Chapter 340: The Douluo Federation
"What major event are you planning now?" Du Busi asked in surprise. Summoning the continent's major powers under the name of the Original Body Sect? Despite the chaos of the past decade, many powers on Douluo Continent had lost their heritage, such as the royal families of the four great empires and institutions like Shrek Academy, but there were still many powerful forces on the continent today. These included Mingde Hall, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Heavenly Dragon Gate, the Earth Dragon Gate, the Xuanming Sect, and the remnants of the four imperial families who were unreconciled to their fall and wished to restore their nations.
"I plan to unify the continent!" Du Qianjue stated seriously.
"Unify the continent? You actually have such ambitions? How come I never noticed before?" Du Busi asked, revealing his soul's three concerns.
Yes! It was indeed strange. Du Qianjue, who couldn't even be bothered to manage his own Original Body Sect, now harbored intentions to unify the continent, which really baffled Du Busi.
Du Qianjue himself felt helpless but had to choose to become a worker for the God of Destruction, the CEO of the Divine Realm, to unify Douluo Continent as part of his divine test.
"This is the eighth challenge of my divine test. I genuinely have no interest in unifying the continent, but for Douluo Continent, unification is necessary. Internal strife and conflicts are not conducive to the world's development or the emergence of powerful beings, both for the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent itself. The benefits of unification far outweigh those of division!" Du Qianjue explained earnestly.
Du Busi nodded in understanding, "Since that's the case, I get it. I'll make the arrangements. Using the name of the Original Body Sect and your name, I'll summon the leaders of the major powers on the continent. You can handle the rest."
After Du Busi made all the arrangements, more than a dozen Titled Douluo from the Original Body Sect took Du Qianjue's 'divine decree' to meet all the current powers on Douluo Continent that still had Titled Douluo.
Du Qianjue didn't have any good ideas about unifying the continent; he could only roughly emulate the Sun-Moon Federation from the era of the third Douluo. This federation would be an alliance of all powerful forces, overseeing the world.
However, he definitely wouldn't use the name Sun-Moon Federation. After all, this book is called "Douluo Continent," not "Sun-Moon Continent." He was a member of the Original Body Sect, not the Sun-Moon Empire.
Thus, Du Qianjue named the alliance the Douluo Federation, setting up a chairman, two vice-chairmen, and eighteen council members. In the initial phase of the alliance, to be a council member, one must possess at least the strength of a Soul Sage, regardless of being from the major powers or a freelance; not looking at identity, but at a certain level of strength and foundation, understanding how to manage the Douluo Federation properly.
In this respect, Mingde Hall was definitely more competent. This kind of modernized management organization was something people from the Sun-Moon Empire were much better at than those from the Spirit Empire.
As for the various departments under the alliance council, Du Qianjue planned to let them sort it out themselves. He was only responsible for establishing the council and representing the Original Body Sect as the first chairman to get the organizational structure out. How exactly it would be executed, which talents and technologies were needed, he left to their own discussions.
The original story had progressed in this way. Even without Huo Yuhao's leadership, the Sun-Moon Federation had eventually been established. It proved that the world does not revolve around any one individual; as long as no one forcibly interferes, the world will develop as it should.
What Du Qianjue needed to do was simply to give it a little push. After all, this was content for a divine test, not a hobby of his; he really didn't have that much time to deal with these extraneous matters.
In just three days, all the powerful rulers of the continent had arrived at the Original Body Sect. Du Qianjue did not hide his intentions and, ignoring the subtle looks from the remnants of the four imperial families, announced the establishment of the Douluo Federation.
It was undisputed that Du Qianjue would serve as the chairman, but he also planned to hand off this hot potato as soon as he ascended to godhood, letting other members of the Original Body Sect take over.
As for what followed, it was no longer his concern. Whoever was virtuous would hold the position. Whether it was genuinely virtuous or just had the word 'virtue' inscribed on their sword, as long as they could stabilize the position, they could serve as the chairman.
The vice-chairmen were to be Xiao Hongchen, the current master of Mingde Hall, and Ning Rongrong, the current sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Unlike the chairman, the vice-chairmen couldn't just oversee without concern; they needed to be capable and able to clean up any messes for the chairman.
Thus, Du Qianjue directly roped in Xiao Hongchen and Ning Rongrong as his tools.
Ning Rongrong had nothing to complain about; as the sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the sect best at business, having her as a vice-chairwoman meant likely giving her sect some advantages. But if you don't let the horse graze, how can it run?
As for whether Ning Rongrong would be too overbearing, Du Qianjue didn't care at all. It wasn't like before; if the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect dared to step out of line, the Original Body Sect would teach them a lesson.
As for Xiao Hongchen. Although he had overdrawn his potential and achieved the rank of Soul Saint prematurely, leading to a stagnation in his progression for five years, Xiao Hongchen was still formidable.
Rumored to be Douluo Continent's first eleven-ring Soul Guide Master in a previous life—whether that rumor was true or not, Du Qianjue didn't care, only acknowledging Xiao Hongchen's talent.
He had now reached the Titled Douluo level, and his Soul Guide level had also reached nine rings. If not for that, Xiao Hongchen wouldn't have had the ability to maintain the Hongchen family's status nor secure the position of master of Mingde Hall.
Keep in mind that Xiao Hongchen's predecessor, Jing Hongchen, had died in the battle against the evil soul masters, not of natural causes.
Although Jing Hongchen had paved the way for Xiao Hongchen before his death, it was ultimately limited. Xiao Hongchen's ability to reach today's position was all due to his own efforts, and he deserved the vice-chairmanship.
After the council was established, the voice announcing the passing of the divine test echoed in Du Qianjue's mind.
But he didn't just let it go. Some things could still be pushed forward.
Du Qianjue's first directive after establishing the council was to allow the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy to bear the title of the continent's number one academy and to permit the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy to open branches in major cities across the continent to recruit students while promoting soul guides.
During this process, no forces were allowed to obstruct, and the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy was not allowed to forcibly intervene in the graduates' future positions.
Du Qianjue was not stingy; as the first chairman of the Douluo Federation, he sponsored the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy with a set of cultivation techniques.
This was a cheaper version of the Nine-Turn Xuan Yuan Gong he had experimented with alongside Ilaix, which Du Qianjue called Xuan Yuan Gong.
It lacked the nine turns but still had the effect of enhancing the body, soul power, and spiritual power. Though not as powerful as Du Qianjue's technique, it was easier to access and, over time, could enhance the cultivator's potential.
This technique caused a sensation across Douluo Continent the moment it was introduced. Numerous soul masters attempted to join the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy just to check out this technique, and even many powerful figures from major forces went to the academy to teach for the sake of Xuan Yuan Gong.
Not long after, the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy was renamed the Number One Academy of Douluo.
First. This was an even more arrogant title than the previously known Shrek Academy, which was only called the continent's number one academy and didn't directly put the words 'number one' in its name.
But with the most advanced knowledge of soul guides and soul masters, the title of the continent's number one academy was indeed well-deserved.
Although Shrek Academy was gone, other forces still existed!
Du Qianjue directly went to those forces with hidden libraries, took all their soul master knowledge except for their sect secrets, and handed it over to the Number One Academy of Douluo.
After the Number One Academy of Douluo acquired this soul master knowledge, it was used to educate students, which actually appeased the forces that had their libraries taken. After all, they also went to the Number One Academy of Douluo to study soul guide knowledge.
You can't get something for nothing? Du Qianjue expressed that there were no such good deals.
After all was done, Du Qianjue also checked his divine test status.
[Life/Destruction's Eighth Test: Unify Douluo Continent, Test Completed, Reward: Life/Destruction Affinity 20%]
[Life/Destruction's Ninth Test: Pass the Genesis Realm Trial, Reward: Life/Destruction Affinity]
Genesis Realm? What's that all about?
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