Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

Chapter 1871 1351: The Fate of the Inca Empire

"Hmm? The Sun's Headband, the Sun's Tribe, Inca Tawantinsuyu? Their big boss dares to call himself 'Sapa Inka,' claiming to be a Divine Descendant of the Sun, the one and only emperor ruling all directions? Damn it, such arrogance even surpasses our Mexican Royal Family?!...""Xiulote, according to the divine revelation given to you by the Chief Divine, where exactly is this 'Inca' located on the Southern Continent? How vast is the domain of that Sun Kingdom? How many thousands of tribes do they govern in their territory?..."

Upon hearing another detailed divine revelation prophecy, Aweit's expression turned solemn, and his eyes were filled with sharpness, clearly stirring the ambitions in his chest. At this moment, as the Divine King of the Mexica Alliance, he had the confidence of a dominant ruler and the ambitious spirit to conquer tribes both north and south. However, Xiulote's answer was beyond his expectations, making his pupils contract and leaving him somewhat incredulous.

"Respected Divine King Teacher! In the dream, the Chief Divine guided me to fly southward, and I saw the contours of the Southern Continent... The Sun Kingdom of the Inca is in the western mountains of the Southern Continent, more than seven or eight thousand miles south of the Coastal Zapotecs! Their mountainous territory occupies the entire Andes Mountains, stretching seven or eight thousand miles north to south and several hundred miles east to west, a vast area equivalent to the total of the Mexican Plateau and the Maya Jungle!..."

"These Sun Citizens of the Southern Continent are skilled in creating terraced fields and farming in the mountains. The alliance's potatoes originate from there, and they have hundreds of potato varieties that can adapt to a range of environments from extreme cold to heat, from arid to rainy. The Priest-favored beans and the uniquely flavored quinoa also come from the Southern Continent, cultivated for millennia by these ancient tribes of the Andes Mountains!..."

"With the cultivation of these mountain-adapted crops, the population of the Inca Kingdom is no less than the world our alliance has already conquered... They probably have a population of ten million! They possess gold and the Sun's capital city, the giant city of Cusco with a population of over hundreds of thousands, and four Su You regions of several million people each, four kingdoms managed by royal division! The number of warriors they can mobilize is in the tens of thousands, and they are equipped with bronze weapons!..."

At this point, seeing the sudden change in Aweit's expression of surprise, Xiulote paused slightly, slightly holding back his words.

"Of course! This is just a prophecy of divine revelation in a dream. I don't remember it too clearly, and it may not be entirely true... We still need to send exploration fleets for initial contact and exchange to understand the specific situation!"

"The Inca Tribes reside in the mountains, possessing four-legged llamas, diverse potato crops, and unique southern herbs... They are not our enemies, but rather blendable Gummy People! As for our life-and-death enemies, they have always been the white-skinned demons of the Eastern Sea, only the terrifying plagues and diseases brought by the demons!..."

"As for the way to assimilate the Inca Tribes, it is actually similar to the Maya Tribes, destined to be a long process of bloodline fusion! The Chief Divine has also set a direction, but it requires decades to centuries, waiting patiently for the right opportunity!..."

Xiulote extended his finger, drawing a circle on the Sun's Headband of the Andes Tribes, as if touching the limitless potential of the Sun. He understood that the current Inca Empire was extremely powerful, at the peak of its time. The Inca Tribes should have just conquered the Chimu Kingdom of millions, with the four Su You nearly controlling the majority of South America's population, appearing to be an unbeatable behemoth!

However, the giant in the Andes Mountains is too large and inherently unstable. It has fatal weaknesses proven by history, besides the various plagues from the Old Continent that all American tribes lack resistance to, there's also the extreme internal disparity common to ancient theocratic empires, laying the groundwork for a colossal collapse!...

"Divine King Teacher! Powerful empires always collapse from within. When they are strong, they are invincible and irresistible. But when they decline, all contradictions will erupt, just like the giant of the First Era, stuck in a swamp, unable to extricate themselves, eventually falling into an endless abyss!..."

Xiulote spoke hauntingly, his eyes seeming ancient as if seeing through time. At this moment, he resembled a true prophet with divinity, seeing through the fate and end of the Inca Empire. This strong centralized ancient theocratic empire, like ancient Egypt and the ancient Maya, harbors significant governance vulnerabilities. The powerful nobility, priests, and royal family groups, with their completely entrenched class system, are far more difficult to resolve than the emerging Mexica Tribes!

"The Chief Divine showed me the past! I saw the Cusco Tribes rising from the valleys of the mountains, just like the early rise of us Mexica people! Then, over the past two hundred years, they rapidly expanded from the center of the Andes Mountains, extending across the entire range, conquering all the mountain tribes they could defeat. And their royal family crowns new kings continuously, gathering divinity from the tribes, becoming the divine kings of the Southern Continent!"

"However, the rule of the Inca Royal Family is like a floating Eye of the Divine Spirit, seemingly radiant like the Sun, yet lacking the roots of the Divine Tree. They are even inferior to the Maya Tribes, who possess the absolute geographical advantage of the Jungle and can endure for a long time..."

"Priest Teacher! The Inca Empire's rule heavily relies on the Inca Royal Family, relying on the layers of nobility beneath the royal family! Their division between the highest Divine Descendants and the lowest Ant People is as vast as that of the Maya, with no room for Samurai advancement!..."

"They have two thousand Divine Descendants of the Inca Royal Family, tens of thousands of Inca Nobles, along with less than a million from the Inca Headquarters, ruling over the millions conquered in all directions! The vast majority of wealth and power is held by the Inca Headquarters Nobility, yet their numbers are too few!..."

"Their royal family, nobility, and lower-tier Ant People are three insurmountable gorges, with no Samurai class involved in governance, hence lacking the crucial support from the middle layer! In other words, their ruling class is too small, and there are too few 'people' with political power! This is a seemingly enormous Spruce Giant Tree with shallow roots, lacking interlinked roots with other Spruces, destined to collapse in a real maritime storm! To defeat such a giant tree, it's not necessary to pluck off all its leaves; one only needs to resolve the two thousand Divine Descendants and tens of thousands of nobles..."

"The Chief Divine granted me Enlightenment! The rule of the Inca Royal Family in the South heavily relies on the centralized Force of the royal family, relies on the myth of the Sun in the South, relies on the authority of Divinity, making the Ant People highly obedient! This resembles the Maya Divine Descendants, but the Maya Divine Descendants possess knowledge of mathematical calendars and reservoir construction. Without this valuable knowledge, City-States cannot cultivate and harvest, and will decay and be unable to persist..."

"In other words, the loyalty of the Maya Ant People to the Maya Divine Descendants is for the continuation of their Tribes, whereas the loyalty of the Inca Ant People to the Inca Divine Descendants is merely a myth-based intimidation constructed by the Nobility and Priests!..."

Upon hearing this, Aweit's eyebrows slightly moved, clearly feeling emotional fluctuations. In fact, before Xiulote appeared, the rule of the Mexica Tribes was also founded on myth-based intimidation, also with shallow roots that would fall with the windstorm!

Although Mexica people promote Nobility based on military achievements, prioritizing Force above all, possessing a large middle layer. Yet in faith and politics, the rule of the Alliance is equally weak, with deeply buried divisions among internal Nobility and contradictions with external vassal states!

Until Xiulote brought forth a new idea, with religious reforms from the Elder and the High Priest, implementing monotheism to suppress local polytheistic beliefs and separatism. Then Aweit continued centralization, weakening the Great Nobility, pacifying disloyal vassals, and completely resolving long-time adversaries. Including Xiulote's annihilation of Cholula Holy City, thoroughly dismantling another religious center of the Nava Tribes. Subsequently, proposing the concept of Gummy People Unity, incorporating the Tribes into the assimilation scope of Gummy Brothers... Thus, the ruling foundations of the Alliance finally slowly took root, providing the basis for growth into a towering giant tree, able to withstand the storm from the Eastern Sea!

"The Chief Divine bears witness! Once the plague of the Evil Demons arrives, causing massive death within the Inca Royal Family due to the plague, the constructed Sun Divinity shatters, with half the foundations of the Southern Empire crumbling! And when the army of the Inca Royal Family also fails in war, the other half of the Southern Empire's foundation will dissipate completely..."

"When that time comes, the Chimu, just conquered thirty years ago, will be the first to rise up in rebellion. Next will be the newly conquered Colla Tribes in the South! Even within the royal family of the Southern Empire, continuous internal wars will occur... And among the millions ruled in the four Su You Regions, the lower-tier Ant People with no chance for advancement will either revolt in resistance or be lost and confused, unwilling to fight to the death for the high Divine Descendants..."

"Respected Divine King! This is all that the Chief Divine has shown me! The strength and vulnerability of the Southern Empire, the danger and sparks of the separation between heaven and earth... Perhaps, the Divine Revelation of the Chief Divine is not only directed at the Southern Empire but also at us Mexica people ourselves!"

"The Chief Divine bears witness! A true Divine Tree is not defined by how tall it is, but by how deep its roots go, able to link together many 'people,' participating in the growth of the Divine Tree! The core of governance has always been human hearts, which is also what you once taught me..."

"Perhaps, for our Mexica Royal Family to maintain rule for centuries or millennia does not lie in the Force of legions or the intimidation of Priests... but in the formation of Gummy People Unity, in how many Tribes are regarded as 'people' by the Alliance, participating in the governance and administration of the world! In how many Tribes believe in this divine Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird, genuinely seeing themselves as 'Gummy People!'..."

"This is the shallow thought brought to me by the Divine Revelation, and it's also the reason I painted this Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird. I hope that you, respected Divine King, may give it some thought!"