With the nobles' support, Yu Yuanzhen could finally proceed without worry.
In this world, Spirit Masters were the main force. Even low-level Spirit Masters might be trash, but against an army of ordinary people, they could strike from an entirely higher dimension.
The great sects controlled far more Spirit Masters than the empires did, and therefore commanded far greater power. That was why the emperor was merely a figurehead. Without the sects' support, no one could sit on the throne.
The nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire were hostile to Spirit Masters and feared that too many of them would threaten their own standing. They were especially wary of high-level Spirit Masters, always afraid that their status in the empire would grow too great and strip the nobles of their power.
And Spirit Hall awakened Martial Souls for commoners everywhere, letting them reach beyond their station. That made the nobles hate Spirit Hall even more.
Even the imperial family felt the same way.
Thus, the Heaven Dou Empire spent heavily on training ordinary troops, yet refused to build an army of Spirit Masters.
Still, they knew just how powerful Spirit Masters were, especially when formed into an army.
Take Spirit Hall, for example. It might not have many soldiers, but it had plenty of Spirit Masters. More than sixty percent of all Spirit Masters in the Soul Master World worked for Spirit Hall. If war broke out, they could form a terrifying army of Spirit Masters.
To counter this force, the Heaven Dou Empire had formed a supposedly powerful army called the Royal Knights.
The Royal Knights were an elite force that the imperial family of the Heaven Dou Empire had devoted itself to creating. They numbered fifty thousand, and all captains commanding a hundred or more men were Spirit