Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2111: Chapter 1874: Basically Game Over

Taishi Ci always considered himself to have high morals, but when faced with situations where he could gain an advantage, he couldn’t resist wanting more.

For example, the trusted aides following Taishi Ci were currently in a dazed state, as anyone would be envious seeing a young girl with no training achieve Inner Qi Manifestation just by following Taishi Ci’s lead.

So Taishi Ci felt he had figured out how to play the game, and pointed to the escorts behind him, saying to the Five Hundred City Hime, "These are my guards."

The crowd of commoners immediately bowed to Taishi Ci’s escorts, and Taishi Ci then used voice transmission to speak to the ten or so Qi Refining to Gang members amongst his trusted aides, "Did you feel a surge of Inner Qi descend from the Tianling and make you stronger?"

"Yes, my strength has increased a bit," Taishi Ci’s escort responded.

With this kind of reply, Taishi Ci was clearly satisfied; it didn’t matter how much, any gain was good enough, even if it was just a five percent improvement. Just a few words made it worthwhile to Taishi Ci.

In truth, Taishi Ci’s thinking was correct, but there were indeed too many Fantasy Gods here, and the escorts of gods here were transformed from deceased mortals. Everything depended on the Divine Spirit’s blessing, and Divine Village could offer very little support.

The so-called millions of Divine Spirits are just like that, they have names, but unknown gods in the current system are merely Qi Refining to Gang, only those mighty Great Deities in myths are at the Inner Qi Manifestation Level in this system.

Of course, Taishi Ci’s external system, with his Ultimate Inner Qi Manifestation prowess, after being recognized by the Descendant of Celestial Grandson, directly received the blessing of a Divine Position.

This blessing couldn’t directly grant Taishi Ci power equivalent to an Ultimate Inner Qi Manifestation; to give such a huge fruit would mean Taishi Ci, who has refined his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to a certain extent, could immediately break through to the Breakthrough Level.

Such a blessing, based on the recognition of Descendant of Celestial Grandson, gives a Divine Position fitting the other’s identity. Based on the displayed Divine Might, others’ acknowledgment of this Divine Position can gradually gain more blessing.

However, since the Wa Kingdom’s system creates Fantasy Gods, Taishi Ci merges into the system as a Manifest God, with far fewer restrictions compared to other Fantasy Gods.

If one day Taishi Ci gains Breakthrough Level power within this system and leaves, he will still be able to manifest part of it.

["Looks like the blessing these escorts can receive is limited, I’ll bring Zifango, Wen Xiang, and Degui over and figure out how to get them a Divine Position,"] Taishi Ci thought silently, as it seemed there were many ways to manipulate this.

In the following days, Taishi Ci mingled with this group as a gentle-spirited deity. As for Yizhima, who had seen Taishi Ci manifesting Battle Armor, holding a Battle Halberd, in Golden Sun mode, had no more complaints; a god is a god, what need is there for negotiation?

"Honored god, do you have any further requests?" Void Tsujimikado knelt beside him asking, adapting quickly as Taishi Ci’s attendant. As a girl equivalent to a princess, despite not having learned all the witch’s rituals, since she was chosen as Yuyi by a Great Deity, she had to plunge forward even if clueless.

Fortunately, Taishi Ci is a military general, not a legitimate son from a millennia-old family, so there are no strict rules, and he demands nothing of her.

"Come, tell me about our Divine Lineage’s situation," Taishi Ci said to his Witch while eating rice cake, having leveled the Wa Kingdom through effort.

Regardless of Yamatai, Nakoku, or any other power, big or small, upon witnessing the True God’s descent, all knelt in reverence, and thus the entire country unified.

Naturally, a leader was needed now, and Taishi Ci casually appointed the present Descendant of Celestial Grandson as King, as he understood the situation, that the Celestial Grandson was the intersection of the mythological and mortal systems.

As long as the Celestial Grandson’s lineage continued, their Han Empire could come over anytime to claim a Divine Position and receive blessings.

Yet, Taishi Ci now realized that the blessing of such a Divine Position weakens the further away it is, but the pure Heaven and Earth Essence gained isn’t lost; it’s refined and absorbed, so how could it disappear?

It’s basically taking advantage effortlessly, and the Heaven and Earth Essence alongside the Divine Position does enable capable military generals to reach Inner Qi Manifestation, although the blessing dissipates upon leaving Japan. With the realization of reaching Inner Qi Manifestation, achieving it again becomes much easier, almost a sure thing.

Naturally, people like Li Tiao aren’t worth mentioning, but a normal Qi Refining to Gang martial artist blessed with a Divine Position feels the Heaven and Earth Essence can reach Inner Qi Manifestation. Upon leaving Japan, with focused insight, they can soon break through.

As for why Taishi Ci knows this, it’s because he took Mi Fang, Cai Mao, and Xu Sheng on a flight to witness the ceremony and turned these three guys into "Deity Acolytes" of his Divine Lineage.

In this process, Xu Sheng successfully stepped into Inner Qi Manifestation, and later, after leaving Wa Kingdom and the blessing was removed, Xu Sheng broke through again.

Taishi Ci then understood he seemed to have found an incredible place, ensuring their Marines would never lack funds. Xu Sheng breaking through meant roughly a dozen people could utilize this system in the Central Plains.

A hundred million coins for the insight to break through Inner Qi Manifestation, and every family, unless foolishly exploiting everywhere, needed to scrape out those hundred million coins.

Taishi Ci didn’t realize, it was precisely because of the system he held that the number of Inner Qi Manifestations in the Central Plains Region was catching up to the other three empires.

Compared to other empires, the Central Plains’ training methods, while seeking stability, also demanded a lot in commanding troops, Legion Talent, and other areas.

Neither like Kushan’s Visualization Relic system, easier to advance to Inner Qi Manifestation despite its flaws, nor like Parthia’s convoluted Divine Spirit appeasement method, which, despite consuming followers, breeds strong practitioners.

Nor like Rome, which upon reaching a certain limit of strength, channels its spirit into the Eagle Banner, abstains from internal conflicts, and focuses solely on martial arts to grow stronger and protect the nation.

Kushan’s Relic system boasts over thirty Inner Qi Manifestations, Central Asia’s Monotheism system similarly has an equivalent number; despite Parthia’s decline, it too has over forty Inner Qi Manifestations. Rome possesses numerous hidden masters unknown even to its emperor, while the Central Plains currently have just over thirty Inner Qi Manifestations.

Though counting Immortals, the Central Plains would have over fifty, but the Immortal’s training method somewhat wasted a lot of Han Dynasty’s resources.

Now, with the Wa Kingdom’s Fantasy God system, many martial artists at the limits of Qi Refining to Gang, struggling for decades or longer, find hope for breakthrough under these blessings, filling in the Imperial shortfall.

The Wa Kingdom is fully unified now, although Taishi Ci’s actions inadvertently caused power to be too dispersed, the interesting Divine Spirit’s blessing regulations ensure no matter how scattered, Taishi Ci effectively controls it.

Now, despite Void Tsujimikado being merely the queen’s sister, and the Celestial Grandson’s lineage only holding less than one-fifth of the power in Wa Kingdom’s current structure, if all external factors were removed, Queen Himiko of Yamatai would hold the greatest power.

Yet, this is a nation with "Divine Spirits," and mortal power is a joke to the Divine Spirits. Without the ability to appease the gods, no mortal efforts compare to a god’s word.

Essentially, there’s only one true holder of power in this entire nation, Void Tsujimikado, Yuyi of Taishi Ci, because she has a genuine god behind her, followed by the Five Hundred City Hime with the Yuqi Deity behind her.

Then the mortals possess their own powers. Yizhima himself has the least authority here, but no one dares to marginalize him, knowing Yizhima supported Taishi Ci before he remembered his Divine Name.

Just like in the Trojan War, if a god says you win, you surely win; even if not, you will win. If a god says you cannot win, all efforts are futile.

From a certain perspective, the presence of a Manifest God before the system was complete basically buried Wa Kingdom, a pit so deep it’s hard to climb out.

For a practitioner of Taishi Ci’s level entering this system could bless one with Inner Qi Manifestation by pointing a finger, rendering a mortal almost equivalent to a Manifest God caliber Yuyi, rendering other local gods struggling to survive.

How could other Fantasy Gods’ blessings resist such Great Deity power? Look at Five Hundred City Hime now; her Divine Descent of Yuqi Deity, complete mortally, equals Taishi Ci’s blessing of Void Tsujimikado.

This is why Five Hundred City Hime envies Void Tsujimikado, with them both gods, Taishi Ci equals a Golden Leg God, clinging to it makes it possible to dominate; what’s more Yuqi Deity can descend, and Void Tsujimikado can summon Taishi Ci.

This simple difference doomed the Wa Kingdom’s Fantasy Gods; the Great Han Empire has numerous Golden Legs, and clinging to these for Wa Kingdom is purely instinctual. This system is basically finished before fully realizing its potential.