Douluo I Period

[Douluo I Period]

At Spirit City, Pope's Palace.

The golden Sky Screen in the heavens receded like a tide.

The world seemed to have returned to the peace of old.

But everyone knew that some things had changed forever.

Silence.

A suffocating silence shrouded the magnificent Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong sat motionless upon her throne, like a beautiful ice sculpture.

Yet in her deep violet eyes, fury and murderous intent roiled with enough force to scorch the heavens and boil the seas.

She had failed...

The great ambition she had pursued all her life, the one that could have overturned the entire continent's balance of power, had failed in the future foretold by the Sky Screen!

Not only had she failed, but the entire Spirit Hall—the place she both loved and hated, and to which she had devoted countless years of effort—had vanished a millennium later!

And the root cause of all this was once again tied to that name—Tang San!

Tang Hao's son!

Another member of the Tang family!

"Heh... hehehe..."

A low, icy laugh escaped Bibi Dong's throat, making Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo below shiver involuntarily.

They could clearly sense that Her Holiness the Pope was on the verge of an outburst.

"If fate wants me to fail, wants my Spirit Hall to perish..."

Bibi Dong rose slowly and looked down at everyone in the hall. Her voice was not loud, but her resolve was absolute.

"Then I'll... defy fate!"

"Take my orders!"

"Yue Guan, Gui Mei!"

"Here!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo dropped to one knee, their expressions solemn.

"Begin the Hunt Soul Operation early!"

At her words, both men's pupils contracted sharply!

Early?

There was still a considerable amount of time before the operation had originally been scheduled to begin!

But they dared not question her. They could only answer in low voices:

"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope!"

"Target the Upper Three Sects! We'll start with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"

"And that Shrek Academy—I want it wiped off the face of the earth!"

A frenzied light gleamed in Bibi Dong's eyes.

"At the same time, mobilize every intelligence network Spirit Hall has. Spare no effort to find Tang San's whereabouts!"

"I'll crush his bones with my own hands!"

But just as she finished speaking, about to order them to set out—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three terrifying auras, so immense they made the heart quake, descended without warning!

Under the pressure, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's expressions changed drastically. They felt their very souls trembling!

These were the auras of the Enshrined!

And not just one!

Three Enshrined had arrived at once!

Bibi Dong's expression turned utterly cold.

She abruptly raised her head and looked toward the entrance. Killing intent flashed in her beautiful violet eyes.

"Qian Daoliu! Have you finally decided to make your move against me?"

Soul Power burst from her body.

Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red Soul Ring rose into the air.

The scarlet 100,000-Year Soul Ring radiated a light that filled the heart with despair!

The auras of her two Martial Souls, the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor, intertwined, forcibly pushing back the three terrifying pressures!

The space at the entrance rippled.

Three figures appeared without a sound.

At the front stood an exceptionally tall, powerfully built old man.

His upper body was bare, and golden patterns covered his bronze skin. His golden hair resembled a lion's mane, and an incomparable, domineering aura radiated from him.

He was the Second Worship of the Worship Hall, Golden Crocodile Douluo—a Level 98 Power Attack System Titled Douluo!

Behind him stood Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, who had just witnessed the tragic future of their descendants on the Sky Screen!

Their expressions were complicated, filled with both relief and overwhelming murderous intent.

"Bibi Dong, put away your killing intent."

Golden Crocodile Douluo's voice rang out like a bell.

"We haven't come here to cause you trouble."

"Not here to cause trouble?"

Bibi Dong let out a cold laugh, but the killing intent around her did not lessen in the slightest.

"Then why have the three of you graced my Pope's Palace with your presence? Did you come to invite me for tea?"

She didn't believe for a moment that Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall had good intentions.

"We've come on the Great Enshrined's orders."

"Qian Daoliu?" Bibi Dong furrowed her brows. "What orders does he have?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo swept his gaze across the hall before speaking slowly.

"The Great Enshrined says that the Sky Screen has appeared and the future has changed. People are unsettled, and the whole continent is watching Spirit Hall."

"Now is not the time to move against the Upper Three Sects."

"Not only would we fail to catch them off guard, we'd drive the other factions to unite against us."

Bibi Dong sneered.

"And?"

"You want me to abandon the Hunt Soul Operation, keep watching them grow stronger, and then wait for that boy named Tang San to destroy everything?"

"No."

Golden Crocodile Douluo shook his head.

Behind him, Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo could no longer hold back. They stepped forward.

"Bibi Dong, you saw the future foretold by the Sky Screen too."

"Our Spirit Hall... perished!"

Demon Subduing Douluo spoke next, his voice filled with suppressed fury.

"And my descendant, Qiangu Wangyan, bore a blood feud and spent a century in hiding to revive Spirit Hall, only to meet such a tragic end!"

"None of this can be separated from Tang San and that Shrek Academy!"

Bibi Dong's gaze shifted slightly, but she remained on guard.

"And? What are you trying to say?"

"So!"

Golden Crocodile Douluo's voice rose, filled with unquestionable authority.

"The Great Enshrined's intention is to suspend all action against the other factions."

"Right now, Spirit Hall has only one objective—"

"Use every resource at our disposal... to hunt down Tang San!"

He stared intently at Bibi Dong and spoke each word with emphasis.

"The Great Enshrined has issued his orders!"

"Starting today, all six of us Enshrined will fully support every action taken by Her Holiness the Pope, with the sole aim of killing Tang San!"

The entire Pope's Palace fell into silence.

The frost on Bibi Dong's face slowly melted, giving way to deep astonishment and disbelief.

Ever since she had taken office, the Pope's Palace and the Worship Hall had been locked in open and covert struggle, their relationship as hostile as fire and water.

She ruled the Pope's Palace, handling external affairs and overseeing Spirit Hall's daily operations and campaigns against other factions.

Qian Daoliu, meanwhile, presided over the Worship Hall, handling internal affairs and safeguarding Spirit Hall's foundations and legacy, while also keeping her power in check.

An irreconcilable conflict lay between them.

And then there was Qian Xunji's death...

She had no doubt that the first thing the old fox Qian Daoliu wanted to do after the Sky Screen exposed the truth was get rid of her!

Yet now he was actually willing to send the Enshrined to help her?

As if he had seen through her doubts, Golden Crocodile Douluo continued:

"The Great Enshrined's exact words were—"

"Whatever happens within Spirit Hall, even if we fight, we'll settle it among ourselves, behind closed doors!"

"But we won't allow outsiders to interfere!"

"At a time like this, we must first eliminate this outsider who threatens Spirit Hall!"

Every word Golden Crocodile Douluo spoke rang out with force and conviction!

Bibi Dong fell silent.

She stared into the eyes of Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others, trying to find even the slightest hint of deceit or conspiracy.

But all she saw was resolve and determination!

She slowly withdrew her Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and the overwhelming killing intent around her subsided.

Now was not the time for infighting.

No matter how deep her hatred for Qian Daoliu ran, they had to set it aside for the survival of Spirit Hall!

And with the Worship Hall's power—strong enough to sweep across the continent—joining her, her chances of changing the future would increase dramatically!

"Good."

Bibi Dong said only one word.

But that one word marked an unprecedented united front between the Pope's Palace and the Worship Hall!

"Then there's nothing more to discuss!"

Bibi Dong turned sharply. Her papal robes stirred without a breeze, and a killing intent, colder and purer than before, surged into the heavens!

"Everyone, move out!"

"Find Tang San and kill him without mercy!"