On Douluo Continent, the existing powers were the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects, along with Spirit Hall and the two great empires.
The strongest among these factions were, first and foremost, the Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall.
The Upper Three Sects consisted of the Clear Sky Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. All of them were forces capable of influencing the entire continent.
The Clear Sky Sect was the strongest of the Upper Three Sects. It had once produced an Ultimate Douluo—Tang Chen, the sect master of the Clear Sky Sect. At that time, the relationship between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall had not been bad. The strongest figures of the two factions were known as the Two Peaks of the soul master world.
But after Tang Chen left, the Clear Sky Sect declined.
It had now sealed itself away in the mountains.
Still, it had several Titled Douluo.
The remaining Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan might have been one of the Upper Three Sects, but it lagged far behind both the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect.
This was because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had only one Titled Douluo, while the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had two. Moreover, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was the richest sect on the entire continent, and it had also formed an alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire.
With the support of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the Heaven Dou Empire was stronger than the Star Luo Empire.
The Star Luo Empire mainly had the Clear Sky Sect's support, though that support was not complete.
Spirit Hall and the Lower Four Sects had formed a close-knit relationship, and Spirit Hall alone could command seventy percent of all soul masters on Douluo Continent.
Therefore, among these factions, Spirit Hall was the strongest. The other forces were basically either hostile toward Spirit Hall or tried their best not to get involved with it.
The continent's relationships had originally been maintained in a state of balance. From Former Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji to Bibi Dong, that balance had been preserved—but now, things were different.
Just as the people of Douluo Continent recognized the current stalemate and balance maintained by the major factions, a gigantic screen—or rather, a Sky Screen—suddenly appeared in the skies above Douluo Continent.
The appearance of this Sky Screen instantly left the people of every major faction utterly stunned.
First was the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
"What is going on? What happened to the sky? What is that strange thing?"
At that moment, Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, stared at the enormous object in the sky, unable to understand what it was.
"I can't sense any danger from it, but I also can't perceive it. There may be something wrong with this thing. Be careful."
"Even you can't figure it out, you old sword bastard?"
Bone Douluo looked at his old sparring partner, Sword Douluo. Even Chen Xin said he could not sense what the massive object in the sky was, and Bone Douluo immediately began to feel nervous as well.
On the other side, the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family.
"What is this thing? Why did it appear in the sky? It's such an eyesore."
Emperor Xue Ye looked at the Sky Screen in the heavens and felt quite anxious as well.
"I'll contact Ning Fengzhi."
Prince Xue Xing said this.
Xue Qinghe—Qian Renxue—glanced at her two Titled Douluo subordinates.
"Young Master, we should contact the Grand Consecrator first."
Snake Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo believed that they should first contact Grand Consecrator Qian Daoliu, then consider what to do next.
They needed to see whether this strange object in the sky would have any effect on them.
"Alright. Contact Grandfather immediately. I'll go have a proper talk with Xue Ye and see what the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect thinks."
The Star Luo Empire's royal family also began to find the enormous object in the sky strange. Even Dai Mubai of Shrek in Soto City of the Heaven Dou Empire found it strange.
"What exactly is this thing?"
"How would I know, Mubai?"
The Tang Household, inheritors of the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Hammer, stood atop a high peak, gazing at the huge Sky Screen in the heavens, not knowing what to say either.
"Sect Master, what do you think this enormous Sky Screen is? Could it be something Spirit Hall created?"
"I don't know either."
Tang Xiao did not know what to say either. This time, members of both the elder faction and the sect master faction found the enormous object in the sky strange, filled with questions and curiosity.
On the other side, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
"Big Brother, what exactly is that strange thing in the sky?"
"How would I know?"
Wang Yuanzhen did not know how to answer regarding the strange object in the sky either. Everyone around him wore baffled expressions.
On the other side, both Spirit Hall's Supreme Pontiff faction and Consecrator faction were equally bewildered.
"Big Brother, what is that thing in the sky? Could the Angel God have issued some divine decree?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo looked at Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu with a baffled expression. He knew that asking the question had been pointless.
Golden Crocodile Douluo was older than Qian Daoliu, Spirit Hall's Judgement Grand Consecrator, and even older than Tang Chen, the Clear Sky Sect's sect master. Even Tang Chen had to address him as Senior.
But according to the consecrator hierarchy, he still called Qian Daoliu Big Brother.
"I don't know either. The Angel God hasn't issued any decree, so how would I know what is going on?"
Qian Daoliu was actually baffled as well. At this moment, if the Angel God truly had some decree, he still hoped it could wait until Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall.
On the other side, Bibi Dong's Supreme Pontiff faction within Spirit Hall also could not understand what the huge Sky Screen in the sky was.
"Your Holiness, what exactly is this enormous thing? Could it bring us some disadvantage?"
"I don't know either."
Bibi Dong did not know either. She wanted to ask the Rakshasa God, but the Rakshasa God said that she did not know what it was either.
On the other side, the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest and the Far North, including the hidden kings, stared at the strange object on the Sky Screen and began to ponder it as well.
On the other side, after the Douluo God Realm noticed the appearance of this huge object on Douluo Star, it immediately began observing it. But no matter how they investigated, they could not determine what the massive object was. They could only suspect that it was some kind of projection screen.
"This thing resembles a projection screen. In soul tool civilizations like Douluo Continent, or other similar lower-world civilizations, there are similar projection screens. I believe this thing should be a projection screen."
Evil God King voiced his opinion. As one of the five great God Kings of the God Realm, Evil God King had seen the development of many technological civilizations.
"It appears that someone intends to play something."
God King of Destruction voiced his opinion.
Then, living beings from both worlds watched the enormous Sky Screen as several large words appeared upon it.
Black Myth: Qian Renxue begins playing.
Everyone: ??? Black Myth??? Qian Renxue???