Chapter 271: Sun and Moon Surrender, Establish Douluo Federation
"I surrender. I will be loyal to you with all my strength, but I only hope you will keep your promise and pass the throne to your and Xu Tianzhen's child after becoming a god."
Under the immense pressure from Lin Qinghan, Kong Deming understood that no one on the Douluo Continent could oppose Lin Qinghan anymore.
He knew his own strength. While his level 10 soul guide—the Silver Moon Divine Light Cover—was focused on control and defense and didn't offer much offensive capability, its durability wasn't inferior to that of a true defensive Extreme Douluo.
Yet now, his Silver Moon Divine Light Cover had been crushed in under a second by Lin Qinghan's pressure alone. This confirmed that Lin Qinghan's true combat power likely far exceeded that of an Extreme Douluo.
If someone could destroy his top-tier defense with mere spirit pressure, that meant Lin Qinghan could obliterate a real Extreme Douluo the same way.
Even if he hadn't yet become a god, Lin Qinghan was, for all practical purposes, godlike on the Douluo Continent.
That was why Kong Deming chose not to resist. The outcome wasn't the worst—Xu Tianzhen, one of the only surviving royals, would marry Lin Qinghan, and their child would inherit the throne.
"You're quite sensible. Then let me issue my first decree."
Lin Qinghan fully withdrew his power, returned to the throne, and then spoke slowly.
"I declare that, from this day forward, there shall be only one nation on the Douluo Continent: the Douluo Federation."
Lin Qinghan didn't need a coronation ceremony. He seamlessly adapted to his new identity as Emperor and issued a sweeping declaration as soon as he took office.
This direct renaming naturally stirred dissatisfaction among some, but most present were his confidants, so the policy was quickly implemented.
After issuing several important orders, Lin Qinghan introduced the monarch-offline system.
He established a cabinet to oversee most national affairs, made all cabinet members sign soul contracts, and handed daily governance over to Juzi—while he returned to his work.
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Time passed quickly. A month flew by.
Lin Qinghan, the newly crowned Emperor, had caused a storm across the entire Douluo Continent.
The Star Luo Empire's royal family was especially stunned. Who could've imagined that the prince of the Star Luo Empire, once set to marry Princess Xu Jiujiu, would suddenly become Emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire?
Correction—not Sun and Moon Empire anymore. It was now the Douluo Federation.
The Star Luo royal family had feared Lin Qinghan might use his newfound power to replace the Xingguan family in their Empire, but the current turn of events had all the continent's major forces dumbfounded.
Among Lin Qinghan's peers, aside from the girls around him, most were still only Soul Kings.
Yet Lin Qinghan—at just sixteen years old—had already become Emperor of the most powerful nation on the continent!
But Lin Qinghan didn't concern himself with this. Instead, he enjoyed a long-overdue, peaceful sleep.
"Brother Qinghan, Sister Riyue and I seem to have finished making that soul guide machine tool you asked for."
Just as he awoke, Huo Yutong and the Lord of the Sun and Moon stood beside his bed with good news.
Huo Yutong's way of addressing Lin Qinghan hadn't changed. Even his sudden rise to emperor hadn't affected their relationship.
After all, Huo Yutong no longer held attachment to the three original kingdoms of the Douluo Continent. Even Shrek Academy was now just a former alma mater to her. The only one she truly cared about was Lin Qinghan.
"Your idea was truly brilliant. Just like you suggested—replacing soul guide construction with automated soul guide machine tools, splitting work into an assembly line so each machine handles a few simple steps—I now feel I could build a soul guide army from scratch on my own."
The Lord of the Sun and Moon looked at Lin Qinghan excitedly. Originally, she had some complaints when he renamed the Empire and seized its rule.
After all, by her title alone, she had once nearly ruled the Sun and Moon Empire herself. Lin Qinghan, an outsider, suddenly took her place.
But she'd only grumbled briefly. Once Lin Qinghan proposed the assembly line machine tool idea, she had no more complaints at all.
"It's actually completed already? What's its performance like?"
Lin Qinghan's eyes lit up. A moment later, a flicker of light passed over him as his pajamas were replaced with formal robes.
Now that Lin Qinghan had become Emperor, he moved openly into the imperial palace. He even commissioned construction-type Spirit Masters to expand it.
Today, Lin Qinghan's private estate occupied nearly a quarter of the palace. Naturally, Huo Yutong and the other girls from the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had moved in.
"Based on your design, Yutong and I made improvements. As long as there's enough spirit power, one second-level soul engineer can operate it and produce output equivalent to ten fourth-level soul engineers—but it can only produce one type of soul guide at a time."
As she spoke, the Lord of the Sun and Moon brought out a row of machine tool–like devices and set them up in Lin Qinghan's bedroom.
"No need to hold back. Take these to Juzi and Kong Deming right away. Have them start building a large factory using this assembly line machine tool."
Lin Qinghan waved his hand and handed his imperial jade token to Huo Yutong.
"Brother Qinghan… you're not planning to go to war against the other three kingdoms like the Sun and Moon Empire did before, are you?"
Huo Yutong stared blankly at the token. She understood very well: if these specialized machine tools were used in soul guide production, the impact on output would be staggering.
With the Sun and Moon Empire's existing foundation and this new machinery, soul guide output could triple in a short period—even with constraints like rare metal logistics.
"Yutong, you don't need to think too much about it. Whatever the Douluo Continent becomes in the end... it has nothing to do with us, right?"
Lin Qinghan gently rubbed Huo Yutong's head. His tone and gaze were soft, but the meaning behind his words couldn't have been clearer.
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