Divine Hall News Spreads! Qingzhou Shaken!

Heavenly Pavilion was established.

Sky City was established.

After that,

numerous pieces of news spread from Sky City.

Naturally,

the first to spread was the news of Langya Hall's destruction.

This news was passed on by people from the various factions that had escaped Tianding City earlier.

At first, no one believed it.

That was Langya Hall.

On the continent, it was a top-tier force, ranked among the Lower Seven Sects and possessing a top-tier Tool Soul inheritance.

How could such a force possibly be destroyed?

Yet when they saw the factions from Tianding City fleeing, no matter how unwilling they were to believe it, they had no choice but to accept it.

If Langya Hall had not been destroyed,

these factions, all of whom had more or less dealings with Langya Hall while residing there, would never have abandoned the city and fled.

They simply could not understand what sort of force could have destroyed Langya Hall.

Langya Hall openly possessed one Hall Master and fifteen elders.

The Hall Master and the first five seated elders were all Super Douluos.

A top-tier force like that surely had hidden experts as well. After all, Title Douluos could live for a thousand years.

Moreover, Langya Hall's publicly known elders were no older than five hundred. Surely its former elders had not all died? They must still have been alive, concealed within Langya Hall.

Yet such a top-tier force had been destroyed. It was truly astonishing.

Could one of the Upper Seven Sects have made a move?

Only the Upper Seven Sects possessed the strength to destroy Langya Hall, one of the Lower Seven Sects.

Otherwise, even if the Middle Seven Sects were indeed stronger, they would not have so abruptly wiped out Langya Hall of the Lower Seven Sects.

Among the Upper Seven Sects, Spirit Hall and Papal Hall were the most suspicious.

After all, if the Empire wanted to unify the continent, it would surely eliminate some forces in secret.

Qingzhou.

Haotian Commandery.

As the overlord of Haotian Commandery, Hammer Heaven Sect was located here.

Hammer Heaven Sect naturally received news of Langya Hall's destruction immediately.

The Hammer Heaven Sect Master quickly summoned the many elders of Hammer Heaven Sect who were outside.

Within the main hall, Hammer Heaven Sect Master Tang Ming sat in the sect master's seat. Looking at the elders, he spoke directly.

"What do you all think about Langya Hall's destruction?"

As Sect Master Tang Ming raised the topic, the many elders in the hall began expressing their views.

"In my opinion, Langya Hall must have obtained clues about the Divine Hall, drawing the Divine Hall Guardian Force into action. Only then could Langya Hall have been destroyed so cleanly and decisively!"

"Indeed. This old man also believes it highly likely. Otherwise, destroying Langya Hall would have required a top-tier force to act. We are in Qingzhou—if a top-tier force had entered Qingzhou, how could we have received no news?"

"That's right. No news has arrived of any top-tier force entering Qingzhou, which means Langya Hall was destroyed by a local Qingzhou force!"

"Among Qingzhou's local forces, the strongest are only our Hammer Heaven Sect and Langya Hall, along with the Divine Hall Guardian Force that has always secretly controlled everything. We did not do it, so the answer is now obvious."

Hammer Heaven Sect Master Tang Ming nodded in agreement.

"That makes sense. I never expected that after our two sects had secretly cooperated for so long, Langya Hall would fail to inform us when it received news of the Divine Hall!"

An elder immediately spoke up.

"Sect Master, I believe this is actually a fortunate matter. Think about it—if the other party could destroy Langya Hall so easily, then although our Hammer Heaven Sect is somewhat stronger than Langya Hall, the difference is limited. If we had also obtained the clues, might we not have met the same fate as Hammer Heaven Sect?"

As soon as this elder spoke, the other elders echoed his words.

"That's right. Langya Hall was evenly matched with us. If they could be destroyed, then the other party could easily destroy us as well!"

"Indeed. I never expected this Divine Hall Guardian Force to possess such terrifying strength, no less than the Upper Seven Sects!"

Hammer Heaven Sect Master Tang Ming naturally understood this principle and asked further.

"Since that is the case, elders, what should we do next?"

"Langya Hall has been destroyed, and we cannot be certain whether the other party will continue acting!"

"If this Divine Hall Guardian Force turns its sights on us, how should we defend ourselves?"

As soon as those words were spoken,

the main hall fell deathly silent.

At that moment, everyone felt a chill run down their backs.

At last, someone broke the silence.

"With our strength, we are absolutely no match for the Divine Hall Guardian Force. Therefore, we must borrow strength!"

Borrow strength?

Tang Ming and the many elders looked toward the elder who had just spoken.

"Ninth Elder, it seems you already have an idea. Tell us!"

Ninth Elder looked at the sect master and the other elders, then hurriedly continued.

"First, we all know that the Divine Hall Guardian Force must guard the Divine Hall, which means the Divine Hall must truly exist!"

"If the Divine Hall exists, then the Opportunity to become a God that we have been pursuing also exists!"

"But what has happened now has made us understand that this Divine Hall is absolutely not something we can covet!"

"Since we cannot covet it, is there still much meaning in keeping the Divine Hall's existence secret?"

By the time Ninth Elder reached this point, how could they not understand?

"Ninth Elder, you mean we should directly spread the news of the Divine Hall and use the forces across the continent that covet it to tie down the Divine Hall Guardian Force? Then the Divine Hall Guardian Force will be unable to attend to everything and naturally will have no way to target us?"

"This method is feasible."

"Indeed. The Divine Hall is so tempting that it will surely attract a great many people!"

Just then,

a disciple rushed in from outside in a panic.

"Hall Master, huge news! Huge news!"

Hammer Heaven Sect Master Tang Ming looked at the disciple and immediately shouted.

"Can't you see that this sect master and the elders are discussing important matters? Yet you barged in so rashly! If you cannot give a proper explanation, this sect master will have you executed!"

The disciple did not hesitate and hurriedly said,

"News from outside! There is a Divine Hall in Qingzhou, and it contains an Opportunity to become a God!"

"Our Hammer Heaven Sect is Qingzhou's overlord force. This Divine Hall was absolutely made for us!"

The disciple was still delighted at this moment, imagining how the sect master and elders would praise and reward him shortly.

Little did he know that the elders and sect master's expressions had drastically changed.

Things seemed to have gone beyond their expectations.

How had this news gotten out?

If even an ordinary disciple knew, did that not mean it had already spread nearly everywhere outside?

Could there be another powerful force hidden in Qingzhou that also knew about the Divine Hall?

After seeing Langya Hall destroyed, had they too assumed it was the work of the Divine Hall Guardian Force? Fearing that they would become the second Langya Hall, had they spread the news in order to use outside forces to restrain the Divine Hall Guardian Force?

But did such a force exist in Qingzhou?

Inside the main hall, everyone looked at one another, utterly confused!

While Hammer Heaven Sect was discussing the matter,

news of the Divine Hall spread throughout all of Qingzhou with lightning speed.

For a time, all of Qingzhou was shaken.