The Clear Sky Sect's martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer, and it had been renowned for forging ten thousand years ago. Unlike most ancient sects, the Clear Sky Sect had chosen to study soul tools as soon as it came into contact with the Sun Moon Continent. Many of its disciples also maintained ties with soul engineers from the Sun Moon Empire.
Unbreakable Douluo Zheng Zhan of the Civilization Research Institute also enjoyed a close friendship with the Clear Sky Sect's experts.
The Clear Sky Sect's own soul guidance technology had always been ahead of the Douluo Three Kingdoms. Though it could not match the Sun Moon Empire, the sect did have Level 9 Soul Engineers.
Yet in the three years since the Civilization Research Institute had appeared, the Sun Moon Empire had opened an unbridgeable gap between itself and the Clear Sky Sect in soul guidance technology.
"Brother Niu Tian, we needn't swell another's spirit and extinguish our own might. Yes, I admit there is a certain gap between us and the Sun Moon Empire in soul guidance technology. But with so many ancient secluded sects like yours joining the war, our strength at the highest level far surpasses theirs. Apart from the Death God Tower, soul tools pose only a very limited threat to us Titled Douluos," Body Douluo Du Busi said proudly.
The Sun Moon Empire's invasion had stopped outside Heaven Dou City, and its operation against the Body Sect had never begun. With the secluded sects joining them, the original Douluo Continent's foremost powers had gathered under one roof. Most of the experts, Du Busi included, still dismissed the Sun Moon Empire. After all, it had retreated just after baring its fangs, while the number of Titled Douluos who had now reached the front already