Douluo Continent: I teach and nurture students at Tianshui Academy!

As the person in charge of the operation to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult, Gu Shenge naturally sat in the main seat.

Below him are Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School; Xue Qinghe, the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire; Yu Luomian, the elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; Zhu Xiaofeng, the grand marshal of the Star Luo Empire; the sect leaders of the four lower sects; and representatives of various kingdoms and soul master forces.

Bibi Dong sat on the throne at the top, watching the meeting, her gaze occasionally glancing at Xue Qinghe, a hint of tension in her eyes.

"Thanks to His Holiness the Pope's favor, I will be in charge of this operation to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult. Do you all have any objections?"

Gu Shenge stood up and spoke with a smile. Everyone present had either seen or heard of Gu Shenge's achievements and strength, so they naturally had no objection to him being appointed as the commander of the extermination operation.

Ning Fengzhi spoke first: "Your Majesty Haoyang, since you are the commander of this operation, you must already have a good understanding of the Demon Soul Sect. May I ask where we should begin?"

It wasn't that Ning Fengzhi was making things difficult for Gu Shengge. After all, his daughter was the other party's disciple, so how could he possibly make things difficult for her? It was just a simple inquiry.

Gu Shenge nodded, and a piece of intelligence appeared in her hand. It was the intelligence that the Demon Soul Cult leader had given to Bibi Dong, about the Demon Soul Cult's strongholds on the Douluo Continent.

Bibi Dong initially didn't believe that the Demon Soul Cult Leader would betray his own people, but her intuition told her that the information was true.

To this end, Bibi Dong arranged for people to investigate several locations, which were indeed gathering places of evil soul masters of the Demon Soul Cult. However, in order not to alert them and to wipe them out, they decided to investigate.

Gu Shenge opened the intelligence report and pointed to it, saying to everyone, "This is the location of the Demon Soul Sect's strongholds, which the Spirit Hall has investigated. However, the Spirit Hall cannot be 100% certain that they are all true. After all, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and it is normal for some to be false. So, we will have to trouble you all to spend more time verifying them one by one."

Everyone's attention was focused on the intelligence report. When the Grand Marshal of the Star Luo Empire saw the location on the report, his expression changed slightly.

Damn it, they're all within the Star Luo Empire's territory! The Star Luo Empire has become a rat's den!

Representatives from other factions also recognized that these places were all within the territory of the Star Luo Empire, and they all looked at Zhu Xiaofeng with inexplicable expressions in their eyes.

You seem to know this place well, why don't you show everyone around?

Zhu Xiaofeng couldn't help but ask Gu Shenge, "Your Majesty Haoyang, how come all these places are within the territory of my Star Luo Empire? Where is the Heavenly Dou Empire?"

They're all from Xingluo, so why aren't there any from Tiandou? This is discrimination! Discrimination!

Gu Shenge wasn't familiar with the area where intelligence was available, and he felt embarrassed after hearing what the Grand Marshal of Xingluo said.

Chapters 161-160: Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Witch

"Marshal Zhu, this intelligence was obtained by the Spirit Hall's Spirit Masters in the Star Luo Empire. The Heaven Dou Empire and other places are also investigating, and it will need to be sent over after a period of time."

Seeing that her husband couldn't answer immediately, Bibi Dong, who was sitting on the throne, immediately stepped in to help him out.

Hearing the Pope's reply, Zhu Xiaofeng had doubts, but since they were in the Spirit Hall, he didn't dare to ask any further questions.

However, this is also good. Eliminating the Demon Soul Sect stronghold of the Star Luo Empire will also benefit the Star Luo Empire.

Looking at his wife who had come to his rescue, Gu Shenge mentally made a heart shape with his hands. However, he was also puzzled as to why there were only those from the Star Luo Empire and not those from other places.

"Your Majesty Haoyang, shall we begin with the Star Luo Empire, or wait for the other intelligence to arrive before we begin?"

Yu Luomian, an elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, asked Gu Shenge a question, but Gu Shenge shook her head.

"No, let's start with the Haotian Sect."

Upon hearing that they were to attack the Haotian Sect, everyone present changed their expressions, including Bibi Dong.

Shouldn't we be wiping out the Demon Soul Cult? What does this have to do with the Haotian Sect?

"The Haotian Sect? What's their connection with the Demon Soul Sect...?"

Before Yu Luomian could finish speaking, he suddenly remembered something and stopped abruptly. Then, the others also guessed why they wanted to take action against Haotian Sect.

Because of Tang Hao.

Twelve years ago, the reason why the Haotian Sect closed its mountain was because Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Witch of the Demon Soul Sect fell in love.

Gu Shenge learned about these things from the records of the Spirit Hall over the past two days.

Unlike the original story, Tang Hao's love interest is not the Blue Silver Emperor, but the former Holy Maiden of the Demon Soul Sect, the Blue Silver Witch.

Although the Blue Silver Witch is the Holy Maiden of the Demon Soul Cult, her innate soul power is not high. On the contrary, it is said that she is only at level one or two. However, she reached the Soul Douluo level in her thirties, and her combat power is comparable to that of a Title Douluo.

The reason is that her Blue Silver Grass martial soul is a mutated martial soul, possessing the special ability to devour the flesh and soul of living beings to grow.

In her quest to become stronger, the Blue Silver Witch devoured the lives and souls of countless innocent people, including many outstanding juniors from various Soul Master factions, such as the Clear Sky Sect.

During a chase after the Blue Silver Witch, the brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao developed a relationship with her that was unknown to outsiders. The two brothers fought fiercely for her, and Tang Hao won in the end. Under the Blue Silver Witch's introduction, he joined the Demon Soul Cult.

Twelve years ago, the former Pope encountered Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Witch while traveling. It was not a coincidence, but rather Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Witch actively sought out Qian Xunji.

Because the Blue Silver Witch needed to devour a large amount of flesh and soul to break through to level 90, they heard from somewhere that Qian Xunji had been severely injured several years ago and, despite having the cultivation of a Title Douluo, could not unleash even 40-50% of it. So they approached him, wanting to devour Qian Xunji to improve their cultivation.

Then the three engaged in a great battle, the details of which are unknown. All that is known is that the Blue Silver Witch perished, Tang Hao severely injured Qian Xunji, and Qian Xunji died after returning to the Spirit Hall.

Because of Tang Hao, the Spirit Hall shifted its anger to the Clear Sky Sect. Unable to withstand the Spirit Hall's wrath, the Clear Sky Sect chose to retreat into seclusion.

Gu Shenge was also dumbfounded when she finished reading the record; there were just too many changes.

The record also states that the Blue Silver Witch gave birth to a child for Tang Hao.

In other words, Tang San was not born to the Blue Silver Emperor, but to the Blue Silver Witch.

"Although the Haotian Sect has closed its gates, Tang Hao is still outside. I plan to ask everyone to put pressure on the Haotian Sect together so as to force Tang Hao out."

Gu Shenge's target was not the Haotian Sect, but Tang Hao.

He wanted to force Tang Hao out and ask him what was going on with Tang San, whether the Tang San appearing before him was the real one, or someone impersonating him. Or perhaps the resurrected Tang San was real, and the previous one was just a substitute.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked thoughtful.

Tang Hao has joined the Demon Soul Sect. If we can force him out and capture him, we might be able to extract more information about the Demon Soul Sect from him.

But Haotian Sect is, after all, one of the three upper sects.

The three sects are closely connected, so Ning Fengzhi and Yu Luomian couldn't bring themselves to harm them.

As the Crown Prince of Tiandou, Xue Qinghe's residence in Haotian Sect is not far from Tiandou City. If he forces the mountain now, he will probably settle accounts with the Tiandou royal family after the matter is over.

The Star Luo Empire and the Lower Four Sects did not have this concern.

The Star Luo Empire is far from the Clear Sky Sect, and the four lower sects have already secretly submitted to the Spirit Hall, so they are naturally not afraid of the Clear Sky Sect.

However, the representatives of those kingdoms and soul master forces dared not offend the Clear Sky Sect.

Faced with Gu Shenge's suggestion, none of them dared to speak.

Seeing that Ning Fengzhi and the others remained silent, clearly disagreeing with his method, Gu Shenge had anticipated this.

"In that case, let's switch. I'll go to the Haotian Sect and force Tang Hao out, while you all will be responsible for wiping out the Demon Soul Sect's strongholds within the Star Luo Empire. How does that sound?"

Hearing Gu Shenge's new suggestion, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They would naturally do their best to help deal with the Demon Soul Sect, but it was indeed difficult to deal with the Haotian Sect.

Ning Fengzhi, Yu Luomian, and the others nodded in agreement, and they split up to carry out their plans.

Since the intelligence indicated that the Demon Soul Cult's strongholds were all in the Star Luo Empire, and given the situation between the two empires, the Heavenly Dou Empire was hesitant to send anyone to intervene. Xue Qinghe withdrew from this extermination operation, planning to participate again once the Heavenly Dou Empire's strongholds were identified.

The group began assigning tasks. Ning Fengzhi was the first to speak.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will send two hundred disciples to assist you, and our Sword and Bone Douluo will also accompany us."

Upon hearing that Sword and Bone Douluo would be accompanying them, everyone else showed delight.

Ning Fengzhi originally only planned to send Bone Douluo, but because Ning Rongrong was also among them, Sword Douluo also accompanied them to protect her.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School no longer has a Title Douluo in charge, it is protected by the army of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Yu Luomian was not to be outdone: "Three hundred disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, plus eight Soul Douluo elders."

Unlike the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has two Title Douluos, with only Yu Yuanzhen in charge of overseeing the clan.

Representatives from other forces also sent out the number of their own Soul Masters. Then everyone looked at Gu Shenge, wondering how many people the Spirit Hall had sent.

"The Spirit Hall will send four elders to accompany us, along with a thousand spirit masters."

Before Gu Shenge could speak, Bibi Dong, who was sitting on the throne, spoke up.

A thousand Soul Masters, which is equivalent to the total number of Soul Masters they sent out, plus four Title Douluo Elders, what a grand gesture!

As expected of the Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong originally only planned to send Ju and Gui Douluo, but considering that Gu Shenge was going to Haotian Sect alone, she sent two more elders to accompany her.

Gu Shenge nodded to Bibi Dong, then asked the others, "I wonder if five days is enough time for everyone to mobilize their manpower?"

Ning Fengzhi and the others nodded in agreement; five days was enough.

Chapters 162-161: Alone at the Haotian Sect

The Haotian Sect is located 300 miles east of Tiandou City. As the former number one sect in the world, the Haotian Sect once possessed an extremely vast territory.

However, due to the sins committed by Tang Hao twelve years ago, the entire Clear Sky Sect was implicated, leading to the sect's seclusion and retreat from the world. Apart from the sect's ancestral mountain, all other territories were forced to be abandoned, and even the soul master forces that followed them were abandoned by the Clear Sky Sect.

Although the Haotian Sect has not appeared in public in recent years, some disciples still travel around the continent. In addition, the Haotian Sect is already very famous, so even though they have closed their mountains and gone into seclusion, many people still know where they are.

With five days remaining before the official siege of the Demon Soul Sect, Gu Shenge arrived at the Haotian Sect ahead of schedule to see if she could force Tang Hao out before the operation began.

The purpose was twofold: first, to inquire about Tang San; and second, to obtain more information about the Demon Soul Cult.

A golden flame landed, and Gu Shenge appeared outside a small village. Although the village was small, it was an outpost of the Haotian Sect, and the residents were all collateral descendants of the Haotian Sect.

At the entrance of the mountain village, several middle-aged people who had returned from working in the fields saw Gu Shenge suddenly appear at the village gate. Their expressions changed, and they all stepped forward to surround her.

The middle-aged man leading the group was burly and dressed in coarse linen. He was tall and strong, with muscles in his arms that looked like solidified rocks, making him incredibly powerful and strong.

Seeing that Gu Shenge was dressed in extraordinary clothes and had a powerful aura, he became wary. Then, four soul rings appeared under his feet, two yellow and two purple.

Behind the burly middle-aged man, three middle-aged men who looked like farmers also displayed their cultivation levels: two Great Soul Masters and one Soul Venerable.

It's no wonder they were once the number one sect in the world; even the outer disciples guarding the outposts possess considerable strength.

The leader of the Soul Sect looked at Gu Shenge warily and reprimanded him.

"Please leave. We do not welcome outsiders here."

The Haotian Sect has been secluded from the world for a long time, and they do not welcome anyone else except for disciples who are traveling.

Faced with several collateral disciples of the Haotian Sect who wanted to expel him, Gu Shenge unceremoniously released a portion of his aura. Since they were unwelcome guests, there was no need to be too concerned about etiquette.

The terrifying aura of the peerless Douluo forced the four disciples to their knees.

Immediately afterward, nine soul rings rose from beneath Gu Shenge's feet—two purple, six black, and one red—and their immense, unparalleled power surged into the sky, disrupting the clouds and announcing his arrival to the Haotian Sect.