Chapter 604: Three Wishes and Five Promises of the Gu Lei Empire

All the high-ranking officials of the Gu Lei Kingdom stood on the highest level of the newly built imperial palace hall.

As the Emperor, Nan Tianchen naturally occupied the center position, with the two people beside him being his most beloved wife, Lan Xue, and his proudest son, Nan Feihuang.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

Throughout the entire venue, everyone knelt toward Nan Tianchen, except for the experts who had reached the Title Douluo level, or those like Xue Ke who were fellow monarchs bearing the dignity of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Nan Tianchen raised his hand and pressed it down gently, and the scene immediately quieted down. He spoke slowly, "I am very happy today. After the battle with the Star Luo Empire back then, our Gu Lei Kingdom was left in ruins, nearly causing my subjects to lose their homes and country. I was incompetent and not a heaven-sent talent, but I governed with diligence. Fortunately, my subjects followed suit, and together we reached this glory."

"Heaven has favored us. My son Feihuang turned the tide, bore the protection of Heaven, and raised our national prestige. The four seas come to pay homage, and ten thousand nations stand in awe. Today, our Gu Lei Kingdom has elite soldiers and brave generals, with dozens of Title Douluos and Spirit Douluos in total. The Tianshuang Principality and the Hagen Dazs Kingdom are both willing to become vassals. Our territory has increased threefold, exceeding the limits of a kingdom. Today, I comply with the mandate of Heaven, elevate the kingdom to an empire, and make three wishes."

"The first wish is for the joy of all people; may the honor and glory of the citizens of our Gu Lei Empire be manifest everywhere!"

"The second wish is for the Gu Lei Empire to be filled with auspicious signs, with dragons lurking in the deep abyss, phoenixes dancing in the nine heavens, and our vast lands enjoying a long-lasting national destiny!"

"The third wish is for the jubilation of the masses, with the aura of auspiciousness filling the universe!"

Nan Tianchen heroically issued these three great wishes, and he even used his own soul power to spread his voice throughout the entire Tiandou City, making the kingdom's subjects feel hot-blooded and excited.

The reason they were so moved was that these three wishes were all considered from the perspective of the empire and its citizens. The first wish hoped that wherever the people of the Gu Lei Empire went, they would be respected and proud to be citizens of the empire. The second wish hoped that the national destiny of the Gu Lei Empire would last for ten thousand generations. The third wish hoped that the citizens of the Gu Lei Empire could grow alongside the national destiny of the Gu Lei Empire and be protected by it, living happily and healthily from then on.

Nan Tianchen continued, "I have ascended the throne today and have several words to pass down as the ancestral teachings of the Gu Lei Empire. I wish to make the country prosperous and the culture flourishing, and I hope my subjects will join in this great undertaking. The peace of a nation lies in the rule of law. I will uphold justice and govern by law. Here, I make five great promises to my millions of subjects."

"First, my decisions will all prioritize the national economy and the people's livelihood; I hope my subjects will understand and work together for development."

"Second, my words will all be for the sake of the country; I hope my subjects will keep them in mind and put them into practice."

"Third, under imperial power, there are no small matters. Every word I utter must be recorded in the history books for the world to supervise."

"Fourth, the way of governing lies in employing people. I am willing to select the virtuous and capable, regardless of their background, to plan for the country's grand strategy together."

"Fifth, my land is not the land of me alone, but the land of all people under Heaven."

With the announcement of these five promises, the centripetal force of the entire country was immediately raised to the highest level.

Suddenly, the entire Gu Lei Royal City erupted with astonishing roars, "Long live, long live, long live..."

Feihuang smiled slightly, "As expected of Father. This eloquence is much better than mine. With these three wishes and five promises, the Gu Lei Empire is like a solid piece of iron. Only by pulling in the same direction can a country exert its greatest strength."

"Sigh, as expected, compared to me, Father-in-law is the qualified Emperor," Xue Ke sighed.

Although she had been an Empress for several years, both her domineering aura and her bearing were far inferior to this Great Emperor of Gu Lei.

"He is worthy of being the father of the lad Feihuang. Although his strength cannot compare to his, he is more like a leader than he is," Guangling Douluo nodded.

A leader does not actually need to be clever enough to be infallible, nor does he need to be powerful enough to be invincible.

But one thing is necessary, and that is knowing how to employ people and how to build centripetal force. In this regard, this Great Emperor of Gu Lei had been doing very well for many years.

After the ceremony came the enfeoffment.

The people present were all meritorious officials who helped the kingdom ascend to an empire. Nan Tianchen could not forget them, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to show off the current strength of the Gu Lei Empire to the world.

He did not intend to hide his light; after all, he already planned to start a war later. Moreover, both the Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire knew exactly how much power the Gu Lei Empire had, so there was nothing to hide.

Nan Tianchen first enfeoffed the civil officials. The head of the civil officials, Xun Yu, styled Wenruo, an eighty-eighth-level Spirit Douluo, Prime Minister of the Empire, First Rank, was granted the title of Duke.

Below them were Yang Wudi, the deans of the Four Elements Academy, as well as the younger generation including Nan Feiling, Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, Zhang Xingcai, Feng Xiaotian, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and Huo Wu.

Yes, they also belonged to the civil officials; after all, the positions they were to hold were either in alchemy or in the education industry.

It was just that what shocked the world was how these civil officials were all at least Spirit Saints, and most were Spirit Douluos.

The head of the civil officials, Xun Yu, was only twenty-one years old, yet he was about to step into the realm of Title Douluo.

Had the civil official profession become this competitive now? If the civil officials were like this, what level must the military officials be?

Soon, Nan Tianchen told them what the true military officials of the Gu Lei Empire were.

The first to step forward were Jia Kui, Pan Feng, and Xing Daorong, who had taken the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Pill.

All three were ninetieth-level Qiangong Xi Title Douluos, with the titles of Brute Force Douluo, Kaishan Douluo, and Fire Ox Douluo, respectively.

They were all from the Brute Force Sect and did not directly enter the imperial court, but the Brute Force Sect was named one of the two great protector sects of the Gu Lei Empire, and the three had status equivalent to Dukes.

Next was the other protector sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, with its patriarch Yu Yuanzhen, a ninety-sixth-level Qiangong Xi Title Douluo, whose status was equivalent to the highest-ranking Grand Duke.

Then came the Title Douluos who directly joined the Gu Lei Imperial Court.

Ninety-fifth-level Control System Title Douluo, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.

Ninety-first-level Qiangong Xi Title Douluo, Dragon Snake Douluo Long Gong.

Ninety-third-level Qiangong Xi Title Douluo, E Lai Douluo Dian Wei.

The three had status equivalent to royal princes, and among them, Dian Wei was the future husband of the current Princess Nan Feiling.

The final four stepped forward together.

Gu Lei Royal Family:

The Monarch, ninety-second-level Qiangong Xi Title Douluo, Gu Lei Douluo Nan Tianchen.

The Empress, ninety-seventh-level Qiangong Xi Title Douluo, Profound Ice Douluo Lan Xue.

The Crown Prince's beloved concubine, ninety-sixth-level Agility Attack System Title Douluo, Ghost God Douluo Lv Lingqi.

And finally, the pillar of the Gu Lei Empire, the Crown Prince, ninety-ninth-level Limit Douluo, Quasi-God, Peerless Douluo Nan Feihuang.

When everyone's names and titles were reported to the world one by one, the people on the continent realized that, unknowingly, the power of the Gu Lei Empire had already reached such a powerful level.

At this moment, no one would doubt whether the Gu Lei Kingdom had the qualifications to become an empire.

On this day, the Gu Lei Empire officially began to stand tall on the continent.

(End of chapter)