Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 543 Sun and Moon Shatter the Heavens, Souls Perish Together
Night fell quickly, and tonight was destined to be a turbulent one.

Tian Dou City at night.

Led by Ye Yulin, there were more than a dozen level-nine soul masters, two hundred Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps members, thousands of Mingde Hall soul masters, and hundreds of thousands of troops.

They left Tianling at an extremely fast speed and headed straight for Tiandou City.

Xue Mo had removed all the sentry posts along the way, and the army arrived at the gates of Tian Dou City without making a sound.

Aside from the few who were involved in the scheme, no one would have known that the Sun Moon Empire could "kill" Du Bu Si and occupy Tianling City so quickly.

The messenger who went to Xingluo to ask for help had just arrived in Xingluo, and on Douling's side, Emperor Xuexin even deliberately did not send anyone.

Under the cover of night, Xue Mo walked to the city wall of Tian Dou City. Under the deliberate efforts of Emperor Xue Xin, the city defense of Tian Dou City is now entirely in his hands.

Xue Mo nodded to Ye Yulin, then waved his hand, and the west gate slowly opened.

Ye Yulin sneered, "Heh, very good. Xue Mo is indeed a beast, betraying his own country without hesitation. In this way, the Heavenly Soul Empire is now under the control of my Sun Moon Empire."

Having reached this point, Ye Yulin had no more doubts about Xue Mo. He led his army into the city and headed straight for the palace, ignoring everything else.

Empress Xuexin sat on her throne in the imperial palace, took a sip of imperial wine, and said, "It has finally come. Today is the day when my Heavenly Soul Empire will be cleansed of its corruption and rebuilt from the ashes. Shrek Academy, you will no longer be able to interfere in our country's affairs, and your names will no longer appear in the history of the Heavenly Soul Empire. Issue the decree."

In an instant, the entire Heavenly Dou City descended into complete chaos.

At the residence of a pro-Shrek official, he was awakened in the middle of the night and was so frightened that he didn't have time to put on his clothes or pack his luggage before thinking about fleeing for his life.

Just then, a small team arrived at his residence. "My lord, Prince Xue Mo has rebelled. The army of the Sun Moon Empire has suddenly attacked the city. The outer city has been breached. His Majesty has summoned the city defense troops, and Lord Jiang Yuan has built a defensive line in the inner city of the palace. We are just waiting to hold out for one night. Reinforcements from all over the country will surely arrive tomorrow. I am here on His Majesty's orders to take you to the palace for refuge."

"Very well, Your Majesty is wise. Thank you, young general." The official was overjoyed, as if he had seen a glimmer of hope.

The same scene unfolded throughout the city, except that only the pro-Shrek faction was rescued and taken to the palace.

Those who had voted against rebuilding Shrek Academy were expelled by the Emperor to the vicinity of the East Gate. At this moment, the Sun Moon Empire was surrounded on all sides, and it was unrealistic to try to escape through any gate. The East Gate could only be said to have less offensive firepower, but if they did not enter the inner city, they would eventually become cannon fodder.

This caused these truly loyal officials to curse the incompetent ruler.

At a time like this, they only want to support the Shrek faction and ignore these truly loyal ministers.

Actually, these guys misunderstood the emperor. Xuexin himself was prepared to die, but he didn't want these truly good ministers to die with him. In fact, the East Gate is the safest place now.

The Sun Moon Empire entered the city through the West Gate, while the East Gate, being the furthest away, was the last to arrive. Even after they arrived, Emperor Xuexin had secretly dispatched all the Title Douluos of the Body Sect to hide in the shadows. Unless the entire main force of the Sun Moon Empire rushed towards this side, they would not be in great danger.

But how could the Sun Moon Empire possibly focus all its attention on this? Their first priority, of course, was to take over the imperial palace.

After the Sun Moon Empire's army entered the city, just as Xue Xin had predicted, they ignored the ordinary people and headed straight for the palace. Several smaller units were sent out to seize the residences of the city's officials in order to control the court.

After all, the Sun Moon Empire wasn't planning to destroy the Heavenly Soul Empire tonight; it only wanted to control them and get everyone to agree to Prince Xue Mo's ascension to the throne. Even if they wanted to discard the donkey after it had served its purpose, they had to wait until the donkey could no longer grind the millstone. Right now, the Heavenly Soul Empire was in chaos, which was detrimental to the Sun Moon Empire's rule.

"Reporting, Your Majesty, it seems there are preparations within the city. The residences of all the officials have been emptied. According to intelligence, most of them have been taken to the inner imperial city for protection by the emperor, while a small number have been driven to the vicinity of the east gate." A Soul Master responsible for delivering information knelt before Ye Yulin and reported.

"Oh, it seems this emperor isn't so incompetent after all. He's quite swift in his actions. We entered the city in less than half an hour, and he already guessed our purpose. If it weren't for Prince Xue Mo's assistance, we would have had no chance of taking the capital." Ye Yulin said, looking at Xue Mo.

Xue Mo respectfully cupped her hands in greeting, "Not at all, Your Majesty Xingkong is too kind. Now that I have made up my mind to surrender to the Sun and Moon Empire, I am certain of my loyalty. I only hope that Your Majesty will reward me according to my merits and not let me lose my title of king."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, starting tomorrow, you will be the King of Heavenly Souls. Now, follow me into the inner imperial city and take over the palace!" With a command from Ye Yulin, the army fiercely rushed towards the imperial city.

He originally thought that since Emperor Xuexin had made preparations, the palace would be difficult to take, but he did not expect that the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Corps would break through the inner city gate in just two rounds of bombardment.

The army surged in like a tide and soon arrived at the square in front of the main hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's going on? Didn't you say that you had already set up defenses in the capital?" Some officials were so frightened that they lost their composure.

Because in the sky, countless soul guide cannons from soul masters were already pointing in this direction.

Ye Yulin walked towards this place step by step in the air, his demeanor truly living up to his name as the Starry Sky Douluo.

"Are you the Great Emperor Xuexin?" Ye Yulin asked.

"Nice to meet you, Your Majesty Starry Sky!" Emperor Xuexin nodded and looked at Ye Yulin without fear.

"As expected of a ruler, you remain so calm in such a situation. I truly admire you." Ye Yulin said, "His Majesty has long admired you. I, Ye Yulin, dare to ask you to abdicate the throne to your son, Prince Xuemo, and then come with me to Mingdu. I can guarantee that I will not harm your life."

"Heh, you won't take my life? I'm truly grateful. It's just a pity that I don't intend to leave this palace alive today. Of course, not only me, but everyone here won't be able to leave!!!" Xue Xin seemed to have no time to chat with Ye Yulin, and directly used the most ferocious expression to say the most terrifying words.

For a moment, everyone was terrified by his sudden burst of murderous intent.

The minister closest to him asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what is this?"

"Hehe, my dear minister, I wasn't lying when I said I had set up defenses in this palace," said the Great Emperor Xuexin. "But these defenses aren't meant to stop the Sun and Moon Army from entering; they're meant to prevent everyone from leaving!"

"What do you mean?" Ye Yulin asked in surprise.

Just then, he suddenly felt a violent tremor right below him, as if something was about to burst out of the ground.

He had seen such a scene before.

"Quickly, all troops, listen to my command and leave the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace!" Ye Yulin shouted angrily.

This emperor is insane! He must be insane! He's buried soul-guided element bombs all over his own palace!

You really can't blame him for being careless; after all, he would never have dreamed of something like this!
(End of this chapter)