Level 30

"No rush. Purple Heaven City is still a rough work of mine; refining it will take some time.

Once it has matured a little, we can discuss it then.

That will be all for today.

I will invite you all to Purple Heaven City as guests again later."

Li Ming said with a grin, putting on the air of an expert.

Before they could say anything else, he casually expelled them.

The vast Purple Heaven City was left with him alone.

Li Ming's eyes flickered as though he were pondering something.

Over the following days, the three sect masters of the Upper Three Sects and Emperor Xue Ye had been waiting for an invitation from Purple Heaven City.

But it never came.

That was because Li Ming had spent those days inviting different guests, all from the Heaven Dou Empire.

They included several Title Douluo, Spirit Douluo, and others.

At the same time, he began moving some of his satellites into the Star Luo Empire.

Fortunately, his Soul Power had improved. Moving the satellites in the sky was no longer particularly strenuous.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed. Li Ming began attending Blue Tyrant Academy like an ordinary student.

Little did anyone know that his Soul Power level had reached another bottleneck. In just one month, he had already risen to Level 30, and his physical condition had reached a new level as well.

He could feel explosive power continuously building within him. Even without Soul Skills, he could now easily deal with hundred-year Soul Beasts through sheer physical strength and weapons.

He had tested his strength before. One slash of his blade could sever a tree as thick as a person straight through its middle.

One kick could shatter a solid boulder.

As for his speed, it had long surpassed that of ordinary people.

As long as he fused with a new Soul Ring, he could continue leveling up.

He had long since located the Soul Beast he planned to hunt through satellites, but both the hunt and the fusion posed problems.

Hunting it would be easy, but fusing a Soul Ring took time. He needed someone beside him to stand guard.

However, he had yet to decide on a protector.

He could not keep going to Liu Erlong.

Rising from Level 13 to Level 30 in such a short time and catching up to Tang San's level would make anyone suspicious if they learned of it.

So he needed to hire a Soul Hunting Team, though he was still screening candidates.

The Soul Beast he had chosen this time was in the Star Dou Great Forest. Unlike Sunset Forest, it was far more dangerous; even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lived within it. He had to be sufficiently careful.

Naturally, the Soul Hunting Team he chose could not be low-level.

They had to start at Spirit King rank at the very least. Spirit Emperors and Spirit Saints would be even better.

Hiring such a Soul Hunting Team would likely cost quite a bit, and the Gold Soul Coins he had on hand might not be enough.

Besides that, Li Ming had recently been researching the theory behind the age limit of Soul Rings.

He had naturally heard Yu Xiaogang's theory, but he also knew that it had flaws.

According to Yu Xiaogang's theory, a Level 30 Soul Master could absorb a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, with fifteen hundred years being ideal.

But that theory was not absolute. In other words, under certain conditions, one could actually fuse with a Soul Ring of a greater age.

Li Ming had only one Martial Soul, unlike Tang San, so he had to be sufficiently cautious with every Soul Ring he chose.

The age of a Soul Ring determined the upper limit of Soul Power, which was extremely important to any Soul Master.

For this reason, he assigned Satellite AI a task: using the data gathered over the years, it was to create a large-scale data model capable of measuring age limits and ultimately refine the theory of Soul Ring limits.

Over the years, the satellites had collected many scenes of Soul Masters absorbing Soul Rings, but the data had remained unused in the database.

Now, it was finally useful.

The model was still being built and would require some time.

However, Li Ming was not in a hurry, because his physical condition was still rapidly improving.

Though the model had not yet been completed, he believed that Soul Ring fusion was definitely related to physical condition. As for the exact proportions and limits, he would have to wait for the model's results.

After returning home from Blue Tyrant Academy and finishing dinner, he entered his room early. His expression was somewhat solemn and serious.

Because tonight was the official launch of the Closed Beta version of Dream Space. His efforts over the past ten-odd days had not been in vain; he had not wasted a single night.

He had continuously used Life-Claiming Continuous Call to invite people into Purple Heaven City.

Even those in the Star Luo Empire had received invitations.

Spirit Hall alone had been left out.

Li Ming had his reasons for that.

Spirit Hall's Pope, Bibi Dong, was practically consumed by darkness now, filled with a desire for destruction. If he invited her into Purple Heaven City, she would likely regard it as a threat.

Even though Dream Space could not be destroyed, she could still interfere in reality and ruin some of Li Ming's plans.

So Li Ming excluded Spirit Hall outright.

A Satellite Map appeared before Li Ming. This was an ability he possessed after fusing with the Satellite Spirit.

Looking at the densely packed red dots on it, he blinked, took a deep breath, and directly issued an order to Satellite AI.

He ordered Satellite AI to cast the Dream Soul Skill on the people recently added to the Closed Beta list.

The next second, a thousand satellites floating in orbit began operating, locating their respective targets through their cameras and casting their Soul Skills.

Throughout Douluo Continent, many Soul Masters' expressions changed at that moment as they felt a faint wave of drowsiness. Yet none were surprised. Instead, they were delighted. They had finally been waiting for this!

Inside the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial palace, Emperor Xue Ye was burning the midnight oil as he reviewed memorials. Compared with more than ten days ago, his complexion was far more haggard, and the dark circles beneath his eyes were frighteningly heavy.

Little did anyone know how anxious he had been these past days. He had waited endlessly for an invitation from that Mysterious City Lord. Every time he closed his eyes to sleep at night, he saw that map, and all sleepiness vanished at once.

Now that he suddenly felt that familiar drowsiness, intense delight appeared on his face instead.

"Quick, quick! I am going to rest here. Do not let anyone disturb me!"

He loudly ordered the attendants beside him, then immediately collapsed onto his desk and fell asleep.

The same scene was playing out elsewhere as well.

Li Ming had yet to enter the Dream. Beside the map constructed by Satellite AI, names began rapidly appearing one after another.

That was the list of successful invitations.

They were fast enough!

Li Ming raised an eyebrow. Some of these people were especially stubborn; the record holder had required nearly a thousand invitations before entering his Dream Space.

If not for that person's important status, Li Ming would not have bothered with him.

That person was none other than the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, the Level 94 White Tiger Douluo.

Now, he too was on the list of successful invitations.

Seeing more and more people appear on the list, Li Ming lay down and fell asleep, entering Dream Space.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already inside Purple Heaven City.

A screen appeared before him, displaying the current scene within Purple Heaven City.

"Why are there so many people?"

Ning Fengzhi's expression abruptly changed. He had thought that upon entering again, he might immediately meet that Mysterious City Lord. Who would have thought that the moment he opened his eyes, so many people would be before him?

He recognized quite a few of them, but there were also many he had never seen before.

The people who had appeared beside him were also from the same previous group: Emperor Xue Ye, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiao.

Their expressions also shifted slightly when they saw so many people gathered within Purple Heaven City.

"Looks like it is quite lively today."

As the sect master of a reclusive sect, Tang Xiao was instead the most relaxed.