Mourrin finally understood what kind of divine kingdom it was and covered her mouth.
"Marduc can really imagine that he created such a divine kingdom. The more gods attached to the divine kingdom, the broader his knowledge, and in theory, it is endless."
Amon nodded and said, "Yes, he sought this oath in the human world, and broke through the limits of this oath in the divine kingdom. I also went through a similar process, but the oath was different, so I created my own divine kingdom."
Amon and Mourrin discussed what kind of divine kingdom Marduc had created in heaven, while the affairs of the human world continued. Darius died and his son Cerces ascended the throne, and the Empire of Boz and the United Kingdom of Hellas were still in a state of continuous war. In the various city-states that had been conquered by Boz, resistance activities also rose and fell, and the Empire of Boz turned from offensive to defensive.
Marduc had already confirmed the state he was pursuing, and what happened next had nothing to do with him. Even the son of Darius, the new Emperor of Boz, Xerxes, did not know that the Great God of Light Mazda that the people of Boz worshipped was another identity of Marduc.
As the expansion of the Empire of Boz came to an end, its national policies also began to change, and its internal governance became increasingly harsh. Finally, one day, Cerces ordered the burning of the Divine Gate in Bablon City and the demolition of Marduc's shrine, only allowing the people to worship the Great God of Light Mazda and the Holy Fire of Light that the Bozians believed in.
Mourrin watched this scene unfold and secretly laughed in heaven, leaning in Amon's arms and shaking with laughter. Darius' son ordering the burning of Marduc's shrine was indeed absurd and funny in the eyes of the gods. But as she laughed and laughed, Mourrin's expression suddenly changed to anger, and she stood up and said: "Amon, your people actually demolished our shrine!"
Amon also stood up and patted him on the shoulder. "Why are you angry? You were laughing at Marduc just now, but we will also suffer the same injustice that he suffered. "
Mourrin asked, "Would you be happy?"
Amon sighed, "It doesn't matter if I'm happy or not, I'm just a little emotional that Marduc's prophecy back then has been confirmed. Sure enough, it was my people who demolished my shrine without letting Marduc do it, and it was not the Potz army who did it. "
Amon was the God of Eygut, so Rod Drick would not order for his temple to be demolished. The temple that was demolished was the one in Talen, which was Amon's earliest temple. It was Amon who guided his disciples to build the city of Shuleng. The statue of him hugging Mourin had been standing on the altar, accepting sacrifices from the people. It had become a symbol of faith. How could it be torn down by the people of Shuleng? This was the vicissitudes of life.
Marduc once said to Amon, "Even if my believers occupy the entire central continent of today, I will not interfere with the faith of Sellenburg. But I want to remind you of one thing, people believe in gods not because they are born to believe, but because they can get spiritual comfort from the gods, or fulfill their desires in the name of the gods. Things change, people's hearts change, and the descendants of Sellenburg will also make different choices, and when that time comes, I'm afraid you will watch your statue fall. "(See chapter 224 of this book," Who Is Sellenburg? ")
When Marduc said this, he not only used the identity of "Marduc", but also told Amon that he had another name, "Poxun", which meant that no matter which identity he gave the oracle or guidance, it would not interfere with the faith of Sellenburg, and the gods would naturally keep their promises.
The Potz Empire successively destroyed Elam, Hittite, Assyria, Bablon, and other countries, and the Plains of Duc were naturally included in the vast territory of Potz. The city of Sellenburg occupied the northern part of the Plains of Duc, while the southern part was occupied by the cities of Meso and Budamia, which were occupied by Hittite. After the fall of Hittite, Potz merged Meso, Budamia, Syah, and several nearby city-states together to establish the province of Syah.
The status of Sellenburg had always been very special. It had always been independent, but it had never declared independence in name, and on the surface it was subordinate to the Hittite Kingdom and Syah. When the Hittite Kingdom was annexed by Potz, it was subordinate to the newly established province of Syah.
The territory controlled by Sellenburg was completely surrounded by the Potz Empire, and trade had to be conducted with the Potz Empire. There was no other choice. The resources produced in Sellenburg could only be sold to the provinces of the Potz Empire, and the products needed by Sellenburg also had to be exchanged with the surrounding provinces and pay taxes set by the Potz Empire.
Apart from the fact that the Potz Empire did not assign a capital to Sellenburg, the status of Sellenburg was equivalent to a relatively large city-state in the Potz Empire, and it could not be separated from the Potz Empire. After George and Link retired to the Garden of Eden, and Aesop and Joshua grew old, when Amon left Sellenburg, the main governors of Sellenburg were Tich and Ussir. The two of them were very clear about the situation of Sellenburg, and the main policy was to maintain the status quo.
When Amon left Duc and was banished to the mountains, he was only fourteen years old, and when he last appeared in front of the people of Sellenburg, he was only in his twenties. Counting the years in the human world, he should be 58 years old now. Many years have passed, and earth-shaking changes have taken place on the Heaven's Pivot Continent.
Most of the Ducians were buried in the great flood in the early years. Among the sixty survivors, the youngest was David Solomon, followed by Amon, and then Moses. Moses was two years older than Amon, and David Solomon was eight years younger than Amon. When David was six years old, his father took him out of Dudong for the first time to see the world in Syah. He happened to escape the great flood and became the youngest survivor.
After Amon left Sellenburg, Tich and Ussir also grew old, and David Solomon became the new ruler of Sellenburg. Medanzo once guided David Solomon to the power of the origin. The child was very smart. He achieved the sixth level before the age of twenty, but it took him many years to continue to advance. It was only when he became the governor of Sellenburg at the age of forty that he broke through to the seventh level.
David Solomon also inherited the blood essence of the Ducians that had been accumulated for thousands of years, and the power of the origin guided by Medanzo. He was very strong and very smart. But some things were not clear. People with better aptitude or smarter aptitude were more likely to understand the various mysteries of cultivation, but one could not only rely on these to achieve the highest level. Otherwise, there would not be so few people in the world who could achieve the highest level.
In his youth, David performed better than Amon in many aspects, but in the world, there were almost countless people who were superior to Amon in many aspects. In contrast, it was already quite remarkable that David was able to break through to the highest level of the origin and become the leader of Sellenburg.
In the later period of Tich and Ussir's rule, Sellenburg actually entered the era of Judges. The Ducians gradually became the rulers of Sellenburg and took control of the power and wealth of the city. Of the twelve Judges guided by Moses, three died in battle, three later entered the Garden of Eden, and the rest grew old in Sellenburg.
These Judges were very old and authoritative. They guided the Ducians to offer sacrifices to Allaha and played an increasingly important role in the management of the city until David grew up. The new generation of Ducians also began to flourish. The descendants were reluctant to mention the Ducians who represented the sinners. They only claimed to be the people of Sellenburg who made a pact with Allaha and were saved and blessed by the gods.
With the support of the older generation of Judges, Solomon himself was also extremely talented. Not only did he establish absolute authority among the people of Queleng, but he also controlled the entire city of Queleng. Bing Ke, who the people of Queleng believed in, gradually replaced the position of the original god Amon.
This result was somewhat surprising, but from another perspective, it was also inevitable.
Back then, there were only a few dozen survivors of the Ducians, but when they came to Sellenburg, there were already thousands of residents in the city. It seemed inconspicuous, but they enjoyed the most fertile land, inherited the mines of their clansmen, and made important contributions in the war to protect the city.
The surviving generation of Ducians could be said to be extraordinary. They had gone through many hardships and finally, when they were freed from the bitter fate they had endured for generations, they no longer had to do the hard work of mining. They did very well in running farms, trading, and lending businesses, not only because they had capital and prestige, but also because they had mastered knowledge and resources.
Strength and wisdom were also the wealth left by their ancestors, making them the richest people in Sellenburg. Girls were willing to marry the Ducians. They had superior conditions and were able to provide their descendants with the best education and living environment. They could even master several languages and scripts on the continent. Gradually, their population prospered. After two generations of reproduction, the number of people in this branch exceeded a thousand.
The rest of the people in Sellenburg were mainly made up of several groups: cavemen or highland giants who moved from the deep mountains, wandering explorers and rogue proletarians from the surrounding countries, bankrupt craftsmen, and landless farmers. These people could not be compared to the Ducians in any aspect. Not to mention, the vast majority of them were illiterate.
The Ducians, who controlled wealth and knowledge, also had the power to offer sacrifices to the gods in the city, representing the will of the gods. People's faith did not come out of thin air. It would inevitably be affected by the environment. The Ducians controlled economic and political resources, so naturally, they controlled the social resources to spread their faith.
The generation of people who summoned Amun on the battlefield in the early years gradually passed away, and the new generation gradually grew up. They did not have the experience of their fathers, and they lived in a new environment. More and more people followed the Ducians and believed in Allaha. Just as the Potz Empire continued to expand and spread the Holy Flame of Light all over the continent, the worship of Allaha had also silently penetrated deep into the hearts of the people of Leng, gradually becoming the mainstream faith of the city.
But the main shrine of the city was still the Temple of Amun. It stood in the center of the city square, looking tall and magnificent. But the statue of Amon holding Mourrin on the altar now looked a little frivolous and not solemn enough. There was also an Allaha shrine in Sellenburg, but it was built in the place where the Ducians first lived. It was very small and inconspicuous, but the number of sacrifices received became more and more grand.
The new generation of rulers of the city gradually had the idea of replacing the original Temple of Amun with the main shrine of Allaha. When the older generation was still alive, this idea was only in their hearts, but when the new generation of Ducians represented by David Solomon came to power, this desire became stronger and stronger, because the status of Allaha also symbolized their status.
Before Joshua died, Ceng Lin gave David Solomon a Bible, which recorded the experiences and sufferings of the Ducians, the process of returning home from the distant Eygut under the guidance of Allaha, and also collected the oracles, miracles, hymns, and various legends of Allaha. It was a history that carried the beliefs of the Ducians, and recorded the agreement between the gods and the people. The Ducians were proud and proud of it.
David Solomon was also a witness of this history. He could naturally see the traces of modification and exaggeration in many of the legends, and could more or less guess the relationship between Amun and Allaha, but the gods did not make it clear, and David Solomon would not make it clear either.
On the other hand, the belief in Allaha was not a personal matter of David, but the wish and belief of the whole people. It was not only related to spiritual sustenance, but also determined the interests and status of the people in the secular world. Since David was the leader of the people, his actions must represent this wish and belief.
Any successful change needed the right time to follow a seemingly unstoppable trend. The first opportunity finally appeared, and that was a coup in the Eygut. Tutankhamun succeeded the throne. "
They worshipped Amon as the main god of the Kingdom of Eygut. The Ducians hated the people of Eygut because in their bible, their ancestors had been enslaved by the people of Eygut, and they were only able to return home with the guidance of Allaha. It was Allaha's miracles that allowed them to defeat the evil gods of Eygut.
Now that Amon had become the main god of Eygut, they naturally did not want to see the city-state they controlled still offer sacrifices to the gods of Eygut, as if it was constantly awakening some shameful memory. David Solomon took the opportunity to order the sacrifice of Allaha to become the official ceremony of the city-state, replacing the original sacrifice of Amun.
This order was opposed by a few people, but it was passed with the support and acquiescence of the majority. This was because David did not demolish the Hall of Amun, nor did he forbid the people from offering sacrifices to Amun. He only changed the official target of the sacrifice.
Although the Ducians were now thriving, they were still a minority in the total population of Ducians, but they were able to control the entire city-state. They implemented a kind of meritocracy that seemed fair and reasonable, but through the control of economic and political resources, they had the right to speak in public opinion and coerced the will of the majority.
The people often thought that they had made their own choices, but in fact, the results they could choose were just the results that others had prepared for them. This was the core of this kind of meritocracy. It could be reflected in various forms on the surface, and it would have a wide influence in later generations.
The second opportunity that the Ducians waited for was when the expansion of the Potsdam Empire suffered a setback, and the power of the country was at a turning point from prosperity to decline. The War of Hippo gradually became passive, and Eygut took the opportunity to leave. When the control of the empire within the empire declined, Cerces ordered the demolition of the Gates of the Gods and the Marduc Temple in Bablon City.
David took the opportunity to order the demolition of the Hall of Amun, and to build a more magnificent Hall of Allaha on the original site of the Temple Square. It had been ten years since the last official sacrifice reform. With these ten years of foreshadowing, there was very little resistance when it came to real action.
There were two main reasons for David Solomon to demolish the Hall of Amun. First, the god that the city was officially sacrificing was Allaha, so the Hall of Allaha should become the main shrine. Second, the shrines of the original Anunnaki had been demolished throughout the Potsdam Empire. Assyria, Bablon, Hittite, and other countries that believed in the Anunnaki gods were long gone. Amon standing on the altar of the main shrine with the statue of Mourrin in his arms seemed frivolous and contrary to the sacred dignity of the gods.
But David Solomon still had a trick up his sleeve. He only replaced the original Amon with Allaha as the main god of the city, and demolished the original statue, but did not prohibit the people from believing in Amon. Those who believed in Amon could privately fund the construction of shrines for Amon in other places, which had nothing to do with the officials of the city, and there would be no ceremony.
In fact, none of this mattered. The people of Taleng had already controlled the best land in Taleng, and controlled the economic, political, and cultural resources. Believing in Amon was already a non-mainstream nostalgia, and Allaha, who had made a pact with the people of Taleng, was the only god that the city believed in. In the minds of the people of Taleng, Amon gradually became a legendary hero, a mythical figure of the foreign races.
Allaha was another identity of Amon, and this made no difference to the gods. Just like when Xerxes ordered the demolition of the Temple of Marduc to be dedicated to Mazda, the god of light, Marduc did not care. In recent decades, the continent had undergone frequent changes, and the gods that many kingdoms believed in had also changed frequently. This was partly due to the guidance of the gods, but more importantly, it was determined by the situation on earth.
When the main shrine of Amon was demolished in the city of Taleng, Marduc's prophecy finally came true. Amon could only sigh with emotion. Instead, he persuaded Mourrin to take a look at the shrine of Marduc, and she suffered the same fate.
Mourrin was only angry for a moment, and then she said with annoyance and amusement, "I used to be the guardian of the town of Duc, but the town of Duc was destroyed by the flood. I hoped that you could guide my people to restore my divine realm, and you fulfilled your promise. But now, it is your people who have demolished the shrine of you and me. As a god, you should have become very calm in the long history. "
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