The " Clerical Group " consisted of 301 "clergy" members, elected from various regions.
The "priest" position is not restricted to Soul Master; ordinary people can also participate, with a ten-year term.
The " Clerical Group " is primarily responsible for formulating national laws and regulations and supervising their implementation by administrative agencies.
The " Clerical Committee " comprises the Prime Minister's Office, the Asura Hall, the Military Committee, and the Soul Master Corps.
The Prime Minister's Office has a position called Prime Minister, who oversees all administrative departments and manages domestic affairs.
The prime minister serves a five-year term. Three candidates are nominated by the " Clerical Group," and then the " Core Church Committee " votes to elect the prime minister. Whoever receives more than half of the votes first becomes prime minister.
The Asura Hall established the position of Great Enshrined, and selected one person from the " Core Church Committee " to serve in this position long-term.
The Asura Hall is responsible for forming the " Asura Army," composed of two thousand high-level Soul Master. It is responsible for punishing any violations of order, possesses supreme law enforcement authority, and upholds the authority of the Clear Sky Church.
The Military Committee established the position of Marshal and several Vice Marshals, responsible for the Empire's general military affairs, with their main responsibilities being border defense and military missions.
The Soul Master Corps has a Commander position and several deputies, who command all Soul Master Corps.
The commander of the Soul Master Corps is also elected by the " Core Church Committee " and is mainly responsible for resisting external enemies, intelligence gathering, eliminating Evil Soul Master, and resisting the invasion of Soul Beast.
Furthermore, all princes and nobles should be immediately abolished.
Local administrative agencies are under the unified management of the Prime Minister's Office.
The original Spirit Hall organization was completely transformed into the Clear Sky Church Sect, unifying all Soul Master within the territory, incorporating all the former grassroots Soul Master of the Spirit Hall, assisting commoners in Martial Soul Awakening, and rallying the hearts of the people.
This is a complete system for the integration of politics and religion.
Once an agreement was reached, the Upper Three Sects immediately took action.
Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen went together to find Princess Xue Ke, the only direct descendant of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Xue Ke is the youngest daughter of Xue Ye and the younger sister of Xue Beng.
After being killed in the Xue Beng, she became the sole surviving heir of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
But after Ning Fengzhi explained the plan to her in detail, Xue Ke fell silent.
She understood, of course, that with the current strength of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, it was impossible for them to fight against the alliance between the Spirit Hall Empire and the Star Luo Empire on their own.
If the Heaven Dou Empire does not align itself with the Upper Three Sects, only destruction awaits it.
Moreover, the Upper Three Sects have reserved a permanent " Core Church Committee " seat for the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Xue Ke finally nodded in agreement.
After two months of intensive planning, the entire organization of the Clear Sky Church was selected.
The 27 most important Core Church Committee:
The Clear Sky Sect has 20 members: Tang Xiao, Tang Lie, Tang Zhen Tang Ming, Tang Ran, Tang Rui, Tang Ming Tang Kun, Tang Ming, Yang Wudi Kun, Tang Yu, Dugu Bo Niu Gao, Tai Tan, Niu Bai He, Bai He, Ye Qingxin, Tang Hui, Tang Zhi, as well as Tang Feng, Tang Jian, and Zhu Zhuqing.
Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect hold three seats.
Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian, two members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Xue Ke of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, 1st seat.
In addition, a highly respected veteran Soul Master was invited to take up one seat.
All 27 people have taken up their posts.
The Clerical Group consists of 301 members, ten clergy members nominated by each of the thirty districts across the country.
Among the priests were Soul Master and commoners; some were of noble birth and others were from humble backgrounds.
This is the first step taken by the Clear Sky Church to break down class barriers.
Ning Fengzhi was ultimately appointed as the premier.
With his extensive political experience and outstanding abilities, he won more than two-thirds of the votes.
Upon assuming office, he immediately took over the administration of the Heaven Dou Empire, comprehensively reorganized the empire's political system, appointed ministers for various departments, eliminated long-standing problems, and restored order.
Tang Lie Great Enshrined Elder of the Asura Hall, Sword Douluo Chen Xin Second Worship Elder.
The two immediately selected elite soldiers and formed the Asura Army.
This 2,000-strong Soul Master unit will become the law enforcement force within the Clear Sky Church Sect; anyone who dares to violate the order will be punished by them.
The Military Committee appointed Ge Long, a former general of the Heaven Dou Empire, as its Marshal. Clear Sky, Seven Treasure, and Blue Tyrant each appointed a Soul Douluo as Vice Marshals. They were responsible for gathering the former Heaven Dou Empire's troops, reorganizing and training them in preparation for the battle against the Spirit Hall Empire.
Tang Xiao was appointed as the commander of the Soul Master Corps, with Yu Yuanzhen and Bone Douluo Gu Rong serving as his deputies.
They integrated all the Soul Master armies, established a unified command system, strengthened intelligence gathering, and eradicated the Evil Soul Master within their territory.
The position of "leader" is held by Tang Feng, who is the strongest among them.
This position is actually dispensable and serves only a symbolic purpose.
Tang Feng was happy with this leisurely life. He had no real power and didn't have to deal with those tedious government affairs. He only needed to convene a meeting of the Core Church Committee when there were important matters.
Once the organization is selected, it will begin operations immediately.
The existing vested interest groups and nobles naturally opposed it fiercely.
They lost not only their privileges, but also their ancestral lands.
Some secretly coordinated, some openly protested, and some even attempted to organize an armed resistance.
But against the Soul Master army led by Tang Xiao, Yu Yuanzhen, and Gu Rong, this resistance was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
The bloody crackdown lasted for a full month.
Those nobles who attempted to rebel either died or fled.
Those who were willing to submit were stripped of their territory, given certain compensation, and resettled in various places.
Within the Heaven Dou Empire, no noble can now be above the law.
Soon, the Clear Sky Church successfully seized control of all the power, provinces, and principalities of the former Heaven Dou Empire.
Under the unified management of the Prime Minister's Office, local administrative agencies are gradually resuming normal operations.
The Martial Soul Awakening for commoners and the subsidies for low-level Soul Master were also restored to normal under the unified organization of the Clear Sky Church.
Two months ago, the Heaven Dou Empire was leaderless and in chaos, but now it has been transformed into the Clear Sky Empire.
Everything is proceeding smoothly and according to plan.
But Tang Feng was always preoccupied with something else.
Dugu Yan Eighth Trial the Sea God Nine Trials. Within five years, her Soul Power reached Level 95, and she collected all six Soul Bone in her body.
More than half a year has passed since the assessment began.
Dugu Yan's Soul Power is at its peak at Level 89, just one step away from Level 90.
However, she only has three Soul Bone: her head, left leg, and right leg; she is still missing her torso, right arm, and left arm.
The Ninth Soul Ring can provide one, so we're still short two.
After much deliberation, Tang Feng's gaze finally settled on the storage ring in his hand.
That was given to him by Bo Saixi; it contained the Soul Bone left behind by the fallen Tang Chen Ancestor.
Tang Chen left behind a total of six Soul Bone, the oldest and most precious of which was a 100,000-year-old Torso Bone.
Right now, Dugu Yan needs it the most.
Tang Feng summoned Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, and gave the Torso Bone to Dugu Yan.
Tang Feng knew very well that the sect's current status was entirely due to the Old Monster's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well back then.
Without that precious land, there would be no Tang Feng today, nor the Clear Sky Sect today. What is a single Soul Bone worth?
Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo also secretly vowed to protect the Clear Sky Church with their lives.
Dugu Yan immediately sat down cross-legged and began absorbing the Soul Bone.
Three hours later.
When she reappeared, her aura was completely different.
Dugu Yan's physical strength increased by at least 50%, and she became like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, its edge fully revealed.
His Soul Power also successfully broke through Level 90, and more than that. Since he didn't have Soul Ring, it was impossible to know exactly how much it had increased. He also gained two powerful Soul Bone Skill.
The following day, Tang Feng left Zhu Zhuqing at the sect to rest and prepare for childbirth, since she was already more than four months pregnant and her belly was starting to show.
He led Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for the Ninth Soul Ring.
The target, naturally, is the 200,000-year-old Sky Azure Bull Python.
For Tang Feng now, a two-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast is no longer a threat.
The four traveled swiftly and arrived at the core area of Star Dou Great Forest in just three days.
The process was effortless; in no time, Tang Feng subdued the Sky Azure Bull Python, Dugu Yan ended its life.
After absorbing the Sky Azure Bull Python's Soul Ring and Right Arm Soul Bone, along with the Tang Chen Torso Bone she had previously absorbed, her Soul Power had reached the peak of level Level 94.
We're just one step away from our goal of reaching the Level 95 in the Eighth Trial. With more than four years to go, there's absolutely no pressure, and we might even be able to surpass it by a large margin.
Of the six Soul Bone, only the Left Arm Soul Bone is missing.
Tang Feng also comforted her, saying there was no rush and there was still plenty of time; they could wait and see if there was anything more suitable.