Winds Rise in Heaven Dou

Heaven Dou Continent, Heaven Dou City, Tang Sect.

"What did you say?" Chen Long looked at a Tang Sect outer sect deacon before him. "The Spirit Hall Empire has been restored?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Tang Sect deacon said respectfully, "After Black Spider captured three provinces, they renamed its largest city Spirit City and declared the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire. They also branded the Begonia Divine Cult as heretics. The Begonia Divine Cult members have already withdrawn from the Spirit Hall Empire."

"And how has the Heaven Dou Empire responded?" Chen Long asked.

"The Heaven Dou Empire has declared the Begonia Divine Cult its state religion. Other than that, there have been no further actions, but..."

The deacon did not finish his sentence, but Chen Long had already roughly understood what he meant.

The Heaven Dou Empire had clearly come to regard the Spirit Hall Empire as a grave threat. Though war had not yet begun, it was no longer far away.

This would be a true war—a war between two empires. Douluo Star had not seen a war of this scale in ten thousand years.

"You may leave first." After Chen Long spoke, the disciple hurried away.

"This is troublesome." Chen Long paced back and forth. He had originally intended to visit the imperial palace and request an audience with Xue Yuntian as a member of Douluo Hall, but his previous several requests had all been rejected. Even Li Yunzhe did not know why. A few years ago, Xue Yuntian had still treated Li Yunzhe with utmost respect.

What gave him an even greater headache was that no one knew where the hostages taken by Black Spider were being held. He Qiang was far away on Douluo Continent, and even after several divinations, he had received no