The Great Enshrined Personally Defends His Own: Bibi Dong, You've Overstepped (Still Revising, Revised Up to Here)

The first light of dawn pierced the night, staining the horizon pale.

The purple-gold chasm that had stretched across tens of thousands of miles the previous night, as though it would cleave the entire sky above Douluo Star in two, had gradually vanished behind the high clouds before dawn, leaving only a faint, dark-gold imprint of law across the horizon. But the towering waves it had stirred up were only now breaking in full force in every corner of the continent.

Spirit City, the Pope's palace.

Atop the towering, magnificent palace, a stunning figure in a brilliant gold and purple gown and a Nine-Curved Purple Gold Crown stood quietly at the edge of a white marble terrace.

She held the Pope's Scepter, encrusted with countless gemstones. On her fair, delicate yet dignified face, a pair of deep eyes stared coldly at the lingering traces of another world that had yet to fade from the far end of the sky.

Below the terrace, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei knelt on one knee, not daring to breathe too loudly.

"Have you investigated it?"

Bibi Dong spoke, her soft, pleasant voice carrying a chill and authority that froze the marrow.

Yue Guan hurriedly lowered his head and reported respectfully, "Your Holiness, when the rift in the sky suddenly appeared at midnight last night, Gui Mei and I immediately used Spirit Hall's communications network to check with the branches in the thirty-six major cities across the two empires. According to urgent reports from the bishops in each region, the streaks of light and strange mountain fragments that fell from the chasm in the sky landed in no fewer than a hundred locations. They were most concentrated in the Balak Kingdom in the southern Heaven Dou Empire, the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the edge of the Far North."

Beside him, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, whose entire body was shrouded in black mist, added in a hoarse, sinister voice, "Your Holiness, I just personally examined a piece of glazed stone that fell fifty kilometers outside Spirit City. It contains a strange energy entirely different from the Soul Power of our Douluo Continent. Its properties are extraordinarily pure, yet the Soul Power of heaven and earth is constantly repelling and wearing it down. If I'm not mistaken, the shadow that appeared behind the chasm last night was very likely an otherworldly plane in the midst of collapse, or some ancient divine miracle left behind in the mortal world!"

"An otherworldly plane... a relic of a divine miracle..."

Bibi Dong slowly closed her long fingers, tightening her grip on the Pope's Scepter. A hard-to-conceal glint of fervor and apprehension passed through the depths of her eyes.

As a person in power who had already come into contact with the secrets of the Rakshasa God Trial, she knew better than anyone what terrifying might lay behind the word "god."

Yet even the Rakshasa Divine Sense she had perceived seemed dim and insignificant compared with the blazing, world-creating heavenly might that had poured down when the sky split open last night.

If Spirit Hall could gather all the "divine objects from beyond the heavens" that had fallen across the continent, it could not only utterly crush the Upper Three Sects and the two empires, but even help her take that all-important step ahead of time and break free of the restraints imposed by Qian Daoliu and the Angel Clan!

"Transmit my Pope Token."

Bibi Dong turned around, her eyes gleaming coldly beneath the Nine-Curved Purple Gold Crown. "Order all Spirit Hall Branches across the continent to mobilize their entire forces from today onward and closely monitor the impact sites around major cities and Soul Beast forests! Anyone who discovers strange stones from beyond the heavens, exotic treasures, or otherworldly beings of unknown origin must bring them back to Spirit City at any cost! If any major sect or imperial force dares interfere or compete for them... kill them without mercy!"

"As you command!" Yue Guan and Gui Mei accepted the order in unison, then became two phantoms and vanished from the palace in an instant.

Almost at the same time, within the Heaven Dou Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's castle, a place that resembled a fairyland, was also ablaze with light.

The refined and gentle sect master, Ning Fengzhi, stood before the sand table in the council hall, holding a secret report that the sect's Agility Hall had just sent back by carrier pigeon.

Beside him, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, dressed in white with white hair and beard, his sharp edge held in check, narrowed his eyes slightly as he gazed at the southern horizon outside the window.

"Fengzhi, within the fluctuation that tore the sky apart last night, several strands of sword intent and elemental sharpness were astonishing."

Chen Xin spoke calmly, a barely perceptible wisp of Seven Kill Sword Qi flickering at his fingertip. "In particular, there was a streak of purple lightning that fell toward the border between the Balak Kingdom and the Star Dou Great Forest. Although its presence was still weak, the purity of its sword dao origin was something I have rarely seen in my life."

A trace of gravity appeared on Ning Fengzhi's gentle face, and he sighed softly. "You're quite right, Uncle Jian. A great upheaval is coming. Whether this heavenly phenomenon is a blessing or a calamity remains unknown, but Spirit Hall will never pass up this chance to plunder the divine objects from beyond the heavens. Rongrong sneaked out a few days ago. Judging by her pace, she should be nearing Suotuo City in the Balak Kingdom by now."

At the mention of his beloved youngest daughter, a flicker of concern crossed Ning Fengzhi's eyes. He promptly instructed the sect deacon waiting outside the door, "Send word at once to the sect's hidden agents in Suotuo City and the surrounding merchant associations. Have them do everything they can to search for the relics from beyond the heavens that fell within the Balak Kingdom, and keep a discreet watch on Rongrong's whereabouts. If they find any valuable treasures or unusual changes, report to me immediately using the highest-grade communication Soul Tool!"

As the continent's top powers were all caught in surging undercurrents over the chasm that had split the world the previous night, Suotuo City, a major city in the Balak Kingdom and one of the regions at the heart of the turmoil, erupted into a frenzy under the first rays of morning sunlight.

Suotuo City's streets were bustling even on ordinary days, but as soon as the gates opened today, Soul Masters of every kind poured in, several times as many as usual.

There were Soul Hunting mercenary groups dressed in fighting clothes and carrying blades and swords, enshrined experts and guards from nearby noble households, and even a good number of deacons in Spirit Hall's standard white robes hurrying through the streets and alleys.

Outside taverns, teahouses, and auction houses, Soul Masters could be seen everywhere, whispering excitedly about "treasures fallen from beyond the heavens" and "relics of the gods."

In a second-floor guest room of a rather elegantly decorated inn in Suotuo City's central district.

Tang San sat cross-legged on the bed beside the window. As purple Qi rose in the east outside, he slowly withdrew the faint purple light swirling in his eyes and let out a long breath of turbid air.

"Brother, have you finished cultivating your Purple Demon Eye? Come have a look! This letter just came by carrier pigeon. The inn attendant brought it up, and it looks like Grandmaster sent it through an emergency channel from Nuoding City!"

Xiao Wu, her hair in a long scorpion braid, sat at the table swinging her long, straight legs. She held a letter sealed with wax, her large, bright eyes full of curiosity and a trace of lingering fear.

To Tang San, the terrifying pressure when the sky split open last night might only have been a shock on the level of laws, but to Xiao Wu, a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, it had been like facing some primordial sovereign who stood above the Divine Realm and all beasts. It had left her huddled under the covers for half the night, too afraid to close her eyes.

"A letter from Teacher?"

Tang San's expression turned serious. He immediately climbed out of bed, walked over, and took the letter and opened it.

"Xiao San, a heavenly phenomenon occurred last night, throwing the Soul Power of heaven and earth into disorder. According to information circulating within Spirit Hall, a large number of strange crystals and fragments that do not belong to any system known on the continent fell from the rift in the sky, particularly around the Balak Kingdom and the Star Dou Great Forest. Though such objects from beyond the heavens may contain opportunities, they will surely bring a foul wind and a rain of blood among countless high-level Soul Masters and even the major sects. You and Xiao Wu have only just arrived in Suotuo City. Be sure to watch your words and actions, and go to the south of the city to apply to Shrek Academy as soon as possible. Before you have absolute strength, do not get involved in the struggle for the divine objects from beyond the heavens. Once I have dealt with the matters at hand, I will travel to Suotuo City to meet you in a few days."

After reading the letter, Tang San rubbed his fingers together and released a wisp of Mysterious Heaven Skill internal force, reducing the paper to fine scraps.

"Teacher is right."

Tang San walked to the window and looked down at the Soul Masters of every kind hurrying along the street below, greed in their eyes. "In just one night, the number of Soul Masters in Suotuo City has nearly doubled," he said gravely. "Among them are quite a few with the presence of Three-Ring Soul Elders or even Four-Ring Soul Ancestors. And..."

He paused, his brows knitting tightly. "When I was cultivating Purple Demon Eye and Mysterious Heaven Skill this morning, I noticed that, besides the Soul Power we're familiar with, there seemed to be several kinds of extremely violent and unfamiliar free-floating energy in the air. My Mysterious Heaven Skill can't absorb those energies at all. If I force them into my body, my meridians feel as though they're being pricked with needles."

"I felt it too!"

Xiao Wu jumped down from her chair and went to Tang San's side. Still shaken, she patted her budding chest. "After those multicolored meteors fell last night, the air around us felt strange. There was this presence that kept giving me goosebumps all over. Brother, let's hurry and eat something, settle on a place to stay today, and then ask around about that Shrek Academy."

"All right, we'll do as you say." Tang San gently patted Xiao Wu's head, though his eyes remained more vigilant than ever.