Peerless: The Evil Soul Master's Guide to Saving the World

Conquering a country is easy, but maintaining it is difficult.

Xu Cheng felt this deeply at that moment.

The far north is vast; in fact, its area is even larger than the Star Dou Great Forest. Leaving aside the extra expenditure of border subsidies for the Sun Moon Empire to station troops there, if they want to stop the Heavenly Soul and Shrek Academy to secretly make moves, the number of troops required will be considerable.

Does the Sun Moon Empire have a small army?
It's definitely not a small number. The five guardians alone number nearly six thousand elite troops, plus nearly one hundred thousand low-ranking soldiers. In terms of numbers, they are in no way inferior to the original continental empires like Xingdou and Tianhun.

The problem is, with such a large operation, there aren't enough soldiers to go around.

The Royal Soul Master Corps is the true royal army, and it is not easily mobilized unless there is a major war. It is stationed near the Mingdu royal family. As for the other four major Beast Soul Master Corps, two of them must be left to guard Mingdu.

Now, they've transferred Fire Phoenix and Imperial Dragon to Xingluo to be stationed there, in order to coordinate with the Star Dou Great Forest as an inside agent for the far north...

Forget it, we'll just draw two battalions from the Evil Lord stationed in Mingdu and two battalions from the Imperial Dragon stationed in Xingdou, and at least enough to make up the combat strength of a Soul Guidance Corps.

The situation has calmed down now.

The Haotian Sect was intimidated; despite having two top-tier combatants, they were completely restrained.

Shrek Academy and the Body Sect were completely outmatched. If it weren't for the former's demigod protection and the latter's complex terrain, they could have been easily overwhelmed.

Xu Cheng pondered.

Importantly, with the development of soul guidance technology, it is no longer the era of simply relying on sheer numbers. A few high-level soul masters, by manipulating a few monitoring soul guidance devices, can see into the sky and observe an area of ​​tens of kilometers in radius. This is similar to how Ju Zi used her equipment advantage to pull off a clever deception in the original work.

The entire far north borders the southern Heavenly Soul and Fighting Spirit regions for a full six or seven thousand kilometers. One Protector of the Nation is barely enough, but it's sufficient...

The core of the far north.

The snow was still falling heavily, making the world seem hazy and mysterious.

A forbidden zone in the eyes of humans.

At this moment, Atai, Xiaobai, the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan Chief, and the Ice Silkworm Clan Chief were sitting cross-legged.

Those who can sit here are almost all ferocious beasts from the far north that are now hundreds of thousands of years old. Only the patriarch of the Ice Silkworm Clan, a spirit-type soul beast who is just over ten thousand years old, is trembling.

For it, being killed by humans to make soul rings and being devoured by other races doesn't seem to make much difference.

So when the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan Chief pulled it out of the thousand-meter-deep ice cave without a word, it practically begged and pleaded for its life, but no matter how much it begged, it was no use, and the other side simply dumped it here.

The atmosphere was unusually quiet.

The Ice Silkworm Clan Chief, skilled at reading people, immediately spotted the most eye-catching figure... Xu Cheng.

It wasn't the Titan Snow Demon King. Although the latter was tens of meters tall, like a small mountain, among the true powerhouses and top-tier ferocious beasts of the far north, this young man was the only one who didn't fit in.

The latter's peaceful aura, along with the lack of hostility and even a hint of respect from the crowd, revealed that this human boy was no ordinary person.

It's true that he's meticulous. After all, as a member of the Ice Silkworm Clan, even if he's reached the position of clan leader, he lives in constant fear, always walking on thin ice, afraid that one day these ferocious beasts might take a liking to him and make him their snack.

In the world of spirit beasts, strength reigns supreme. Those with powerful bloodlines are born noble. The food chain is rigid, with each level eating the next. Even their mysteriously aged ancestors are still hunted down and killed by spirit-type spirit beasts.

"The patriarch of the Ice Silkworm Clan?"

Xu Cheng looked at it with a smile.

“That’s right, I am…” The latter hurriedly wriggled his massive body, slid across the snow, and adopted a humble posture.

"Are all Ice Silkworms so glib?" Xu Cheng became more interested.

"..." The latter remained silent, not uttering a word.

But in the Sea of ​​Spirit, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm transformed into a miniature silkworm and floated on Xu Cheng's shoulder. Looking at the enormous ice silkworm in front of him, he sighed softly: "There's nothing we can do. In the soul beast circle of the far north, ice silkworms are a natural and excellent food source. In order to survive, we build nests in the deepest places to breed and lay eggs. But the problem is... look at how familiar this kid is with the place. He probably already knows all our secrets."

"If it weren't for the slippery point, our race would probably have been wiped out long ago."

Xu Cheng nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Tianmeng may seem carefree, but she actually has a rather tragic past.

"..."

As Tianmeng finished speaking.

The Ice Jade Scorpion Clan Chief awkwardly turned his head away, while the Ice Silkworm Clan Chief abruptly raised his head.

"You, you are... Ancestor Tianmeng?!"

The latter showed an excited expression.

"I never expected that after all these years, there would still be people in the clan who recognize me." Tianmeng Bingcan smiled, her tone gentle.

"When I was still a child, I had the honor of seeing you once. At that time, you were already a ferocious beast that had been around for hundreds of thousands of years. I never expected that you would be like this now..." the Ice Silkworm Clan Chief said with emotion.

"Hehe, ferocious beast, how can a spirit-type soul beast be called a ferocious beast? Even if it's a million years old, sigh..." Tianmeng shook her head.

"Let's not talk about these things anymore."

"Acheng, if you have anything to say to them, just say it." Tianmeng stopped talking.

"Hehe, do you want to join the Sun Moon Empire?" Xu Cheng smiled.

"Sun and Moon Empire?"

Under the bewildered gaze of the Ice Silkworm Clan Chief, the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan Chief recounted everything that had happened that day, including the human invasion and Xu Cheng's rescue. The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress were also mentioned.

"Of course!" The Ice Silkworm Clan Chief exclaimed excitedly, "From this day forward, we are Sun and Moon Soul Beasts!"

It seemed to understand a little why it had been summoned.

Because of the ancestor and this human, perhaps the Ice Silkworm Clan's situation will change...

But what Xu Cheng said was certainly not what it seemed on the surface.

"The Sun and Moon Soul Beasts I'm talking about are different from other soul beasts in the far north. You... are to be incorporated into the organization."

Xu Cheng said.

Actually from the beginning.

He was quite interested in the Ice Silkworm Clan, which relied on pure spiritual power.

If it were a human spirit-type Soul Master, they would probably cherish it as a treasure, but Soul Beasts are treated as food... Of course, this has its limitations. After all, humans can replenish their own resources by hunting Soul Beasts, or fight alongside their companions, serving as an ultimate support, and can even become Battle Soul Masters through Soul Tools.

However, spirit beasts are mainly herds and do not have the team-based fighting model of humans. Moreover, the mental type is just a mental type.

Therefore, in his eyes, the Ice Silkworm Clan actually has great potential.

Even if all the other soul beasts in the entire far north were tied together, they would still be unable to compare.

Why is spiritual power such a scarce resource among humans, especially in the Sun and Moon Empire?
Because mental power + soul tool = monitoring soul tool.

Mental power + Soul power + Soul tool = Mecha... (End of Chapter)