The army set out from Spirit City.
During yesterday's preparations, Yin Zhang had already spread the news. Once the citizens of Spirit City learned the true reason why Yin Zhang was personally leading the Titled Elders and the army outward, the entire city was practically boiling with excitement.
Many enthusiastic residents even wanted to follow the army all the way to Heaven Dou City just to witness the event for themselves. Naturally, such requests were rejected. Even so, it was clear from this reaction that Spirit Hall's plan to absorb the Heaven Dou Empire was something the people of Spirit City strongly supported. For Yin Zhang—who had only recently taken power—this wave of popular support was immense.
Because the army was moving together, the journey was inevitably much slower. Otherwise, with the combat power present, they could have flown to Heaven Dou City in a single day instead of advancing at a crawl alongside tens of thousands of troops.
Night fell.
The Spirit Hall expeditionary force—composed of ten thousand Spirit Masters and sixty thousand ordinary soldiers—set up camp on a vast plain. After resting through the night, they would continue their march at dawn.
At the deepest part of the encampment stood Yin Zhang's tent.
Inside were nearly all the core figures of this campaign: Dugu Bo and the other Titled Elders, Yun Shan the Third Priest, and several senior Spirit Hall Elders who had accompanied the army.
They discussed post-occupation arrangements for the Heaven Dou Empire. These matters had already been reviewed multiple times; bringing them up again was simply to ensure absolute clarity and coordination.
Once the meeting ended, Yin Zhang remained alone in his tent.
Feeling the abundant spirit power surging steadily within his body, he couldn't help but smile. Ever since learning that Di Tian would eventually come looking for him, he had no longer been in a rush to add an eighth spirit ring to his Charizard Martial Soul and break through to the Spirit Douluo Realm. Given his current situation, he could continue cultivating normally even without a spirit ring—the accumulated power would simply settle and then erupt all at once when he finally absorbed one.
After finishing his cultivation session, Yin Zhang opened his personal attribute panel.
His gaze focused on the warehouse column.
The first item listed was the Black Tortoise Bead.
This time, when heading out to take over the Heaven Dou Empire, Yin Zhang had deliberately brought the Shi brothers—Shi Mo and Grinding Stone—with him, assigning them positions as junior officers so they could gain battlefield experience. Once they reached Heaven Dou City, Yin Zhang intended to finally decide who would inherit the Black Tortoise Bead. Whoever refined it would likely become the future Black Tortoise God—and one of his most trusted right-hand men.
Over the past few years, the Shi family had also relocated to Spirit City after their two young masters became disciples of Spirit Hall's Titled Elders. Under Tang Zhen's care, the Shi family lived quite comfortably. With Yin Zhang's subtle guidance, the Shi family grew increasingly close to Spirit Hall: Shi family members married into Spirit Hall families, while some Spirit Hall men even married into the Shi family as live-in sons-in-law.
All of this firmly bound the Shi family to Spirit Hall, making them true confidants.
Truthfully speaking, Yin Zhang still felt some reluctance toward giving up the Black Tortoise Bead. If he could have used it himself—or if giving it to someone close wouldn't have been such a waste—he would have refined it long ago instead of keeping it until now.
After thinking for a moment, Yin Zhang took out the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Detection Bracelet from the warehouse.
"With this, I'll at least get an early warning if a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast appears," he muttered. "Di Tian should come looking for me in about a month. By then, I'll probably still be in Heaven Dou City."
He paused briefly.
"Fortunately, Sister Yunying brought that little dragon from the forest along this time. If Di Tian tracks the little dragon, I can immediately restrain him. I won't be stuck helplessly watching as Di Tian snatches it away."
Yin Zhang examined the bracelet and slowly fastened it around his wrist.
Then his eyes moved to the remaining items.
[Warehouse]
• Black Tortoise Bead
• Spirit Ring Collection Bottle
• One-Thousand-Year Age Increase Card
• Mother-Child Talisman
Four items in total.
Yin Zhang nodded.
He took out the Spirit Ring Collection Bottle and said with a sigh,
"Spirit Ring Collection Bottle… I hope you'll continue to be useful. After all, there are far too few hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts left on the Douluo Continent."
Just then, a mechanical system prompt echoed before him.
[The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect intends to unite with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to oppose Spirit Hall. However, they do not know that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has already defected in secret.]
[Yu Luomian, Spirit Hall's original infiltrator within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, was placed under immense pressure and voluntarily confessed his identity to his elder brother, Yu Yuanzhen. Shocked, Yu Yuanzhen learned of Spirit Hall's recent movements and began to suspect that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's relationship with Spirit Hall was far from simple.]
[Yu Yuanzhen has decided to go into hiding temporarily and, under Yu Luomian's guidance, has dispatched elite disciples and elders outward. Should the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect fall, they will attempt to rebuild it elsewhere.]
[Your choices are as follows:]
Option One: Destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, but allow Yu Luomian and the others to survive. Such remnants pose no real threat.
Reward: 1 Donghua Gacha Opportunity
Option Two: Completely eradicate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, eliminating all future trouble.
Reward: 1 Donghua Gacha Opportunity
Yin Zhang glanced at the two options, then at the identical rewards.
Without the slightest hesitation, he chose the second.
"System, I choose Option Two."
The system's voice responded immediately.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1 Donghua Gacha Opportunity. Would you like to begin the draw now?"
Yin Zhang nodded. There was nothing else to do in the middle of the night—he might as well see what he pulled this time.
Still, he hoped for something practical. Not everything in donghua was overwhelmingly powerful; many items were either useless or barely worth keeping.
"Yes. Begin the Donghua Gacha now," Yin Zhang said.
A virtual screen appeared before him.
The display rapidly scrolled, then gradually slowed under Yin Zhang's focused gaze, finally stopping on a single line of text:
[Zhu Xian · Zhu Xian Sword]
Yin Zhang's eyes narrowed.
He was no stranger to the Zhu Xian Sword from the world of Zhu Xian.
Although it shared its name with the Zhu Xian Sword of prehistoric-style cultivation novels, the two were fundamentally different.
But when placed in the world of Douluo…
This sword was nothing short of utterly, outrageously overpowered.
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