Two more city-states were merged into the Lost Soul City-State. Although the two city-states lost their military power, the government affairs of the two city-states were still managed by them. Moreover, the two city-states also adopted the Lost Soul City-State management mode. This made the two city-states look more prosperous than before.
Now that these two city-states had merged with the Lost Soul City, the other city-states of the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance began to think. They knew that Zhao Hai was very strong. Looking at the current situation, the Lost Soul City would be unified in the future. At that time, if they didn't surrender, then they might become enemies with Zhao Hai.
If they surrendered to Zhao Hai, then it would be a good thing. Although the Lost Soul City was very strong, it still hasn't been unified. If they surrender now, then they might be able to get some benefits.
After thinking about this, the people of these city-states couldn't sit still. They immediately sent people to contact Zhao Hai. At the same time, some people also looked for Long Tianlin's group. They wanted to know what benefits they would get after surrendering to Zhao Hai.
Long Tianlin didn't hide anything and told them about Zhao Hai's words. This made the city-states' City Lords very surprised. They didn't think that Zhao Hai would give up his position as the City Lord of the Lost Soul City. To be honest, this was very tempting for the City Lord's clans.
In their opinion, this was impossible to achieve in a short period of time. As long as Zhao didn't step down, no one would be able to take away his position as the City Lord. And with Zhao's current situation, if he wanted to step down from his position as the City Lord, they were afraid that he would have to wait a long time.
But no matter what, this was still a hope for them. It was precisely because of this that they were moved. They understood that if Zhao Hai really did what he said, then their clans would have hope in the future.
Moreover, after being in contact with Zhao Hai for a long time, the City Lords had a certain understanding of Zhao Hai. They knew that Zhao Hai's breadth of mind was indeed extraordinary. If he promised something, then he would certainly do it. Although this matter seemed very unreliable, they also knew that the City Lords of the Lost Soul City knew that they would surrender.
As they came into contact with Zhao Hai, they began to understand why these city-states were willing to take refuge in Zhao Hai. The conditions that Zhao Hai gave them were very good. They can control their own city-state's government and even participate in the management of Lost Soul City. Moreover, if their families perform well in the future, they can even inherit their positions.
Although this was still a little bit different from their ideal situation, it wasn't unacceptable. The City Lords understood that the City Lords had all sided with Zhao Hai. And without exception, these City Lords were very close to Zhao Hai. Moreover, after they sided with Zhao Hai, they didn't have any complaints about Zhao Hai. In other words, they didn't rely on Zhao Hai, they were willing to do so. From this point, it can be seen that they had a better understanding of Zhao Hai's situation. They knew that siding with Zhao Hai would be more beneficial for them.
Because of this, the City Lords were somewhat moved. In the end, some of the City Lords tried to contact Zhao Hai and expressed their intentions of siding with him. Naturally, Zhao Hai didn't oppose them and accepted them. Moreover, the conditions were very good, not much different from Long Tianlin and the others.
The City Lords of these city-states immediately announced that they would merge with the Lost Soul City-State. With them setting an example, the other city-states were also moved. More and more city-states merged with the Lost Soul City-State. As time went on, all of the city-states of the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance merged with the Lost Soul City-State.
The City Lords merged with the Lost Soul City not only because of the conditions that Zhao Hai offered. No matter how good Zhao Hai's conditions were, they would still have to listen to Zhao Hai in the future. They would be subordinates, which was much better than making their own decisions. The main reason why these people were willing to merge their city-states with the Lost Soul City-State was because of Zhao Hai's strength.
This time, Zhao Hai commanded his army and defeated the Sacred Academy's army of a million. Moreover, he took down five City Lords in one fell swoop. This kind of achievement was something that no one expected. This also made the City Lords know about Zhao Hai's strength as well as Zhao Hai's methods.
It was because of this that the City Lords didn't want to be enemies with Zhao Hai. They knew that Zhao Hai's Lost Soul City was too strong. The Lost Soul City already occupied a quarter of the entire Spirit Weapon Realm. With the Lost Soul City's strength and Zhao Hai's methods, if he couldn't unify the Spirit Weapon Realm, then it would be the will of the heavens.
Now that these City Lords merged with the Lost Soul City, the land occupied by the Lost Soul City was more than half of the Spirit Weapon Realm. In this case, it would be easier for Zhao Hai to unify the entire Spirit Weapon Realm.
After the unification of the Anti-Holy Academy Alliance, Zhao Hai immediately announced the establishment of a country. The country was named the Lost Soul Empire and its capital was Lesser Dragon City. At the same time, he also announced that the Lost Soul Empire would soon unify the entire Spirit Weapon Realm.
At this time, Zhao Hai didn't hide his ambitions anymore. He wanted to tell the Holy Academy that the Lost Soul Kingdom wanted to unify the entire Spirit Weapon Realm, as well as the current glory of the Heavenly Sword Empire.
If Zhao Hai said this in the past, then countless people would stand up and laugh at him. Even the City Lords of the Spirit Weapon Realm would stand up and oppose him.
But now that Zhao Hai said this, it was completely different. The Lost Soul Empire now controlled half of the Spirit Weapon Realm. Moreover, when Zhao Hai fought against the Sacred Academy, he won in a row. The Lost Soul Empire could be said to have a strong army. In this case, it would be even more difficult for the Sacred Academy to block the Lost Soul Empire's attack.
The change in the Sacred Academy Alliance caught the Sacred Academy by surprise. They didn't know how to deal with it. Everything happened too fast, so fast that they didn't have time to react.
When the Sacred Academy recovered from the shock, the Lost Soul Empire had already been established!
No one knew better than the Sacred Institute how much influence the establishment of an empire would have on the world of spiritual weapons. The fact that no country had been established for so many years didn't mean that the people of the spiritual weapon world didn't want to establish a country. In fact, there were many reasons why the world of spiritual weapons didn't have a country. One of the biggest reasons was actually the Sacred Institute.
The existence of a country wasn't a good thing for the people of the Sacred Academy. Because of this, the people of the Sacred Academy wouldn't allow a country to exist. The influence of a country was too great. It was completely above the Sacred Academy. For the people of the Sacred Academy, this was unacceptable.
Because of this, no matter which city-state had the potential to establish a country, the Holy Institute would destroy it. Just like the Yalong City-State, the Yalong City-State was developing very well. If the Yalong City-State was allowed to expand, it might become the Yalong Empire.
However, this wasn't good news for the Sacred Academy. The establishment of an Empire would make countless city-states feel its determination. At that time, there might be some city-states that would join the Empire. Slowly, the Empire's influence would become bigger and bigger. In the end, it would surpass the Sacred Academy.
The Sacred Academy could influence a city-state, but they absolutely couldn't influence an Empire. A city-state and an Empire were two completely different concepts. Because of this, the Sacred Academy couldn't allow an Empire to appear in the Spirit Weapon Realm. This was because this would challenge the status of the Sacred Academy. Therefore, as long as a powerful city-state appeared in the Spirit Weapon Realm, the Sacred Academy would immediately destroy it, just like the Yalong City.
Before Zhao Hai helped the Long Family unify the Yalong City, chaos had already appeared in the Yalong City. If it wasn't for Zhao Hai's appearance, then the current generation of the Clan Alliance might still cooperate and maintain the Yalong City. But what about their descendants? Perhaps the current generation of the Clan Alliance would suddenly feel that there was no point in being a single family in the Yalong City. Then, the Yalong City would face disintegration.
The Sacred Academy was trying to prevent the emergence of an Empire. But this time, they had no way to stop it. They had a hostile relationship with the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance. All the city-states in the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance were aware that they and the Sacred Academy were mortal enemies. Because of this, the Sacred Academy couldn't destroy them even if they wanted to.
Moreover, the Sacred Academy had been without an opponent for a long time, so they were very arrogant. All the clans that were related to the Sacred Academy were transparent. Everyone knew that these clans were related to the Sacred Academy. This made it more convenient for Zhao Hai and the others. They knew that these clans were related to the Sacred Academy, so they just needed to focus on attacking them. There was no need to think too much about it.
Because of this, the Sacred Academy didn't have any advantage against the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance. This was because the eyes that the Sacred Academy arranged in the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance had already been destroyed by Zhao Hai. Naturally, the Sacred Academy didn't have any advantage.
Now that the Lost Soul Empire was established, the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance was caught off guard. They didn't expect that the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance's city-states would suddenly turn to Zhao Hai. The City Lords of these city-states gave up their City Lord status and joined the Lost Soul City-State. At the same time, Zhao Hai became the Emperor of the Lost Soul City-State.
The Sacred Academy looked at the establishment of the Lost Soul Empire and saw the Lost Soul Empire's declaration to unify the Spirit Weapon Realm. However, they couldn't do anything except for a weak protest.
In addition to this, what made the Sacred Academy even more worried was the internal instability. In the city-states under the Sacred Academy's control, aside from the direct subordinates of the Sacred Academy, the other clans had begun to waver. The lower class civilians were even more shaken. This was something that the Sacred Academy didn't expect.
The people of the Sacred Academy didn't pay attention to the commoners until now. But when the commoners started to rebel, the Sacred Academy knew how terrifying they were. The commoners didn't rebel but chose another way to resist the Sacred Academy, which was to flee. Fleeing was also a form of resistance. The commoners began to flee from their city-states in large batches. They brought along their pitiful belongings and left their ancestral homes, heading towards the place they yearned for. Countless of them died for this life, but they still had one thing in their hearts, this thing was called hope!
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