Those Matters on the Douluo Continent, Part Five

After the Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation, there are no longer any Soul Master forces in the Douluo Continent that can threaten the Spirit Hall.

Even the Star Luo Empire is no longer a match for the Spirit Hall. Currently, the only one that can still threaten the Spirit Hall is the strongest Heaven Dou Empire.

Many orphans of sects came to the Heaven Dou Empire, hoping that the Heaven Dou Empire could uphold justice. Qian Renxue took in these orphans, placed them in a safe place and nurtured them, so that one day they could be used to counter the Spirit Hall.

However, the Heaven Dou Empire has just experienced a major war and is simply unable to start another one. They all expressed their understanding of Xue Emperor Qinghe's explanation and were willing to serve as Xue Qinghe's weapon, as a trump card in the future battle against the Spirit Hall.

They had lost everything, and their only purpose in coming to the Heaven Dou Empire was revenge. They had nothing but hatred.

Xue Qinghe said that for the time being, they could only make do, because it was not yet possible to completely break ties with the Spirit Hall. The Heaven Dou Empire was not ready. However, Xue Qinghe also forcibly expelled many of the Spirit Hall's branches in the Heaven Dou Empire as a statement.

Afterwards, Qian Renxue declared to the entire continent: she would definitely seek justice for the innocent Soul Master who died, find the murderers who killed so many Soul Master as soon as possible, and severely punish those who disrupt the peace of the Douluo Continent!

Everyone knows that the Spirit Hall was responsible for this, but no one has seen the culprit because the Spirit Hall has not let any witnesses go unpunished.

As long as no witnesses are missed, it's a perfect infiltration and assassination.

Although they know perfectly well what's going on, important figures still have to play their part; if they were to completely break off relations, neither side would be in a good position.

Now, due to the Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation, the Heaven Dou Empire has implicitly listed the Spirit Hall as its number one enemy, and the Star Luo Empire also seems to be showing signs of cooperating with the Spirit Hall.

Xue Qinghe: My family, Soul Master who have been persecuted by the Spirit Hall, come into my arms! Once the Heaven Dou Empire has recovered, I will lead you to crush the Spirit Hall! My family, come into my arms!

Bibi Dong: Join our Spirit Hall and let's build an empire unique to Soul Master. We will surely create a brand new history.

Bibi Dong (Star Luo Emperor): Star Luo Empire (Spirit Hall), let's join forces, smash the Heaven Dou Empire together, and then flatten the Douluo Continent.

Bibi Dong (Star Luo Emperor): Agreed!

The performance has begun; Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, mother and daughter, have started their act, and they've really gotten into it...

Afterwards, the major powers realigned themselves, plunging the entire continent into chaos, with Soul Master fighting each other everywhere.

The Spirit Hall gradually purged those Soul Master who opposed it, while the Heaven Dou Empire took in those Soul Master who had grudges against the Spirit Hall to form a large army of Soul Master. The Star Luo Empire was also slowly recruiting soldiers and winning over all the forces and Soul Master it could.

Douluo Continent is like a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment; it's just a matter of when.

Two more years passed, and the Spirit Hall re-selected the Seven Great Sects. Just like in the original story, powerful Elephant Armor Sect, which had long since pledged allegiance to the Spirit Hall, became the new Seven Great Sects.

It had already been decided internally.

The only somewhat unexpected thing was that Ning Rongrong left Moon Shadow Wind Spirit Academy and brought the remaining disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School to participate in the selection of the Seven Great Sects. Moreover, Bone Douluo was still alive, but he was lame and missing an arm.

However, one fist cannot fight against four hands. In the end, Bone Douluo was specifically targeted by the Spirit Hall and was eventually worn down and killed in the arena.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Ning Rongrong shouted to the referee early on, "We admit defeat, we admit defeat, we admit defeat, stop fighting."

No one paid any attention to her; the referee ignored her surrender and was determined to torment them.

In the end Bone Douluo died on the arena. Before he died, he shouted loudly to Ning Rongrong, "Rongrong, live on! Don't think about the past of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect anymore. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School is gone. Go back to the Moon Shadow Wind Spirit Academy. Don't think about revenge anymore. Live well. Remember my words, Rongrong, live on! Live on! We just want you to live happily..."

Seeing this outcome, Ning Rongrong cried out, "No! Grandpa Gu, it's my fault, it's all my fault! I regret not listening to you. We shouldn't have come. I've hurt you. I'm so sorry, Grandpa Gu..."

After the re-election of the Seven Great Sects, the Spirit Hall had no more scruples. It led its henchmen to run rampant and act tyrannically. If someone glanced at it too much on the street, it would gouge out their eyes. It slapped every passing Soul Master. It didn't even spare a dog that defecated on the ground, confiscating its tools of crime.

Not long after, the Spirit Hall Empire was established, annexing many duchies and kingdoms, becoming the third empire on the Douluo Continent, with strength comparable to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Then, after a series of shady deals between the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall Empire, the Star Luo Empire launched a war against the Heaven Dou Empire, intending to avenge its previous defeat and thoroughly crush the Heaven Dou Empire once again.

Meanwhile, although the war with the Heaven Dou Empire had not yet begun, the Soul Master army of the Spirit Hall Empire was heading towards the border with the Heaven Dou Empire.

The Heaven Dou Empire suddenly felt precarious, as if it were about to fall into an apocalypse.

The Star Luo Empire's message is that fortunes change, and now you're getting what you deserve. Weren't you happy when you brought a whole bunch of people to bully me? Now it's your turn to experience being besieged.

Having raised an army for a thousand days, they now used it for a single moment, and the Heaven Dou Empire was the first to play its trump card.

This trump card naturally consists of the Soul Master who have a deep-seated hatred for the Spirit Hall. They formed a vanguard army of over six thousand Soul Master, basically including all the Soul Master who resisted the Spirit Hall. The Heaven Dou Empire used them to temporarily resist the invasion of the Spirit Hall Empire and to temporarily hold off the Spirit Hall. They didn't expect them to hold out, but only hoped that the Spirit Hall wouldn't lose too quickly. Heaven Dou could only provide them with logistics and intelligence for the time being.

The Heaven Dou Empire focused its efforts on the Star Luo Empire, gathering a million-strong army to annihilate it in one Star Luo Empire swoop, before marching south to fight the Spirit Hall Empire to the death.

The Star Luo Emperor then said, "You think you can lose two against one like this? How about I give you ten cities first?"

As a result, a month later, the Spirit Hall Empire devised a clever plan and wiped out the vanguard army of the Heaven Dou Empire in one fell swoop. The vanguard army was completely annihilated, and these stubborn elements who had always opposed the Spirit Hall were finally gone, thus solving a major problem in the hearts of the Spirit Hall.

This battle laid the foundation for a stable rule in the future, because almost all the hidden dangers were resolved in this battle. If they had broken up into smaller groups, engaged in guerrilla warfare, and spread across various parts of the continent to cause destruction, it would have taken the Spirit Hall at least two generations of time and effort to completely eliminate these remnants of the previous dynasty.