Duo Wen Tian Wang had fallen in battle, his soul annihilated!
The moment this news came out, the myriad realms erupted in shock! Gods, demons, ghosts, and monsters alike were left dumbfounded by it!
Duo Wen Tian Wang's death in battle was not entirely unacceptable. After all, during King Wu's Campaign Against Zhou, quite a few gods had been killed or wounded. But Soul Annihilation was something else entirely!
What was more, many people discovered that after that voice made its proclamation, every Buddhist statue, painting, and scripture related to Duo Wen Tian Wang across the land instantly burst into flames, reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye. It could be said that every trace Duo Wen Tian Wang had left behind in the world had been erased!
That god existed no more. That meaning existed no more!
The immortals and demons were shocked on one hand that one of Tathagata's Four Heavenly Kings had died so miserably, and on the other that Fang Zheng had been so ruthless. The moment they met, he had not only slain one of Tathagata's Four Heavenly Kings, but also annihilated his soul, denying him rebirth for all eternity!?
Even avenging one's father would not go this far!!
Fang Zheng could not be bothered with all the uproar. He continued steadily northward, attacking Jin Soldiers, occupying territory, spreading faith in Nuwa, while carrying out religious, political, and economic reforms.
Though the Jin Soldiers were brutal, Fang Zheng had to admit that they did offer some advantages. His reform measures were almost entirely modeled after those of the modern world. All land was nationalized and subjected to land reform. Farmers could grow crops on it; once they paid the state its due, everything left over was theirs.
Had this been Southern Song territory,