A Dou Zong Expert Was Only at the Bottom

Becoming a Dou Zong expert made one the absolute pillar of a major power—not just in the Jia Ma Empire, but across the entire Northwest Continent.

Any power with a Dou Zong held an exalted position. Ordinary factions would not dare provoke it lightly.

Yet the Dou Zong experts who once made them cry out in terror were merely expendable underlings in this faction called the Hall of Souls!

That meant the Hall of Souls might have a terrifying number of Dou Zong experts.

Did that mean its upper ranks started at Dou Zun, or even reached the legendary Dou Sheng?

In the Jia Ma Empire, meanwhile, a faction with a Dou Wang was already considered a regional power, fully capable of establishing itself in the imperial capital.

The contrast was staggering!

Pinned to the ground, Protector Wu seethed with humiliation. He was a mighty Soul Hall Protector, yet he had stumbled in this barren corner of the northwest. It was disgraceful.

"Yun Shan, how long are you going to hide? If I die, your Misty Cloud Sect won't escape unscathed."

"And don't forget, you only broke through to Dou Zong because of me. If I wish it, your life and death are mine to control!"

Yun Shan, who had been hiding all along, looked grim. He had hoped to stay hidden until Li Changqing took Protector Wu away or killed him, then emerge.

Perhaps then he could free himself from Protector Wu's control.

But Protector Wu's words had put him over the fire, leaving him no choice but to come out.

Everyone froze. Their gazes toward the Misty Cloud Sect's elders turned dangerous, with wariness beneath the threat.

Protector Wu's words proved that the Misty Cloud Sect was indeed colluding with the Hall of Souls, even if only Yun