New Upper Three Sects

Xie Yue then began to fuse with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast head bone of the Dark Blue Silver Empress.

Thanks to his diligent cultivation over this period and the assistance of various resources, Xie Yue's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. Coupled with this hundred-thousand-year head bone, his cultivation broke through to the level of a Title Douluo in one fell swoop.

Not only that, but what surprised Qian Yu the most was that Xie Yue's spiritual power had increased tremendously, vaguely reaching a level comparable to that of a Title Douluo.

It even surpassed Hu Liena, who was a spirit-type soul master by nature.

It must be said that in terms of talent, Xie Yue was far superior to the other two members of the Golden Generation.

"What are the soul bone skills?"

Lying in the cave, Qian Yu asked impatiently.

The truth was that his current situation was far too dire.

For them, time was money.

It absolutely could not be wasted.

"The two soul bone skills are Soul Devour and Life Protection."

"Soul Devour can consume spiritual attacks below the god level and significantly weaken the pressure of domains. Life Protection is a healing-type soul skill that can protect many people at once. As long as I leave a mark on their bodies, I can continuously restore their injuries after activating the soul bone skill."

Xie Yue then explained the details of the soul bone skills.

Hearing this, Qian Yu was quite pleased.

Having a healing-type soul skill was enough; this would greatly reduce the time he had to spend lying in bed.

Once his meridian injuries were mostly repaired and he could utilize his own soul power, he would be able to circulate his soul skills to assist in his own recovery.

Upon hearing about the soul bone skills Xie Yue had acquired, the others were also very happy.

In this way, even if something unpredictable happened next, they would have a safeguard.

Xie Yue then began to treat Qian Yu's injuries.

During this process, there was one thing Xie Yue did not tell anyone: in order to allow Qian Yu's injuries to recover quickly, he even used his soul bone skill to consume a portion of his own life essence to treat Qian Yu.

The reason for this was simple.

Xie Yue felt that his own increase in cultivation would not have much impact on the overall situation in the short term, but Qian Yu was the most important.

With Xie Yue's treatment, in less than half a month, Qian Yu's injuries showed significant improvement, and he was able to directly mobilize the soul power within his body.

With this, Qian Yu could use the soul skills he had just acquired to help heal himself.

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

They were easy to understand: depriving other existences of their life force—including but not limited to soul beasts and the life force contained within the earth—which could then be integrated into himself or bestowed upon others.

With these two soul skills, combined with Xie Yue's soul bone skill treatment, injuries that would have originally taken a full year to recover from completely could now be healed in just one month.

While Qian Yu was recovering, on the other side, the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects, led by the Clear Sky Sect and the two great empires, had been re-selected.

The Upper Three Sects were naturally led by the Clear Sky Sect.

It was also hailed as the number one sect in the world.

In the current Douluo Continent, who could compete with the Clear Sky Sect?

The second-ranked sect was the Tang Sect.

The Tang Sect now boasted several Title Douluo, including Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong. Although they did not step onto the stage to compete, their status as members of the Tang Sect was beyond doubt.

The final spot in the Upper Three Sects was not taken by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or the renamed Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but by a force that had appeared out of thin air: the Star Crown Sect.

It had two Title Douluo presiding over it.

The Lower Four Sects were the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan just established by Yu Tianheng, the former Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—now renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—the White Tiger Sect recently supported by the Star Luo Empire, and the Xuanming Sect, which was also a hidden sect.

During the re-selection process of the Upper and Lower sects, the Blue Silver Empress Ah Yin had long since sensed the anomalies in the Blue Silver Forest.

As the Empress of the Blue Silver Grass clan, the appearance of another Blue Silver Empress within her kin could not escape her perception.

Although she did not know what method had been used to break through to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, Ah Yin was certain that evil means must have been employed.

The reason she did not go to investigate immediately was, naturally, because her husband was busy with the most important matters, and she wanted to witness them on the spot.

After everything was over, Ah Yin told Tang Hao about her perception.

"What did you say?"

"Another Empress has appeared among the Blue Silver Grass clan, and without your consent as the Empress? How can this be allowed?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Hao was instantly enraged.

In the current Douluo Continent, his Tang family was the heavens; whether human or soul master, everyone had to follow their arrangements.

Absolutely nothing could exist outside of their control.

According to the initial plan, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was supposed to have a seat among the Upper Three Sects, but because Ning Fengzhi had been acting too recklessly lately and getting too close to the remnants of the Martial Soul Hall, his status as one of the Upper Three Sects had been stripped away.

If they could strike at the Clear Sky Sect, an ally who had fought alongside them in the past, they would certainly do the same to his wife's subjects.

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

Regardless of what this new Blue Silver Empress was, once found, he would simply smash her to death with one hammer, and that would be the end of it.

Today's Clear Sky Sect, and today's Tang Hao, possessed the confidence to speak such words across this continent.

Soon, the couple arrived at their destination.

"This aura, it's the Dark Blue Silver Empress!"

After Ah Yin arrived at the Blue Silver Forest and saw the scene destroyed by flames, leaving only ashes, she felt not a shred of fluctuation in her emotions when facing the corpses of her fallen kin; there was only hatred for the traitor.

Within the Blue Silver Grass clan, without her permission, a second sovereign must absolutely never appear.

As for the heavy responsibility of protecting her kin, Ah Yin did not take it to heart.

Having transformed into a human and been resurrected, she no longer considered herself a soul beast.

Now that she was human, why should she still shoulder the responsibilities of a soul beast?

"Ah Yin, can you find the trail of that Dark Blue Silver Empress?"

Tang Hao did not think so much; he had only one thought in his mind: find the opponent and smash them to death.

"The aura of the Dark Blue Silver Empress has vanished. It may have been hunted by someone, or perhaps it has gone into hiding."

Ah Yin sensed the area for a moment, then shook her head; she had not found the aura of that Dark Blue Silver Empress.

"Hidden away, have they?"

Upon learning this result, Tang Hao only felt a fire burning in his gut with nowhere to vent it.