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What was a National Guardian Beast?
A legendary sacred beast that guarded a nation's destiny, served as its totem, and embodied its people's faith-it could be called the very foundation of a nation.
In Forging the Sacred Court, National Guardian Beasts were given physical form. They generally would not appear until a nation faced life or death, perhaps even its final flicker of life or the moment it smashed its cauldrons and sank its boats. If its National Guardian Beast was killed, that meant the nation's tide had turned irrevocably and its allotted fortune had run dry.
That was the flavor behind the system announcement's words: "Sweep away hatred, laughing as you drink Heaven's tears; with a broken blade, proudly carve the sunset's crimson." They carried the air of a final flicker of life, a desperate fight to the death. Coupled with Dragon Queen Chong Shiqie's special status as a direct descendant of the Yue State's founding ancestor, this was also what distinguished her as a top-tier historical beauty.
Perhaps one of China's four top-tier historical beauties could also summon China's National Guardian Beast. It was simply that China had not yet reached the point of needing it.
So, disgruntled though he was, Jian Shang hoped the Huaxia Region would never have occasion to summon its National Guardian Beast. After all, once matters reached that point, even summoning the beast and winning would mean the Huaxia Region's destiny had suffered grievous damage, with its sun already sinking toward the western hills!
"Your Majesty?!"
Just as Jian Shang grasped the significance of a National Guardian Beast, Prime Minister Tian Dan, who accompanied the army and stood ready at every moment to unleash "Burn the Boats, Smash the Cauldrons," called out anxiously.
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