Gao Xin knew the national war would break out tonight.

But with time running short, since he couldn't restore himself to full strength or significantly enhance his power in such a brief period, he decided not to focus on himself.

Instead, he sought to enhance the strength of his teammates, arranging them to guard various territories.

Gao Xin completed the conquest of the Sea King Port forces, changing many things.

For instance, the Yamato Domain was renamed Taixui Territory, in commemoration of Tai Sui's landing by the seaside here.

Yamaguchi Village was renamed Demon Sword Village, and the Yoshihara Village, where the Revenge Gang once stayed, along with its inhabitants, was purged and renamed Revenge Village.

Lin Village remained Lin Village, but their leadership system was no longer the Lin Family tribe-based one.

All local overlords were dismantled and recomposed, with some joining the Revenge Gang and a tiny fraction joining the Holy Spirit Society.

The Holy Spirit Society opened numerous branches while directly governing the nine villages and two districts within its domain.

The so-called "nine villages and two districts" refer to the Holy Spirit Realm's current territory.

The Taixui Territory included three villages, Angry Water Town had three villages, and there were the Spirit Communication Village acquired through negotiation, Ancient Snake Village, and Jade Village.

Spirit Communication Village formerly belonged to the Evil Dragon Empire, Ancient Snake Village to Eden Heaven, and Jade Village to the Milan Order.

The two districts refer to the central island's Death Hills and the Water City on the ocean.

On the map, if Taixui Territory and Angry Water Town were seen as a torch, the Death Hills would be the fireball on its pillar, and the three acquired villages would be the three flame streaks extending east, west, and north of the torch.

The entire map of the Holy Spirit Realm resembled a gleaming trophy.

And the Holy Spirit Society became the dominant institution within the realm, directly ruling over the nine Silver Tower Villages.

This was an unprecedented event.

Although the major forces had always had territories with nine villages, they usually directly governed only three.

The remaining six were typically left for local medium-sized gangs to contend for, such as the Lin Family, Yakuza, Tianxin Temple, and so on.

On one hand, this stimulated internal competition, allowing stronger entities to emerge even during peaceful times.

On the other hand, too much direct rule was detrimental to governance, as it required high governance costs.

Why could Sea King Port easily abandon Angry Water Town to purchase a Taixui brain, and easily discard the Yamato Domain after the war?

Because these areas were not directly governed by them and could be abandoned as a strategic buffer.

And with the Silver Tower elevator system, they could always return, causing headaches for the occupying forces.

In general, the major forces on Crime Prison Island didn't care whether the actual rulers of the territories were their own people.

As long as enough money was paid annually, it didn't matter whether a village was ruled by Yakuza, the Black Blood Gang, or anyone else.

As long as they remembered the overarching Three Kingdoms Nine Cities, paying taxes, no matter how cruel the rule was, nobody intervened.

A bit of cruelty was even good, as it could stimulate the emergence of more strong individuals, and then the Three Kingdoms Nine Cities, with their competitive edge and benefits, could recruit them as their workforce.

The dirty and exhausting work was left for the small and medium-sized gangs, with the blame carried by local overlords.

As long as the Three Kingdoms Nine Cities held the strongest core competitive edge, they could continue to draw in talent and harvest money.

This could be said to be a mode that perfectly matched the actual situation of Crime Prison Island, and it's how the Three Kingdoms Nine Cities operated.

It seemed chaotic, as if gangs were everywhere, with numerous village overlords split and ruling.

In reality, it was an extremely stable power structure.

Hence, no matter how much fighting occurred, the Three Kingdoms Nine Cities remained unchanged.

The only exception was Gao Xin.

Normally, he should have joined a force or been annihilated.

Instead, he fought his way through, becoming independent and self-reliant, creating a realm and breaking the old structure.

It was the only new regime to rise in nearly twenty years.

But this was because his individual strength was too abnormal, and his growth speed was extraordinary.

Excluding this freak case, normally such a structure wouldn't be shaken in twenty, let alone two hundred years.

That's why the top figures from all factions were so opposed to Gao Xin, who unprecedentedly broke conventions.

Initially, Gao Xin also planned to maintain the status quo, and after nation founding, he made no systemic changes.

On one hand, he wasn't yet firmly established; on the other hand, there was no soil for centralization on the island.

But now, after encountering Milan, his perspective changed.

Maintain the village overlord competition system in most villages? Use internal strife to cultivate new strongmen? Reap with the most powerful military might?

Though everyone was doing it, even since ancient times, if the ultimate goal was to break out as a whole, the environment had to be changed.

Forget internal strife, the goal lies across the sea!

And, without internal strife, how to cultivate new strongmen? By fighting outside forces.

Why was Sea King Port initially so strong? Because they battled against the Navy.

Moreover, they had a core ethos and were once highly united.

If the Sea King hadn't given up, hadn't the overseas Seven Righteous dispersed, how formidable would Sea King Port be?

Nine True Dragons, three Quasi-Dragon Kings, and Sofia could potentially become a Quasi-Dragon King, making four, directly comparable to Adam's Eden Garden!

This doesn't even count maintaining the early fighting spirit and mode against the Navy, continually producing new experts under that core value and rigorous training.

Otherwise, under the Sea King's leadership, there could be a dozen or even twenty True Dragons by now.

But there are no what-ifs in the world; from the moment the Sea King faltered and Sofia and the second generation of leadership shifted their focus to the internal Crime Prison Island, they betrayed their beliefs and grew increasingly weaker.

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