The Hall of Souls' actions left every faction somewhat baffled. It had been arrogant before, but back then, it had been the continent's strongest faction.
Now, however, the Ancient Zoan Clans had emerged one after another. The Gu Clan, Yan Clan, Lei Clan, Yao Clan, and others had all sent many powerful experts onto the Douqi Continent, yet this move seemed to have turned the Hall of Souls into a mad dog.
It seized souls even more openly than before, seemingly without any restraint. It made outright demands of alchemists who had yet to join the Pills Alliance, killing them without hesitation if they refused.
The first faction the Hall of Souls offended was the Pills Alliance. Its wanton slaughter of alchemists was intolerable to both the Pill Tower and the Yao Clan, as both factions consisted primarily of alchemists.
Thus, after learning of the Hall of Souls' actions, the Pills Alliance followed the Gu Clan-Karn Chamber of Commerce Alliance's example and issued numerous missions to strike back against it. It directly gathered over sixty Dou Zun to fight the Hall of Souls throughout the Central Plains, leaving them only one step away from all-out war.
In the western and southern regions of the Central Plains, the Hall of Souls also deployed three Dou Sheng, wiping out factions that intended to join the Yan Clan and Lei Clan and taking all their souls.
Such behavior likewise enraged the Yan Clan and Lei Clan. They had not intended to get involved in the central region's conflicts, planning instead to develop gradually in the southern and western regions of the Central Plains. Yet just after they persuaded several factions to join them, their foundations were uprooted before the Yan-Lei Alliance had even been established.
How could the Yan Clan and Lei Clan