Thus, after Xue Beng repeatedly compromised, Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire signed the Sea-Heaven Accord.
The terms of the accord were as follows:
1: Vast Sea City would permanently belong to Spirit Hall. All kingdoms and duchies subordinate to the Heaven Dou Empire would break away from Heaven Dou and become vassals of Spirit Hall. At the same time, two provinces of the Heaven Dou Empire, including Heaven Dou City, would be ceded to establish the Duchy of Dark Virtue under Spirit Hall. The captured Emperor Xue Ye would temporarily serve as duke, while the current Marquis of Double Darkness of Spirit Hall, Xue Qinghe, would succeed him upon Emperor Xue Ye's death. From then on, the duke of the duchy would inherit the title Duke of Dark Virtue, while the heir would inherit the title Marquis of Double Darkness.
2: The imperial title of Heaven Dou Emperor would be abolished and replaced with the new title Clown Emperor. All future Heaven Dou crown princes would have to be crowned as Clown Emperor at Spirit Hall before being recognized as legitimate. The Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall would share a father-son relationship. When meeting anyone from Spirit Hall, from the Pope down to common citizens, the Heaven Dou Clown Emperor had to refer to himself as this son-emperor...
3: The Heaven Dou Empire had to pay Spirit Hall an annual tribute of five million Gold Soul Coins, along with silks, gems, beautiful women, and various other things...
4: The Heaven Dou Empire would make the Angel God its state religion and spread Spirit Hall's state religion throughout every region.
5: The Heaven Dou Empire would fund the reconstruction of every destroyed Spirit Hall branch in the former Heaven Dou territories.
Yet Xue Beng still signed his