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Chapter 160 National Fate Changes Again, Cultivation Resources

After discussing and agreeing on the matter of bestowing titles upon the City God and the Land God, Wu Chang, Wang Zhongyuan, and others quickly began preparations.

City God and Earth God temples in various places began to be renovated.

We must ensure that every village has a land deity, every city has a city god, every river has a river god, and every mountain has a mountain god, so that no place is haunted by evil spirits.

However, these city gods, land gods, mountain gods, and river gods all have new names: the new Heavenly Soldiers who died to save the people.

The people would offer incense and sacrifices to these heavenly soldiers.

At the same time, there were also corresponding regulations for the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine, namely, it must be built not far from the battlefield.

As for the traditional custom of returning to one's roots.
The Martyrs' Shrine is a shrine for martyrs, but more importantly, it contains the memorial tablets of martyrs.

As for the remains of martyrs, if the families have a strong desire, they can be moved back to their hometowns, and this will not affect the martyrs' enjoyment of the incense offerings at the Martyrs' Shrine.

They will only receive an extra offering from their relatives and family.

While the entire territory was undergoing a massive renovation and construction of new city god and land god temples, the dynasty did not stop its efforts to strengthen and upgrade the nation's fortunes.

As time goes by, the nation's fortunes become increasingly stronger in their ability to restrain evil spirits.

In the end, the national destiny generated by a village of only a few dozen households or a couple hundred people was enough to suppress a mass grave that buried tens of thousands of people.

Logically speaking, by this point, the dynasty's goal should have been achieved.

However, the dynasty did not stop.

He always felt that the nation's destiny was about to undergo another transformation.

This is not a transformation towards the realm of immortality, but rather an expansion of power, equivalent to possessing new skills and properties.

Therefore, the dynasty not only did not stop, but instead worked even harder to improve itself.

Even during the daytime office hours, he would still spare a sliver of his mind to control the dwindling national fortune and suppress the ghosts fighting against the burial pits.

Finally, in February of the second year of the Chongzhen reign, the nation's destiny underwent another transformation.

They gained a new ability, rooted in humanity, targeting spiritual entities, ghosts, and demons. Any powerful life form that is hostile to humanity will be suppressed in different ways.

Powerful as ghosts, they possess intense malice. If they enter a city where thousands reign supreme, they will be instantly imprisoned by the nation's destiny, or even completely suppressed and annihilated.

Ordinary animals, even if they are hostile to humans, will not be significantly affected by the nation's fate unless they become powerful enough to threaten a city.

However, animals that reach that level can already be called demons, and they must possess spiritual power, making them targets for suppression and control by the nation's destiny.

In an instant, the national destiny that enveloped the territory of the People's Salvation Army trembled, becoming even more majestic, imposing, and domineering.

The will of the people cannot be defied; the will of the people is the will of Heaven.
Those who go against the will of the people will be suppressed by the fate of the nation.

Of course, this refers to spiritual forces and malice.

The hearts of ordinary people are ever-changing and will not be affected by the fate of the nation.

A dynasty needs its people to have different ideas.

Even if they are contradictory or hostile, the dynasty will not deliberately reverse them.

Only in this way can more sparks of wisdom be ignited, promoting the perfection of one's divine status and supernatural powers, and pushing them to a higher realm.

In addition, the previous advancement of heaven and earth had already caused heaven and earth to begin to accept the power of the dynasty.

Spiritual power became a medium and bridge for communication between heaven and earth and humankind, and the fate of a nation even began to gradually transform into a kind of acquired rule of heaven and earth.

Therefore, all countries and forces in the world began to evolve their own national destinies.

While the dynasty may not seem to receive any feedback from the power of heaven and earth, all of this is actually a reward from heaven and earth for its achievements.

Otherwise, with his current power, if he wanted to merge into the rules of heaven and earth, he would only be met with strong suppression and rejection.

Unlike now, when national destiny is almost evolving into rules, becoming a kind of rule-making force in this world.

This has led other national powers to begin developing weakened versions of their national destiny.

If the nation's destiny can truly be transformed into a post-natal rule of heaven and earth, integrating into the entire world.

Then the dynasty, as the master of the nation's destiny, will grasp a rule of global significance.

Even if this is just an acquired rule, it is enough to make him immortal, to live as long as heaven and earth, and to shine as brightly as the sun and moon.

Of course, the national destiny has not yet truly evolved into rules. At most, it is reflected in all directions under the operation of the rules of heaven and earth, causing various forces to give birth to their own weakened versions of national destiny.

Furthermore, due to the unique nature of national fortune, dynasties could only sense the general state of these national fortunes, but could not control them.

It's still a long way from the rules of evolution.

If the current pace remains unchanged, then even after three to five thousand years, the rules governing the nation's destiny will not be able to evolve and improve.

By then, not even the ashes of the dynasty would remain.

Now, after the national destiny has been further improved and transformed, not only have the national destiny of other major forces undergone a synchronized improvement and transformation, but the improvement and transformation have also been weakened by many times.

The dynasty's ability to sense the fate of the nation has been further enhanced, from previously only being able to sense neighboring countries to now being able to sense countries in much more distant places.

For example, that island nation to the east, where a bright yellow national destiny converges at the center, is even purer than that of the Ming Dynasty.

It wasn't that his country was stronger, but rather that the ordinary people in that region had a higher level of identification with their emperor.

In fact, above the central convergence of national fortune, there are also clusters of fragmented national fortune, which are the powerful forces of the island nation's daimyo, who suppress the central national fortune, leaving it with no ability to resist.

In this respect, it is far inferior to the Ming Dynasty.

It can only be said that although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was also trapped in Shuntian Prefecture, he still had power.

The so-called emperor of that island nation was completely suppressed and was merely a puppet.

Besides the island nations of the East, in the distant West, in places like the Champa, Kazakhstan, the Mughal Empire, and even further afield in India, national fortunes are rising.

However, these countries' national fortunes were even worse than those of the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, so they couldn't compare to the People's Salvation Army. Nevertheless, these countries were still far from being on par with the People's Salvation Army, so there was no need to worry about them too much at the moment.

After withdrawing his gaze, Wang Chao looked again at the mass grave and the ghostly creatures wandering around it.

He suddenly had a new idea.

Essentially, these ghosts are aggregates of spiritual power and the energy of heaven and earth.

If that's the case, then by erasing the memories and consciousness within it, and extinguishing the little bit of instinctive spirituality that it has been reborn, what remains is nothing but pure spiritual power and the energy of heaven and earth.

Of course, this didn't mean much to the dynasty.

However, for ordinary people, and even celestial soldiers, it is a shortcut to quickly improve their strength.

As the strength of the People's Salvation Army increases, it will naturally be able to access the rules of heaven and earth more quickly, contributing to the analysis and integration of these rules.

As the dynasty conceived this thought, a wisp of national fortune plummeted.

"boom!"

The ghostly creature instantly exploded, scattering countless fragments of its body, most of which completely dissipated in the process.

However, some of the body fragments transformed into energy clusters of varying sizes.

In an instant, countless ghosts swarmed in, eager to devour those energy clusters.

However, in the next instant, the wisp of national fortune that had been hanging down suddenly dispersed, and a magnificent aura that could ward off evil spread out, causing the gathered ghosts to stop in their tracks.

Instinctive fear and repulsion made them only dare to linger around, but not dare to move forward even a fraction of an inch.

However, the allure of spiritual power makes them reluctant to leave.

If it were a normal living being, even an animal or insect, it would generally choose to flee once it sensed danger ahead and could not move forward.

However, these ghosts, which possess only a faint spiritual instinct, show no awareness of the need to flee when faced with danger.

Instead, it lingers around, occasionally trying to enter the area shrouded in the nation's destiny, only to retreat under the intimidation of that destiny.

The dynasty was not present with those ghosts; instead, it focused its attention on the spheres of light formed from the shattered remains of those ghosts.

There are still some remaining memories, and a trace of almost imperceptible spirituality, but even the consciousness that could gather and restore itself to its complete form no longer exists.

If someone merges with these spiritual orbs, they will indeed experience some impact on their memory and consciousness, as well as spiritual influence.

However, it is not serious. Even if one has no resistance, one will only experience mental confusion and dizziness for a period of time.

If one's will is strong, one can even resist the impact of these memories and spiritual influences.

Furthermore, as time goes by, without the replenishment of external spiritual power, the power, memories, consciousness, and spirituality within these energy clusters gradually dissipate.

If some time passes, the memories, consciousness, and the last vestiges of instinctual spirituality within will completely dissipate.

Although the spiritual power gained will be greatly reduced, the negative effects will also disappear.

In other words, these energy clusters can indeed be absorbed and consumed by humans.

This is probably the world's first batch of extraordinary cultivation resources, right?
However, not just anyone can arbitrarily influence the fate of a nation.

Therefore, the dynasty still needed to try other methods.

First is the aura of iron-blooded ruthlessness.

The fate of the nation shifted, instantly transforming into a wisp of iron-blooded murderous aura, which swept past a ghost in a flash.

"Tsk~!"

"boom!"

In an instant, the ghost was killed without any resistance, its body disintegrating into a scattering spiritual power and several energy clusters.

As his mind swept over those energy clusters, more fragments of memory appeared, and his remaining instinctive spirituality also became slightly stronger.

Furthermore, it was imbued with a trace of iron-blooded and murderous aura.

The mental and spiritual consciousness of ordinary people has already been greatly impacted.

The most suitable targets for absorption and fusion are probably the militia, or soldiers from some iron-blooded and powerful armies.

As far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, the only forces that could be absorbed by the Ming border generals' personal guards, the Later Jin cavalry, and the Mongol elites are probably the Ming border generals' personal guards.

Subsequently, the dynasty also attempted to use literary talent and divine power.

It's roughly the same as the Iron-Blooded Killing Aura.

However, compared to other forms of literature, the current style is much gentler and does not have a significant impact on people's minds.

Therefore, even an ordinary person with a strong will can absorb and integrate the residual energy clusters of ghosts that are killed with literary energy.

After that, the dynasty's mind stirred again, and that wisp of national fortune suddenly changed, transforming into a surge of military power.

As long as one has integrated the Heavenly and Earthly Ranks, or cultivated with spiritual power or iron-blooded killing intent, regardless of who or what system of power they are, the dynasty can freely transform them. Transforming military true energy is naturally no problem for them.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Chao manipulated the military aura and slashed at a ghost.

This time, the dynasty still easily cut it in two.

However, it did not completely collapse and dissipate; only a portion of the fracture was melted away.

Then, the two halves of the ghost's body came together again and slowly merged into one, though the body appeared slightly more ethereal.

Seeing this, Wang Chao nodded knowingly. It seemed that ordinary true energy could indeed be lethal to ghosts, but the effect was somewhat unsatisfactory.

With a thought, Wang Chao manipulated the true energy and once again slashed at the ghost.

(End of this chapter)