Bibi Dong Goes to Listen to Books, Clear Sky Sect Enraged and Descends the Mountain!

In less than two days.

Everything that transpired at the Listening Rain Pavilion in Heavenly Dou Imperial City spread across the Douluo Continent with terrifying speed.

He had caught the Great Sumeru Hammer with one hand, crippled the arms of the Clear Sky Douluo, and auctioned him off in public like a pig or a dog!

With a single flick of his finger, he shattered the phantom of the Sea God and suppressed the ninety-nine-level peerless Douluo, Bo Saixi!

And according to the storyteller, there was the Unique Cave Heaven, formed by merging ten cave heavens, rendering one immune to all laws!

As well as the second Supreme Bone, born from nirvana in the face of life and death, capable of stripping away time itself!

These events, one after another—any single one of which would have been enough to trigger a massive earthquake across the entire soul master world—were now crashing down upon everyone's heads in rapid succession.

The power structure of the entire continent and the perceptions held for thousands of years were completely overturned in this moment.

Martial Soul City, Pope Palace.

In the center of the great hall, Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked as if they had just been fished out of water, their bodies soaked in cold sweat.

The two of them lay prostrate on the cold floor tiles, not daring to even lift their heads.

High upon the papal throne.

Bibi Dong gripped the Scepter of Power, her beautiful and noble face hidden in shadows, revealing not a hint of emotion.

Yet, around her, the cold, murderous intent belonging to the Rakshasa God raged through the hall like a physical force.

"You are saying..."

Bibi Dong's voice was soft, yet carried a chill that made one's scalp tingle.

"That storyteller named Su Chen not only used no martial soul or soul power, but caught Tang Hao's ring-detonation strike with his bare flesh, and then sold Tang Hao off in public?"

Below, Yue Guan shuddered, hurriedly replying in a trembling voice:

"Reporting to Your Holiness the Pope, it is absolutely true!"

"Not only that, but the Great Priest of Sea God Island, Bo Saixi, also appeared."

"As a result, Su Chen merely flicked his finger, crushing the Sea God phantom Bo Saixi had condensed on the spot, and even sent her reeling back while vomiting blood, not daring to utter a single threat!"

Upon hearing that Bo Saixi had vomited blood and retreated.

The fingers Bibi Dong had been using to grip her scepter tightened slightly.

She knew Bo Saixi's strength all too well.

That was an existence even Qian Daoliu feared.

To think she had been flicked away by a young man who didn't even possess soul power?

Before Bibi Dong could digest this shocking information, Yue Guan's trembling voice sounded in the hall once more.

"Your Holiness, there is one more thing..."

"After suppressing Tang Hao and Bo Saixi, Su Chen continued his storytelling."

"He spoke of that Little One who lost his Supreme Bone, saying he did not die, but instead achieved nirvana on the edge of life and death, growing a second Supreme Bone!"

"Furthermore, the precious technique born with that second bone is called Samsara; with a single strike, it can directly strip away another's time and lifespan, causing them to age and die in an instant!"

"And that Cave Heaven Realm..."

Yue Guan swallowed hard, his eyes filled with terror as he said:

"That Little One forcibly merged ten cave heavens into one, creating a Unique Cave Heaven."

"According to Su Chen, as long as one is within this Unique Cave Heaven, they are immune to all laws and repel all evil; any law or divine power is instantly devoured and turned into nothingness!"

A Samsara bone that strips away lifespan!

A Unique Cave Heaven that is immune to all laws!

These words fell into Bibi Dong's ears, instantly stirring her to great excitement.

In this life, what did Bibi Dong fear most?

It was the endless backlash from the Rakshasa God Trial, and the irreversible erosion of time!

If she could obtain that Samsara Precious Technique, would that not be equivalent to mastering eternal life?

If she could open that so-called Unique Cave Heaven, why would she bother with the Rakshasa God Trial?

She could simply devour the remnant soul of the Rakshasa God entirely and become the only god in this world herself!

Thinking of this, Bibi Dong's breathing grew somewhat heavy.

"Good, a truly good Unique Cave Heaven, a truly good Samsara Precious Technique!"

Bibi Dong slowly stood up, her face full of excitement.

"It seems this Su Chen truly possesses some ancient inheritance that far exceeds the limits of this continent!"

Seeing that the Pope was not angry, but instead displayed such greed, Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who were still on the ground, exchanged a look, both feeling a sense of bitterness.

The thing they feared most was, in the end, coming to pass.

"Your Holiness..."

Yue Guan hesitated for a moment before steeling himself and stepping forward.

"That Su Chen, he also said..."

"Said what?" Bibi Dong frowned slightly, looking down coldly from above.

"He said..."

Yue Guan gritted his teeth hard, steeled his heart, and blurted out Su Chen's exact words.

"He said he knows that back then, in the secret chamber, you devoured the flesh, blood, and soul of the former Pope, Qian Xunji."

"He also said that the backlash you are currently suffering from the Rakshasa God's consciousness is what you deserve."

As soon as these words were spoken, Bibi Dong was instantly consumed by a towering rage.

Devouring Qian Xunji in the secret chamber!

This was the one scale on her dragon that no one was permitted to touch in her entire life!

This secret, other than herself, could not possibly be known by a second person in this world!

How could that insignificant storyteller, far away in the Heavenly Dou Imperial City, know of it?

"What else did he say?"

"He, he told us to bring a message back..."

Gui Mei, trembling uncontrollably at the side, stammered:

"He said, if you want the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art and a way to resolve the backlash..."

"Then, you must roll down from this papal throne yourself, and crawl to the entrance of the Listening Rain Pavilion, kowtowing every three steps to beg him."

"Otherwise, in his storytelling tomorrow, he will proclaim the matter of the secret chamber to the entire world..."

Bang!

As Gui Mei's voice faded, a cold laugh escaped Bibi Dong's lips.

"Kowtowing every three steps?"

"Good! Very good!"

"This Seat has presided over the Martial Soul Hall for so many years, and I have never seen anyone dare to provoke This Seat in such a manner!"

Bibi Dong flicked her sleeves violently and descended from the high steps.

"Suppressing Tang Hao with one hand? Flicking back Bo Saixi with a single finger?"

"It is nothing more than relying on some bizarre illusion and formation to play the god and act the ghost within that Listening Rain Pavilion!"

Bibi Dong did not believe it for a second.

In her understanding, suppressing peerless Douluo without soul power completely violated the laws of the Heavenly Dao!

That Su Chen must be relying on some top-tier formation left behind from ancient times to put on a show of power in that small teahouse.

Once he left the Listening Rain Pavilion, he would undoubtedly be a pathetic weakling!

"Issue the Pope's Decree!"

Bibi Dong spun around abruptly, her crimson papal robe tracing an arc in the air.

"Order the Second Worship, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the Third Worship, Azure Luan Douluo, to come out of seclusion immediately!"

"Mobilize all idle Title Douluo elders within the Martial Soul Hall to set off with This Seat for the Heavenly Dou Imperial City at once!"

Hearing such an absurdly exaggerated lineup, Yue Guan and Gui Mei were stunned on the spot.

His Holiness leading the team personally, plus two peak Worships and several elders?

This was practically pulling out nearly half of the Martial Soul Hall's peak combat power!

Such a formation, let alone capturing a storyteller, would be more than enough to annihilate any one of the Upper Three Sects!

"This Seat wants to see for myself."

"Whether his so-called Unique Cave Heaven can truly withstand the Death Spider Emperor of This Seat!"

"When This Seat levels that Listening Rain Pavilion and tramples him underfoot..."

"This Seat will personally shatter every bone in his body and dig out the secrets in his brain bit by bit!"

Meanwhile.

Deep within a range of precipitous mountains outside the borders of the Tiandou Empire, shrouded in wind, snow, and mist all year round.

This was the hidden sanctuary of the Clear Sky Sect, once the number one sect on the continent.

Piercing cold winds raged wildly between the cliffs, sounding like the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves.

Inside the main hall of the Clear Sky Sect.

The atmosphere at this moment was a hundred times colder than the frozen world outside!

At the head of the great hall.

A burly old man with a physique as massive as a mountain and a mane of gray hair, resembling an aging lion, was gripping the armrests of his chair with white-knuckled intensity.

His broad chest heaved violently, and his tiger-like eyes were webbed with bloodshot veins, radiating a suffocating, violent pressure.

It was none other than the current Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, the level-ninety-seven Howling Sky Douluo, Tang Xiao!

Below him, the five elders of the Clear Sky Sect stood in a row.

Every one of their faces was ashen to the extreme, their bodies surging with murderous intent.

In the center of the hall.

An outer disciple responsible for gathering intelligence outside the sect knelt on the ground, trembling so violently he looked like a sieve.

Just half an hour ago.

This disciple had risked his life to return to the sect and report, word for word, what had transpired within the Listening Rain Pavilion in the Heavenly Dou Imperial City.

Tang Hao had been crippled of both arms by a storyteller with no soul power!

The explosive force of his Great Sumeru Hammer had been casually caught by that man with nothing but a bare palm!

Even the dignified Clear Sky Douluo, once a God of Slaughter who had shaken the continent, had been treated like livestock, placed on a pedestal by that man named Su Chen, and auctioned off with a set price!

In the end, he had been bought by the Heavenly Dou Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe, and dragged away like a dead dog!

BOOM!

The moment the report concluded.

The incredibly sturdy stone chair beneath Tang Xiao instantly disintegrated into a cloud of dust!

A terrifying soul power, peaking at level ninety-seven, erupted like a physical hurricane, tearing a massive chunk off the hall's ceiling!

"Su Chen!!!"

Tang Xiao roared toward the heavens!

That was his own flesh and blood!

Although Tang Hao had been expelled from the sect years ago because of Ah Yin, forcing the Clear Sky Sect into seclusion, blood was thicker than water. In Tang Xiao's heart, Tang Hao would always be that gifted brother who made him proud!

But now, the brother who had been his pride for a lifetime had been crippled by a storyteller and subjected to the humiliation of a public auction!

This torture, a thousand times more cruel than death itself, plunged Tang Xiao into absolute madness!

"Sect Master, calm your anger!"

Below, the hot-tempered Second Elder stepped forward abruptly, the pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer in his hand already emitting a low, rumbling hum.

The Second Elder gritted his teeth, his wrinkled face twisted with undisguised murderous intent.

"Although Tang Hao is a sinner of the sect, unworthy of stepping foot into the Clear Sky Sect ever again!"

"He still carries the blood of our Clear Sky Sect! The martial soul in his hand is also our world-renowned number one tool martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer!"

"That Su Chen auctioned Tang Hao publicly and even dared to call our Clear Sky Hammer scrap metal!"

"This is no longer just a matter concerning Tang Hao alone!"

The Second Elder's gaze was like a torch as he swept it across those present.

"This is trampling the dignity of our entire Clear Sky Sect into the dirt!"

"If we continue to cower here on this snowy mountain, swallowing our pride,"

"Then what face does our Clear Sky Sect have to call itself the number one sect in the world!"

"Are any random stray dogs going to be able to climb onto our heads and defecate at will from now on?!"

The Second Elder's impassioned words instantly ignited the fury in the hearts of the other elders.

These old men had been stifled on the snowy mountain for too many years; the arrogance and dominance buried deep in their bones were completely unleashed at this moment.

"The Second Elder is right!"

The Seventh Elder also raised his arm abruptly and shouted:

"To hell with his 'Unique Cave Heaven' that repels all laws, and to hell with his ten-thousand-jin extreme strength!"

"I want to see if his mortal flesh can withstand the combined force of our Clear Sky Array!"

"Tang Hao is a piece of trash for losing to a mere storyteller, so we shall go ourselves to reclaim the honor of our sect!"

Watching the five elders below, filled with righteous indignation and soaring killing intent.

Tang Xiao took a deep breath, slowly calming the roiling blood within his body.

He suddenly raised his right hand.

VROOM!

A Clear Sky Hammer, even larger than the one Tang Hao wielded and engraved with complex dark-gold demonic patterns on its head, instantly manifested in his palm!

Extremely violent black electric arcs danced frantically around the body of the hammer.

"Pass down my Sect Master order!"

Tang Xiao's voice boomed like rolling thunder, echoing thunderously throughout the mountain ranges of the Clear Sky Sect.

"Clear Sky Sect, lift the mountain blockade immediately!"

"All elite disciples at the Soul Saint level and above, arm yourselves fully!"

"The five elders shall accompany This Seat out of the mountains!"

Tang Xiao swung the giant hammer in his hand violently, pointing it straight toward the direction of Heavenly Dou Imperial City at the foot of the mountain.

"This Seat shall go personally to meet that brat named Su Chen."

"I will smash his Listening Rain Pavilion to pieces with my own hands and use his head to wash away the unprecedented humiliation my Clear Sky Sect has suffered today!"

On the other side, deep within the imperial palace of Heavenly Dou Imperial City.

Inside the magnificent imperial study, high-quality calming incense was burning.

However, the fragrance that usually brought peace of mind could not suppress the extremely oppressive atmosphere within the room at this moment.

Bam!

A thick memorial was slammed heavily onto the imperial desk.

Emperor Xue Ye, dressed in a golden-patterned dragon robe, sat on the dragon throne with a livid complexion, his chest heaving violently.

"Absurd!"

"This is simply the greatest joke under heaven!"

Emperor Xue Ye let out a cold snort, his gaze sweeping over the high-ranking imperial officials standing below, his face full of rage.

"A common storyteller who hasn't even awakened his martial soul caught Tang Hao's Ring Detonation with a single hand?"

"And flicked back the Great High Priest Bo Saixi of Sea God Island with one finger?"

"You bunch of high officials drawing the empire's salary, are you trying to fool Imperial We with these folk tales that even a three-year-old wouldn't believe!"

Hearing Emperor Xue Ye's reprimand, the dozen or so high-ranking imperial officials below all trembled in fear, hurriedly kneeling to the ground, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Prince Xue Xing, standing at the very front, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

"Your subjects also find these rumors to be utterly preposterous."

Prince Xue Xing said with a look of disdain:

"Who is Tang Hao? He was a God of Slaughter who dared to challenge even Martial Soul Hall back in the day."

"Even if his cultivation has regressed over these years, it is absolutely impossible for him to have his arms crippled by some greenhorn without any soul power."

"In this subject's opinion, the Listening Rain Pavilion has likely been rigged with some highly sophisticated illusion array; that storyteller is merely playing god and acting the fool to attract attention!"

Hearing Prince Xue Xing's words, Emperor Xue Ye nodded slightly.

This was the only deduction that aligned with reason.

All that talk of one hundred thousand jin of ultimate power, or some Unique Cave Heaven—it was all complete nonsense!

"Pass down the order."

Emperor Xue Ye waved his hand, his face cold and indifferent.

"Have the Royal Knights seal that Listening Rain Pavilion and arrest that storyteller who is spreading fallacies to deceive the public, so as to set the record straight!"

"Lest Martial Soul Hall and the people of the Star Luo Empire make a laughingstock of my Heavenly Dou!"

However, just as Emperor Xue Ye's voice fell, a series of extremely urgent reports came from outside the imperial study.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"