The Great Wall—So You Never Forget You're Not Alone! A Country Within a City, Bibi Dong's Headache!

This was the first time people across the continent had seen such an unbroken stretch of city wall!

Viewed from the sky, it looked like an enormous city.

It encompassed the entire border of the Chang'an Empire!

And within that city were several other cities!

The already renowned Chang'an Empire was once again thrust into the spotlight after building such a magnificent wall!

Tian Dou Empire.

Xue Ye looked at the contents of the letter, his brows sometimes furrowing and sometimes relaxing.

He had begun paying attention from the moment construction on the Great Wall began.

It was not as though they could not build a Great Wall like this.

They simply felt that such a wall had no meaning at all!

What a city wall could block were mostly ordinary people and weak soul masters.

For powerful soul masters, a full-force strike could bring the wall crashing down.

Building such a wall would greatly increase military expenditures!

In the two months since construction of the Great Wall began, the Chang'an Empire's army had seen almost no change in numbers!

All the military funds they had scraped together through various means had been used to build the wall!

He could not understand it.

What was the meaning of this Great Wall?

"Could it be that Chang'an no longer intends to expand outward? So it has wrapped its territory in this lengthy wall."

Perhaps the Chang'an Empire was silently sending a message to the outside world.

A message that it had no intention of competing for dominion over the world.

Perhaps the Chang'an Empire's emperor cared only about those few cities, only that small patch of land.

That was why he had built the Great Wall to wrap up his empire.

"That is fine too. Chang'an has been much quieter lately, so I can focus on dealing with Spirit Hall."

Xue Ye's gaze shifted to the mountain of letters piled beside him.

They contained almost all the intelligence gathered recently regarding Spirit Hall.

The news that Xue Qinghe had been assassinated and replaced by Qian Renxue

had enraged him for a long time!

At the same time, it had filled him with grief and fear for a long time.

The Tian Dou Empire had nearly fallen under Spirit Hall's control without a single drop of blood being shed!

Had Xue Luochuan not discovered those clues, raised an army, and revealed the truth to the public, he would probably still be in the dark even now.

But it was all too late.

His incompetence and negligence had caused the conflict between him and Xue Luochuan to reach a point beyond reconciliation.

It was a national enmity and family hatred that surpassed all other emotions!

Spirit City, Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong paced back and forth through the hall, too agitated to sit down at all.

It had been a long time since she had been this furious.

They had investigated the traitor for two months, yet found nothing at all!

The plan to rescue Qian Renxue had failed.

And Xue Luochuan had exposed Spirit Hall's schemes behind the scenes!

Information about Qian Renxue was one of Spirit Hall's highest secrets!

Very few people knew everything!

Other than her and several Titled Douluo who were Qian Daoliu's confidants.

Even many elders and consecrated members were unaware of it!

But now, everyone knew!

The Tian Dou Empire had heavily reinforced its border facing Spirit Hall!

They no longer even cared about the Chang'an Empire!

The entire continent was condemning Spirit Hall!

The prestige Spirit Hall had accumulated was nearly ruined because of this!

Bibi Dong's gaze at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo was filled with killing intent!

"Your Holiness, don't look at me—I would never tell anyone!" Chrysanthemum Douluo swallowed nervously.

He and Ghost Douluo both knew the truth, but they were absolutely loyal to Bibi Dong.

There were few people in this world who could defeat the two of them together.

Other than Bibi Dong, there was no one who could force information out of them!

"Damn it! Could Xue Luochuan have noticed something himself?"

Bibi Dong clenched her palm in agitation, nearly crushing the Jeweled Scepter in her hand!

"That's possible. We've been trying to assassinate him for several years now, with numerous attempts during that time. It's possible he noticed."

Porcupinefish Douluo squeezed the words out in an extremely low voice.

Ever since Qian Renxue's first assassination attempt had failed, Xue Luochuan had clearly become much more cautious.

With so many attempts, there were bound to be oversights.

It was possible that he had noticed!

After all, Xue Luochuan was even better at hiding than they were.

He had so many Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo under his command, yet he had kept them hidden from everyone's eyes!

Even Qian Renxue likely could not match such skill at concealment!

"It seems we can only unify the continent through force!"

Bibi Dong let out a heavy sigh.

The plan for the Tian Dou Empire had failed.

But Spirit Hall's march toward unifying the continent could not possibly stop.

With seventy percent of the continent's soul masters under its command, Spirit Hall had the capital to wage war against both great empires at once!

The unification process had merely been delayed for a while.

Bibi Dong turned to look at the map of the continent behind her.

The locations of the two great empires and the three great sects were marked upon it in eye-catching red.

All of them were immensely powerful forces, possessing either armies of a million men or Titled Douluo.

They were also Spirit Hall's greatest obstacles to unifying the continent!

"Previously, we only had to consider the two great empires and the three great sects. Now there's one more."

In the lower-right corner of the Tian Dou Empire was a place that seemed to be circled by a thin line.

That was the Chang'an Empire, which had recently risen to great fame!

"Xue Luochuan has quite the strategic vision. He actually spared no expense to build something like this Great Wall."

Bibi Dong stared at the thin line on the map, and the more she thought about it, the more her head hurt.

Others might not think much of the Great Wall.

But to Spirit Hall, it was an exceedingly tough barrier to overcome!

Spirit Hall was destined to take the path of unifying the continent. When that time came, war would spread like wildfire and sweep across the land.

Spirit Hall was confident it could gradually devour the two great empires.

But this Great Wall encircled every city of the Chang'an Empire, linking them into a single whole.

Its troops could be rapidly redeployed along the Great Wall.

If one area came under attack, support could arrive from all directions!

Taking the Chang'an Empire might prove even harder than taking the imperial capitals of the two great empires!

Moreover, the Great Wall made entry and exit far more tightly guarded.

In the future, anyone sent to gather intelligence would have to pass through the checkpoints, making infiltration and escape more difficult!

"Still, he has spent his military funds on defense, which means he won't be able to expand outward anytime soon. Once Spirit Hall has swallowed the two great empires and destroyed the Upper Three Sects, we'll come back and crack this turtle shell!"

Bibi Dong quickly formed a countermeasure in her mind.

Many places within the Great Wall were crowded with commoners who had come to visit.

Beyond the walls lay wild mountains and dense forests.

Within them lay fertile plains and a nation growing more prosperous by the day.

At the various checkpoints, countless merchants and travelers passing through were likewise deeply awed by this seemingly endless wall!

Upon the Great Wall near East City Pass, a noble golden figure stood beneath the morning sun.

Quietly gazing at this highly symbolic structure.

"The Great Wall is complete."

The completion of the Great Wall represented a whole new level of defensive strength for the Chang'an Empire!

Should foreign enemies invade again in the future, the cities of the Chang'an Empire would be able to respond swiftly.

They could join forces to fight the enemy.

All he needed to do now was rapidly develop his strength within these walls.

Then he would march beyond them, conquer more territory, and build an even more sprawling Great Wall!

Behind Xue Luochuan.

The six generals from King's Continent were so excited that they did not know what to say!

To them, the Great Wall was an incomparably warm home!

At this moment, even though they were on another world's continent, they had still found a sense of belonging!

"The Great Wall keeps you from forgetting that you are alone!" Kai stroked the earth-gray bricks of the Great Wall, a faint sheen of tears welling in the corners of his eyes.