Xuan Zi: Elder Mu, I Don't Deserve to Live!

The ministers believed the Heaven Soul Emperor had gone mad.

After all, not even the most incompetent rulers in the history of the Douluo Continent would have done something so absurd.

As the Heaven Soul Emperor, he had declared the Heaven Dou Empire's merger into the Sun Moon Empire before the empire had even reached a desperate situation. This was practically equivalent to selling out his country.

In the ministers' eyes, although the Sun Moon Empire was powerful, whether it could occupy the Heaven Dou Empire was something to be decided through battle. How could they surrender outright before even fighting?

For a time, outrage swept through the court, and voices of remonstration rang out noisily.

Some elderly ministers with white hair and beards even began to wail. They were unwilling to see the Heaven Dou Empire fall into the hands of the Sun Moon Empire like this. Once the Sun Moon Empire occupied the Heaven Dou Empire, the interests of the Heavenly Soul nobility would suffer enormous damage.

However, after the Heaven Soul Emperor explained his reasons and Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Experts displayed some of their strength, they finally managed to "persuade them with reason." The ministers quieted down, though they still felt extremely stifled inside.

Huo Yuhao knew very well that governing required both favor and authority. Relying solely on kindness or solely on displaying might was unacceptable.

Thus, he immediately displayed the Spirit Souls and explained them, stating that anyone who wished to obtain a Spirit Soul had to join the Sun Moon Spirit Transfer Pagoda, sign a confidentiality contract, and become one of its members.

The ministers were immediately convinced and delighted. After all, the value of Spirit Souls was simply too great. It was foreseeable that a Soul Master with a Spirit