Huo Ling heard this and suddenly understood.
That was right. Even he knew that compared to Great Xia's current system, where nobles possessed large private armies and sometimes even erupted into conflict with one another...
An empire under centralized monarchic rule would surely be able to mobilize the strength of the entire empire more smoothly and wield even greater power.
For a royal family, for an emperor, nothing was more tempting than holding all power in one's own hands.
Even Huo Ling himself practiced centralized monarchic rule within his own marquisate.
Yet Li Yi, who was far stronger, had implemented noble enfeoffment—or a feudal system of regional lords—within Great Xia.
Once, Huo Ling had believed that this was because Li Yi lacked the strength to control all of Great Xia.
But as Huo Ling's own strength rose, he increasingly felt that this conjecture was wrong.
Now, hearing Li Yi say this, he finally understood the fundamental reason.
Li Yi wanted strong trunks and strong branches, so that every province, even every locality, would possess greater strength and be able to withstand crises that might arise in the future.
The legendary nobles possessed vast private forces and armed power.
Even ordinary people, when holding a sharp weapon, could have murderous thoughts arise.
These legendary nobles were more powerful and commanded more troops. Most of them, like Huo Ling, had even opened up territories in the Spirit Realm and built nations there.
All this would invisibly weaken the royal family's rule over them.
Li Yi, the founding ancestor of Great Xia, had truly considered much for Great Xia.
Thinking of this, Huo Ling could not help but admire this founding ancestor, this Heavenly Emperor.
But what did any of this have to do with Li Yi's desire to ascend to godhood?
Huo