Chongli improves both the player’s military and economy. His most notable technology, Heavenly Fire, removes the food and wood costs of all armory technologies, making it possible to upgrade units sooner (as long as gold is plentiful). Stirrup provides an impressive boost of HP to cavalry units, the most common type of human soldier available to the Chinese. This enables units like Cataphracts to last much longer in battle, thus saving the player resources that would otherwise be needed to replace fallen soldiers. Nü Wa worshipers can use these benefits in combination with Chang’e’s Houyi’s Bow technology to mass-produce a super powered army of Mounted Archers.