(First update)
Snow Star Prince opened his hand and watched the grains of sand slip through his palm. Just moments ago, there had been a great tree here, yet in only a few short seconds, he had drained every drop of moisture contained within it, leaving it like a handful of loess formed after years of natural decay.
"Th-this... is this really the power I possess?"
Snow Star Prince lowered his head to look at his hands, his breathing involuntarily quickening.
As a member of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family, he had always faced a difficult road as a Spirit Master, with virtually no outstanding achievements.
For one thing, the Martial Souls traditionally awakened by members of the royal family were simply too useless, and their talent was poor. Reaching Soul Grandmaster was usually their limit.
On the other hand, royal family members spent every day occupied with struggles for power, exhausting all their energy in complicated social dealings, with no spare time or effort left for cultivation.
Snow Star Prince knew very well that if things truly developed as Yang Ming had said, and Spirit Hall launched an unprecedented upheaval in the near future, then without sufficient strength, he would likely be nothing more than a somewhat higher-ranking passerby, incapable of influencing the broader situation.
But now, Yang Ming had given him a ticket into this grand event!
Snow Star Prince took a deep breath. What Yang Ming had done was no different from granting him a new life. He said no words of thanks, because he understood that only by working even harder to repay Yang Ming could he offer the best gratitude.
Yang Ming glanced at the sky and said with a smile,
"It's still early. Let's go somewhere and let you properly test out your