Spirit Hall Papal Edict! From This Day Forward, the Clear Sky Sect Is Erased from the Continent!

The massive mountain gate archway still stood.

But the Clear Sky Hammer Emblem upon it, symbolizing supreme glory,

was covered by a layer of solid ice that emitted a deathly, ghostly blue radiance.

Beneath the ice, dark red frozen bloodstains could vaguely be seen.

The archway itself was riddled with cracks, on the verge of collapse.

Before the mountain gate, the once spacious plaza had now become a vast icy graveyard!

Countless ice sculptures in various poses filled the field of vision.

There were disciples frozen in charging or blocking stances, elders fleeing in terror...

They had all been eternally frozen in the posture of their final moment, their faces locked in utter terror and despair.

Most shocking of all were the few especially conspicuous ice sculptures at the center of the plaza!

One was a burly figure with a massive hole pierced through his chest. It was Seventh Elder Tang Lie.

The other three took different forms.

Yet all bore the unwillingness and misery of fallen Titled Douluo. They were precisely the Second Elder, Third Elder, and Fifth Elder.

The three were utterly lifeless, their auras completely gone. Their lives had clearly come to an end.

As for Elder Tang Xiao, he was nowhere to be found.

The air was thick with a nauseating stench of blood and a chill that sank into the marrow.

The Clear Sky Sect Mountain Gate, once alive with voices and surging Soul Power, was now left with nothing but shattered walls and heart-wrenching despair.

"Urgh..."

The instant Tang Xun saw the hellish sight before him, it felt as though he had been struck by five bolts of lightning.

His eyes bulged wide, bloodshot.

His body convulsed violently a few times before he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blackish-red clotted blood.

Then his head lolled to one side, and he completely passed out.

The extreme shock had finally crushed the last thread of strength in his heart.

Ning Fengzhi's face was pale, his brows tightly furrowed.

Those wise, profound eyes of his now held nothing but boundless shock!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had guessed that Spirit Hall would make a move, and that the Clear Sky Sect would suffer a great calamity, but they had never imagined such a thorough, despairing outcome.

Extermination! Not even chickens or dogs had been spared!

"What ruthless methods... What a venomous heart..."

The fierce sword aura around Chen Xin surged uncontrollably, slicing through the air with piercing shrieks.

As one of the foremost swordsmen of the age, he had witnessed countless lives and deaths.

Yet this masterpiece forged from endless slaughter still filled him with a chill and fury that rose from the depths of his soul.

There was no expression on Gu Rong's skull-like face, but the spatial fluctuations emanating from his body twisted violently, revealing how unsettled he was within.

He crouched down, his withered fingers brushing over a dark red Ice Crystal on the ground.

Feeling the faint residual Soul Power fluctuations within it, he spoke in a dry voice,

"It was Ye Xian!"

"Only his Ultimate Ice could produce an effect that freezes away life itself."

"Furthermore, the residual Soul Power fluctuations here are incredibly mixed and powerful. Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and also Light Feather, Azure Luan..."

"Spirit Hall's consecrates and elders had almost all come out in force!"

"They mobilized everyone just to wipe out the Clear Sky Sect..."

Ning Fengzhi's voice carried a helplessness that bordered on collapse.

He looked at the three kneeling Clear Sky Sect elders.

Looking at the mountain gate, the last symbol of the Clear Sky Sect's dignity, covered in frost, a bleak sorrow at the fate of their kind rose within him.

The Upper Three Sects had stood united for centuries, yet the Clear Sky Sect had met such an end.

Who would be next?

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?

Ning Fengzhi's body swayed once more, his pale face turning ashen.

Looking at the ruins of the Clear Sky Sect before him, an overwhelming sense of irony and powerlessness drowned him like a tide.

They had rushed here as fast as they could, only to witness the aftermath.

And Spirit Hall, after accomplishing all this, had simply left with ease.

The Seven Kill Sword in Chen Xin's arms let out a low, mournful cry. Sword aura shot into the sky, shredding the clouds overhead to pieces.

Flames of rage burned in his eyes, yet they carried an inescapable sorrow.

The Clear Sky Sect, the sect with the greatest tool martial soul in the world and an ancient legacy, was simply... gone.

Gu Rong remained silent as he walked to the ice sculptures of the three kneeling Clear Sky Sect elders.

He extended his withered hand, seemingly intending to brush the frost from their bodies, but it ultimately stopped in midair.

His hoarse voice rang out,

"Forgive us, everyone. We... came too late."

Ning Fengzhi deeply inhaled the air laden with blood and icy cold, forcing himself to calm down.

The sorrow in his eyes was gradually replaced by deep concern and determination.

The destruction of the Clear Sky Sect was like a warning death knell,

Spirit Hall had fully bared its fangs, and Ye Xian's ambition was plain for all to see.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had no way to retreat!

He slowly turned to Chen Xin and Gu Rong, his voice carrying an unprecedented heaviness and killing intent,

"Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, we... should return."

"The Clear Sky Sect's fate today will never be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's fate tomorrow!"

"Spirit Hall... Ye Xian... this war has only just begun!"

The three of them carried boundless heaviness and resolve.

They gave one final look at these ruins that symbolized the end of an old era.

Sword Douluo seized the unconscious Tang Xun and turned into a streak of light, speeding toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Behind them, the massive Clear Sky Sect Mountain Gate

stood beneath the rising morning sun like a silent tombstone.

Wordlessly recounting the end of one era and the beginning of another, colder and more brutal era.

Shortly after dawn, Spirit Hall suddenly issued a proclamation.

Spirit Hall Papal Edict:

The Clear Sky Sect has acted perversely and repeatedly offended Spirit Hall's heavenly might! Its sect master, Tang Xiao, harbored sinister intentions and indulged Elder Tang Lie in brazenly attacking and slaughtering the Speed Clan's residence under Spirit Hall's command, massacring innocents with irrefutable evidence of his crimes! Worse still, they remained obstinate and resisted to the end, provoking Divine Authority!

I, Pope Ye Xian, acted in Heaven's stead to mete out punishment. Personally leading Divine Might, I swept away the traitors of the Clear Sky Sect yesterday!

From this day forward, the Clear Sky Sect is erased from the continent!

Let all under Heaven bear witness! Those who obey shall prosper; those who defy shall perish!

Papal Edict!

This proclamation was like a block of ten-thousand-year ice cast into a boiling cauldron of oil, instantly detonating the entire continent.

Heaven Dou Imperial Family Palace.

Xue Ye, who was forcing himself to endure his illness while discussing countermeasures with Xue Beng in the imperial study,

stiffened violently upon receiving the news that the Clear Sky Sect had been erased. The last trace of color instantly drained from his face.

He opened his mouth, seemingly trying to say something, but only released a fit of gut-wrenching coughs.

Large mouthfuls of black blood mixed with fragments of organs sprayed wildly from his mouth, splattering the memorials and maps before him.

His body swayed violently, his eyes unfocused and filled with endless terror and despair, before he fell straight backward.

"Father Emperor!"

"Your Majesty!"

Xue Ye of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had died just like that.

Star Luo Empire.

The Star Luo Emperor was reviewing the formidable White Tiger Guards at the martial training ground.

When he saw the unbelievable Papal Edict in his hand, this ruler renowned for his iron-blooded resolve and severity abruptly halted.

The majesty and coldness that usually filled his face were instantly replaced by extreme horror.

The hand gripping his sword trembled faintly beyond his control!

The Clear Sky Sect... had been... exterminated by Spirit Hall!