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

The gods of the Celestial Empire are all soldiers who died in battle.

No one knows what the attitude of the Celestial Empire's government and the current emperor is towards him, this living god.

In fact, Lu Xiang-sheng was already thinking to himself whether he should report his situation to the government in advance.

While Lu Xiang-sheng merged with his other self and gained extraordinary improvement, the dynasties of the Celestial Empire also reaped some benefits.

At least it let him know that even if the selves from different worlds die, the id can still merge with them.

Furthermore, it will not be affected by the impact of other-self consciousness or emotional cognition.

In a way, merging the self with death is more relaxed and natural.

Of course, this also has drawbacks, namely that the deceased does not contain a soul consciousness; it only increases the foundation of the body's origin, but not the foundation of the soul.

But in any case, this makes it easier to integrate with others.

If someone had killed Zhu Cilang of this world back then, even with Zhu Cilang's cultivation level of supernatural powers, they could probably have easily merged with him.

So the dynasty wondered if it would be better to kill him before merging with him.

While Zhu Cilang, along with Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangshan, and others, were conquering cities and territories and bringing peace and prosperity to the people in the late Ming Dynasty, the Celestial Empire also began a new round of expansion.

However, this time, instead of a large-scale army being mobilized as before, they simply swept across the surrounding areas.

This time, the dynasty chose to allow princes and princesses who were interested to organize their own armies to expand their territory in the form of individual squads.

The places they occupy will become their fiefdoms. Although their military and political systems must be consistent with those of the Celestial Empire, they will have a high degree of autonomy.

This was not because the dynasty wanted to engage in large-scale enfeoffment and division.

Rather, they were being trained and tested in a new style of warfare.

Now that other worlds have been discovered outside of the Celestial Empire, how could the dynasty not have any ideas?

However, given the current situation, it is clearly not the best option for a large army to descend upon other worlds to conquer and plunder.

Instead, the best option would be to manipulate power slowly and gradually infiltrate and guide the people of this world to establish a regime subordinate to the Celestial Empire, in a relatively personal capacity and as a deity from the upper realm.

The Celestial Empire's army should serve as a final deterrent.

Therefore, this time, the dynasty did not mobilize a large army to sweep across the countries, but instead issued an edict to all the princes and princesses.

Anyone who aspires to be made a king and advance further can go to him to receive an imperial edict and initial resources for expanding their territory, then go to various armies to recruit soldiers and go out to conquer their own fiefdom.

Furthermore, this will become the norm: princes who aspire to achieve great deeds and be granted the title of king will need to independently conquer their own territories.

Otherwise, he would be a prince without power or official position for the rest of his life.

Even if the dynasty abdicates and they are forced to become kings, they can only become powerless and idle princes.

Of course, having conquered such a vast empire, the dynasty would not be pretentious and insist that its descendants must start from the bottom, suffer hardships, and climb up step by step.

However, once they come of age, the dynasty will give them two choices: stay in the capital and live a life of leisure, or go out and make a name for themselves.

Needless to say, if they chose the former, the dynasty would certainly not let them go hungry. With the current material resources of the dynasty, supporting some idle princes would not be a problem.

However, in terms of resource allocation, they would inevitably be at the very bottom.

Only by choosing the latter option and going out to make achievements could one gain preferential treatment from royal resources.

For example, start-up capital, weapons and equipment, granting of royal titles, recruiting soldiers from various armies, and recruiting various talents from all over the country.

Faced with adulthood choices, as the children of the founding emperor of the dynasty, they naturally possessed a spirit of courage and adventure.

After the imperial edict was issued, not only the princes but also the adult princesses all petitioned for permission to expand the territory of the Celestial Empire.

Today, the social atmosphere in China has changed significantly. While absolute gender equality is not guaranteed, it is not much different from that of later generations.

In some aspects, China has even gone further.

For example, war
After all, in ordinary people, there are innate differences in physical fitness between men and women, and wars are fought primarily by men.

However, for extraordinary individuals who possess supernatural powers, these inherent physical differences can be easily erased.

How could a princess raised in such an environment not have the spirit of daring to be the first and not wanting to lag behind others?
When the imperial edict was finally proclaimed throughout the land, it immediately caused another sensation across the entire Celestial Empire.

Princesses could also be granted the title of king, which completely broke with the established traditions of ancient times.

However, if a princess wants to be crowned a king, she also needs to claim territory for herself.

Although many civil and military officials, especially some powerful families or scholars, expressed their dissatisfaction with the dynasty's order.

However, with the dynasty's powerful deterrent, their discontent was of no consequence to the overall situation.

With Zhou Nanying, the commander of the Vermilion Bird Legion, preceding them, and the Heavenly Dynasty princess following, countless women eagerly volunteered to serve under the princess after the imperial decree was issued.

In 4379, the forty-sixth year of the Celestial Dynasty, dozens of adult princes and princesses set off for various regions to recruit soldiers and begin their path to becoming kings.

Watching the dragon-like auras depart from the capital, Crown Prince Wang Jingchen couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion. He wondered when he would see his younger brothers and sisters again after this departure.

Sensing his emotions, Wang Chao couldn't help but smile and say:

"There's no need for that. With today's transportation and communication, it's easy to travel all over the world in a day. Meeting up would be easy."

If the journey is via the celestial or underworld realms, then the meeting will be instantaneous.

"Hehe, I'm just being too attached to appearances."

"Isn't this all for training them, in preparation for conquering the heavens?"

"Ok!"

Wang Jingchen nodded, a look of longing on his face. The dynasty had already told him about the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

He even once possessed the power of his mind.

However, like the dynasty, there was no other self in that world.

Therefore, he is also in a strange state in that world, and is generally not seen by others, nor can he come into contact with others.

Therefore, after descending a few times, he stopped descending.

The dynasty had discussed the future path with him many times.

The Celestial Empire reigns supreme over the boundless universe, with countless kingdoms ruling over the endless world beneath it.

In their vision, these nations that have conquered different worlds are equivalent to states, provinces, and counties with a high degree of autonomy, possessing the same military and political system as the Celestial Empire, but with autonomy in the details.

And the Celestial Empire stands above these countries.

This was also the main reason why the dynasty trained its princes and princesses in military and political affairs.

In the future, if they encounter more worlds, they will all be sent out of the Celestial Empire to independently govern each world.

However, the myriad realms and heavens are vast indeed.

How could princes and princesses possibly control everything?

Therefore, the generals, dukes, marquises, civil and military officials of the Celestial Empire could all be granted the title of king, descend upon the myriad realms, and control various worlds.

Therefore, when the dynasty said that Wang Dahu and his group had a chance to be made kings, it was never an exaggeration.

When he told Chongzhen that the future of the Ming Dynasty depended entirely on his and his successor's wishes, he was not deceiving him.

If they wished, they could also become the Great Ming Dynasty, ruling over an entire realm under the Celestial Empire.

As for whether the princes and princesses will encounter danger when they expand their territory, the dynasty is not worried at all.

If we say that ordinary citizens of the Celestial Empire can reach the peak of Qi Refining or even the realm of supernatural powers by the time they reach adulthood.

Therefore, ordinary people living near the capital who are occasionally influenced by the power of the rules will inevitably be able to reach the realm of supernatural powers.

The princes and princesses living in the palace could at least achieve immortality.

As for the crown prince, he becomes a celestial being upon reaching adulthood.

Now, he has long since reached the realm of immortality and has always been among the top experts in the Celestial Empire.

With the power of princes and princesses at the Celestial Realm of Immortality, no one in this world, except for those top experts holding high positions in the Celestial Dynasty, could harm them.

Therefore, after they received the imperial decree and went to various places, the dynasty quickly put them aside and resumed its normal pace of handling official business.

Yes, most of it is handled by the Crown Prince, and he conducts the subsequent review.

How could the world be completely unaware of such a major move by the Celestial Empire?

Suddenly, the kings and leaders of all the countries began to panic, and the wars that had been raging between them all came to a halt.

Li Zicheng sat on the throne, gazing down at the civil and military officials below.

"Now, where should we go from here?"

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Everyone was silent.

Faced with a Celestial Empire teeming with powerful figures, whose small armies could easily annihilate them, what recourse did they have?
Even if all the countries in the world were to join forces, it would be difficult to contend with them.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Zicheng shifted his gaze to the first person on his left.

"Minister Li, Grand Secretary Li, what are your thoughts?"

"This"

Li Yan looked up at Li Zicheng on the throne, then turned to look at the other silent civil and military officials, unsure of how to respond.

Li Yan, who followed Li Zicheng throughout his later years and offered him advice and strategies, is now in his seventies or eighties.

He looks only in his fifties now, simply because of his successful spiritual practice.

Of course, compared to the common people of the Celestial Empire, this is somewhat insignificant.

This is determined by the different internal and external environments of the Celestial Empire and the different methods of cultivation.

Within the Celestial Empire, the energy of heaven and earth is abundant, allowing one to live to be over a hundred years old even without cultivation.

However, how could there be anyone in the Celestial Empire who is not skilled in cultivation?
It can be said that even the most ordinary people, as long as they cultivate diligently or work hard, can at least reach the realm of supernatural powers and have a lifespan of three hundred years.

Even at over eighty years old, he is only equivalent to a young person in their twenties.

After a long silence, seeing that Li Zicheng was staring at him, Li Yan finally spoke.

"Your Majesty, given the current world situation and the strength of the Celestial Empire, we roughly have three paths to choose from."

"Oh? Li Aiqing, please tell me quickly, what are the options?"

Upon hearing that Li Yan had three routes, Li Zicheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately urged him on.

Seeing Li Zicheng's excited appearance, Li Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself; he might have disappointed His Majesty.

"The first path, and the simplest method, is to directly submit a memorial to the Celestial Empire."
"Given the current size of the Great Shun territory, shouldn't he at least be able to obtain the rank of a duke or marquis?"

"To submit to the Celestial Empire? To become a duke or marquis?"

Upon hearing this, a commotion immediately arose among the courtiers in the hall, and Li Zicheng, seated on his throne, lost his smile and became solemn. (End of Chapter)