A Titled Douluo was not only the highest title in the soul master profession on Douluo Continent. In the more distant past, this title also represented a duty and a status.
That duty was, naturally, to protect humanity from Soul Beasts.
It was precisely because of the nobility of this duty that, even after the two great empires were founded, Titled Douluos were not merely humanity's protectors. They were also revered as Your Eminences, holding status equal to emperors.
The title represented the soul master themself, while Douluo was an honorific bestowed separately by Heaven Dou and Star Luo.
It could be said that although Titled Douluos were not emperors, in the eyes of all humanity on Douluo Continent, they possessed the same nobility as emperors.
That was why Yang Wudi had said that even the death of a single Titled Douluo would stir up a bloody storm across the entire Douluo Continent.
Although times had changed, and even the Great Star Dou Forest, the largest gathering place of Soul Beasts on Douluo Continent, was no longer taken seriously by humanity, the status of Titled Douluos remained exalted.
Thus, an unspoken convention gradually formed among the major factions: unless there was an irreconcilable blood feud, powerhouses at the Titled Douluo level would not deal a truly fatal blow. A Titled Douluo represented not only themself, but also humanity's strength against Soul Beasts.
The clearest example was Dugu Bo.
Back then, Dugu Bo had been hunted by Chrysanthemum Douluo. But Chrysanthemum Douluo would never have acted alone; he would certainly have moved together with his old partner, Ghost Douluo. Ghost Douluo was an Agility Attack System Titled Douluo, and in terms of speed alone, there was no way he would have allowed Dugu Bo, a Control System soul master, any chance