Arriving in the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Body Sect

"Is this where the Natural Azureflame Birds live?" Xiao Changge and the Soul Douluo and Eight-Level Soul Engineer sent by the Sun Moon Empire arrived here.

The Natural Azureflame Birds' habitat was located within the Heaven Dou Empire.

"I'm truly sorry. We should have brought more useful Soul Tools, but the Heaven Dou Empire is an enemy nation after all, and it is also highly hostile toward Soul Tools, so we could only travel on foot."

"I understand the Sun Moon Empire's difficulties. After all, the Heaven Dou Empire is one of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, and a nation with a level-98 Soul Master certainly cannot be underestimated, so we cannot provoke it recklessly."

After all, the Heaven Dou Empire had won over the Body Sect.

In the beginning, the Body Sect had not been the Heaven Dou Empire's national guardian sect.

It was only after Du Bisi died and Du Busi took charge, due to the pressure of the sect's inheritance and his master-disciple relationship with Princess Vina, that it changed from a reclusive sect into the Heaven Dou Empire's national guardian sect. For a time, it was publicly known as the "Snow Demon Sect." Thus, the so-called "before and after being won over" essentially meant that the Heavenly Soul Empire had gone from an ordinary Three Kingdoms-level empire to one backed by a top-tier super sect of the continent.

Before being won over: the Heaven Dou Empire's foundation.

Directly under the imperial family: several imperial Titled Douluo, the empire's army, conventional Soul Master corps, with its top combat strength capped at around level 95, guarded by high-level Titled Douluo.

Original national guardian sect: the Tang Sect, which had already declined before Huo Gua's birth, with its main force not stationed in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Overall position: among the Three Kingdoms, it had vast territory and decent resources, but its high-level combat strength was not particularly outstanding. Against the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool legions, it had no equivalent bargaining chip at all.

After being won over: the Body Sect joined as a complete force.

The Body Sect's resources during its peak, in Du Busi's era:

Sect Master Du Busi: a level-98 assault-type Super Douluo, whose Body Martial Soul had undergone a golden-tier second awakening. His combat power could briefly rival that of a half-step Limit Douluo or even a Limit Douluo.

A total of eleven Titled Douluo, including at least three openly known Super Douluo—Du Busi at level 98, Jinpeng at level 96, and Vina's master. It was estimated that the sect had four to five Super Douluo in total.

Core trump card: the second awakening of the Body Martial Soul, which increased the combat strength of Soul Masters at the same level by two to three times. Its elite disciples possessed an exceptionally high ceiling.

Sect status: one of the continent's three top powers, alongside Shrek Academy and Mingde Hall.

Added to the Heaven Dou Empire, it amounted to:

Top combat strength: zero Super Douluo becoming three to five Super Douluo, plus one pseudo-Limit Douluo in Du Busi's burst state.

Total number of Titled Douluo: from only a handful under the imperial family to an immediate addition of eleven Titled Douluo.

Strategic level: from "an ordinary member of the Three Kingdoms" to a top military power capable of challenging Shrek on its own and making the Sun Moon Empire hesitate to invade its borders.

Simply put, before winning over the Body Sect, the Heaven Dou Empire was a relatively strong traditional empire among the Three Kingdoms but lacked truly supreme combat power. Afterward, the Heavenly Soul Empire instantly gained the full package of a super sect comparable to a Shrek branch academy. Its high-level Soul Master strength multiplied several times over, its Super Douluo went from zero to three to five, and its number of Titled Douluo more than doubled. It went directly from "possibly being steamrolled by the Sun Moon Empire" to a level where "the Sun Moon Empire would only dare attack after joining forces with the Holy Spirit Cult and deploying Soul Tool legions."

Back to the main topic.

Xiao Changge, a member of the Sun Moon Empire's Mingde Hall who was both an Eight-Level Soul Engineer and a Soul Douluo, began preparing to hunt Natural Azureflame Birds after arriving in the Heaven Dou Empire.

This Mingde Hall member, an Eight-Level Soul Engineer and Soul Douluo himself, did not think there was anything wrong with Xiao Changge obtaining this Soul Beast's Soul Ring. After all, it possessed a trace of ancient Phoenix bloodline, which should help him absorb it successfully and gain stronger abilities. Even if its flames had little offensive power and only possessed self-healing effects, many Soul Masters developed themselves in all aspects.

For example, the Sun Moon Empire's former imperial family, the Dai family. According to the legends, the White Tiger Martial Soul of the White Tiger Clan, which had once been the Star Luo Empire's imperial family, chose Soul Rings according to the principle of all-round development.

Therefore, he did not think there was anything wrong with it. After all, many Soul Masters prepared themselves in every aspect so that they could flexibly deal with different Soul Masters using different methods of combat, just in case.

Before long, the two arrived at a small town. They planned to rest first, then obtain the Natural Azureflame Bird's Soul Ring and Beast Flame.

Xiao Changge truly wanted to obtain this Soul Beast's Beast Flame. A flame capable of healing others' injuries was truly excellent, and it would also be very useful for treating his own wounds, just like the Yin-Yang Twin Flame.

One was for saving lives, and one was for killing. What he lacked now was a flame that could heal his own injuries; he already had flames for refining medicine.

Then he should also obtain a flame for healing injuries.

Although the flames of Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent differed greatly from the flames of magical beasts, having something was still better than having nothing. After all, this was the Douluo Continent.

"This is a small town in the Heaven Dou Empire. No matter what, we must be careful and not expose the fact that we are from the Sun Moon Empire. Otherwise, the trouble will be enormous, and we may attract serious problems. Watch your mouths and do not say anything you should not."

"I understand." Xiao Changge understood how much trouble it would cause to say that he was from the Sun Moon Empire while in the Heaven Dou Empire. After all, the Sun Moon Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire were enemy nations.

So it was best not to say it.

Soon, the group arrived at a tavern on a small mountain. At the tavern, they ordered some drinks and food to fill their stomachs, which were necessities. Then the two packed up their things, paid one Gold Soul Coin, and asked the owner for information about the Natural Azureflame Birds' habitat.

After seeing that they were willing to pay such a high reward, the tavern owner told them everything directly. In this world, money was the best thing. Although money was not omnipotent, one could do nothing without it. With money, one could accomplish many things, and gathering intelligence was especially important. As long as one could afford to pay, many people would be willing to provide information.

Afterward, the two left the tavern.

"Now we need to make preparations, but I have a question. What age Natural Azureflame Bird are you planning to hunt? High-level Natural Azureflame Birds are extremely formidable.

"The Natural Azureflame Bird's combat strength is not to be trifled with either. I can help you deal with one that is eighty thousand or even ninety thousand years old, but can you absorb it? I suggest that it would be best for you to absorb one around fifty or sixty thousand years old."

This Eight-Level Soul Engineer and Soul Douluo had also heard that Xiao Changge's Soul Rings were basically all at the ten-thousand-year level. He also knew about how Xiao Changge had been captured by Shrek's people to help Ma Xiaotao, and he found it regrettable. Such an outstanding genius should have matured much earlier, yet he had been harmed so badly.