As an empire that has risen in recent years, Datang is naturally extremely powerful as it can dominate the five major human regions of the Liaozhai world with the other four empires.
A hundred years ago, the Tang Dynasty was just an ordinary dynasty similar to the Ming Dynasty. There were 23 provinces in the country (the same provinces as the Ming Dynasty), and their strength was worse than that of the Ming Dynasty at its peak.
But the emergence of an opportunity changed this situation.
Following the founder of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke, the 57th emperor of the Tang Dynasty and now revered as Emperor Shizong, successfully broke through the eighth level of cultivation and became the second immortal-level master of the Tang Dynasty.
The birth of this immortal seriously changed the structure of the countries surrounding Datang.
This gave Datang a huge advantage over other countries in terms of top combat power, and could even be said to be a crushing strength.
However, even if there is one more immortal, it cannot really be that powerful. At most, it can only be said that the Tang Dynasty has a stronger foundation and can maintain its national unification for a longer period of time.
In the presence of an order jointly established by all the powerful people of the eighth level, no eighth-level immortal dares to take action rashly and personally intervene in the struggle of the secular dynasties, otherwise the violator will be jointly targeted by all the eighth levels.
The two Eight Immortals of the Tang Dynasty are certainly powerful, but no matter how powerful they are, can they still go against the more than 200 eighth-level experts who jointly formulated this set of rules
Just think about it and you know this is impossible.
So why was Datang able to rise
This also talks about the changes that happened in the country after the eighth-level powerhouse was born in the Tang Dynasty.
Ever since an eighth-level immortal appeared in the Tang Dynasty, countless geniuses and beauties appeared one after another in the land of the Tang Dynasty. I don’t know whether it was due to some kind of blessing, whether it was God’s favor or the Tang Dynasty’s accumulated experience. Gorgeous people.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, talents that were rare in the past few decades could now be born in dozens or dozens every year.
And each one of them is such a genius, each one has his or her own adventures, and their personal cultivation progresses very quickly, and they can often achieve in a few years what others can achieve in ten years.
In this situation, which was like adding a cheating device, the overall strength of the Tang Dynasty began to soar.
However, in more than ten years, the national power has been several times better than before, completely surpassing the surrounding empires, and it has crushing strength against a single country.
Even these are nothing. Although the Tang Dynasty is powerful, as long as one or two surrounding countries unite, they can contain it and will not tolerate the bottomless expansion of the Tang Dynasty.
The real fundamental change was the surrender of Yuan Tiangang, the leader of the sect within the Tang Dynasty, the then master of Taixu Dao.
Yuan Tiangang, the master of Taixu Taoism, is the founder of Taixu Taoism. He is a famous eighth-level immortal around the Ming Dynasty, and his strength is unfathomable. Even among the eighth-level immortals, they are all at the top and upper reaches.
Moreover, Taixu Dao led by Yuan Tiangang was the leader of all sects in the Tang Dynasty. Even several surrounding sects neighboring the Tang Dynasty were indirectly controlled by Taixu Dao.
The impact of taking refuge with such a top powerhouse and a top force is indescribable.
Almost instantly, even though the strength of the Tang Dynasty had grown to incredible levels after more than ten years of growth, it still more than doubled in an instant.
At this moment, the Tang Dynasty alone was capable of taking on four or five ordinary empires.
Although this kind of one-on-one duel is just a one-man battle against the combined forces of four or five empires, he can still avoid being destroyed.
But it can also prove in disguise that Datang already has the advantage of slowly encroaching on surrounding empires while maintaining its own invincibility.
Just like the Qin State during the Warring States Period, there was a natural danger at Hangu Pass, no matter how big the Qin army suffered a setback or defeat in the Guandong. As long as Hangu Pass is in hand, Da Qin will never be in danger of destroying the country. No matter how big the loss is, you can recover after a period of rest, and the same is true for Datang today.
However, even so, the Tang Dynasty was cautious and did not take action.
Because the number of immortals who could not take action at the eighth level was decided together at the beginning. It was far beyond what the three immortals of the Tang Dynasty could compare with.
If we act rashly, no matter how many victories the Tang Dynasty can achieve in the early stage.
But as long as those small empires that have not been affected join forces in a desperate situation, the power they can form will far exceed the limit that the Tang Dynasty can bear.
By that time, no matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty was, it would not be able to escape the crisis of destruction.
But later, when everyone within the Tang Dynasty was thinking hard and thinking about a way out. The arrival of a piece of news brought an opportunity to the Tang Dynasty's planning.
Qin, an old country located in the northwest, suddenly took action and launched an army of tens of millions, frantically attacking the three surrounding empires. Moreover, one empire was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the remaining two also lost nearly half of their territory and could only survive.
The emergence of this news suddenly caused shock throughout the world.
Everyone and all the forces were shocked, and they didn't understand why the Qin Dynasty was so unwise and chose to commit suicide.
Yes, it was the stupidity of the serious Qin Dynasty.
No matter how powerful Da Qin is, it is just an empire. Can it turn the world upside down and withstand the siege of more than ten or twenty countries around it at the same time
Just when the surrounding countries began to be shocked, angry, and feeling the crisis, more than ten countries joined forces with each other and planned to form a coalition to attack Da Qin.
An even more shocking news reached their ears.
Following the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty in the north also sent tens of millions of troops to attack the four surrounding empires.
However, the results achieved this time were not as brilliant as the Great Qin Dynasty, and an empire was directly destroyed.
Because of the example of the Qin Dynasty, the empires surrounding the Han Dynasty had long been prepared and vigilant for the powerful country of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, as soon as the Han Dynasty took action, the armies of these countries had already begun to resist and connected with each other.
These advance preparations finally played some role. Although the Han Dynasty's army was sharp, they only captured large areas of territory in each country and did not truly destroy an empire.
But even so, the strength and unscrupulousness of the Han Dynasty still shocked the world.
What was even more shocking was yet to come.
After the Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty took action in the southwest region, attacking its surrounding countries wantonly. Then Datang followed suit and took action against several countries around him. Then the Great Zhou Dynasty, located in the center of the world, also began its journey of annexation.
The whole world is in complete chaos.
(End of chapter)