Blood Fiend Emperor Lei Chan and Shadow Emperor Catherine paid a joint visit to the Fallen Angel Empire. After several days of talks, the three-nation alliance that had captured the attention of the entire Demon Realm finally took a decisive step forward.
During the final round of talks, broadcast live on magic television, the three emperors issued a joint declaration announcing that next month they would establish a confederate alliance called the "Demon Realm Independent Empire Alliance." The newspapers of the three great empires immediately ran the conference's major resolutions and detailed provisions as their front-page headlines.
This was the first empire alliance in the true sense in Demon Realm history. The alliance would have a supreme public body, the "Council." The three great empires, including representatives of the surviving branches of the other four great royal clans, would all be members of the Council, with voting and decision-making rights.
The Council's primary function was consultation, handling and mediating the three nations' joint activities and affairs. However, it was not a supreme central governing body. The three great empires would still retain independent governments, each possessing complete autonomy in diplomacy, law, and military affairs. Citizens of the member states would hold only their own nationalities, with no shared confederation nationality.
This alliance somewhat resembled the European Union from Chen Rui's previous life. It fell somewhere between a federation and a confederation, though its fundamental nature was still that of a confederation. Yet in certain areas of cooperation and specific details, its unity was stronger and its common interests more pronounced.
The news that the three-nation alliance would soon be formally established sent the entire Demon Realm into jubilation. Between nations, interests would always come first, and disputes and conflicts were unavoidable, even in times of peace. However, this alliance bound