Reversing Causality and Telling Bibi Dong About Tang San

Several days later, Heaven Dou City.

Spirit Hall.

"Have you heard? An Elite Corps of nearly a hundred from Spirit Hall was punched straight through by an Evil Soul Master in the Star Dou Great Forest. Nearly half were dead or injured!"

"Even Titled Douluo made a move, and they still let him get away?"

"Damn... an Evil Soul Master? Weren't those things wiped out by Spirit Hall long ago? How did one this vicious suddenly appear out of nowhere?"

"They say he has a Devouring Evil Spirit Master Martial Soul. He can suck an entire forest dry until it turns to deadwood. It's downright sinister..."

Lin Chen paused by the city gate for a moment, taking in the discussions around him as his brows lifted slightly.

An Elite Corps of nearly a hundred from Spirit Hall, Titled Douluo, an Evil Soul Master, a Devouring Evil Spirit Master Martial Soul.

Any one of those terms alone would have been enough to shake the continent. Yet now, they were all connected.

As he pondered this, a middle-aged man in gray hurried over, cupped his hands in greeting, and lowered his voice. "Young Master Lin."

Lin Chen's gaze fell on the man's chest, where a silver insignia flashed in the morning light.

"Her Holiness the Pope has a personal letter for you. I was ordered to make certain it reached your hands."

The deacon respectfully offered a sealed letter tube with both hands, its opening stamped with Spirit Hall's glazed wax seal.

Lin Chen accepted it and tucked it into his robes. "I understand. Thank you for the trouble."

After the deacon departed, Lin Chen did not open the letter immediately. He returned to his residence at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and met with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu