Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Yang Ping'an, who was already dressed in black, now wore a black mask and went directly to the outer perimeter of the palace.

A massive battle was taking place in the palace. Chrysanthemum Douluo, perhaps haunted by Tang Hao, was unable to defeat him quickly despite having a significant advantage in soul power.

However, in terms of strength, although Tang Hao lost an arm and is now only at level 91, his physical attributes are indeed formidable, especially his Clear Sky Hammer, which is extremely domineering. Moreover, with the blessing of the God of Slaughter Domain, those like Chrysanthemum Douluo, who are good at group attacks, are at a disadvantage.

The others were also engaged in a fierce battle. The Spirit Hall had four Title Douluos plus Qian Renxue, while Tang San's side, besides Tang Hao, also had three Title Douluo-level experts. In particular, Yang Wudi's performance was extremely exaggerated, and his Soul-Breaking Spear was extremely sharp, befitting the Breaking Clan, who all chose to attack the Soul Rings.

At this moment, a large-scale all-out war has broken out in the entire palace, with people fighting everywhere. Especially after Yu Xiaogang and others joined, Qian Renxue and her group were put on the defensive. However, Qian Renxue did control the Heaven Dou Royal Family Soul Master Legion, so she had a huge advantage in numbers.

Yang Ping'an couldn't help but smile. Given the current situation, he wondered what Bibi Dong would think. Her daughter was fighting a bloody battle against Yu Xiaogang, and it seemed that with the help of Yu Xiaogang and others, Tang San would probably ruin the Heaven Dou Palace coup plan again.

In the end, Yang Ping'an shook his head and, alone, transformed into a black shadow and teleported into the palace.

The two groups outside were practically fighting like dogs, but they seemed to have forgotten one thing: this was the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, and the true master was the Snow Night Emperor lying in bed. As for everything else, it didn't matter.

When Yang Ping'an arrived at the Snow Night Emperor's palace, it was also surrounded by a dense crowd, but many of them were dressed in black and were all Soul Masters, so it was unclear which side they belonged to.

Meanwhile, in the war outside, Tang San and his companions' biggest goal was to rescue Emperor Xue Ye, but unfortunately, the entire palace was controlled by Qian Renxue.

Upon seeing Yang Ping'an, everyone was startled. The leader quickly asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

Yang Ping'an didn't care about anything and simply took out the papal decree that Chrysanthemum Douluo had given him.

Upon seeing the Pope's decree, all the men in black bowed and said, "Greetings, Elder."

Yang Ping'an nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on Emperor Xue Ye lying on the bed. He had indeed seen Emperor Xue Ye during the Soul Master Competition, but back then he sat on the throne and appeared extremely noble, while now he looked like a frail old man.

Before the men in black could react, Yang Ping'an had already arrived in front of Emperor Xueye, unleashing a burst of golden energy that, like a giant dragon, instantly snapped Emperor Xueye's neck.

The crowd was astonished to see that Yang Ping'an had actually killed Emperor Xueye, since His Highness had only poisoned Emperor Xueye from beginning to end and had not actually killed him.

The leader spoke somewhat nervously: "Elder, His Highness's intention is to control Emperor Xueye. If we kill him directly, His Highness's succession to the throne will be illegitimate, which may affect our subsequent plans."

Yang Ping'an couldn't help but snort coldly: "I don't know what kind of bullshit plan your prince has. The fighting outside is so fierce, and the situation is about to get out of control. He's still thinking about reputation. It's ridiculous."

None of the men in black dared to speak; they simply stood there, frozen in place, for they could not afford to offend either the elders of the Spirit Hall or His Highness.

Yang Ping'an said coldly, "The plan has changed. Everyone go to the palace and set it on fire. I want the entire Tiandou Imperial Palace reduced to nothing."

Before the men in black could say anything, Yang Ping'an glanced at them and a terrifying killing intent suddenly emanated from him. Even though they were all Soul Masters, they felt their whole bodies tremble.

The leader of the men in black quickly said, "Elder, we will carry it out immediately."

At the command of the man in black, all the black men in the palace scattered and left, obviously to set fire to the palace, leaving only the leader still by Yang Ping'an's side.

Yang Ping'an stared intently at the corpse of Emperor Xueye and couldn't help but laugh.

Douluo Continent is a world of cultivation, and also an imperial society. The empire, nobles, and royal family are all high above. However, Yang Ping'an's soul, as a Blue Star person, strongly rejects all of this, and the royal family is the root of all this.

The Heaven Dou Empire is even more abnormal. Its original martial soul was a swan, which was very poor in terms of attack power and other aspects. Yet it was able to rule the entire empire, which makes people a little suspicious.

In the end, Yang Ping'an shook his head, searched the Snow Night Emperor's body for a while, and sure enough, found a storage soul tool in his navel.

"This Qian Renxue is really something. She's already controlling Emperor Xueye, yet she can still hide things on him. How brainless can she be?"

Yang Ping'an glanced casually at the man in black beside him: "Take me to the treasury of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family."

After some hesitation, the man in black, under immense pressure from Yang Ping'an, had no choice but to lead him to a hidden underground chamber.

Yang Ping'an took the key directly from Emperor Xueye's soul tool and opened the treasure vault.

As soon as the two entered the treasure vault, the men in black's eyes lit up. Even Yang Ping'an was surprised. As expected of one of the apparent rulers of the Douluo Continent, the wealth of the Heaven Dou Empire was indeed astonishing.

The room was nearly a thousand meters long and wide, filled with all sorts of treasures. Not to mention the gold soul coins alone, there were boxes containing various treasures, it was simply dazzling.

Yang Ping'an took out the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, which was the largest storage soul tool he currently possessed. With just a thought, countless boxes containing treasures were sucked into the Vast Ocean Universe Cover. In just half a minute, many treasures, along with their shelves, were taken away, along with a large portion of the gold soul coins. All that remained was a large amount of gold soul coins, but conservatively estimated to be no less than several hundred million. Unfortunately, these things were of no use to Yang Ping'an.

Yang Ping'an calmly said to the man in black beside him, "Arrange for someone to take all the gold soul coins. Remember, they must be handed over to the Pope personally."

After saying that, Yang Ping'an left the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace.

In fact, given the strength of the Heaven Dou Empire, it definitely has more than just this treasure trove of wealth; it should have accumulated even more resources. This is probably just the Heaven Dou royal family's hoard.

But no matter the circumstances, money is the only thing that matters. Even though Qian Renxue betrayed the Heaven Dou royal family and all the direct Soul Masters were slaughtered in the original story, Prince Xue Beng was still able to rise rapidly with Tang San's support. Besides the fact that Tang San's side was the strongest, there was also the enormous wealth of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family.

It should be noted that the Heavenly Dou Empire has an army of several million on the surface, and it is a well-equipped army. To control such an army, personnel, food, weapons and other resources are almost indispensable, and all of this is based on having money.

Judging from the outside situation, Qian Renxue's palace coup is likely to fail. Her own mother and grandfather don't care whether she fails or not, so she, as an outsider, is even less likely to care. Besides, letting her learn a lesson might be a better outcome, at least so she won't be so brain-dead in the future.

However, given the current situation of the Heaven Dou Empire, with Emperor Xueye dead, the struggle between the two sides in the palace has become meaningless, since controlling Emperor Xueye is the one who controls the entire Heaven Dou Empire.

Moreover, the direct descendants of the Heavenly Dou royal family should have been slaughtered by him, so the Heavenly Dou Empire has theoretically been destroyed, and at least there will be no more Heavenly Dou royal family in the future.

Yang Ping'an coldly watched the battle in the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace from a distance. With the addition of Yu Xiaogang, Flander and others, Qian Renxue and the others seemed to have begun to fall into a predicament.

Chrysanthemum Douluo, with his level 97 soul power, not only had to restrain Tang Hao, but also needed to assist Qian Renxue from time to time.

Yang Ping'an couldn't help but shake his head as he watched his master fight a bloody battle. Chrysanthemum Douluo was too good to him. If it weren't for this relationship, he wouldn't have come to the Heaven Dou Empire to do these things. But Chrysanthemum Douluo was also extremely loyal to the Spirit Hall, to the point that he was willing to risk his life.

Just then, there seemed to be a flicker in the space, and a huge black vortex appeared, revealing Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi, along with some experts from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Upon witnessing the battle before him, especially the six-winged angel martial soul of Sword Dao Qian Renxue and the numerous titled Douluo from the Spirit Hall, Ning Fengzhi's face was instantly filled with rage. The enormous Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda shone brightly, and a powerful amplification quickly appeared on Tang San and the others.

Ning Fengzhi was originally a mortal enemy of the Spirit Hall. The battle between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School almost led to a fight to the death. In particular, the Porcupine Douluo and Spirit Kite Douluo, who were present at the scene, were among the main culprits in the attack on the Spirit Hall. The two sides were extremely hostile to each other and, regardless of the situation at the scene, decided to attack the Spirit Hall directly.

With the arrival of Ning Fengzhi and others, the stalemate was instantly broken. Ning Fengzhi lived up to his reputation as the number one support soul master on the continent. The amplification from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda greatly increased the strength of Tang San and the others. Even Chrysanthemum Douluo, who was at level 97, soon began to feel uncomfortable.

Yang Ping'an merely glanced at the scene before quietly leaving the palace.

Given Chrysanthemum Douluo and his group's strength, escaping shouldn't be a problem. After all, there are four Title Douluos, which Tang San and his group can't possibly hunt down.

But given the current situation, whichever side wins, it will ultimately be a Pyrrhic victory, not to mention the things they themselves have done.

As Yang Ping'an predicted, the first person to be hit was Qian Renxue. She was the target of everyone's attacks, and she was also the imposter Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. After being surrounded and attacked by Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle, she was seriously injured.

Ignoring Tang Hao's attacks, Chrysanthemum Douluo risked injury to take Qian Renxue away. The other three Title Douluos did their best to cover for Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the group quickly left the Heaven Dou Palace.

After leaving the palace, Qian Renxue recovered after receiving treatment, but her complexion looked extremely pale.

Clearly, both the involvement of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the sudden return of Tang San and his group disrupted her plans. Ironically, Yang Ping'an had already warned her about all of this beforehand. If she had followed Yang Ping'an's advice and not targeted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, or if she had called for more experts to assist her, the outcome would have been different.

In the end, although Qian Renxue was extremely angry with Yang Ping'an, she still ordered the Spirit Masters under the Spirit Hall to do their best to eliminate the Spirit Master Legion affiliated with the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family, at least to destroy the foundation of the Heaven Dou Empire.

As Chrysanthemum Douluo watched Qian Renxue's frenzied behavior, his expression turned extremely ugly. The entire process of the Heaven Dou Palace coup unfolded almost exactly as Yang Ping'an had predicted. In the end, due to Qian Renxue's miscalculation, the operation, which he had been absolutely certain of succeeding, actually failed.

Even Chrysanthemum Douluo himself began to have some self-doubt. Given the current state of the Spirit Hall, could it really unify the world so easily?

Yang Ping'an had already analyzed the current situation for him; the Spirit Hall's advantage wasn't as great as he imagined, and it might even be attacked from both sides, potentially leading to its annihilation. (End of Chapter)