Within Heaven Dou City, the situation remained unchanged. After their initial fierce clashes, both open and covert, however, Xue Ye and Qian Renxue had gradually calmed down and begun to exercise restraint.
But news arrived from the Balak Kingdom that sent shock waves through Heaven Dou City's upper nobility.
The reason was simple: Qian Daoliu, Spirit Hall's pope from two generations ago, who had long since retired, had taken action once more.
He had personally traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and, with utterly overwhelming strength, defeated both the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, who had already inflicted countless human casualties.
He had then driven them back into the Star Dou Great Forest.
Many people across the continent, especially veteran rulers and elders, knew who Qian Daoliu was and knew that he had not died.
But Qian Daoliu had gone so long without appearing on the continent that many had gradually forgotten this Peerless Douluo who had once cast his might over the entire land.
The moment Qian Daoliu emerged again, he sent unease rippling through countless hearts. And with utterly overwhelming strength, he had defeated the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, against whom the entire Balak Kingdom had been helpless.
Such formidable power inevitably reminded people of the terror Qian Daoliu had once brought upon the entire continent.
At that moment, in the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest, at the Lake of Life.
The Lake of Life, once rippling with emerald waves and wreathed in spiritual energy, was now a scene of devastation.
Great swaths of grass along the shore had been torn up, towering ancient trees had snapped and fallen, and deep furrows and fissures scarred the ground, as though a calamity capable of destroying heaven