Du Busi Came in Person-Was the Entire Sect Moving?

For a while afterward, all of Mingdu seemed to fall under a strange atmosphere.

Of course, that strange atmosphere had little to do with Xu Tiance.

It was only a struggle for the throne. Even without him as a wild card, Xu Chengjing would have driven Xu Chengye from power and taken the Sun Moon Empire's throne. His arrival had merely sped things up.

His arrival could also ensure that Xu He would not escape the Sun Moon Empire and end up a student at Shrek Academy.

Since Xu Chengjing had seized the throne and killed Xu Chengye's imperial consorts and every princess, there was no reason to spare his sole remaining child. Xu Tiance had no intention of handing such a future menace to Shrek Academy for nothing.

He did not know how Xu He had escaped in the original story, but on the night of the coup, he would ask Kong Deming to guard the Sun Moon Imperial Palace. Let's see Xu He get past that!

"Tiance, how is your study of Martial Soul Theory and Soul Beasts coming along?"

The moment Kong Deming finished speaking, his expression shifted slightly, and he snapped his head up.

An instant later, a powerful aura appeared outside the Sun Moon Imperial Palace.

The newcomer was Du Busi. He had hurried back to the Body Sect to hold several sect meetings, then rushed straight to the Sun Moon Empire.

Floating outside the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, Du Busi felt a faint chill of alarm. The palace guards might as well have been made of paper as far as he was concerned, but from within the palace, he sensed something that made his heart tremble.

And that feeling did not come from any one person.

In other words... this palace housed Soul Tools capable of threatening a Level 98 Super Douluo!

Du Busi knew the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool technology far surpassed that of the Three Great Empires on the Douluo Continent. Never had he imagined they had developed Soul Tools of such power!

A Soul Tool capable of threatening a Level 98 Super Douluo... the very idea was terrifying.

After all, it was generally believed that Soul Masters were slightly weaker than Soul Engineers of the same level early in their cultivation. Once they reached the Soul Saint level, there was no difference between them, and at the Titled Douluo level, a pure Soul Master was unquestionably stronger.

But now... that understanding had plainly been shattered.

Even Du Busi's long-held conviction wavered. He had always believed the Body Martial Soul—or the human body itself—was a Soul Master's sharpest weapon. He had always sneered at offensive Soul Tools and rejected them outright.

Now, that conviction quietly began to loosen.

Perhaps... Kong Deming had been right. The development of Soul Tools truly was the tide of the future. Du Busi had simply refused to admit it and stood rooted to the spot.

Du Busi shook his head and forced the thought down.

He had originally planned to call out to Kong Deming, but after sensing the presence in the palace that made even his heart tremble, he restrained himself.

He was sure Kong Deming had already noticed his arrival.

Sure enough.

Before long, Kong Deming appeared above the palace, accompanied by the Level 9 Soul Engineer Ye Yulin and another elder of the Offering Hall: the Level 93 Titled Douluo and Level 9 Soul Engineer Wang Yiheng, the Mad Bull Douluo.

Kong Deming frowned at the sight of Du Busi and said irritably, "If you're coming, just come. Why make such a commotion?"

Of course, Kong Deming left the rest unsaid.

The moment Du Busi had appeared above the palace, its high-energy compression Soul Guidance Array had locked onto him, as had several Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons. Any suspicious move on his part would have triggered them at once.

Together, the cannons and the array posed a lethal threat even to a Limit Douluo. Du Busi had just taken a stroll past the gates of death.

Kong Deming did not say so. For one thing, the defenses were the palace's hidden trump card. For another, given Du Busi's temperament, he probably would not believe it anyway.

Du Busi waved a hand, his expression turning serious. "After I returned to the sect, I called a meeting. We discussed it three times. Now it's time to give you an answer."

Kong Deming shot Ye Yulin and Wang Yiheng a glance. They understood at once and left, while he led Du Busi down into the palace and to a room beside the Offering Hall.

Just as Du Busi entered, Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi finished merging their Soul Power and slowly opened their eyes.

"Oh? This girl can merge her Soul Power with yours?"

Du Busi raised an eyebrow, surprise flashing across his face.

He had seen Ye Guyi when they first met, but all his attention had been on Xu Tiance. Only now did he realize that she could merge her Soul Power with his.

"Enough idle talk. Since you've made your decision, tell us exactly how the Body Sect intends to cooperate," Kong Deming said, cutting off Du Busi's curious questions and getting straight to the point. "You've come to the Sun Moon Empire in person, so you must have a definite plan. Let's hear it."

Xu Tiance's gaze fixed firmly on Du Busi as well.

Du Busi's expression grew more solemn. "The Body Sect has no particular ties holding us to the Heaven Dou Empire. Moving the entire sect to the Sun Moon Empire isn't out of the question."

"We may have only a few hundred disciples in all, but relocating every one of them will be no easy task. And once we arrive, where will the sect be based?"

Delight flashed in Kong Deming's eyes.

He had never expected Du Busi to accept Tiance's proposal, much less so quickly!

It was an unexpected stroke of good fortune.

In truth, Xu Tiance's reasoned words had won Du Busi over. He did not covet the title of the Sun Moon Empire's State Religion. He simply thought that moving here would make it easier to teach Xu Tiance. With the empire's help, the Body Sect's ranks would surely swell as well.

Even if Xu Tiance truly could not join the Body Sect and become its young sect master, the sect could still grow strong! That was far better than remaining in its little valley in the Heaven Dou Empire.