“This is a common misconception among newcomers.
They think that with just a copy of the Federal Body Refinement Technique, every believer can become as powerful as a dragon.
“But think about it.
In a few more years, your Divine Kingdom could have hundreds of thousands or even millions of believers.
Surely you don’t expect every one of them to spend all day cultivating without doing any productive work?
“Humans are intelligent creatures.
They know how to use tools, allocate resources, and perform their respective duties.
Given enough time, they will naturally divide themselves into different social classes.
“You only need to issue a divine oracle telling them to sow seeds.
You don’t even need to assign specific tasks.
Their own social system will naturally cause those without talent or strength to take care of administrative and production-related work.
“Ninety percent of the believers in a Divine Kingdom are essentially the foundation of its civilization.
Their role is twofold: maintain production and ensure that the Divine Kingdom continues to function, while also providing us with Faith Points.
“Another five percent are talented individuals who may eventually break through to Rank One, Rank Two, or even higher lifeforms through cultivation.
“The remaining five percent will become even stronger and live longer, allowing them to help manage the entire Divine Kingdom.
“It’s just like the real world.
The population reproduces, social classes shift, and survival of the fittest gradually pushes civilization forward.
“If you interfere too much and force everyone to focus on cultivation, you’ll actually destroy this system.
Your believers may become stronger in the short term, but that’s only because you’re continuously spending Faith Points to sustain them.
“Once that external support disappears, the entire system will collapse even faster.” After listening to Zhang Wanshan’s explanation, Yang Fan’s expression became thoughtful.
Over the past few days, the consumption of Faith Points had indeed been increasing.
Perhaps the elderly, weak, women, and children who were unable to obtain enough food should simply be left to natural selection.
That was part of the survival of the fittest.
As a god, he shouldn’t interfere with every trivial aspect of his believers’ lives.
Zhang Wanshan took another sip of wine and continued enthusiastically, “Those are all minor matters.
If you can break through to become a Demigod in the future, you can even sign agreements with other Divine Beings and have them grow food and gather resources for you.
“If you’re strong enough, you can even conquer someone else’s Divine Kingdom and turn the entire place into your granary.” “Turn someone else’s Divine Kingdom into a granary?
Is that legal?” Yang Fan swallowed nervously.
“One of my classmates is already a First-Order God, and I’m currently his Subordinate God.
He was the one who told me about this.
“This world is like a massive arena where different Divine Kingdoms can wage war against one another.
At any moment, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of believers could be wiped out, while the core resources of a Divine Kingdom could be plundered.
“As Divine Beings, we always think of Demigods and Gods as lofty and untouchable.
But once you actually reach that level, you’ll discover that even greater cruelty awaits you.
“That’s still far too distant for you.
At least until you graduate from university, you don’t need to worry about anyone invading your Divine Kingdom.” Zhang Wanshan clearly knew a great deal.
He continued telling Yang Fan and Zhang Pang stories about Demigods and even Gods, and the two listened with great interest.
After returning home, Yang Fan immediately searched the mall for cereal crops.
Corn Seeds × 500,000 — 300 Faith Points Drought-resistant, wind-resistant, extremely high yield, highly filling, and requiring no special planting conditions.
Vegetable Seeds × 500,000 — 500 Faith Points No special planting requirements.
Spirit Rice Seeds × 5,000 — 50,000 Faith Points Requires the Divine Kingdom to possess spiritual energy and spiritual soil, as well as believers capable of cultivating spiritual plants.
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Yang Fan directly selected the cheapest corn and vegetable seeds, then introduced them into his Divine Kingdom and issued a divine oracle.
Following Zhang Wanshan’s advice, Yang Fan no longer intended to interfere excessively in the lives of his believers.
If he continued purchasing food to feed them, the population would keep increasing.
Eventually, the Divine Kingdom would be unable to support so many people, potentially resulting in mass deaths or even plagues.
That would be counterproductive.
With a new food source, the tribe’s excessive dependence on meat finally decreased, and the ecological balance gradually began to recover.
By the ninth decade, the population had reached 110,000.
Even with the effects of the Breeding Card, the tribe was no longer expanding at its previous pace.
Environmental limitations had begun to emerge, and the population density was approaching its limit.
If they wanted to continue increasing their population, they would need to undertake large-scale construction projects and expand their settlements into new areas.
By the hundredth year, the effect of the Breeding Card finally wore off.
Yang Fan’s consciousness entered the Divine Kingdom.
The believers had now developed from a primitive tribe into something resembling a small town-based civilization.
God’s Revelation City stood at the very center of the Divine Kingdom.
Thanks to the Moon Wells and Sun Springs, the concentration of life energy there was exceptionally high.
The four cities—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird—were located in the east, west, north, and south respectively.
In the southern region, Snake Valley was now filled with Bodhi Precious Snakes.
Their numbers had grown so high that the snake population was beginning to spread beyond the valley.
Dark Night Vultures frequently soared through the sky, constantly searching for opportunities to hunt.
Various plants and animals filled the mountains, while the roars of beasts echoed through the wilderness.
The Divine Kingdom now possessed a diverse range of species and a relatively stable ecosystem.
The population of believers had also reached saturation.
From this point onward, Yang Fan would use the Federal Body Refinement Technique as the foundation and rely on time and resources to gradually strengthen his believers.
The death, reproduction, cultivation, and natural selection of each generation would slowly push the entire civilization forward.
God Lord: Yang Fan Divine Kingdom Area: One million square kilometers Talent: F-rank Resource Talent (All resources in the Divine Kingdom grow 10% faster) SSS-rank Talent: Evolution (Unique talent; can accelerate Divine Kingdom evolution, currently hidden.) Believers: Ancient Humans (110,000) Technique: Federal Body Refinement Technique Faith Points: 1,070,988 (Daily Faith Points provided: 0.55) Buildings: Moon Well × 5, Sun Spring × 5 Assets: Bodhi Precious Snake × 27,233 (Rank One Demonic Beast), Dark Night Vulture × 1,345 (Rank One Demonic Beast), Water Lotus × 21,000 (F-rank Spirit Plant), Century-old Soul Nourishing Wood × 1,000 (C-rank Spirit Plant) After a hundred years of development and various resource investments, not only had the believer population reached 110,000, but their status had also evolved from Barbarians to Ancient Humans.
When a Divine Kingdom was first awakened, all its believers possessed the status of Barbarians.
As civilization developed, stable food supplies, safe dwellings, organized cities, the ability to preserve and pass down knowledge, and physical strength beyond the limits of Barbarians gradually allowed them to evolve into Ancient Humans.
After Ancient Humans came Mortals.
At that stage, the believers’ intelligence would have fully developed.
They would form a genuine human society, complete with division of labor, trade, and even schools dedicated to teaching cultivation techniques.
Once the believers reached the Mortal stage, the Divine Kingdom would gradually become more stable.
They would slowly establish a complete social system, reduce excessive exploitation of resources, and guide the entire Divine Kingdom toward healthy development.
Further along, a tiny minority of believers would break through their physical limits and become Rank One lifeforms.
As for what path they would take, that could vary tremendously.
Some might enter the Dao through martial arts and become Martial Artists.
Others might cultivate Qi and become Cultivators.
Some might even pursue mechanical ascension and eventually become Intelligent Lifeforms.
Only after believers surpassed the Mortal realm could Divine Beings begin their transformation into Demigods.
That was still far too distant for Yang Fan.
At present, none of his believers had even reached the Minor Achievement stage of the Federal Body Refinement Technique.
However, Yang Fan was not worried.
With his Evolution Talent, generations of believers would continue to develop through survival of the fittest and natural selection.
Eventually, descendants with superior innate talents would be born.
For now, Yang Fan could afford to wait.