Coming Out to Welcome Them

"A Titled Douluo, suspected of possessing the imperial bloodline."

Upon learning this, the Star Luo Emperor was deeply shocked.

If such a powerful figure existed, then everything that had happened to Dai Mubai made sense.

The only thing that did not make sense was why that person had guided Dai Mubai.

And even taken him as a disciple.

"Someone, bring me the registers of every member of the imperial family from the past three hundred years."

The Star Luo Emperor issued the order in a low voice. After the surprise and delight passed, his first thought was whether some conspiracy lay behind this.

As a ruler, he had to consider the matter from every angle.

Soon, someone delivered the relevant records to the Star Luo Emperor's desk.

Then the Star Luo Emperor began examining their names one by one.

For everyone who possessed the imperial bloodline, there were clear records of whether they lived or died.

This involved their imperial family's system of competition and succession.

"No, not this one..."

The Star Luo Emperor examined name after name, confirming that they were all dead, but never found the person he sought.

"Wait, this one. His final recorded outcome was that he disappeared after losing the succession struggle. By seniority, I should call him Granduncle..."

"Could he have survived back then?"

When he saw one particular name and its accompanying records, the Star Luo Emperor's eyes immediately lit up.

If that were the case, everything made sense.

This granduncle might well have encountered some opportunity after losing the struggle and disappearing, and thus become a Titled Douluo.

But because of what had happened back then, he disliked the current imperial family and therefore kept his distance.

Yet that brat Dai Mubai had somehow enjoyed a stroke of good fortune and caught his eye, leading him to take the boy as his disciple.

The Star Luo Emperor arrived at what he considered a perfectly closed chain of logic.

Even if there were still things he did not know, he was unwilling to dwell on them. He could only leave it at that.

There was only one explanation for that person being able to remain in the imperial palace for so long without anyone discovering him: he was no ordinary Titled Douluo.

If he had wanted to seize the throne, he would have acted long ago.

Why would he have waited until today?

For now, this was all he could tell himself.

"It is a good thing in the end. Perhaps that little fellow Dai Mubai might bring me an unexpected surprise?"

At this thought, the Star Luo Emperor realized that perhaps he had been too distant from this son of his before.

The problem was that even if he wanted to make amends now, he could not.

That boy's cultivation path had clearly been arranged by that granduncle. If he did something that displeased him, who knew what might happen?

"Allocate a portion of cultivation resources from my private treasury every month and quietly deliver it to that young girl of the Zhu Family named Zhu Zhuqing. Also, find an absolutely loyal female Soul Saint to protect her."

After some thought, the Star Luo Emperor soon found a point of approach.

Dai Mubai knew nothing of what had happened in the Star Luo Empire.

Nor had he expected that a story he had casually invented would actually lead the Star Luo Empire's imperial family to imagine an imperial Titled Douluo into existence.

At that moment, he was cultivating the Purple Demon Eye on the top floor of the restaurant.

With his foundation and the Autumn Dew of Insight he had absorbed, the very nature of his spiritual power had long since transformed. Coupled with his Head Soul Bone, he should, by all rights, have already broken through to the Purple Demon Eye's third realm.

Yet he had not broken through.

The reason was simple.

His foundation was sufficient, but he lacked the purple qi of the rising sun.

After all, he had spent too little time accumulating it.

In other words, as long as he accumulated enough purple qi, his Purple Demon Eye could break through without any bottleneck whatsoever.

"It will probably take another year or so to break through."

Only when he could no longer sense any purple qi between heaven and earth did Dai Mubai slowly rise and sigh softly.

Of the Tang Sect Secret Arts he had obtained from Tang San through Imprint, the ones he valued most were the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Purple Demon Eye, followed by the Mysterious Jade Hand.

As for the others, he regarded them relatively ordinarily.

In some respects, he valued the Purple Demon Eye even more than the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

The reason was simple: the Purple Demon Eye was the only method he knew of on the Douluo Continent that increased spiritual power.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Heart Separation Control could also increase one's spiritual power to a certain extent, it was fundamentally a method for controlling spiritual power, with some increase in spiritual power occurring along the way during control and practice.

The Purple Demon Eye, however, could harness the power of heaven and earth to strengthen the eyes while also increasing spiritual power.

Naturally, the two could not be spoken of in the same breath.

As for why he valued the Mysterious Jade Hand, naturally, he wanted to begin studying it, dissecting and analyzing it before incorporating it into his own Indestructible Vajra.

Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent were, in essence, mages.

Even Soul Masters with Beast Martial Souls were the same: all had high offense and low defense.

Thus, he also placed great importance on the Indestructible Vajra he possessed.

"Your Highness, the visiting card has been delivered. The Jade Phosphorus Douluo is already waiting at his residence."

After finishing his cultivation, Dai Mubai looked at Black Panther beside him, who immediately reported.

"All right, let's go!"

Dai Mubai did not hesitate. Over the past few days, aside from cultivating the Purple Demon Eye and the Mysterious Heaven Skill a little, he had spent all his time enjoying himself. Now it was time to attend to proper business.

"Your Highness, are we going just like this?"

"Shouldn't we prepare some gifts?"

Looking at the empty-handed Dai Mubai, Black Panther hesitated before speaking up to remind him.

After all, that was a Titled Douluo. Visiting him empty-handed was truly somewhat inappropriate.

"No matter. My teacher has already prepared the gift for me."

Dai Mubai spoke very casually.

As for Dugu Bo, he had truly wanted to kill him outright back then. After all, he had already descended in his true body at the time.

But thinking of the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, and having yet to determine his own characteristics at the time, he had chosen to spare him.

He had then given him a savage beating and suppressed his snake venom somewhat. The reason he had not completely resolved it was naturally that he was waiting to come back after possessing Dai Mubai.

Of course, there had been another reason back then: he had still chosen to keep a fallback option, intending to leave the position for Tang San.

After successfully possessing Dai Mubai and confirming that his soul belonged to a human rather than a Soul Beast, he had changed his strategy.

He would naturally seize the Sea God godhood, but the Asura God King's godhood would require some consideration.

He would see how things stood when the time came.

The two then headed to the residence where Dugu Bo lived.

"This is..."

As soon as they approached the residence and he saw Dugu Bo waiting outside the gates, Black Panther froze on the spot.

A Titled Douluo had personally come out to welcome them. Was this prince he protected not a little too mysterious?

Or perhaps that Titled Douluo's strength exceeded his imagination.