Divine Emperor of Death

Davis began healing his lost soul essence by creating a powerful Solitary Soul Avatar. It was stronger than him in terms of soul force prowess, but he ultimately remained stronger since he possessed Fallen Heaven's prowess.

He then sat down and began to cultivate, beginning to absorb Soul Emperor Zealwonder's Peak-Level Emperor Soul Stage Soul Essence, simultaneously feeling his Soul Forging Cultivation began to rapidly increase.

However, Davis felt like he should reconsider entering the Emperor Soul Stage and strengthen himself at the Peak-Level King Soul Stage as he did in the Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage, absorbing many Peak-Level Seventh Stage Souls in order to maximize his soul prowess, increasing his soul's quality and consequently improving his soul force.

However, knowing that he was short on time and maneuverability, he felt that he really couldn't decide what to do and chose to continue breaking into the Emperor Soul Stage.

Strengthening his soul force?

He presumed that could be done in the Peak-Level Emperor Soul Stage as long as he obtained more souls of such caliber, so he looked forward to starting a hunt in the Magical Beast Sanctuary and the other Magical Beast Territories, although he wasn't sure if he should target magical beasts anymore because he was also starting to see them as humans since they're on the scale of building civilizations and living in harmony or at least a semblance of peace like Nyoran said.

If it was like this, would he have to wait for some magical beast at that level to offend him?

Davis low-key felt like abandoning his morals to gain resources, thinking no wonder the human world and the magical beast world were rarely able to co-exist. They were resources to each other that he bet that if he were to go simply stand in a magical beast's territory without radiating much prowess, some magical beast would undoubtedly try to swallow him, for he possesses immense nutritional value to them.

Nevertheless, he didn't think much and continued breaking through.

Evelynn and Nadia were with him, protecting him while his Solitary Soul Avatar met up with Soul Emperor Elusivemist, whose cultivation was returned upon Evelynn canceling her Sealing Hex from a long distance.

According to Evelynn, who found out about the specifics of her hex just now: it seemed that as long as she could sense her hexes, she could undo or control them from anywhere. However, she hadn't found the maximum range yet.

Davis flew beside Soul Emperor Elusivemist amidst many palaces. To his surprise, he could sense many Soul Kings, hundreds of Soul Kings.

Most of them were in their small individual floating palaces while some of them were outside, looking like kings and queens as they possessed an extraordinary air about them while practicing their moves or simply holding a conversation that expounded on the laws.

The Soul Palace appeared gorgeous, with sleek wooden bridges connecting pathways and waterfalls encasing the mountain edges on most sides. Even more so, the maids walking by the side were at the Adult Soul Stage and even Elder Soul Stage, causing him to be strictly astonished.

'As expected of the number one power that concentrates on Soul Forging Cultivation. Their Essence Gathering Cultivation and Body Tempering Cultivation isn't much, but their focus and foundation in Soul Forging Cultivation are impressive...'

Davis inwardly nodded with full of approval, thinking that this was a perfect place for him to train his Soul Forging Cultivation as even the atmosphere here was suited for him to cultivate and resonate his soul with the heavens that he found this place to be marvelous, especially in Soul Emperor Zealwonder's Palace Tower and on that Peak-Level Emperor Grade Illumination Lotus Cushion that his main body was using at the moment.

Nevertheless, once these kings, queens, and maids glanced in their direction, they went on one knee, displaying immense respect to Soul Emperor Elusivemist. Although they did cast a glance at him and his disguised appearance, they did not see anything amiss nor ask anything but just lowered their heads towards Soul Emperor Elusivemist as if though they were welcoming their emperor's little walk across the Soul Palace.

"Not bad..."

Davis uttered as he possessed a smirk on his face.

"This is a common sight, master."

Soul Emperor Elusivemist sent a soul transmission to Davis as he wryly smiled. He brushed his black hair while his yellow eyes glowed before he cast a charming glance at a few people.

"Threelotus and Yotan, follow our guest of the highest honor and cater to his needs."

Over the side, Threelotus and Yotan were visibly taken aback. They stepped up from their particular wooden bridges leading to their palaces and looked at the black-robed man who appeared to be not anything special, yet the two of them who were Soul Kings were assigned to be his maids?

They felt dumbfounded for a moment before believing in their Soul Emperor, appearing behind Davis in a flash as they followed them.

'What the hell? Did I ask for this? Or do I even look like a womanizer?'

Davis appeared a bit flabbergasted. Wasn't this Soul Emperor Elusivemist trying to please him too much that he became a pimp in the process? He shook his head and felt that he must be overthinking.

How can two precious Soul Queens be subjected to that kind of work? It was preposterous even to him. This was not even a dual cultivation sect, for heaven's sake, or was it, and he just didn't know?

Nevertheless, to maintain his mysteriousness, he didn't say anything but asked his slave Elusivemist through soul transmission.

"Does the Soul Palace not have elite geniuses in their ranks?"

Davis already knew that geniuses at the top in Territories like the Soul Palace like to use elite as a prefix to distinguish themselves from other geniuses. Therefore, he was asking about the top geniuses of this power and not any person who would be considered a genius by the lower stratum of disciples.

"Master, our sect is different. Some centuries, we may have one or two, and in the other, we have none. The last time we ever had an elite genius disciple was thousands of years ago, and that was my junior disciple Hadrian Cross and before him was I, your slave."

"Clearly, you were not equal to him."

Davis chuckled while Soul Emperor Elusivemist's expression became a bit twisted.

"He relied on the wicked path to gain karmic luck."

"You would like to say that he cheated?"

"Yes," Soul Emperor Elusivemist clenched his teeth, "If it were not for that and his grandmother Soul Empress Merlight secretly aiding him, how could he have surpassed me? I'm the great-grandson of Soul Emperor Lightrain! I suspect that Soul Empress Merlight was also behind my grandfather's death...!"

"Is that so?" Davis pursed his lips as he sent a soul transmission back, "To me, that old lady seemingly looked regretful that she didn't help her grandson more at that time of the pursuit. It is likely that Soul Emperor Hadrian Cross invited Soul Emperor Lightrain into a trap and killed him, no?"

Soul Emperor Elusivemist went silent for a moment before he nodded.

"Knowing how slippery and wicked he was, he could've done it himself since my grandfather was already weak. Nevertheless, it's true that those two offended master and made the Soul Palace fall, so I hate them to my core."

"I never said that I'm going to make the Soul Palace fall, did I?" Davis casually spoke, "Although, whether the Soul Palace stands or falls completely depends on you, so try to not disappoint your ancestors by accidentally offending me."

"I understand."

Soon, they arrived before the tall and wide palace that stretched beyond like the mountains.

[Soul Palace Garden]

Davis saw the nameplate carved with a peculiar soul force that made him narrow his eyes from its sharp intent. He moved his gaze towards Soul Emperor Elusivemist.

"What's the meaning of this?"

"The Treasury is behind this..."

Davis paused for a moment before he nodded to Soul Emperor Elusivemist's words while Threelotus and Yotan were quite confused as to why this guest was demanding to see their Treasury. Still, they all went inside, walking through a plethora of herbs and ingredients alike that made Davis's alchemists' instincts tremble.

This was quite a paradise for him to concoct soul-type pills that he even saw the ingredients for Soul Emergence Pills. What's more, after crossing five more gardens, he came to a spacious open dome area that made him inwardly shudder in happiness.

Undaunted Purple Lotuses...

There were tens of them, and a large piece of land was assigned to each of them, set up with their compatible environments and resources to make them healthily grow and even hasten their growth.

Instantly, he nodded.

'No wonder the Soul Palace has so many Soul Kings...! With this much of Undaunted Purple Lotuses, they can surely create an army of Soul Kings with passing centuries.'

The Undaunted Purple Lotus were resources that were highly sought by any human power since they could allow a person to step into the King Soul Stage!

At this moment, Davis was taught the importance of monopolizing resources, especially soul-type resources, which made the Soul Palace enjoy high status even among the upper stratum. It was no wonder the Soul Palace single-handedly enjoyed the glory of having three hundred and eighty-two Soul Kings at this moment, at least according to his soul sense.

Nevertheless, he acted undisturbed and continued onto the next garden yard, but his footsteps slowed as he came to a stop, his eyes widening in pure marvel.

Davis saw a big tree in the middle of a twenty-kilometer square of land. It occupied around a quarter of the ground and stretched a hundred meters high. However, it looked quite withered and did not even possess a single leaf or flower on it, much less fruit. But even in a withered state, it shone with a dim golden light under bright sunlight, causing Davis to be mesmerized.

"This is...?"

Soul Emperor Elusivemist appeared to have a smirk on his face, nodding to the Emperor of Death's shock as if it were to be expected.

"This is the Stargaze Soul Radiance Tree that once allowed many Soul Emperors to be born. Indeed, its fruits contain the essence of heaven and earth, allowing one to comprehend the mysteries of the soul at the ninth stage and make them step into the Soul Emperor Stage. Sadly, it hadn't borne fruit for the last hundred thousand years, and the last person to ever consume its last ripened fruit was my grandfather."

"Last ripened fruit, you say...?"

Davis stared dumbfoundedly as his lips went agape. He then blinked before his lips automatically curved into an amused smile.