Since ancient times, the will of heaven had been difficult to fathom.
To ordinary people, something as ethereal as Heavenly Mandate was utterly beyond reach. But to Chosen Ones, it was a series of grand roads leading to Superior Virtue.
At the beginning, what determined a Chosen One's strength was the quality of their Matrix and inheritance. Once they had truly entered the field, what widened the gap between them was the difference in talent and skill.
And for those who crossed the Raw Stone Stage, shattered their own prototypes, and became Celestial Humans, the key variable determining the difference between them was undoubtedly the existence of Heavenly Mandate.
Even before that, it was the crucial factor capable of determining the status of Matrices, inheritances, and skills.
Some Matrices, in order to accommodate more Heavenly Mandates and possess greater possibilities in the future, would expand their scope and focus at any cost, spanning numerous Superior Virtues.
Some inheritances and skills had already laid the groundwork during the Raw Stone Stage for the future empowerment of Heavenly Mandate.
Ji Jue had seen countless examples.
The same lightning—yet the Lou Family's Five Buildings Twelve Cities was simply stronger, more formidable, more overbearing than anyone else's. The same observation—yet the Tong Family's perception and insight into chaotic situations were clearer and sharper than those of the Heavenly Eye Lineage.
That Secluded Master, Dragon Poison, had once spread ruin through the Seven Cities, severing their possibility of revolution, trading the downfall of countless lives for his own Elevation... Even earlier, Wen Sheng within the Yellow Millet Dream had split himself apart, transforming into countless incarnations and using innumerable selves to achieve Holy Godhood.
Even Lord Han of East City had pursued the changes of Dragon Snake, concealed his existence, and waited patiently for the