Douluo Continent: Half-level Innate Realm, but a Sword Cultivator with a Heart-Only Mind

The Imperial Palace, the Imperial Garden.

Qi Dao bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Qian Renxue smiled and waved her hand.

Stop being cheeky.

Qi Dao grinned, his casual demeanor fading somewhat, and asked with a smile, "Sister Lao, how do you plan to reclaim power from those kingdoms and duchies next?"

The Heavenly Dou Empire has a decentralized power structure, especially in terms of its control over its vassal states.

For example, the four kingdoms and duchies that are vassal states of Tiandou are required to pay a portion of their taxes to the Tiandou Empire every year, and they are also required to pay tribute to the Tiandou Empire every year.

In addition, in the event of war, the Duchy and the four kingdoms must unconditionally obey the Empire's arrangements and send troops to assist.

However, as the Heavenly Dou Empire has grown weaker, in recent years the tributes and taxes paid by the various kingdoms and duchies have become increasingly perfunctory. In times of war, they have also refused to send troops or have been passive in their cooperation for various reasons.

This led the Heavenly Dou Empire into a vicious cycle, with its national strength weakening more and more.

Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes slightly, but a hint of confidence flashed across her face.

"Don't worry, I had already mobilized the Spirit Hall's resources months ago to secretly investigate the tax situation of those five vassal states."

"Once I stabilize the court, I can use this as a pretext to attack those five vassal states."

She doesn't need any evidence of treason, just a plausible charge.

Upon hearing this, Qi Dao nodded, not worried that exposing the plan would alert the enemy.

The Spirit Hall is an expert in infiltration. In the original story, the Spirit Hall mobilized tens of thousands of soul masters to hunt souls for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and they managed to keep quiet.

How difficult could it be to investigate a mere five vassal states?

After chatting for a while, Qian Renxue suddenly said, "By the way, not long ago, my teacher came to my place and told me that after Ning Rongrong took the immortal herb you sent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."

"The Nine-Jeweled Glazed Pagoda!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Dao's face immediately showed surprise.

He hadn't expected that Ning Rongrong, without consuming the Qiluo Tulip from the original story, would still be able to evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda.

Qian Renxue sighed, "Yes, now the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is even more valuable."

It should be noted that Ning Fengzhi was already hailed as the number one support soul master in the world with his level 79 Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul.

Ning Rongrong's talent far surpasses Ning Fengzhi's, and her martial soul has evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

If she were to grow to the level of a titled official, her value would be immeasurable!

Qi Dao asked, "So when do you plan to confront Sect Leader Ning?"

Now that Ning Rongrong's martial soul has evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, it's even less likely that Ning Fengzhi will fight the Spirit Hall to the death.

"Before I fake my death, I'll arrange for my grandfather and teacher to meet. I hope he'll realize the situation, otherwise..."

At this point, a fierce glint flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes.

If Ning Fengzhi doesn't know what's good for him, then she can only ask him to die.

Qi Dao stroked his chin and said, "That's a good idea."

Qian Renxue also smiled and said, "I'll introduce you to my grandfather then; he's been wanting to meet you for a long time."

"Is that so? That would be my honor. But I probably won't have to wait until then, because when I break through to level 70, I might need a Grand Elder to help me out and accompany me somewhere."

Qian Renxue was slightly taken aback.

"What kind of trouble is it that you need to ask Grandpa for help?"

Even if it's to hunt for a 100,000-year soul ring, would it really be necessary to ask her grandfather for help?

Qi Dao explained, "In the far north of the continent, there lives a soul beast that is nearly 700,000 years old..."

"Seven hundred thousand years!!"

Before Qi Dao could finish speaking, Qian Renxue exclaimed in surprise, interrupting him.

She frowned, incredulously asking, "Isn't it said that after a soul beast reaches 100,000 years old, it can only live for another one or two thousand years at most?"

"How could there possibly be a soul beast that's nearly 700,000 years old?"

Qi Dao shook his head and said, "Let alone 700,000 years, there are even soul beasts that are nearly a million years old in the ocean."

"What?!"

At this moment, Qian Renxue felt that her understanding had been overturned by Qi Dao.

She never doubted the authenticity of Qidao Information.

Because Qi Dao would never speak without a purpose.

He must have his reasons for saying that.

As for Qi Dao's source of information, Qian Renxue did not ask further.

Afterwards, Qi Dao gave Qian Renxue a briefing on the information about the Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation.

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue couldn't help but look at Qi Dao in astonishment: "There's actually such a thing?"

"But why are there never any rumors about these soul beasts that are over 100,000 years old in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

Qi Dao said in a deep voice, "Yes, as far as I know, there are several ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that are over 100,000 years old. The strongest one is no less powerful than a demigod, and even the Grand Elder is no match for it."

Qi Dao was referring to Di Tian.

He even suspected that even if Qian Renxue became a god, she would still be no match for Di Tian.

It's not that Qi Dao is belittling Qian Renxue, but rather that her battle record in the original work is nothing short of a disgrace to the gods.

Not to mention that Tang San pierced her heart with a hidden weapon, even if Tang San hadn't used any hidden weapons, Qian Renxue still couldn't defeat Tang San with just her level 96 soul power.

After hearing Qi Dao finish speaking, Qian Renxue's pupils dilated, and she was shocked.

"What?! He's even stronger than Grandpa?!"

Qi Dao nodded, then added, "It's not just him. The nearly 700,000-year-old soul beast in the far north is no weaker than the Grand Elder. However, she is getting closer and closer to 700,000 years old, and the 700,000-year tribulation is not so easy to overcome."

"That's why I wanted to take this opportunity to make a deal with her."

"You want her to sacrifice herself to become your spirit ring!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue immediately guessed Qi Dao's thoughts.

"That's right!" Qi Dao admitted, "If she's willing to become my soul ring, I'll help her become a god."

In fact, Qi Dao's seventh spirit ring actually wanted Xiong Jun's spirit ring.

However, Di Tian is powerful and domineering. If he takes Qian Daoliu to Di Tian, ​​the transaction will not only fail, but it may also attract Di Tian's killing intent.

After all, he wouldn't allow a human with a very high chance of becoming a god to continue growing.

At that time, not to mention Qi Dao, even Qian Daoliu might be in danger.

But it's different for Xue Di. Even if the deal fails, with Qian Daoliu's strength, he can still leave with Qi Dao calmly.

Moreover, after Qi Dao consumed the Blazing Apricot Blossom and the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, the Peerless Sword already possessed both ice and fire attributes. Now, if the Snow Emperor were to offer sacrifices, the attributes would not conflict.

Furthermore, the boost that the seventh spirit ring, which is nearly 700,000 years old, can bring to Qi Dao's domain is unimaginable.

Qian Renxue pondered for a moment and said, "Then let me know when you break through to level 70, so I can inform Grandpa."

Qi Dao smiled and said, "No rush. I just broke through to level 69 a couple of days ago. I estimate it will take another four or five months to break through the level 70 bottleneck."

Level 70 is also a major bottleneck; it's not easy to break through.