Douluo Changes Hands, the Sun Moon Empire Reacts

"The choice is yours. You can become emperor, or you can go down with the Xuan Ming Sect."

Cai Mei'er patted Xue Lingxun's shoulder and smiled faintly. "I'll be in the Dou Ling Empire for the next few days. Tell me when you've decided."

Xue Lingxun: "..."

Become a puppet emperor and live in comfort for the rest of her life, or be buried alongside the Xuan Ming Sect?

Honestly, if Xu Sanshi were still alive, she might have chosen the latter.

But Xu Sanshi was dead, and after learning how powerful the Evil Soul Masters were, the Xuan Ming Sect had abandoned any thought of revenge.

Part of her had given up, too.

"Clean up. Don't leave any Soul Bones or Storage Rings behind. Burn the bodies."

Cai Mei'er waved for the others to deal with the aftermath.

Xue Lingxun stood to one side, quietly watching the Ice Snow Palace Soul Masters work. Her thoughts drifted back to the conversation between Cai Mei'er and Xian Lin'er.

"Xue Nianbing..."

She murmured the name.

She knew something about Xue Nianbing. At one point, she had even thought he belonged to the Dou Ling Royal Family.

Clearly, she had been wrong.

And judging by the two women's conversation, Xian Lin'er seemed to have mistakenly assumed that she was involved with that monstrous young talent.

"Xue Nianbing was Sanshi's classmate, from what I've heard. I wonder if they were close..."

Xue Lingxun murmured to herself, then gathered her thoughts and began considering how to earn the Ice Snow Palace's favor.

Even a puppet emperor had to make herself useful.

Several days later.

News that the Dou Ling Royal Family had been wiped out and former princess Xue Lingxun had temporarily taken the throne of the Dou Ling Empire spread across the continent