Spirit City, Papal Hall.
Sixty-four Red-Robed Cardinals at the Soul Saint rank stood in neat rows inside the great hall. Ahead of them stood eighteen Red-Robed Archbishops, also known as Platinum Bishops, all Soul Douluos above rank eighty.
Before the eighteen Platinum Bishops stood Spirit Hall's Golden Generation. No, they were the Golden Generation of the entire Soul Master World: Senior Holy Maiden Hu Liena, Holy Maiden Xiao Xingyue, Xie Yue, Yan, Zhang Ping, Xu Yu, and Li Kai.
Beside the Golden Generation stood two Titled Douluos who had served under three successive Popes: Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
Farther inside rose nine steps. Su Chen sat on the Papal Throne, his voice clear and crisp. "Who would have thought the Upper Three Sects would be so unlucky? Within just a few days, one after another, they were almost wiped out to the last member."
Below the throne, every Red-Robed Cardinal knew perfectly well what had happened. None of them dared say anything. Some were indignant, some furious, but even more were delighted.
Of course, some also felt deeply unsettled.
Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation had been conducted in complete secrecy. Every Soul Master planted within Spirit Hall by other factions had been kept entirely in the dark. By the time they noticed anything, His Holiness the Pope, Su Chen, had already led a force out, mustered the armies among the Lower Four Sects that were secretly loyal to Spirit Hall, and launched surprise attacks on the Upper Three Sects. Not even the Clear Sky Sect had been spared.
Among those sixty-four Red-Robed Cardinals, some glanced at Hu Liena. They had been wrong from the start. They had naively believed they could exploit the discord within Spirit Hall and rely on Hu Liena, supporting and encouraging Bibi Dong and Hu