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

"Uh...sorry!"

Just as the demon avatar was about to speak, he saw the fair-skinned figure in the hot spring pool. His gaze followed the white tiger divine beast upwards, swept over the snowy plains, then the two magnificent snow-capped mountains, and finally met a perfect jade face with a murderous aura. He quickly apologized, then turned away, feeling a little embarrassed.

I was looking for a girl to talk to about serious business, but it turned out she was taking a bath.

Although Dai Xueyi was unhappy that her whole body had been seen, she could tell that this person must have come for something, so she didn't care much. She got up and walked out of the hot spring, and then manifested the White Tiger Divine Armor and put it on.

"What are you here for?"

Dai Xueyi sat down on the sofa and wondered what the purpose of this visit was.

The demonic clone walked to the sofa opposite and sat down. He waved his hand and created a shadow, from which a figure emerged – his father-in-law, the Netherworld Duke.

"cousin!"

Upon seeing that it was the Grand Duke of the Underworld, Dai Xueyi nodded to him.

Her mother came from the Youming Zhu family and was the cousin of the Grand Duke of Youming. They were cousins ​​and always addressed each other as brother and sister in private. She even grew up in the Youming Zhu family when she was a child.

The Grand Duke of the Underworld sat on the sofa in silence, his face filled with sorrow and resentment.

This expression made Dai Xueyi sit up straight, knowing that something must have happened.

“Aunt Xueyi, this is Davis’s martial soul. With your strength as a true god, you should be able to see the secrets within it.”

The Heavenly Demon clone spoke on his behalf, taking out the Netherworld White Tiger, a martial soul he had obtained after Davis was killed by Tang Chen.

Upon hearing about his nephew, Dai Xueyi felt a pang of sadness, but she still accepted the martial spirit.

She knew that her nephew's martial soul had evolved into the Netherworld White Tiger. Although she was surprised, she didn't think much of it.

After all, Davis's mother also came from the Netherworld Zhu family and had the Netherworld Spirit Cat martial soul bloodline in her body, which could explain why her martial soul would mutate and evolve into the Netherworld White Tiger.

Judging from the way my cousin and nephew-in-law act, things are probably not simple.

Suppressing her grief, Dai Xueyi carefully observed the Netherworld White Tiger's martial spirit. Her expression gradually became more serious, and then turned into coldness and anger.

How could this happen?

Looking up at the two people opposite her, Dai Xueyi was incredulous.

She herself possessed the White Tiger Martial Soul, and coupled with the power she inherited from a second-level god, it wasn't difficult for her to discern the true nature of this Martial Soul.

The result was unbelievable to her. It wasn't the martial soul mutation and evolution that her nephew had mentioned before, but simply a martial soul fusion skill that fused with another martial soul, the Netherworld Cat martial soul.

Neither the martial spirit aura nor the soul power aura were perfectly integrated with Davis's White Tiger martial spirit; the integration was forced.

So where did this Netherworld Cat Martial Soul come from?

At this moment, the Grand Duke of the Underworld took out a family genealogy and gestured for Dai Xueyi to look at it herself.

Looking at the family tree, Dai Xueyi became increasingly uneasy, but she eventually opened it to look at it. Many familiar names came into view, and quite a few of them were her childhood playmates.

But now these people's names are crossed out with scarlet red pen, giving off an ominous feeling.

Moreover, Dai Xueyi suddenly realized that she hadn't seen these people for a long time.

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked at Davis's martial spirit, and a chill rose from his heart.

How could they do that?

Holding the family genealogy book tightly in her delicate hand, Dai Xueyi felt immense sorrow in her heart. How could her family do such a thing?

We're all one family!

Dai Xueyi was, after all, a strong woman. Despite her immense grief and anger, she managed to calm herself down and asked, "What do you plan to do?"

Things have already progressed to this point and there's no going back. Now it's up to the Netherworld Zhu family to decide what to do.

Although she had only seen these two pieces of evidence, she was basically certain that it was true, and some of her previous doubts had been resolved. The Star Luo Royal Family had indeed persecuted the Netherworld Zhu Family.

Even when the old emperor sent Zhu Zhuyu that divine test document, she was very puzzled. That inheritance should have belonged to the previous generation of the Netherworld Grand Duke, so why was it sent by the old emperor?

Now I understand, it's likely that the old emperor swallowed the Underworld Duke, which is how he became a god.

That's too cruel, too outrageous!

"Using the Xingluo River as the dividing line, the north is divided between our Youming Zhu family and those kingdoms, while the south belongs to the Xingluo royal family."

Having revealed the outcome of his plan, the Grand Duke of the Underworld was now prepared to go all out.

The Star Luo royal family has gone too far. For thousands of years, the Youming Zhu family has been loyal to the Star Luo royal family. Who would have thought that they would be betrayed and destroyed? In the blink of an eye, more than half of their Youming Zhu family members have been killed.

It was because he discovered this that he used the previous Soul Master Competition to contact his eldest daughter, and then contacted his son-in-law to start planning this matter.

Five years later, all preparations were complete, and they even formed an alliance with the kings of those kingdoms to jointly annex the Star Luo Empire.

They couldn't swallow the entire Star Luo Empire, but half of it wouldn't be a problem.

Once that half of the Star Luo Empire is annexed and digested, it can be used as a foundation to slowly devour the remaining half.

Dai Xueyi fell silent, her heart filled with conflict.

As a member of the Star Luo Empire, she disliked this division, but the persecution of her own clan made it impossible for her to speak up and offer advice.

Seeing his aunt's predicament, the Heavenly Demon clone kindly suggested, "Zhu Yun and I both know that Aunt will be in a difficult position regarding this matter. After discussing it, we would like to invite Aunt to take up the position of Dean at the Heavenly Demon Academy, while also guarding against the Spirit Hall taking the opportunity to interfere in the Star Luo Empire's affairs..."

The demon clone spoke very sincerely, gradually breaking down Dai Xueyi's psychological defenses with reason and emotion.

Dai Xueyi listened in silence, then remembered the previous deal with Haotian Sect, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "I agree."

She was indeed torn between two options in this matter. Although she came from the Star Luo royal family, her family had committed such heinous acts and persecuted her own clan. She really could not face those clansmen anymore, so leaving was one option.

Moreover, her divine position came from the God of Destruction, but now the royal family has sided with the God of Asura, which will inevitably anger the God of Destruction. Therefore, it is better for her to leave Xingluo.

At the same time, dividing Xingluo in two will also reduce the Haotian Sect's future plans and harm in Xingluo.

She didn't want the Star Luo Empire to be turned into the Heaven Dou Empire by the Haotian Sect; such a split was better.

Of course, it is also important to guard against the Spirit Hall. If the Spirit Hall really gets involved, the situation here will inevitably become more chaotic.

Most importantly, the Xingluo River is very long and wide, with extremely rapid currents and countless soul beasts. It was the last line of defense for the empire, and only the largest warships could pass through freely.

If the empire is divided based on the Xingluo River, the future will most likely be a situation of north-south confrontation, with little chance of war breaking out, or at least a large-scale war, thus minimizing the harm to the people.

The Heavenly Demon clone was not surprised by Dai Xueyi's decisiveness. He had already guessed what Tang Xiao was planning after seeing him go to the Star Luo Imperial Palace.

He clearly wanted to use the Star Luo Empire to break the deadlock on the Heaven Dou Empire's side, which was exactly what he wanted. That's why he persuaded his father-in-law to come and fool Dai Xueyi, his aunt.

As he expected, he successfully persuaded the aunt.

As long as this cheap aunt is taken down, she will not become an obstacle in the subsequent plan to split the empire; all that is needed is to cripple the Star Luo royal family.

After making the decision, Dai Xueyi did not hesitate. After packing her luggage, she set off decisively, taking Zhu Zhuyu with her along the way.

The Star Luo Emperor didn't pay much attention to Dai Xueyi's departure, assuming she was just taking Zhu Zhuyu out for a walk to clear her head.

After all, Davis was Zhu Zhuyu's fiancé. They had been together for so many years, and Davis's death must have been a big blow to the girl. It would be good for her to go out and get away from home.

Leaving aside the changes and undercurrents on the Star Luo Empire's side, on the other side of the Heaven Dou region, a certain Tian, ​​disguised as the Holy Spirit Sword Saint, arrived at the Shrek Academy team's residence and immediately began to frantically stroke Tang San's blue hair.

Tang San wanted to submit and call out "Uncle," but he found that he couldn't say it at all. It was obviously the work of that despicable uncle.

Sitting on the sofa, Tang Hao's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot as he watched that scene, but he didn't stop it.

He could tell that the thing might have been influenced and instructed by Yuehua, and it didn't have any murderous intent towards Xiaosan, but that was all it was—no murderous intent at all.

Moreover, he couldn't stop that thing from doing this, mainly because the other party was too fast. By the time he reacted, his mistress had already fallen into the other party's hands. If he really lashed out, it would put his mistress in danger.

It's better to just watch, or rather, pretend you don't see.

Ning Rongrong, the core member of the team, was also very scared when she saw that big bad uncle arrive. She hid behind Tang Hao, not wanting to confront that thing.

Dai Mubai and the others stood to the side like obedient children, heads bowed like kids who had done something wrong, looking incredibly timid.

There's no way not to be timid. The main problem is that this guy acts recklessly, is incredibly powerful, and what's worse, he likes to bully the weak. If you really anger him, he'll chop you up and you'll have nowhere to complain.

Even the usually aloof Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head, afraid of angering him, and ruffled her hair into a mess.

"Come tell your uncle what happened to your martial soul? How did it change so much?"

After ruffling Tang Shenwang's smooth, blue hair into a messy frizz, Tian Hao asked with concern, showing the care of an uncle.

"It absorbed a spirit ring and then mutated."

With his cheek ripped open, Tang San could only respond with aggrieved frustration. He was almost traumatized by his uncle's antics. What terrified him most was that he actually enjoyed his uncle's behavior. He used to miss him quite a bit, and felt more like family than when he faced the people from the Clear Sky Sect.

Do I, Tang San, have a masochistic tendency?

"What kind of spirit beast's spirit ring can turn your martial spirit from a blade of grass into a gun? Did the gun come to life?"

Despite showing a puzzled expression, Tian Hao felt increasingly relieved.

Tang Shenwang has walked step by step into their carefully crafted trap. Now, the Blue Silver King, which they have meticulously created, has been integrated into his body, especially his martial soul. Even his soul power has been corrupted by the Blue Silver King's soul power.

Tang San will use this as a foundation for his future cultivation. When he faces the true master of the Blue Silver King, he will be completely suppressed and will be able to directly seize his martial soul. He might even be able to take over the Sea God's position.

Therefore, the use of external forces must be done with caution, especially those forces that far exceed one's own capacity.

Of course, Tang San was unaware of someone's sinister intentions, and he did not answer his uncle's question.

This is a personal secret, and I can't tell outsiders, let alone this uncle who is considered an enemy.

Seeing that his nephew didn't speak, Tian Hao understood and didn't press him, turning around and sitting on the sofa.

"Come on, give your uncle a leg massage!"

He gestured for his nephew to come over and massage his legs. This kind of leg massage service provided by the Tang God King was rare, and he should not miss the opportunity to enjoy it.

With a dark expression, Tang San glanced at his father, who also had a dark expression, and had no choice but to go over and massage his uncle's legs.

"Little Rongrong, why didn't you greet your uncle?"

When Tian Hao turned his gaze to Ning Rongrong, who was hiding behind Tang Hao, his dissatisfaction was practically written all over his face.

Hello, Uncle!

Ning Rongrong, who was called out, quickly and obediently called him "Uncle," not daring to anger this big bad uncle.

"Come here and give me a shoulder massage!"

He gestured for the girl to come and do some work. Tian Hao felt that the girl had gotten a little too cocky these past few days, so he came over to give her a little nudge.

The position of the Nine-Colored Goddess is of utmost importance and cannot be taken lightly.

Ning Rongrong remained silent, obediently walking behind the sofa and extending her fair hands to provide a shoulder massage for someone.

"What are you here for?"