[Leon: I won't go into the details of the tournament here. Let's skip straight to the key plot points of the Late Stage—the cruel turning point in the fate of this Genius princess.]
[Leon: Emperor Xu Tianran and Commander Ju Zi of the Sun Moon Empire launched a full-scale invasion without a declaration of war, crushing the Heavenly Soul Empire with their advanced Spirit Tool legions.
The Heavenly Soul Empire's army and local Soul Masters fought back with all their might, but the disparity in strength was too great, and they were forced into a steady retreat.]
[Leon: As the core fighting force of the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Body Sect rushed to the battlefield with all its strength.
To save the Empire from peril, Sect Leader Du Busi attempted a lone assassination of Emperor Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire, but ultimately failed and died in a self-detonation.]
[Leon: The main force of the Body Sect was also besieged by the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult. Over two-thirds were killed or wounded, the Titled Douluos suffered heavy casualties, and the Sect was nearly annihilated.]
[Leon: During this great war, Wei Na's fiancé, Long Aotian, fought the Sun Moon Empire's ninth-level Spirit Tool unit alone to cover the retreat of Wei Na and the remnants of the Body Sect. He was killed by a ninth-level Spirit Tool ray.]
[Leon: It can be said that in a short period, this Genius princess experienced the multiple blows of her country falling, her family dying, her Sect being destroyed, and her fiancé passing away.]
[Leon: The once powerful Heavenly Soul Empire was completely destroyed. Although Wei Na managed to break through and escape the Empire's borders under the desperate protection of the remaining Body Sect Disciples, she became a princess in exile.
She fell from being a high-and-mighty imperial princess to a person of a fallen nation with nothing. The palace was occupied, her relatives passed away, and all her former glory and happiness vanished like bubbles.]
[Leon: The once radiant and pampered noble lady eventually became a drifting person with no one to rely on in a chaotic world. Carrying the pain of a fallen nation, the loss of her family, and the loss of her love, she finished her turbulent life amidst endless regret and longing.]
[Leon: Princess Wei Na's life began with ultimate glory and ended in ultimate sorrow. She is a microcosm of the fate of countless people from fallen nations during the chaotic disputes on the Douluo Continent.]
[Leon: Just as I summarized at the beginning—the Snow Lotus can heal physical pain, but it cannot cure the pain of a fallen nation or the wound of lost love. In this life, I have guarded my home and country, protected my beloved, but in the end, I have nothing.
I have no complaints or regrets, only lingering sorrow. I hope that in the next life, I will not be born a daughter of the imperial family, nor enter the gates of conflict, but simply be an ordinary person and spend the rest of my life in peace.]
Everyone in the Group Chat fell into a period of silence after reading this.
At this moment, Wei Na was leaning against the window, covering her face and weeping.
Pain!
Too much pain!
Was her future destiny really so sorrowful?
The country and the Sect were both gone.
All gone.
Wei Na's heart was filled with agony.
Sun Moon Empire!
I will definitely fight you to the end.
However...
What strength did the Heavenly Soul Empire have to fight the Sun Moon Empire to the end?
The Sun Moon Empire had been researching Spirit Tools for so many years, while the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire had only recently begun to take Spirit Tools seriously.
In fact...
Even now, the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire still didn't place much importance on Spirit Tools.
Wei Na felt despair just thinking about it. Even if she knew what would happen in the future now, what could she do to save the Heavenly Soul Empire?
No.
There is a way.
Joining the Group Chat today is my opportunity; I can save...
Thinking of this, Wei Na's mood became complicated again.
Leon definitely has the ability to save things, but what Leon wants to save is not the Heavenly Soul Empire, let alone nobles and Sects like them!
[Number Nine: This Princess Wei Na... how tragic!]
[Dugu Yan: Truly tragic!]
[Ma Xiaotao: If it were me, I'd rather have died directly.]
[Ling Luochen: Only by living is there hope for restoring the nation. Dying really is the end of everything.]
[Dark Avenger: What hope is there for restoration in this situation?]
[Liu Erlong: Wei Na is truly miserable. This feels even worse than us. She has nothing left; the second half of her life will be nothing but extreme pain every day!]
[Bibi Dong: It's a bit tragic, but at least it finally has nothing to do with Tang San.]
[Zhu Zhuqing: Wait a minute... a siege by the Sun Moon Empire + Holy Spirit Cult???]
[Ning Rongrong: Then it's over. Tang San still has to take some responsibility this time.]
[Red Dream Dust: That... Commander Ju Zi? I think I know someone named Ju Zi, but it probably isn't her.]
[Long Time No See: If the Heavenly Soul Empire is so miserable, then our Star Luo Empire...]
[Leon: The Star Luo Empire was slightly better. When the Sun Moon Empire's army surrounded Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao and God King Tang San used Ju Zi's son as a threat to force them to withdraw their troops.]
[Leon: Although Huo Yuhao was saving his own Star Luo Empire, the Star Luo Empire wasn't destroyed after all. Even though God King Tang San had his own motives, you, Xu Jiujiu, can't curse him.
Without their intervention, Star Luo City would have fallen and the Star Luo Empire would have been completely gone.]
[Leon: There's some big gossip here. I'll tell you more when our Empress War God, student Ju Zi, joins us!]
[Leon: Little Meng, the Ju Zi I'm talking about is likely the one you know.]
[Red Dream Dust:???]
Meng Hongchen was also stunned.
Wait?
That ditsy Senior Ju Zi could actually become the commander of the Sun Moon Empire?
Empress War God?
[Red Dream Dust: We're not talking about the same person, right? The Ju Zi I know is just an airheaded senior; she doesn't fit the description of a commander like you're talking about at all?]
[Liu Erlong: Look at what you're saying... Wasn't Bibi Dong also an innocent and lively girl before she became the crazy Pope?]
[Bibi Dong: You're really asking for a beating!]
[Zhang Lexuan: I haven't heard of this Ju Zi you're talking about either, nor did I hear of her in previous Continental Elite Young Soul Master Tournaments.]
[Jiang Nannan: Um... Princess Wei Na, are you okay?]
[Ma Xiaotao: How can she be okay after something so tragic?]
[Wang Dong'er: I have a question here I don't understand. Why did God King Tang San stop these things?]
[Xiao Xiao is the Cutest: Why didn't he stop the Sun Moon Empire when it destroyed the Heavenly Soul Empire, but only stepped in at the end when the continent was about to be unified?]
[Ling Yuan: Normally, it would have been better to wipe out the Star Luo Empire at that time. After all, the war was over and enough people had died. At least things could have settled down after unification!]
[Leon: These questions are complicated to answer. Let me summarize it for you: the Douluo Continent can only have the surname Tang, and even the Divine Realm can only have the surname Tang.]
[Leon: For example, if the Sun Moon Empire unified the continent, could Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect still remain neutral powers in the future?]
[Leon: If you look closely at the Tang Sect and Shrek, you'll find a problem: they are just like Tang San, wanting to have their cake and eat it too.]
[Leon: Take the current Shrek Academy, for instance. They claim to be a neutral Soul Master academy while creating a "state within a state." No matter how good they sound, isn't the actual situation just like Spirit City and Spirit Hall?]
[Leon: While the major Empires are in a standoff, Shrek Academy can be independent and remain neutral, free from the jurisdiction of other countries. If the Sun Moon Continent were unified, could Shrek Academy still have it both ways?]