Before the smoke of war had even cleared from Mingdu, Toji and his group had already quietly crossed the border and returned to Heaven Dou City of the Heaven Dou Empire.
As night fell, the group returned to the city and eventually arrived at a secret stronghold of Toji in Heaven Dou City. It appeared to be an ordinary noble mansion on the outside, but underground it was connected to a huge soul guidance experimental base.
"Phew, I'm finally back."
The long journey through the Sun Moon Empire had come to an end. Upon returning to the Heaven Dou Empire, Toji felt much more relaxed.
It feels like so much has happened, and I'm only one step away from breaking through to the Soul Douluo...
Thinking of this, Toji's gaze involuntarily drifted to Ice Empress, who was stretching lazily to the side.
Alright, once I break through to the Soul Douluo, I'll have to fuse with her... At that time, my cultivation will increase greatly again.
"My lord, you're finally back!"
Upon hearing the news of Toji's return, Liang Wu strode over, his face beaming with delight.
"Is everything alright?"
"Excellent! With the addition of the Body Sect, we have received comprehensive support from the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family."
"The amount of Gold Soul Coin we can earn is more than ten times what it used to be!"
Liang Wu excitedly shared all the good news with Toji.
Shen Toji he heard.
"Did you treat the people Qiu'er and her group brought well?"
"Well, she's my sister-in-law after all, we should definitely treat her well."
As Liang Wu was speaking, a young man dressed in a gray Soul Engineer's robe rushed over, his face showing excitement:
"My lord! You're finally back! Teacher Xuan told me to wait for you here, saying he has something good to show you!"
Toji raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Xuan Ziwen just arrived and already stirred up something?"
That's incredibly fast!
The Soul Engineer rubbed his hands together and lowered his voice:
"It's the Qi and Blood Soul Tool you mentioned before... Teacher Xuan said the initial test was successful!"
"The main reason is that Teacher Xuan is too interested in types of Soul Tool that don't require Soul Power to activate; otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to develop Sealed Milk Bottle."
A glint of light flashed in Toji's eyes as she turned to Ice Empress and the others, saying, "You all settle in first, I'll go take a look."
Ice Empress pouted:
"So mysterious..."
But she still waved her hand, signaling him to hurry up.
Underground Soul Guidance Laboratory.
After passing through layers of security doors, Toji stepped into a brightly lit laboratory.
Xuan Ziwen and Li Xuanfeng were standing in front of the central experimental table, discussing something while fiddling with a greatsword-type Soul Tool.
The two of them heard footsteps but didn't look up.
"Your lousy lab has nothing, not even the interior."
As soon as they entered, Toji heard Xuan Ziwen's complaints.
"And this damn lab size! Mingdu the worst trainee Soul Engineer in Mingdu have their own operating rooms."
"The security measures are quite good; at least we don't have to worry about intrusions."
"Also, regarding the equipment, we do have machine tools, but compared to the Sun Moon Empire, they are far inferior, utterly inferior!"
"Well, isn't it all thanks to your help, Teacher Xuan?" Toji stepped forward and advised, "Otherwise, we wouldn't need to call you here, would we?"
"If I hadn't heard that you've developed Soul Tool that doesn't require Soul Power, and that you have a legendary, extremely rare Soul Master with a true -Body Martial Soul to work with you on creating the Body Soul Tool... I wouldn't have come with you."
Xuan Ziwen suppressed his anger and crossed his arms.
"But he's not a bad guy."
As he spoke, Xuan Ziwen patted Li Xuanfeng on the shoulder.
"Before I arrived, you were the only Level 8 Soul Engineer. To have achieved this level shows you have great potential."
Li Xuanfeng hurriedly said:
"Oh, not at all. My success rate in creating Level 8 Soul Tool is too low now. I can't compare to you, Teacher Xuan."
"If your cultivation level were high enough, Teacher Xuan, you would probably be Level 9 Soul Engineer by now."
Xuan Ziwen returned some time earlier than Toji, so he was already familiar with the people at the stronghold.
Li Xuanfeng, who was originally the chief Soul Engineer, was particularly excited when he heard that the Sun Moon Empire had recruited many high-level Soul Engineer.
After comparing himself to Xuan Ziwen, Li Xuanfeng readily admitted that he was inferior to her.
Because Xuan Ziwen is truly amazing.
With his help, the Body Soul Tool could even be developed more quickly.
Li Xuanfeng readily and decisively became Xuan Ziwen's disciple, and Xuan Ziwen, seeing that he also had some talent and worked so hard, was happy to accept him.
"By the way, this is also one of the conditions we agreed on." Upon hearing Li Xuanfeng say this, Xuan Ziwen quickly turned to look at Toji.
"You said you would help me break through to the Titled Douluo level with all your might."
"That's certainly not a problem." Toji nodded in agreement. "Once I have my teacher come over, and we gather the entire Heaven Dou Empire together, we can definitely help you break through to the Titled Douluo."
"That's good." Xuan Ziwen looked satisfied.
"Hand over all the Soul Tool you have. I'll study their principles and then upgrade them for you."
"You leveled up so quickly?" Toji asked in surprise.
"Do you think I've been sitting here for nothing these past few days?" Xuan Ziwen cursed. "Stop talking nonsense and hand it over right now. My time is very precious, so don't waste it."
"Also, tell your teacher to come over right away. After I break through to the Titled Douluo, I'll be able to upgrade your entire set of soul Soul Tool to Level 9 Soul Tool."
"Including this Soul Tool that hasn't been fully developed yet."
As he spoke, Xuan Ziwen pointed to the large sword placed on the experimental table.
"Teacher Xuan, my abilities are ultimately limited. This is a half-finished product I made myself, which I believe is the most promising Soul Tool in the Douluo Continent at present."
Li Xuanfeng's eyes lit up as he looked at the greatsword.
"That's right, it was only after seeing this half-finished product that I realized you have quite a talent." Xuan Ziwen's eyes also lit up with fervor.
"Once I become Titled Douluo, I will definitely turn him into Level 9 Soul Tool!"
Toji his gaze fell on the greatsword.
In fact, Li Xuanfeng began developing this Soul Tool on his own before he even went to the Sun Moon Empire.
I can't believe it's still not done.
"What are you daydreaming about? Didn't I tell you to hand over a whole set of Soul Tool?" Xuan Ziwen scolded angrily when he saw that Toji hadn't moved.
"Alright, alright, I'll hand it over right now." Toji was quite helpless about Xuan Ziwen's attitude.
But that's just Xuan Ziwen's personality, and he's also a genius in Soul Tool, Toji's not surprising.
He handed over all his Soul Tool to Xuan Ziwen, telling him to focus on upgrading them.
After all, these were Level 7 Soul Tool from five years ago, and they were no longer of much use to him now.
Only those at level nine can significantly enhance his combat power.
At this moment, Liang Wu walked in and whispered:
"My lord, there's news from the Star Luo Empire."