The Stirring of All Sides, the Life-Bound Soul Tool

"Father, don't worry. I'll do my best."

Ning Tian heard her father's words, and excitement brightened her eyes.

In particular, his promise that the sect would give her considerable freedom in choosing her future husband had stirred her heart.

For that alone, Ning Tian felt she could not miss this opportunity, no matter what.

Deep down, she still wanted to marry a Soul Master with a Power Attack System Martial Soul. That would strengthen the sect, after all. But choosing freely and being forced by the sect were two very different things.

In the Star Luo Empire, the imperial family noticed that members of the Earth Dragon Sect had been entering the country one after another. Each time they arrived, they immediately took control of a remarkably lucrative business. These moves soon drew the imperial family's attention.

"How is the investigation going?"

The Star Luo Empire's emperor, Xu Jiawei, put the question to the people before him.

He was naturally delighted to have the Earth Dragon Sect's experts join them.

Even without a Titled Douluo, the Earth Dragon Sect was still an established sect with formidable mid-level fighters.

But he worried that another country might have a scheme behind this.

After all, the Earth Dragon Sect belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Right now, they ought to be joining forces against the Sun Moon Empire.

Yet neither the Heaven Dou Empire nor the Dou Ling Empire seemed to grasp how grave the situation had become.

At a time like this, he had to stay on guard.

"Your Majesty, we've found out."

"These businesses all belong to the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, and the Earth Dragon Sect's Sect Leader, Nan Shuishui, is his wife. Recently, these businesses have been searching for all kinds of Soul Beast cores..."

His subordinate promptly reported the