At a Standstill, Intent on Joining Forces

"Everyone, move aside!"

"Seven Star Palace was, after all, a force established by a Dou Emperor powerhouse."

"Even though Ice Emperor Lin Yuan isn't on Dou Qi Continent right now, the Sect Protecting Grand Formation he left behind isn't something ordinary Dou Saints like you can shake. Let This Clan Leader test the strength of this formation!"

As Hun Tiandi's voice fell.

Hall Master Hun Miesheng and the Soul Clan Dou Saint powerhouses all moved aside.

Then, watching their clan leader Hun Tiandi step forward, they saw him throw a heavy punch directly at the empty space ahead.

Boom!

Accompanied by the full-force strike of Late Nine-star Dou Saint powerhouse Hun Tiandi.

An ear-splitting boom suddenly rang out across heaven and earth.

In an instant, a terrifying energy storm swept across the world, instantly melting the ice and snow within several miles.

At the same time, the aftershocks of this World-destroying Storm scattered outward, blasting away quite a few Soul Clan Experts standing near the front.

Unfortunately.

Although the commotion caused by this strike was considerable.

It had no effect whatsoever. The invisible barrier before them still remained.

Hun Tiandi's attack, like Hun Miesheng's, only caused slightly larger spatial ripples to spread through the void before him. Not even the slightest crack appeared.

Seeing this.

Hun Tiandi's expression immediately darkened.

Clearly, the strength of the Seven Star Palace Sect Protecting Grand Formation had far exceeded his expectations.

Judging from the feedback he had received from that earlier strike, even if he gathered the strength of the entire clan, he probably still wouldn't be able to break through this formation.

"As expected of a force established by a Dou Emperor powerhouse."

"Even the defensive power of a mere Sect Protecting Grand Formation is this terrifying..."

After sighing, Hun Tiandi subconsciously murmured, "Looks like we can only wait for Gu Yuan and the others to arrive, gather the top combat power of the entire Dou Qi Continent, and try attacking it together!"

Meanwhile.

Behind the location where the Soul Clan's main forces had gathered.

After hearing the boom, the six Ancient Dou Emperor Legacy Families of Central Continent and the powerhouses from various top forces on the continent assumed that the Soul Clan had clashed with Seven Star Palace. They instinctively flashed forward at full speed.

An hour passed quickly.

The Ancient Clan, with a Late Nine-star Dou Saint overseeing it, was the first to reach the place where the earlier boom had come from.

However, everything before them was not as Gu Yuan had guessed. There was no trace of Seven Star Palace here, only the densely packed Soul Clan Army standing amid the swirling snow.

And his old nemesis, Hun Tiandi.

At this moment, he stood indifferently in the void.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan, still unaware of what had happened earlier, blurred and appeared in the void not far from Hun Tiandi. He said quietly, "When it comes to matters that benefit your Soul Clan, your speed is as fast as ever."

"It can only be said that you're too slow."

Hun Tiandi glanced at the Ancient Clan's troops and said disdainfully, "You took this long to gather so few people, falling so far behind my clan. Gu Yuan, you're truly not a very competent clan leader."

"If Xiao Xuan were still alive, once the pill capable of allowing a Late Nine-star Dou Saint to break through to Dou Emperor appeared, he definitely would have arrived here before my Soul Clan..."

Faced with Hun Tiandi's mocking sarcasm.

Gu Yuan did not respond.

From the corner of his eye, he discreetly swept a glance over the Soul Clan Army, which had practically mobilized in full force.

Then, without wasting words, he went straight to the point. "Hun Tiandi, I didn't come here today to quarrel with you, much less to bring up Xiao Xuan..."

"Tell me first, what was that boom just now?"

"And why has your Soul Clan stopped advancing?"

"I can sense the aura of your Dou Qi lingering between heaven and earth. Could it be that you already encountered Seven Star Palace Experts and exchanged blows with them?"

Faced with Gu Yuan's series of questions.

By this point, Hun Tiandi no longer kept him guessing and said directly, "I didn't see any Seven Star Palace Experts. I attacked earlier only because an invisible barrier blocked the road ahead. It's probably the Seven Star Palace Sect Protecting Grand Formation."

Hearing this.

Gu Yuan realized that Hun Tiandi had suffered a setback beneath the Seven Star Palace Sect Protecting Grand Formation.

He subconsciously furrowed his brows and said solemnly, "Even you can do nothing against this Sect Protecting Grand Formation. Could it be that Seven Star Palace's formation possesses the defensive power of a Dou Emperor?"

"Didn't the Heavenly Dao Gold Ranking say that Ice Emperor Lin Yuan and the six Seven Star Palace Branch Hall Masters aren't on Dou Qi Continent?"

"A Hidden Sect established by a Dou Emperor powerhouse who may have risen before Tou She Ancient God has existed for at least ten thousand years. Why is its Sect Protecting Grand Formation still so powerful?"

"I don't know the specifics either..."

Hun Tiandi said quietly, "Perhaps we'll only know the answer after the other Ancient Clans and Central Continent Dou Saint forces arrive and try attacking it together with us!"

At this point.

Hun Tiandi seemed to know what Gu Yuan was about to say.

Before Gu Yuan could speak, he cut him off. "Gu Yuan, don't tell me that you brought so many powerhouses to the Meteor God Ice Plain merely to stop my Soul Clan from obtaining the Emperor Grade Pill. Don't feed me that nonsense!"

"You and I are both Late Nine-star Dou Saint powerhouses. This Clan Leader knows what you're truly thinking."

"Given the current situation, if we can't break through the Seven Star Palace Sect Protecting Grand Formation, all we can do is watch helplessly as the Seven Star Palace Experts devour the Origin Qi in the pill and break through to Dou Emperor!"

"If you don't want the Ancient Clan to bow and scrape beneath Seven Star Palace's rule..."

"Or if you even want to gamble on the chance to become a Dou Emperor, then don't reject This Clan Leader's proposal."

As Hun Tiandi's voice fell.

A hidden glimmer flashed through Gu Yuan's eyes. After remaining silent for a while, he said quietly, "We'll discuss this after you convince the other Ancient Clans and the Central Continent forces!"

With that.

Gu Yuan flashed back to the Ancient Clan camp.

Regarding Gu Yuan's reply, which was neither an acceptance nor a refusal.

The corners of Hun Tiandi's lips curled upward slightly. To him, Gu Yuan's failure to reject him outright meant that he had already agreed.

He knew Gu Yuan would never refuse any opportunity that could allow him to break through and become a Dou Emperor.

The words "Dou Emperor."

For the two of them, who had been stuck at the Late Nine-star Dou Saint level for over a thousand years.

Their allure was simply too great.

As time passed.

The Lei Clan, Yan Clan, Yao Clan, Ling Clan, Shi Clan, Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Nine Netherworld Dark Python Clan, Burning Flame Valley, Tianming Sect, Starfall Pavilion, Flower Sect, and other Dou Saint family forces arrived one after another.

As their numbers continued to increase.

Animated discussions constantly rang out across this ice-and-snow-covered land.

"This is truly an eye-opener... What an eye-opener~"

"If not for Seven Star Palace's emergence, how could This Venerable possibly have the honor of seeing so many Dou Saint powerhouses?"

"Exactly. Other than Pill Tower, which hasn't come, practically all the top forces on the continent have gathered at the Meteor God Ice Plain. Such a grand occasion is rarely seen even once in a millennium!"

"Why hasn't Pill Tower come?"

"Hasn't the Old Ancestor of Little Pill Tower already advanced to Eight-star Dou Saint?"

"I heard that the Soul Clan Patriarch and the Ancient Clan Patriarch are both Supreme Experts at the Nine-star Dou Saint level."

"It has already been exposed that Pill Tower Ancestor is a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill who transformed into human form. He probably doesn't dare take the risk..."

"That makes sense. The Hall of Souls and Pill Tower have always been at odds. On top of that, Pill Tower suppressed the Hall of Souls on the Sect Power Ranking, so the Soul Clan is definitely furious with them. Being cautious can't hurt."

"..."

Seeing that everyone who was supposed to come had arrived.

The Soul Clan split into two groups. Clan leader Hun Tiandi approached the Seven Ancient Clans.

Meanwhile, the Hall of Souls was responsible for connecting the various Central Continent sects with the Three Great Magical Beast Families.

Unfortunately, whether it was the Soul Clan or the Hall of Souls, they both seemed to have forgotten one extremely important matter.