Qin Li, Sha Ran, Ju Yue, Wu Wei, and Yan Miao, five Titled Douluo, appeared in midair, with Tang Lan and the others behind them.
The appearance of merely five Titled Douluo was enough to leave the Soul Masters below trembling in fear, not daring to offer any resistance.
From Ju Yue's account, Tang Lan learned that Gongsun Yuan had already headed to Tang City.
However, Gongsun Yuan had gone alone this time, intending to secretly gather detailed information about the Tang Sect's inner workings.
Yet in just a few days, the Tang Sect had raided their home turf, completely taken control of the Sky Que Sect, and even subdued the surrounding sects.
At that moment, Gongsun Yuan was still drinking in a tavern in Tang City, and the news would not reach the city until the next day.
That night, Tang Lan convened a high-level meeting at the Sky Que Sect headquarters.
They decided to make the Sky Que Sect their main branch for dealing with the north, while Tang City, where the Tang Sect was located, would serve as their headquarters.
The Tang Sect now occupied the vast central region of the Dou Ling Empire, accounting for one-third of the empire's territory.
The south and north, meanwhile, remained under the control of the other major sects.
The next day,
Tang Lan led an allied army of nearly three thousand Soul Masters in an assault on Beidou City.
On the city walls, the North Star Merchant Guild's higher-ups wore grim expressions.
The leading middle-aged man called out to the figures below the city, "Everyone, the North Star Merchant Guild seems to bear no grudge against you. Why have you come to attack us?"
This man was Pei Zhen, president of the North Star Merchant Guild.
No one noticed that