"Prince Dai had used the clearing of the Divine Shrines as a pretext and actually won the submission of half the human gods?" Yu Qianzhi was not only a True Person, but also deeply versed in Confucianism. He well understood the weight of the words "the people's livelihood."
The gods of Heaven were worshipped as natural forces, and their status was difficult to shake. But the gods of men could rise and fall. If their shrines were truly dismantled and their worship destroyed, they would truly die.
Prince Dai represented the court in exercising imperial authority. Naturally, they had to submit.
Yet the gods' submission—the power they represented—was actually the lesser matter. The key was that they swayed the inclinations of over a million believers in the Capital City.
"Though there were some frictions, it greatly strengthened Prince Dai's foundations. Prince Dai has won the people."
These auras had already entwined themselves with Prince Dai's Residence. Though the entanglement was not deep, it was still enough to make one's heart tremble at the sight.
Meanwhile, the ghosts and gods that had been purged sent ash-black energy soaring into the heavens!
Within the great net, this Ghost-God Aura tore and bit at the ghosts and gods that had previously submitted to Prince Dai. From time to time, enormous, savage human faces emerged from it, forming vast resentment!
By comparison, Prince Dai's spiritual radiance was like a rising morning sun, dazzling and brilliant!
Its spiritual radiance grew ever stronger!
Yu Qianzhi could not help changing expression, then spoke bitterly after a moment.
"Has His Majesty gone mad? Even if he wished to grant authority, he could not grant him the people. Once Prince Dai gains the people, he will be difficult to control in the future!"
Though he had long expected this,