All Beings Help Me, I Help All Beings

"I never expected the Evil Emperor to be that kind of person." Snow Emperor shook her head.

Qin Sheng chuckled. "Who would want to die if they could live?"

The longer one lived, the stronger they became, and the higher their status, the less willing they were to die easily.

Whether they were emperors and generals on ordinary Earth, or powerful experts in transcendent worlds.

Take the Forbidden Zone Supremes of Shrouding the Heavens, for example.

In his first lifetime, he had boundless ambition, convinced that no one in all eternity could match him. Forbidden Zone? Even dogs wouldn't enter one! If those other Extreme Dao Supremes couldn't become immortals, it was because they were useless. Let me do it!

In his second lifetime's twilight years: I can't go on, I can't endure it anymore, sob sob sob. I need to sever myself. I can't die. Friends in the Forbidden Zone, make room for me.

All one could say was that time was merciless, and the years were like blades.

They cut not only lifespan, but also the heart.

After returning alone to Blazing Spirit Academy, Qin Sheng met Zhang Lexuan.

"Xiao Sheng, what was the attitude of those Soul Beasts?"

"They all agreed. All resistance has been eliminated. Now we just need to wait for the plan to move forward."

The Universal Soul Master Plan required time. Simply awakening Martial Souls for all living beings on the continent and teaching them cultivation methods could not be rushed, let alone the many other issues that needed handling.

But Qin Sheng could afford to wait.

"I knew it. As long as you took action personally, Xiao Sheng, there was nothing you couldn't accomplish." Zhang Lexuan practically worshipped Qin Sheng blindly.

"Yeah." Qin Sheng spoke with some emotion.

"Looking back, from being a Great Soul Master until now, I've cultivated for many years and done many things."

"Anything I wanted to do, I basically succeeded at once I did it. Anything I didn't want to do, no one else could accomplish either."

"Are there people below who oppose me? There are, but very few. Unless they don't value their own lives."

"Le Xuan, do you think what I'm doing is right?"

"You are always right! I will follow in your footsteps forever!"

Zhang Lexuan's expression was resolute. She was just short of raising both hands and bursting into tears.

"There's one more matter I need you to keep an eye on."

Qin Sheng brought up another matter. "Once the Universal Soul Master Plan begins to show results, countless special Soul Skills will surely emerge across the continent."

Soul Skills were highly unpredictable.

A pair of twins could possess identical Martial Souls and absorb identical Soul Rings, yet the Soul Skills they ultimately gained might differ vastly.

In Qin Sheng's view, one of the most fascinating phenomena on Douluo Continent was:

Mutation.

An earthworm Martial Soul might mutate into a True Dragon, while a True Dragon Martial Soul might conversely mutate into a mongrel.

A rabbit Soul Ring combined with a Martial Soul might mutate into an invincibility-type Soul Skill, while absorbing a dragon-clan Soul Ring might also result in a farting Soul Skill...

"Use the name of Blazing Spirit Academy to issue a notice across the continent. Anyone with special Soul Skills may register in their local city, and their information should then be sent to the academy for screening."

"Those who pass the screening, regardless of their strength or the quality of their Martial Souls, should be brought to Blazing Spirit Academy. I want to study their Soul Skills. Once the research is complete, give them compensation."

Qin Sheng had never forgotten about turning Soul Skills with special effects into secret techniques, and he had been researching it all along.

Once everyone became Soul Masters in the future, he believed even more Soul Skills would emerge to catch his eye and inspire him.

"Oh, and when you issue the notice, give examples of special Soul Skills, such as Invincible Golden Body, Replacement, and Teleportation. There's no need to register Soul Skills like Blue Silver Entanglement."

"Blue Silver Entanglement... isn't that the Tang Sect's inherited Soul Skill? Sea God Tang San possessed that Soul Skill, didn't he?"

Zhang Lexuan was puzzled. "A god's Soul Skill isn't powerful?"

"...Are you afraid of Blue Silver Entanglement?"

Zhang Lexuan imagined herself fighting a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master...

Sorry, she couldn't imagine it at all. She was about to advance to Titled Douluo. A Blue Silver Grass Soul Master simply could not cultivate to that level and wasn't qualified to stand before her.

"You may leave."

Zhang Lexuan accepted the order and departed.

After that, nations, academies, sects, and clans all sent people to Blazing Spirit Academy to learn martial arts cultivation methods and collect Soul Ring Makers.

The Soul Beasts acted likewise. Countless bloodline samples were sent over, and from then on, Soul Masters would no longer need to risk their lives fighting to obtain Soul Rings.

As for whether Soul Masters, no longer needing Soul Beasts this way, would become even more reckless in hunting them—

Qin Sheng naturally had a solution.

He possessed the strength to sweep across the continent. He could reshape this world however he wished. There was no way such a matter could stump him.

In a remote mountain village within the Dou Ling Empire, the villagers were self-sufficient, rarely interacted with outsiders, and lived the most primitive sort of life.

But today, noble Soul Master lords, who had previously existed only in legends, set foot here.

"You're going to awaken our Martial Souls? Teach us cultivation methods?"

The villagers were bewildered and disbelieving, afraid that the Soul Master lords had come merely to toy with them.

Could the poor possess Martial Souls?

Yet what happened next proved that this was no joke.

Once the village's awakening work was complete, the Soul Master told them:

"You should thank His Excellency Qin Sheng. He created the cultivation method that allows everyone to become a Soul Master, and he enabled you to awaken your Martial Souls."

"In the future, when you cultivate to level ten, you may go to Red Mountain City and receive a Soul Ring for free. At that time, you will be Soul Masters as well. You'll be able to do more things, eat your fill, and stay warm."

"Not only will you become Soul Masters, but your descendants will be Soul Masters too."

"Without His Excellency Qin Sheng, you would never receive such treatment. He changed the continent and allowed all commoners to live better lives."

An elderly man trembled as he asked:

"Where is His Excellency Qin Sheng?"

"He is at Blazing Spirit Academy, in that direction."

The Soul Master pointed toward where the sun rose.

The old man knelt, tears streaming down his face.

He still remembered the day he turned ten. His parents had saved up some money and brought him into the city full of hope, wanting to awaken his Martial Soul.

But what awaited them was despair.

The old city lord of Red Mountain City, who had been willing to charge commoners for Martial Soul awakenings, had died. His successor took their money but did nothing.

There was not even an awakening ceremony or awakening crystal. He merely sent a servant to glance at the children, declare that they had no Soul Power, and leave.

"Thank you, His Excellency Qin Sheng..." the old man murmured. The others followed suit, their eyes reddened.

The nobles would never be able to understand how the commoners of the continent felt at that moment.

The Soul Master, who had also been born a commoner, was moved. He helped them up and said:

"No need to kneel. His Excellency Qin Sheng said that he hoped all of you could stand up."

"Always stand tall, facing the sun, and live."

Such scenes unfolded in every corner of Douluo Continent.

Countless people's fates changed because of this. Many were grateful to Qin Sheng, offering up their most devout faith. They regarded him as a god, erecting monuments and memorial tablets in his honor.

Others resented Qin Sheng, believing that he had greatly harmed their interests. Why should those mud-legged peasants be allowed to awaken Martial Souls and become Soul Masters?

We nobles are born noble. We are meant to rule this world, but what about now?

Qin Sheng of Blazing Spirit Academy, look at what you've done!

Yet the tides of the era surged onward, unaffected by the will of anyone but Qin Sheng. Before this overwhelming trend, everyone could only drift with the current.

A vast golden radiance emerged around Qin Sheng. Faith Power, brighter than the sun, gathered toward him. He sensed it all, seeing each scene and every person.

The emotions were incomparably intense, and the faith was utterly sincere.

Qin Sheng smiled, a pure smile imbued with Divinity.

"I help all beings, and all beings help me."

A new ten thousand years had arrived. Blades would no longer rise upon the earth, and the world would be filled with the fragrance of flowers.