There was little recorded about factions.
Qin Shujian took only a dozen or so minutes to read it all.
He now had a rough understanding of how factions were ranked and how they advanced.
It was much as he had initially guessed.
Factions were divided into nine tiers, from lowest to highest.
Although factions below the first tier varied in strength, they did not truly make the cut.
The requirements for advancing a faction, however, surprised Qin Shujian.
Fortune!
A faction needed enough fortune to advance.
One way to increase fortune was to contend for dominion over the world, drawing on the people's support.
The other was to collect Xiantian Spirit Objects.
Xiantian Spirit Objects were treasures naturally nurtured by heaven and earth, containing the fortune of heaven and earth.
But what surprised Qin Shujian was this.
Mortal Domains were actually the places where the most Xiantian Spirit Objects emerged.
Even if...
This referred only to newly formed Mortal Domains.
Rubbing his chin, Qin Shujian sank into thought. Xiantian Spirit Objects can increase fortune. Given how long the Starflare Mortal Domain has existed, any Xiantian Spirit Objects here were probably taken long ago!
After all, what faction would not want such things?
Still, these records must be incomplete. Fortune doesn't just come from Xiantian Spirit Objects and founding nations. Destroying other factions can also seize their fortune.
Recalling the Liangshan Stronghold's two previous advancements, Qin Shujian formed a rough idea.
He did not know whether the book's records were incomplete or whether this method only worked for the Liangshan Stronghold.
Or perhaps—
It only worked for him.
Nor did advancing a faction raise the cultivation levels of every member, as Qin Shujian had originally imagined.
Advancing to a first-tier power could raise the levels of no more than five hundred