The Clear Sky Sect was destroyed. Tang Xiao led his disciples in a desperate fight to the very end, and the sect was burned to the ground.
Shui Qingrou recounted the fates of the three great sects one by one, neither too fast nor too slow, as though reading from a cold historical record.
After hearing it all, Bing Yekong fell silent for a moment, then drained the tea in his cup.
"What about Qian Renxue?"
"She completed the Heaven Dou Palace Coup half a year ago," Shui Qingrou said. "She ascended the throne and proclaimed the Mandate of Heaven as the new state name. Xue Ye was deposed, while the Fourth Prince, Xue Beng, escaped Heaven Dou City under the protection of several ministers and fled with the remnants of his forces to the Star Luo Empire. The Heaven Dou Empire was officially incorporated into the territory of the Spirit Hall Empire."
"What about Element City?"
"Qian Renxue left it alone," Shui Qingrou said. "After ascending the throne, she ordered that Element City was not to be disturbed. I suspect she did it out of consideration for you. You worked with Xue Qinghe back then. Although Xue Qinghe had been her disguise from beginning to end, she at least remembered you."
Bing Yekong leaned back in his chair, his gaze resting on the shadows beneath the rafters as he thought quietly for a while.
"Aunt Shui, what levels are the heads of the Feng Family and Huo Family at now?"
"Thanks to the pills you left behind back then, both Feng Tianlin and Huo Lieyang broke through Rank 90. They are now Rank 91 Titled Douluo. Dugu Bo is at the peak of Rank 94, and Yang Wudi is Rank 93."
"That will do. Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang,