Star Luo Empire.
Like Xue Ye, Dai Tianran sat high upon the imperial throne. Ever since his third son, Dai Mubai, had fled, smiles had rarely graced his face. Recently, he had heard that the Red Assembly was continuously growing in the region west of the Star Dou Great Forest, where it bordered the Heaven Dou Empire, which gave him quite a headache.
Dai Tianran also knew of the Red Assembly's ideals. Though he did not fully understand them, as an emperor who wielded highly centralized power, he was even more wary of them.
They sought to change the continent's existing systems from the very roots!
Though true strength still depended on Soul Masters, Dai Tianran had no doubt that, with the abilities of Zhou Qing and the others, they could draw in a large number of Commoner Soul Masters. Moreover, according to the latest intelligence reports, Heaven and Earth Energy around Holy Soul Village was becoming increasingly dense.
The reason?
It seemed vaguely related to their initial efforts to mobilize the people for large-scale road construction, as well as their research into Soul Tool Core Formations.
That reminded Dai Tianran of the upheaval in Falling Star City nearly four years ago—the city lord of that small city, Dales, had colluded with the Fallen Ones, causing no small stir among the nobles of Star Luo City.
Afterward, Dai Tianran had also ordered people to investigate the actions of Falling Star City's past City Lords. He discovered that every one of them had been improving the roads within Falling Star City.
It was difficult for Dai Tianran not to read more into it.
However, although Dai Tianran valued the Red Assembly more highly than Xue Ye did, the Star Luo Empire's political power was highly concentrated in the Star Luo City