo level or above, they have no say in front of the Spirit Hall and Lingyun City.

A million-strong army?

Twenty years later, how many of the million-strong armies of the two great empires would obey the orders of their respective royal families would depend on Ling Yi's intentions at that time.

"You're back?"

A gentle female voice rang in his ears. Ling Yi looked in the direction of the voice and saw Ah Yin standing tall and graceful in the front courtyard of the City Lord’s Mansion. The bright moonlight shone down from the sky, draping a white gauze dress over her shoulders.

"Hmm~"

Ling Yi nodded, stepped forward, and skillfully reached out to embrace the other's slender waist. He rested his chin on her fragrant shoulder, and his nostrils were immediately filled with a delicate fragrance reminiscent of orchids and musk. He rubbed a strand of blue hair near his mouth and asked softly, "When did you get back?"

"When you just took Miss Tang home."

A clear female voice sounded behind him. Ling Yi didn't need to turn around to recognize Yang Shelly's voice. He reached back and hugged the girl, his warm palm caressing the abs on her lower abdomen, but he didn't say anything.

Like Liu Erlong, Ah Yin and Liu Erlong Yang Shelly had been busy with the Green Wood Merchant Association's trade across the continent, so they were not in the City Lord’s Mansion.

As for why the two women didn't show up when they returned, Ling Yi quickly realized what they were thinking.

They simply felt that a marriage alliance with Tang Yuehua would be of great benefit to Ling Yi and Lingyun City, so they chose to acquiesce and allow Ling Yi and Tang Yuehua to interact.

"It's precisely because you think this way that I'm unwilling to accept Tang Yuehua and that Yu Wushuang ~" Ling Yi thought to himself.

Admittedly, accepting Tang Yuehua and Yu Wushuang, and forming a marriage alliance with the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, is in a sense equivalent to binding Lingyun City with these two families, allowing Ling Yi to gradually swallow them up entirely.

This is not like the unification war of the Spirit Hall in the original work, where those who disobeyed were killed and annihilated, and only some scraps, Soul Bone, territory and other inanimate objects were obtained. Instead, it is a complete takeover of all the power of these two top-level forces of the Upper Three Sects.

Talent, combat power, bloodline... In Ling Yi's view, these are the real wealth!

However, in this process, the original members of Lingyun City will inevitably face the impact of these newcomers on their current status and interests.

Only Ling Yi, the Chen Family father and son, and a handful of others such as Dugu Bo and Gu Rong can continue to stand at the top of the power structure, unaffected.

As for Ling Yi's confidantes, Yang Shelly, Ah Yin, and Liu Erlong, although they had accompanied Ling Yi from humble beginnings and possessed top-tier talents with promising future titles, they sometimes chose to yield to newcomers like Tang Yuehua and Yu Wushuang, who had powerful maternal families like the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as their backers, in order to consider Ling Yi's feelings and thus compromise their own lives.

If Ling Yi is a qualified leader who is willing to act from the most rational perspective, none of the above will be a problem.

As the saying goes, a kind heart cannot command an army, righteousness cannot manage finances, sentimentality cannot establish a career, and goodness cannot make one an official.

Unfortunately, Ling Yi never pursued Power Dominates the World or the unification of the Douluo Continent. These could be embellishments on his path to power and eternity, but they could not supersede his own will.

In his previous life, he was over thirty, and in this life, he is already thirty-three. In total, he has lived for nearly seventy years. Ling Yi believes he can live as he pleases without overstepping the bounds of propriety.

At least now, with absolute power surpassing that of the mortal realm of the Douluo Continent, he chooses to do as he pleases.

Ling Yi wrapped his arms around Yang Xueli's waist with both hands, moved his face from Ah Yin's shoulder to Yang Shelly's side, and took a deep breath.

White as snow, soft as silk, and smooth as grease, Ling Yi help but open his mouth and gently nibble at the necks of both women.

"Mmm—"

Yang Shelly bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth, her breath hitting the back of Ling Yi's head, enduring the tingling sensation on her neck, and then she spread her arms and hugged Ling Yi's waist tightly.

On the other side, Ah Yin also reached out and hugged him.

The next second, the two women felt their feet sink into the ground as Ling Yi picked them up.

A few breaths later, three intertwined figures appeared in the Blue Silver hut behind the City Lord’s Mansion.

In my dream, I was unaware that I was a guest; for a moment, I indulged in pleasure, floating on clouds...

The bright moon hangs high in the sky, casting its silvery light upon the earth. The countless stars, not to be outdone, twinkle with their own light, like countless silver beads densely embedded in the deep black night sky.

Mid-July is a perfect time for travel, with a gentle breeze and perfect sunshine.

"Princess Xue Qianxun, her Martial Soul ' Swan '."

In the Imperial Palace of "Heaven Dou City," a middle-aged member of the Xue Family, dressed in brocade robes, announced loudly in a palace specifically used by members of the royal family for Martial Soul Awakening.

"Come, Your Highness, place your hand on this ' Soul Testing Crystal '."

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Xue Qianxun, dressed in a white dress with gold trim, first glanced at her mother Dixiya, not far away, and Ling Yi, dressed in a deep blue robe. Seeing the other party's gentle smile, she suddenly felt a surge of courage and stretched out her fair and tender little hand, placing it on the blue crystal ball.

The moment her palm touched the blue crystal ball, Xue Qianxun's body trembled violently. Her delicate brows furrowed, her lips pursed tightly, and a look of surprise appeared on her face. Clearly, she had sensed the powerful suction force within the "Soul Testing Crystal," and her Soul Power was uncontrollably surging into the crystal ball.

Just then, the blue crystal ball that Xue Qianxun was pressing her palm suddenly lit up. The dazzling blue light spread rapidly from the initial sparkle, and in the blink of an eye, the crystal ball was like a brightly lit light bulb, or a dazzling gemstone. A faint blue halo emanated from it, creating an indescribably moving effect.

"First... innate... Innate Full Soul Power —!!!"

A beam of white light instinctively emanated from the middle-aged man, knocking Xue Qianxun's hand away from the blue crystal ball. At the same time, a voice filled with shock also came from his mouth.

"What?! Innate Full Soul Power?!"

"He actually possesses Innate Full Soul Power?!"

"My God! My Xue Family has actually produced someone with Innate Full Soul Power?!"

"Even our ancestors only seemed to be at the ninth level of Innate Soul Power, right?"...

Exclamations of surprise spread throughout the palace; the scene before them was truly beyond everyone's expectations.

In the centuries since the founding of the Heaven Dou Empire, apart from the Xue Family ancestor who was the founding emperor and possessed a level nine Innate Soul Power, the most talented descendants of the Xue Family over the years have only reached level eight Innate Soul Power. Most of them hover around level five or six, and having level seven Innate Soul Power is already considered quite outstanding.

Innate Full Soul Power is something not everyone can possess.

According to the investigation and statistics of various forces, excluding Xue Qianxun who just awakened her Martial Soul, there have only been 23 people with Innate Full Soul Power in the Douluo Continent in the last hundred years. Among them, 19 belong to Grand Soul Master families, and the remaining 4 are lucky ones from ordinary families who appeared due to benign mutation of their Martial Soul.

Their royal Xue Family's "Swan" Martial Soul, in terms of quality, barely reached the high level, which was a notch below the "White Tiger" Martial Soul of the [Star Luo Empire] royal Dai Family, but it was no weaker than the Zhu Family's "Hell Spirit Cat".

In terms of attributes, the Xue Family's "Swan" Martial Soul leans towards ice and snow attributes, and it can also fly. In a true assessment, it should be slightly better than the "Hell Spirit Cat".

Of course, this does not mean that all the "Swan" Martial Soul of the Xue Family are of the ice and snow attribute. Over the years, some of the Xue Family's descendants have mutated into other attributes due to the influence of their mother's Martial Soul. There are "Jade Feather Swan" with the wood attribute and "Vermilion Feather Swan" with the fire attribute. But no matter what the attribute is, none of them have Innate Soul Power that exceeds level eight.

Xue Qianxun became the first person in hundreds of years of the Xue Family, the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire, to possess the Innate Full Soul Power aptitude!

"I must petition Your Majesty to arrange the highest level of educational resources for the eldest princess!"

An elderly man with white hair and beard stepped forward from the crowd. His dim old eyes shone with hope as he looked at the somewhat bewildered Xue Qianxun.

Feeling the intense gazes coming from all directions, Xue Qianxun, who was exactly six years old today, showed a hint of panic on her little face. Looking around, she saw her mother, Dixiya, who was also excited in the crowd, and Uncle Ling Yi standing next to her mother, whose expression of relief did not change much.

Without much thought, Xue Qianxun lifted her skirt with both hands, stomped her little feet, and ran to Uncle Ling Yi beside her mother. She timidly grabbed the corner of his clothes, looking like a pitiful little animal.

Ling Yi reached out and ruffled the little girl's smooth, silky golden hair, praising her with a smile, "Xue'er is indeed amazing, Innate Full Soul Power, a talent unparalleled in the world—"

"Really?"

Upon hearing Ling Yi's praise, Xue Qianxun instantly forgot the intense gazes directed at her from all around. Her doe-like eyes looked up at Ling Yi, and she asked joyfully, "Uncle, is Xue'er really that amazing?"

"Of course!" Ling Yi nodded without hesitation, saying earnestly, "Given time, Xue'er will definitely become one of the strongest experts on the continent, the kind that is extremely powerful—"

Hearing Ling Yi's affirmation, Xue Qianxun's little face showed longing, and she said earnestly, "Then I must protect Uncle and Mother, and no one can bully you!"

Dixiya: "..."

Everyone: "..."

"Hehe~"

While everyone fell silent because of the little girl's innocent remark, Ling Yi showed no sign of surprise. He smiled broadly, affectionately pinched the little girl's nose, and said with a chuckle, "Alright, then Uncle and Her Majesty the Empress will be watching with bated breath—"

Around the same time, in the Imperial Study on the other side of the palace.

"Your Majesty, won't you go and see the eldest princess's Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony?"

Marquis Fei Bai hesitated, then asked cautiously.

Nearby, Jiu Gao and Mo Li exchanged a glance, both seeing the speechlessness in each other's eyes.

It must be said that with Fei Bai Bai's political acumen, it's fortunate that he's in the Royal Knights, a military unit under the Xue Family, and a general who only obeys Xue Ye. If he were in the court like them, he would have been plotted against and his family destroyed long ago.

On the other side, Xue Ye merely glanced coldly at Fei Bai before lowering her head again to deal with the various memorials on her desk.

Of course, Xue Ye felt no anger in his heart, because he knew that Fei Bai was just like that. To put it nicely, he was simple and naive; to put it bluntly, he was not very bright. In terms of loyalty, he actually respected Fei Bai more than Jiu Gao and Mo Li beside him.

While he acknowledged Fei Bai's abilities, it didn't mean that Xue Ye would trust Fei Bai completely. As an emperor, he only ever trusted himself. Fei Bai was, after all, just a subject; as long as he was useful and easy to use, that was enough.

Just then, a slightly hurried sound of footsteps approached from afar and soon arrived outside the Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, the First Princess has successfully Martial Soul Awakening her Martial Soul, the ' Swan,' with Innate Soul Power Innate Soul Power... Level 10!"

"Snap—!"

As the guard outside the door reported, the jade pen in Xue Ye's hand was suddenly snapped in two.