I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Meanwhile, after leaving the palace, the dynasty did not return directly to the Celestial Empire. Instead, it merged with the puppet rules and instantly descended upon the Scarecrow Kingdom in Shanxi.

However, this area now contains more than just scarecrows.

Paper figures, wooden puppets, cloth dolls, mechanical puppets, and so on can all be found here.

At this point, this area should be described as a puppet kingdom.

Back then, after the dynasty left the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Jun, after understanding the general situation of this world, began to continuously bring down other puppet creators.

Over such a long period of time, all the creators of the puppets have come to this world with their minds.

Some left this small puppet kingdom and went to all parts of the world. While conquering other strange puppets, they also traveled around to experience the world and see how this world differed from the world of the Celestial Empire.

Similarly, some people remained in the puppet kingdom.

After all, once they left the Puppet Kingdom, they could only travel around in bizarre, puppet-like bodies.

Most of the remaining people are not used to this.

Others, however, were there to cooperate with Lu Jun in managing the puppet kingdom.

When the dynasty descended upon the puppet kingdom, Lu Jun, Meng Fanzhong, and others were discussing how to kill Zhang Xianzhong.

They felt that such inhuman, bloodthirsty, and murderous people should be killed as soon as possible.

Just as Lu Jun was about to speak, he suddenly felt a fluctuation in the space in front of him.

Without warning, Lu Jun's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly stood up and shouted in a deep voice:
"careful!"

Meanwhile, Meng Fanzhong and the others also noticed the anomaly in the space.

Within this puppet kingdom, the power of the puppet rules has been amplified to the extreme.

With the amplification of the puppet rules, and as pioneers and evolvers of the puppet path, they naturally received the blessing of the puppet rules' power.

Therefore, although they have not yet come into contact with the rules of time and space, they can still sense changes in space without any problem.

Therefore, the moment they sensed the spatial fluctuations, everyone became alert and immediately communicated the puppet rules.

In an instant, the group drew down streams of puppet rule power, enveloping the surrounding area for dozens of meters.

This made the puppet rule power in this area even more concentrated and powerful, and even the space itself began to be eroded by the puppet rule.

Gradually, a spatial domain belonging to the rules of puppetry began to slowly evolve and take shape.

Within this realm, only the rules of the puppets are supreme; all other forces are suppressed, or even eroded by the rules of the puppets, ultimately becoming puppets themselves.

Anyone who arrives will be corrupted by the puppet rules and transformed into a puppet.

In the next instant, a figure quietly appeared.

However, once everyone saw the figure's appearance, they immediately fell silent and hurriedly dispersed their power.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

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For a moment, everyone awkwardly bowed to the dynasty.

The newly arrived dynasty sensed the dense power of the rules around them, as well as the abnormal spatial fluctuations. Seeing the uneasy expressions on everyone's faces, they immediately understood what had happened.

However, he didn't seem to care.

In this strange world, I am merely a descending consciousness, so it's always best to be cautious.

In the blink of an eye, the power of the rules that had been drawn down by the crowd was instantly devoured and integrated by the dynasty, filling its body with power.

In an instant, the once somewhat illusory figure of the dynasty became incredibly solid, just like a real person.

As Wang Chao slowly walked to the head seat and sat down, he couldn't help but smile and say:

"Thank you for your hard work these past few days!"

Seeing that the dynasty had avoided the matter, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it again.

"Your Majesty, what are you saying? This is simply what we, as subjects, should do."

"That's right, not to mention, we also reap enormous benefits in this world."

"Yes, Your Majesty, we have almost reached the peak of the Celestial Realm."

"Like the puppet master Lu Shi, who could break through to the Undying Realm at any moment."

Wang Chao smiled at everyone and said solemnly.

"Heh, one thing at a time. You were ultimately acting on my orders, so how could I remain indifferent?"

Then, with a thought, the golden dragon of national destiny suddenly roared from the direction of the capital of the Celestial Empire.

"Ang~!"

A wisp of dragon energy, as thick as a thumb, instantly flew out of the dragon energy cloud sea, and then transformed into dozens of golden dragons several meters long, which flew in all directions in an instant.

In the next instant, a golden dragon representing the nation's destiny rushed towards the location where Lu Jun, Meng Fanzhong, and the others were.

After circling once, it instantly merged into their bodies, transforming into a golden light that cleansed their bodies and souls.

At this moment, they all felt a stirring within their own realm, as if they were about to break through their current level.

However, they also knew that this was not the time to break through, so they all suppressed their desire to break through and composed themselves to bow and express their gratitude to the dynasty.

"Your Majesty, we thank you for your divine grace!"

"You deserve this!"

Wang Chao waved his hand and then continued:

"Yes, this is just my personal reward. After this incident is over, the merits you have gained will be enough to raise your titles by one level."
It can even improve things further.

"Yes, Your Majesty! We will do our utmost and will never fail to live up to Your Majesty's grace!"

Then, Wang Chao asked the crowd a question.

"How is the situation here now?"

Upon hearing the king's question, Lu Jun immediately stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, over the years, I have brought together thirty-two colleagues, eighteen of whom have already left to collect strange puppets around the world."
There are still fourteen colleagues remaining.
"Now there are 12,000 scarecrows, 3,000 paper cutouts with spirits, 1,000 wooden puppets, 1,500 cloth puppets, 1,000 mechanical puppets, and 200 shadow puppets."

After listening to Lu Jun's account, Wang Chao asked about some other matters and then gave his instructions.

"Afterwards, I will channel the power of the nation's destiny into this world, and then send someone down to guide the Ming Emperor, to recover lost territories, and to quell the civil unrest."
You should seize the opportunity to offer some assistance.

"Ah~?"

Upon hearing the dynasty's instructions, everyone was somewhat surprised.

After all, in their minds, even if they were to help, they should help the rebels.

However, since the dynasty had said so, although they didn't quite understand, they still solemnly accepted the order.

"Yes! Your humble servant obeys your order!"

"Well, now that things have been explained, I'll head back."

Wang Chao nodded, and his body instantly turned into countless points of light and disappeared.

Looking at the place where the dynasty had vanished, Meng Fanzhong looked at Lu Jun with some confusion. "Lord Lu, why do you think His Majesty chose the Ming Dynasty?"

I think I understand why.

At this moment, Lu Jun gradually came to his senses and said thoughtfully.

"Oh, what's the reason?"

Meng Fanzhong and the others looked at Lu Jun with curiosity.

"If we were ordinary people and wanted to intervene in the development of this world, the best choice would be Li Zicheng."

"That's right!"

"really!"

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

"But we're not ordinary people, are we?"
China is no ordinary country.
If His Majesty can truly guide the nation's destiny into this world, the best choice is not to develop the best, but to choose the territory with the largest area and the largest population.

Only in this way can the nation's fortune be gathered in the shortest time, and with the power of the nation's fortune and the military, the rebellious will be suppressed and the entire nation will be swept away.

Although Li Zicheng's development is in full swing, he has only just gained a foothold and his sphere of influence is limited to Shaanxi.

Although the Ming Dynasty is riddled with problems, it is still the country with the largest territory and the largest population, especially in the Jiangnan region, where it remains deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Therefore, the choice should be obvious.

As for the other forces...
Needless to say, given Zhang Xianzhong's bloodthirsty and murderous nature, the emperor would naturally not choose him.

Besides these, there was only the Later Jin and Qing dynasties outside the Great Wall.
"And in any case, His Majesty would not choose to let foreign tribes rule the Central Plains."

"I see!"

After hearing Lu Jun's explanation, everyone looked enlightened.

"Alright, let's get ready quickly."

Those colleagues who have left should also be notified as soon as possible.
Once His Majesty bestows the power of the nation's destiny and sends his envoys, we can assist him in quickly suppressing and pacifying the chaos in this world, giving its people a chance to breathe.
Once everything is ready, we can take this opportunity to break through our current level.

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Thinking that they would soon be able to break through their cultivation level, they immediately bowed respectfully to Lu Jun and then quickly withdrew to prepare.

In fact, besides the reasons Lu Jun mentioned, there is also the method of descent envisioned by the dynasty, which requires the same person from both worlds to minimize the risk of rejection.

Li Zicheng had already fled to the Americas and established his own country. With a nearby option available, the dynasty naturally wouldn't bother to go to great lengths to bring him back.

After his mind returned to the Celestial Empire, the dynasty ordered Zhu Cilang to be summoned.

When the imperial edict reached Zhu Cilang's residence, Zhu Cilang, his wife, and children were stunned and their expressions turned somewhat grim.

He was perfectly aware of his identity: the former crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

In the very beginning, quite a few people secretly contacted him.

However, he rejected them all.

Later, as the Celestial Empire's desire for development grew, it seemed that those former officials of the previous dynasty had given up on the idea of ​​restoring the country.

Gradually, fewer and fewer people secretly contacted him.

Even now, only his teachers, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, still get together with him from time to time.

However, all interactions between the two sides were aboveboard and aboveboard.

In fact, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiang-sheng were his teachers.

Yes, they teach at the school he attends.

Zhu Cilang is now teaching at the same school, so the three of them have a relatively close relationship.

If this had happened in an ordinary imperial court, these three people would have been beheaded eight hundred times over for their actions.

Over the years, the imperial court has ignored them.

Gradually, Zhu Cilang also let go of his worries and even got married and had children.

Now, he is over fifty years old and has five sons, three daughters, thirteen grandsons, ten granddaughters, six grandsons by his maternal side, and three granddaughters by his maternal side.

It can be said that Zhu Cilang now has a large family with many children and grandchildren.

If he were an ordinary person, he would be approaching sixty, and would basically be at home enjoying the company of his grandchildren.

However, the situation in the Celestial Empire was different. Although he was the former crown prince, the dynasty did not treat him differently, and he also embodied the status of a celestial being.

Because of his identity and the convergence of spirituality from many people who knew him, he even acquired the title of "former crown prince".

After this character evolved, he was nearly scared to death and lived in fear for many days.

He only gradually felt at ease when no one bothered him anymore.

Even so, he still kept it tightly under his belt. Not to mention outsiders, even he himself deliberately forgot about it, leaving it to gather dust in the bottom corner of his consciousness space.

With his divine status, even though Zhu Cilang was not a person of asceticism, after forty or fifty years of cultivation, he has now reached the realm of supernatural powers.

Although the realm of supernatural powers does not increase lifespan.

However, maintaining a strong body and avoiding all diseases is the most basic requirement.

In addition, given the current environment, even without the benefit of increased lifespan from supernatural powers, Zhu Cilang's lifespan is still around three hundred years.

Therefore, although Zhu Cilang is now over fifty years old, he is still a teenager in real life, very young.

He still has hundreds of years of his life ahead of him, and he doesn't want to die.

However, just as he was enjoying life and dreaming of breaking through to immortality, or even reaching the realm of celestial beings and immortality, he was suddenly summoned by the current emperor.

In an instant, the beautiful dream he had woven for himself was completely shattered.

Yes, at least that's what he thinks.

"Esteemed official, may I ask why His Majesty has summoned this humble subject?"

Zhu Cilang stepped forward and secretly slipped a roll of banknotes into the hand of the eunuch who was delivering the imperial decree.

Upon feeling the texture in his hand, the eunuch delivering the decree was slightly taken aback, then his expression changed, and he hurriedly returned it.

"Young Master Zhu, please come with us."

After saying that, he took several steps back.

The eunuchs who deliver imperial edicts are entitled to have all their expenses reimbursed, as well as a certain amount of merit points and monetary rewards.

However, at the same time, it also has strict rules that forbid accepting money from others.

Otherwise, they would inevitably face extremely severe punishment, even being expelled from the palace and sent to a labor camp.

That's why he acted so nervous after realizing that Zhu Cilang had given him the banknotes. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

Working in the palace is something everyone in the world dreams of.

The power of the laws of heaven and earth descends from time to time; that place is the closest to the Dao of Heaven, where cultivation can be twice as effective with half the effort.

Who wouldn't want to stay in such a place for a long time?
Once someone enters the palace, no one wants to leave. (End of Chapter)