Douluo Dragon King: Martial Soul Spring and Autumn Cicada, Lord of Time

Chapter 227 Lord of Time, An Epic Transformation!

At the founding ceremony, Zhao Tao also promulgated the fundamental law of the Great Tao Empire—the Great Tao Law!

According to the "Great Tao Laws," the people of Douluo Continent are also divided into ranks, from lowest to highest:

Slaves, commoners, commoners, citizens, nobles, knights, nobles, kings/royals and royalty.

Among the nobility, from lowest to highest rank, there are five ranks: baron, viscount, earl, marquis, and duke.

The highest rank is naturally the royal family, currently consisting of Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena, and will include Zhao Tao's direct relatives and descendants in the future.

The royal family is an existence that transcends everything, and Zhao Tao is the supreme First Emperor, with the title of "Lord of Time"!

Zhao Tao's will is the first law of the Great Tao Empire, which is above the "Great Tao Law"!

Meanwhile, the original management of the Douluo Great Love Alliance has transformed into cabinet ministers of the Great Tao Empire.

These cabinet ministers will assist Zhao Tao in managing Douluo Star and the Great Tao Empire, and will be accountable to Emperor Zhao Tao alone.

They also received different levels of noble titles based on their cultivation and contributions.

Of course, there are rewards and punishments!

For example, the vast majority of the original members of the Tang Clan were reduced to slaves!

Of course, there are exceptions such as Wu Changkong, Ya Li, and a few others who had close relationships with Zhao Tao, as well as some who promptly left the Tang Sect and rejected Tang San.

In addition to the members of the Tang Sect, all Soul Masters with the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, as well as all blood relatives of Tang San's family within three generations, were also demoted to slaves!

However, Tang Wulin was spared because he was stripped of his Tang family bloodline.

All slaves lack human rights!

Their martial spirit and soul power were immediately abolished, their dantian was shattered, and they were forbidden from cultivating!

At the same time, no slave was allowed to reproduce, which was a way to completely eradicate the Tang family bloodline and the Tang Clan without shedding blood.

Of course, in the future, anyone who dares to restore Tang San or the Tang Clan will be enslaved!

Above slaves are the lowest of the low!

All criminals who violate the core laws of the "Great Tao Law" will be demoted to outcasts!

The lowly are not allowed to cultivate, but they can reproduce. Their children three generations later will automatically be promoted to commoners.

Commoners are the most ordinary class in the Douluo Continent, that is, "ordinary people".

When a commoner breaks through to the Soul Venerable level, they automatically become a citizen and enjoy certain subsidies, but they also need to assume corresponding obligations, such as military service.

Of course, in addition to breakthroughs in cultivation, making significant contributions to the Great Tao Empire—whether it's donating money or proposing theories and contributions related to soul guidance and soul spirit technologies—can also lead to advancement in citizen rank. Moreover, it's not just about becoming a citizen; one can even be promoted to a public servant or higher!

Citizens can serve as low-level officials in the Great Tao Empire. After breaking through to the Soul Saint level, they can be promoted to Public Official!

The Gongshi (公士) can produce leaders among the officials, who can be considered as mid-level cadres of the Great Tao Empire.

If a cultivator's cultivation level breaks through to the Title Douluo level, they can be promoted to Knight!

A knighthood is considered a basic rule; one can have their own fief and enjoy the "revenue" of that fief, but it cannot be inherited.

Such policies are used to encourage all citizens to cultivate diligently. At the same time, knights can also serve as high-ranking officials such as the lord of a city or cabinet ministers of the Great Tao Empire, thus entering the upper echelons of society.

When a Soul Master's cultivation breaks through to Super Douluo, Quasi-Demigod, Demigod, Quasi-God, and Divine Official, they can obtain the titles of Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, and Duke, respectively.

Such noble titles can be passed down to the family indefinitely, and the fiefdom and "residence" can also be inherited, although the area will be halved with each inheritance.

At the same time, those who made outstanding contributions to the empire, such as the elders, Heavenly Kings and protectors of the original Douluo Great Love Alliance.

Although their abilities may not have been sufficient, they were still granted the titles of duke, marquis, and earl, which can be considered an affirmation of their contributions.

As for kings of different surnames, they are treated like true god-level powerhouses, even more powerful. Moreover, since true gods are immortal, this is a title that can almost never be taken away!

Zhao Tao's direct blood relatives within three generations belong to the royal family and enjoy the same rights as kings of different surnames!

At the same time, "The Great Tao Law" also defines the relationship between humans and soul beasts, clarifying that humans and soul beasts are beings with equal rights to survival.

After the Douluo Plane was upgraded, Douluo Star expanded to include many new continents. Zhao Tao generously granted several of these new continents to the Soul Beast race and assisted them in migrating, thus achieving the separation of humans and Soul Beasts!

At the same time, the "Great Tao Law" also strictly stipulates that no Soul Master may hunt Soul Beasts without permission, unless they are evil Soul Beasts or Soul Beast criminals who have obtained the consent of the Soul Beast Clan, or Soul Beasts that actively attack human territory.

Anyone who hunts soul beasts without permission will have their cultivation abolished and be demoted to a lowly commoner. In serious cases, their entire family may be reduced to slavery!

Of course, this will not affect the advancement of Soul Masters. After all, Zhao Tao has already researched and developed artificial ten-thousand-year Soul Spirits, or even hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirits, which is enough to help ordinary Soul Masters advance!

Thus, Zhao Tao fulfilled his promise to Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yue Na, achieving true and lasting peace between the human and soul beast races.

Moreover, the "Great Tao Law" also sets strict rules for becoming a god!

The true god is immortal and will continuously absorb the energy of the planes!

Therefore, a plane cannot have too many true gods, otherwise it will decline. This is precisely why the God Realm enslaves and exploits the Douluo Continent.

Of course, if the planes are not excessively exploited, they will gradually develop healthily and expand continuously, accommodating more and more gods.

As a time traveler, Zhao Tao naturally recognized this point with foresight, and therefore, he strictly forbade anyone from becoming a god on their own!

According to the "Great Tao Laws," for the first fifty years after the founding of the Great Tao Empire, there will be no restrictions on becoming a god, and any person or soul beast can become a god.

That wasn't enough. From then on, except for those specially approved by Zhao Tao, only one person was allowed to become a true god every hundred years!

The qualification to become a god will be determined through the "Investiture of the Gods Tournament," in which all Limit Douluo can participate and fight. The final winner will be qualified to become a god.

Otherwise, those who become gods on their own are criminals who plunder the origin of the plane, and should be killed without mercy!

Of course, they can also choose to leave the Douluo plane and search for those smaller planes. If they find a smaller plane and provide its coordinates for Zhao Tao and the plane's consciousness to absorb, thus contributing to the plane, they can be specially granted godhood!

Finally, there are a series of other various regulations and changes, which will not be elaborated here.

In general, it means abolishing those unreasonable old systems and establishing a series of new systems based on the concepts of modern and civilized people, encouraging Soul Masters to cultivate and make inventions, and helping the Great Tao Empire and Douluo Continent to become better and stronger.

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