Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 303 Reforms of the Heaven Dou Empire

The news of Emperor Xueye's passing spread like wildfire throughout the entire Douluo Continent in a very short time.

However, for most forces, this news was not too surprising. After all, it was no secret that Emperor Xueye was in poor health. It was normal for someone who was already terminally ill to die.

Moreover, the Heaven Dou Empire has a worthy successor. Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is known for his virtue. With him around, the Heaven Dou Empire will not give them any opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Moreover, Xue Qinghe's wife is the younger sister of Xiao Yu, the mastermind of the Nine Star Palace. Anyone with eyes can see who the mastermind was when the terrorist attack near Tian Dou Cheng took place.

The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex clan was completely wiped out, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was also severely damaged, while the Nine Star Palace's losses were almost negligible. This shows the terrifying strength of the Nine Star Palace, not to mention that what was in Tiandou City at that time was just a branch of the Nine Star Palace.

It was precisely because Xue Qinghe was backed by a super power like the Nine Star Palace that the support and statements from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, another super sect within the Heaven Dou Empire, seemed insignificant.

Xue Qinghe's first edict after ascending the throne caused a stir throughout the continent. Everyone felt that the Heaven Dou Empire would soon wage war against the Spirit Empire. Bibi Dong, the first empress of the Spirit Empire, also mobilized a large number of elite troops to the important border town of Jialing Pass to prepare for battle. The Star Luo Empire, on the other hand, gloated and watched from the sidelines, ready to be the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.

Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Dou Empire only sent Grand Marshal Golong to the border to oversee military affairs and consolidate the new defense line, without intending to provoke a war.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Xue Qinghe's second edict cleared up everyone's doubts.

Reform, change!

This is the most important meaning in Xue Qinghe's second edict.

The Tiandou Empire has been declining in recent years. The root cause of this decline is its strict aristocratic class and clan system. Many talented people from poor families have no chance to rise in the ranks, while those in high positions are mostly incompetent and lazy. This has led to the country becoming stagnant and increasingly rigid.

Even the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which was originally supposed to recruit Soul Master talents from all over the world for the empire, has become corrupt and decadent. The atmosphere of competition is rampant within the academy, and the students are all addicted to pleasure and do not have any ambition. After so many years, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy has the best simulated training environment and teaching resources, but it does not have a single outstanding student to show for itself.

In view of this, Qian Renxue, or the Qinghe Emperor who truly identified with Cheng Xue Qinghe, had long been disgusted by the extravagance of the nobles and the corruption of the officials in the Tiandou Empire when she was still the crown prince. Now that she has just ascended to the throne, she immediately launched a sweeping reform of the entire Tiandou Empire.

"madness!"

This was Emperor Xingluo's assessment after learning that the Heaven Dou Empire had launched a large-scale reform. In his view, Xue Qinghe's actions were tantamount to cutting off his own arm. His reforms had affected the interests of too many people, and those people would definitely unite to oppose Xue Qinghe. At that time, the Heaven Dou Empire would inevitably suffer a great loss of strength.

If it weren't for the sudden establishment of the Spirit Hall, Emperor Xingluo might have seized this opportunity to launch an attack on Tiandou.

Only Tang Yuehua, with her keen insight, was somewhat worried about this. She felt that Xue Qinghe dared to carry out such sweeping reforms precisely because of the existence of the Martial Soul Empire.

This move will indeed cause some shock to the Heavenly Dou Empire, but so-called reform must be accompanied by the determination and will to make tough decisions.

In terms of territory and resources, the Heavenly Dou Empire surpasses the Star Luo Empire. However, in terms of overall national strength, even among the officials of the Heavenly Dou Empire, the Heavenly Dou Empire is always inferior to the Star Luo Empire.

The reason for this is the existence of the corrupt and decadent noble class in the Heavenly Dou Empire.

Having taught at Yuexuan in Tiandou City for over twenty years, Tang Yuehua knew very well how those nobles were gradually eroding the foundation of the Tiandou Empire, like leeches, maintaining their decadent lifestyle by sucking the blood of the empire.

Therefore, once Xue Qinghe's reforms succeed, the newly formed Tian Dou Empire will surpass the Xing Luo Empire.

As for whether Xue Qinghe's reforms will succeed?

Tang Yuehua felt there was a high chance that Ge Long's trip to the border to oversee the situation might not be aimed at the Spirit Empire, but rather at using his prestige in the military to suppress the strongest frontier legion of the Heaven Dou Empire.

With the Nine Star Palace, a mysterious and powerful sect with countless experts behind Xue Qinghe, who holds military power and is the rightful emperor, supported by a vast and prestigious sect, Tang Yuehua didn't think those nobles could overthrow Xue Qinghe's rule; at most, they could only create some chaos.

Meanwhile, on Poseidon Island.

Led by Poseidon, the Sea God Douluo, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the other five members of Shrek Academy arrived at Sea God Island without any major incident.

Tang San undoubtedly passed the Nine Trials of the Sea God, which made Poseidon's expression even more gloomy.

On one hand, it was because starting the Nine Trials required her life as a sacrifice. From Tang San and Tang Xiao, she already knew that Tang Chen had gained the approval of the Asura God and was undergoing the most crucial final trial, about to become a god and return. She still wanted to be with Tang Chen forever and did not want to leave this world so soon.

On the other hand, she felt that Tang San was truly unworthy of inheriting the Sea God's position.

During the few days from the mainland to Seagod Island, whenever they rested on the island at night, Tang San would always sneak out alone to search for sea spirit beasts in the vicinity, using his Eight Spider Spirit Bones to devour their life force to improve his cultivation.

Although Tang San was very discreet, none of the four people traveling with him, including Dai Mubai, noticed him. But who was Poseidon? She was a level 99 Limit Douluo, and she was on the high seas. Her spiritual power almost encompassed a thousand miles of ocean. How could Tang San's little tricks escape her perception?

What frightened Poseidon even more was that Tang San's appetite was growing bigger and bigger. On the first day, he only found a spot to catch and devour a thousand-year-old sea spirit beast. By the last day, he had almost circled the entire island where he lived, devouring all the spirit beasts in the nearby sea that were over a thousand years old.

Poseidon believed that with Tang San's almost pathological thirst for improving his strength, sooner or later he would set his sights on humans.

Poseidon didn't believe that the Sea God hadn't discovered Tang San's brutal killing of the sea spirit beasts, yet he still chose to pass on his divine position to Tang San. Poseidon felt that the sacred hall in his heart had cracked even wider.

The four people who accompanied Tang San—Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun—perhaps because they did not consume the immortal herbs, all of them only received a Black-level Fourth Trial, a significant drop compared to the original story.

(End of this chapter)