Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!-Chapter 1448 - 1001: Scholar’s Sea Journal, Heavenly God Ancestor Peak, [Miki’s Hymn to the Divine]

"Praise to the Supreme Main God! He guides us to the foot of the endless Divine Mountain, to the tumultuous Rivermouth of the Blood River, and also to the resourceful Thousand Islands Bay! This expansive Hundred-mile Thousand Islands Bay is located several dozen miles west of the Blood River’s estuary. To the north of the bay lies a cluster of white mountains that shield against the cold tides, allowing the bay to escape from the extremely fierce cold during winter. The bay is surrounded on three sides, gathering the northern winding Great River, the melted waters from Ice Mountain, connecting to the depths of the sprawling mountains, with only the southern side open to the sea. Here, dozens and hundreds of islands are scattered like stars, encircling a piece of shallow and stunningly beautiful blue water. Of course, what most excites the fleet is the abundance of fish gathered in this warm bay!"

"In the midsummer of July, long cod fish circle among the islands, in numbers akin to corn growing in the sea. Millions of king salmon, red salmon, and silver salmon all return here from various parts of the sea. They leap over islands, jump waterfalls, and continue upstream toward the northern reaches. Numerous Sugpiaq and Eyak Tribes also gather here from the vast northern mountains to capture the bountiful summer fish. Undoubtedly, this expansive and resourceful Thousand Islands Bay is the common summer camp for the Northern Tribes within a radius of several hundred miles!"

"The fleet arrived here, after traversing a thousand miles from the previous Divine Revelation’s gold port, Jinxi Port. This thousand-mile voyage west along the ocean current is quick, not even requiring ten days. But if traveling east against the current without a suitable wind direction, it is slow, possibly taking a month. After lengthy discussions with Zuwaro and repeated inquiries with recruited sailors from various tribes, we finally decided to establish a Kingdom supply port in this abundant warm bay, named Divine Blood Bay Port!"

"The location of Divine Blood Bay Port is on the eastern shore of the bay, close to the more eastern upstream lakes, not far from the Rivermouth of the Blood River. This secures a stable source of freshwater for the Kingdom settlement. At the edges of the lakes, attempts can be made to plant potatoes. Around the eastern lakes are many small mountains covered with dark forests, providing timber for logging. May the Chief Divine protect us! After establishing the port, the most urgent tasks are capturing fish in summer and autumn, storing sufficient food, recruiting migrating Northern Tribes, and building warm winter shelters."

Scholar Mikki’s eyes lit up, recalling the beautiful Thousand Islands Bay and the Kingdom port at the lake-sea confluence. After choosing the site, the fleet left behind sixty samurai sailors, a longship, setting up a formal campsite. Before departing, the fleet carefully searched and visited the Northern Land Tribes around the bay, obtaining many population supplements through invitations or trades.

"May the Chief Divine protect us! We toured around the bay for ten days, inviting two small tribes of over twenty people each to join the Divine Blood Bay Port camp, and then recruited more than twenty Sugpiaq sailors. The fishing and hunting tribes in this area are slightly larger, averaging around a hundred people, but the largest are only slightly over two hundred people. Considering the size and numerous samurai of the Kingdom fleet, the tribes in various places harbor some respect."

"Witnessed by the Chief Divine! I inquired with the picked Sugpiaq hunter Annu Fish, who told me that over two hundred people already constitute a Great Tribe on the Southern Coast! If the population grows further, maintaining food supplies in autumn and winter would become problematic, unless the occupied fishing grounds are exceedingly abundant. Further north, in inland mountainous basins and foothill plains, due to the scarcity of prey, the tribe sizes peak at about a hundred, typically numbering in the dozens."

"Praise the Chief Divine! As the Northern Land Tribes are small, among the small fishing and hunting tribes, there is often an ancient tradition of exchange. They exchange able-bodied men with tribes they meet to sustain the tribe’s continuation. When a tribe becomes sufficiently large with abundant food and numerous population, they often split into two groups, dispersing to broader hunting grounds. But if a tribe suffers greatly in winter, nearing extinction, they will seek more powerful, affluent tribes to join."

"In other words, in this cold and icy land, tribal survival and continuation have always been the timeless theme! Whether it’s the Sugpiaq on the western coast or the Eyak on the eastern coast, the boundaries between tribes are far less distinct than those of the Great Tribes in the south. Such traditions are advantageous for recruiting tribespeople and sailors if we regard them as our brothers."

"Of course, there are still large tribes, located in the west in the most resourceful fishing grounds, suddenly meeting us, just as destined to intersect with the Divine Peak of the Ancestor God!"

"When we reached the far western side of the Thousand Islands Bay and climbed the mountains of a kilometer by the shore, a distant, ethereal, and illusion-like mountain shadow unexpectedly appeared on the distant northern horizon, towering immensely! ... Witnessed by the Chief Divine! That is the jointly-held Holy Land of the Northern Tribes, the Supreme Heavenly God Ancestor Peak!"

Thinking of that day with a clear sky, and the endless majestic mountain range on the sky’s edge, Scholar Mikki’s face once again showed piety and longing. The enormous white shadow towering into the clouds, marked deeply in his heart since the day he first saw it, resembling the lofty Divine Serpent Mountain in the scripture, shining with the light of Divinity!

At that moment, facing the Heavenly God Ancestor Peak, which was hundreds of miles away yet still clearly visible, facing the towering White Mountain never before seen... whether the Samurai of the Kingdom Fleet or the sailors from the Northern Tribes, all bowed on the mountaintop, reverently singing praises to Him.

"Praise the Chief Divine! Praise the Ancestor! He sits high on the dome of the sky and the mountain peaks, casting down an endless, pure white gaze, overlooking the vast, desolate world! ... Praise My God! Bless us! ..."

Scholar Mikki prayed devoutly for a long time, tears of excitement once again flowing from his eyes. Then, as the fleet’s most cultured Priest, he gazed at the Divine Mountain in the distance, the endless ice fields, the covered Black Forest, the flowing Great River, and the nearby Bay Port, his eyes gradually wandering afar. He recalled the difficulties and encounters along the way, imagining the sacred scene of the Chief Divine creating the world, descending from Snake Mountain, and sang hymns of praise from the heart!

And this "Hymn to the Divine by Mikki" will become the most immortal Chapter in the fleet’s exploration journey, as a soul imprint witnessing the Divine, forever recorded in the Kingdom’s scripture!

"Ah! The origin of the Era is a night without stars or moon! At this world’s end, on the endless Snake Mountain, the Chief Divine descended from the Throne of the Gods. Heaven and earth are profound, the vast Universe, the Chief Divine’s power infinite, creating all in the world! His immortal brilliance envelops limitless lands, spans countless generations of time, everything starts from here! ..."

"Ah! The Chief Divine created the sky, the boundless, endless sky! The sky’s shadow descends, becoming the limitless, vast land, covered with endlessly white snow! And the junction of the snowfield and sky is the deep blue, deep blue sea, connecting to the infinite, infinite Black Abyss! ... Heaven, earth, and sea, in this faraway icy North, still maintain the original shape of divine creation... Praise the Chief Divine! At this moment, this vast and silent origin, with no concealment whatsoever, is imprinted in my eyes, etched into my devout dreams... and I, in tears, bow in the snow, kissing the ground, personally witnessing the sacred source! ... 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Ah! The Chief Divine created light, emitting the purest white light! The vast icy field shines, the Bay’s ripples glisten. The crystal snow mountain brightens the sky, the silver-white snow peak shines like a bright lake! The world gradually becomes bleak, the wind and snow are cold and piercing. Clouds morph in shape, sunset light spreads golden yellow. The Long River carrying snow reflects the sky, flowing thousands of miles with glittering ice... Supreme Chief Divine! I walk through the shining wilderness, I step on the rainbow bridge, I traverse the long celestial path, reaching the vast sky! At the height where the celestial brilliance ends, where the Sun also rests at the peak, I hear the Chief Divine’s guidance... Praise Him, supreme Spirit! I will complete this hymn for Him, singing His eternal glory before the sacred mountain He first descended from! ...

"Ah! The Chief Divine created life, sowing the seeds of the forest! The forest engulfs the mountains, deep green is the silent vitality. White snow overturns the forest, pure white is the solemn stillness. In the desolate Black Forest, responding to the Divine’s whisper, also arises the ethereal hymn of enlightenment! That whisper undulates among the snowstorm’s Cloud Mountain, that hymn freezes in the deep sky, and all the Saints chant together... They chant the eternal and bleak snow peak, chant the cyclical fires of the Era, chant the deer’s snowfields, white foxes, pale pink slender trees, deep Black Forest, all of which are created by the Chief Divine! ... And I, a devout and humble Priest of the Chief Divine, also repay with bowing chants, chanting the stillness and vitality of all the world’s creatures, chanting the westward exploration enlightened by the Chief Divine, and the unification by Divine blessing of the descendants of the Jiao People! ...

"Ah! The End of the Era is the setting sun falling into the snowfield, is the long night after sunset! The forest is like spears, ink-like, the Heavenly Mountains soaring into the sky. Cloud patterns wave like the sea, the empty river’s gleaming sand like a smile. The river like a brocade, clouds like white gauze, imprint my most devout bowing, gazing up at the Chief Divine’s descending gaze! The sunset’s red glow falls through the brilliant cloud halos, cloaking the supreme Divine Mountain in sunset light. The pure Snow River meanders with color to the horizon, leaving the vastness in the hearts of followers! ... Ah! And when the old dawn sets completely, the firmament like a ceramic cover, the snowy fields clear and pure, stars hang among them, clearly shimmering with the divine glow of the star river! The holy aurora’s deep color will ignite like fire in the night, dyeing through the ink-like long marks, drawing out the magnificent auroral nightlight, the light of the night! ... And that is the Black Wolf of the God of Death, leaving footprints in the night sky, step by step, walking towards the hope of the breaking dawn! ...

"Ah! Praise my supreme Chief Divine, He grants me guidance beneath the Divine Mountain, like snow light injected into my heart! Thus I know, at this far north origin, all portents of the end have long been foretold! That Black Wolf of the God of Death, will listen to the guidance of the Chief Divine, stepping out from the Black Forest of the earth! ... He will transform into the new Sun, He will usher in a brand new Era, He will hang high above the Ancestor’s Divine Peak, forever day, forever light! ... Ah, ah, ah, ah! ...

Mikki finished singing the hymn, and everyone on the mountaintop was silent, only the song echoed among the mountains. Zuwaro widened his eyes, trembling all over. He seemed to see a noble Supreme High Priest, shining with golden light in the future along with this soul-stirring hymn!~

Note: The Heavenly God Ancestor Peak refers to the 6200-meter Denali, the highest peak in North America. Mikki’s hymn comes from the author’s travelogue in Alaska, wanting everyone to see it, considering it a proud creation. Hee hee! Thank you for your support! ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ