But soon, the Tsuchimikado Shinto fell from prosperity to decline.
After the Meiji Restoration, the new government abolished the legitimacy of the Yin-Yang Dao, directly negating the legitimacy of the Tsuchimikado Shinto from an official level, causing its influence to fall to its lowest point in a thousand years.
By 1952, with the birth of the "Religious Freedom Constitution Draft," the Tsuchimikado Shinto returned to the public eye. Over the following decades, through the efforts of three generations of family heads, the Tsuchimikado Shinto was restored to its former glory in the hands of the previous family head, Tsuchimikado Shino.
Although there were always disputes within Shintoism regarding the Tsuchimikado Shinto, faced with its overwhelming power, no one dared to protest.
The lanterns swayed slightly, and the light dimmed a bit.
Amidst the silence, the Tsuchimikado Family Head ignored the gazes of the crowd and walked straight to the high platform.