The vote in the Throne Room represented the will of the entire Imperium. Although Lin Zhichen, as Empire Emperor, also represented the will of the nation, he certainly wasn't going to shoulder the consequences of the decision himself. Instead, he left the choice to the elites at the top.
After the Ancient Saints made their proposal, he personally joined the project and conducted in-depth research into the technology for constructing the Soul Sea alongside the Imperium's sages. Only after he had thoroughly understood the Ancient Saints' psionic technology and confirmed that it contained no direct traps or flaws did he finally put the plan forward.
With the Throne Room's decision made, the plan to construct the Soul Sea was officially put on the agenda.
The Soul Sea would contain the power of both the Psionic Realm and the Fallen God Realm, while also maintaining close ties with the Material Realm. It couldn't exist in just any one of these three places; it had to be closely connected to all of them.
For Lin Zhichen, the creator of the Golden Throne, the High-Dimensional Space-Time where the divine kingdom lay was a very suitable location.
"Or we could overlap the Soul Sea with the divine kingdom, making them two sides of the same coin." The Emperor on his throne considered the idea, then shared it with the Ancient Saints and Imperial sages involved in the project.
"There are two benefits to doing this. I can build a direct passage to the Soul Sea, with the Heroic Spirits in the divine kingdom stationed in soul fortresses to protect humanity's soul projections."
Soul fortresses were psionic strongholds built to keep demons in the Soul Sea from coming into direct contact with human souls and causing a catastrophe.
They were special structures completely submerged in