Visitors Arrive

Three days later, Eva's residence was brilliantly lit and heavily guarded.

Though tonight's gathering had not been publicized, it had stirred the nerves of the highest echelons of power in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Everyone who had received that mysterious invitation was either a true powerholder of the empire or a representative of a top-tier force.

Imperial relatives, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master Ning Fengzhi, representatives of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the patriarchs or core elders of major Soul Master families had all arrived.

Even Poison Douluo Dugu Bo was hidden among the crowd, his expression complicated.

They had come for only one purpose: to uncover the secret behind absorbing Soul Rings beyond one's level, something that defied all common sense.

On Douluo Continent, Soul Power Level could still be explained by exceptional talent and an abundance of resources, but Soul Ring age had always been recognized as an inviolable iron law.

Yet Lin Wan's configuration of one yellow, two purple, and one black Soul Rings had completely shattered everything they had believed since ancient times.

Those attending the gathering might no longer need to hunt Soul Rings themselves, but behind them stood vast families and sects.

The futures of their younger generations were the hope upon which their foundations would endure. That was why they had come: to unravel this secret.

Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, had not sent a representative. He had chosen to attend in person. His gentle, jade-like face bore its usual peaceful smile, but a faint, barely perceptible fervor burned deep within his eyes.

Everyone across Douluo Continent knew that behind the glory of their world's number one Support System Martial Soul lay the despairing shackles that prevented them from advancing beyond Soul Sage.