"It's over, when did the Son of Destiny die? This is killing me. It seems like only after the alliance's army collapsed did I start having bad luck.
If that's the case, then that so-called Son of Destiny should be one of them in the alliance's army.
So, if it weren't for my unexpected intervention, would one of the alliance generals have won in the end, ascended to the throne as the new emperor? Hmm, if you look at it that way.
I'm not entirely wronged..."
After careful consideration, Ding Yun could only come up with such a guess. After all, the world's structure didn't look like it could remain peaceful for another hundred years. So even if a Son of Destiny appeared, it would most likely be the founding emperor of the next dynasty, not some sage.
If that were the case.
Then it wasn't entirely unfair for her to be targeted more intensely.
But that person didn't have the protagonist's halo above his head, how could Ding Yun know he was the Son of Heaven? It's like Zhu Yuanzhang, before he achieved anything, who knew he would become the founding emperor? Back then, when he clashed head-on with Zhang Shicheng, most people thought Zhang Shicheng would win.
In the chaotic times of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period.
Who would have thought that the eventual victor would not be Cao Cao, nor Liu Bei, but the so-called Sima family?
And to be a Son of Heaven, shouldn't he be more resilient? Learn from Liu Xiu, if he were more resilient and didn't die, wouldn't everything be fine? Everyone could have coexisted peacefully.
Of course, it's useless to complain now.
Ding Yun could only follow the descriptions in the "New Universe Pioneering Guide," taking out life-saving items and equipment from her soul space as much as possible to ensure she wouldn't die from various accidents, while also urging her disciples to speed up their progress, complete the unification quickly, and at the same time, vigorously promote her, letting everyone know that she was the mastermind behind all this, thereby increasing her prestige.
Originally, Ding Yun planned to wait until her disciples had conquered the world and selected an emperor, then she would reveal herself as the Imperial Tutor and the founder of the New Learning, announcing it to the world and simultaneously promoting high-yield crop varieties.
With these three strategies combined, she aimed to reach the pinnacle of fame in the shortest possible time, becoming a true sage of the era, thereby gaining enough human destiny to suppress the world consciousness and imprint her mark on the world's origin.
But now, it was clearly impossible. She didn't have that much time to wait, so she could only go all out and take a gamble. Whether she would succeed depended on fate.
Given the extent to which the world was targeting her.
It was hard to say!
As Ding Yun's counterattack began, the world consciousness's targeting also continued to affect her, to an extent that Ding Yun dared not use even a single item originating from this world. Because she discovered that the world consciousness could only affect things from this world and had no way of affecting the things she brought with her. So, when she used only the provisions from her soul space, the crises she might have faced were immediately reduced by half.
However, the negative impacts in other aspects still existed.
Her disciples' armies, as they continued their advance, frequently encountered dangers they hadn't encountered before. Some dangers were even unavoidable, such as venomous snakes appearing from nowhere, a mountain suddenly collapsing for no reason, or even a river that had dried up and stopped flowing for many years suddenly surging with a large volume of water as they marched.
If Ding Yun hadn't been constantly monitoring and assisting them whenever a major danger arose, who knows how many casualties their marching expedition would have suffered.
It was only because the main forces of the allied armies had been mostly wiped out, and the remaining remnants were no longer a threat. Even though the Datong Army had been unlucky recently, it didn't hinder their progress. They continued to advance, exiling noble families to deserted islands while settling the common people and promoting new policies.
And conducting literacy campaigns, among other things.
As a result, it wasn't long before the armies from all directions swiftly reached the vicinity of the imperial capital, surrounding it. Inside the imperial capital, an argument broke out, not about whether to resist to the end, but whether to open the gates and surrender directly or to negotiate for terms.
Some people didn't want to be exiled or have their property confiscated.
Therefore, they attempted to use the imperial chariot, the Imperial Seal, and other such items to secure their wealth and status, stating that if their terms were not met, they would perish together. They claimed that the Datong Army, without the Imperial Seal, would inevitably have an illegitimate claim to the throne.
Ding Yun naturally refused.
For her, the Imperial Seal held no significance and was not a necessity. There was no need to make an exception for the sake of keeping a few bad apples.
So, in the end, she still gave the order to attack the city directly.
Within minutes, the city gates were breached.
At the same time, meteors rained down from the sky, not just one, but a whole string of small meteors, all crashing towards Ding Yun's army. For a moment, even some of Ding Yun's disciples turned pale and fled in disarray, let alone the ordinary soldiers.
Inside the imperial capital, the officials and soldiers who had been despairing moments before immediately shouted with joy, crying out "Heaven bless us, ancestors bless us," and loudly proclaiming that they were protected by the heavens, while the traitors would face divine retribution.
It was as if the situation had suddenly reversed.
Ding Yun, however, rolled her eyes. She took out the Auspicious Cloud personal flight device, opened the arbitrarily shaped gate, which was in an invisible state, and connected it to a desert. Then, she flew rapidly through the sky, waving her sleeve. Ostensibly, she waved her hand and a meteor disappeared, but in reality, she was teleporting the meteors to the desert through the arbitrarily shaped gate.
At the same time, to ensure that others knew this was not an illusion, Ding Yun specifically altered the trajectory of one meteor, causing it to fall in a deserted area nearby. This way, everyone would be convinced that what was falling from the sky was not a spark, but a real meteor, and that Ding Yun had truly collected it.
For a moment, everyone was dumbfounded. After a long while, the situation changed again. Those in the imperial capital fell into complete despair, while the Datong Army, which had been panicking moments before, cheered and immediately prostrated themselves before Ding Yun.
Everyone around felt that Ding Yun was the true celestial being, unafraid even of meteors. The legendary feat of "plucking stars and grasping the moon" was likely nothing more than this.
At this point, Ding Yun suddenly felt.
That many streams of powerful faith and human destiny had suddenly appeared around her. These forces protected her, dispelled the world consciousness's targeting, and made her immune to the world's targeting in the short term.
Even the degree of the world consciousness's targeting.
Was being offset by the faith and human destiny.
Ding Yun was momentarily unsure whether her propaganda during this period, proclaiming her as the leader of the Datong Army, had worked, or if her recent miraculous display of collecting meteors was the cause.
But regardless, the outcome was good.
Next, of course, was to continue with the plan.
The Datong Army smoothly took over the imperial capital, and the world was unified.
Ding Yun's disciples, who were serving as generals, gathered around the palace where Ding Yun was temporarily in seclusion to sort out the recent situation, jointly inviting Ding Yun to ascend the throne.
If they had had any other ideas before, after Ding Yun demonstrated her "Sleeve Universe" and directly collected a pile of meteors, those ideas vanished. They felt that their teacher was naturally meant to be the emperor, and it didn't matter if she was a woman.
After all, a goddess is also a god.
Is it not more natural for a heavenly god to be emperor than a Son of Heaven?
By this time, Ding Yun had also sorted out her current situation. Her current state was that she had the blessing of some human destiny and some faith. However, neither of these powers was particularly strong. Combined, they could barely counter the world consciousness's targeting. Note that it was countering, not suppressing, the world consciousness's targeting.
She needed to continue to increase her propaganda continuously to reach the point where she could imprint her mark on the world consciousness. This was not something that could be achieved in a short period.
As time passed, the world consciousness would inevitably wear down her human destiny and faith. This was disadvantageous to Ding Yun.
She, an outsider, had been exposed to such an extent.
The longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for her, and the more likely the world consciousness would devise various targeting methods.
The "New Universe Pioneering Guide" clearly stated.
When the world consciousness's targeting reached level four, one must act swiftly and decisively to complete the task.
The longer it dragged on, the more troublesome it would become.
At a certain point, it would be better to just give up.
Coincidentally, at this moment, the disciples outside the palace were urging Ding Yun to ascend the throne. This gave Ding Yun a new idea: if the combined faith and human destiny were not enough to suppress the world consciousness's targeting, what about adding the power of the Human Emperor?
She could create some events during her enthronement.
And further increase some faith, etc.
Would that greatly increase the probability of success?
Thinking this, Ding Yun immediately walked out of the palace, not only readily agreeing but also immediately making arrangements, not only for the enthronement ceremony but also for the aftermath.
She had already decided that on the day of her enthronement, she would definitely try to imprint her mark onto the world's origin. If successful, she would leave immediately. If not, she would still have to leave. To prevent the newly established empire from falling into chaos and collapse after her departure.
She naturally had to make proper arrangements for the aftermath.
The main thing was to gather all the disciples qualified for the empire's high command and hold a meeting, informing them that after her enthronement, her mission would be completed, and she would leave this world. However, their contributions were roughly equal, and no one had any outstanding achievements.
Everyone would be convinced.
Therefore, she instructed them to establish a council to govern jointly.
The emperor would always be only one person, and that was her. Even after ascending, she could continue to be the emperor.
Anyway, she was going to implement a nominal monarchy policy.
Although the disciples were all shocked, and most of them showed sadness, even asking if Ding Yun could stay, in their hearts, there was a hint of secret joy. After all, who among those with real power would want to have an imperial emeritus constantly above them?
However, regardless of their thoughts, Ding Yun's plan would not change. After a brief exchange with them, the matter was settled.
The relevant news quickly spread throughout the country.
At the same time, in order to absorb enough faith for her ascension plan and increase the odds of success, Ding Yun specially distributed many real-time holographic projection devices across the country. On the day of her enthronement, everyone in the country would be able to witness her enthronement and ascension through the holographic devices.
Because Ding Yun was in a hurry.
And she urged them with urgency.
So the related preparatory procedures were completed in just three days. Three days after the imperial capital fell, while the city walls were still unrepaired, Ding Yun ascended the throne.
During her enthronement, all the common people could look up and see the holographic projection in the sky, and hear her directly read out the basic national policies and philosophy in plain language.
After all the aftermath arrangements were clearly explained.
Ding Yun then activated her portable holographic projection device, creating a scene in the sky with auspicious clouds, ethereal music, and the appearance of the Southern Heavenly Gate. Celestial maidens and heavenly soldiers welcomed her, and a chariot pulled by nine dragons arrived.
A grand spectacle of countless immortals congratulating the Holy Mother's return to her rightful place.
Then, Ding Yun seemingly boarded the chariot to ascend, but in reality, she remained invisible. After the complete holographic projection finished playing, she put away the holographic projection device and, carrying the surging faith, human destiny, and newly acquired Human Emperor power from that moment, swiftly suppressed the world consciousness.
Imprinting her mark onto the world's origin.
The next second, the world consciousness's targeting disappeared instantly, and the entire world completely opened up to her.
It was a pity that this imprint was actually condensed with the help of the Universe Pioneering Department. Even though Ding Yun imprinted it into the world's origin, she only possessed five percent control and five percent ownership of the world's origin. The rest belonged to the Universe Pioneering Department.
But Ding Yun also knew that without the help of the Universe Pioneering Department, she would never have been able to completely subdue the entire world on her own. She was already very satisfied with obtaining five percent of the origin.
One couldn't be too greedy.
She dared not take all the credit from the platform as her own ability.
However, Ding Yun did not leave immediately at this time. She deliberately lingered in the world for a while longer, collecting and taking away all her own belongings that she had left behind. After the world was subdued, follow-up personnel would come to sort out the world's destiny and timeline.
If these things were not taken.
They would most likely be reclaimed.
Even if the items had been used, or were not valuable, they were still purchased with her own money. Anyway, her soul space was large enough, and she could store them. Who knew if they might be useful in some world in the future? If she needed them and found she had thrown them away, she would regret it terribly.
Sometimes things are just like that. An item might sit there for ten or eight years without being used.
But once it's thrown away, it's suddenly needed.
After recycling all reclaimable items, Ding Yun used her consciousness chip to submit the pioneering mission.
And left this world.
The Universe Pioneering Department, based on Ding Yun's imprint, quickly claimed the world as their own, categorized it, and allocated merit points to Ding Yun.
By the time she returned to her office.
Her earnings had already arrived.