The top combat forces of the Holy Spirit Cult were almost completely wiped out by Xu Zihuang's hands. Without the support and restraint of their top combat forces, the remaining evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult scattered like monkeys fleeing a collapsing tree, each escaping on their own.
The small team of evil soul masters led by the Myriad Souls Douluo was considered one of the most powerful among them. The Myriad Souls Douluo's martial soul, the Myriad Souls Banner, was a typical evil martial soul. As long as it could continuously devour souls, its strength could keep increasing, whether devouring human or soul beast souls.
His original goal was to escape to the sea region and enhance his strength by slaughtering sea soul beasts. However, he was intercepted in advance by Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi in a coastal city in the northwest of the Sun Moon Empire.
A silver moon hung high in the night sky, reflected on the nearby sea surface, sparkling with waves.
Ye Guyi's soft, smooth golden long hair, scattered behind her, swayed with the sea breeze, bathed in the gentle silver radiance, giving her an exotic beauty. She looked at Xu Zihuang with some surprise, her red lips slightly parted.
"Rebuild the Spirit Hall? The war from ten thousand years ago has already deeply rooted the image of the Spirit Hall in the hearts of the people of the original Douluo Continent. Zihuang, doing this is not beneficial for the Sun Moon Empire's future rule over the original Douluo Continent. I know that a large part of the reason you want to do this is because of me, but I actually don't care much about these things."
"Back then, under Bibi Dong's leadership, the Spirit Hall did do some bad things, but it was far from being as heinous as the original Douluo Continent propaganda made it out to be. The high-level officials of the three countries on the original Douluo Continent were just using this to stabilize their own rule." Xu Zihuang smiled as he took Ye Guyi's hand, and together they gazed toward the western sea region.
"I am not trying to vindicate the Spirit Hall, but this kind of bottomless slander is truly disgusting. Of course, what I mean by rebuilding the Spirit Hall is just a general concept, not truly rebuilding the Spirit Hall in the literal sense. To prevent civilians from being harmed by evil soul masters in the long run, the continent needs such a special organization. History has already verified this."
"My idea is this: the name of this organization will be the Angel Holy Temple. There is no need to forcibly change the deeply rooted image of the Spirit Hall in the eyes of the people of the original Douluo Continent, but it can be indirectly influenced. In ancient times, it was the Angel God who purified soul beasts with evil bloodlines, ending that dark and turbulent era. Even now, the Angel God still holds an extremely lofty status in the hearts of many people on the original Douluo Continent. Naming this organization the Angel Holy Temple, I believe it will not face too much rejection. On the contrary, it can subtly reduce the influence brought by the so-called Sea God."
"Additionally, the soul spirit fusion method will also need to be promoted in the future. Once Elder Yi awakens, we can start working on it. With this, we can establish the Sun Moon Divine Hall. The Sun Moon Divine Hall will be responsible for overseeing the promotion of the soul spirit fusion method, while the Angel Holy Temple will be responsible for searching for and eliminating evil soul masters across the continent. The two will check and balance each other, yet both will be under the unified control of the imperial family. However, the specific details will still require a long time to perfect."
Listening to Xu Zihuang's orderly narration, Ye Guyi's slightly furrowed, delicate brows gradually relaxed, and she smiled as she melted into Xu Zihuang's embrace.
"Since you have already considered it in such detail, then go ahead and do it. Being the Saintess of the Angel Holy Temple seems pretty good too."
At this point, Ye Guyi glanced at Xu Zihuang with a half-smile, her beautiful eyes flashing with an ambiguous, meaningful light.
"Lingyi sis, you are a Holy Angel, not a Fallen Angel." Xu Zihuang couldn't help but tease with a smile on his face.
"Don't you think you are like a fallen saintess right now?"
Ye Guyi leaned her face closer to Xu Zihuang with a slight pout, the corners of her mouth curving into a faint arc.
"A fallen saintess is a fallen saintess then. It's not like you've shown any dislike for it, right?"
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The main forces of the Holy Spirit Cult were wiped out by Ye Guyi, and subsequent cleansing operations by the Sun Moon Empire's soul mentor corps and army against the evil soul masters basically encountered no obstacles. It only took seven days for the evil soul masters who had committed countless evils within the Sun Moon Empire to be completely cleared out. There might still be a small number of remnants left, but they could no longer stir up any waves. As long as they dared to show their faces, they would be cleaned up with thunderous means.
During this period, under Xu Zihuang's push, the upper echelons of the Sun Moon Empire underwent a major reshuffle. Many important positions were replaced with ministers who had previously been suppressed by Xu Tianran but were close to the Zihuang Prince faction.
All members of Xu Zihuang's direct subordinate force, the original Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps, now the Demon Whale Soul Mentor Corps, received their respective rewards.
For example, Yao Yang was enfeoffed by him as the hereditary Duke of Yue Nan, in charge of the entire Yue Nan Archipelago. Wang Xiao similarly received the title of duke, although without any actual fiefdom.
Jing Hongchen also received honors. Jing Hongchen originally already held the title of duke; Xu Zihuang simply added the title of National Teacher.
Of course, these matters did not require Xu Zihuang to handle personally. He only needed to issue the orders, and others would implement them one by one. Taking advantage of this interval, Xu Zihuang also began helping Ye Guyi to impact and condense her second soul core.
In a secret chamber within the Sun Moon Empire's imperial palace, Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi sat cross-legged, with rich soul power radiance continuously flickering on their bodies.
Xu Zihuang was carefully controlling his spiritual power, probing into the space between Ye Guyi's brows. This was also the position Ye Guyi had chosen to construct her second soul core.
Generally speaking, among the three positions, between the brows, the chest, and the lower abdomen, condensing a soul core at the brow was the most difficult. Because a person's consciousness and soul reside in the sea of spirit, the tolerance for error is too low. A single mistake could easily lead to the complete dissipation of the soul, with no chance for remedy.
Condensing a soul core in the lower abdomen was the easiest to succeed. Generally, soul masters with exceptional talent who were confident in their ability to impact the Limit Douluo realm in the future would choose to condense their first soul core at the chest when breaking through to Title Douluo, and then continue condensing the second soul core at the lower abdomen when breaking through to Limit Douluo.
However, Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi, who had condensed their first soul cores in advance before reaching the Title Douluo realm, were exceptions. If they wanted to break through to the Limit Douluo realm, they had to successfully condense three soul cores. That meant one of the soul cores would inevitably occupy the brow position.
Even with Xu Zihuang's help, Ye Guyi still faced enormous risks when cultivating her second soul core at the brow. Especially when cultivating the yin-yang complementary dual soul cores.
After all, she was not Xu Zihuang; she was still lacking somewhat in various foundations.
After considering all factors, Ye Guyi ultimately followed Xu Zihuang's suggestion and decided to choose the homologous resonance cultivation method. Homologous resonance was not as extreme as yin-yang complementarity and was relatively more stable.
However, once Ye Guyi successfully cultivated three homologous resonance soul cores in the future, it would similarly have the potential to contend with yin-yang complementary dual soul cores, and her combat power would far surpass that of ordinary Limit Douluos.
With the assistance of Xu Zihuang's spiritual power, a faint spiritual fluctuation gradually emanated from between Ye Guyi's brows. On her smooth, fair forehead, faint golden patterns also began to appear.
This was a phenomenon caused by the activation of the origin of her Holy Angel martial soul.
At the beginning, there was only a trace, but as time passed, those golden patterns gradually became dazzling. The spiritual fluctuations also grew increasingly powerful.
A golden vortex constructed from spiritual power coalesced within Ye Guyi's sea of spirit. Deep within this golden vortex, a golden crystal vaguely existed, attempting to establish a connection with the soul core at her chest.
This was a necessary process for condensing the second soul core. Only when these two soul cores connected with each other like threads could it be considered true dual soul core cultivation.
Xu Zihuang controlled his spiritual power to withdraw from Ye Guyi's sea of spirit. It was thanks to his half-god peak-level spiritual power and yin-yang complementary three soul cores as support that he could help Ye Guyi reach this step. If it were any other Super Douluo, or even a Limit Douluo, as soon as their spiritual intent left their body and approached the embryonic form of Ye Guyi's soul core, it would be instantly crushed.
However, the rest could only rely on Ye Guyi herself.
The golden spiritual-attribute soul core between Ye Guyi's brows, as if drawn by the platinum-colored holy-attribute soul core at her chest, attempted to rotate at the same frequency. The two soul cores condensed through the homologous resonance cultivation method rotated in the same direction, so the process of establishing a connection was not that intense.
But the impact at that instant still caused her body to tremble slightly.
Xu Zihuang opened his eyes, frowned, and carefully sensed the situation inside Ye Guyi's body. Fortunately, it did not take long before the two soul cores gradually stabilized under Ye Guyi's full control, maintaining a special state of balance. The golden light illuminated the somewhat dim secret chamber as brightly as daylight.
Seeing this scene, Xu Zihuang's tightly furrowed brows immediately relaxed.
Ye Guyi's talent was only inferior to his; with over two years of accumulation, if she was cultivating homologous resonance dual soul cores, her foundation had actually long been sufficient.
Once this step was taken, everything afterward would be completely smooth sailing.
And when Ye Guyi's soul power reached rank 98, she could just use Elder Mu's dragon pill as the embryonic form for her third soul core.
Xu Zihuang slowly stood up, then crossed through the void and arrived at Ju Zi's sleeping palace.
At this moment, night had just fallen, and the imperial palace was dotted with soft soul guide lights.
Ju Zi was sitting by the cradle with a smile on her face, coaxing Xu Xiyan to sleep. She wore a crimson palace dress that outlined her exquisite body curves.
Xu Zihuang silently appeared behind Ju Zi and placed his right hand on her fragrant shoulder.
"Has Xiyan fallen asleep?"
"Mm." Ju Zi turned her head to look at Xu Zihuang, nodding with sweet, happy meaning in her eyes.
"How is the situation on Guyi's side?"
"It has already succeeded. She only needs to seclude herself for a while longer to comprehend the mysteries of the dual soul cores. She should be able to catch up to the final decisive battle three months from now." Xu Zihuang responded frankly.
Ju Zi just listened quietly. Whether it was yin-yang complementary dual soul cores or homologous resonance dual soul cores, they were both existences beyond her reach. She could recognize her own limits and accept them calmly.
For her, none of that mattered. What she cared about were only Xu Zihuang and Xu Xiyan—the two most important men in her life.
At this moment, Xu Zihuang suddenly picked Ju Zi up and let her sit on his lap.
A blush appeared on Ju Zi's pretty face as she obediently allowed Xu Zihuang to do as he wished.
However, Xu Zihuang did not take any further actions. He simply embraced Ju Zi, quietly guarding Xu Xiyan's side together.
"Sorry, I haven't come to accompany you and Xiyan much during this time."
Ju Zi gently shook her head and said with a gentle expression, "I know you have more important things to do."
Xu Zihuang sighed softly, said nothing more, and leaned closer to Ju Zi's face.
Light and shadow overlapped, like a beautiful scene from a painting.
Several personal palace maids who served Ju Zi's daily life all retreated from the sleeping palace with flushed faces, standing guard outside the door.
In the dead of night, Xu Zihuang suddenly sat up from the soft, large bed, his gaze slightly focused as he looked into the distance. In a distant, unknown sea region, he sensed that his spiritual imprint had been triggered.
"Lan Fuzi?"
He had left his spiritual imprint on all the people close to him, precisely so that in case of an accident, he could arrive in time through the guidance of the spiritual imprint.
Ye Guyi, Ju Zi, and Xu Xiyan were right by his side, while Ning Tian and Ning Qing were at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. It definitely couldn't be them. Thinking about it, it could only be Lan Fuzi.
In the dimly lit room, Ju Zi's lazy voice sounded beside Xu Zihuang.
"Zihuang, what's wrong?"
Xu Zihuang turned his head to look at Ju Zi and said seriously, "Ju Zi, you rest first. I need to leave for a while. Don't worry, with my strength, no one in this world can pose a threat to me yet. I'll first go find Elder Kong and Hall Master Red Dust to explain some matters."
Hearing this, Ju Zi hurriedly got up from the bed with rustling sounds, then gently helped Xu Zihuang put on his clothes. As someone who had always been understanding, she naturally would not say anything to stop Xu Zihuang from leaving at this time, nor would she ask about the reason for his departure.
"Be careful on the way."
"Mm." Xu Zihuang lowered his head and touched her lips lightly, his figure disappearing from the spot once again.
Northern sea region of the Star Sea Continent.
A black line extended from afar toward the entire Star Sea Continent. The originally deep blue sea region was rapidly dyed black-purple, and even the sky turned the same color, gloomy and oppressive. Strands of black-purple water lines fell from the sky, turning into a torrential downpour that enveloped a large area of the northern part of Star Sea Continent.
This black-purple world seemed to have turned into a living hell. Piercing shrieks, low roars, countless vengeful spirit phantoms, and more instantly descended.
In the distant sea region, a colossal creature surfaced. Its deep blue back and a massive water column shooting into the sky revealed the identity of this behemoth.
It was none other than the Demon Empress, whose true form was the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Any original inhabitants of the Star Sea Continent within this black-purple world who came into contact with the black-purple rainwater would have their souls forcibly stripped away directly, without any ability to resist.
In just an instant, several small cities along the northern coast of Star Sea Continent turned into ghost domains.
The overall area of the Star Sea Continent was roughly the same as that of the Star Luo Empire on the original Douluo Continent side. The entire Star Sea Continent was divided into nine territories by nine powerful soul master families.
There were four territories in the northern part of the Star Sea Continent, collectively forming the Northern Alliance.
Sensing the anomaly in the north of Star Sea Continent, a peerlessly beautiful woman with silver hair and blue eyes suddenly stood up in the Skyfox Territory's Skyfox City. It was none other than the Skyfox Territory's lord, Su Yuelong. Her Nine-Tailed Skyfox martial soul possessed spiritual-attribute abilities and extremely sharp perception. The extreme sense of oppression that arose in her heart instantly changed her cold expression, and she turned into a streak of flowing light, rushing toward the north.
While heading toward the northern sea region, she encountered the other three lords from the Northern Alliance. These three lords had also sensed something and were converging toward this side from different directions.
But before the four lords of the Northern Alliance could even exchange words, a sharp, icy, and frenzied laugh exploded.
"A mere unopened continent actually has human Title Douluos in existence. Very good. I believe that after devouring the living beings of this continent, this seat's cultivation will be able to advance further. Offer up your flesh and souls! It is your honor to become this seat's nourishment. Hahahahahahaha—"
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