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[Directly affiliated counties]: These are the territories under the absolute control of the three forces of the Tiandou Empire, Xingluo Empire, and the Spirit Hall. Only these places can they absolutely control the governance, economy, culture, and military affairs. They are their real base. The local people have a strong sense of belonging and recognition to them. They are mainly centered on their capital and the various branches of the Spirit Hall. Equivalent to the ancient Kyushu, Liangjing and Thirteen Provinces of the Kyushu of Blue Star.
[Vessel Rule Area]: These are also areas directly controlled by the two empires. They can force these areas to send troops to fight together, pay taxes to the empire regularly, and require them to report to the capital regularly. Although these areas have strong independent management rights, they even have their own kings and armies.
However, the positions of kings and officials were directly appointed by the emperors of the two empires, at least in name. For example, the principalities such as the Kingdom of Barak in the Tiandou Empire were equivalent to the Mobei and Jurchen regions of the Kyushu of Blue Star, as well as the major vassal states during the Western Zhou Dynasty.
These places change with the strength of the Tiandou royal family. If the core area of the Tiandou Empire is strong, they will surrender; if it is weak, they will not surrender.
[Tribute states and clan families]: Most of these forces are simply combined by the chain of interests. For example, the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect in the Tiandou Empire, and the Wind Sword Sect, Fire Leopard Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, and White Tiger Sect. There are also some smaller soul master families, such as the Four Elements Academy, the Dragon Snake Couple, etc. Just like the Nanyang Pot, Universe Pot, Foot Basin Guo, Liuqiu Guo, etc., which surrendered to Jiuzhou in ancient Blue Star.
They were only nominally subject to the two empires, and the two empires had no way of directly managing them, collecting taxes from them, or stationing troops on them.
However, when they change their suzerains or clan leaders, they will inform the empire, and the empire will confer them a title in name only as a formality. Of course, these forces must also abide by the laws of the two empires.
[Hidden forces]: Mainly refers to the larger forces that are not mentioned in the novel. Some even have the inheritance of gods. They live in secret places or in remote but resource-rich areas. They have existed for a very long time, even longer than the two empires. Because of wars, opportunities, etc., they are either actively or passively hidden.
In fact, Poseidon Island, the City of Slaughter, the Ferocious Beasts of the Far North, and the Ferocious Beasts in the depths of the Lake of Life can also be considered semi-hidden forces. At least for ordinary soul masters, few people know of their existence.
Zhuang Xingyu's family is a family that is not recorded in the original novel: the Chunyang Holy Leopard Clan, located in the northern part of the Tiandou Empire, in the Chunyang Holy Leopard City west of Tianshui City.
They have a cooperative relationship with the Tiandou Empire. As long as they don't do anything to overthrow the Tiandou Empire, the Tiandou Empire will not care about the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan and will have absolute autonomy.
However, it is within the territory of the Tiandou Empire after all. Since the death of the family's Titled Douluo more than 30 years ago, the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan has been in a state of decline and needs to borrow the power of the Tiandou Empire.
He also gave face to the Tiandou Empire and accepted the title of Duke of the Empire, which was second only to the title of king (king, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron, and the title of king was only granted to the Tiandou royal family).
After all, with this title, one can get many benefits from the Tiandou Empire for free without having to pay anything.
The Tiandou Empire also strongly supports this because the Tiandou Empire is already in its final stage. Except for its own core area, the rest of the place is just a name.
They have no control over these families, so they just let it go. As long as you acknowledge my status, I don't care about anything else. I can also use this to bully others.
Of course, the Tiandou Empire had some small ideas. They assigned the area of 55 kilometers around Chunyang Shengbao City to the management of the Chunyang Shengbao Clan. Everything within the territory was decided by the Chunyang Shengbao Clan. It was also written into the national law.
Look, these places are all yours. If someone hits me, it's the same as hitting you, right? You have to help out then!
Although these places are under the control of the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan, once the Tiandou Imperial Family has conferred the title, it will sound better in name, and the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan can also borrow the Tiandou Empire's army during critical periods, just like the Tiandou Empire sent troops to help the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect in the original novel.
(This territory is actually not small. The Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan is now just the Soul Douluo Clan. The Douluo Continent is only as big as the Maple Leaf Country, and it also includes the Star Dou Great Forest, Sunset Forest, Far North, Star Dou Empire, and Spirit Hall. The Heaven Dou Empire can offer so many places, and these places are all rich, which is already good)
It is a win-win situation for both parties.
The city is named after the family's inherited martial spirit [Pure Yang Holy Leopard] and is under the absolute control of the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan! The total population in the territory is 71. Among them, there is also a Pure Yang Holy Leopard Corps consisting of 7000 mortals + 300 soul masters. These armies are all formed and managed by the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan and are absolutely loyal to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan.
After all, they have been ruled by the Pure Yang Saint Leopard Clan for generations, and their salaries are also paid by the Pure Yang Saint Leopard Clan. Their wives and children also live in the Pure Yang Saint Leopard City. If they don't work for the Pure Yang Saint Leopard Clan, do they work for the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire? That's impossible.
The family has about 9000 members, which is the population of two or three villages in the ancient Central Plains of Jiuzhou. Among them, there are 2620 soul masters, which is not a low ratio. The Seven Treasures Glazed Sect has only about 3000 to 3500 soul masters.
The founder of the family was a Titled Douluo 500 years ago, and more than 150 years ago, two more Titled Douluo were born. Although they passed away 30 years ago, they also left behind a lot of heritage.
There are 6 direct relatives in the family:
Zhuang Xingyu, 5 years old, likes to praise readers. The future young patriarch of the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan, the future patriarch, and the future master of the God Realm.
Grandma Murong Yunxue, innate soul power level 9, 66 years old, 88th level Soul Douluo, martial soul Ice and Fire Phoenix. As the supreme elder, she is the strongest person in the family and the real soul of the family. As long as she is there, even if she does nothing, the family can operate normally, and her subordinates dare not have any crooked thoughts. She is devoted to cultivation and does not care about worldly affairs.
His father, Zhuang Jingxing, has a congenital soul power of level 9, is 35 years old, is a level 69 soul emperor, and has a martial soul of Pure Yang Holy Leopard. He is the clan leader and the head of the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Corps. He is also the [Duke of Pure Yang Holy Leopard] of the empire.
Although he was still only a Soul Emperor, he was young and had the potential to break through to the Title Douluo level in the future. He was also fair and just, and under his management, the family gradually recovered, and the other clan members had no objections.
In fact, the key is the support of grandma. After all, this world is about strength, and only the geniuses who grow up are called geniuses.
Mother Li Xuanhua, innate soul power level 8, 37 years old, level 64 soul emperor, martial soul Thousand Iron Ruler. She has a carefree personality, but in front of her son Zhuang Xingyu, she shows the tenderness of a mother. She serves as the elder of the family.
Aunt Zhuang Jingxi, innate soul power level 8, 33 years old, level 61, martial soul pure Yang holy leopard. Serves as the family elder. She is also carefree and likes to tease Zhuang Xingyu, and always snatches Zhuang Xingyu's snacks. Grandma often teases her, saying that the aunt's boyfriend has been missing for 33 years and asks the aunt to go find him quickly, but the aunt is not happy. Serves as the head of the family elder.
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The nine core elders are all over 70 years old this year. They know that it is difficult for them to surpass the direct line of the family, and the main line has been good to them. They are not too eager to fight for power and gain. They just want to lie down and enjoy their old age. Otherwise, the family would not be so harmonious.
25 Soul Saints, serving as (ordinary) clan elders.
46 Soul Emperors serve as elders.
108 Soul Kings serve as guardians.
The remaining soul masters were just passers-by. Zhuang Xingyu didn't remember their names, so he would tell me when he saw them later! Otherwise, the readers would say this is a piece of shit, and the author was wasting words.
The family has good low- and mid-level strength, but lacks high-end combat power.
The legion is directly controlled by the clan leader and the supreme elder. Even the core clan elders have no right to mobilize without an order.
Internal hierarchy of the clan: Supreme Elder > Clan Leader > Core Clan Elder = Junior Clan Leader > Clan Elder > Elder (= True Disciple, under 18 years old, Innate Soul Power Level 8 and above, there are only 3 of them now) > Dharma Protector > Core Disciple (under 20 years old, Innate Soul Power Level 6 to Level 8) > Inner Disciple (Innate Soul Power greater than 0 is fine) > Outer Disciple (Clan member without Soul Power)
Business operations: Silk, restaurants, car dealerships, pawnshops, Chunyang Holy Leopard Escort Agency, iron, salt, Chunyang Holy Leopard Mercenary Corps, weapons pavilion, Chunyang Holy Leopard Academy (only recruits students within the Chunyang Holy Leopard clan's sphere of influence), medicine pavilion, etc.
Chunyang Shengbao City is divided into four parts: the outer city, the inner city, the core city, and the city lord's mansion. There are some small villages and towns nearby, which will become satellite cities as the family becomes stronger.
The outer city is where the outer disciples and the families of the ordinary soldiers of the legion live. The market and other places are all here.
The inner city is home to elders, guardians, core disciples, and inner disciples.
The core city is inhabited by core elders, clan elders, and true disciples. (True disciples are all potential Soul Saints, and if they are lucky, they can become Soul Douluo. Although they are still young, they cannot be given too much management power, but other treatment must be given enough, also for their safety and sense of belonging to the family)
Only the direct descendants of the family can live in the City Lord's Mansion. Because Zi Han has an innate soul power of level 9, she is expected to break through to the Titled Douluo in the future. In addition, she has a relationship with Zhuang Xingyu, so she also lives in the City Lord's Mansion.
In addition, there are some maids, guards and others, who are not worth mentioning.
Supplement: This chapter states that the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan now has 10 Soul Douluos.
However, only seven of them were revealed to the public, namely the Supreme Elder, the first core elder, the second core elder, the third core elder, the fourth core elder, the fifth core elder, and the sixth core elder.
Moreover, except for the Grand Elder, the other core elders No. 1 to 6 all concealed the first-level soul power.
The seven, eight, and nine core elders concealed their Soul Douluo strengths
Chapter 13 Awakening the Twin Martial Spirits
One year later, Zhuang Xingyu just turned 1 years old today, which is the best day to awaken his martial soul.
Even grandmother Murong Yunxue, who had been in seclusion for many years, came out yesterday to personally awaken the martial soul for her precious grandson.
Zhuang Xingyu did not loudly announce his awakening of his martial spirit today, but did it secretly. In fact, for the children of the soul master families and sects in Douluo Continent, as long as you are over 6 years old, you can awaken your martial spirit any day of the year, because there are many soul masters in the family.
In addition, except for the closest people, no one else will be allowed to watch. This is to hide information, protect geniuses, and prevent assassinations by hostile forces.
Except for the poor people with no background, their martial spirits were awakened by people from the Spirit Hall. For others, their martial spirits were awakened by the elders of their families or sects.
In the previous life, there were some parallel worlds where people from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Family, and the Imperial Royal Family had their spirits awakened by the Spirit Hall, in front of all outsiders. Zhuang Xingyu almost died of laughter.
The relationship between the Spirit Hall and the three major sects and the two empires is not good. In fact, they are hostile forces. If a force wants to develop, the most important thing is to have talented descendants. The awakening of the spirit is equivalent to the selection of Jinshi in ancient times, which is the key to cultivating talents.
For example, do you think that students in Blue Star Pakistan will use textbooks from Curry? Do you think Pakistan will let people from Curry serve as examiners to select Pakistan's highest science and technology award winners?
If they really do this, it will be tantamount to interfering in internal affairs, resulting in the loss of sovereignty and becoming a land of oblivion.
Moreover, the recorder of this parallel world swore that the awakening stone needed to awaken the martial spirit was very precious and only available in the Spirit Hall. Isn't this a clown? If it was really precious, would a great spirit master like Su Yuntao carry it around everywhere?
"Xingyu, are you ready?" Murong Yunxue said to Zhuang Xingyu who was standing in the awakening array in the hall of the mansion. There were only six people in the hall and within 100 meters nearby: Zhuang Jingxing, Zhuang Jingxi, Li Xuanhua, and Zi Han.
"Grandma, I'm ready, let's start!" Zhuang Xingyu was not too nervous. He had completed the first level of Yuqing a year ago. He must have innate full soul power. His parents' martial spirits were also very powerful, and his own martial spirit was at least a top-level martial spirit.
Murong Yunxue immediately deployed her martial spirit, Ice and Fire Phoenix, and slowly injected soul power into the awakening array. Under Murong Yunxue's control, this level 88 pressure did not cause any oppression to Zhuang Xingyu, but instead made him feel warm and comfortable.
A layer of golden light was released from the awakening array, forming a pale golden light shield that enveloped Zhuang Xingyu.
Zhuang Xingyu felt a force entering his body, guiding the revival of his internal energy.
A weak but fierce aura emanated from Zhuang Xingyu, and golden spots of light surged out from behind him, and a leopard with a golden main body and mixed black and white appeared! Its eyes were like torches, its teeth were sharp, its body was huge, and the wild aura emanating from its body showed its strength. Even Zhuang Jingxing felt the suppression from the origin of his bloodline.
"It's the Pure Yang Holy Leopard inherited from me!" Zhuang Jingxing shouted in surprise, and then quickly lowered his voice for fear of disturbing Zhuang Xingyu who was awakening.
Actually, it doesn't matter. Under the protection of Murong Yunxue's soul power, no one can disturb Zhuang Xingyu unless a Soul Douluo or above soul master takes action. This is one of the benefits of being in a big family.
Zhuang Jingxing lowered his voice and said, "It looks like a mutation, but it's far better than me. It's definitely a benign mutation!"
Zhuang Jingxing breathed a sigh of relief and was as happy as a child. Although it was Zhuang Xingyu who awakened his martial spirit, he, as a father, was more nervous than when he first awakened his martial spirit, and he had been suffering from insomnia for several days.
Although he knew that he and his wife were both very talented soul masters, and there had been almost no mutations in the inherited martial souls in the family, he was afraid of the unexpected. Look at Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan. His father was a Super Douluo, but he still only had half-level soul power. It was unknown whether he was a biological child.
Just when everyone was smiling, suddenly, Zhuang Xingyu slowly raised his left hand, revealing a ruler.
The ruler is simple and mysterious in appearance. The ruler is as smooth as a mirror and engraved with ancient runes and star patterns, as if recording the ancient mysteries of astronomy and the laws of the universe. The handle is inlaid with a crystal clear gem, which contains a deep light, as if wrapped in endless energy.
It turned out to be the legendary acquired treasure of merit: Hongmeng's Ruler of Heaven! It was on the same level as the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Linglong Tower of the Supreme Saint Laozi, and its power was on par with the innate treasure.
Zhuang Xingyu looked at the ruler in his hand and thought in surprise. "Didn't the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler escape? How did it get on me? [But this should only be a projection of the real Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, not the real thing, otherwise the entire universe would be destroyed]. Forget it, don't think about it, when I become stronger, I will know everything."
"Twin martial souls, my son has twin martial souls! My son has the appearance of a god!" Zhuang Jingxing couldn't hold it in anymore and danced with joy. Yes, the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan knew about the existence of gods, but that was all they knew.
"It's my sister-in-law's Thousand-Layer Iron Ruler! It's another mutation, but fortunately it's a benign mutation." Zhuang Jingxi observed from the side.
"Come, Xingyu, test your innate soul power." Mother Li Xuanhua took the crystal stone for testing.
Zhuang Xingyu put his hand on it, and suddenly a strong suction force came, and the spiritual power in Zhuang Xingyu's body flowed towards the detection crystal stone.
In an instant, a bright light appeared, and the detection crystal stone was filled up. It could not hold another drop, and the whole body emitted a golden blue light!
"Innate full soul power! Innate full soul power!" Zhuang Jingxing was completely unable to suppress the joy in his heart. He hugged Zhuang Xingyu and turned around several times before he calmed down.
"Xingyu, what are the names of your two martial spirits?" Zi Han asked curiously.
"They are called Hongmeng's Heaven-Measurement Ruler and Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard!"
The Pure Yang Holy Leopard Martial Spirit inherited from his father Zhuang Jingxing has mutated. It not only has light attributes, but also dark attributes, achieving a balance between yin and yang.
It's not appropriate to call it the Pure Yang Holy Leopard anymore, the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard is just fine and it's more domineering.
You know what, although this Douluo Continent is just a fantasy sewer, the names of the martial souls and soul skills are more awesome than the other, such as Clear Sky Hammer, Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, Fire Phoenix and so on.
The two words "Haotian" are the name of the Emperor of Heaven. He has reached the perfection of Quasi-Saint and is the son of Hongjun Daozu. The cause and effect are so great, how can a small Haotian Sect handle it? It is just that they are too lazy to bother with these small worlds, but even so, they will be backlashed sooner or later.
There is also the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, with two wings on his body, all crooked and pitch black. Isn't this just a large lizard? How can it have the same name as our Kyushu Dragon? Sooner or later, he will be destroyed.
“Xing Yuer, well done, you are worthy of being the descendant of our Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan! But there is still a problem. You can only show one martial soul to the outside world now. Have you thought about which martial soul you will show? Because our Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan is still too weak now. If the news of your twin martial souls and innate full soul power gets out, you will definitely be suppressed and assassinated by various forces.” Murong Yunxue asked seriously from the side.
"Grandma, I've made up my mind. I've decided to reveal the martial soul of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard and hide the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler. Because I feel that the martial soul of the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler can be developed more effectively."
"Well, it's up to you to decide. These two martial spirits are both very powerful. No matter which one you practice first, you can reach the top and even become an Ultimate Douluo!"
"Grandma, should I hide my strength for a while? Announce to the public that I am at the 9th level of innate soul power."
"No need! Xingyu, you don't have to worry. Although our family has declined in recent years, we are a family that has produced three Titled Douluo after all. With the foundation and connections we left behind, it will be no problem to protect you." Grandma waved her hand domineeringly!
"Also, I have gained something from my retreat. Within 10 years, I will definitely break through to the Titled Douluo! Since your grandfather passed away, our family has been keeping a low profile. Now that the continent is in turmoil, our family needs to prepare early. At this time, it is necessary to show some strength to give other family members some confidence. It also shocks those small people!"
"Congratulations, mother" and "Congratulations, grandma" everyone hurriedly congratulated.