Undead Demiplane

As the "Body Forging Method" gradually became widespread throughout the Sun Moon Army and produced increasingly gratifying results, Kong Ming'an's reputation within the small circles of the Sun Moon High Officials grew ever more outrageous.

This differed from how he had become famous before merely because he was the Kong Family's sole heir.

This time, his reputation had accumulated under the influence of many sides—the royal family, the powerful and wealthy, the military, and more.

It could not be helped. What Ming had brought out was simply too tempting!

Leaving aside the military reforms brought about by the "Body Forging Method," the "Ring Quenching Method," which was currently circulating among only a small number of Rank 9 Soul Engineers in the Hall of Worship, had directly raised that Sun Moon Pillar's cultivation to Rank 98 in just a few years!

In a sense, Ming had already, through his own efforts alone, narrowed the gap between the Sun Moon Empire and the Three Great Empires of Douluo in terms of their top combat power by a great deal.

Yet Ming himself was wholly unaware of all this, quietly remaining in seclusion to familiarize himself with his Soul Skill Modules.

Finally, near the end of the first semester at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Ming had completely familiarized himself with every Soul Skill Module on his Soul Ring and successfully condensed within it the Soul Skill Module that could open the Undead Demiplane.

"Whew... finally done."

Kong Ming'an sat on a meditation cushion. His hair, unkempt for several months, was somewhat messy, but his eyes shone brighter than ever.

"Teleport," "Space Barrier," "Space Cut," "Space Domain"... once broken down, a single Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast could possess twenty-six different Soul Skills, yet a Soul Master who normally hunted a Soul Ring could obtain only one of them...

"Tsk. I really don't know whether the Traditional Soul Master System is simply too wasteful, or if it was specifically designed to suppress Soul Beasts..."

Kong Ming'an could not help complaining.

The deeper he delved into the Soul Master System, the more keenly he felt its limitations and the waste of resources.

Especially since, under such an inherently limited system, not a single person had stepped forward over ten thousand years to try optimizing it and breaking through its limitations...

Was it because of the suppression and monopoly of the noble Soul Master class?

Kong Ming'an pondered this, yet did not know how to judge it.

Shaking his head, Kong Ming'an turned his attention to the Soul Skill Module he had inscribed to open the Undead Demiplane.

Soul Power flowed into it, and faint Spatial Ripples slowly spread out before him. Then, a Gray Gate radiating both holy and deathly auras gradually unfolded in front of him.

The Undead Demiplane!

A small world independent of the Douluo Plane, with enormous space. It could store living beings and be opened anywhere within the Douluo Plane!

His Spiritual Power touched the gate, and Kong Ming'an's consciousness soon passed through it, entering the Undead Demiplane.

Kong Ming'an slowly cast his gaze across the Demiplane, only to almost instantly sense countless deathly, silent auras.

Looking closer, he saw the innumerable "skeletons" slumbering within the Demiplane!

Ordinary Skeletons... Undead Knights... and even dozens of Bone Dragons as enormous as small mountains.

At this moment, their auras were dormant, but the Undead Fire within their bodies burned steadily.

As long as Kong Ming'an used the authority Elder Yi had granted him to issue orders to these Undead Creatures, they would awaken at once.

Looking at the vast undead army before him, Kong Ming'an finally understood why Elder Yi had been able to overturn an entire world...

He had even heard Elder Yi say that this was only a small portion of the undead legion under his command, and that at his peak, it had been far greater than it was now.

"Another trump card."

Kong Ming'an felt much more at ease. His consciousness withdrew from the Undead Demiplane, and he slowly rose from the meditation cushion.

Rather than leaving the Laboratory through its main entrance, Kong Ming'an stirred his thoughts slightly. The Spatial Elements around him were gently moved, and silver-white Spatial Ripples surged forth to envelop him.

The next instant, he saw a flash of light. When it faded, the surroundings had already changed from the Laboratory to his own room.

As the Spatial Elements settled, Kong Ming'an stretched lightly, his bearing carrying a few more traces of relaxation.

Taking off his clothes, he entered the bathroom and let warm water flow over his body, washing away his exhaustion bit by bit.

A while later, he changed into a clean set of white casual clothes. Standing before a full-length mirror, he adjusted his collar slightly while considering what to do next.

He planned to find Miss Meng and ask about her cultivation progress during this period, as well as matters concerning the Ming Meng Merchant Guild. After that, he would also need to make a trip to Shrek City...

As Kong Ming'an pondered, he slowly pushed open his door and began walking out through the Laboratory area beyond the corridor.

Because of his presence, ordinary people were not allowed to enter the Kong Family's inner area, leaving it quiet and solemn.

However, as he turned a corner and passed the area outside his Laboratory, a figure made him pause slightly.

She was a Girl who appeared to be around his age.

She wore a light lavender dress, her legs covered in white stockings. Her short, faintly curled lavender hair lent her already exceptionally delicate face an added touch of liveliness.

At that moment, she was sitting behind a corner not far from his Laboratory entrance, furtively staring at its door with her lively dark-purple eyes. The scene was indescribably strange.

Kong Ming'an paused slightly, his gaze sweeping over the inconspicuous Sun Moon royal emblem at the hem of her clothes. As several guesses flashed through his mind, he inexplicably felt a sense of absurdity.

This was the core area of the Kong Family Residence, not a place ordinary people could enter.

After thinking for a moment, he put on a Mimicry Mask produced by Jing Hongchen. Then, without making a sound, he arrived behind the Girl.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The sudden question made the sneaky Girl's body tremble. She turned around in a fluster.

Her gaze fell on Ming's ordinary-looking face. After studying him briefly and confirming that she did not recognize him, she immediately let out a breath of relief.

"You scared me to death... I thought it was someone else..."

The Girl calmed down, then blinked with a somewhat familiar tone. "Hello, my name is Xu Tianzhen."

After the brief introduction, the Girl narrowed her eyes and smiled. "Friend, I don't know who you are, but judging by how casually you move around here, you must be someone from inside the Kong Family, right? You must know the Kong Family very well, right?"

Kong Ming'an raised an eyebrow slightly. This development... why did it feel a little strange?

"What do you want?"

"I came to find my fiancé!" Xu Tianzhen answered as though it were only natural.

Kong Ming'an sensed that something was off and instinctively became somewhat curious. After a brief hesitation, his Spiritual Power stirred faintly. With a hint of suggestion in his voice, he softly asked,

"Your fiancé?"

"My Emperor and Grandfather Kong arranged it. I haven't even met him yet! I heard he spends every day holed up in the Laboratory and is a strange guy... though he is pretty handsome in the photo."

The Girl noticed nothing. With a faint trace of resentment in her tone, she voiced her true thoughts.

After pausing slightly, she continued complaining, "But no matter how handsome this guy is, he can't just never show his face, right? I've been waiting here for one or two months already, and this guy never comes out..."