Over the past half year, Emperor Xue Ye's illness had grown more and more serious, while Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's influence became increasingly powerful, gradually showing signs of replacing Emperor Xue Ye.
If Xue Qinghe were to ascend the throne and become emperor, as his teacher, Ning Fengzhi would also enjoy immense power and prestige.
However, during this time, subtle changes had begun to appear in the relationship between Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi.
Xue Qinghe no longer relied on Ning Fengzhi.
Ning Fengzhi learned from Yu Xiaogang that Xue Qinghe was a two-faced man with great ambition and might even be the murderer of the former crown prince.
Thus, the two master and student—had gradually grown distant.
This time, after such a catastrophe struck the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Ning Fengzhi fled to Heaven Dou City and, instead of heading to the palace, went straight to Shrek Academy to find Yu Xiaogang.
Before returning to the clan last time, Ning Fengzhi had left Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy, allowing her to narrowly escape this disaster.
After hearing Ning Fengzhi's account, Yu Xiaogang was shocked. He hadn't expected the Spirit Hall to launch a surprise attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Ning Fengzhi had always had close ties with the Heaven Dou royal family.
To attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and ignore the authority of the Heaven Dou Empire Spirit Hall's actions seemed to be a declaration of war against the empire.
"Clan Leader Ning, I never imagined your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan would suffer such heavy losses. No one but Spirit Hall could've done this!"
"Indeed. Thankfully, Rongrong didn't go back with me. Otherwise, the consequences would've been unthinkable. Spirit Hall isn't just targeting our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan they might be after your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as well. You'd best go check on them."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang's heart tightened with dread.
"I'll go check right away."
He then called Liu Erlong, and the two of them rushed back to the clan at full speed.
Along the way, Yu Xiaogang pondered Bibi Dong's intentions.
Among the seven great clans on the Douluo Continent, four were located within the Heaven Dou Empire: the upper three clans—the Clear Sky Clan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and among the lower four clans was the Elephant Armor Clan.
The other three clans resided in the Star Luo Empire.
In recent years, the Elephant Armor Clan had always been subservient to Spirit Hall, completely obeying Bibi Dong's commands.
But the upper three clans had refused to submit to Spirit Hall.
The Clear Sky Clan had disappeared from the world, but Spirit Hall never stopped searching for its whereabouts.
This time, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan became the target of a purge and nearly faced complete annihilation.
Yu Xiaogang was extremely uneasy his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan might also have been marked by Spirit Hall.
Sure enough.
When Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong returned to their clan, what they saw was a river of blood.
All 1,800 members of the clan had been brutally slaughtered, with only a few disciples who had been traveling outside narrowly escaping.
Not only was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan wiped out, but everything had also been looted it was even worse than the fate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
The clan leader Yu Yuanzhen, who was Yu Xiaogang's biological father, didn't even have a complete corpse left.
Yu Yuanzhen was a Level 95 Power Attack System Title Douluo, possessing extremely strong offensive capabilities, and could temporarily boost his body to demigod level using an ancient Dragon King soul bone fragment.
But Spirit Hall had come fully prepared, dispatching six Title Douluo to surround and attack him.
In the end, he died from heavy injuries and the backlash of the True Dragon Nine Crowns.
After his death, three soul bones on his body were forcibly stripped off, leaving not even a complete corpse.
Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had not returned home for many years, and upon returning now, they saw the clan annihilated before them.
The devastating blow directly caused Liu Erlong to fall ill.
Yu Xiaogang nearly broke down.
"Bibi Dong, you crazy woman, I'll kill you!"
Tears streamed down Yu Xiaogang's face as he swore before his father's grave that he would avenge his clan and destroy Spirit Hall.
Elsewhere, in the Pope's Hall.
Bibi Dong sat on the Pope's throne, quietly listening to the red-robed cardinal's report.
"Your Holiness, we sent out ten thousand soul masters who broke through the defenses of the Seven Treasure Glazed Fortress, heavily damaging the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and killing more than two thousand inner and outer disciples. However, Ning Fengzhi escaped under the protection of Sword and Bone Douluo. On our side, we also suffered nearly two thousand casualties most were killed by the two Titled Douluo, and a few were injured by hidden weapons."
Bibi Dong's expression suddenly turned grim.
"As expected of one of the Upper Three Clans, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan truly is a veteran sect. To think they inflicted such losses upon us. The strength of those two guardian Titled Douluo is indeed formidable."
Although severely wounding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Bibi Dong was still somewhat satisfied.
She suddenly thought of Yan.
If Yan hadn't discovered the existence of the Zhuge Divine Crossbows in time, the Strength Clan would have produced even more powerful hidden weapons for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
In that case, Spirit Hall would have suffered even greater losses in this battle.
Over the past half year, Spirit Hall had been secretly searching for Yan's whereabouts, but to this day, there had been no results.
The anger in Bibi Dong's heart over Yan's betrayal had not lessened in the slightest.
She believed that Yan would eventually reveal his whereabouts.
If she found him, she definitely wouldn't let him off easily.
The red-clad cardinal continued his report:
"We sent eight thousand to launch a surprise attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, completely wiping them out. Not a single one of the one thousand eight hundred-plus disciples survived. Our side lost over two thousand men. Elder Jiu and Clan Head Yu Yuanzhen perished together. The three spirit bones on Yu Yuanzhen's body have been brought back."
As he spoke, the red-clad cardinal presented the three spirit bones.
Bibi Dong slowly stood up, delightedly accepted the three spirit bones, and a trace of satisfaction appeared on the corner of her lips.
She knew that Yu Yuanzhen was Yu Xiaogang's biological father and Liu Erlong's uncle.
She had long wanted to eradicate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to vent her inner hatred.
Now, she had finally succeeded.
"The people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan all possess formidable attack power. To destroy them completely—you've done well."
According to Bibi Dong's plan, after Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo participated in the extermination operation, they did not rush back to Spirit City but instead led people to the Star Dou Forest.
Bibi Dong ordered them to investigate whether the Sky Azure Bull Python and Xiao Wu were still in the core area of the forest.
She still had an important plan to implement.
Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
After hearing Snake Spear Douluo's report, Qian Renxue nodded in satisfaction.
"This operation went smoothly. Not only did we severely wound the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, but we also completely destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. With the Clear Sky Sect closing its doors and refusing to come out, the so-called Upper Three Clans of the Heaven Dou Empire are no longer a threat."
"You're right, Young Mistress. I believe the Heaven Dou Empire will soon fall into your hands, and the power of Spirit Hall will become even greater."
Qian Renxue smiled, a trace of complicated emotion appearing on her face.
Of course she hoped Spirit Hall would become more powerful, but she didn't want that to be accomplished under Bibi Dong's hand.
After all, it was the Qian Clan who were the true masters of Spirit Hall.
"Uncle She, still no news of Yan?"
"None. We've had people searching this whole time, but it's as if he completely vanished. There hasn't been the slightest bit of information."
"I see. If there's any news about him, report to me immediately."
"Yes."
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