Does the Heaven Dou Empire Hide Divine Artifacts? Bo Saixi Is Shocked!

"Hiss, Xiao Wu actually makes some sense!"

Ma Hongjun didn't dare ask Dai Mubai, so he had to turn to Zhu Zhuqing and ask:

"Zhu Zhuqing, you weren't actually forced to flee, were you?"

Before she could respond, Xiao Wu rolled her eyes and said:

"It must have been Dai Mubai who led the way; he was already here. And Zhuqing doesn't seem like the type to run away. It's very likely that after Dai Mubai fled, she had no one left to rely on, so she came looking for him!"

Zhu Zhuqing didn't speak, which was as good as admitting it.

Seeing this, Ma Hongjun and Tang San looked at Dai Mubai with disdain.

Abandoning one's fiancée to save one's own life—what kind of man does that? A coward!

"Xiao Wu, shut your mouth!"

Being exposed in public repeatedly, Dai Mubai was thoroughly enraged:

"If you dare to spout any more nonsense, see if I don't kill you!"

Xiao Wu was unfazed and stuck out her tongue:

"Can't handle the truth? Come on then, I'm so scared~"

Tang San immediately stepped in front of her, staring daggers at Dai Mubai.

If Dai Mubai dared to harm Xiao Wu, he would be courting death!

"You're looking for death!!"

Dai Mubai roared, ready to strike.

But he was stopped by Flender, who shouted sternly:

"Stop it, all of you! This is the academy, not your home. What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket!"

Yu Xiaogang quickly walked over to Dai Mubai, patted his shoulder, and whispered comfortingly:

"Mubai, I understand you. When your own life is at stake, how can you worry about a fiancée? Women are just playthings to please us men; they can be discarded at any time!"

Seeing that someone still understood him, Dai Mubai backed down, though his anger had not yet subsided.

He looked up and glared fiercely at the Sky Screen. All this humiliation today was caused by this Sky Screen!

He swore in his heart to find errors in the Sky Screen, expose its falsehoods, and vent his frustration!

The group stopped talking and turned their attention back to the Sky Screen, waiting for the announcement of the new rankings.

Having completely lost hope in Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing no longer felt any attachment to this place and only wanted to leave as soon as possible.

She looked up at the Sky Screen, hoping for a suitable faction to appear so she could defect and change her destiny.

Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Seeing the Star Luo Empire on the list, the civil and military officials in the hall were shocked.

An unprecedentedly heated discussion erupted, and the place descended into total chaos.

"How could the Star Luo Empire not even make the top ten? This is heaven-defying!"

"Our Heaven Dou's national strength is completely inferior to Star Luo's, yet they made it on before us!"

"Does that mean we in Heaven Dou have any chance of making the list? We can't possibly be worse than the Upper Three Sects, right?"

Even Qian Renxue frowned, her heart filled with disbelief.

If all the known top powers on the continent couldn't make the top ten, then what about the Martial Soul Hall?

With so many spots left above, could there really be a power in this world that surpasses the Martial Soul Hall?

Emperor Xue Ye couldn't sit still any longer, his voice trembling with unconcealable panic:

"My... my beloved subjects, what do you make of this? Do we in Heaven Dou still have a chance?!"

Marshal Ge Long, who had always been steady, stepped forward with a firm tone:

"Your Majesty, rest assured! Although Heaven Dou is not as strong as Star Luo, we definitely surpass any single sect of the Upper Three Sects!"

"Perhaps Heaven Dou has hidden foundations we are unaware of, leading the Sky Screen to judge that we are qualified to challenge for a higher ranking!"

The heart that Emperor Xue Ye had been holding up now sank completely.

He didn't believe for a second that Heaven Dou had any hidden foundations that could bridge the gap in national strength with Star Luo.

And upon hearing the word "hidden," Qian Renxue's heart skipped a beat.

She and the two elders had been undercover in Heaven Dou for many years; could they be considered part of Heaven Dou's hidden foundation?

Otherwise, what else could possibly make up for the gap with Star Luo?

Were years of hard work about to be ruined today!

And under her gaze, filled with panic and helplessness.

"Boom--!"

The Sky Screen finally changed once again, and a new ranking slowly emerged:

[Power Ranking, 11th Place: Heaven Dou Imperial Family]

[Representative Ruler: Emperor Xue Ye]

[Representative of Strongest Combat Power: Ge Long]

[Evaluation: The Heaven Dou Imperial Family is dominated solely by the Xue clan. To ensure the purity of their bloodline, rulers of past generations have never intermarried with outside clans. They inherit the mid-tier support-type martial soul 'Swan', which possesses low attack and defense but boasts impressive speed and healing capabilities. It is filled with a noble aura and serves as the symbol of the imperial bloodline. The imperial family practices a 'merit-based succession' system; any prince of the orthodox bloodline can enter the sequence of crown prince candidates, with the most capable eventually chosen to inherit the throne.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Family is adept at diplomacy and founded their nation on political maneuvering, establishing and long ruling the Heaven Dou Empire, one of the two great empires of the Douluo Continent. Their national strength is formidable, occupying nearly half the territory of the Douluo Continent, with tens of millions of subjects, millions of soldiers, thousands of soul master legions, and a Soul Douluo commander hailed as the God of War, the Nine-Life Divine Dragon. They also possess a private academy under their jurisdiction, the 'Heaven Dou Royal Academy', which houses a large number of high-level soul masters and is overseen by three Soul Douluo committee members. They also maintain close cooperation with countless sects and academies of various sizes within the empire.

Most importantly, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family possesses a peerless treasure, the 'Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud'. Its true identity is the core of a Sea God divine artifact, containing the vast divine power of the Sea God. It is the key to unleashing the true might of the Sea God's artifact, and its formal name is the 'Quasi-Divine Artifact: Heart of the Sea God'!]

[Low-tier Reward: The soul power level of the two representatives will each increase by one level, and the age of all their soul rings will increase by three thousand years (if a representative's potential is exhausted, this will be replaced by a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone that perfectly adapts to their martial soul)!]

Silence!

A deathly silence!

The entire continent froze, falling into an eerie, deathly stillness.

But in the blink of an eye, this silence was torn apart by a thunderous uproar!

This time, it was no longer the surprise at the ranking order like the previous four times, but rather...

"A Quasi-Divine Artifact: Heart of the Sea God! The core of the Sea God's artifact, containing the Sea God's divine power!"

"According to legends from ten thousand years ago, the Sea God was an existence who ruled the oceans single-handedly!"

"How could an object of the gods fall into the hands of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family? Could there be some connection between them?!"

"No wonder the Heaven Dou Empire could rank above the Star Luo Empire; it turns out they possess such a divine object!"

Sea God Island.

An immortal island standing in the distant ocean to the west of the Douluo Continent.

In front of the Sea God Hall, the High Priest Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo gathered together.

They had gathered the moment the Sky Screen first descended and had been watching ever since.

They did not participate in the disputes of the outside world, so they naturally felt no ripples regarding the external rankings.

But the moment they saw the 'Heart of the Sea God' just now, their expressions changed drastically!

Even Bo Saixi, who had long since seen through the ups and downs of the world, felt a monstrous wave rise in her heart.

The Heart of the Sea God is the core of the Sea God Trident, intentionally left in the outside world by Lord Sea God after he attained godhood.

As a token for finding a successor, it was meant to guide anyone who encountered a suitable heir to come and inherit the godhood.

They never expected it to be occupied by the imperial family of the Heaven Dou Empire!

The Sea God Island had waited for ten thousand years without result; it was highly likely that this had blocked the path of guidance for the Sea God's inheritance!

The Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo were also making the same guess at this moment.

Sea Dragon Douluo, the head of the seven pillars, stepped forward and said with a solemn expression:

"High Priest, the Heart of the Sea God is the token used by Lord Sea God to find his successor. How can we allow a mortal imperial family to hoard it?"

"This subordinate believes we should retrieve it!"