Merit exchange?
Yu Huatian was rather curious.
Ever since he had transmigrated, the system had only introduced its functions upon activation and had never spoken of its own accord afterward.
Now it had suddenly spoken up. Could there be some new function?
Or was it about to upgrade?
[Ding!] [Merit exchange allows the host to exchange plundered fortune for merit.] [Merit is formed from the power of all living beings' wishes. Those blessed with merit may receive the Heavenly Dao's favor and eliminate their own karmic burdens. It is fundamentally different from fortune...]
A short while later.
Through the system's explanation, Yu Huatian understood.
Merit and fortune were fundamentally different.
Fortune could be understood as the luck belonging to an individual, a faction, or even an entire world.
An individual's fortune was determined at birth, deciding their future achievements and whether the road they traveled would be smooth sailing.
The fortune of a faction or dynasty, however, could be gathered through later accumulation. The stronger its fortune, the stronger the nation and the longer its legacy would endure.
For instance, Yu Huatian had plundered the national fortune of Great Qing and Great Yuan, which meant that both dynasties had reached their end.
Even if Yu Huatian did not personally destroy the two nations, natural disasters would strike their territories repeatedly, nothing would go their way, and before long, they would perish.
A world's fortune represented its lifespan and could likewise be acquired through later accumulation.
However, a world's fortune came from the living beings within it.
The stronger the fortune of its inhabitants, the stronger the world's fortune, and the longer it could exist.
When a world's fortune declined one day, that meant the world was approaching destruction.
Merit, meanwhile, was something that could be obtained through cultivation.