Demon Hunters and Vampires

More than ten days had passed since Xue Menghuai was rescued.

Over those ten-plus days, Ling Lixuan and the other two disguised themselves once more and continued making their way through the mountains and forests, flying toward the Spirit Hall Empire.

During those ten-plus days, the situation on Heaven Dou Continent underwent further changes.

On the Heaven Dou Empire's side, the Royalist Faction had been completely crushed. The commander and deputy commander of the Heaven Dou Royal Knights, Li Feiyu and Xu De, proclaimed themselves Augustuses, then named the two people with authority second only to theirs within the Knights as Caesars, establishing rule by four emperors.

Not only that, they had also created upper and lower houses. The upper house, also known as the Senate, had evolved from the former Worship Hall of the Heaven Dou Empire and was controlled by nobles and high-ranking Battle Armor Masters.

However, the upper house possessed no real authority. Actual power rested in the lower house.

They named the lower house the Round Table Conference. It consisted of the two commanders of the Heaven Dou Royal Knights, along with the ten captains holding the greatest authority, and was also known as the Thirteen Seats of the Round Table.

The reason there were thirteen seats was to prevent tied votes. The extra vote was controlled in rotation by the Twelve People of the Round Table; whenever someone had used it, it would automatically pass to the next person.

Still, even at the Round Table, there was a hierarchy. Li Feiyu, commander of the Heaven Dou Royal Knights, was now the King of Knights among the Knights of the Round Table, while the other knights each had their own titles.

In Chen Long's words, the Heaven Dou Empire's current system was like some stitched-together monstrosity.