Inside Star Luo City, the imperial palace was brightly lit with lamps and candles. However, the person remaining in the palace at this time was no longer the Star Luo Empire's emperor Xu Jiawei; instead, it was the army of the Sun Moon Empire that now appeared in every corner of the palace.
"Marshal, Prince Xu Tianyuan has already led troops to thoroughly search the city and found no remnants of the Star Luo Empire's army."
"I understand."
Ju Zi nodded and received the report handed over by the messenger soldier.
Among the five Guardian Hands of the Sun Moon Empire, the strongest Royal Soul Engineer Legion was originally supposed to guard Mingdu and would not easily take the initiative to mobilize. But when Ju Zi, as the Empress Dowager, took control of the military authority, these rules could naturally be bent a little.
The Imperial Dragon and Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legions had followed Ju Zi to besiege Shrek City, accompanied by several experts. Leading them was the Calamity Douluo, who had defeated Du Bushi, drawing almost all the top experts on the continent's attention toward the immediate plains.
However, just when everyone was anticipating this final battle, no one knew that the development of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools had already far exceeded land-based applications.
Jing Hongchen personally led the Royal Soul Engineer Legion, bypassing the front lines and entering the Star Luo Empire territory. In just a few days, they captured several cities in succession.
Although the Sun Moon Empire's army numbers were already stretched thin, every single one of their units was incomparable to those of the three great empires.
After all, the soul master legions of the three great empires not only had to consider the strength of soul masters, but also had to screen for martial souls suitable for combat. Not every martial soul was fit for frontal combat in a soul master legion.
But for a soul engineer, no one cared about his martial soul; as long as his soul power was sufficient, he could learn soul tools and enter the soul engineer legion.
Moreover, with the advancement of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool technology, large numbers of soul tools that did not require soul engineers to recharge were being produced. Even ordinary armies without cultivation began to be equipped with some lower-grade soul tools.
Relying on these soul tools, the combat power gap between the Sun Moon Empire's ordinary troops and the ordinary troops of the three great empires was already beyond comparison. After simple training, ordinary soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire could already contend with low-level soul masters to a certain extent.
With such a disparity, in just a few short months, the three great empires could no longer stop the Sun Moon Empire's advance.
Coming back to her senses, Ju Zi looked again at the messenger soldier in front of her.
"Just like in Heaven Dou City, order all soldiers to strictly maintain discipline, and distribute soul tools to the civilians for free."
"Yes, Marshal!"
The messenger soldier's voice rose slightly. Although he could not fully understand Ju Zi's intentions, he knew that after the same method was implemented in Heaven Dou City, there was no longer any need for Sun Moon Empire troops to suppress it.
"Marshal."
Just after sending away one messenger, another voice came from outside the door. Ju Zi raised her head and saw Fire Phoenix Douluo walking in with a frown.
"Reporting to the Marshal, just now, quite a few disturbances appeared around Star Luo City again. Judging from the traces left behind, it should be some Star Luo Empire soul masters taking advantage of the chaos to harass the soul engineer legions."
Ju Zi let out a soft sigh.
"Our advance has been too fast. This is both a good thing and a bad thing."
"If we could advance slowly, like we did with Heaven Dou City, managing things step by step, such incidents would probably be much fewer. Now, we can only order every unit to raise their vigilance."
"Yes."
Fire Phoenix Douluo nodded, but did not leave immediately.
"Marshal, now that the imperial families of all three great empires have fled and are scattered, relying on Shrek City to rise in resistance… should we…"
Ju Zi simply shook her head.
"There is no hurry on this matter. I have already sent them a message. Once the State Preceptor returns, I will personally discuss it with them."
As she spoke, Ju Zi raised her eyes to look outside the room. Outside, faint starlight could still be seen falling.
Meanwhile, in the northern region of the Douluo Continent, no starlight could be seen above Lin Xiao's head, only thick cloud layers and heavy falling snow.
Lin Xiao had long grown accustomed to this kind of weather. With the Snow Empress's soul accompanying him, the ice stele of the Netherworld Sect soon appeared in his field of vision.
"Elder, the rooms are running out again."
Inside the Netherworld Sect, Wu Yun walked into the room of the Abomination and let out a long sigh.
"According to the disciples who went out to purchase supplies some time ago, almost no specific news about the continental war can be heard outside anymore. They only say that the Sun Moon Empire has completely occupied the Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling empires, and the current battlefield is now inside the Star Luo Empire."
"Most of the disciples who escaped from the Holy Spirit Cult earlier entered the territories of the three great empires. Now that news about the Sect Master has spread everywhere, more and more disciples are coming to find us."
"There are even some evil soul masters who were not originally from the Holy Spirit Cult coming here wanting to join the Netherworld Sect. Even if we include the guest rooms, the places we can house people are becoming fewer and fewer."
Hearing Wu Yun's words, the Abomination had no better solution for the moment.
"Should I take people to build more rooms on the outskirts?"
"Not appropriate." Wu Yun frowned. "The newly joined disciples have questionable character. Only with an elder sitting here are they willing to stay obediently. If we let them get close to ordinary people, the consequences will be hard to predict."
"The Sect Master's intentions are clear to Elder as well. When the Sect Master returns, if we cannot give him a proper account, it will be troublesome."
"Moreover, so much time has passed, yet even people from the outside already know that our Netherworld Sect is the state religion of the Sun Moon Empire, while we ourselves have still received no message."
Just as Wu Yun was speaking, he suddenly sensed something and looked toward the doorway. At some point, a figure had appeared outside the door.
"Sect Master?"
Wu Yun spoke. The Abomination also looked toward the door. As a Titled Douluo, even he had not noticed when Lin Xiao had appeared outside.
"I heard everything you said. It seems you already know the news from outside?"
As Lin Xiao spoke, he walked into the room. Not a single flake of snow fell from his body, and even after stepping onto the floor inside, the soles of his feet remained completely dry.
"Yes, Sect Master." The Abomination hurriedly stood up. Wu Yun was about to bow when Lin Xiao raised a hand to stop him.
"I didn't expect this trip would keep me so busy that I wouldn't even have time to come back once. After all, on the battlefield, I need to show myself constantly to suppress any thoughts of resistance from the three great empires."
"Now that Star Luo City has been captured, most of the armies of the three great empires have been scattered, leaving only some stragglers and defeated soldiers. Only now do I finally have time to return."
"I've already roughly inspected the sect earlier. During this time, the two of you have worked hard."
"Mainly Wu Yun," the Abomination scratched his head and said modestly.
"You've worked hard." Lin Xiao looked at Wu Yun. "But I still need you to help me with one more thing."
"Sect Master, please give the order."
"You were just saying the disciples in the sect have nowhere to stay, right? Perfect timing, go inform them and have them follow me outside."
"Outside?" The Abomination was puzzled.
"Since they want to join my Netherworld Sect, naturally, they must pass an assessment first."
Lin Xiao gave a light laugh and walked outside.
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