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Chapter 155 Prayer, the Self-Evolution of the Divine Personality
"I think as long as we pray sincerely..."
Those heroic martyrs of the People's Salvation Army, who sacrificed themselves to save us ordinary people, will surely be reborn to slay those cholera-infested water demons, won't they?

Looking at the increasingly dim red divine light outside, Cui Jia clenched his fist and said firmly.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all nodded vigorously.

"Correct!"

"That's right!"

"As long as we pray sincerely, we will surely be moved by the spirits of the fallen heroes of the People's Salvation Army, who will then descend to earth to save us from suffering."

One after another, people spoke up, both to tell others and to reaffirm their own beliefs.

Immediately afterwards, everyone knelt down before the memorial tablet of the People's Salvation Army and kowtowed repeatedly in supplication.

"To all the heroic martyrs of the People's Salvation Army, I, Cui Jia, am writing this."

"Lu Yi, the petty man"

As they knelt in devout worship, a surge of spiritual energy rapidly flowed toward the memorial tablets of the Salvation Army.

Instantly, everyone felt that the red divine light around them seemed to have intensified slightly.

This immediately lifted everyone's spirits, and they knelt down to pray with even greater devotion.

A large amount of spiritual energy with a clear direction is continuously flowing towards the memorial tablets of the Salvation Army.

Gradually, the soul power of the Salvation Army remaining on them began to be touched, and through this medium, it crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and descended upon the owners of these memorial tablets.

Meanwhile, Wang Chao had also received a letter from Wang Dahu, learning about the strange changes at the burial pit.

In the blink of an eye, the dynasty, through its national destiny, descended upon these burial pits.

Sure enough, strange ghosts appeared on all the burial pits.

After a moment's thought, the dynasty used spiritual power as a medium to radiate to more distant areas, discovering that strange ghosts also appeared in those burial pits, only in fewer numbers than in the territory.

"So, is this yet another change in the world after this ascension of heaven and earth? Ghosts have been born in the world."

Wang Chao murmured to himself, seemingly lost in thought.

At the same time, I can probably guess why there are even fewer ghosts outside the territory.

It certainly wasn't because he saved the militia against the natural order that he incurred the backlash from heaven and earth.

That should be because within the territory of the Salvation Army, the spiritual power and national fortune are more abundant, making the energy of heaven and earth more concentrated, and there are also more people and spiritual power.

Nowadays, the surrounding area is mostly sparsely populated.

After all, the vast majority of the people in the surrounding areas had already entered the territory of the People's Salvation Army.

Naturally, the surrounding area became sparsely populated, and the energy of heaven and earth and spiritual power became scarce, making it difficult for those strange and ghostly creatures to be born.

As for the more distant areas, the dynasty was unable to explore them because there was no spiritual energy covering them.

But he probably also knew that the chances of strange ghosts being born were even lower.

Perhaps only when the universe advances further will such ghostly creatures be born on a large scale throughout the world.

Just as the dynasty was preparing to investigate further, he suddenly raised an eyebrow and looked in the direction of Qinzhou City.

Using the spiritual power of the nation's destiny as a medium, my mind instantly focused on that, and I saw what was happening in the Martyrs' Shrine.

As the crowd knelt in devout worship, a large amount of spiritual power, mediated by spiritual energy, was rapidly eroded and assimilated, and instantly descended into the consciousness space.

Transforming into wisps of red divine light, it descended upon the souls of the soldiers who died saving the people in Qinzhou, continuously merging into their celestial status.

The understanding and concept of heavenly soldiers and generals began to gradually integrate into the divine status of soldiers.

Gradually, the soldiers' celestial status began to change little by little, subtly transforming into celestial soldiers.

"Huh? So the nature of these celestial beings can change again?"

Sensing the changes in the soldiers' innate status, Wang Chao couldn't help but carefully sense them with curiosity.

"Hmm, it requires a lot of firm shared understanding, and without a further path, will these celestial beings' status naturally and slowly change in nature?"

The soldier's status and position were evolved little by little from the dynasty.

Therefore, he quickly realized the secret of its evolution.

The souls of those who died saving the people were more closely connected to the innate personality of soldiers.

However, they no longer have a path to advancement.

After all, they have no way to achieve merit and gain a higher heavenly status, nor can they enter the spiritual realm to comprehend and obtain a higher heavenly status.

Most importantly, the dynasty itself did not intend to grant them a higher divine status.

The soldier's innate status that they merge with also has its own limits, the highest being the King of Soldiers.

Because they had died in battle and entered the dynasty's consciousness space, the dynasty, after consideration, lifted the restrictions on the soldiers' heavenly status.

This causes the soldiers' innate rank to gradually reach its limit as they train and their soul strength increases.

Being in the consciousness space, they had nothing else to do besides military training.

Therefore, they usually train and undergo military training, absorbing and integrating the incense offerings from external sacrifices to strengthen themselves.

Several months have passed, and those militia members who died in the initial battle have long since reached the limit of their natural soldier status, becoming elite troops.

As for the "King of Soldiers," that was a concept from before the dynasty.

The "King of Soldiers" has a Heavenly Rank. If we only consider it from the perspective of supernatural powers, it is equivalent to the fourth level of supernatural powers, which is something that can only be mastered by those in the Longevity Realm under normal circumstances.

Of course, this mastery of the elite soldier is achieved through his divine status and rank.

However, regardless of the circumstances, that was still a level four divine power, equivalent to the Longevity Realm. Previously, the dynasty itself hadn't even reached the Longevity Realm; how could its derived Heavenly Status possibly possess the essence and power to unleash a level four divine power?
Those who died in the battle to save the people naturally could not become the king of soldiers.

Following this advancement in the Dynasty realm, all related forces, including the Heavenly and Earthly Realms, experienced another boost.

The divine status that those soldiers who died fighting to save the people achieved was enough to reach the level of a king of soldiers, and at this level, they reached their limit once again.

Beyond that, they had no other path but to hone their skills and gradually strengthen their souls, transforming them into tangible forms.

This naturally includes the People's Salvation Army soldiers who died in the Battle of Qinzhou.

However, at this moment, influenced by the devout prayers of Cui Jia and others, and their strong belief in becoming heavenly soldiers and generals, the soldiers' heavenly status, which had already reached its limit, began a different and mysterious transformation.

Its strength has not increased, and its essence has not changed, but it has become more mysterious, and it has subtly given rise to steps for climbing upwards again.

When life is in dire straits, it will spontaneously seek a way out, and there is a natural way of evolution.

Celestial status is closely related to the spirituality of life and the rules of heaven and earth, and it also has unlimited potential.

After reaching the ultimate peak, one can gradually find new paths and eventually evolve new climbing ladders.

The soldier's innate status has reached its limit; he is now a king of soldiers.

So they sought new paths and evolved new ladders for climbing.

The heavenly soldiers and generals in the minds of all living beings represent that new path.

However, it is not so easy for them to completely transform.

That requires a certain number of people who genuinely and from the bottom of their hearts believe that the fallen soldiers of the People's Salvation Army have truly become heavenly soldiers and generals, and that they possess a spiritual consciousness.

And one must perform sacrifices or prayers in front of their memorial tablets.

Previously, it was widely rumored that the soldiers who died in battle would ascend to the heavens and become celestial soldiers and generals.

However, no one has ever seen it.

Naturally, everyone was somewhat skeptical, but mostly regarded it as a good wish.

Even the Salvation Army, which could see spiritual brilliance, and its officials and generals all had similar thoughts.

Because they knew that the reason why the Martyrs' Shrine produced miraculous effects was more due to the leader's methods of gathering the hearts and minds of the people.

But those soldiers who died saving the people were actually somewhat hesitant about whether they had become heavenly soldiers and generals.

After all, they had never seen it either.

Therefore, even though people may have doubts about spiritual power, it can still contribute to the transformation of one's divine status.

However, that change was far too subtle.

Even dynasties only felt that the divine status of those beings had become a little more mysterious, but they did not have any deeper understanding.

Most importantly, the people who had witnessed the miraculous rescue of the people at the Martyrs' Shrine, as well as officials and generals at all levels, rarely visited the shrine because of their respective duties.

Because the spiritual power they generated could not be gathered on the soldiers who died in battle to save the people, it was already eroded and assimilated by the spiritual power of heaven and earth.

This is why the status of those celestial beings did not change further.

At this moment, Cui Jia and others personally witnessed the water ghost, and saw that the water ghost was blocked by the red divine light of the Martyrs' Shrine, and that their lives were threatened with death.

They truly believed that those soldiers who died saving the people had become heavenly soldiers and generals.

Their heartfelt and intense emotional understanding enabled the spiritual power they generated to be deeply etched into the understanding and concepts of the heavenly soldiers and generals.

This profound understanding finally began to truly drive the evolution of the divine and divine status.

The various abilities that people believe celestial soldiers and generals possess are now slowly evolving.

For example, receiving incense offerings, experiencing faith, the descent of gods, possession by heavenly soldiers, heavenly soldiers subduing demons, and the creation of countless beings, etc.

Of course, given their limited cognitive abilities, it would be impossible for them to develop such a wide range of capabilities.

Moreover, people's minds are different, and their perceptions and awareness also change.

If we let them evolve on their own, the resulting power might become somewhat bizarre and grotesque.

Therefore, in the process of the evolution of the Heavenly Soldiers' ranks, the dynasty needs to provide certain guidance to prevent them from evolving into some strange, bizarre, and grotesque abilities and powers.

In the blink of an eye, those disordered perceptions and concepts were sorted out and eliminated by the dynasty one by one.

The remaining power, though purified and ordered, has become extremely scarce.

Basic abilities such as Heavenly Soldier Possession, Heavenly Soldier Subduing Demons, and Dividing into Myriad Forms could have been developed into some kind of power, but at this moment, they could not even take shape.

Only the arrival of the heavenly soldiers, which Cui Jia and others most longed for and anticipated, and the acceptance of incense offerings and the perception of faith that all their abilities needed to match, were rapidly improving.

At the same time, the militia suddenly felt that the heavens above had become somewhat different, and the power that had been integrated into their bodies had become more mysterious and condensed.

This made their bodies more solid, adding many mystical features, and seemingly giving them the ability to subdue demons and monsters.

Furthermore, they felt that some hazy images suddenly appeared in their minds, and they heard some indistinct prayer sounds.

That seemed to be a plea for help from them.

As time passed, the images and sounds of prayer in my mind gradually became clearer.

"Cui Jia, a commoner under the rule of the People's Salvation Army"

"I'm being chased by a water ghost, please help me!"

This time, they were finally certain that someone was indeed praying to them and asking for their help.

However, they had no idea how to respond, let alone how to save them.

(End of this chapter)