``` [At twenty-four, your Soul Power Level reached ninety-seven.]
[That year, spring had yet to arrive, but the continent's tide of blood had already spilled across the borders.]
[You had just returned from Soul Hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest when you heard a great deal of news that shook the world-]
[The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been massacred by Spirit Hall overnight. The clan grounds had been reduced to scorched earth. Only Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen had fought his way out of the encirclement, and his whereabouts were unknown.]
[The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had suffered a surprise attack. Sword Douluo Chen Xin had lost an arm, Bone Douluo Gu Rong had been gravely wounded and left near death, and the sect's foundations had been destroyed in a single day. Only by fighting a desperate, bloody battle had the two Titled Douluo barely managed to protect Sect Master Ning Fengzhi as he withdrew with the core disciples.]
[The Clear Sky Sect had sealed its mountain and shut its gates, drawing all its elite members into the sect's forbidden grounds. It turned a deaf ear as the flames of war raged outside.]
[The Upper Three Sects existed in name only.]
[To oppose Spirit Hall, Tang San had consolidated the Four Single-Attribute Clans-Strength, Speed, Defense, and Breaking-and joined forces with the remnants of the two sects and the Four Elemental Academies to formally establish the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City.]
[That same year, Xue Ye had "died of illness," and the wastrel crown prince Xue Beng had ascended the throne as he wished.]
[Spirit Hall had announced a new selection of the Seven Great Sects, replacing the old Upper Three Sects with new ones and extending its influence further across the continent.]
[The new Upper Three