Heaven Dou Imperial City, Rising Winds and Surging Clouds

Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City.

The rebel forces of nobles from all regions had surrounded Heaven Dou City.

Their numbers were not great, but they were all remnants of the former regime—nobles dissatisfied with the policies from when Qian Renxue was still Xue Qinghe—who had regrouped their forces.

Their objective needed no explanation.

They wanted to support Xue Beng's ascension, stand up for the nobles, and make the Heaven Dou nobility great again.

Douluo Continent did not reject female emperors.

The current Star Luo Emperor Zhu Zhuqing and Pope Bibi Dong were both women.

Both were also Titled Douluo.

But what they rejected was Xue Ke's policies, which essentially continued those of Xue Qinghe's era.

However, she did not possess Xue Qinghe's prestige, and she even seemed inclined to sell the Heaven Dou Empire to Spirit Hall.

How could they stand for that?

For both public and private reasons, they had to rise up in opposition.

It just so happened that Prince Xue Beng had turned over a new leaf, understood how difficult it had been for his ancestors, and intended to restore the Heaven Dou Empire.

Naturally, they hit it off at once.

"We are not rebels. We are an uprising."

Thus, the armies led by nobles from every side marched proudly toward the Heaven Dou Imperial City to bolster Xue Beng, who was about to ascend the throne.

With the aid of Titled Douluo, they swiftly seized control of the city's outskirts.

The royal district, the Imperial Palace grounds.

"Xue Beng, are you rebelling?"

With her golden hair and elegant yet unostentatious attire, Xue Ke stared at the golden-haired young man in the distance.

"The one rebelling isn't me, but you, Xue Ke." Xue Beng had shed his former frivolity, and his bearing now resembled Xue Ye's