Before long, Bibi Dong's announcement of the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire spread across the entire Douluo Continent as though it had grown wings.
The Lower Four Sects, which had long intended to pledge themselves to her, naturally stepped forward at once, eagerly swearing allegiance to Bibi Dong.
At the same time, many small and medium-sized sects hoping to profit from the chaos and claim a share of the spoils also followed the wind and joined the Spirit Hall Empire's camp.
On the Heaven Dou Empire's side, however, Jiang Li was now the true one in control. He paid almost no attention to Bibi Dong's seemingly mad and absurd declaration of nationhood.
He did not even order any forceful suppression of the Spirit Hall branch halls within the Heaven Dou Empire.
After all, this was the place Qian Renxue had devoted her entire youth to.
As a result, many of the bishops within the Heaven Dou Empire were steadfast Angel believers.
Under orders from the Worship Hall, they obediently continued as before, awakening Martial Souls and exterminating evil Soul Masters when necessary.
As far as Jiang Li was concerned, as long as these people behaved themselves and did not stir up trouble on Heaven Dou territory, he could not be bothered to waste his energy dealing with them.
Meanwhile, on the Heaven Dou Empire's side, in order to accumulate a massive amount of faith power for his precious son Tang San's future ascension to godhood, Jiang Li simply authorized the use of vast Heaven Dou Imperial Family resources to mass-produce and equip the army with Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.
Although Spirit Hall claimed to have gathered the vast majority of Soul Masters in the world, the largest population was ultimately made up of low-level Soul Masters below the Soul