Chapter 111: The Two Empires Attack the Spirit Hall Branch
Xue Wuming named himself [Swan Douluo]! The uncle and nephew quickly returned to the imperial city. After Xue Wuming consolidated his cultivation, the plan began!

In accordance with the agreement they had signed, Emperor Xue Ye and Emperor Xing Luo decided to jointly launch an attack on the branches of the Spirit Hall within the two empires on the night of three days later.

However, they did not intend to go too far and did not want to cause too many casualties. Except for some must-kill characters and high-level officials of each branch hall, the two empires would welcome ordinary soul masters as long as they sincerely surrendered.

As for the name, just pretend to be an evil soul master!
As for whether others believe it or not, it doesn’t matter. Those who understand will understand, and those who don’t understand will not be able to pose any threat even if they know.

At that time, we can use the name of investigating the cause of death to expose the evidence of the Spirit Hall's crimes, and further undermine its position in the hearts of the lower-class people in Douluo Continent. This is very simple, and there is no need to forge charges. The various branches of the Spirit Hall have collected tremendous wealth, various inconsistent bills, human trafficking, illegal crimes, false cases, and arbitrary killings of poor people... There are so many!

No one is clean. If the two empires and the Spirit Hall's criminal codes or basic morals are followed, no one in the spirit master world will be able to escape, even the extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan is not clean.

Two months ago, Xue Ye assembled a large number of troops in Tiandou City in the name of the upcoming 3,500th anniversary of the founding of the Tiandou Empire, claiming to maintain public order, and held a military parade on the anniversary of the Tiandou Empire. He conducted multiple exercises and secretly deployed more troops.

The situation in the Xingluo Empire was similar, but the Xingluo Emperor first staged an attack on the prince in Xingluo to divert everyone's attention, and then secretly gathered troops.

The Tiandou Empire's concealment was very successful. Apart from the top leaders of the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, Emperor Xingluo, Xue Ye, and Xue Wuming, even the Crown Prince Xue Qinghe only learned about it tonight.

In the palace, Xue Ye informed the prince of the plan of the two empires to jointly drive out the Spirit Hall, "Qinghe, what are you daydreaming about! Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand. Your Majesty, I understand! But father, isn't this a bit too radical? Should we plan it in detail?" Xue Qinghe, who was pretending to be Qian Renxue, was stunned when he heard this, and wondered in his heart when Xue Ye became so courageous.

Qian Renxue didn’t know that Xue Ye had activated the clan treasure, nor did she know that Xue Wuming had broken through to the Titled Douluo. In her eyes, the Tiandou royal family did not have any high-end combat power.

Because except for the successive Tiandou emperors who knew the activation conditions of the Xue family treasure, no one else knew. Qian Renxue only knew that the Xue family had a treasure, but she didn't know what it was. In fact, because the treasure had not been activated for a long time, the outside world speculated that the Xue family treasure had been exhausted.

Xue Ye actually took off his dragon robe at this moment, and was wearing a set of armor underneath, "Thinking back then, I was also a passionate man!"

Xue Ye's eyes were sharp, and he was no longer as lifeless as before. Instead, he exuded the aura of an emperor and a murderous spirit.

After all, he was an emperor who had been sitting on the throne for decades, so how could he not have power? His previous appearance was what he wanted others to see, not his true appearance.

"The arrow is on the string and must be shot! Qinghe, you don't need to worry, our Xue family still has a lot of strength! If it doesn't fly for three years, it will soar into the sky; if it doesn't sing for three years, it will make a startling sound. Before, I have been accumulating strength and keeping a low profile, so the outside world has the illusion that the Tiandou royal family has been unable to recover."

"Now the power has been accumulated. Under my leadership, the power of the royal family has grown by leaps and bounds. I have also connected the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect internally, and the Xingluo Empire externally. Now the Spirit Hall stands on the opposite side of the entire continent. Tiandou will win this battle. It's time to tell everyone that my Xue family is the real master of the Tiandou Empire!"

Xue Ye looked at his son who was full of surprise and comforted him, "Don't be surprised. You will soon see the strength of our Xue family. I will definitely give you a surprise. I have decided to personally command this battle. Your mission is very simple. Just lead people to guard the palace. Remember, once the war starts, no one except me will open the palace gates for him."

"Your Highness will obey your order and guard the palace and wait for your father's triumphant return! I will go down and prepare first." Xue Qinghe slowly retreated.

Qian Renxue thought as she walked, "Xue Ye is so confident that he is not afraid of the Spirit Hall at all. Either the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan directly took action against the Spirit Hall, or the Xue Family Treasures can now be used. It's a pity that Xue Ye is too vigilant. I haven't figured out what the family treasure is in all these years. The records in the Worship Hall's classics say that the family treasure is something that can directly improve a person's cultivation to the level of a Titled Douluo, but I always feel something is wrong. But it doesn't matter. Xue Ye won't live for many years. As long as everything goes well, everything in Tiandou will belong to me!"

"Attacking the Spirit Hall branch is a good idea. From the looks of Xue Ye, he doesn't intend to declare a full-scale war on the Spirit Hall. He wants to boil the frog in warm water. The Spirit Hall branches he attacked are mainly distributed near the Imperial City. I have to quickly evacuate those who are loyal to me."

"As for Bibi Dong, I won't tell you. Most of those guys in the branch hall are from Bibi Dong's lineage. They betrayed the angel lineage and joined forces with Bibi Dong to suppress my angel clan. Now they are against me everywhere. I will deal with them sooner or later. Now I can use the two empires to eliminate them, so I don't have to worry about it."

After arriving at the secret room, Qian Renxue quickly wrote a secret letter and transferred the forces of the Elder Hall and the Worship Hall in the various branch halls on the attack list under various names. Those left were all from the Pope Hall who opposed Qian Renxue.

Xue Ye was not idle either, "Someone, invite Poison Douluo to the palace for a chat!"

Dugu Bo walked in with a swagger, only clasping his fists lightly without any greeting, "Your Majesty, I wonder if you are calling me in such a hurry, is there something you want? You are still in the secret room, and I still have things to do."

After Dugu Bo took the detoxification pills and the great rejuvenation pills secretly left by Zhuang Xingyu, the toxins in his body were completely eliminated. His already strong talent was further improved, and his soul power improved by leaps and bounds, reaching the perfect level 93. His hair also returned to its normal black color.

"I summoned Poison Douluo today to avenge you!"

"Avenge me? Why does Your Majesty say that?" Dugu Bo was very confused.

"Poison Douluo is a guest official of my Tiandou. If you have a grudge with the Spirit Hall, then that means my Tiandou has a grudge with the Spirit Hall. Therefore, in order to avenge Poison Douluo, I plan to take action against the branches of the Spirit Hall within the empire, especially the holy temple in Tiandou City. Poison Douluo has superb poison skills, and when the time comes, you only need to use your poison skills to the fullest to poison to death all those who are unwilling to surrender." Xue Ye said calmly.

Dugu Bo sneered at the side and said, "Haha, impossible! Xue Ye, are you seeking revenge for me? I am too lazy to expose your plan. You should know the strength of the Spirit Hall. It is no good to go against them. I will not accompany you to die. I don't know who has bewitched you to be so arrogant. You should see your own strength clearly. I advise you to end this plan."

"Stop it! I will pretend that I didn't hear anything about what happened today and won't tell anyone. If you really insist on doing it, I will immediately resign from my position as the priest of Tiandou. Xue Xing was kind to me in the past, and I have been your country's priest for quite some time. We are even now." After saying that, Dugu Bo turned and left.

"Poison Douluo, please stay. Don't you want to spend some time with your granddaughter?" Xue Ye clapped his hands, and the bound and comatose Dugu Yan was pressed into the hall. "Poison Douluo, you don't want your granddaughter to get hurt, do you?"

"Yanyan, my granddaughter! Xue Ye, are you looking for death? As the dignified Emperor Tiandou, you actually have the disrespect to attack a junior. Believe it or not, I will wipe out your entire Xue family today!" Dugu Bo was extremely angry when he saw his only heir being tied up.

The martial spirit immediately possessed the body and used its eighth soul skill on Xue Ye, then exerted its mighty power, attempting to use the soul pressure to knock out the people guarding Dugu Yan to prevent them from killing him, so as to rescue his granddaughter.

At this moment, a figure wrapped in a white cloak suddenly appeared in front of Xue Ye. He easily blocked Dugu Bo's attack, and Xue Ye was unharmed.

Dugu Bo's forward steps were also blocked by Xue Wuming.

Dugu Bo looked at the figure who was blocking him with a look of disbelief, and exclaimed: "Xue Wuming! Didn't you die decades ago? How is it possible that you are still alive and have broken through to the Titled Douluo?"

Looking at the level 95 puppet wrapped in a cloak standing beside Xue Ye, Dugu Bo did not realize that it was a puppet. There was no puppet inheritance left in Douluo Continent now, so people only thought it was the heritage of the royal family.

"I didn't expect you to hide so deeply. You are indeed the royal family that has controlled the Heaven Dou Empire for thousands of years. Your background is indeed unfathomable. You actually have two Titled Douluo and one Super Douluo, plus millions of troops. No wonder you dare to attack the Spirit Hall."

"I agree to your conditions. I will use poison to deal with the people from the Spirit Hall. But you have to ensure the safety of my granddaughter, otherwise I will risk my life to make you pay a heavy price!" Dugu Bo knew that he was not inferior, so he took back his spirit. Although he was a level 93 spirit master, two levels higher than Xue Wuming, he was not good at fighting. If they really fought, his granddaughter would die, not to mention that there was a level 95 Super Douluo standing next to him. The important thing was that the other party wanted to use him, and as long as he, Dugu Bo, was still useful, his granddaughter would not be in danger.

Xue Ye stood up and habitually drew a picture, "Haha! Du Douluo is indeed a wise man! I assure you that your granddaughter is just asleep and is not in any danger. I have always treated her well. I will trouble you to stay in the palace for a while. As long as the mission is completed, you can leave at any time, and I will also grant her the title of county lady and let her enjoy the treatment of the eldest princess."

"Besides, our plan will definitely succeed. We have many allies, such as Xingluo, Jidao, and Qibao."

Time soon came to the third night, and Emperor Xue Ye and Emperor Xing Luo took advantage of the night to simultaneously issue orders for a general attack.

On the Xing Luo Empire side, the Xing Luo Emperor and Empress were all out, the patriarchs of all the major families also joined the battle team, and even the Xing Guan Sect joined the battle. This was the intention of the Xing Luo royal family.

Compared to the Tiandou Empire, the Dai family has a stronger control over the empire. Xingluo Emperor believes that since he wants to get out of the relationship with the Spirit Hall, he must achieve his goal: to make the Xingluo Empire a place where the royal family has the final say! Otherwise, if there are many fights but the goal is not achieved, then there is no point.

The Star Luo Emperor was even more thorough. This time, he not only took action against the Spirit Hall branch, but also those wavering fence-sitters in the territory. "If you don't support completely, then you don't support at all! The Star Luo Empire doesn't need fence-sitters! It's just right to confiscate their property and fill the treasury! Put the resources where they should be."

Xue Ye, with the clan treasure, Xue Wuming and Dugu Bo, began to act. They first cut off the communication channels between the branch halls and Wuhun City, and then the three Titled Douluo directly broke into the Wuhun Hall's Tiandou Holy Temple in Tiandou City. Compared with Xingluo Emperor who divided his troops into many routes, Xue Ye chose to concentrate his forces and solve them one by one.

The one who succeeded Sarath as the master of the Heavenly Dou Temple was the level 88 Soul Douluo Cangnan Ning, an unknown character who in the original novel had just broken through level 90 and was killed by Tang San before he could obtain the ninth soul ring.

"Who! Who is it? How dare you trespass into the Holy Spirit Hall!" Cangnan woke up from his sleep, looking at the temple outside the window where there were flames and sounds of fighting, and was terrified.

At this moment, Xue Ye and others surrounded Cangnan.

Cangnan was just like Sarath, arrogant and conceited, thinking that he would be fine as long as he had Spirit Hall's support. He was still stubborn even when facing death, "Xue Ye, Dugu Bo, it turned out to be you! Don't forget that I am the Platinum Bishop of Spirit Hall. If you know what's good for you, please leave immediately. I will just pretend that I didn't see anything."

Xue Ye smiled contemptuously, "Where are Xue Ye and Dugu Bo? We are evil spirit masters! The attack on the Spirit Hall tonight was done by evil spirit masters! The Tiandou royal family came to rescue immediately after inquiring, but unfortunately they were a step too late and all the people were killed."

It was naturally very easy for the three Titled Douluo, Puppet, Xue Wuming and Dugu Bo, to join forces to attack a level 88 Soul Douluo. Cangnan was killed before he could even launch his strongest attack.

Xue Wuming picked up Cangnan's head and walked outside, shouting, "Cangnan is dead! Your hall master and the platinum bishop are dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!"

The armies of the Tiandou Empire attacked from all directions, shouting "Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who surrender will not be killed!" Upon seeing this, nearly half of the people in the temple tremblingly put away their martial spirits and surrendered.

"Poison Douluo, have you seen those soul masters who are unwilling to surrender? Your chance for revenge has come! Your granddaughter is still waiting for you in the palace!" Xue Ye threatened from the side!

Dugu Bo went forward with a fierce attack, using poison to kill all those who were unwilling to surrender. Those below the Soul King level died instantly, and the Soul Emperor was unable to exert much strength. Only those above the Soul Saint level could barely resist.

Seeing that Xue Ye was still staring at him, Dugu Bo increased his poison attack again and used his eighth soul skill to kill all those who were still resisting.

After Xue Ye sent people to collect the treasures and documents in the temple, he burned down the remaining buildings with a raging fire and forged traces of the evil soul master's attack.

Looking at the collapsed Tiandou Temple, Xue Ye felt relieved. "The nail stuck in the heart of the Tiandou Empire has finally been removed! This is more like it!"

"There are so many combat soul masters in this branch hall. Fortunately, the sneak attack plan was very successful and many people surrendered. If they united and rose up to resist, my soldiers would suffer heavy losses."

Then Xue Ye ordered Dugu Bo to lead the charge, with Tiandou City as the center, and continue to eliminate the nearby branches of the Spirit Hall. Xue Wuming was in charge, and he was bound to squeeze out the last value of Dugu Bo.

"Young Master, are we really not going to take action?" In the dark of the Tiandou Palace, Thorny Porpoise Douluo looked at the Spirit Hall in the distance where flames were soaring into the sky, and asked secretly.

"Take action? What action? Those are Bibi Dong's people. From the moment they defected to Bibi Dong, they are no longer members of the Spirit Hall, but my enemies!" Qian Renxue smiled calmly and continued to sip her tea. She could already imagine Bibi Dong's angry and furious look after hearing the news.

Qian Renxue thought to herself, "Humph, Bibi Dong, so what if you inherited the throne earlier than me? I will also inherit the throne soon. I will definitely defeat you and take back the throne of Pope that belongs to me!"

"Bibi Dong, a loser like you, how can you be qualified to be the Pope! And those who have surrendered to Bibi Dong, I will not let you have an easy life. This is just the beginning. After this incident, I wonder how many people are willing to follow you, Bibi Dong."

"The glory of the Spirit Hall belongs to my angel clan! It belongs to me, Qian Renxue!"

After a night, some people closed their eyes and never opened them again, while others slept normally, but when they opened their eyes, they found that the world had changed. The last fig leaf of the old structure of Douluo Continent was also mostly torn off.

The Tiandou Empire successfully cleared out the Spirit Hall branches near the imperial capital and in the western and central parts of the empire. The Spirit Hall branches in the western and southern parts of the Xingluo Empire were also cleared out.

The two empires intentionally connected the areas bordering the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan into one. In these areas, the power of the Spirit Hall was almost completely eradicated.

Unknowingly, about 1/2 of the Spirit Hall branches that were once spread all over the continent have now been cleared out.

The two empires also immediately expanded the royal control, directly issuing subsidies to soul masters, and awakening martial spirits for the poor and civilians free of charge.

When a whale falls, everything comes to life! After the Spirit Hall's power was eliminated, a large amount of power vacuum was left. As for how those resources should be distributed and who should manage them... Xue Ye and Xing Luo Emperor promoted spirit masters with no background but ability to counterbalance the original forces in the empire.

These people are called "new aristocrats". They are promoted and directly managed by the emperor. They are different from the old aristocrats. In order to develop better and resist the attacks of the old aristocrats, they can only choose to get close to the emperor.

The sudden rise of the new nobles changed the internal structure of the two empires. Those surrenderists who were bought by the Spirit Hall and the imperial spies who advocated a better future for the Spirit Hall were suppressed and killed. Especially Xue Ye, his prestige in Tiandou can be said to be the highest in Tiandou in the past 500 years.

The news that the Tiandou royal family had two Title Douluo also spread! It caused a huge sensation, especially the four kingdoms and principalities of Tiandou that intended to rebel also stopped their fire, worried about Xue Ye's reckoning.

Everyone turned their eyes to the Spirit Hall, wanting to see Bibi Dong's reaction. Even the four lower sects that had always followed the Spirit Hall were somewhat shaken, and they all secretly left a way out.

(End of this chapter)