[ The Cultural Comparison culture of Douluo Star.]
A majestic sound resounded from the Sky Screen.
With just one sentence, countless citizens and Soul Master on Douluo Star were once again on edge.
Cultural Comparison!
Following the strength of Soul Master and the Soul Guidance Technology, this mysterious Sky Screen has finally turned its attention to another aspect of the inheritance of civilization.
Despite having suffered defeat after defeat, the people of Douluo Star had long lost faith in the so-called victory or defeat. However, when the new competition officially began, they still couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.
They wanted to see just how much cultural heritage their Douluo Star, where they had lived for countless years, truly possessed.
After all, in most people's minds, although Douluo Star is far behind Huaxia Star in terms of technology, Douluo Continent also has a long history.
Martial Soul inheritance, Soul Master cultivation, sects and families, the rise and fall of empires...
Don't these things count as culture?
If the Sky Screen were to truly use culture as the standard of judgment, then Douluo Star might not necessarily lose!
Of course, many people Bu Le about this.
The previous technological comparisons had already made them realize the developmental difficulties facing Douluo Star.
Now that even culture is being compared, who can guarantee that Douluo Star won't once again expose some problems that have never been noticed before?
Meanwhile, on the other side of Douluo Star, the gods of the Divine Realm attached far more importance to this Cultural Comparison than the ordinary people.
Inside the magnificent palace, the central hub of the Divine Realm.
The gazes of all the gods fell upon the Sky Screen, their expressions varied, yet none dared to underestimate the impending confrontation.
Especially after the previous technological conflict, the situation in the Divine Realm has already undergone subtle changes.
The gods, who were once high above, finally realized that the way they were used to ruling was not always correct.
Soul Guidance Technology must be developed, and the system of the Divine Realm must be reformed.
Only by changing the shortcomings of the past can they possibly reverse their current passive situation.
Culture, in fact, is the deepest foundation of a civilization.
If even the culture itself is problematic, could the past glory of Douluo Star possibly have been built upon some deliberately concealed truth?
The moment this thought arose, it caused many Deities to feel a chill in their hearts.
They are unwilling to admit it, yet they have no choice but to.
Today, the Sky Screen is no longer simply a tool to showcase the differences between the two realms.
Every time it reveals a truth, it may shake the original order of Douluo Star and even affect the future survival of the Divine Realm!
Even Tang San and his disciples couldn't help but focus their attention on the Sky Screen at this moment.
Tang San stood with his hands behind his back, his brows slightly furrowed.
Previous comparisons had made him realize that Huaxia Star's advantage did not come from just one kind of power, but from the comprehensive development of its entire civilization system.
If this Cultural Comparison once again exposes the weaknesses of Douluo Star, then it will undoubtedly become even more difficult for him to regain the initiative with the help of the Divine Realm.
But at the same time, Tang San also harbored a sliver of hope.
Culture is, after all, different from technology.
Technology can be measured by weapons, fleets, and production capacity, but how can the value of culture be so easily determined?
Perhaps this will be Douluo Star's chance to turn the tide!
With their own distinct thoughts, countless beings from both realms gazed up at the heavens.
The Sky Screen didn't keep them waiting long.
The next moment, a calm and indifferent voice rang out again.
[For Douluo Star, culture has always been one of the most barren areas in the entire civilization system.]
boom!
This short sentence immediately stunned countless people on Douluo Star.
Cultural desert?
What does this mean?
Before anyone could react, the Sky Screen continued to reveal the harsh reality of the development of Douluo Star's culture.
In Douluo Star, Soul Master cultivation has always held an absolutely dominant position.
[Whether it's the empire, sects, or major noble families, the vast majority of resources and energy have been invested in the Soul Master system.]
Soul Power Level, Martial Soul quality, Soul Ring age, Soul Skill strength... these are the things that countless beings on Douluo Star care about most.
[As for cultural traditions that are not directly related to the power of Soul Master, they are often considered insignificant.]
Over time, the development of civilization on the entire Douluo Star gradually lost its balance.
The power of Soul Master is constantly being celebrated, while the value of their culture is being neglected.
For many, as long as they can increase their Soul Power and gain greater strength, everything else can be forgotten.
In such an environment, culture naturally struggles to truly develop.
The sound of the Sky Screen echoed between heaven and earth.
The expressions of countless Douluo Star gradually changed.
They originally thought that the so-called Cultural Comparison would at least involve poetry, historical heritage, and even the civilizational achievements of major empires.
Who would have thought that the Sky Screen would directly characterize the culture of Douluo Star as a desert!
What made it even harder for them to accept was that this assessment was not entirely unfounded.
Looking across the Douluo Continent, whether they are ordinary people or high-ranking Soul Master, what do they talk about most often?
What level of Soul Power?
What is Martial Soul?
What kind of Soul Beast does the Soul Ring come from?
Who has greater talent? Who is stronger?
As for the lives of ordinary people, the transmission of knowledge, and the exchange of ideas, how many people truly care about these things?
In a world where the strong rule, power seems to be able to solve all problems.
The weak have no right to discuss principles, commoners have no right to influence nobles, and knowledge that cannot be directly converted into power is even less likely to receive sufficient attention.
This is true for one generation, and it is true for two generations.
Over the centuries, many Douluo Star people have even become accustomed to this situation.
They never imagined that such a habit might be the biggest obstacle to the development of civilization!
However, what Sky Screen said next was even more jarring than before.
More importantly, the decline of culture on Douluo Star was not solely due to the excessive prosperity of the Soul Master system.
[For the many nations and nobles on Douluo Star, what they truly need has never been a civilization with vibrant minds and extensive knowledge.]
What they need is obedience, order, and a ruling environment that allows their status to endure.
[Nobles desire privileges that will last for generations; empires desire their rule to remain unshaken.]
Therefore, any culture or knowledge that could potentially shake the status of the aristocracy, disrupt the existing order, or even inspire independent thought among the common people is unlikely to achieve genuine development.
Those ideas that were detrimental to the rule were rejected.
[Knowledge that could potentially alter the structure of society is suppressed.]
[Those voices that help ordinary people understand their own situation find it even harder to gain traction.]
[Under these circumstances, culture gradually became a tool in the hands of a few rulers.]
[What they need, their culture is allowed to develop; what they don't want to see, the related traditions may gradually disappear.]
Ultimately, the cultural sphere of Douluo Star shrank steadily over the long years.
[And all of this happens to align with the interests of many nations and nobles.]
Dead silence!
As the last sentence in the Sky Screen fell, the entire Douluo Star seemed to fall into a brief silence.
Immediately afterwards, a surge of anger erupted.
"What?!"
"The decline of Douluo Star's culture is actually related to those nobles?"
"Are you kidding me! Don't we even have the right to learn about knowledge and history?"
"I've felt something was wrong for a long time! Why is it that ordinary people have to desperately become Soul Master if they want to change their fate? Why are those who don't have the talent to become Soul Master stuck in the same place for their entire lives?"
"It turns out it's not that we don't need culture, but that some people simply don't want us to have more choices!"
The roars of countless people rose and fell.
In the past, they regarded nobles as supreme rulers and Soul Master as powerful beings who determined destiny.
For many ordinary people, having a stable life is already a rare stroke of luck.
As for knowledge, culture, and thought?
That's something only the aristocratic children of the academy are qualified to pursue.
Ordinary people exhaust all their energy simply by obeying orders and trying to survive.
But now, the Sky Screen has torn away the veil that has covered this place for countless years.
They finally realized why the culture of Douluo Star had never been able to form a truly prosperous system.
When knowledge cannot be freely disseminated, when ideas must submit to power, and when the value of a civilization can only be determined by the strong, the decline of the culture is already an inevitable outcome.
Those rules that they once took for granted now seem utterly absurd!
Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong coldly stared at the Sky Screen, a glint of cold light flashing in her eyes.
As the Pope of the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong knew better than anyone just how entrenched the power structure was on the Douluo Continent.
Two great empires, Upper Three Sects, various noble forces...
These behemoths are deeply entrenched and have long held countless resources and power firmly in their hands.
Ordinary people who want to change their fate often have no choice but to rely on the Martial Soul Awakening and the cultivation of Soul Master.
Those without cultivation talent have very few opportunities to change their circumstances.
If culture and knowledge are also restricted by power, how much real potential does the civilization of Douluo Star have left to develop?
Bibi Dong slowly clenched her fist.
In the past, when she wanted to break the old order, her first thought was to unify the continent with the power of the Spirit Hall.
But now it seems that simply changing the rulers of the mainland may not be enough.
If thought and culture remain constrained, then even with a change of rulers, the old problems may not truly disappear.
Meanwhile, the people of Huaxia Star were equally shocked.
They originally thought that the backwardness of Douluo Star's culture was at most due to the overly advanced Soul Master civilization.
However, it now appears that the aristocracy's monopoly on power also played a significant role in this.
In the vastness of the universe, Chen Tian gazed at the Sky Screen, his expression growing increasingly cold and resolute.
"It is indeed impossible for a mere nobleman to single-handedly cause the complete decline of a civilization's culture."
"Power can suppress for a time, but it cannot necessarily sever the entire legacy of countless years."
"Moreover, Douluo Star has existed for such a long time, hasn't anyone tried to change all of this?"
Chen Tian's gaze sharpened slightly, as if he had already touched upon a deeper shadow behind the problem.
"Therefore, the real reason is probably not just that."
"If the rule of the nobility only led to the gradual decline of culture, then there must be some even more terrifying force that directly destroyed the cultural heritage of Douluo Star."
"And this power..."
Chen Tian raised his head and looked at the Sky Screen that stretched across the Starry Sky expanse.
"They are probably the gods!"
It was as if they had heard Chen Tian's guess.
The light in the Sky Screen suddenly changed in the next moment.
The originally peaceful scene was suddenly filled with countless fragmented ancient images.
Broken stone tablets, burned books, broken statues, and ancient ruins turned to dust over endless years...
Images flashed by one after another, as if a buried history was about to be reborn into the world.
The expressions of the gods of Douluo Star changed drastically.
Because they recognized those images.
At that moment, the voice from the Sky Screen completely revealed the second layer of truth.
Similarly, Douluo Star also experienced a cultural upheaval known as the Gods' Calamity.