Everything Is Ready

During infancy, having gone without food for a long time and cried himself to sleep, he had just fallen asleep.

With such a good opportunity, if he still had no way to carry out a mental invasion and successfully obtain what he wanted, it could only prove one thing: there was something fishy about Tang San.

Then, he began to circulate his spiritual power, quietly invading Tang San's soul.

"Imprint!"

The matter was not difficult, and he successfully imprinted all of Tang San's memories with great ease.

Immediately following that, this wave of memories surged headlong into his Sea of Consciousness.

He hurriedly found what was needed, while as for the rest, they were all excised.

Having finished this matter, he cast his gaze toward Tang Hao instead.

To kill Tang Hao in this state would take no effort at all.

Yet he did not make a move.

The reason was very simple: there was no reason.

When all was said and done, Tang San was a backup route he had left for himself.

Without lingering long, he concealed his figure and quietly departed.

This trip out had successfully yielded the perfect Tang Sect Secret Arts.

Aside from that, when he imprinted Tang San's memories, he also detected some clues.

Tang San's soul and this physique had not yet reached the degree of perfect integration, just like when he had originally seized Xiong Jun's physique back then, tossing and turning for nearly a full millennium before he successfully inherited everything of Xiong Jun's.

Clearly, Tang San was just like him, belonging to those who had crossed over through seizure of a body rather than rebirth.

After pondering for a while, he decided to carry out the body seizure on Dai Mubai two and a half years later after Dai Mubai awakened his Martial Soul.

That would be able to save a lot of trouble.

The two and a half years prior to this would be enough for him to properly arrange everything.

Aside from Immortal Herbs and other arrangements, the most crucial thing naturally was the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

He needed to prepare a matching set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for himself.

In fact, the simplest and most effortless method was to secretly hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts of the ocean, thereby obtaining Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

As for returning to the Star Dou Great Forest during this time period, he truly did not dare to easily attempt it; once discovered by Di Tian, he could not imagine at all what would happen.

However, he did not take action immediately.

Instead, he intended to search for some ancient ruins.

He would look for some finished Soul Tools left over from the ancient era, preferably ones that could help himself after the body seizure.

Of course, when he searched targeting ancient ruins, his most fundamental purpose was to want to find that Dragon Core which Mu En obtained ten thousand years later.

By rights, a complete Ancient White Dragon physique not only possessed a Dragon Core, but also possessed a Soul Bone.

Thus, he embarked on the path of searching for ancient ruins.

And as it turned out, he really did search out some things.

As long as the target location of the ancient ruin was made clear, upon arrival revealing his true form to excavate, the effect was extremely remarkable.

Not only did he find some relatively well-preserved Soul Tools stored away that were still helpful to him, he also found some records in ancient texts left over from the ancient period, though unfortunately, many things were incomplete and nothing could be made out.

Nine months later, within a deep mountain at the edge of the Douluo Continent.

Upon arriving here and seeing that gigantic White Dragon physique, he knew that his luck was good and he had found his initial target.

It was precisely the location where the White Dragon Inner Core that Mu En would obtain in the future resided.

"This might, even though the physique has already decayed, still possesses Dragon Might, not yielding to me in the slightest."

Feeling the faint majesty emitted by the White Dragon corpse, he was somewhat startled.

This White Dragon turned out to be a Ferocious Beast, and its age very likely reached five hundred thousand years.

At first glance, he saw the Dragon Core wrapped within the abdomen of the skeleton.

Stepping forward, his huge bear paw had just touched the White Dragon Remains when the White Dragon Remains immediately collapsed.

"Boom!"

Dull sounds rang out one after another, stirring up all sorts of dust.

"This really is..."

Having eaten a mouthful of ash, at this moment he truly wanted to curse.

No matter what, though, the Dragon Core was in hand, and he was still very happy.

The situation was very obvious; this White Dragon Remains itself had already reached its limit and had long since been gradually worn away amidst the endless years. His appearance had broken the balance here, and thus there was this scene of collapse upon contact.

"There shouldn't be no Soul Bone!"

After rummaging to find the Dragon Core and pocketing it, he fixed his gaze upon that large pile of decayed dragon bones.

By rights, a five hundred thousand year Ferocious Beast whose physique was still complete ought to have a Soul Bone.

He after all still refused to give up.

Then he started searching through it bit by bit.

But very soon, his gaze lit up.

A smooth white skull presented itself within his line of sight; although dead, silent, and decaying, he was still able to feel that a trace of soul power fluctuation existed within its interior.

Circulating his own soul power, the next moment, the head bone began to emit a faint light.

"This is the White Dragon Head Soul Bone..."

Looking at the item in his hand, he hurriedly transformed into a human form.

That perception was not wrong, and this was precisely a soul bone.

Although the soul bone origin within it was weak, it was nonetheless solid and real.

This situation was already extremely obvious: because of the passage of time, the soul bone had gradually lost its soul power, and its origin had gradually withered.

It was fortunate that he discovered it early; another few thousand years later, by that time this soul bone would have lost all luster along with the White Dragon Remains, thereby completely turning into flying ash.

The reason the Dragon Core was able to be preserved was because it was in the abdomen of the White Dragon Remains, situated at the very core position that was protected.

Although the origin power was weak, it was undeniable that this was a five-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast Head Soul Bone.

It did not matter if the origin was weak; after fusion, the origin power would gradually increase along with the soul master's cultivation, and the soul skills attached to it as well as the amplifications that should be there would still not be few, it merely being that the power was not all that great at the beginning when executing these soul skills.

It could be regarded as a growth-type head soul bone, with the maximum age being five hundred thousand years.

Moreover, the soul bone itself was an existence where the inner circle formed a small world of its own; as long as the appearance was intact and the origin had not completely been annihilated, after activating it with soul power, it would absorb the soul power between heaven and earth to rapidly replenish itself.

Furthermore, was there not the White Dragon Inner Core?

Now, just one soul bone was missing to complete the set.

As long as it was not a hundred-thousand-year soul bone that already existed in an occupied position, that would do; after all, he could still produce a soul bone himself, and was able to fill the vacancy in an empty position.

This goal was accomplished, and subsequently he began to shift his target, putting the required Immortal Herbs into his bag.

After getting the Immortal Herbs sorted out, he went to the vast sea to hunt hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and acquire hundred-thousand-year soul bones.

This matter carried no small amount of risk.

After all, there was still a rank-99 Titled Douluo above the vast sea!

Therefore, it was necessary to act with caution.

He mixed in among the ranks of human soul masters, inquired about news, made his targets clear, launched thunderous kills, and pushed everything onto the human soul masters.

He actually slaughtered three hundred-thousand-year sea soul beasts before successfully obtaining the soul bone he needed.

During this process, he tried his best to avoid the vicinity of Sea God Island, and even went for a trip to the deep sea, only then gathering the required soul bones.

"Calculating the time, there are less than a few months left before the target for soul seizure awakens his martial soul."

Having determined the time, he no longer hesitated, heading to the Star Luo Empire at the very first moment.

It was still concealing his form, and still quietly paying attention.

The methods he had left behind back then quietly affected Dai Mubai.

From a youth who was considered somewhat spirited at the beginning, he gradually became muddled, and even began to be in a daze later on, looking just like a demented child.

Even so, the Star Luo Imperial Family still did not abandon him.

Instead, they paid extraordinary attention to him.

Especially his older brother Dai Weisi.

The reason was very simple: he suspected that Dai Mubai was withholding things and playing the fool.

How could a perfectly fine person gradually become demented?

Even the empire's top doctors and soul masters with the highest cultivation could not make out the clue within it.

Then there was only one possibility, which was that someone had given him pointers on something, making him do this.

After all, the struggle for the throne of the Star Luo Imperial Family was very cruel and very bloody.

Today was the day Dai Mubai awakened his martial soul; whether it was Dai Weisi or their father the Star Luo Emperor, both had arrived at the scene.

"Begin awakening the martial soul!"

The Star Luo Emperor waved his large hand, immediately having the soul master responsible for awakening martial souls help Dai Mubai awaken his martial soul.

Any relatively large faction could awaken martial souls by themselves, as the method for awakening martial souls was after all not complicated.

Only those commoners would wait for Spirit Hall to help awaken their martial souls.

"Mubai, let me see whether you are truly foolish or acting foolish."

The Star Luo Emperor looked at Dai Mubai down on the platform, a hint of expectation growing in his heart.