The finals of the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament were held in Spirit Hall's main city. This city stood on the border between the two countries, and neither of the Two Great Empires owned it. Most importantly, the Pope Hall, one of the two great halls symbolizing Spirit Hall's supreme authority, was located there.
The Pope Hall was known as the grandest building on the Douluo Continent, and it was precisely because of this newly built Pope Hall that Spirit City had become a sacred land in the hearts of all Soul Masters. It was also the equivalent of a capital that Spirit Hall had established for itself.
The Shrek Team's party traveled for a dozen or so days. They had set out with the Heaven Dou Royal Team, since they were effectively representing the Heaven Dou Empire in battle. Several academies traveled together, protected by several hundred royal knights. However, considering Xu Ran's strength, the Heaven Dou Empire had not assigned any powerful experts to protect them. Xu Ran was strong enough to protect the entire party. If they truly encountered a danger that even Xu Ran could not resolve, sending a few Soul Douluos would have been useless anyway.
To the Heaven Dou Empire, Soul Douluos were practically its strongest experts already. The other Titled Douluos either belonged to other sects or were independent cultivators.
Originally, Xu Ran should have represented the Star Luo Empire's Star Luo Royal Academy in the tournament. However, Xu Ran did not feel much attachment to the countries of this world. After all, he was a transmigrator, and comparatively speaking, he had spent longer in the Heaven Dou Empire.
It was not just Xu Ran; people from the other academies did not feel much attachment to their countries either. Instead, organizations such as