The Star Luo Empire collapsed faster than anyone had expected.
Less than four months passed between unifying the continent and falling apart.
Its million-strong army had conquered Heaven Dou, Spirit City, and more than half the Douluo Continent. But after taking it all, the Star Luo Emperor discovered that he could not hold it.
There was too much territory, too few troops, and too many Evil Soul Masters. Every city needed a garrison, every trade route needed patrols, and every town and village needed someone to maintain order.
Scattering his million-strong army across the land was like throwing a handful of sand into the sea-not even a splash could be seen.
What truly crushed the Star Luo Empire was Slaughter City.
That place lay underground, imprisoning the most evil, most deranged Soul Masters on the entire continent.
When Spirit Hall still existed, Slaughter City had dedicated guards, the King of Slaughter presiding over it, and the Hell Slaughter Arena to thin the ranks of those Fallen Ones.
But after everyone's levels were reset to zero, Slaughter City's guards became ordinary people too.
Although those Evil Soul Masters had also had their cultivation reset to zero, there were simply too many of them. Thousands, tens of thousands, packed together in the underground city of Slaughter City.
The guards could not control them, and neither could the King of Slaughter.
Because the King of Slaughter had vanished, and no one knew where he had gone.
One night, someone battered open Slaughter City's gates from within.
Thousands upon thousands of Evil Soul Masters poured out from underground, like a swarm of locusts that had starved for decades, descending on every corner of the continent.
Their cultivation might have been low, but there was nothing they did not dare eat, nothing they did not