On the seventh day after the victory banquet, Lin Chen shut himself inside the top floor of the Soul Tool Divine Tower.
For three full days, nine-colored light flickered in and out of sight. The hall doors remained closed, and no one answered, no matter who knocked.
Gu Yuena stood beneath the tower and looked up twice. When Xiao Wu came to knock, she stopped her. "He's working something out. He's reached a crucial point. Don't disturb him."
On the third night, the door opened.
Lin Chen's eyes were slightly red when he emerged, but he was in remarkably good spirits. He held a thick manuscript covered in dense law patterns and diagrams of meridians.
He set it on the table and addressed the roomful of people gathering around him. "I want everyone in the Federation to be able to cultivate—and to start ahead."
Qian Renxue picked up the manuscript and flipped through two pages. Her brows rose slightly. "Creation Foundation-Building Method?"
"That's right." Lin Chen sat down and tapped the table. "I've spent the past few days working through something. Since the God Star was completed, Immortal Spirit Energy has permeated the continent. The concentration of energy in heaven and earth is many times greater than before. But while the resources have improved, people themselves haven't kept up."
"What do you mean?" The Goddess of Life appeared in the doorway, followed by the other four Divine Kings.
"Innate Soul Power," Lin Chen said. "When their Martial Souls awaken, most people have only level one or level three Innate Soul Power. Plenty of promising children never catch up with others because they start too far behind."
He paused, then continued. "I went through Douluo Star's records from all these years. People who possess Innate Full Soul Power at awakening are