The Sun and Moon Empire Palace.

The Emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire stood up after learning that he had won the All-Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition. With the help of some life-saving lake water secretly sent by Xiao Qiang, he now looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness. Although his condition still did not look particularly good, relying on the soul master's body, it seemed that the Emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire would have no problem holding on for another ten or twenty years.

At this time, the Emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire was sitting in the palace hall, with the Crown Prince and other princes beside him. They all seemed happy that the Emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire had recovered. As for which of these people were truly happy and which were pretending to be happy, only they themselves knew.

But the condition of one person can be confirmed, that is, the Crown Prince Xu Tianran of the Sun-Moon Empire. Although he seems to care about the emperor the most and is the happiest for the recovery of the Emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire among all people, he is actually the one who least wants to see this scene.

The mental state of Emperor Sun and Moon at this moment was completely focused on making him the crown prince for fifty years. Xu Tianran felt a headache when he thought that he might have to be the crown prince for fifty years, but at this moment he still pretended to be a loving father and a filial son.

"Father, you are finally well. If you can stay healthy like this forever, I would be willing to shorten my life by 50 years!"

Xu Tianran spoke with great emotion, and the emperor nodded silently.

"The emperor is thoughtful."

The Sun and Moon Emperor said this casually and then ignored Xu Tianran. He didn't know what other people were thinking, but he knew Xu Tianran's mentality very well. It was just that they had to maintain superficial decency, and everyone knew it tacitly.

"Alright, I'm fine now, please announce it to Palace Master Xiao."

Following the order from the Sun-Moon Emperor, the eunuch who delivered the message immediately took action, and soon Xiao Qiang arrived at the Sun-Moon Empire Palace.

After performing a symbolic courtesy without being humble or arrogant, the emperor, the prince and others also returned the greeting.

Defeating Dai Yueheng was fine, but when Xiao Qiang defeated Shrek's eight-ringed Soul Douluo in one move at the age of less than seventeen, the fact that Xiao Qiang became the pillar of the Sun-Moon Empire after Master Kong was tacitly accepted by all the high-ranking officials of the Sun-Moon Empire.

In this situation, the etiquette of kneeling is definitely not acceptable. It would be good for both sides if they consider each other's face and greet each other.

After a few simple pleasantries, the Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire asked, "Palace Master Xiao, I heard from Hall Master Mingde that you created something called a soul. I wonder what this soul is. Why do you need to increase troops at the border to prevent sneak attacks from the armies of the Three Douluo Kingdoms?"

"Your Majesty, this is the case. When a soul master cultivates, the first thing he cultivates is his martial soul, and the second is his soul ring. The martial soul determines a person's innate talent, while the soul ring determines the speed of his cultivation and the power of his soul skills."

"It would be fine if we went to the Xingdou Great Forest to hunt for spirit rings alone and penetrate deep into the enemy's territory without being discovered. But if we are discovered, the border between the Three Douluo Kingdoms and the Sun and Moon Empire will become a road of death with mountains of swords and seas of fire. Their army will chase us and intercept us. If we don't have the combat power of an Ultimate Douluo, we will die if we want to return."

The emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire nodded. He knew the benefits of the Star Dou Great Forest, but he also knew the dangers of it. When people from the Three Douluo Kingdoms encountered powerful soul beasts while hunting soul rings there, they would be safe if they ran to Shrek. But if people from the Sun-Moon Empire went there and encountered powerful soul beasts, the soul beasts would be their enemies, and soul masters would also be their enemies.

Those who originally belonged to the Three Douluo Kingdoms were seriously injured at the hands of soul beasts and could be considered safe if they ran to Shrek, but if they were discovered, they would be killed even if they were only slightly injured. There would be no reinforcements if they advanced deep into the enemy's territory alone. Facing an overwhelming army without supplies or support, the only way to survive was to be captured and used as a bargaining chip.

"Although sea soul beasts can be hunted, the difficulty of hunting soul beasts in the sea is secondary. The adaptability of soul beasts in the sea is the fatal point. As land soul masters, soul masters with non-ice and water attributes are generally not compatible with sea soul beasts. Under these comprehensive conditions, we can only take the path of soul masters to compete with Shrek and the original Douluo Three Kingdoms."

"Our martial souls and spirit rings are too inferior in comparison, so I developed the soul spirit, and the role of the soul spirit is to make up for the difference in our original spirit rings. In some special cases, the difference in martial souls can even be made up by the soul spirit."

"Can the spirit ring make up for the gap between the spirit and the martial spirit? Palace Master Xiao, please tell me in detail."

"That's right, Your Majesty. In the soul state, a hundred-year soul beast can produce two soul rings, a thousand-year soul beast can produce three soul rings, and a ten-thousand-year soul beast can produce four soul rings."

"Combined with the soul's leapfrog absorption ability, we can allow the Sun Moon Empire's soul master to fuse an 800-year-old soul with his first soul ring. Then, the soul master's first and second soul rings will both be 800 years old, laying a much more solid foundation for him than a normal soul master. At the same time, the 800-year soul ring of the first soul ring will also reduce the soul master's early training time by at least one level."

"A soul ring ratio beyond the normal will give the soul master a better foundation and make up for the deficiencies in the innate martial soul. With two eight-hundred-year soul rings as a foundation, his physical fitness at level 30 is definitely better than that of a normal level 30 soul master. The upper limit of a normal soul master's third soul ring fusion soul ring is only about eighteen hundred years old, but with the support of the first two eight-hundred-year soul rings, the upper limit of a soul master's normal soul ring absorption should be close to two thousand years."

"Then when the soul master has the third soul ring, he can choose a 4,000-year-old soul beast as his soul to help him produce the third and fourth soul rings."

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"The fourth soul ring is nothing, but the third soul ring still exceeds the normal absorption limit. They will give the soul master a better physique, allowing them to absorb souls of more than 25,000 years when they have the fifth soul ring as their subsequent soul rings."

"If that soul master can be confirmed to have reached the level of an eight-ring soul douluo, then when he has the sixth or seventh soul ring, we can have him fuse a soul spirit that is over 70,000 years old to serve as his other soul rings, so that he can lay a more solid foundation and have the possibility of impacting a super douluo in the future."

"These are some of the benefits of souls, and that's why I said to be prepared."

(End of this chapter)