"Your Holiness, this..."
Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked at Bibi Dong, their expressions stiff:
"Now that Spirit Hall's plan to establish an empire has been exposed, all the major outside powers are bound to target us. What should we do?!"
As senior members of Spirit Hall, they understood this situation all too well.
Given the temperaments of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires, they would certainly target them.
They might even rally every sect to join in opposing Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong's expression darkened, but she quickly composed herself, the corners of her mouth curling into a sinister smile:
"So what if it's been exposed? My preparations to unify the continent are already seventy to eighty percent complete!"
As she spoke, she turned her gaze toward the Worship Hall in the deepest reaches of Spirit City.
"The ones who truly ought to be squirming now aren't me. They're those old fossils who've stayed hidden away all these years!!"
She knew Qian Daoliu all too well. Establishing an empire and claiming the imperial throne had always been the course both sides had agreed upon.
Yet she had always been the one running around on the front lines, while those old fossils stayed behind the scenes, hoping to reap the rewards without lifting a finger.
Now that the Sky Screen had laid all their cards bare, she refused to believe those old fossils would remain unmoved!
Meanwhile.
Deep within Spirit City, in the Worship Hall.
Inside the magnificent hall, the gathered Enshrined had already erupted into an uproar.
"Establish an empire and claim the imperial throne?! The Sky Screen actually announced such a vital plan to the entire world?!"
Lion slammed a fist into a white marble pillar and roared in his rough voice.
Azure Luan's fine brows knitted tightly, his voice as cold as ice:
"What's even more infuriating is the Clear Sky Sect. They're nothing but battered remnants who sealed their mountain for twelve years, yet they could actually grow this powerful in the future?!"
"Tang Xiao, a mere rank ninety-seven, dared to fight three of us Enshrined at once, and even severely wounded all three?!"
Enshrined Lion spat, his face filled with disdain:
"Hmph, I'd wager he relied on some crooked, unorthodox formation!"
"In a head-on clash with real blades and spears, I'd give him credit if he could withstand a single move from me! Severely wounding three Enshrined? The Sky Screen must be exaggerating!"
Everyone spoke over one another, all of them seething.
As they spoke, their gazes turned in unison toward Qian Daoliu, who sat at the head with his eyes closed.
"Big Brother, say something!"
Enshrined Golden Crocodile said gravely:
"This Sky Screen is recklessly reporting the future and throwing the entire continent into chaos. Are we just going to let it keep spreading this?!"
Qian Daoliu slowly opened his eyes and shook his head:
"Leave this matter to Bibi Dong. She knows where to draw the line and how to handle it."
Then he turned his gaze toward the distant Heaven Dou Empire, the faintest trace of worry passing through his eyes.
Xiao Xue had spent years undercover in Heaven Dou, a crucial step toward her future succession to the Spirit Hall Empire.
Now that the Sky Screen was repeatedly exposing the future's secrets, would it reveal her identity as well?
Hopefully not...
Manga World.
Utopia, in the hills behind the City Lord's Mansion.
Snow Empress gazed at the Sky Screen, momentarily taken aback.
The Anime World's Clear Sky Sect could actually achieve such a battle record in the future?
Tang Xiao had fought three opponents alone, battling three Super Douluo and even severely wounding them.
At that thought, she turned toward Ye Han, who stood beside her with his hands behind his back, and said softly:
"Dad, this glorious moment from the Anime World... seems impressive. Could our world's Clear Sky Sect..."
Before she could finish.
Ye Han spoke calmly, cutting her off:
"It certainly isn't bad, but compared to our Manga World... heh."
He left the sentence unfinished, but his meaning could not have been clearer.
"Could ours be even more spectacular?!"
Snow Empress froze. Could Dad actually see the future?
But before she could work it out.
The golden light in the heavens suddenly surged once more.
It blazed more fiercely than ever before, as radiant as a great sun hanging across the sky.
A vast, majestic voice rolled down, instantly drowning out every discussion in both worlds:
[The comparison continues!] [Round three-the Original Future's Most Glorious Moment!] [Clear Sky Sect (Manga World)] [The Original Future's Most Glorious Moment: A Hammer Shatters the Immortal Legacy, Clear Sky Emerges from Seclusion!!]
As the gilded words unfurled, simulated images appeared alongside them.
The first sight that greeted their eyes was the Clear Sky Sect's Bright Moon Mountain.
[On Bright Moon Mountain, within the Clear Sky Sect's main hall, candles burned without cease.]
[Tang Xiao sat in the main seat, while the six elders occupied the foremost seats in two rows, every face solemn.]
[At the center of the hall stood a young man in a fitted blue outfit, his posture straight.]
[The young man cupped his fist and said, "This junior is Tang San, son of Tang Hao. Greetings, Sect Master and elders!"]
["I have returned today for one reason alone. Spirit Hall has already destroyed the two upper sects in succession, established an empire and claimed the imperial throne, annexed sects everywhere, eliminated dissenters, and declared war on both empires. Its ambitions are plain for all to see!"]
["When the continent is overturned, no one will be able to remain unscathed alone. This junior, Tang San, implores the Sect Master and elders to lead the Clear Sky Sect back into the Soul Master World and join forces with the other powers to resist Spirit Hall together!"]
[After listening, Tang Xiao's Adam's apple bobbed as he sat in the main seat. In the end, he did not speak first, instead looking toward the two elders to his left and right.]
[Though he was the sect master, and his Soul Power indisputably ranked first in the sect today, he was junior in generation to all six elders.]
[The elders had always deliberated together and decided all sect affairs, great and small. His role as sect master was more symbolic, and his words carried very little weight.]
[In his heart, he supported emerging from seclusion, but though willing, he lacked the power. If the six elders refused to agree, there was nothing he could do.]
["Absurd!"]
[First Elder Tang Ming slammed his palm onto his armrest. His formidable Soul Power shook the snow from the hall's roof, sending it cascading down, and his voice was as cold as shards of ice:]
["Spirit Hall wants to conquer the world? That's their business. What does it have to do with our Clear Sky Sect?"]
["We have sealed our mountain for years, living peacefully in isolation from the world. Why should we go out and wade into these muddy waters?"]
[Several other elders immediately spoke up as well, their gazes as sharp as knives, stabbing straight at Tang San.]
["As for you, Tang San."]
["Your father, Tang Hao, brought a heaven-high catastrophe upon us back then. He fell in love with a Soul Beast and killed Spirit Hall's previous Pope, bringing Spirit Hall's encirclement and assault down upon us. How many disciples of our sect died because of him?"]
["He forced our Clear Sky Sect to seal its mountain and withdraw from the world, cowering here like turtles! We have yet to settle that blood debt with him!"]
["We allowed you to acknowledge your ancestors and return to the sect... no, you merely acknowledged your ancestors. You cannot be considered to have returned to the sect!"]
[Second Elder Tang Qingqing, the only woman among them, also nodded slightly:]
["If not for the fact that you carry the Clear Sky Sect's bloodline and possess exceptional talent, and that the Sect Master repeatedly pleaded on your behalf..."
["Simply for being Tang Hao's son, you should have been slain on the spot the moment you set foot within Bright Moon Mountain's boundaries, to console the spirits in heaven of our clansmen who died unjustly!"]
[Sixth Elder Tang Yuran had the most explosive temper. He abruptly rose, and a phantom flaming Clear Sky Hammer thundered into existence behind him:]
["You're a junior who has never truly been acknowledged by the sect. What right do you have to stand here and point fingers over our Clear Sky Sect's survival?"]
["Dare mention 'emerging from seclusion' again, and we'll immediately revoke your recognition of your ancestry, break both your legs, and throw you down the mountain! You will never be allowed to set so much as half a foot on Bright Moon Mountain again!"]
["Get out!"]
The instant the Sky Screen's content finished.
Both space-times erupted into an uproar.
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