For ordinary beings, spiritual consciousness is crucial.
Even slight damage requires a long time to recover and severe damage could lead to a vegetative state.
However, this is not the case for faith deities.
If one considers the spiritual consciousness of a normal being as an individual, then that of a faith deity is like a lump of dough.
Dividing spiritual consciousness for others might mean extending limbs, risking injury.
But for a faith deity, it is merely pinching off a piece.
If it breaks, it breaks.
It doesn't matter.
Of course, this does not mean the latter is better.
It simply means each has its advantages.
At least in terms of dividing spiritual consciousness, faith deities have an edge.
After resolving the 100 nations alliance and completely occupying the northern continent, as well as signing a peace treaty with the blood empire, the entire local realm fell back into tranquility, entering a phase of rapid development.
Both the Eternal Knight Empire and the Blood Empire were accelerating their development and construction, strengthening their power in preparation for the inevitable war to come.
The Eternal Knight Empire also entered a busy phase with the entire management of the Empire becoming exceptionally active.
Much like when the tribes were just starting out with everything needing manpower support, the system previously used by the Hundred Nations Alliance was too outdated.
Whether it was the social system, the education system, or other aspects, everything needed to be rebuilt from scratch.
For the subjects of the old kingdoms who were accustomed to the old system, this was undoubtedly a significant blow.
Human nature's instinct made them more inclined to be content with the status quo, unwilling to change, preferring to carry on as they were, as they could still survive.
Furthermore, due to the Empire's safety net policies, they felt that their current lives were already good enough.
Thus, they were completely unwilling to try new things, as that implied the unknown and risks.
This attitude made the implementation of the Empire's policies exceedingly slow.
Fortunately, after years of cultivation, the Empire now had enough management personnel to expand.
In fact, solving this problem was quite simple.
Sushing Yu could perform a divine descent.
The subjects of these old kingdoms did not understand much reasoning, but their reverence for the powerful would make them aware of when to obey.
In other words, the Eternal Knight Empire had been too lenient with them.
However, Sushingu did not do this.
Instead, he threw the trouble back to the Empire to solve on their own.
Ultimately, after discussions within the Elder Council of the Empire, they finally came up with a feasible plan.
First, they would build temples for universal preaching, enhancing the faith of the subjects of the old kingdoms to maintain social stability and then gradually develop construction.
In simple terms, the empire would first provide resources to subsidize the forces of the northern continent, raising loyalty before embarking on independent construction and development.
This method is generally not feasible for most factions due to the combined scale of all the kingdoms in the northern continent being much larger than that of the eternal knight empire.
Subsidizing them is equivalent to burdening the entire eternal knight empire with a heavy load.
The dispersion of resources will inevitably slow down local development leading to a situation where the means and ends are reversed.
Fortunately, the Eternal Knight Empire does not have this concern.
They do not lack resources, especially basic ones, which are so abundant that they have nowhere to spend them.
To put it bluntly, due to the abundance of spirit gathering trees, the spiritual energy in the eastern continent is generally higher than in other continents.
So, the flowers and plants grown here can fetch good prices in the northern continent market.
Not to mention, they can also obtain resources from a void plane.
Although the spiritual energy in the void plane is not as strong as in the native plane, it has existed for a longer time and that is where true spiritual herbs grow abundantly.
The main target of subsidies to the northern continent is the vast number of commoners from the old kingdoms, not the elites who wish to embark on the path of the extraordinary.
The needs of ordinary commoners are simple.
Enough food, decent clothing, and good housing, which do not involve extraordinary resources.
Therefore, shouldering the subsidies for the northern continent is quite easy for the Eternal Knight Empire and will not hinder its own development.
Soon, the entire Northern continent was redivided.
The original kingdom regions were abolished and under the intentional manipulation of the Eternal Knight Empire.
The citizens of various countries began to strengthen exchanges, abandoning their previous powers and adapting to the new rulers.
With the Eternal Knight Empire's construction, regardless of resource consumption, temples and halls were built across the land, and the entire northern continent began to sing the praises of the great dark deity.
The development of the Eternal Knight Church received unprecedented support.
Their doctrines took root in people's hearts, and the number of believers surged with the citizens of the north taking pride in their faith in the dark deity.
In the northern continent, the influence of the church rapidly expanded, touching all areas of society.
Governing the nation through faith seemed somewhat terrifying.
But it must be said that the results were excellent with a common faith.
The eternal knight church took this opportunity to integrate various forces in the northern continent, instilling a sense of belonging to the eternal knight empire.
They were no longer citizens of the old kingdoms, but citizens of the eternal knight empire.
Under the leadership of the Eternal Knight Empire, the entire northern continent displayed a scene of prosperity with rebellions decreasing and more citizens beginning to recognize the Empire's leadership rather than succumbing to its military might.
Since the Eternal Knight Empire's destruction of the Hundred Kingdoms Alliance and signing a peace agreement with the Blood Empire, there have been no more wars on the continent.
An entire plane seems to have become stable.
This is quite normal.
After the fall of the Hundred Kingdoms Alliance, with three gone and only two powers left to dominate this continent under the choice of peace by both the Eternal Knight Empire and the Blood Empire, even if other third party forces exist, they do not have the strength to stir up any waves.
But this is only on land besides land.
This world also has oceans.
While land wars have ended, wars in the oceans have just entered a fever pitch.
Countless sea tribes have perished with bodies littering the oceans.
War has become the main theme of the entire ocean world.
Whether it is the Naga Kingdom or the Giant Shark Court, both have demonstrated strong combat power in this great war.
It has been over a decade since the Naga Kingdom declared war on the Giant Shark Court, during which both sides engaged in fierce battles, nearly dragging all sea tribe forces in the ocean into conflict.
As the war continued, both major powers increased their military investment, mobilizing all available combatants and rallying all sea tribe forces.
Eventually, even the dominant whale alliance was drawn into the fry.
Neither the Naga kingdom nor the giant shark were foolish.
They would not allow other powers to watch from the sidelines while they fought with each other.
Both sides sent envoys to the dominant whale alliance, expressing great sincerity.
Yet the alliance's shortcomings became apparent.
The dominant whale alliance failed to present a unified opinion and ultimately disintegrated first, splitting into two factions.
One supporting the Naga kingdom and the other supporting the giant shark court.
In fact, internal conflicts within the dominant whale alliance had long existed as the alliance was primarily established to counter the giant shark court for self-preservation.
The strongest race in the alliance, the dominant whale clan, had no ambitions.
Their members were relatively simple-minded and thus not keen on expanding their territory.
And therein lies the problem.
The dominant whale clan has relatively few members.
So, if their territory is smaller, is not a problem for them to sustain themselves.
If necessary, they could even go to the giant shark quartz territory to eat.
However, the other races in the alliance could not afford to do this as they had large families and enterprises.
As a result, the dominant whale alliance did not want to expand and they could not seize the territories of their allied tribes, leading to a bottleneck in their tribal development.
Previously, it was fine if no power accepted them.
Now that other dominant powers have extended an olive branch with such generous terms, they naturally chose to accept.
Thus, with the disintegration of the dominant whale alliance, the ocean war became even more intense, the Naga kingdom, divided into dozens of armies by territory, launched a full-scale war against the giant shark court.
At the beginning of the war, the Naga army did not hold a significant advantage.
But as time passed, the Naga kingdom remained strong, and even its army became more powerful than before the war.
While the giant shark began to struggle, as one side grew stronger and the other weaker, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clear with the Naga army continuously advancing and encroaching on the territory of the giant sharkort.
Ultimately, after decades of war in the fifth year after the land wars ended, the Naga army stormed into the palace of the giant shark, which also meant that the giant shark could no longer resist the Naga kingdom on the front lines.
A year later, the remaining forces of the giant shark court either perished or surrendered.
From then on, the entire ocean world was left with only one dominant power, the Naga kingdom.
Chapter 2, 1210 years.
In the blink of an eye, another 10 years have passed.
During this decade, many things have happened, and the changes in the entire plane can be described as rapid and remarkable, especially for Sue Shingu, who sees through the fog and controls the overall development.
These changes can be divided into four areas.
The blood empire in the western continent, the territories in the northern continent, the eternal knight empire in the eastern continent, and the naga kingdom in the ocean world.
First, let's talk about the blood empire.
To resist the future invasion of the eternal knight empire, the emperor of the blood empire no longer hides in the shadows.