Duke Tianya's Mansion, study.
Jiang Mingyang picked up a letter. It was a message from Jiang Tian.
His second elder brother, Jiang Nan, had reached level seventy. Jiang Tian would take him to the Star Dou Great Forest in the next couple of days to hunt for a Soul Ring.
Jiang Tian feared someone might stir up trouble while he was away, so he hoped Jiang Mingyang would keep a close eye on the military over the next few days.
Seeing Jiang Nan's progress, Jiang Mingyang felt deeply gratified. After all these years, his brother had finally become a Soul Saint and joined the ranks of the continent's top powerhouses.
Yes, a Soul Saint was one of the continent's top powerhouses.
In the original story, the main cast made the Soul Saint level seem neither especially high nor all that far out of reach.
In reality, a Soul Saint belonged to a tiny fraction of Soul Masters: the strongest among them, the group that stood at the very top of their world.
After all, gaining a Martial Soul Avatar brought a qualitative leap in strength. A Soul Saint could stand against ten thousand foes.
And above Soul Saints were only Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo.
Across the entire continent, the combined number of Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo certainly did not exceed two hundred.
Calling a Soul Saint one in ten thousand among Soul Masters was no exaggeration.
Back then, Jiang Mingyang had given Jiang Tian and the others an Immortal Herb each.
But their Soul Power was already high, and Immortal Herbs chiefly boosted cultivation speed before the Soul Saint level.
What was more, that effect diminished as one's cultivation rose.
So after taking the Immortal Herbs, they saw little improvement in their cultivation speed.
As for Martial Soul