Half an hour earlier.
The instant that string of golden words from the grand sovereign mandate appeared before his eyes, Zhou Yao understood the cause and effect behind it.
Through the mandate of heaven, he had drawn an enormous quantity of recognition concepts from true gods and false gods. That harvest far exceeded what a single false mandate of heaven could normally bear.
A mandate of heaven had its limits. Once its benefits reached their absolute maximum, the great Dao of heaven and earth would naturally bestow a corresponding mission to maintain the balance of its operation.
Simply put, the greater the benefits he received, the greater the task he had to perform for the Heavenly Dao.
And the Heavenly Dao's assessment of Grand Sovereign Yellow-Tseng Heaven's current predicament went deeper than any faction's perspective.
To the various factions, this was a cross-realm war for control of the Thirty-Two Heavens Realm.
The Hebrew Family had joined forces with Ganges Academy and Eden Garden Academy, hoping to exploit a loophole in the recruitment edict to undermine Jade Capital Academy from within, ultimately seizing minting rights and control of the realm.
If they won, they would divide the spoils. If they lost, the status quo would remain. At its core, it was merely a contest between factions.
But from the perspective of Grand Sovereign Yellow-Tseng Heaven's own mandate of heaven, this conflict was entirely different.
The Thirty-Two Heavens Realm had been the seat of the Heavenly Court during the Mythic Era. As the gateway connecting the various heavenly layers, Grand Sovereign Yellow-Tseng Heaven had its foundations deeply rooted in the laws of the Eastern Mythology System.
The mythic factors of Eden Garden Academy carried by the Black Mythic Walkers, the caste laws of the Ganges Mythology system upheld by the Dalits, and