With this, the establishing authority phase was officially complete.
Thanks to Xue Qinghe's endorsement and the results of recent battles, no one doubted the strength of Heavenly Eye Academy anymore.
As expected, starting from the second night, no one dared come to cause trouble at the academy again.
Under these circumstances, construction of the academy formally began.
Because the facilities of Heavenly Eye Academy were designed according to the standards of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xue Qinghe told Bai Chen that completing the full construction would take at least one year.
Bai Chen expressed his understanding.
After all, he was only six years old now.
Time was something he had plenty of.
So he simply let Xue Qinghe handle the construction while he quietly focused on cultivation.
Soon, nearly a year passed.
During that year, many things happened.
In the Douluo I timeline, Di Tian went to the Douluo Continent and soon returned.
According to him, he did indeed sense a similar aura there.
But Douluo Continent was vast. Even for Di Tian, locating the exact position of the Dragon Valley would take time.
Meanwhile, Bai Chen's soul power rose five levels, reaching Level 19, bringing him very close to obtaining his second martial soul.
At the same time, the construction of Heavenly Eye Academy and the Heavenly Fate Pavilion entered its final stages.
Recruiting teachers also became an urgent task.
Although Xue Qinghe promised to transfer some instructors from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, that alone was not enough for a top academy.
Bai Chen still needed to recruit other talents.
However, after confirming that Heavenly Eye Academy had an extremely powerful backing, the major factions changed their strategy.
Instead of opposing the academy, they began actively befriending Bai Chen, even sending members of their own factions to study there.
Just as Bai Chen had told Ning Fengzhi before, the tuition for this academy would not be cheap.
Since countless geniuses wanted to enter, the price they paid would naturally be high.
Bai Chen's ability to increase five levels in less than a year was not only because of the effects of Sun and Moon Essence, but also because these resources played a critical role.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bai Chen also met several leaders of the world's top factions, gaining a preliminary understanding of their personalities and appearances.
After obtaining his second martial soul, Bai Chen planned to travel and recruit teachers in preparation for the academy's official opening the following year.
While Bai Chen in the Douluo I timeline was busy dealing with world affairs, Bai Chen in Douluo II lived a relatively peaceful life.
His routine consisted of:
• Cultivating at the Bai family villa
• Attending classes at Shrek Academy
• Practicing in the Sea God Pavilion forging association
Through constant effort, his strength and technical skills steadily improved.
Eventually:
• His soul power reached Level 27
• His forging rank stabilized at Level 4
According to Zhen Hua's estimate, when Bai Chen broke through his third soul ring, he might even become a Level 5 forging master.
This speed was unbelievable.
After all, he was only seven years old.
Becoming a Level 5 forging master at eight years old would already go beyond simply making history.
Before Bai Chen, the forging association had never even seen a Level 3 forging master under ten years old.
However, Bai Chen's greatest gains during this year were actually elsewhere.
During this year, he continuously upgraded the ability to devour soul beasts through Ascension Platform.
After statistical calculation, he discovered that the probability of devouring a soul skill was roughly 1 in 50.
This probability was unrelated to the strength of the soul beast.
Whether the beast was ten-year or thousand-year, the chance of gaining a skill remained about the same.
In this year alone, Bai Chen obtained 32 skills.
Among them:
• Evil attribute – 1
• Time attribute – 0
• Space attribute – 3
• Darkness attribute – 8
• Wind attribute – 11
• Lightning attribute – 9
After gaining these abilities, Bai Chen's combat versatility became frighteningly rich.
Xiong Jun once suppressed his cultivation to Bai Chen's level and fought him once.
After that fight, Xiong Jun darkened his face and said he never wanted to spar with this kid again.
Recently, Zhen Hua told Bai Chen that in one month there would be an assessment test.
If Bai Chen passed, the Tang Sect would give him very generous rewards.
Now focusing again on the Douluo II timeline.
At this time, Bai Chen had already reached Level 20 soul power, but he had not yet absorbed his second soul ring.
This was because:
After reaching the bottleneck, if one does not immediately absorb a soul ring, the accumulated soul power will remain stored and appear after breakthrough.
Bai Chen had asked Zhen Hua to create a device to test physical strength, removing the part that detects soul bones to prevent exposure.
According to the test results:
Even without using any soul skills, Bai Chen's physical strength had reached Level 58.
If he activated Asura Domain and Steel Bone Shock, his physical strength could even reach an exaggerated Level 72.
With this level of physical strength, absorbing a 50,000-year soul ring would be no problem.
However, hunting a 50,000-year soul beast alone was too dangerous.
So Bai Chen decided that during the upcoming holiday, he would return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and have Ning Tian's father accompany him to the Star Dou Forest.
Another thing worth mentioning:
Ning Tian's soul power had already reached Level 18.
Because of Bai Chen's alchemy techniques, the medicinal effects she received were much stronger.
At this rate, she might even obtain her second soul ring together with Bai Chen.
However, something that gave Bai Chen a headache was that since the last expedition in the Rare Mineral Cave, Meng Hongchen would occasionally come to play with him.
Bai Chen himself didn't dislike her.
But since he was hiding his true strength, interacting with her too often might cause Jing Hongchen to notice something suspicious.
Fortunately, Meng Hongchen was very innocent and basically believed everything Bai Chen said.
So for now there was no problem.
As Bai Chen's strength grew, his soul engineer skills also rose rapidly.
One month ago, he successfully created his first Level 5 soul tool, officially becoming a Level 5 soul engineer.
And exactly one month after that…
The annual final examination of Sun-Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arrived.