Time is the thing that passes most unnoticed, one day, one month, one year… even several years seem to pass in the blink of an eye.
More than ten years have passed since the end of the Continental War. During this period, although some old nobles attempted to revive the former Star Luo Heavenly Soul Empire, it was a pity that in a world with soul masters, those who tried to restore the country were uprooted by the Sun Moon Empire as soon as they made any moves.
As for the far more numerous ordinary citizens, as soul tools continued to develop, voices of opposition grew smaller and smaller.
Whether soul masters or soul mentors were stronger or weaker, whether soul masters should be opposed for using soul tools that borrowed power from outside themselves… these were things that soul masters with soul power needed to consider.
For the even more numerous ordinary people without soul power, they did not care about the relationship between soul masters and soul mentors; they only saw that with the help of soul tools, their lives were becoming increasingly convenient.
In addition, the Sun Moon Empire intentionally allowed the people from the original several empires to merge. Over more than ten years, the originally linguistically similar empires across the Douluo Continent had almost become indistinguishable from one another.
Humans who were originally of the same root and origin were now gathered together again, and many people speculated whether there would no longer be wars from now on.
However, the Mingde Hall, responsible for researching soul tools, was always brightly lit, with various powerful soul tools emerging one after another. Someone had suggested that Jing Hongchen change the direction of soul tool research, but Jing Hongchen had never given up on researching offensive soul tools and war-type soul tools.
After all, in the far northern lands that few people knew about, abyssal demonic creatures from another world were growing more and more numerous.
"Your Majesty, compared to when the Continental War had just ended, the total number of elementary, intermediate, and advanced soul mentor academies across the entire continent has increased fourfold."
"At present, the martial soul awakenings of all school-age children on the continent are handled by the empire."
"Once a child with soul power is discovered, they are sent free of charge to the local elementary soul mentor academy, and then divided into soul master-oriented or soul mentor-oriented tracks based on their talent."
"Over these past few years, quite a number of outstanding soul mentors have already graduated from various academies."
Juzi sat behind the desk, listening to the court minister report on the current situation of the Sun Moon Empire.
The impending abyssal plane was imminent, and Juzi knew that a war even more brutal than the Continental War could not be avoided. Over these years, after consulting with Lin Xiao, the implementation of various policies had already accumulated a large number of soul mentors.
As long as this system remained unchanged, the quantity and quality of soul mentors across the entire continent would rise again.
Frowning slightly, faint wrinkles quietly appeared at the corners of Juzi's eyes.
Her talent was actually not outstanding. The fact that she had been able to break through all the way to the Soul Saint realm was only because she had forcibly raised her strength with medicine back then to stay by Xu Tianran's side.
That kind of elevation had not brought her any more benefits; instead, it had left her body even more depleted. Even with the entire Sun Moon Empire's wealth at her disposal, over these more than ten years, her cultivation had not advanced an inch.
Moreover, under day-and-night toil, even though the food and medicine she had were the best in the entire empire, they could not stop the changes brought by the passage of time and aging.
"I already know. Send a copy of this report to Mingde Hall."
"Yes."
"Also, where is the State Preceptor?"
Facing Juzi's question, the minister beside her showed no surprise; he had already grown quite accustomed to it. Over these years, Juzi would ask this almost every day.
Although she was the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, for some important decisions, Lin Xiao and Mingde Hall clearly also participated, and it was almost as if they were co-ruling the empire with her.
"The State Preceptor should still be at the Peak of Peaks battle."
Juzi nodded slightly and asked no more.
The Peak of Peaks battle… Ever since the time when Juzi ascended the throne, the Peak of Peaks battle had almost been fixed in the same way as the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition, also held once every five years.
The specific timing of the Peak of Peaks battle had also been set within one month after the Elite Competition.
The winners of the Elite Competition not only received generous rewards and the opportunity to study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, but could also, under the protection of other experts, observe the clashes between Title Douluo during the Peak of Peaks battle.
This was an extremely rare experience for any soul master or soul mentor.
Outside Mingdu City, the plains were no longer the simple venue they had once been. For the Elite Competition and the Peak of Peaks battle, a dedicated competition stage had already been built here. Even when there were no competitions on normal days, many soul masters used the venue here to spar with one another.
Not a single ordinary citizen could be seen in the audience seats; most were soul masters with cultivation at eight rings or above. The few with the lowest cultivation were precisely the winners of this session's Elite Competition.
Many people looked up at the battles in the air. If not for this Peak of Peaks battle, perhaps no one would have realized that there were already so many high-level soul masters and soul mentors on the Douluo Continent today.
On the high platform on the other side, Lin Xiao's figure was covered by a long robe decorated with Sun Moon inscriptions, as if it also completely concealed all his aura. Sitting there, he seemed almost as if he were not present at all.
Heavenly Calamity Douluo.
Someone's gaze swept across the high platform and quickly withdrew. Immediately afterward, the somewhat heavy title involuntarily appeared in their mind.
More than ten years ago, the Heavenly Calamity Douluo had already had no opponents. After later breaking through to the Limit Douluo realm, although he had never made a move in front of others again, everyone knew that, just as his title suggested, he was already like a true heavenly calamity that ordinary people could not surpass.
Unknowingly, across the entire continent, everyone who heard this title felt nothing but reverence in their hearts.
The sparring between Title Douluo in the air did not cease. Lin Xiao sat in the high seat, his eyes slightly narrowed.
It was not that he looked down on the battles between the other Title Douluo; rather, with his current cultivation, there were some things he no longer needed to see with his eyes.
He raised his hand slightly, and it seemed as if some indescribable power was condensing in his palm, that was the invisible and formless power of faith. After breaking through to the Limit realm and gaining a deeper understanding of the power of heaven and earth, he had finally been able to perceive this ethereal thing.
It was just that…
"Too little."
Ileks' voice sounded from the bottom of Lin Xiao's heart. Lin Xiao also gave a nearly imperceptible nod.
"Yes, too little."
Even though his title had now spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent, and almost every moment over these more than ten years, someone had been calling his name, the faith power he had accumulated was still too little.
If he wanted to use this power to condense his own divine position, it would probably still take thousands of years, but how long was the lifespan of a soul master?
Even if he used other means to obtain enough lifespan, there would probably be people who did not want him to live that long…
"I want to challenge, the Heavenly Calamity Douluo!"
Suddenly, a voice interrupted Lin Xiao's thoughts.
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