The Divine Realm Takes Notice! Soul Tool Satellite Launches Successfully! Spirit City Transformed!

"Mm. Not bad."

Li Chen finished absorbing it in no time.

With his Supercomputer Martial Soul and the aid of his Skull of Destiny from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion,

Li Chen easily suppressed the backlash from the lingering will within the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone.

Once the absorption was complete,

Li Chen floated effortlessly into the air.

Fine plant-like patterns appeared on the skin of his right leg, while the bone gave off a faint blue-gold glow of life.

That wasn't all.

His Soul Power had also risen a level on its own, reaching level 55.

The Blue Silver Emperor's essence washed through his body, making his meridians tougher.

He had also gained an affinity with Blue Silver Emperor plants.

All he could say was,

Anything from the Tang family was top quality!

"Li Chen, why don't I give you these Eight Spider Lances to absorb too?"

Huo Yuhao beckoned to him.

"Hm? But External Soul Bones are incredibly rare. Don't you want them for yourself?"

External Soul Bones differed from those inside the body. The Eight Spider Lances might be only a thousand years old, but an External Soul Bone could grow stronger alongside its host.

The Skull of Destiny worked much the same way.

Such Soul Bones had no fixed upper limit and were exceptionally rare.

"No need. I have the Dark Gold Terror Claw, so the Eight Spider Lances wouldn't do much for me. You could use them as extra arms when making Soul Tools."

"Thanks, then. I'll find you something better someday."

Li Chen accepted them with a smile.

Huo Yuhao nodded, unconcerned.

Without Li Chen, Tang San would still have had him completely fooled and doing his bidding. Besides, the Eight Spider Lances were primarily poison-based, while Huo Yuhao's two top-tier Martial Souls focused on explosive power. He had little need for them.

After absorbing the Eight Spider Lances,

eight spider legs grew from Li Chen's back. They were remarkably handy.

"Have the metals from Spirit Hall arrived?"

Li Chen walked over to the workbench and asked.

"They arrived two days ago. I had Xiao Hongchen and the others deliver the first batch of ten thousand Soul Guidance Water Heaters, Milk Bottles, and Soul Guidance Lamps they'd finished."

Jing Hongchen answered.

"We've also made two High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools. They're enough to cover a ten-kilometer radius. We haven't touched the remaining metal; I thought I'd wait until you got back to see what you wanted to make."

Though Jing Hongchen was a level-nine Soul Engineer, he treated Li Chen as an equal when it came to Soul Tools.

And for good reason.

His level might currently prevent him from making higher-grade Soul Tools, but the series of wartime Soul Tools Li Chen had developed had drastically accelerated the Sun Moon Empire's unification.

When it came to Soul Tool design,

even Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming admitted they couldn't match him.

"Thanks for all your hard work. I noticed something this time: Soul Power is more concentrated in this era's environment."

"I think we could make a batch of Soul Tool High-Explosive Bombs that draw on the Soul Power in the surrounding space to boost their force. The results could be impressive."

Jing Hongchen nodded. "All right. I'll make some and test them."

"Great. Sorry for the trouble, Hall Master Jing. I'll try to get our first satellite into orbit right away."

In the Flowing Cloud Mountain Range,

the entire Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy sprang into action.

Changes in the environment meant the Soul Tool Machine Guns and Soul Tool Bullets used by the Soul Engineer Corps needed corresponding adjustments.

Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Huo Yuhao, and even Ju Zi buried themselves in the work, hoping to equip the corps with its basic Soul Tools as soon as possible.

Kong Deming took the metals from Spirit Hall

and used them to make the cores for Soul Tool weapons.

His Silver Moon Divine Light Shield could draw on the power of every Soul Engineer Corps member within its range.

If he brought the corps along this time, Tang Hao wouldn't escape even if he detonated all nine of his rings.

Kong Deming hurried to finish adjusting both Soul Engineer Corps. Once he could draw on their combined strength, he would be able to trap even a Limit Douluo!

Before long,

half a month had passed.

A Soul Tool Rocket dozens of meters tall stood on an open stretch of ground.

A Soul Tool Satellite sat atop it.

"Unbelievable..."

Huo Yuhao had seen rockets before, but they still seemed absurd to him.

He had studied the Soul Tool Rocket's blueprints. They involved mechanics, aerodynamics, even electronics, all integrated with Soul Tool Technology.

Spread out, those damned blueprints could cover an entire football field.

Even now, Huo Yuhao couldn't remember all of it.

Yet Li Chen had designed the rocket himself and could even build one by hand. Huo Yuhao seriously wondered whether the kid had his own Tian Meng-like cheat inside his head.

"Charging complete!"

Kong Deming's voice came through the walkie-talkie in Li Chen's hand.

The Soul Tool Walkie-Talkie

was another of Li Chen's inventions. It allowed communication over short to medium distances.

In the original Sun Moon Empire,

Soul Tool Satellites had eventually made calls over vast distances possible.

Kong Deming flew out from beneath the rocket and moved away.

"Good. I'll run one last check. Prepare for launch."

The problems Huo Yuhao found so complicated were no problem at all for Li Chen and his Supercomputer Martial Soul.

The computer screen quickly ran its self-check and showed no faults in the rocket's systems.

"Launch! Ignition!"

At Li Chen's command,

the high-pressure Milk Bottles beneath the Soul Tool Rocket erupted in flames of Soul Power. The towering machine kicked up a cloud of dust and shot into the sky!

Everyone at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy looked up, watching the rocket climb until it vanished from sight.

Li Chen studied the data on the computer screen.

The rocket wouldn't fly straight up forever.

Quite the opposite. After launch, it would change direction and use Douluo Star's rotation to gain speed and save fuel.

Fifteen minutes later, the rocket's first-stage engine separated. The second stage ignited successfully and kept climbing, its speed reaching Douluo Star's first cosmic velocity!

A few minutes later,

the rocket reached Douluo Star's Kármán line. The fairing at its nose split open, exposing the satellite to space.

The second stage continued firing. Once it had pushed the satellite into its designated orbit, the spring latches released, sending the satellite into space.

Then the satellite's own engine fired, making a slight adjustment to its orientation.

Finally,

the satellite stabilized, unfolded its solar panels, and settled into an orbit synchronized with Douluo Star's rotation.

"We did it!"

Li Chen broke into a grin and cheered with the others.

"Yes!"

Ju Zi and the others all cheered.

With the Soul Tool Satellite, they could monitor the ground and make calls across vast distances.

That wasn't all.

The Soul Tool Satellite could also launch strikes from high above!

On Ju Zi's Soul Tool computer's tactical screen,

images of the surrounding area transmitted by the satellite appeared. They could even make out the streets of Spirit City.

"Li Chen, the empire is lucky to have you!"

Ju Zi gave Li Chen a huge hug.

"Come on, Sister Ju Zi. If you hadn't brought me back, I'd still be wandering around."

Li Chen chuckled.

Ju Zi snorted. "Shrek was too blind to see your worth. Just because you couldn't fight, they decided your Martial Soul was worthless and refused to admit you."

"That let me find you instead. Though I had no idea back then you'd become this strong..."

Thinking back, Ju Zi could only put it down to fate and timing.

Shrek's arrogance had eventually led to Li Chen personally bringing the Soul Engineer Corps down on them. Saturation bombing had flattened Shrek Academy.

Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, both Super Douluos, had been vaporized on the spot by a simultaneous volley of Li Chen's Soul Tool nuclear bombs.

"Look! Spirit City has changed so much."

Meng Hongchen pointed at the Soul Tool screen.

Everyone looked over. In the satellite images, Soul Tool wiring was being laid across Spirit City on a massive scale, drawing crowds of onlookers.

"Tsk. Technology really does change lives. But I doubt Bibi Dong will say this is Sun Moon Sect technology. She'll claim it for Spirit Hall."

Ye Yulin spoke up.

Li Chen chuckled. "That's fine. Let them spread Soul Tool Technology. Once people get used to modern technology, it's almost impossible to make them go back to living without it."

"We hold the core technology. When the time comes, they'll find out what it means to be at our mercy!"

Li Chen wasn't worried in the slightest.

Meanwhile,

in the Divine Realm,

the five God Kings stared at the satellite floating above Douluo Star, deep in thought.

"What... what is that thing?"

The God King of Destruction and the others looked baffled.