Time passed like that. Spring gave way to autumn, and another four years slipped quietly by.
Nothing momentous happened in those four years. The only major event was the Heaven Dou Empire's formal announcement that the Body Sect had become its protector sect!
After tireless efforts, the Heaven Dou Empire had finally brought the Body Sect, a formidable power, aboard the Heavenly Soul Imperial House's ship.
Sun Moon Empire, Eastern Palace.
Xu Tianchen sat cross-legged in a secret chamber, his eyes closed.
Not far from him stood a jade-green figure: Bi Ji.
She was worried something might go wrong, so she stayed by his side. If an accident happened, she could save him.
Powerful waves of mental energy rolled around Xu Tianchen. His mental power was on the verge of breaking into a new realm.
Just moments earlier, he had taken an herb obtained from another continent by the fleet he had sent overseas two years ago.
The herb was called the Soul-Condensing Spirit-Tempering Orchid. It was an immortal-grade herb on par with the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and its effects lived up to that rank.
It could greatly increase the user's mental power without side effects.
Xu Tianchen's Soul Power Level had reached Level 90 half a year earlier. Kong Deming had offered to take him to hunt a Soul Beast, obtain his Ninth Soul Ring, and become a Titled Douluo.
Xu Tianchen had refused. The Eighth Soul Ring of his Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon already came from a beast over four hundred thousand years old. He did not want his Ninth Soul Ring to fall short of that.
So he had set his sights on the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler—the Evil Emperor, ranked second among the ten greatest Ferocious Beasts.
Xu Tianchen was also missing a Head Soul