Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

With Qian Renxue's ruthless actions, all the affiliated Soul Masters of the Heaven Dou Royal Family were slaughtered. At the same time, the entire Heaven Dou Royal Palace was engulfed in flames, which seemed difficult to extinguish.

Especially when Tang San and his group broke into Emperor Xue Ye's palace, Emperor Xue Ye had already been decapitated and was beyond dead.

In other words, after all their efforts, Tang San and his companions did not achieve their ultimate goal. Without the support of Emperor Xue Ye, neither Prince Xue Xing nor Prince Xue Beng could rightfully inherit the throne.

Helpless, everyone had no choice but to take the body of Emperor Xueye out of the palace. Otherwise, if Emperor Xueye had been burned to ashes, they would have had even more trouble explaining themselves. At least for now, Emperor Xueye had the poison of the Martial Soul, which could be said to have been administered by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

After leaving the palace, which had turned into a sea of ​​fire, they went to Prince Xuexing's aid again. Unfortunately, Prince Xuebeng, Prince Xuexing, and even Princess Xueke and all of Prince Xuebeng's descendants were now dead.

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the others all looked at each other, unsure of how to handle the situation. Without a member of the Heaven Dou royal family, how could the empire be maintained? And who could truly command the respect of the people?

It's important to understand that the stability of the Heaven Dou Empire, along with its million-strong army, forms the foundation for their future confrontation with the Spirit Hall. Without the empire, all the nobles and millions of troops would be nothing more than a disorganized mess.

Now, no matter who they support as emperor, or even if one of them becomes emperor themselves, they will basically be unable to win the support of the people, not to mention the hidden danger of the imposter Xue Qinghe.

Especially this time, Qian Renxue has gone all out, wiping out the entire Soul Master Legion of the Heaven Dou Royal Family. Most of the newly trained Soul Masters trained by Yu Xiaogang have also been wiped out. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has suffered further losses due to the siege. Moreover, without the proof and endorsement of the Heaven Dou Royal Family, Ning Fengzhi is in even more trouble.

It should be noted that Ning Fengzhi was Xue Qinghe's teacher and originally had intricate ties with the Crown Prince's Mansion. Moreover, this time he was directly besieged by the royal soul masters and army. Even if he won, it seemed he could not shake off the reputation of being a traitor.

Ning Fengzhi, having weathered many storms, immediately grasped the key point: "Tang San, Master, Brother Tang Hao, we must take action as soon as possible. We must first establish an emperor, otherwise, everything we do will be illegitimate, and then we'll be in real trouble."

Tang San also looked conflicted: "Sect Leader Ning, that's true, but the direct descendants of the Heaven Dou royal family are basically all dead. We can't just conjure up a member of the Xue family, can we?"

Ning Fengzhi thought carefully for a while, then his face darkened: "Even if there are no direct descendants, collateral descendants will do. I refuse to believe that we can't find any members of the Xue family. If neither Emperor Xue Ye nor Prince Xue Xing's family has anyone, then we'll look in the branches of Emperor Xue Ye's father's generation. We're sure we can find them."

Everyone present fell silent. Apart from Ning Fengzhi and Tang San, who had some intelligence, the others were simply not cut out for this.

Tang Hao, Yang Wudi, Titan, and the like are all physically strong but simple-minded. They're fine talking about their cultivation experiences, but asking them to plot against the royal family is probably harder than killing them.

As for Yu Xiaogang and Flander, they were just ordinary advanced soul master academy teachers and had no political experience whatsoever.

The impetuous Yang Wudi bluntly said, "Isn't it just an emperor? At worst, we can just randomly elect one from among so many people. It's not like the Heavenly Dou Empire will cease to exist without the Xue family."

Ning Fengzhi shook his head: "Mr. Yang Wudi, things are not that simple. The various forces within the Tiandou Empire are intricately intertwined. In addition to the various nobles in Tiandou City, there are many generals leading troops, and even five major duchies and countless duchies under their command. If these forces were not under the rule of the Xue family, chaos could break out at any time, not to mention that even within the Tiandou Empire's territory, there are more than ten provinces."

"If it did not possess absolute credibility and authority, the entire Heaven Dou Empire could fall apart at any time. At that point, let alone fighting against the Spirit Hall, even the Star Luo Empire would begin to encroach on the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire."

Tang San seemed to understand the seriousness of the situation: "In that case, let's find a member of a collateral branch of the Xue family to inherit the throne as soon as possible, and at the same time quickly gather the army. Perhaps there is still hope."

Ning Fengzhi sighed: "This is the only thing we can do now. The Heaven Dou royal family suffered enormous losses this time, and Emperor Xue Ye did not leave behind any edict of succession, so there is still a great hidden danger. I'm afraid the Spirit Hall will use this as an excuse to cause trouble again."

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The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has been under continuous attacks and only wants to find a safe place to develop and restore its strength, but the Heaven Dou Empire is probably not a place of trouble either.

Meanwhile, after their escape, Qian Renxue and the others finally returned to the Spirit Hall.

At this moment, in the main hall of the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong's face was extremely cold. Chrysanthemum Douluo and Spirit Kite Douluo gave detailed reports on the failure of this operation. In particular, Chrysanthemum Douluo's account of Tang San, Tang Hao, Yu Xiaogang, and others storming into the palace and disrupting the Heaven Dou Palace Coup made her face extremely ugly.

It should be noted that Tang San and Tang Hao were originally gathering the four single-attribute families to form a new sect to fight against the Spirit Hall. The Spirit Hall even sent a large number of people to ambush them, but although they suffered heavy losses, they returned empty-handed. At least the higher-ups and direct descendants were not seriously injured.

Bibi Dong stared intently at Qian Renxue: "Is this what you call thorough preparation? Is this what you mean by planning a swift and decisive victory? Let's see what kind of plan this is."

Qian Renxue's face also showed resentment: "This is not my fault, but yours. If you had followed the plan and ambushed and killed the four single-attribute families and Tang San and the others, Tang San and Yang Wudi would not have disrupted the Heavenly Dou Palace coup. How could such a big change have occurred?"

"Especially Tang Hao, who escaped from your clutches back then, isn't that your fault?"

Bibi Dong gripped her scepter and shook the ground, unleashing a powerful force that sent Qian Renxue flying several meters away. Even Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo present were terrified. It seemed that Bibi Dong's strength had increased significantly after absorbing the 100,000-year soul ring.

Looking at Qian Renxue's stubborn face, Bibi Dong finally sighed: "Well, although this plan has failed, the general trend of the world is still on our side. As long as we move forward steadily, the plan can still be realized."

Just then, someone came to report the situation. This person was the minor leader who had kidnapped Emperor Xueye, and he looked rather serious.

The underling, named Huang Qiang, immediately knelt down upon entering the main hall: "Your Holiness the Pope and all the elders, Your Highness, I have successfully completed my mission."

Everyone looked at Huang Qiang with anger in their eyes. They were already furious, and now someone like him had come to spoil the mood. It was like adding fuel to the fire.

Bibi Dong scoffed coldly, "What do you have to report? When did I give you any instructions?"

Seeing the situation before him, Huang Qiang was immediately filled with fear, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

Qian Renxue, however, seemed a little surprised: "Weren't you holding Emperor Xueye hostage? I remember there was a fire in the palace, why are you back at the Spirit Hall?"

Huang Qiang quickly explained, "Your Highness, I was ordered by the Pope to set fire to the palace, which is why the entire palace was reduced to ashes."

Qian Renxue was a little confused: "What? You set the fire in the palace? Who gave the order?"

Huang Qiang was already trembling with fear under Qian Renxue's gaze, and could only helplessly look at Pope Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong was also a little puzzled: "Stand up and speak. Who gave you the order? Explain in detail what happened?"

Huang Qiang's legs seemed a little weak, and he quickly said, "During the great battle at the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, I was ordered by His Highness to protect Emperor Xue Ye. A person dressed in black and wearing a mask came and killed Emperor Xue Ye directly. He then took the Pope's decree and ordered us to set fire to the palace with all our might."

"All those holding the Pope's Decree are elders of my Spirit Hall. His strength is clearly much greater than mine, so I had no choice but to obey. In addition, under his leadership, we intercepted the Heaven Dou Royal Family's treasury. He wants me to bring the gold soul coins back to the Spirit Hall and hand them over to the Pope personally."

After Huang Qiang finished speaking, he took out a bunch of soul tools from his body, which all looked like they were filled with gold soul coins, obviously in large quantities.

Bibi Dong instantly understood the crux of the matter: "You mean to say that Emperor Xue Ye is dead? And that you've obtained all the treasures of the Heaven Dou Royal Family?"

Huang Qiang nodded hurriedly: "Your Holiness, I personally witnessed the elder kill Emperor Xueye. Furthermore, after I led him into the treasure vault, he directly took out a blue crystal and took all the treasures along with most of the gold soul coins. The rest are all here. I absolutely did not keep anything from him."

Upon hearing about the blue crystal, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Qian Renxue exchanged a glance. Judging from the situation, this so-called Spirit Hall elder was probably Yang Ping'an. They hadn't expected that he was also present at the time, and that he had killed Emperor Xue Ye and taken away the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury.

Chrysanthemum Douluo quickly spoke up: "Your Holiness, please forgive Yang Ping'an for rashly impersonating an elder of the Spirit Hall."

Bibi Dong waved her hand: "Elder Ju, Yang Ping'an did a very good job this time. I originally thought that the Heaven Dou Palace Coup had failed, but I didn't expect that he could turn the situation around and bring back a lot of resources for my Spirit Hall. He deserves to be credited with a great contribution this time."

Qian Renxue was a little puzzled: "Isn't it just killing Emperor Xueye? What great achievement is that? Besides, he was clearly there at the time. If he had helped us, we might not have failed given his strength."

Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow, instantly becoming somewhat angry: "What do you know? Is this what you've learned in all these years in the Heaven Dou Empire? You don't even understand basic power struggles, yet you dare to say you've been the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire for so many years."

"Yang Ping'an killed Emperor Xue Ye. Whoever inherits the throne will be illegitimate and have no legitimacy. As long as you, the crown prince, reappear, even with all the rumors, you will be the only legitimate heir in the Heaven Dou royal family."

Qian Renxue's face darkened. With her intelligence, she naturally understood Yang Ping'an's purpose in doing this. At least in terms of intelligence, he absolutely crushed her.

Seeing Huang Qiang's hesitant expression, Bibi Dong waved her hand and said, "You have done a great service for my Spirit Hall this time. Just say what you have to say."

Huang Qiang managed to muster his strength and said, "Your Holiness, my men and I left the palace quite late. We heard from our men that Prince Xuexing and Prince Xuebeng are all dead. Although I haven't confirmed it personally, it's probably true."

Qian Renxue was surprised: "How is this possible? The people I sent to attack Prince Xuexing's mansion reported that the operation failed and they did not manage to enter the mansion."

Huang Qiang simply stood there in silence. The aura of these people was too strong; it was not a place for him to stand.

Bibi Dong couldn't help but laugh: "Not bad, not bad at all. It seems that this Yang Ping'an has some tricks up his sleeve. I thought the Heavenly Dou Palace coup had failed, but I didn't expect there to be such an unexpected surprise."

Qian Renxue was a little confused: "What does this have to do with us? It's just that some members of the Heaven Dou royal family died, right?"

Bibi Dong shook her head: "You still need to learn a lot from Yang Ping'an. At least in terms of strategy, you are far behind him."

"Now that all the official heirs of the Heaven Dou royal family are basically dead, it means that no matter who Tang San and his group put on the throne, they probably won't be able to win over the people. The Heaven Dou Empire may fall apart this time."

Everyone then realized the true purpose of Yang Ping'an's move. In this way, the Spirit Hall had indeed eliminated a major threat and even gained something.

While Gold Soul Coins might be of little use to high-level Soul Masters, they are fundamental to a nation. A large quantity of Gold Soul Coins is absolutely essential for recruiting troops and forging weapons. (End of Chapter)