New Upper Three Sects

Then Xie Yue began to fuse with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone of the Dark Blue Silver Empress.

Thanks to his diligent cultivation during this time and the support of various resources, Xie Yue's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. With the addition of this Hundred-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone, his cultivation had broken through to the Soul Douluo level in one fell swoop.

Not only that, what surprised Qian Yu most was the tremendous boost to Xie Yue's mental strength. He had faintly reached a level comparable to that of a Titled Douluo.

He had even surpassed Hu Liena, who was a Spirit Master specializing in mental power.

There was no denying that, in terms of talent, Xie Yue far surpassed the other two members of the Golden Generation.

"What are the Soul Bone Skills?"

Lying in the cave, Qian Yu asked impatiently.

His current condition was truly awful.

For them, time was money.

They absolutely couldn't afford to waste it.

"The two Soul Bone Skills are Soul Devour and Life Protection."

"Soul Devour can absorb attacks targeting the spirit from anyone below the god level, and greatly weaken the pressure of a domain. Life Protection is a healing Soul Skill. It can protect many people at once. I only need to leave a mark on their bodies; once I use the Soul Bone Skill, I can continuously heal their injuries."

Xie Yue then explained the details of the Soul Bone Skills.

Qian Yu was quite pleased to hear this.

A healing Soul Skill was all he needed. It would greatly shorten the time he had to spend bedridden.

Once the damage to his meridians had mostly healed and he could use his Soul Power, he would be able to use his Soul Skills to help heal himself.

The others were also very happy to hear about the Soul Bone Skills Xie Yue had obtained.

With this, they would have a safeguard in place, no matter what unforeseen events occurred next.

Xie Yue then began treating Qian Yu's injuries.

During the process, Xie Yue kept one thing from everyone: to speed up Qian Yu's recovery, he had even used his Soul Bone Skill to expend part of his own life force to heal him.

The reason was simple.

Xie Yue felt that improving his own cultivation would have little impact on the bigger picture in the short term. Qian Yu was the one who mattered most.

Thanks to Xie Yue's treatment, Qian Yu's injuries had noticeably improved in less than half a month. He was able to directly control the Soul Power in his body.

That meant Qian Yu could use his newly acquired Soul Skills to help heal himself.

The Dark Blue Silver Empress's Soul Ring had granted him two Soul Skills: Life Deprivation and Life Bestowal.

Their functions were easy to understand: they could deprive other beings of their life force, including Soul Beasts and the life force contained in the earth. The stolen life force could be absorbed into his own body or bestowed upon others.

With these two Soul Skills, along with the healing provided by Xie Yue's Soul Bone Skill, injuries that would originally have taken a full year to heal completely could now recover in just one month.

While Qian Yu was recovering, the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects—led by the Clear Sky Sect and the two great empires—had been chosen anew.

Naturally, the Clear Sky Sect led the Upper Three Sects.

It was also hailed as the number one sect under heaven.

Who in Douluo Continent could now contend with the Clear Sky Sect?

The second-ranked sect was the Tang Sect.

The Tang Sect now had several Titled Douluos in its ranks. Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other Titled Douluos might not have taken the stage to compete, but there was no doubt they belonged to the Tang Sect.

The final place among the Upper Three Sects went neither to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan nor to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, as it had been renamed. Instead, it went to a power that had appeared out of nowhere: the Star Crown Sect.

It had two Titled Douluos in its ranks.

The Lower Four Sects were the newly established Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, founded by Yu Tianheng; the former Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, now renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; the White Tiger Sect, recently backed by the Star Luo Empire; and the Xuanming Sect, another reclusive sect.

During the re-selection of the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects, the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, had sensed something amiss in the Blue Silver Forest long ago.

As the queen of the Blue Silver Grass Clan, she couldn't help sensing the appearance of another Blue Silver Emperor among her own people.

Though she didn't know what method had been used to break through and become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Ah Yin was certain that it had involved evil means.

The reason she hadn't gone to investigate right away was that her husband was busy with the most important matter. She wanted to be there to witness it.

Only after everything was over did Ah Yin tell Tang Hao what she had sensed.

"What did you say?"

"Another emperor has appeared among the Blue Silver Grass Clan, without your approval as their queen? How can we allow that?"

Tang Hao flew into a rage when he heard this.

On Douluo Continent, the Tang family was now the law of the land. Whether human or Soul Master, everyone had to obey their arrangements.

Nothing beyond their control could be allowed to happen.

The original plan had been to give the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a place among the Upper Three Sects. But Ning Fengzhi had been far too unruly lately and had grown too close to the remnants of Spirit Hall, so his status among the Upper Three Sects had been stripped away.

If they were willing to make an example of the Clear Sky Sect, their former ally in battle, then all the more so when it came to his wife's people.

Without another word, Tang Hao hefted his great hammer and took his wife, Ah Yin, to the Blue Silver Forest.

Who cared whether it was a new Blue Silver Emperor or not? Once they found it, he'd smash it to death with one blow and be done with it.

The Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao now had every right to say such things on this continent.

Before long, the couple reached their destination.

"This aura... It's the Dark Blue Silver Empress!"

After arriving at the Blue Silver Forest, Ah Yin saw the scene, destroyed by flames and reduced to ashes. Faced with the corpses of her fallen kin, she felt no sorrow at all—only hatred for the traitor.

Without her permission, there could never be a second ruler among the Blue Silver Grass Clan.

As for the responsibility of protecting her people, Ah Yin didn't take it to heart.

After taking human form and coming back to life, she had stopped thinking of herself as a Soul Beast.

She was human now. Why should she still bear the responsibility of Soul Beasts?

"Ah Yin, can you find the Dark Blue Silver Empress's trail?"

Tang Hao hadn't given it much thought. There was only one thing on his mind: find the other one and smash it to death.

"The Dark Blue Silver Empress's aura has disappeared. It may have been hunted, or it may have hidden itself away."

Ah Yin searched for a moment, then shook her head. She hadn't found any trace of the Dark Blue Silver Empress.

"Hidden away?"

At the news, Tang Hao felt as if a ball of fire were trapped in his stomach with nowhere to vent.