Spirit Hall joined the team at Ye Qingcang's personal invitation.
Tianshui Academy, Blazing Academy, and Shenfeng Academy joined only after Liu Erlong discussed it with Ye Qingcang and agreed.
The reasons Tianshui Academy, Blazing Academy, and Shenfeng Academy joined were not hard to guess. In the eyes of their three deans—Shui Feng, Huo Lie, and Feng Wuji—the current state of the world was extremely delicate. The Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire were hostile toward one another, yet they tacitly maintained a balance against Spirit Hall. Spirit Hall's ambitions had been exposed many years ago. The moment even the Three Upper Sects, working together, had failed to protect Tang Hao from Spirit Hall, the three Soul Douluo and countless Soul Masters across the land understood one truth: Spirit Hall was riding the tide of destiny, intent on swallowing the world!
If Ye Qingcang had merely been an ordinary genius.
If he did not possess the ability to refine soul bones...
If he did not know Stellar Martial Arts and alchemy...
If he were not a God Trial Taker...
Then, in the face of Spirit Hall's goodwill and Ye Qingcang's willingness to meet them halfway, they truly would not have been in such a hurry, much less approached Ye Qingcang with this attitude of asking for favors.
But Ye Qingcang happened to possess all of the above.
The ability to refine soul bones meant that if Ye Qingcang stood with Spirit Hall, Spirit Hall's influence would become utterly terrifying. If he stood with the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire's influence would likewise become utterly terrifying. He was even qualified to declare, "All who join me shall receive soul bones; all who die in my service shall gain eternal life," or words to that effect. He truly possessed the