Lou Gao Joins the Sun Moon Sect? Ning Fengzhi's Vicious Scheme! Ji Juechen Comes for Chen Xin!

Heaven Dou City.

The old president of the Forging Association had fallen asleep in his chair.

Lou Gao cradled the Soul Tool Hand Cannon, its dismantled parts scattered across the floor.

"My god!"

"It charges and compresses Soul Power, draws on spatial Soul Power, absorbs recoil so it doesn't injure the arm, and blasts enemies away so a close-range explosion won't hurt the user..."

"And this Soul Guidance Milk Bottle—did a human being really come up with this?"

Lou Gao hadn't slept all night, but he only grew more excited.

Whenever he failed to understand something, he took it apart. The more he took apart, the less he understood.

"The Sun Moon Sect is a craftsman's paradise!"

Lou Gao sprang to his feet.

The old president jolted awake. "Old Lou, how's it going? Can you make one in three months?"

Lou Gao said excitedly, "I've decided. I'm joining the Sun Moon Sect! With Soul Tool Technology this advanced, it's a craftsman's paradise!"

With that,

Lou Gao strode straight out the door.

"Huh?"

The old president of the Forging Association stared in shock.

"Wait, I..."

Wonderful. They hadn't even figured out how to dismantle the Sun Moon Sect's Soul Tools, and he'd already sent the continent's greatest master craftsman straight into their ranks!

Overcome with distress, the old president fainted.

At that very moment, Tang San felt a sudden twinge in his chest.

Lou Gao's departure

meant no one would ever again sacrifice his heart's blood to forge Tang San's weapons. He would never be able to make devastating Hidden Weapons like the Storm Pear Blossom Needles again!

Heaven Dou City Square.

As in Spirit City, the appearance of Soul Tools drew crowds from all over the city.

Xue Ye was quite efficient.

Heaven Dou City soon began laying Soul Tool circuits. Before long, it would likely become a city that never slept.

Of course,

none of this came free.

Fifty million Gold Soul Coins—the Heaven Dou Empire had paid the entire sum at once. In the end, the money would have to come from its people.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Castle.

Ning Fengzhi spared no expense and bought a hundred Soul Tool Hand Cannons.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did the same. Yu Yuanzhen dug deep and brought back a hundred of them.

Now,

Ning Fengzhi distributed the Soul Tool Hand Cannons to the sect's disciples, smiling and nodding.

"Fengzhi, with these Soul Tool Hand Cannons, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can launch a Soul Hunting Operation in the Star Dou Great Forest and collect some Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones,"

Bone Douluo Gu Rong said with a smile.

"Once we have the Soul Bones, we can sell them for more money and buy more Soul Tool Hand Cannons. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will grow rapidly!"

Ning Fengzhi nodded, then frowned.

"Yes and no. It would be better if we could buy the Sun Moon Sect's Flying Soul Tools. Then we could form a Soul Master army

with mobility and firepower to spare. We'd even stand a chance against Spirit Hall."

Sword Douluo Chen Xin shook his head. "I doubt it'll be that easy. These Soul Tools may sway battles between armies, but they'd have little effect in a fight between top-tier experts."

Once a man held a powerful weapon, the urge to kill followed.

Chen Xin had been amazed when he saw the Soul Tools, but unfortunately, the Sun Moon Sect's current offerings could not sway battles between top-tier experts.

If only they had stronger Soul Tools—ones that could kill a Titled Douluo.

Then he might have a chance to seek out Qian Daoliu and avenge his father.

"How could the Sun Moon Sect possibly have a Soul Tool that could sway a battle between top-tier experts?"

Gu Rong laughed. "Chen Xin, if the Sun Moon Sect had a Soul Tool that could kill a Titled Douluo, they'd have unified the continent themselves by now."

Something occurred to Ning Fengzhi.

"Speaking of that, I have an idea. The Sun Moon Sect is only cooperating with us, and they're even keeping it from Spirit Hall."

"We could quietly leak word to Spirit Hall. Given how they never let a slight go unanswered, they'll probably move against the Sun Moon Sect."

"Once Spirit Hall has driven the Sun Moon Sect into a corner, we can step in and save Li Chen, Huo Yuhao, and the other talented disciples. Then the Sun Moon Sect's Soul Tool Technology will be ours, won't it?"

Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo exchanged a glance,

both stunned.

"Fengzhi, you're plotting to wipe out the Sun Moon Sect and take everything they have. They've done nothing to oppose the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Isn't that too ruthless?"

Chen Xin frowned.

How was that any different from Spirit Hall taking whatever it wanted by force?

Worse, they would be using Spirit Hall to do their dirty work.

Ning Fengzhi sneered. "You can't get ahead without being ruthless! Rongrong came back a few days ago and told me she'd met Li Chen and the others in the Star Dou Great Forest. Li Chen squeezed a fortune out of Shrek."

"He even badly injured Tang San and drove off Clear Sky Douluo."

Ning Fengzhi narrowed his eyes.

Rongrong was his only precious daughter.

He might have kept his feelings hidden when he met Li Chen and the others, but that didn't mean he had forgotten the slight.

Before that,

Ning Rongrong had told him about a classmate named Tang San who knew Hidden Weapons inside and out. Ning Fengzhi had planned to learn more.

Now, however,

the Sun Moon Sect's technology seemed more advanced.

If he could get his hands on it,

Ning Fengzhi believed that, driven by hatred for Spirit Hall, talents like Li Chen and Huo Yuhao might someday develop high-end Soul Tools.

And even if they couldn't,

their talent for cultivating Soul Power was extraordinary. Wouldn't it be splendid if they became Titled Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

There was no denying it:

Ning Fengzhi had quite an imagination. By getting Spirit Hall to do the killing, he could leave two boys carrying a grudge over the destruction of their sect—a perfect setup for protagonists!

Better yet, protagonists who would serve him!

Gu Rong was astonished. "Is the Sun Moon Sect really that strong?!"

"They do seem formidable. It would be even better if I had a chance to cross swords with them."

Sword Douluo Chen Xin touched the hilt of his Seven Kill Sword.

Chen Xin disapproved of Ning Fengzhi's methods, but if underhanded tactics could strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then so be it.

"Let's wait and see whether the Sun Moon Sect is willing to hand over its Flying Soul Tools. If not, I'll have to help them part with them."

Ning Fengzhi narrowed his eyes.

Heaven Dou City Square.

Xue Ye had allocated a shop in the city center to serve as the Sun Moon Sect's base.

"Li Chen, we need to send someone to run the Heaven Dou City branch."

Huo Yuhao wiped the sweat from his brow.

By now, Huo Yuhao fully considered himself a member of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.

"We do. And we need to find the satellite a safe place. It can't stay near Spirit City forever."

Li Chen thought for a moment and picked up the Soul Guide Communicator.

The Soul Tool Satellite had made it much easier to stay in touch.

Once Li Chen secured Heaven Dou City's resources, he planned to launch two more Geostationary Satellites. That would give him coverage across all of Douluo Star.

After that, he would keep launching satellites, including ones carrying Space-Based Kinetic Weapons. When those reached orbit, well...!

Weapons capable of striking from space

were beyond anything the people of this era could imagine!

"Hey, Doro."

On the other end of the communicator, Ju Zi snapped, "How many times have I told you? Use my title when we're working!"

"Got it, Doro."

Ju Zi was speechless.

Li Chen said, "We've just reached an agreement with the Heaven Dou Empire. Send Ji Juechen and Hall Master Jing over to hold down the branch."

"Also, Doro, all of you should relocate. We need a safe place to inscribe the Magic Array. I'll send you the route."

In the Flowing Cloud Mountain Range,

Ju Zi nodded. "All right."

The Soul Engineer Corps—especially the Sun Moon Empire Imperial Soul Engineer Corps and the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps—were the Sun Moon Empire's elite forces. Disciplined and quick to move, they soon began packing.

Ji Juechen was baffled. "He wants me in Heaven Dou City? We're just selling them some junk. What's there to guard? Without the Magic Array, the stuff's useless even if they steal it."

Ji Juechen had no desire to go.

Guarding a shop sounded painfully dull. At least in the mountains, he could kill a couple of Soul Beasts for fun when he had nothing else to do.

Ju Zi smiled. "Tell Li Chen that yourself."

She handed him the communicator.

Li Chen's voice came through.

"Old Ji, Chen Xin's here. You know, Sword Douluo. I told him about you, and he said your swordsmanship was trash. Sure you don't want to come test him?"

Ji Juechen's eyes widened. "Chen Xin's there too? Fine. Wait for me—I'm coming right now!"

Ji Juechen eagerly sharpened his sword.

Hmph!

He'd show them who the continent's finest swordsman really was!