The exponential increase in the area of the Douluo Continent and the threat of Soul Beast have put immense pressure on the Great Emperor and various forces. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence knows that only by uniting all the strength of the Human Clan into a single entity can they overcome this crisis.
Therefore, after some deliberation, the powerful clans, noble families, and wealthy families all chose the more powerful Star Luo Empire.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Family is simply too weak; it's questionable whether they can even withstand the Star Luo Empire's offensive.
Therefore, if the Great Emperor were to go to war, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would be at a great disadvantage.
As a group bound by shared interests, powerful families, clans, noble families, and wealthy clans would not stand on the side of certain defeat, which is the main reason why all parties chose to abandon the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Although the Great Emperor and the aristocratic families and wealthy clans had different thoughts and even harbored their own ulterior motives, they all decided to join forces to destroy the Spirit Hall, or rather, the Spirit Hall Empire.
The Spirit Hall Empire is simply too powerful, and its growth rate is terrifying to everyone.
If left unchecked, the Spirit Hall Empire will inevitably surpass the combined strength of the Great Emperor before long.
When the tide turns and the tide turns, neither the Great Emperor nor the powerful families, sects, noble families, and financial magnates will survive. After all, according to the intelligence they gathered from Spirit City, no one has left a place for them, the powerful families, sects, noble families, and financial magnates.
This is a conflict between two classes, with absolutely no room for reconciliation.
Therefore, not long after the Spirit Hall Empire was established, the Great Emperor simultaneously assembled their armies and launched an attack on the Spirit Hall Empire from two directions.
Although it doesn't hold any moral high ground, that thing is mainly used to fool those lowly people. Even if you can't fool them with facts, you can still fabricate them!
Previously, the pressure exerted by the Spirit Hall Empire on various forces was immense. Therefore, in this war, all forces have gone all out, preparing to take down the Spirit Hall Empire in one fell swoop and give it no chance to breathe.
All these forces are ancient and deeply rooted, with unfathomable strength. Once they unleash their full power, their might is unimaginable.
Bibi Dong ignored the joint attack from the Great Emperor and various forces, casually handing the battle over to Qian Daoliu.
She never took the Great Emperor seriously; they were merely tools for training her new recruits.
A recruit training ground is hardly worth her attention. Improving her own cultivation, perfecting the Dream Spirit Network, and refining the nine divine swords are far more important.
In fact, Bibi Dong's original intention for the Spirit Hall Empire was to announce its establishment after the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, while people from Great Emperor were present.
However, due to that incident, it was put on hold for a while.
It doesn't matter anyway, since she doesn't really want the Great Emperor to be witnesses. It's fine if people from the Great Emperor are present, but it doesn't matter if they aren't.
Of course, the main purpose of making the competition so grand, and even giving away seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as a prize for the champion, was to allow the Spirit Hall to safely withdraw its influence from the Great Emperor.
The representatives from the Great Emperor who came to Spirit City to watch the competition were essentially hostages, making the Great Emperor hesitant to interfere with the retreat of the Spirit Hall forces.
The main purpose of Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Ton Douluo going to Heaven Dou City was to cooperate with Salas in withdrawing the Spirit Hall personnel and assets in the Heaven Dou Empire.
After all, once the Spirit Hall Empire is established, the Great Emperor and various forces will inevitably turn against each other. If they then take action against the Spirit Hall personnel within the empire, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Therefore, evacuating personnel from the territories of the Great Emperor is essential and cannot be taken lightly.
In any case, over the past twenty years, the Spirit Hall has recruited enough people in the Great Emperor, and the current population of the Spirit Hall Empire has reached an astonishing 30 billion.
With such a large population base, there is enough room for reproduction.
With the enacted policy of encouraging more births, the population of the Spirit Hall Empire is bound to experience an explosive growth period, doubling in three years is not a problem.
"Success or failure hinges on this!"
In a secluded valley at the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Chen watched the blood sacrifice ritual being performed by the Holy Spirit Cult below, his expression resolute and ruthless.
Three years have passed since the end of the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, and the war between the Great Emperor and the Spirit Hall Empire has lasted for more than two years.
Contrary to their expectations, the Spirit Hall Empire was surprisingly strong, managing to fight against Great Emperor simultaneously and withstand their attacks while fighting on two fronts.
As a member of a powerful sect, Tang Chen paid little attention to the Imperial War, focusing instead on raising his great-grandson, Tang San.
Three years ago, during the battle of Spirit City, his great-grandson Tang San was severely injured and nearly died, but he ultimately survived and even benefited from the misfortune.
By fusing with the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone, Tang San not only gained the foundation to cultivate the Creation Divine Instruction, but also experienced an evolution of his Blue Silver Ghost Vine Martial Soul due to the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and Blue Silver Ball Blue Silver Ghost Vine Martial Soul belonging to that bastard Little Nine within the Soul Bone.
Tang San's Blue Silver Ghost Vine Martial Soul has now evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor Ghost Vine and possesses the Blue Silver Domain, making it far more powerful than the previous Blue Silver Ice Fire Ghost Vine.
Over the course of three years, Tang San not only repaired his injuries with the help of the Creation Divine Instruction, but also greatly improved his foundation, completely stabilizing his cultivation level, which had been rapidly increased with the help of external forces during the competition.
At the same time, Tang San also used the Creation Divine Instruction to heal the members of various forces who had also suffered severe injuries due to the forced extraction of precious medicines, thus easing the tense relationship between the various forces and the Clear Sky Sect.
Now that Tang San's injuries have been completely healed and he has even benefited from the misfortune by reaching a higher level, it's time to improve his cultivation.
Over the course of three years, although Tang San mainly focused on healing his own injuries and didn't put much effort into improving his Soul Power Level, he still managed to raise his Soul Power cultivation to level seventy.
He only needs one more suitable Soul Ring to become Soul Saint!
After much thought, I think it's more appropriate to get a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Although Tang San was able to cultivate the Creation Divine Instruction, he couldn't apply it to himself; the benefits mostly went to the Blue Silver Emperor Ghost Vine.
Furthermore, the forced extraction of a divine medicine from his body caused Tang San's physical body and soul to deteriorate significantly, making him completely unable to withstand the impact of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring at this moment.
It is important to know that once Soul Beast's cultivation exceeds 100,000 years, it will undergo a tremendous transformation, and the quality of its resulting Soul Ring will also skyrocket.
This is also why, in the hundreds of thousands of years of the Douluo Continent, although the Human Clan has produced many Titled Douluo, very few people have been able to possess a 100,000-year-old Soul Ring.
One reason is that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast are hard to find and kill, but the main reason is that Soul Master cannot bear Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Forcibly bearing them would inevitably result in a nine-out-of-ten chance of death, and not many people are willing to take this risk.
However, there is one exception: the Immolation Soul Beast.
The Soul Ring and Soul Power generated by Soul Beast's voluntary Immolation are extremely gentle, and even ordinary people without cultivation can easily absorb and refine them.
But which Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would be willing to Immolation Immolation, especially to its mortal Soul Beast, humans?
This required careful planning. They had already succeeded, but that wicked Little Nine summoned his father, that wretched creature, causing all their plans to come to naught.
Furthermore, that wicked beast ultimately allowed the rabbit Soul Beast to hide in the Star Dou Great Forest, where it hasn't stepped out for the past three years, leaving them no chance whatsoever.
Left with no other choice, he had to resort to drastic measures.
The Holy Spirit Cult was his trump card. In fact, he understood as early as when the Holy Spirit Cult appeared that this sect was a tentacle of the Abyss Plane extending into Douluo Star.
Later, under the guidance of the Asura God, he formed an alliance with the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult and, based on a divine artifact left behind by the Asura God on Douluo Star in his early years, summoned the Abyss Plane to descend upon Douluo Star ahead of schedule.
If the Abyss Plane descends upon Douluo Star, it will inevitably clash with the Douluo Continent.
The location he specifically chose was the core area of Star Dou Great Forest, which was also the rear area of the Spirit Hall Empire.
At that time, they will not only engage in battle with the Soul Beast immediately, but also restrain the Spirit Hall Empire. If the plan is proper, it is not impossible to destroy both the powerful Soul Beast and the Spirit Hall Empire at the same time.
It could even lead to the exposure of that forbidden man and cause his demise at the hands of a powerful being from the Abyss Plane.
According to the message from the God of Asura God, the Abyss Plane has grown rapidly in strength over the past twenty years and is now comparable to the Divine Realm.
"It's finally starting!"
As the Holy Spirit Cult's ritual drew to a close, a crimson beam of light, radiating an evil aura, shot straight into the Yunxiao, distorting space in its path and forcibly blasting open a spatial black hole in the sky, leading to an unknown entity.
In the next instant, an even more sinister and chilling aura surged out from the spatial black hole, almost freezing one's soul. At the same time, a mysterious power that disturbed one's mind spread out, causing Tang Hao, who was hiding on the periphery, to tremble and almost go mad.
This is the abyssal aura, a power unique to the Abyss Plane.
As its name suggests, the Abyss is inherently chaotic. It is a special dimension of yin nature, and the power it possesses Dadu of the evil type.
"Quickly, release those souls and blood to welcome the arrival of our great Lord."
The leader of the Holy Spirit Cult roared with unbridled fervor, his entire being bursting with excitement.
Upon receiving the leader's order, the members of the Holy Spirit Cult opened the special forbidden artifacts they carried, releasing countless dead souls and a vast sea of blood sealed within.
These souls and blood were secretly collected by them on the battlefields of the Great Emperor.
The Spirit Hall Empire was protected by the Dream Spirit Network, which prevented the Holy Spirit Cult from intervening. However, the Great Emperor had no such protection. The blood and souls of the fallen warriors were all collected for this very moment.
Of course, the Great Emperor were not fools and could not possibly fail to discover the Holy Spirit Cult's actions. However, with the Clear Sky Sect providing cover and the frontline battles being intense, they were unable to allocate enough manpower, which slowed down the progress of the investigation in Great Emperor.
Over the course of three years, although some clues were uncovered, the true intentions of the Holy Spirit Cult were not revealed.
Even if it's discovered now, it's too late!
As a massive amount of souls and blood were absorbed by the pillar of light, the pillar itself suddenly increased by tens of thousands of times, which also caused the forcibly opened spatial passage to expand by tens of thousands of times.
Immediately afterwards, a ferocious figure, ten thousand feet in size, squeezed out of the spatial passage. However, its body was so enormous that the ten-thousand-foot-diameter spatial passage could barely accommodate its head.
It had a head that resembled an octopus, but with clearly defined facial features, making it appear even more ferocious and terrifying.
"His strength was suppressed to half!"
The octopus-head muttered to itself, then looked down at the Holy Spirit Cult members and sneered, "I need more flesh and souls!"