56: Chapter 56 The Promise from Ten Thousand Years Ago!

Of course.

Not everyone who Cultivates the Dao of Luck is this impressive.

The reason Wang Chen is so amazing.

Is because he has a cheat; the Cultivation Technique given to him by the System is powerful.

Others don't get such treatment...

Compared to others in the Imperial Dynasty.

The millions of soldiers across the four directions of the Imperial Dynasty have seen their cultivation levels rise much more significantly under the blessing of the Power of Imperial Fortune.

Originally, ordinary soldiers.

The vast majority of their cultivation levels were in the Body Tempering Realm.

But under the baptism of the Power of Imperial Fortune this time, they all achieved a Breakthrough to the Houtian Realm.

Among them, many mid-level officers and above.

Saw their cultivation levels Breakthrough even further to the Innate Realm and Grandmaster Realm.

To those Jianghu Martial Artists, an existence in the Houtian Realm is at most a small fry.

Even if one is in the Innate Realm.

In many large Schools, they would at most be considered an Inner Sect Disciple, nothing to be surprised about.

But do not forget.

This isn't the Jianghu; this is the army!

The vast majority of the soldiers within come from ordinary families; they have limited Aptitude and even fewer cultivation resources.

Many find it difficult to Breakthrough to the Houtian Realm in their entire lives.

As for anyone with power or influence.

Casually joining any Jianghu School is better than being an ordinary soldier!

Protecting the home and defending the country is an ideal for commoners; those with true power and influence have only ever had one goal.

And that is to polish their resumes and become officials!

Precisely because of this.

One can imagine.

How deeply their hearts were touched after Wang Chen used the Power of Imperial Fortune to help them increase their strength.

"I... I am..."

One of them, a middle-aged soldier with a weather-beaten face and graying hair, tremblingly raised his calloused hands.

He could clearly feel it.

A warm current was surging through his originally sluggish Meridians, which were filled with old injuries.

That barrier, which had troubled him for over a decade and felt like an insurmountable chasm, had been pierced through!

He originally thought there was no hope for this life, and he could only return home with a body full of pain after discharge to live out his remaining days...

Now, he had actually achieved a Breakthrough!

He had reached the Realm he once only dreamed of!

"Roar—!"

A young soldier nearby suddenly jumped up.

Then, with a loud roar, he fiercely threw a punch; where the fist passed, a faint sonic boom actually sounded!

Feeling the power within his body that was several times stronger than before, he said with a flushed face of excitement, "Houtian Realm! I am also in the Houtian Realm! Father! Mother! Your son has made something of himself!"

"I... I also broke through... to the Houtian... Houtian Realm?"

"I seem to have broken through as well..."

"Is this the Houtian Realm? I can actually become a Houtian Realm powerhouse!"

"Haha... I actually broke through to the Innate Realm."

A Centurion, who was originally only at the Houtian Peak, inspected his inner self and found that the True Qi in his Dantian had already transformed into more solid drops of True Essence; his breath was long, and his senses were sharp—this was exactly the sign of stepping into the Innate Realm!

At first, he couldn't believe it, and then his eyes instantly turned red.

He came from a humble background with mediocre Aptitude; being able to climb to the rank of Centurion was already his limit.

The Innate Realm... that was a Realm he once didn't even dare to dream of...

"This general has reached the age of retirement, yet I never expected to Breakthrough and become a Grandmaster, haha..."

An old general, who thought his military career was about to end in obscurity, never imagined that at the moment he was about to leave the battlefield, Your Majesty would grant him a new life!

This kindness was as heavy as a mountain!

After the brief shock and wild joy.

A deeper, more fiery emotion exploded in the chest of every soldier and every officer!

They remembered why they joined the army.

Some were to reduce their family's taxes, some were at a dead end and just wanted a meal.

Some harbored the simple dream of protecting their home and country...

But.

Regardless of their original intentions.

They never thought that 'mud-legged' commoners like them could one day receive such an earth-shattering blessing!

For people of ordinary birth like them.

Such kindness could only be repaid with their lives.

In short, one sentence summed it up.

"If my Lord does not abandon me, we are willing to be sworn brothers..."

No!

It should be.

"If my Lord does not abandon us, we are willing to entrust our lives to him!!!!"

Thud!

Someone, unknown who, suddenly knelt on the ground toward the direction of the Imperial City.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Then a second, a third... a thousandth, a ten-thousandth...

Until finally.

Millions of soldiers, regardless of rank, almost simultaneously made the same movement!

They knelt.

They all knelt!

Facing the direction of the Imperial City, in the most pious, humble, and fiery posture, they prostrated themselves!

There was no order.

No horn.

They even violated the iron rule of the military: 'Do not move without military orders'.

But at this moment.

No commander or general stood up to scold or stop them.

Because they understood and could empathize.

They, too, had been bathed in Imperial Grace, and their strength had been significantly enhanced.

They understood even more that with this move, Your Majesty had gained not just millions of soldiers with increased strength, but millions of hearts with unswerving loyalty until death!

"We kowtow in gratitude for Your Majesty's Heavenly Grace!!!"

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long, long live!!!"

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long, long live!!!"

...

After the silence.

Came a shout more shocking than a landslide or a tsunami, more orderly, and more filled with blood and power!

Millions of voices converged, piercing the clouds and shaking the fields, as if even heaven and earth were trembling!

The gratitude, loyalty, fanaticism, and determination to serve unto death contained in those voices.

Condensed into an invisible yet real majestic power, flowing against the river of Luck, surging toward the Imperial City, and merging into the growing Imperial Destiny of the Imperial Dynasty!

"Soldiers, Your Majesty has used the Imperial Destiny Power to increase our strength. Naturally, we must use our strength to repay Your Majesty. Follow this Commander to trample the Yao Race and expand the territory for our Imperial Dynasty!"

"Expand the territory!"

"Expand the territory!"

"Expand the territory!"

The soldiers roared in unison, their voices shaking the nine heavens.

"Follow this Commander—Kill!"

"Kill!"

Almost at the same time.

The commanders of the border passes on all four sides all issued orders to attack the Yao Beast side.

Because the increase in strength gave all the soldiers immense confidence.

The army of millions swept across.

It could be said they moved mountains and filled waters; wherever they passed, the Yao Beasts were all killed!

In just two days.

The armies of the four directions pushed hundreds of kilometers into the Yao Beast territory.

At the very beginning.

They still encountered many scattered Yao Beasts, but later on.

Wherever they went, the Yao Beasts had already scattered in a panic, having fled long in advance!

In the Far South of the Xuantian World.

There was a massive city here; although not as refined as human cities, it was larger than many of them.

In the very center of the city.

There was a huge palace, and inside the palace at this moment, dozens of massive Yao Beasts were gathered together.

In the midst of this group of Yao Beasts, a tall and powerful middle-aged man sat upon a massive stone throne.

"Hmph! Humans truly overestimate themselves. They should be thanking their lucky stars that we Yao Beasts didn't go looking for trouble with them. To think they dare to defy the heavens—it's simply outrageous!"

"Since they are seeking death, there is no need for our Monster Clan to abide by the promise from ten thousand years ago..."