The Damaged Taisui

Over the phone, Ding Hanzhen teased, "Little Huang, you're a household name over in Great Qin now. The Great Qin Emperor made an exception and granted a title to someone from another country. That's extremely rare..."

Lu Yao explained what had happened with [All Roads Lead to Rome].

The old man's voice immediately turned serious. "Minerva is the strategist among Rome's three chief gods. She has never been the type to show off casually. Since she told you about this, it seems it won't be long before this law is publicly announced, displayed, and put to use."

"Little Huang, you were absolutely right not to agree."

Ding Hanzhen said, "Rome's situation is complicated. They have traditions of regicide and deicide. There has always been a saying about Romans knowing only bread and contests."

"To put it simply, many of Rome's chief gods are usurpers. The gods challenge or even assassinate the chief gods to seize their position. The Pantheon now retains only three chief gods not just because Rome declined, but also because they slaughtered one another."

"[Roman Colosseum] is where Heroes begin to make their names. [Pantheon] is where gods Bleed and fall."

Lu Yao was somewhat surprised.

With that kind of traditional specialty, it really would be hard for Rome to develop with long-term stability.

He asked, "Teacher Zao, has this ancient challenge and tradition never changed?"

"It can't."

Ding Hanzhen said in a deep voice, "It's not that they don't want to, but that they can't. Roman Mythology was built on slaughter, seizure, and conquest, and their power also comes from that omnipresent, high-intensity competition."

"In the early days, that naturally allowed them to grow rapidly under high pressure, then release that pressure outward and expand into a vast territory. For a time, they suppressed many mythologies