Under Xia Ming's deterrence, naturally no faction dared to play clever.
No one was willing to risk annihilation just to refuse joining the Douluo Federation.
That would be like throwing an egg against a rock—courting death.
Moreover, after carefully weighing the matter, most factions found that joining the Federation might not be a bad thing after all.
They could retain internal autonomy, gain seats in the Federal Council, and share the Federation's resources and protection.
They might even have the chance to access intelligence from another continent.
No matter how they calculated it, this was not a losing deal.
Only the very top major factions worried that their inheritances would be exposed.
Such as the Body Sect.
However, the Federation would not pry into their core inheritances.
If anyone stood to lose the most, it would most likely be the Sun Moon Empire.
After unifying into a single Federation, a considerable portion of Soul Tool technological achievements would inevitably have to be disclosed to other factions.
Those advanced Soul Tools the Sun Moon Empire had developed through the painstaking efforts of generations.
The core technologies that had given them an absolute military advantage.
Would no longer remain their exclusive secrets.
Of course, Xia Ming understood this perfectly well.
Without the Sun Moon Empire's training system.
Even if other factions obtained identical blueprints.
The Soul Engineers of every faction within the Three Continent Empires would still struggle to reproduce these most advanced Soul Tools.
Soul Tool technology was a discipline that required a complete system of inheritance.
From foundational theory to practical operation, nothing could be lacking.
And compared to the Sun Moon Empire, the Three Continent Empires' accumulation in this area lagged behind by an insurmountable gulf.
As for the most critical technologies, they naturally could not be fully disclosed.