"There are currently two prominent voices in the Dou Spirit Empire, the first of which I just elaborated on. The other side advocates engaging the federal military in direct battle and letting the chips fall where they may. Of course, there's also a minority that proposes negotiating for peace. In reality, if it isn't for the fact that the Dou Spirit Empire is a monarchy, most of the empire would probably be in support of surrender. They're well aware of the disparity between them and the Douluo Federation. This is a fundamental gap that can't be bridged."

Tang Wulin's brows furrowed slightly. "How is our Tang Sect's relationship with the royal family?"

Li Yun replied, "We are the number one arms suppliers to the Dou Spirit Empire. Almost all their high-end weaponry technology was sold to them by our Tang Sect, but in reality, we've been very conservative with the technology that we've been selling them in the past several millennia. This is to limit the rate of...