Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

As expected, Gu Rong opened a spatial portal, and the two of them stepped out together to intercept them.

The commander's clone, enveloped in the power of the strange fire, split off a flame and flew to one side, while the real commander used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to distort the light and continue flying towards the two.

Gu Rong and Tang Chen both subconsciously looked at the ball of flame that had turned and flown away. Gu Rong even opened a spatial portal to intercept it again, but a deadly crisis suddenly struck them.

Tang Chen also sensed something was wrong and suddenly turned around. With the help of his divine power-enhanced vision, he immediately spotted the commander flying away, who was hiding behind distorted light.

However, it was too late, because the commander's clone had already rushed in front of him.

"God's Wrath Fire Lotus!"

Its entire body melted into a lotus flower of flames, each petal representing a different kind of fire, with at least a hundred different kinds at a glance.

What shocked Tang Chen the most were the dozen or so strange flames at the very center that exuded divine power; they were clearly strange flames created with divine power.

Tang Chen didn't care about ordinary strange flames, and even those with extreme attributes were almost useless, unable to even break through his divine armor.

However, those strange flames made from divine power are extremely terrifying, not to mention that so many of them have been gathered together.

Using a different kind of fire of such magnitude to unleash the Divine Wrath Lotus would be absolutely unbearable, especially now that one's divine power is suppressed by the laws of the plane.

Under Tang Chen's shocked and furious gaze, the Divine Wrath Lotus exploded. The sealed space could not withstand such violent power and was shattered, turning into a spatial storm that raged and devoured everything around it.

"Senior!"

Looking at the spatial storm that was blasted apart in the sky, Jiangzhu in the arena was filled with worry.

"Let's go. We can't fight against that level of power. Staying here will only be a burden to our senior."

Huang Yuanqiang calmly stated that they must retreat now.

They originally thought the Clear Sky Sect would still have some sense of shame and wouldn't interfere in the Soul Master Competition, but they overestimated the Clear Sky Sect's integrity. Now they must retreat as soon as possible.

Jiangzhu was well aware of this. Although she was extremely worried, she still used the Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Huang Yuan and Jing Ling. Then, she put the junior students she brought, along with the members of the Plant Team, into a storage soul tool that could store living things, and tore through space to escape.

Tang Xiao, who was engaged in battle, also saw the spatial storm and saw that his grandfather had just been hit head-on. He was shocked and forced Dai Xueyi aside before rushing towards the spatial storm.

Although the spatial storm was terrifying, the laws of the planes were not to be trifled with, and eventually compressed and healed it, restoring it to its original state.

Immediately, a spatial rift appeared, and two figures rushed out from it, both looking quite disheveled. One of them had half of his body blown away.

"grandfather!"

Tang Xiao was shocked to see his grandfather's miserable state and quickly went forward to help him up.

Tang Chen looked terrible at that moment. His left shoulder, left arm, and half of his chest cavity had been blown away, and you could even see his heart beating slightly.

Only the timely intervention of the Asura's divine sense could have controlled the injury; otherwise, even a divine body would have struggled to withstand such damage.

Ignoring Tang Chen's injuries, Shura used his divine sense to communicate with his true form in the God Realm.

The mortal's power grew stronger and stronger. Before even becoming a god, he possessed the power to kill gods with the help of that strange fire. Once he becomes a god and obtains more divine power to create a god-level strange fire, his combat power will inevitably soar even further.

Under the suppression of the laws of this plane, even if Tang San inherited the godhood of the original body, he might not be able to defeat it.

This enormous threat must be eliminated as soon as possible.

Soon, a new divine thought was projected down from the divine realm, transforming into a fiery red phantom, which was the divine thought cast down by the God of Fire.

They cannot act with their physical bodies; this divine sense is the maximum limit.

With control over the power of flames, the Fire God's divine sense quickly sensed something and flew towards a place below.

The Asura Divine Sense controlled Tang Chen's body to follow, with Tang Xiao and Gu Rong close behind.

They quickly landed on the ground, and upon closer inspection, they discovered that it was a small, delicate flame lotus hidden in a murky pool of water.

At the same time, the flaming lotus seemed to realize that its hiding place had been discovered, and the strange fire within it intertwined again, as if it were about to unleash the Divine Wrath Lotus.

Upon seeing the change in the fiery lotus, the Asura Divine Sense immediately unleashed the Asura Demon Sword, pinning it to the spot.

He had already realized that the human was not trying to kill himself, but must have escaped using some method. However, he couldn't sense it, so he contacted his main body and sent down his divine sense of fire, using the other party's control over flames to sense the human's hiding place. Sure enough, he found the mortal's hiding place.

That last sword strike was delivered without holding back, targeting the soul and consciousness, precisely to prevent the opponent from perishing together with him.

Although they are enemies, their talent is truly extraordinary, and their strange fire has boundless potential. Obtaining it would benefit the growth of those chosen ones.

"Interesting flames!"

The Fire God used his divine power to envelop the broken flame lotus in his palm, showing great interest in it.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a strange fire, so after the God King spoke, he immediately agreed to send a divine thought to see what this strange fire was like. Now that he saw it, he felt that the trip was worthwhile.

At the same time, he felt a pang of regret. He had to admire the talent of the mortal who created this system of strange fires, whose value far exceeded that of these strange fires.

Pity!

“I’ll take him back to recover from his injuries. You go and persuade the Star Luo royal family.”

After confirming that the mortal's soul and consciousness had been destroyed, the Asura Divine Sense spoke to Tang Xiao, and then, carrying Tang Chen's remains and the Fire God's Divine Sense, cut through space and returned to the City of Slaughter.

Tang Chen was seriously injured this time, and the resources of this plane alone were not enough to repair him quickly. He would have to rely on the altar in the City of Slaughter to send his main body to the teleportation point for rare and precious materials, just like last time.

Tang Xiao and Gu Rong didn't linger and turned to head towards Xingluo City.

Now that the Crown Prince of Xingluo has been killed, it is natural to cooperate with the Xingluo royal family to establish Dai Mubai as the Crown Prince.

I believe the Star Luo royal family would be very happy to receive a first-level god's position as a gift, and the Star Luo Empire could then be conquered.

Even if the Destroyer of Divine Thought finds a group of inheritors afterward, without a sufficient foundation on this continent, it will still be difficult to achieve anything significant.

However, what they didn't know was that a figure had already arrived at the competition venue outside Xingluo City.

"Weren't you dead?"

In the rest room of the Heavenly Demon team, the Heavenly Demon clone looked at the illusory figure in front of him with a puzzled expression.

According to the original script, this thing should have died, so why is it back?

"My true purpose is to kill Xiao Lang, not me!"

The general's clone rolled its eyes. Having a certain degree of self-awareness, it naturally did not want to die, or at least not to die so tragically.

Knowing that this was going to happen, he created a soul to integrate with the clone he was attached to. After several years, the integration was almost complete, and no one could tell the difference.

Coupled with his superb acting skills, it wouldn't be difficult for him to fool Tang Chen and the others.

Even with the help of the Asura God's divine sense, unless the Asura God himself descends, he absolutely cannot see through it.

So, back when the first Divine Wrath Lotus exploded, he broke away from the clone and escaped under the cover of the spatial storm.

What followed was all part of his pre-planned script, designed to provoke the opponent into attacking again and annihilating that soul. Even if they didn't attack, the backup plan left inside the fire lotus would incinerate that soul.

In this way, there would be no way to prove anything, and everything would be flawless.

Without saying anything more, the commander's avatar merged his divine sense into the demon avatar's body. The demon avatar would then need to keep an eye on things to prevent any flaws from appearing.

Leaving aside the exchange between the two clones, Tang Xiao went straight to the Star Luo Emperor and bluntly stated his intentions and sincerity.

Although Emperor Xingluo was unhappy about the killing of his eldest son, his attitude immediately changed when he heard that his third son had been given the inheritance of a first-level god.

Although they have been nurturing their eldest son, Davis, who has the opportunity to inherit the first-level godhood, it is only a chance. He is far inferior to Dai Mubai, whose position has already been decided.

Their Star Luo royal family already has Dai Xueyi, a second-level god, the White Tiger God. Adding another second-level god wouldn't make much difference. Only a first-level god could allow them to advance further, and in the future, they might even have the hope of unifying the continent.

Although the Clear Sky Sect first established a foothold in the Heaven Dou Empire, they did not believe that the Swan Martial Soul of the Heaven Dou royal family was qualified to inherit a divine position.

Not to mention that Xue Qinghe, who had the best chance of obtaining the divine throne, had already been killed by the Haotian Sect, and the Tiandou royal family was almost wiped out.

Although the message came from a mysterious person, they had already received reports from their spies and could basically confirm its authenticity.

As long as the Heavenly Dou royal family does not have its own god, won't the future continent belong to their Star Luo Empire?

The more he thought about it, the more wonderful it seemed; the Star Luo Emperor had even forgotten the hatred he felt for his beloved son's murder.

"The Haotian Sect is a pack of man-eating tigers, not a pack of cats."

After Tang Xiao left, Dai Xueyi, who had been listening attentively, said in a deep voice, "Although what Tang Xiao said sounded nice, I don't believe it's true."

The only possibility that this is true is that they will arrange a godhood for Dai Mubai, since the Haotian Sect does need the help of the Xingluo Empire right now, and the Tiandou Empire has already been ruined.

However, she did not believe that the empire could use this to unify the continent in the future. In any case, if she were one of the gods in the God Realm, she would never allow the Douluo Continent to be left with only one voice, as that would be detrimental to the rule of the God Realm.

Just like the art of imperial power, the key to controlling one's court officials lies in maintaining a balance. Let those officials divide into factions and fight for their own interests, and the emperor only needs to sit on the throne and maintain the balance between the two sides.

If the court officials are united, the emperor will be the one to suffer.

"Man proposes, God disposes!"

Emperor Xingluo remained steadfast in his belief that it was worth the risk.

Seeing that the Xingluo Emperor's attitude was firm, and the old emperor on the other side also seemed to acquiesce, Dai Xueyi stopped talking and turned to leave the palace.

"The Spirit Hall has existed in this world for far too long!"

The old emperor said in a low voice that unifying the continent had been the goal of all the emperors of their Star Luo Empire, and he was no exception.

Historically, their Star Luo Empire had many opportunities to unify the continent, but unfortunately, they were all ruined by the Spirit Hall.

The Spirit Hall has long been the biggest obstacle on the road to unification. As long as we can take the opportunity to eliminate the Spirit Hall, even if we don't unify the continent in the short term, we will have a chance to take over the Heaven Dou Empire and unify the entire continent in the future.

He didn't believe that the God Realm could keep an eye on them all the time. As long as he found an opportunity, he could completely take over the entire continent. By then, the die would be cast. Even if the God Realm was dissatisfied, with Mu Bai watching over them, it would be enough to preserve their gains.

"But how are we going to explain this to the God of Destruction?"

Emperor Xingluo was somewhat worried. The White Tiger God position, with its white robes, was bestowed by the God of Destruction and was under the God of Destruction's jurisdiction. Now, however, they had turned to the God of Asura, which would inevitably anger the God of Destruction.

"Just drag it down!"

The old emperor chuckled. Their Star Luo Empire would not be loyal to any god, or rather, they would support whoever offered the most benefits, thus maximizing their gains by playing both sides.

Furthermore, the God of Destruction only offered a second-level godhood, while the God of Asura offered a first-level godhood. Did he even need to think about which one to choose?

Furthermore, what descended was merely a wisp of the God of Destruction's divine thought, possessing limited power. As a level 100 god, I believe I am strong enough to withstand the might of the God of Destruction's divine thought.

However, what the father and son did not know was that while they were plotting against others, some people were also plotting against them, and their plots were even more ruthless and decisive. They had even started planning long ago, and now it was time to close the net.

That scheme had a name—the Star Luo Empire Split Plan!

Chapter 650 The Path of the Lame

On the other side, after returning to her residence from the palace, Dai Xueyi soaked in the hot spring water, hoping to relax and calm down so she could seriously consider what had happened.

While he was thinking about something, he suddenly turned his head to look at the drain.

A shadow emerged from the crack in the drain, slowly transforming into a tiger shape, and finally into a tall and powerful figure—Tian's demonic avatar.