In terms of economics.
After several years of development, Spirit Hall had long since broken free of the economic constraints imposed by the Two Great Empires.
Using Spirit Hall branches spread across the entire continent as its foundation, the Martial Soul Hall Pan-Continent Trade Alliance's commercial reach had expanded with astonishing speed, touching nearly every corner of Douluo Continent.
Its trade encompassed virtually every aspect of life.
Whether it was something Spirit Masters needed or something ordinary civilians needed, as long as one could think of it, one could trade for it through the Martial Soul Hall Pan-Continent Trade Alliance.
With the Pan-Continent Commercial Alliance's vast commercial network in hand, Spirit Hall not only gained an endless supply of immense wealth and resources, but also indirectly leveraged and took control of part of the economic lifelines of Heaven Dou and Star Luo.
However, the Pan-Continent Commercial Alliance's expansion and development within the two empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo had proceeded differently.
In the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's Xue Family was weak, its grip over the empire feeble and ineffective. Once an imperial decree left the Imperial City, it was practically useless.
Moreover, Spirit Hall had infiltrated nearly every level of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Thus, the Martial Soul Hall Pan-Continent Trade Alliance encountered little meaningful resistance in its expansion and development throughout the Heaven Dou Empire.
By now, the Martial Soul Hall Pan-Continent Trade Alliance controlled more than half of the Heaven Dou Empire's economic trade.
It could be said that the tables had turned. Spirit Hall now controlled the Heaven Dou Empire's economic lifeline and had, in turn, seized it by the throat.
As for the Star Luo Empire, things were not so smooth.
Unlike the weak Xue Family of the Heaven Dou