The source of a nation's destiny lies in the faith of its people and the overall strength of the nation.
On the surface, a war between nations is a contest of military strength between two countries.
But in reality, it was a process of vying for national destiny.
A great victory on the battlefield allows one to seize a large portion of the enemy's national fortune and transfer it to one's own country.
The size of a country's territory further determines the level of its national fortune.
The stronger a nation is, the stronger the faith of its people will be; this is a virtuous cycle.
If a country suffers repeated defeats and its people become destitute, then the inevitable fate awaiting it is the depletion of its national fortune and its eventual demise.
Emperor Chongyang stood solemnly before the golden dragon symbolizing the nation's destiny.
A few days ago, the reverse scale under the chin of the Golden Dragon of National Fortune mysteriously disappeared, which greatly alarmed him, and he hurriedly sought a way to remedy the situation.
If the nation's fate is allowed to slip away, then the Great Yang will only face destruction.
But before he could even begin to remedy the situation, he suddenly discovered that the process of the Golden Dragon of National Fortune transmitting the national fortune energy to the temple had accelerated dramatically.
The quantity is more than dozens of times that of before.
The eastern region of the Holy Spirit Continent is the Azure Dragon Divine Land. The Azure Dragon Divine Land is vast and boundless, containing nearly a thousand countries and countless sects.
All nations and sects within the Divine Land revere the Azure Dragon Temple.
To establish a nation, one needs to be officially recognized by the Azure Dragon Temple.
Those who are conferred titles by the temple are considered the legitimate rulers of the sacred land and are entitled to the temple's protection.
However, at the same time, it is necessary to constantly offer sacrifices to the temple to consecrate the nation's fortune and the power of faith.
The Azure Dragon Temple is the place where this national fortune and power of faith are collected.
However, this power to support the nation's destiny is constant; it never stops, but it also doesn't absorb too much at once.
Unless a great war breaks out between the gods.
The last major war between the divine lands resulted in billions of casualties among cultivators and soldiers from all four divine lands.
The Azure Dragon Divine Land in the east and the Vermilion Bird Divine Land in the south suffered the most severe casualties, while the Black Tortoise Divine Land in the north and the White Tiger Divine Land in the west only achieved a Pyrrhic victory.
If it weren't for the intervention of a peerless expert from the Central Ming Empire, the great war between the four divine lands would have continued.
But that earth-shattering war wiped out too many remote and small countries like Dayang.
In response to attacks from other divine lands, the Azure Dragon Temple instantly drew upon the national fortune of these small nations to form golden dragons to fight back.
As a result, the number of countries on the Azure Dragon Divine Land decreased sharply after the war.
Apart from the top powerful empires within the seven domains of the Azure Dragon Divine Land, the strength of all other countries has been greatly reduced.
The Great Yang Dynasty was established after that great war.
Therefore, when the national fortune of the Golden Dragon was rapidly extracted, Emperor Chongyang was utterly horrified.
Has another great war broken out between the divine lands?
Fortunately, just seven days later, the frequency of the nation's fortune returned to normal, which relieved Emperor Chongyang.
If a great war were to break out in the land of gods, small countries like Dayang would certainly not survive.
Despite the significant loss of national fortune energy over seven consecutive days, the Golden Dragon of National Fortune has become somewhat weak.
But things eventually returned to normal; it's probably because the temple needed to draw upon the nation's fortune for a short period.
With this in mind, Emperor Chongyang returned to the secret chamber of the palace once more.
They began to devise ways to remedy the nation's misfortune, like a dragon with its scales turned upside down.
On the summit of a high mountain tens of thousands of miles away from the Great Yang Dynasty, a man in his thirties stood with faint phantom images of Dharma appearing behind him.
The illusory image of the Dharma form is a unique feature of the Realm of Union with Gods.
Above the Nascent Soul Realm is the Deity Transformation Realm, above the Deity Transformation Realm is the Void Refining Realm, and only above the Void Refining Realm is the Divine Integration Realm.
A powerful being at the Divine Realm can shatter mountains and rivers with a single palm strike, truly deserving the title of a great being.
Yet this person of such strength looked disheveled, as if he had just fled here for his life.
Looking down at the three footprints forming a 'Y' shape on his chest, the man took a deep breath.
He knew that the "Y" mark was deliberately made by the owner of the footprint.
It was an insult, but more importantly, a warning.
"Why would someone of her status appear in such a remote and desolate country?"
He then shook his head.
"Now that she's here, the ancient ruins here will be hard to obtain again."
Then, with a swift movement, he disappeared into the horizon.
On his robes was a huge blue dragon with its head raised to the sky.
Inside the secret chamber of the Marquis of Shenwei's residence.
He Boqi's body trembled slightly, and a powerful aura surged out from his body.
"Peak of the Core Formation Realm!"
He clenched his fist tightly, feeling the power of the peak Core Formation Realm within his body, and smiled slightly.
For seven consecutive days, he went to the Azure Dragon Temple to steal the nation's destiny energy, which rapidly increased Huang Boqi's strength.
Just as he was rapidly refining the national destiny energy to enhance his strength, he discovered that he had some kind of connection with the golden dragon of national destiny.
He could clearly sense the emotions of the Golden Dragon of National Fortune.
Anger / Sorrow / Resentment / Fear.
On the seventh day, he actually sensed a pleading tone in the emotions of the Golden Dragon of National Fortune.
Just as he sensed the pleading and stopped stealing the Heavenly Book, he actually felt the joy and gratitude of the Golden Dragon of National Fortune.
This greatly surprised him, and he immediately tried to communicate with the Golden Dragon of National Fortune.
Unfortunately, the understanding of the national destiny golden dragon is like that of an infant in swaddling clothes.
It could only send the most basic emotional messages, and could not understand what Xiao Boqi meant at all, let alone answer any of his questions.
Just as he stopped stealing the Heavenly Book and was preparing to return to the Marquis's residence, the Heavenly Book suddenly moved.
A milky white cloud of gas was almost violently plundered from within the Azure Dragon statue of the temple.
The power of faith.
The moment the milky white sphere entered his dantian, Xiao Boqi knew what it was.
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