Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

"Since that female pope ascended the throne, she has issued countless decrees, including the free awakening of martial souls for commoners, which has made many soul master families that oppress the common people hate her to death."

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Just as the civil and military officials were arguing endlessly, and the topic of discussion was drifting further and further away, a sprightly old man stepped forward.

His hair was gray, his face was very old and covered with age spots, but his bright eyes were like those of an eagle soaring in the sky, full of terrifying power with every blink.

Although his body now appears gaunt and emaciated, the iron-blooded aura of a soldier remains.

He was once a general who commanded the First Army Group of the Heaven Dou Empire, and is also the most prestigious person in the Heaven Dou military to date.

General Li Qingsong, the Grand General of the Heavenly Strategy.

About twenty years ago, he defeated the Star Luo Empire's army of 300,000 with a force of less than 100,000. Such a brilliant achievement not only laid the foundation for him in the Tiandou military, but also allowed him to successfully enter the ranks of the Empire's generals.

Unfortunately, his achievements overshadowed the emperor, and Li Qingsong was eventually stripped of his military power by the former Emperor Tiandou, Xue Ye, becoming a figurehead in the court at the height of his life.

"Your Majesty, this old minister believes that we may be able to ask Prince Dongqing to bring out that Your Majesty, which may completely resolve this unknown infectious disease."

"Even if she can't cure it, with her power, she can definitely stop this infectious disease that spreads like a plague."

When General Li Qingsong spoke, his hunched back stood ramrod straight, just like an aging pine tree.

"Your Majesty... Elder Li, which Your Majesty from the Spirit Hall are you referring to?"

Upon hearing General Li Qingsong's words, Emperor Qinghe [Qian Renxue] gently pressed down with her hand, silencing all the civil and military officials who dared not speak further.

This young emperor is not someone to be trifled with.

With the help and prestige of two veteran military figures, General Li Qingsong and General Liu Chuang, the majority of the Tian Dou military faction leaned towards this young emperor.

Later, for reasons unknown, Ge Long, the Grand Marshal of the Empire's Armed Forces, also changed his attitude, and the civil and military officials naturally submitted to this emperor.

For Golong, what he longed for was a young and energetic emperor. As long as it wasn't a weak emperor like Emperor Xueye, he would basically vote with his feet.

Simply put, he is loyal to the Heavenly Dou Empire, but not to any particular emperor.

"White Tiger Douluo!" General Li Qingsong of the Heavenly Strategy Army said without hesitation.

"White Tiger Douluo?" Emperor Qinghe [Qian Renxue] asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, the person I am referring to is Her Majesty, a level 93 healing-type Title Douluo. She is currently an elder of the Spirit Hall's Pope lineage and serves as the dean of the Spirit Hall's Elite Soul Master Academy," General Li Qingsong of the Heavenly Strategy Army said earnestly.

Emperor Qinghe [Qian Renxue] asked in confusion: "But as far as I know, although she is a Title Douluo with a healing ability, her healing ability is far inferior to that of the Nine Heart Begonia, and is about the same as that of an ordinary healing martial soul."

"Moreover, I've heard that this White Tiger Douluo has a very volatile temper. Rather than calling her a healing-type Title Douluo, it's more accurate to say she's an offensive-type Title Douluo."

"Now, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has spent over 100 million gold soul coins to hire dozens of healing-type soul masters for their sect leader, who is also my teacher, Ning Fengzhi. In addition, there are the ten imperial physicians that I specially sent before. It seems that he can only barely keep his life hanging by a thread."

After speaking, Emperor Qinghe [Qian Renxue]'s expression remained unchanged as she awaited General Li Qingsong's explanation.

Not only her, but many civil and military officials in the Taiji Hall were waiting for the old general to give his next explanation.

next second.

A deep, aged voice rang out, drawing the attention of everyone present.

“Your Majesty, ever since this unknown infectious disease broke out on a large scale, I have been reading through ancient books, trying to see if there have been any similar plagues in history.”

"Using bronze as a mirror, one can straighten one's clothes; using people as a mirror, one can understand gains and losses; using history as a mirror, one can know the rise and fall of dynasties. Heaven rewards those who persevere. After perusing numerous ancient books, this old minister has finally found a new possibility in the cracks of history."

"According to ancient records, the Sacred White Tiger was born from the extinct Light Tiger clan. It is a special mutated bloodline of the Light Tiger lineage, extremely rare, and is known as the sacred sublimation in the light."

"And this White Tiger Douluo possesses the Sacred White Tiger Martial Soul, which has extremely sacred purifying power, while also having a slight healing effect."

"The unknown infectious disease that is currently ravaging the continent and spreading through soul power, in my opinion, is not a normal plague; it is an unknown curse."

"This curse should be the legendary blood curse. In ancient times, a living dragon cast it, causing great suffering to all living beings. Later, it was purified by the six-winged angel god that the Qian family had always worshipped."

"The Blood Curse is extremely terrifying. Even a faint trace of the curse's aura can cause a mortal to fall seriously ill and become bedridden. Any mortal whose soul power level is below level ninety, and who has not undergone a transformation in their life level, is completely unable to resist the infection of this aura."

"This also explains why this plague-like infectious disease has always given people the feeling that there is a mastermind behind it."

"At the same time, it is precisely because of the behind-the-scenes manipulators that the core high-level members of the Soul Master Legion, the Upper Three Sects and the Lower Four Sects, as well as the various Soul Master families on the continent, below the level of 90 Soul Power, have been infected with this infectious disease that can only be spread through Soul Power."

"You should know that ever since this infectious disease that can be spread through soul power appeared, high-level soul masters above level 30 have been paying attention to their living areas."

"Once they discover this unknown infectious disease, they will control the person and make them stay where they are. But the problem is that many high-level soul masters from the three upper sects, including soul master families, have been inexplicably infected with this unknown infectious disease."

"It is obvious that a mastermind is deliberately spreading a blood curse. In my humble opinion, only the power of divine purification can remove this curse."

After General Li Qingsong finished speaking, he looked at everyone with a very calm gaze, clearly confident in his plan.

however.

The next moment, someone contradicted him.

"Old Li, you really are old and senile. You yourself said that you are a six-winged angel god. In terms of purification power alone, who in the world can compare with the six-winged angel spirit possessed by the Qian family of the Spirit Hall?"

"Although the former Pope Qian Xunji was unfortunately killed by Tang Hao, the Haotian Douluo of the Haotian Sect, his father Qian Daoliu, the peerless Douluo at the peak level 99 who was known as the invincible sky, is still alive."

"This Your Majesty has always been known as one of the pillars of the Spirit Hall, the white jade pillars that support the sky and the purple gold beams that hold up the sea, along with the current female pope Bibi Dong. With these two in the Spirit Hall, it is absolutely impossible for any accidents to happen."

"If it weren't for their apparent discord in private, and the inability of the elders of the Hall of Worship and the Hall of Spirits to work together, this continent would probably have already been completely under the control of the Hall of Spirits."

As for this person who disagrees.

General Li Qingsong of the Heavenly Strategy Army merely glanced at him indifferently and calmly said, "I naturally know that the purification power of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul far surpasses that of the Sacred White Tiger Martial Soul in some respects. But have you thought about how we should persuade him to come out of seclusion?"

"You also know that the current Pope Bibi Dong and that Your Excellency seem to be at odds, and the elders of the Hall of Worship and the Hall of Spirits cannot work together. At present, the only person in the Hall of Spirits who has a good relationship with our Heaven Dou Empire is Prince Dongqing. Are we going to turn to distant places instead of those close by?"

"Although this unknown infectious disease currently relies on soul power to spread, and is more likely to infect low-level soul masters, every day we delay is irresponsible to the people of the Heaven Dou Empire. Do you really want to watch the people suffer?"

The voice just fell.

Emperor Qinghe [Qian Renxue], who was sitting on the dragon throne, was about to speak, saying that she could make that grandfather who was known as invincible in the sky come running over.

But the words stuck in her throat; she couldn't say them. Unlike Dong Qing, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, she had no way of explaining her relationship with Qian Daoliu.

Well known.

That peerless Douluo, who was known as the invincible master of the sky and reached the peak of level 99, has not stepped out of the Hall of Worship for almost ten years.

He only made a brief appearance when he was suppressing the Haotian Sect and chasing after Tang Hao.

However, while Emperor Qinghe [Qian Renxue] was stunned, the civil and military officials were not; they were all patting General Li Qingsong's horse.

“What Elder Li said makes sense. Prince Dongqing and His Majesty Qinghe are brothers. He stayed at the Tiandou Imperial Palace for many days. With his help in making introductions, it should be no problem to invite that White Tiger Douluo.”

"Old Li truly deserves to be called a pillar of the empire!"

"Old Li is right."

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At this moment, in a corner of the Taiji Hall.

A young man, looking rather inexperienced, asked the middle-aged man beside him in a low voice, "Father, could we not have His Highness Dongqing directly invite that so-called invincible being in the sky to come out of the mountains?"

"Under the Emperor's nose, don't call me Father, call me Minister." The middle-aged man glared angrily.

Although he was only the Minister of Works, and among the six ministers, he was neither favored by his maternal grandmother nor his maternal uncle, he was still considered a second-rank minister, and he was always very cautious in his speech.

"Your Excellency..." the young man said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction and said softly, "On this continent, excluding the three upper sects and Seagod Island, the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire are undoubtedly the three overlords."

"Mutual suspicion and the planting of spies are common occurrences."

"Currently, the only one who is on good terms with our Heaven Dou Empire is Prince Dongqing, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall. He is also the personal disciple of the Female Pope of the Spirit Hall, so his relationship with the Grand Elder of the Hall of Worship is probably not that great."

Speaking of it.

The young man couldn't help but interject, "Your Excellency, that's not necessarily true. Perhaps His Highness Dongqing has a close relationship with the direct descendant of that Grand Elder."

A "thud" rang out on the head.

The middle-aged man then looked around and, finding that no one was paying attention to him and his son,...

He turned his head and whispered in the young man's ear, "Qian Daoliu's son, Qian Xunji, was once the Pope of the Spirit Hall and held an extremely prestigious position on this continent."

"Unfortunately, with so many wives and concubines, he has serious fertility problems. To date, there has never been a direct descendant of the Qian family who possesses the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul."

"And even if there really are people of the Qian family's direct bloodline who possess the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, whom we don't know about, who have been living among us in secret, hiding their identities,"

"Two tigers cannot share one mountain, unless one is male and the other female."

"As long as this direct descendant of the Qian family, the six-winged angel, is not a woman, the future ownership of the Spirit Hall's papacy will inevitably face an unimaginable civil war. It's not impossible for the elders of the Spirit Hall and the elders of the Hall of Worship to fight each other."

"Our Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, and even external forces like Seagod Island, will all be aids to that Prince Dongqing in the future, aids to his ascension to the position of Pope of the Spirit Hall."

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At this time.

Just as the middle-aged man was teaching the inexperienced young man a lesson, Dong Qing himself was about to be forcibly promoted by a certain woman.

"Don't do this..."

Chapter 554: Blame me, blame me

The Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, Yangxin Hall. The rear hall, the sleeping quarters.

The palace was decorated in a grand and magnificent style, with exquisitely carved tables and chairs, jade dragon and phoenix screens, and ingenious antique decorations, all of which exuded luxury and nobility.

At the same time, a dragon and phoenix intertwined pattern was carved on tables, chairs, and window sills, and even on transparent gauze curtains, a dragon and phoenix intertwined pattern was embroidered.

However, at this time...

Outside the vast palace, it was so quiet that a pin drop would make a sound. Looking up, there was no one in sight, except for two blurry figures, one large and one small, that could be vaguely seen through the transparent bed curtains at the deepest part of the palace.

"Xue'er, stop fooling around!"

No, I don't want to.

"Your hand....."

"Little Qingqing, listen to your sister and let go of your little hands. I'm doing this for your health. Let me check your body."

"Don't do anything reckless. Her Majesty is secretly a powerful Title Douluo. This is her territory, and she may have been secretly observing us with her spiritual power all along."

"It's alright, she doesn't know. This place is already under someone else's dark domain. Besides, she's busy handling government affairs right now, how could she have the mind to care about matters of the harem!"

The darkness behind the Dark Thousand Blades Snow transformed into a colossal curtain that rapidly enveloped the now-shrunken Dongqing.

Just a moment later.