The news of the emergence of Doukai had only been circulating among the high-level soul engineers of the Sun Moon Empire. The secrecy was extremely tight to ensure Shrek, the Holy Spirit Cult, and both Star Luo and Tianhun would not learn of it.
All of this was to fully overcome the difficulties of making Three-Word Doukai, or even Four-Word Doukai.
Whether it was Mingdetang or the Worship Hall, everyone put aside their ongoing matters. A large group of ninth-rank soul engineers gathered together to study how to create even higher-tier Doukai.
After throwing out this problem, Huo Yuhao no longer concerned himself with it, and instead began working with Gu Yue-na to design exclusive Doukai sets for the members of the Girl Group.
Gu Yue-na had already sensed something off. She noticed that the attitudes of those beautiful girls toward her were completely different from the way they treated Xue Di.
No one said it out loud, but Gu Yue-na still perceived that they seemed more supportive of Xue Di becoming the "main wife."
At first, Gu Yue-na was puzzled, but after careful observation and thought, she discovered exactly where the issue lay.
Because while she and Huo Yuhao were holed up in the lab developing Doukai — rapidly deepening their relationship — Xue Di had not been idle.
Through a series of operations, Xue Di successfully won everyone's support and friendship. Her relationship with them grew extremely close, practically making her the big sister of the entire Girl Group.
Even Di Qiu'er now had a better relationship with Xue Di than with Gu Yue-na. This made Gu Yue-na deeply realize that her strategy indeed had flaws.
It was precisely because of this that Gu Yue-na wanted to help design Doukai for them, using this method to make up for her disadvantage so she could continue competing with Xue Di in the future.
Even though she had always been on the losing side in the battle for the position of "main wife," she would never give up so easily.
She was the Silver Dragon King, sovereign of all soul beasts — was she supposed to call Xue Di "big sister"? Where would her dignity go?
After this, Huo Yuhao continued his despicably steady, hidden-development style. He stayed in the Sun Moon Empire without leaving at all. No matter how fiercely the Holy Spirit Cult, Shrek, Star Luo, and Tianhun fought, Huo Yuhao always remained in the shadows, secretly stirring up trouble through his two soul-slave pawns, Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya.
Whenever both sides of the war tried to cool things down or attempt a ceasefire, a series of events would occur, forcing the fighting to continue — causing more casualties and more depletion.
It couldn't stop. It simply couldn't stop!
Through this strategy, in four years, both the Holy Spirit Cult — which had inherited the entire aristocratic legacy of the Dou Ling Empire — and the well-established Star Luo and Tianhun empires were all beaten into poverty by the war.
Only Shrek was slightly better. At the very least, they had their Soul Tool Department. Even though the soul tools they produced were inferior to those of the Sun Moon Empire, they could still maintain self-production and wouldn't need to exchange rare metals and high-value goods for Sun Moon Empire soul tools.
The only consolation they had was that through this nearly five-year war, every participant gained extremely rich combat experience and technique — no longer mere students.
This war emptied the Holy Spirit Cult, Star Luo, and Tianhun — but it made the Sun Moon Empire, acting as a war-profiteering arms dealer, rich beyond imagination.
Especially Xu Tiannan, the man responsible for facilitating this massive arms trade — he practically walked with wind under his feet now.
Xu Tiannan hosted another banquet to entertain Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Ji Juechen — going all-out with extravagance. Every dish and wine served was of the highest standard on the continent.
At the banquet, when everyone was nearly full and satisfied, Xu Tiannan raised his cup and looked at Huo Yuhao.
"Yuhao, the Soul Master Tournament is about to begin. This time, the Sun Moon Empire is hosting it. I'm planning to revise the rules — not only allowing academies across the continent to participate, but also removing restrictions so that any sects meeting the age requirement can join. What do you think?"
Hearing this, even before Huo Yuhao reacted, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help speaking up.
"Letting sects participate in the Soul Master Tournament? Then there'll be too many teams — and it'll be way too easy for chaos to break out!"
Ji Juechen didn't care about such matters. To be precise, when the four of them were together, Ji Juechen was usually just a quiet listener who rarely gave opinions.
Xu Tiannan didn't rush to explain. He wanted to hear Huo Yuhao's view first.
After everything they'd been through, Xu Tiannan had developed the habit of consulting Huo Yuhao before major decisions. Huo Yuhao often surprised him.
This time, Huo Yuhao had no objections to Xu Tiannan's idea. He nodded.
"It's fine. We've waited too long for this opportunity. If the goal is to flex our strength before the entire continent, then letting only academies join the tournament is far from enough."
"Let the entire continent's forces participate. Let everyone witness the current power of the Sun Moon Empire — it will only make a future unification of the continent easier."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's approval, Xu Tiannan clearly relaxed and burst into loud laughter.
"Exactly! I just want to use this chance to tell the entire continent — that the Holy Spirit Cult, Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire, and the Tianhun Empire, despite all their noise and drama, are nothing before our Sun Moon Empire!"
"The unification of the continent under the Sun Moon Empire is destined!"
At that moment, Xu Tiannan finally revealed his ambition and confidence.
In the past five years, the emergence of Doukai, and the ability to mass-produce soul tools through lathes and assembly lines, had transformed the Sun Moon Empire's overall strength beyond recognition.
If the comparison were purely military power, Xu Tiannan would boldly say that all forces on the continent were nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs!
Even though only Kong Deming possessed a set of Four-Word Doukai, with it he could absolutely crush any Ultimate Douluo on the continent.
With such power, once the Sun Moon Empire declared war on Star Luo, Tianhun, and Dou Ling — what could they possibly use to resist?
Xu Tiannan wanted every sect on the continent to face reality: instead of resisting the Sun Moon Empire, they might as well join before the real war began.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already proven that even though they originated from the original Douluo Continent, joining the Sun Moon Empire brought no discrimination.
On the contrary, because of the special nature of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, they were even more valued and supported.
Over these five years, more than just the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had chosen to side with the Sun Moon Empire — though most were small sects. Truly powerful forces were either watching from the sidelines or unwilling to abandon their homelands.
Though Xu Tiannan had sent people to reach out secretly, the results were minimal.
Instead of wasting time persuading them, why not display overwhelming strength and let them voluntarily kneel toward the Sun Moon Empire?
Having made up his mind, Xu Tiannan looked at Huo Yuhao with a grin.
"Once sects join the Soul Master Tournament, winning the championship won't be so easy. Well? Got confidence?"
Huo Yuhao raised his wine cup with a bright smile and drained it in one go.
"I only hope for strong opponents. Otherwise, it'll be too boring."
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