"For ten thousand years, people have gradually discovered that the Celestial Mandate follows a five-hundred-year cycle. Once that time is up, the Destiny of the reigning Celestial Destiny Dynasty begins to decline."
Lu Mingyuan asked doubtfully, "Don't tell me Great Yan's Destiny is in decline?"
Wei the Ninth nodded slightly. "Great Yan's National Fortune has already reached its peak, bringing about a golden age of sixty years. In recent years, it has started to show signs of decline. However, the emergence of the Learning of the Mind has given Great Yan a second wind. The effect is similar to the previous Great Zhou Dynasty, when the appearance of a Confucian Saint helped it survive into the next five-hundred-year cycle, extending its life by a century."
"Does this have something to do with my father's actions?" Lu Mingyuan asked thoughtfully.
