Powerful Secret Art

After dinner, Wang Chen went upstairs to his bedroom, lay down on the bed, and fell into thought.

He had never expected Wang Yan, the head of the Wang Family, to openly take a side in court and support the Second Prince, Xu Tianyu.

One had to know that every move made at court was watched by all the civil and military officials. There was no room for childish games or jokes.

From then on, in the eyes of the Sun and Moon Empire's civil and military officials, the Wang Family would be branded as part of the Second Prince's faction. They would share both glory and ruin.

This left Wang Chen speechless at Wang Yan's decision. Instead of living a peaceful life, he had actually gotten involved in the struggle for the throne between several princes. Wasn't that disregarding the safety of the entire clan?

And of all people to support, he had chosen the Second Prince, Xu Tianyu.

Ever since Wang Chen had begun cultivating as a soul master, his Spiritual Power had steadily grown stronger, and his memory had improved as well. Even his memories from his previous life had become increasingly vivid.

Wang Chen clearly remembered that in the original story, it had been the Second Prince who orchestrated the assassination attempt on Xu Tianran from behind the scenes. That attempt had not only cost Xu Tianran his legs, but also his ability to have children.

Afterward, Xu Tianran endured in silence for a time. Once he discovered that the Second Prince was the mastermind behind the assassination, he immediately launched a brutal retaliation.

He used methods unknown to anyone to make the Second Prince, Xu Tianyu, die in his own Imperial Bedroom, then wiped out the forces behind the Second Prince as well.

And now, the Wang Family had also been branded as the Second Prince's faction. When Xu Tianran began settling accounts a few years later, the Wang Family would certainly be implicated.

This immediately made Wang Chen unable to sit still. Originally, he had merely treated the struggle among the Sun and Moon Empire's princes for the imperial throne as something entertaining to watch.

After all, he possessed a golden finger and was familiar with the original plot. As long as he developed steadily, raised his strength, and seized several opportunities from the original story, his strength would inevitably soar explosively. Becoming a god would be effortless.

But now that Wang Yan had brought disaster upon himself by supporting the Second Prince, Xu Tianyu, in court and gotten involved in the struggle for the throne between the princes, Wang Chen's peaceful days had been shattered.

When Xu Tianran settled accounts in the future, Wang Chen could take his parents and find a way to flee the Sun and Moon Empire in advance.

But the several hundred households of the Wang Family could not flee. Their target was simply too large; escaping together was completely unrealistic.

Wang Chen had feelings for the Wang Family, where he had lived for eleven years. If he had the ability, he would certainly try to protect the Wang Family.

If things truly became impossible in the future... Wang Chen would not be foolish enough to stay and perish alongside the Wang Family. He would definitely flee in advance with his parents.

Once his cultivation reached great heights and he became a Super Douluo or even a Limit Douluo, he would return and avenge the Wang Family.

Of course, there was still quite some time before Xu Tianran was assassinated. At present, Xu Tianran was not even the crown prince, merely the First Prince.

The struggle among the princes had only just begun, and no victor had yet emerged. Judging from the details in the original story, there were at least two to three years left.

Wang Chen had enough time to make arrangements and plans. He could even use his advantage in intelligence to gain enormous benefits from this struggle for the throne.

But before making plans, he needed to improve his strength.

After all, no matter how exquisite one's arrangements and schemes were, without sufficient strength to carry them out, they were merely castles in the air, shattered at the first touch.

Having thought everything through, Wang Chen immediately began cultivating with high spirits.

Wang Chen sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. His consciousness sank into the depths of his soul.

Deep within his soul, a tattered black book emitted a faint glow.

Wang Chen's golden finger, the Black Book, had been severely damaged while traversing time and space, rendering many of its functions unusable.

Only its most basic abilities remained: recording, and allowing its host to quickly learn the skills it recorded.

Wang Chen controlled the black book and flipped to its newest page. The two skills, World Domination and Ring Tempering, came into view.

The requirements for World Domination were far too high. It required Soul Sage-level Spiritual Power. Therefore, Wang Chen skipped over it without learning it and directly began learning Ring Tempering, whose requirements were much lower.

Wang Chen's consciousness merged into the Black Book.

His consciousness traveled through the Black Book, and before long, he found the skill Ring Tempering.

Wang Chen's consciousness fused with Ring Tempering. In an instant, vast amounts of knowledge flooded into his mind.

It quickly allowed him to understand how to use Ring Tempering. For example, how to properly activate the power within Soul Rings without damaging them.

How to use Spiritual Power to stabilize the energy activated from the Soul Rings.

And how to use that power to strengthen himself...

After a long while, Wang Chen's consciousness returned to his body.

As his consciousness returned, Wang Chen's body trembled slightly, and his eyes slowly opened.

The next moment, as the vast knowledge churned in his mind, Wang Chen clutched his head and frowned. Only after a long while did he calm down.

Wang Chen slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. In a relaxed tone, with the corners of his lips lifting, he said, "So that's how it is. I've learned it."

The moment Wang Chen finished speaking, he completed Martial Soul Possession.

As Martial Soul Possession was completed, a hazy pale white phantom appeared around his body.

Two yellow Soul Rings also rose and circled around Wang Chen's body.

A sharp gleam flashed through Wang Chen's black eyes as the two yellow Soul Rings lit up one after another.

A thin layer of white mist rose from the Soul Rings, then surged into Wang Chen's body.

Beneath the faint white mist, the already exceptionally handsome Wang Chen gained an even more ethereal, transcendent aura, like an immortal banished from heaven. He was dazzling beyond measure.

Even Wang Chen's eyes were suffused with a pale white glow, adding a trace of mystery to those deep black eyes.

As the energy from the Soul Rings flowed in, Wang Chen's Soul Power and aura rapidly rose at an astonishing speed.

Wang Chen, who had originally possessed only twenty-eighth-level Soul Power, saw his Soul Power rise in the blink of an eye to a level comparable to that of a Soul Elder.

At that moment, Wang Chen felt as though his body was filled with explosive power. The unprecedented sense of fullness made him want to throw back his head and roar at the sky.

Moreover, because Wang Chen had lived two lives, his Spiritual Power was far stronger than that of soul masters at the same level, even slightly stronger than that of a Soul Ancestor.

Thus, activating the power of two hundred-year Soul Rings had no effect on Wang Chen at all. He easily controlled it with his Spiritual Power and used it to strengthen himself.

It could only be said that Ring Tempering was an exceptionally good match for Wang Chen. That was why he had successfully used it on his very first attempt.

Chapter Two, please wait.