Xingluo City, Imperial Palace Council Hall.
Night pressed down beyond the city walls, and Soul Tool searchlights in the distance continuously swept across the sky.
Ever since Douling City had suffered consecutive attacks from the Civilization Sanctioner, the Xingluo Empire had entered its highest state of military readiness.
All large-scale Soul Tools within the city had been activated. The defensive Soul Tool formations beneath the imperial palace operated day and night, while the Xingluo Imperial Soul Master Corps had been divided into three shifts to guard every part of the imperial city in rotation.
There was no music or dancing in the council hall, nor were there servants moving about. A massive map of the continent lay spread across the central long table.
The Sun Moon Empire's territory was marked in dark red. A conspicuous black flagpole had been planted at the location of Douling City, signifying that it had come under attack.
Xu Jiawei sat in the seat of honor, looking utterly exhausted. Several imperial consecrates stood behind him, while the senior members of the Xingluo Empire's Military Headquarters and the Royal Soul Master Corps sat to his left.
The representatives from the Heaven Dou Empire sat on the other side of the long table. Among them were consecrates of the Tianhun imperial family, as well as experts from the Body Sect.
After the Xuanming Sect Master had arrived with several elders, he had remained silent.
The Xuanming Sect was on the other side. Xu Sanshi's mother had died during the second attack. Though the Xuanming Sect had taken over Douling City's remaining forces, the sect itself was still in chaos.
They wanted revenge, but they could not even defend Douling City. They had even less right to speak of revenge.
On Shrek Academy's side, Elder Song, Qian Duoduo,