Qian Xunji, "Xiao Xue, it seems you can't stand it either, can you?"
Qian Renxue nodded slightly. This was truly unbearable for anyone. "But Father, please don't treat that woman this way..."
Qian Xunji understood Qian Renxue's meaning, sighed, and didn't want to defend himself. If he had let Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang leave at that time, the news would have spread, and the Spirit Hall would have become a laughing stock across the entire continent. It would have also strengthened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, resulting in a huge loss.
If Bibi Dong were killed and the outside world learned the whole story, the Spirit Hall would still be ridiculed. The Holy Maiden being seduced by a level 29 pig-like good-for-nothing would be like the royal families of two great empires having their emperors' darlings fall in love with a beggar—undoubtedly a huge scandal. Moreover, the Spirit Hall would lose a powerful genius who surpassed Tang Hao, resulting in a huge loss for them as well.
Ultimately, he chose the third option, which, if successful, could have allowed the Spirit Hall to grow even stronger. However, he went too far and created a hidden danger for the Spirit Hall.
"It's because your father was too greedy that things have turned out this way. The only thing your father can do now is to help you inherit the Angel God Position as soon as possible. How you treat Bibi Dong in the future is entirely up to you."
Qian Renxue pondered for a moment, her gaze hardening. She once again chose the same answer as the Star Dou Great Forest. Originally, knowing the truth and Bibi Dong's ordeal, she did feel some sympathy and guilt. But then she suddenly thought, what had gotten into Bibi Dong that led her to wipe out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?
She couldn't understand why Bibi Dong would destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Even if she saw through Yu Xiaogang because of the incident at the Pope Square, what kind of operation was destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? Her thought process was completely incomprehensible from beginning to end.
Since she couldn't understand Bibi Dong's thought process, and Bibi Dong's actions were prone to causing great destruction, she would naturally cripple Bibi Dong's cultivation if Bibi Dong didn't take her advice to heart, so that Bibi Dong would no longer be able to wreak havoc everywhere.
Afterwards, Qian Renxue went to the Douluo Hall to undergo the Seventh Angel Trial.
A year and a half has passed.
In the past year and a half, the continent has been very turbulent. The two great empires have started to communicate more frequently. A year ago, the Heaven Dou Empire launched a million-strong army under the pretext that the Balak Kingdom was hoarding military power and wanted to rebel. In just a few months, the Heavenly Dou Empire wiped out the Balak Kingdom, the largest vassal kingdom of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The remaining vassal kingdoms and duchies, having witnessed the formidable power of the Heaven Dou Empire, saw their most powerful vassal kingdom, the Balak Kingdom, pacified within months and all submit to its authority. The nobles and royal family members of all the kingdoms and duchies were now fully under the command of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and for a time, the Heaven Dou Empire's power was moving towards its peak state before the division of vassal states.
The Heaven Dou Empire had long harbored the idea of weakening the kingdoms and duchies. If the kingdoms and duchies chose to rebel, it wouldn't pose much of a threat to the Heaven Dou Empire. The only thing they considered a huge threat and worried about was that the Star Luo Empire would take the opportunity to launch an attack on the Heaven Dou Empire.
Even with the timely intervention of the Spirit Hall, and the Heaven Dou Empire successfully pacifying and recovering all the kingdoms and duchies, a portion of their territory would inevitably be seized by the Star Luo Empire. This continent, which should have been divided between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, would instead be occupied by the Star Luo Empire, which would have controlled a larger area.
Nominally, the Balak Kingdom and other duchies are all vassal kingdoms of the Heaven Dou Empire, while the Star Luo Empire is the Heaven Dou Empire's mortal enemy for a thousand years. If these kingdoms and duchies are wiped out, the Heaven Dou Empire's national strength can indeed be enhanced, but it will also enhance the national strength of the Star Luo Empire, which has seized some of its territory.
Besides using violent means to quell the rebellion, there were also appeasement tactics, such as winning over the Upper Three Sects and bringing kingdoms and duchies under the empire's control. These kingdoms and duchies all intended to be independent, neither wanting to be subordinate to the Heaven Dou Empire nor the Star Luo Empire, thus becoming enemies of both empires. Weighing the pros and cons, the Heaven Dou Empire maintained the status quo.
Now that the Heaven Dou Empire has reached a deal with the Star Luo Empire, and the Heaven Dou Empire has no more worries, they will naturally send troops immediately to strike down the most powerful and largest vassal kingdom Balak Kingdom.
On the Star Luo Empire's side, they were aware that the deal they reached with the Heaven Dou Empire would strengthen the Heaven Dou Empire, but since they were going to cooperate, they had to show some sincerity and let the Heaven Dou Empire some benefits. It was just that the Heaven Dou Empire annexed a kingdom. On the other side, there were still several kingdoms and duchies. These kingdoms and duchies were only temporarily intimidated by the Heaven Dou Empire and kept quiet.
After joining forces with the Heaven Dou Empire to overthrow the Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire should then target the kingdoms and duchies. The Star Luo Empire has always been confident in its strength, both in terms of its Soul Master and its military. If it weren't for the Spirit Hall's covert interference, the Star Luo Empire would have already crushed the Heaven Dou Empire and unified the entire continent.
Perhaps under the checks and balances of the Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire have gradually become equal in strength. However, once the Spirit Hall is destroyed, without its Spirit Hall and balances, as time goes by and the two empires continue to develop their military, the Star Luo Empire will surely be able to surpass the Heaven Dou Empire and eventually destroy it.
The empire was not at peace, and the people under its rule were even more so. With both empires jointly imposing sanctions and surveillance on the Martial Soul Branch Hall within their territories, the Spirit Hall's control over the continent's Soul Master was greatly reduced, and Soul Master subsidies were no longer issued. Soul Master rebellions occurred frequently.
Abducting women, dining and dashing... these are just minor incidents. It is said that a Soul Emperor once killed hundreds of people in a small village because the food was not good, and afterwards, this Soul Emperor seemed to have escaped punishment.
The news caused extremely negative consequences. The number of Soul Master causing trouble rose rapidly in an L-shaped curve. The people were terrified and dared not speak. When they saw Soul Master, they treated him with the utmost respect, as if he were an upright official.
Upon hearing this news, the royal families of the two great empires became even more determined to Destruction the Spirit Hall. If it weren't for the Spirit Hall's annual free awakening of Soul Master across the continent, where would all these Soul Master come from?
Managing Soul Master is too troublesome, with a high degree of difficulty and danger, and it consumes a lot of time, effort, and materials. If this Soul Master has the potential to become Titled Douluo, and the Empire does not completely deal with Soul Master in time, allowing him to escape, it will be troublesome if he breaks through to the Titled Douluo level in the future and seeks revenge on the Imperial Family.
If the Spirit Hall completely Destruction, and the people of the mainland are given free opportunities to awaken their Martial Soul, wouldn't there be no large-scale emergence of Soul Master, and wouldn't the phenomenon of Soul Master causing trouble be greatly reduced?
The empire wouldn't be thrown into chaos by these rebellious Soul Master, nor would its population and resources be continuously destroyed. This is what it means to solve the problem at its root.