After listening to Huo Yuhao's words, Xu Tianran decided to proceed on two fronts.
On one hand, he secretly fanned the flames, spreading across the entire continent what Shrek Academy and the Haotian Sect had done within the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire.
He made sure everyone knew that Shrek Academy was no longer the sacred land of soul masters it once was.
And after lifting its seclusion of several thousand years, the Haotian Sect had finally revealed its frightening ambitions.
Even the imperial families and nobles of the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire had died at their hands—let alone ordinary civilians who had no strength to rely on.
Shrek Academy had actually done a decent job with its initial propaganda, claiming that they seized the Star Luo Empire in order to rescue suffering civilians, letting the Dai Clan replace the Xu Clan as the new imperial family.
Unfortunately, after years of development, Shrek Academy was no longer the Shrek of the past, so it was naturally impossible for them to gain the trust of others.
As for the Dai Clan?
Xu Jiawei had ruled well enough as emperor from the very beginning. Did Shrek Academy really think that with a few light words they could erase all of Xu Jiawei's achievements?
That was obviously impossible.
After all, ever since the Soul Master Tournament five years ago, everyone in the Star Luo Empire had known that Huo Yuhao—the peerless genius now belonging to the Sun Moon Empire—should originally have belonged to the Star Luo Empire.
If the Dai Clan hadn't been blind, forcing Huo Yuhao's mother to her death and even attempting to exterminate him completely, how could Huo Yuhao have been forced, with no other choice, to defect to the Sun Moon Empire?
And if Huo Yuhao had stayed in the Star Luo Empire, then the treatment currently enjoyed by the citizens of the Sun Moon Empire should have been theirs to enjoy.
Precisely because of this, the Dai Clan's return to power not only gained no support, but instead made them the target of universal condemnation.
Everyone was shouting for the Dai Clan to step down.
Since the Xu Clan had already been completely exterminated by Shrek Academy and the Dai Clan, then for the people of the Star Luo Empire, defecting to the Sun Moon Empire was naturally the better choice.
Under such circumstances, even Mu En appeared somewhat helpless.
Mu En was truly at a loss now, unsure of what to do.
If Shrek Academy were still the Shrek of the past—still revered by all, still regarded by countless people across the continent as the sacred land of soul masters—then even if they had destroyed the Xu Clan and supported the Dai Clan, things would not have come to this. On the contrary, people would have placed great trust in Shrek Academy's actions.
But now, no matter what explanations they offered, they seemed pale and powerless, incapable of gaining anyone's trust.
The horizons of ordinary civilians might indeed not be very broad, but their thinking was extremely simple: whoever could let them live better, they would support.
Looking across the entire continent, only the Sun Moon Empire could allow them to live better than before.
Even the Star Luo Empire under Shrek Academy's occupation was like this, let alone the Heavenly Soul Empire that had been seized by the Haotian Sect.
The Haotian Sect did not use the Dai Clan as a cover like Shrek Academy did. They directly chose to replace the imperial family of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
After deliberation among the elders of the Haotian Sect, a widely respected candidate was elected to become the new emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
And they officially renamed the Heavenly Soul Empire to the Haotian Empire.
But precisely because of this, the resistance occurring within the Haotian Empire at this time was even more intense than in the Star Luo Empire.
At the very least, thousands of years ago, the Dai Clan had always been the imperial family of the Star Luo Empire.
But who did the Haotian Sect think they were?
Back when the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent had first collided and war had broken out, the Haotian Sect had hidden away in deep mountains and forests, never appearing at all.
After several thousand years, in the hearts of ordinary people, the Haotian Sect had long since lost any status whatsoever.
Yet now they suddenly appeared on the continent out of nowhere, and even wanted to seize the Heavenly Soul Empire.
Did they really think the Haotian Sect was invincible under heaven?
Even if the Haotian Sect was indeed extremely powerful, the people of the Heavenly Soul Empire were absolutely not the kind who would allow themselves to be trampled on while swallowing their anger!
The emperor of the Haotian Empire was furious in the face of rebellions breaking out all across the country.
From the moment they returned from the land hidden deep within the clouds and chose to participate in this war that would determine the continent's future fate,
the goal of the Haotian Sect had been extremely clear.
That was to replace the Sun Moon Empire and, under the name of the Haotian Empire, completely unify the Douluo Continent.
To let the Haotian Sect—let the Tang Clan—become the sole supreme ruler of the Douluo Continent.
As an ambitious ruler, how could he tolerate the rebellion of these ignorant civilians?
The emperor of the Haotian Empire did not hesitate in the slightest, nor did he show any mercy, directly issuing orders to suppress the rebellions with force.
Anyone who dared to resist the rule of the Haotian Empire would meet only a dead end.
Although some within the Haotian Sect voiced opposition to this order, under the support of the vast majority, the outcome was already irreversible.
They could only follow the orders of this Haotian Empire emperor, leading members of the Haotian Sect to suppress rebellions throughout the country.
Although Niu Tian and Titan were the Grand Sect Master and Second Sect Master of the Haotian Sect, they had no interest whatsoever in matters concerning the Haotian Empire.
In fact, it wasn't just the Haotian Empire—even what the Haotian Sect would ultimately develop into was something they did not care about.
It was only because of Tang San's instructions back then that they served as the Grand Sect Master and Second Sect Master of the Haotian Sect,
protecting the Haotian Sect from unexpected disasters while also preventing those within the sect from letting their ambitions swell too excessively and stir up trouble along the way.
Otherwise, Niu Tian and Titan would have long since left the Haotian Sect, roaming freely across the entire continent—how could they have stayed cooped up on a mountain for so long?
However, as observers, Niu Tian and Titan could feel even more clearly just how inflated the ambitions of these Haotian Sect members had become.
Clearly, at the very beginning, they had opposed lifting the seclusion.
Yet how much time had even passed?
They were already thinking about letting the so-called Haotian Empire sweep across the entire continent, allowing the Tang Clan to become the supreme ruler of the Douluo Continent.
But when they thought of the so-called ten-thousand-year grand plan that Tang San had mentioned—very likely preparing to seize control of the God Realm—Niu Tian and Titan suddenly felt that what the Haotian Sect was doing now seemed entirely reasonable.
Worthy of being members of the Tang Clan—indeed cut from the same cloth as Tang San.
The matter of the Haotian Sect renaming the Heavenly Soul Empire to the Haotian Empire and using force to suppress those who resisted their rule quickly spread across the entire continent.
Upon learning this news, Mu En fell into prolonged silence.
At this moment, Mu En could be certain that the decision he had made in desperation—to ally Shrek Academy with the Haotian Sect—was absolutely the most disastrous mistake!
These people of the Haotian Sect were just like Xuanzi—completely unworthy of trust!
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