Douluo's main body is respected

Chapter 250 The Founding of the Martial Soul Empire
Yang Xiong and the others have been away from Douluo Continent for almost three years. In these three years, the landscape of the continent has undergone tremendous changes.

Just like in the original story, even though the Clear Sky Sect had already emerged from seclusion, the Spirit Hall still convened a sect conference.

However, both the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect scoffed at this sect conference, showing absolutely no intention of participating, and of course, they did not want to directly confront the Spirit Hall.

The Spirit Hall ignored the actions of the two major sects and continued to hold its sect conference, completely disregarding them.

As for the Body Sect, it already had several Title Douluos in charge. After the sect was built, the internal structure of the sect was completely perfected, with various facilities emerging one after another.

Even Thunder Canyon has begun to be utilized, mainly relying on the lightning around the canyon for disciples to use for body tempering.

The Spirit Hall had repeatedly sent titled Douluo elders to recruit him, even promising him the position of the head of the three upper sects.

Unfortunately, Yang Wudi's men refused to participate, citing the absence of the sect leader and the lack of anyone who could truly make decisions.

Even if the elders who came had some objections, the current strength of the Body Sect was formidable, with a considerable number of Title Douluos. In fact, the entire Body Sect was like an iron barrel, making it impossible to break through from the outside.

Moreover, the Body Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have an excellent relationship. Sword Douluo would often come to the Body Sect to spar with Yang Wudi, which made the Spirit Hall dare not make any rash moves.

In the past few years, Yang Wudi and Bai He have successively broken through to the Title Douluo level, and all five elders of the Body Sect have reached the Title Douluo level.

Surprisingly, Zhao Wuji, the Immovable King who was once wanted by the Spirit Hall, has actually worked hard to cultivate in recent years and has broken through to the Title Douluo level.

Zhao Wuji held the titles of outer sect elder of both the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Body Sect. When he had nothing to do, he would go to the Body Sect to stay for a while. He was very impressed with the Body Sect, especially the body-refining method in Thunder Canyon.

However, Zhao Wuji spent most of his time in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. He was not managed by anyone and lived a free and easy life. When he felt like fighting, he would teach Yang Lin and Sun Yu how to fight.

The Spirit Hall's sect conference was held as scheduled, but the so-called Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects only had one Title Douluo, who was also an elder of the Spirit Hall, the Holy Dragon Douluo Tuoba Xi.

The three upper sects are the Holy Dragon Sect, the Wind Sword Sect, and the Black Tiger Sect, while the four lower sects are the Rock Antelope Sect, the Fire Leopard Sect, the Sparrow Bee Sect, and the Elephant Armor Sect.

These sects have very distinct characteristics. On the one hand, they are powerful in themselves, with at least a thousand Soul Masters within each sect. Moreover, four of them were originally the Lower Four Sects.

However, the Elephant Armor Sect, originally one of the four lower sects, suffered heavy losses in its high-level strength and could only barely rank at the bottom of the four lower sects by virtue of its loyalty to the Spirit Hall and the foundation of its original thousand-plus disciples. This was only because Bibi Dong valued the Elephant Armor Sect's Soul Returners.

It should be noted that all members of the Elephant Armor Sect possess the Martial Soul of a Diamond Mammoth, and are proficient in defense, making them the most robust and defensively strongest Soul Master Legion.

Neither the Heaven Dou Empire nor the Star Luo Empire acknowledged or opposed the establishment of the seven major sects, remaining silent throughout the process and acting as if they had never heard of it.

Moreover, both empires have been preparing for war, seemingly ready to erupt into a major conflict at any moment.

As for the members of the Body Sect, after Yang Xiongxiong's arrangements and explanations, they all became unusually low-key, focusing on diligent cultivation within the sect and maximizing the sect's defenses. The newly promoted Title Douluo, Bai He, personally took charge of patrolling the sect.

Although everyone scoffed at the Spirit Hall's self-deceiving approach, there was nothing they could do. After all, they couldn't very well go to Spirit City to fight for the title of one of the three upper sects.

After the establishment of the seven major sects, they jointly petitioned the Spirit Hall, respectfully inviting Bibi Dong to ascend the throne and establish the Spirit Empire.

Bibi Dong did not hesitate. She gathered all the original members of the Spirit Hall and won over all the kingdoms and duchies around the Spirit Hall to establish the Spirit Empire. She herself became the first emperor of the Spirit Empire.

All Spirit Halls within the two major empires of the Spirit Empire were closed, and all Spirit Masters were withdrawn, forming an extremely large and terrifying Spirit Master army.

In terms of the strength of Soul Masters, the Spirit Hall controls approximately 60,000 Soul Masters, accounting for about 60% of the total strength of the Soul Master world, including a large number of experts.

Even the newly appointed Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects all moved their sects to the interior of the Spirit Empire, becoming interdependent with the entire Spirit Empire.

At the same time, the Spirit Empire received the support of all the duchies and kingdoms of the two great empires, including the Barak Kingdom, where Shrek Academy was originally located.

Geographically, the Spirit Empire is in a precarious position, sandwiched between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. However, its powerful spirit master army is enough to intimidate both empires, and it has begun to gradually expand into their territories. Although the Star Luo Empire has a large enough army, many spirit master sects have migrated to the Spirit Empire, significantly weakening its own spirit master strength and making it hesitant to launch a war.

As for the Heavenly Dou Empire, since the Heavenly Dou Palace Coup, the strength of the entire royal family has been greatly damaged, and the royal treasury was secretly looted by Yang Xiong. It can be said that the financial resources, material resources, and human resources have all suffered great losses.

However, the Heavenly Dou royal family still possessed considerable influence. By rallying some supporting nobles, along with the support of the Haotian Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they barely managed to weather the most critical moment.

However, since the Spirit Empire severed the connection between the two empires, the two empires could no longer form an alliance to fight against the Spirit Empire. In addition, the two empires had been at war for nearly a century and had accumulated deep resentment, making it impossible for them to form a united front.

Ultimately, the two great empires could only watch helplessly as the Martial Soul Empire invaded two provinces of their respective countries.

In this way, the three empires formed a tripartite balance of power, and in terms of territory and area, the Martial Soul Empire was no weaker than the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire.

In recent years, the Spirit Empire's power of spirit masters has become too strong. It has even used its influence in the spirit master world, coupled with the prestige of the seven major sects, to summon all spirit masters to join the Spirit Empire. All spirit masters who do not join are regarded as heretics.

By this time, the Spirit Hall was filled with powerful figures. Although the number of Title Douluo had not increased, the number of Soul Douluo and Soul Saint had increased significantly. Some neutral families and free Soul Masters had joined the Spirit Empire.

Especially under the intimidation of the powerful Soul Masters, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire could only watch helplessly as the Martial Soul Empire invaded their two provinces, and could only secretly accumulate strength to prepare for resistance.

In the past two years, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire have accumulated millions of troops. The Star Luo Empire has a particularly large army with very strong military skills, and it has stationed more than two million troops on its border with the Spirit Empire.

The Heavenly Dou Empire is slightly weaker, but it still has more than one million troops stationed there.

In contrast, the Spirit Empire stationed 20,000 spirit masters and hundreds of thousands of troops on the borders of the two great empires. Among the spirit masters, there were elders at the title Douluo level, which put great pressure on the two great empires.

As for the titled Douluo of the two great empires, in terms of numbers, they are no weaker than the Spirit Hall. However, these people belong to various sects and it is impossible for them to work together to fight against the Spirit Hall.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Haotian School support the Heaven Dou Royal Family, the level of support they provide differs.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School currently has a large number of Soul Masters, estimated to be around four thousand in total. However, since the Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has claimed to have suffered heavy losses and has not demonstrated its true Soul Master strength. Moreover, its support for the Heaven Dou Royal Family is limited to providing only a small number of Soul Masters and money.

The two newly promoted Title Douluos hidden in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have never shown their faces to the world, and no one can find out any information about them.

As for the Clear Sky Sect, the number of Soul Masters is even smaller, with less than a thousand in total. This is after they have recruited many independent cultivators and former subordinates after leaving the mountain.

The Clear Sky Sect does have seven Title Douluos, and they sent one Title Douluo to the front line to oversee things, but apart from that, they don't have any real Soul Masters to support them.

No matter how many invitations the Heavenly Dou royal family extended or how much they promised, the Haotian Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while verbally expressing their absolute support, took no further action.

As for the Body Sect, they also offered verbal support and sent dozens of Soul Masters to the front lines. However, these were all unofficial personnel, mainly responsible for gathering information and were not under the command of the Heaven Dou Royal Family. The leader was an elder of the Min Clan.

Both the Haotian Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were well aware that before the real battle was about to break out, all sects were trying their best to preserve their strength, while internally, they were all trying to cultivate and improve.

As for when the real war breaks out, it will probably be a truly earth-shattering event, a moment of life and death.

Moreover, given the experience of Haotian Sect abandoning its affiliated families back then, no sect would truly stake all its resources on it.

Of course, whether it's the Clear Sky Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or even the Body Sect, they are all stalling for time. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Body Sect are waiting for Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong to return, while the Clear Sky Sect is waiting for Tang San and the others to return.

Given the talent of Yang Xiong, Tang San, and others, if they were given ten or twenty years, they would definitely become an extremely powerful force in the future, and might even be able to truly shake the foundation of the Spirit Hall.

Another point is Qian Daoliu's deterrent power in the Soul Master world. As the only level 99 Limit Douluo on the continent, no one dares to imagine just how strong Qian Daoliu is.

After repeated probing, Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and the others confirmed that the King of Slaughter was indeed Tang Chen, the patriarch of the Haotian Sect. However, they had no way to deal with the current King of Slaughter. Regardless of strength or geographical location, the King of Slaughter was practically invincible, and even if Tang Hao tried his best, he could not do anything about it.

(End of this chapter)