Tang Chen Fled to the Star Luo Empire, as Signs of War Began to Emerge!
Three days have passed since Tang Chen escaped and Qian Xunling and the others returned to the Spirit Hall.
In just three days, news spread throughout the continent that Tang Chen had single-handedly fought against all of the Spirit Hall's top combatants and had even managed to escape.
Originally, the entire continent thought that the Spirit Hall, which had swiftly eliminated almost all of the Clear Sky Sect's power, would easily suppress Tang Chen as well. However, this sudden upheaval has brought all forces on the continent to a standstill.
On that very day, the Star Luo Empire took the lead in publicly declaring its disapproval of the Spirit Hall's actions, claiming that the Clear Sky Sect had been directly eliminated simply because of a pursuit incident.
So, what if other forces provoke the Spirit Hall one day? Will they suffer the same fate?
The Spirit Hall is no longer as sacred as it once was, like a holy temple for Soul Master; it is showing signs of sweeping across the continent!
We need to plan ahead!
The continental forces, which were already in a state of stagnation, seemed to be stirred when the Star Luo Empire took the lead, but still no force dared to speak out.
The first to speak out were the rogue Soul Master within the Star Luo Empire, who condemned the Spirit Hall's violent actions.
However, there was no response from the Spirit Hall to their statements. At this moment, all the Spirit Hall forces across the continent were engaged in one thing: the annihilation of the remaining Clear Sky Sect forces.
Like the Clear Sky Sect Clear Sky Sect, the four affiliated sects were almost completely wiped out. Except for the patriarch of the Speed Clan, all the current patriarchs of the four affiliated sects were killed, and their disciples were almost completely purged.
However, a very small number of them managed to escape.
Three days later.
The Star Luo Empire directly and publicly declared that the Spirit Hall's actions had seriously endangered the common people and the Soul Master class within the Star Luo Empire, and therefore chose to send troops to suppress the Spirit Hall's forces within the Star Luo Empire.
The entire continent was surprised that the Star Luo Empire dared to challenge such a behemoth as the Spirit Hall, but what surprised the entire continent even more was the unusually large number of rogue cultivators helping the Star Luo Empire.
At this moment, inside the Worship Hall, Qian Xunling, Qian Xunji, and all the other offerings, including Qian Daoliu, were gathered.
"The Star Luo Empire has most likely joined forces with Tang Chen, otherwise they would never dare to oppose us." Golden Crocodile's expression was somewhat solemn as he looked at Qian Xunling.
Qian Xunling remained silent, while Qian Daoliu said, "It seems the Star Luo Empire realized that even if we joined forces, we might not be able to defeat Tang Chen, and Tang Chen might even be able to deal with us. So they reached some kind of cooperation and chose to go all out and confront us head-on."
"Father, our Spirit Hall controls all the Spirit Hall Soul Master in the world, but in reality, the number of usable Soul Master is no more than ten thousand. The Star Luo Empire has a million-strong army; they are not so easy to deal with," Qian Xunji said at this moment. Looking at everyone, the elders' faces also darkened upon hearing this.
Aside from Qian Daoliu, even Golden Crocodile might be worn down by an army of hundreds of thousands, let alone the others.
At this moment, Qian Xunling finally spoke up, "The facade has already been torn off; there's no way to stop now. Tang Chen must die, otherwise he will definitely be a major hidden danger."
From the moment he returned to the Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu clearly sensed Xunling's inexplicable worry, but he didn't ask, thinking that Xunling would calm down on his own.
The worshippers didn't say anything either. The clash they witnessed from afar Spirit City six days ago was enough for them to guess just how terrifying Tang Chen was now. They probably couldn't even withstand a single blow from him.
Qian Xunling continued, "The Star Luo Empire also needs to be taught a lesson. It's obvious that both the Star Luo Empire and Tang Chen have grand ambitions. They claim to be suppressing the Spirit Hall forces within the Star Luo Empire's territory, but in reality, they definitely want to secretly gather available forces and then test all the forces across the continent."
"After all, our Spirit Hall has stood on the continent for a long time. Even if we have done nothing wrong, these forces would definitely prefer to see us fall so they can get a share of the spoils."
"Hmph! If that's really what they're thinking, then I'll definitely kill them," the Lion said angrily.
"But Xunling, what should we do next?" Golden Crocodile asked. Even though Qian Xunji was now the Pope and Qian Daoliu was the person with the highest authority in the Spirit Hall, they subconsciously looked at Qian Xunling, Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji did the same.
Given the current situation, even if they had argued with Qian Xunling in the past, they wouldn't choose to argue back.
"We don't know what strength Tang Chen has recovered to, and even if we enter the Star Luo Empire's territory, we might not be able to find Tang Chen's hiding place. Instead, it would be easier for him to find an opportunity to weaken our forces." Qian Xunling pondered, then said coldly, "Since the Star Luo Empire has already turned against our Spirit Hall, then we'll teach them a lesson."
"Go to war directly with the Star Luo Empire?" Qian Xunji asked in surprise. Qian Xunling looked at him and said, "Yes."
"No, that would lead to widespread devastation and suffering for the people." Qian Daoliu refused outright. Upon hearing this, Qian Xunling calmed down, realizing that her father's morals were far too high.
However, Qian Xunling didn't refute him. Instead, she said in a deep voice, "Dad, wake up! It's not just Tang Chen who's in danger now; we're in danger too."
"Didn't you realize the situation after your battle with Tang Chen the other day? He has only completed the first seven trials of the Asura God Asura God. If he completes the Eighth Trial and obtains the Asura Demonic Sword, even if all of us join forces, we will not be his match."
"Given Tang Chen's personality, even though we eradicated the Clear Sky Sect and drove him away, if he increases his strength, he will definitely come back to fight."
We're basically trying to save ourselves right now!
Everyone looked at Qian Daoliu. They all knew that Qian Daoliu had high moral standards and did not want to see the reputation of the Spirit Hall tainted with a negative reputation.
Seeing his expression, Qian Xunling gritted her teeth and said, "Alright, Dad, I promise you, it won't be our Spirit Hall that starts the war first, but the Star Luo Empire. Is that alright?"
Upon seeing the steps, Qian Daoliu's grave expression did not improve much, but he was well aware of how bad the situation was.
He sighed and said, "Very well, our Spirit Hall cannot become the executioner who starts a war."
Qian Xunling didn't look at him again, but calmed her emotions before looking at everyone and saying, "Whether the Spirit Hall can survive depends on whether we can kill him before Tang Chen completes the God Trial. Otherwise, all of us here will die at his hands."
"We know." Guang Ling nodded. Qian Xunling said nothing more, but looked at Qian Xunji and said, "Let's go see if all the people who came to the Pope's Hall are here."
Qian Xunji felt a little uncomfortable being used as a subordinate, but Golden Crocodile and the others just smiled and didn't say anything. Qian Xunji shook his head and followed Qian Xunling.
Before arriving at the Pope's Hall, Qian Xunji asked, "Xunling, since Tang Chen can initiate the God Trial, why don't you initiate the trial of our Divine Ancestor?"
Qian Xunling stopped and looked at him, then realized that Qian Xunji was unaware of the side effects of becoming Angel God. However, after thinking for a moment, Qian Xunling chuckled and simply replied, "I'm not suited to be Angel God."
"Bullshit! If you're not suitable, then no one in our Angel Clan is," Qian Xunji retorted. Qian Xunling patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, someone will inherit the Angel God's mantle."
"?" Qian Xunji was puzzled, but Qian Xunling did not intend to explain. Instead, she stepped into the Pope's Hall.
Seeing the crowd gathered in the Pope's Hall, the number was roughly the same as a few days ago, but still somewhat fewer. Nevertheless, Qian Xunling smiled slightly and said, "Greetings, everyone."