The Heaven Dou Empire, an empire that had existed several thousand years ago and stood against the Star Luo Empire as an equal for countless years, had split into two empires because of the betrayal of the present Heavenly Soul Imperial Family.
Even its former capital, Heaven Dou City, had been occupied by the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family. The original Heaven Dou Imperial Family could only establish a new empire, the Dou Ling Empire, and cling to a dwindling existence in what was now Lingdou City.
Still, however unimpressive the current Dou Ling Imperial Family might be, the royal family's Swan Inherited Martial Soul had survived. Although it was not a powerful martial soul like the White Tiger, it still held considerable symbolic significance. At the very least, it represented their legitimate lineage.
On the Douluo Continent, martial souls were the best embodiment of bloodlines.
Strictly speaking, a martial soul like the holy angel had about as much to do with a swan as two things eight poles apart. At most, its wings looked very similar to a swan's.
Yet ten thousand years ago, before the Angel God Qian Renxue became a goddess, she had used a soul bone with disguise abilities to disguise her martial soul as a swan martial soul, replacing Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire at the time, for at least a dozen years.
Moreover, the Heaven Dou Empire's Swan Inherited Martial Soul certainly could not have been an ordinary swan martial soul in the beginning. Otherwise, its founding emperor could never have conquered such vast territories.
Ultimately, the Douluo Continent was a fantasy world. Even the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had people willing to flock around the Ning family only because its support abilities were so powerful.
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