Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

Chapter 1870 1350: Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird and the Gummy People Empire!

"Xiulote, my student, what are you drawing? This peculiar bird, it appears to have many divine traits, yet I've never seen it before?!…""Oh! Respected Divine King Teacher. This is… um… a Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird I saw in my dream, conceived from the Sun, gathering the divinity of all the tribes under the sky, and merging into a Gummy People Totem!… It's just that the memory from the dream is somewhat blurry, and my drawing skills are lacking, still missing much in capturing the bird's spirit and form…"

"Oh?! A Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird conceived by the Sun, gathering the divinity of all the tribes, merging into a Gummy People Totem? Are you saying this is an enlightenment bestowed by the Chief Divine, a destiny given by the Chief Divine for the tribes to worship a new divine bird?…"

"Divine King Teacher, this divine bird embodies the traits of the gods of all the tribes, created indeed for the worship of all the tribes under the sky! And all tribes can find their own tribal belonging from this totem. Once they accept the new divine bird, they will gradually, and imperceptibly, accept the unity of the Gummy People… until the old tribal elders pass away, and generations of children are born, the totem of the Gummy People's divine bird will be deeply engraved in their memory, with no longer any differentiation, no more distinction between the Lake, Cloud, Seaside, and Maya…"

In front of the desk, Xiulote put down the brush, with a genuinely heartfelt smile on his face. He straightened up, adjusted the feather crown on his head, and solemnly bowed to Aweit. Then, he pointed at the Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird on the painting, smilingly said.

"Divine King Teacher, please allow me to carefully narrate to you the totem of this Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird, telling a grand narrative of the unity of the tribes and the oneness of the Gummy People!"

"Good!…"

Aweit's expression turned serious, nodding solemnly as well. In the face of such divinity and creation concerning the world, defeating the Sabotek Army, or beheading the Divine Descendant of Silver Peak City, became trivial. He casually handed the Divine Descendant's head in his hand to the nearby Imperial Guard, giving an order.

"Chief Divine be my witness! Send this Divine Descendant's head throughout the army! Erect a long pole and hang it in front of the camp's main gate!"

"Oh, I remember it was the two hundred-green-turquoise leaders in the Imperial Guard Camp who beheaded this Divine Descendant, right? Allow him to guard the pole with the head outside the camp gate, boasting of his bravery and piety to the passing kingdom's nobility and samurai! Once the hanging is over, I will promote him to the deputy commander of the Thousand-man Camp, overseeing a team of five hundred! And let the two hundred-man team be commanded by the Tlaxcalan Archery Samurai who fought bravely alongside him to kill the Divine Descendant!"

"Yes! Divine King!"

Hearing such promotion, the Imperial Guard saluted respectfully, not without showing envy on his face. However, he felt no discontent, as the Turquoise Great General and the archery warriors under him indeed possessed the bravery of being undefeatable by a hundred to earn such promotion and reward.

As the Divine King personally selected warriors to form the four-thousand Imperial Guard Camp, warriors here were far more easily promoted than those in other Royal Legions and fairer as well. Here, the Divine King judged warriors not by their ancestry but by merit and capability, with most warriors willing to face death!

"All right! Xiulote, please tell us, this totem of the Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird, what kind of divinity and meaning does it hold? Moreover, how exactly does it unite the tribes of the world?"

"Chief Divine witness! Divine King Teacher, the Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird is golden-red, symbolizing the incarnation of the Sun Chief Divine. It is rooted in the Chief Divine's Hummingbird, formed through the conquest of the tribes by the Alliance, with the Chief Divine successively devouring the gods of the tribes, gathering and evolving the divinity of each!… Firstly, its head is a long-beaked Hummingbird, which not only signifies the Chief Divine but also represents the Mexica Tribes. Undoubtedly, throughout the world, it is we, the Mexica Tribes, who are the head of the Divine Bird…"

Xiulote extended his finger, gently tracing and sketching an emblem of the Hummingbird Chief Divine at the bird's head. Then he continued downward, tracing the long neck with black and white serpent patterns, stating meaningfully.

"The long-necked bird with serpent patterns symbolizes the union of the gods of day and night, signifying the chaos divided into black and white, yin and yang… It is the symbol of the Otomi Tribes, the first divinity the Mexica Tribe 'merged' within the Alliance's formation. It's also among the most ancient beliefs on the Mexican Plateau, found among the Vastec Tribes, Cloud Central Tribes, Maya Tribes!"

Subsequently, Xiulote spread his hands, stroking the wings of the Divine Bird. Those are clearly the wings of an eagle, the favored bird of the Mexica Tribes, and also the most revered divine image of the Lake's Prepetcha Tribes, Northern and Southern Ticos Tribes!

"Chief Divine's protection! The eagle wings of this Divine Bird represent the Western Prepetcha and Tecos Tribes. They are the vital wings, the second group to integrate into the Alliance after the Otomi People... They have made tremendous contributions to the Alliance's expansion, from the Kingdom of the Lake to the Northern Continent, where Prepetcha and Tecos Warriors have died in battle for the Chief Divine everywhere! Therefore, they are indispensable wings of the Alliance..."

Upon hearing this, Aweit raised his eyebrows thoughtfully. These wings facing the West seemingly refer to the Prepetcha and Tecos Tribes, but in reality, they more so refer to the Kingdom of the Lake of Xiulote. By using wings as a metaphor, Xiulote expresses loyalty and subtly implies the strength and indispensable nature of the Kingdom of the Lake...

"Divine King teacher, as for the four-segment snake body of this Divine Bird facing the East, it is the most common totem of faith in the world! Whether it's the Cloud Serpent of the Tlaxcalans, the Grass Snake of the Vastec, the Sea Snake of the Totonac, or the Serpent of the Mayans, and the Feathered Serpent that every tribe possesses, they can all be represented by this snake body! Hence, these four snake segments represent the Tlaxcalans, the Vastec, the Totonac, and the Zoque Tribes and the Maya Tribes of the mountain forests... And the image of the snake is also the most endearing and revered among the world's tribes!..."

"Of course, in terms of the current 'integration' into the Alliance, the snake body first represents the Tlaxcalan tribes of the Valley, followed by the Vastec tribes of the coastal marshes, and then the most important and longest middle segment, the million Totonac tribes of the seaside! Only through them can the fourth snake body segment be connected, to the more eastern jungle Maya, and even the island tribes of the Eastern Sea at the snake tail!..."

Xiulote once again reached out his hand, tracing across the snake body that spanned half the length of the painting. The snake body had many blank scales, and long feathers extending upward and downward. He momentarily set aside these scale feathers and bypassed the eastern fish tail at the end of the snake body, looking down toward the Divine Bird's two feet extended downward. Those feet coiled in clouds and mist, with jaguar-like long claws, pointed clearly toward the South. Without a doubt, it symbolized...

"Chief Divine's witness! Xiulote, so, these cloud-descending jaguar feet represent the Cloud Central Tribes we are campaigning against? From the Mistec to the Zapotec people?... And this segment integrated both the tiger-shaped beast body of the Rain Divine Tlaloc and the Rain Divine Chaac of the Cloud People!…"

Aweit's eyes flickered with understanding and clarity of mind. This Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird painting truly portrayed all sides of the Central American map, gathering the divinity of all the tribes!...

In the Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird, the Mexica Alliance is the hummingbird's head, positioned at the center. The Otomi Tribes are the elongated neck, positioned northward. Prepetcha and Tecos Tribes are the flying eagle wings, facing west. The Tlaxcala, Vastec, Totonac, and Maya Tribes are represented by the four segments of the snake body, meandering toward the East, all the way to the fish tail in the Eastern Sea. Naturally, the Tlapanec, Mistec, Zapotec, and other Cloud Central Tribes are the bird's legs and tiger claws at the southern part of the map.

"Marvelous indeed! Such a Chief Divine-inspired, a Heavenly Destiny-bearing Divine Bird painting! Xiulote, for you to create this sacred totem, truly is the Chief Divine's blessing to the Alliance!... Chief Divine! This indeed is a totem of the Divine Bird, worthy of veneration and worship by all tribes together!…"

At this moment, Aweit saw so much in this brand-new Divine Bird painting. He mastered politics and intrigue and harbored ambitious dreams of becoming the ruler of the world! Such a divinely bestowed totem is essentially not just a Divine Bird engraving but a guiding Heavenly Destiny principle to win the hearts of all tribes!

Currently, the Mexica Alliance is gradually conquering all tribes with force. However, the nostalgia and chaos among the people's minds cannot be easily quelled. Although the faith of the Chief Divine, with its severe and even cruel conversions, has spread throughout the tribes, establishing the first common spiritual bond, sharing faith in one Divine Spirit does not mean one cannot fragment into different kingdoms and nations. To integrate the various tribes into one, there is a need for deeper cultural identity and a higher level of spiritual consensus!

Aweit had thought of many methods, including treating everyone equally and promoting and using warriors surrendered by the tribes, incorporating their priests for the Alliance's use. Yet, he could never be sure if such rewards could truly unify people's hearts, or if they could be enduring? Until this moment, seeing Xiulote's approach, his thoughts suddenly opened up, discovering the way of cultural consensus integration, totem engraving an everlasting route! And this path is far from merely establishing a shared totem worship; there is much more to be done...

"Alas! I must focus my energy on military and political affairs... such cultural cohesion can only be entrusted to Xiulote, only he possesses the foresight beyond eras! This unification of the tribes, adhesive unity, requires prolonged effort, at least three generations, a 52-year end-cycle...yet, I will not see it through!..."

Aweit's emotions surged as he gazed at the golden-red Divine Bird for a long time, particularly the vivid golden semi-circle headband that resembled the rising sun! Yet soon, he sharply noticed that this headband seemed not of the Alliance's style, nor a characteristic of the Maya, perhaps an engraving of the lost Teotihuacan?

"Xiulote, this Sun headband around the bird's head... is this also an image from your dream's divine revelation? This peculiar style I've never seen before?"

"Oh! Chief Divine's blessing! Divine King teacher, this indeed is the Sun's headband, inspired by the Chief Divine in my dreams! And its origin doesn't come from all the Highland and Jungle tribes... it comes from a more distant South, from the center of the Southern Continent... from the Sun Tribe that also resides on the Highland in my dream! An extremely vast and powerful realm, the Inca Tawantinsuyu!…"

Xiulote solemnly spoke, looking South with a face full of gravity and hope. At this moment, throughout Central America, only he was aware of the Inca's fertile thousand miles and power in the South, aware of the "Golden Country" with 300 tons of gold, aware of the Posito Silver Mine, Antamina Copper Mine, and the Pampa Desert Nitrate Ore Belt! And if one day, the Gummy People could assimilate the Inca Tribes, then the Peru Plateau would undoubtedly become the most radiant imperial crown on the head of the Gummy People Empire's Divine Bird!