A New World

After all the turmoil had passed.

Hane sat alone in the Imperial Palace, gazing at a crystal-clear drop of blood in his hand.

This was the mysterious blood the Imperial Research Institute had extracted from the blood of numerous children.

The drop had an immensely powerful ability to stir emotions, silently influencing the feelings of those around it.

When the Imperial Research Institute first extracted it, the blood had caused considerable chaos. The jealousy of some ordinary researchers had grown out of control.

Before long, many senior researchers were fighting each other out of envy. Even Vegapunk and Orochimaru had been affected.

The two had begun scheming against each other, both openly and in secret.

If Chika of the Twelve Golden Guards had not arrived and suppressed them with her formidable soul power, the Empire might have lost a great many of its finest minds.

"What kind of world possesses such powerful emotional energy?"

Hane murmured to himself, then considered whether he should go there.

He could sense the lingering presence of a powerful World Will within the drop. Whoever possessed such blood was either someone who had achieved Dao Integration or someone favored by the world.

Only those two kinds of people would carry the World Will in their blood.

With that in mind, Hane decided to see for himself. He had made no progress in a long time. Even the Underworld's fusion with Soul Society had only given him greater soul power, without substantially improving his overall strength.

If he had to place his current strength within a precise realm, he had probably reached the late stage of True Immortal. He still had some way to go before breaking through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Yet he had a feeling this world would be the key to his