Chapter 434: The Supreme Hope Edict

Everyone surged over in a rush, even Yin Bi dropped his current work and ran over, collectively surrounding Seeing Ange.

The Instant Death Halo is usable now; does that mean other divine skills can be used too? Can the Ultimate Transformation be used? These are questions everyone cares about deeply.

Why has Yin Bi become so cautious recently? And why did Du Luo Ken mock him for lacking the demeanor of a God of Rogue Merchants? It's all for Seeing Ange's safety.

Back then, he was the type who dared to bluff the elves with just a small sapling; his timidity is due to insufficient profit. With sufficient profit, you would know how audacious he truly is.

If Seeing Ange were there to bolster his courage and let him cry for help, his courage would be even greater.

"What's going on? Why can the Instant Death Halo be used suddenly? What about other divine skills? Your current soul shouldn't be able to drive divine skills, right?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.

Seeing Ange was also somewhat confused; he only felt that the soul of this body had undergone some strange changes, and now the projection of power flows more smoothly.

"Pfft—don't tell me you've become your own chosen one?" Nai Ge Li Si spat out a mouthful of water.

Besides gods, those favored by divine grace can also cast divine skills. Seeing Ange absorbed two waves of the Undead God's soul flames, so divine grace descended, making him the Undead God's chosen one?

I favor myself... is that allowed?

Never mind if it's allowed or not; as long as it works. Seeing Ange quickly ran to a wasteland, stamped his foot down hard, and the wild grass around him grew wildly.

It's still as useful as before. Seeing Ange felt delighted; if Nai Ge Li Si hadn't pulled him back, he would have started clearing the land and planting vegetables right there.

"Pity, the Ultimate Transformation still can't be used." Nai Ge Li Si sighed mournfully.

"It doesn't matter. If the Instant Death Halo can be used, the Ultimate Transformation can be used too. My Lord just needs to absorb more soul flames." Yin Bi was very optimistic. Going from zero to one is the hardest, but one to two is very easy; as long as there is a breakthrough, the rest is just a matter of time accumulation.

All the disaster victims were given rapeseed cakes. After finishing the meal, Yin Bi began to divide everyone into teams. Men, women, the elderly, and children were distributed into teams according to appropriate ratios, with entire families grouped together.

Each person was given another rapeseed cake; strong and healthy men received two. They were told to walk west together, heading for Iron Sand Fortress.

"Why give the men two? Are you afraid they won't have enough to eat?" Rox asked Yin Bi, confused.

"Mm, if they don't have enough to eat, they might rob others, so give them an extra one." Yin Bi replied.

Rox hurriedly took out paper and pen to record this, then asked again: "Then why give them money? And give it to the whole team? Receiving gold coins based on the number of people who arrive—what's the reasoning behind this?"

"Afraid they'll abandon the old, weak, women, and children. If they do, many will die on the road. Those who are strong and healthy have the ability to take care of the old, weak, women, and children. Otherwise, if one person is missing, one less share of money is received. Payment is only upon reaching the destination. For the sake of money, they shouldn't casually abandon others." Yin Bi explained carefully.

Rox gasped in shock, quickly wrote it down, and asked again: "Then why prioritize those with family?"

"With family by their side, they will have reservations and be more stable. Those who are alone have other arrangements. Do you want to learn? Pity my level isn't very good either. I can do business, but my management skills are too poor. If one day you meet a guy named Anthony, you can ask him to be your teacher."

Rox widened her eyes in disbelief. Is this level still called "not very good"?

During this time, she had watched Yin Bi arrange city after city, managing three cities in an orderly fashion with the fewest people and the least time. How is this "not very good"?

How incredibly powerful would someone with a "good" level have to be?

Facing her question, Yin Bi chuckled: "If it were Anthony? He might have already entered the city and started negotiating cooperation with the people there. If negotiations fail, he'll seize power and become the city lord himself, then mobilize the entire city's strength to relieve the disaster. In a few months, he might become the Chairman of the Necromancer Council."

Rox's mouth hung open, as if she had heard some myth.

Anthony, far away in the main plane, sneezed violently and couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Who is cursing me behind my back?

Patricia, newly promoted to Golden Thread Saint Servant, came to report: "Your Holiness the Pope, the time has arrived. Please proceed with the coronation."

"Good." Anthony, wearing a magnificent papal crown, leaning on the papal scepter, forcing a fake smile, let himself be manipulated through the coronation ceremony.

Although he found this tedious ceremony quite annoying, he also clearly understood that without a proper name and justification, without undergoing the coronation ceremony, he could never become the true Pope.

When the ceremony reached the later stages and everyone was so exhausted they were dizzy and wished to disperse immediately and go home to lie down, Anthony suddenly stood up, tapped the papal scepter once, and his voice echoed throughout the hall: "God says: Your labor is God's test. May you all gain rewards."

With his words, a holy light spread out from Anthony. Bathed in the holy light, everyone felt their fatigue vanish completely, their spirits refreshed, their bodies filled with strength, and some old chronic ailments seemed to have alleviated considerably.

"Pray... Pray... Great Prayer Technique!?" A shocked voice rang out. Everyone looked over; wasn't that Dai Sen, the Archbishop?

The Great Prayer Technique?! So this is the Great Prayer Technique? No wonder all the back and waist pain is gone!

For so many years, the three great divine arts had only been seen in the records of the Holy Scripture: the Great Prayer Technique, the Great Prophecy Technique, and the Great Echo Technique. No one had ever successfully cast them, and no one knew what the Great Prayer Technique looked like.

Now it has been certified by 'Dai Sen', the Archbishop, so it certainly cannot be fake.

Truly amazing. Your Holiness Anthony is indeed the one recognized by the gods. He mastered the Great Prayer Technique immediately upon ascending the throne.

Seeing Ange smiled inscrutably and cast an approving glance at Dai Sen. Although he had hinted at him beforehand, the gasp of shock, the shouting voice, and the trembling tone all made this exclamation more shocking and impactful, instantly making everyone believe it without doubt.

Of course, this was not the Great Prayer Technique. The so-called three great divine arts are not something mortals can cast; at least the gods must descend and drive them with divine power to release them.

For the past thousand years, there have been no gods, so naturally no one has seen the three great divine arts. What he cast now was merely a large-scale Purification Technique. Those illuminated were equivalent to being treated once, so naturally they felt refreshed and all pain vanished.

All these preparations were for the following words: "For a thousand years, the gods have fallen, and the Evil Gods have stolen the light's divine power, installing the Fire Stealers and Guli Anni in power, until the God of Equality and the Scales was reborn."

"I know there are still some people below who were deceived by the Fire Stealers. I will not mention who they are. I represent the Light in forgiving your sins. Your past sins are redeemed; please reserve your future faith for the Light."

"The God of the Scales is wise and majestic, with boundless divine power and eyes as sharp as torches, able to see through the mists of ten thousand worlds and reach the other shore of light (omitting ten thousand words)..."

"To prevent the Evil Gods from resurrecting by borrowing fallen divine thrones, from today on, the Church of Light cancels all other divine thrones, worshipping only the God of Light and the God of the Scales. The God of Equality and the Scales shall be the Principal God, standing alongside the Light."

"The above is the Supreme Hope Edict. Pope, Saint Anthony."

A murmur erupted below the stage. Everyone widened their eyes in disbelief, unable to contain themselves, and began to stir involuntarily. They looked at each other and whispered.

The reason was that this matter was too explosive. Anthony had actually cancelled all divine thrones, worshipping only the God of the Scales and the God of Light, and even elevating the God of the Scales to the status of Principal God?

Oh my god, is that allowed? What about the God of Arbitration? What about the Gods of Light and Darkness? What about the Goddess of Redemption?

This is not simply cancelling one divine throne; it will trigger a series of reforms. Every divine throne has a chain of departments and a host of vested interests.

For example, the God of Arbitration manages a Tribunal alone, which has a powerful Tribunal Army and Tribunal Courts in every city. Are these to be abolished as well?

And for example, the Goddess of Redemption. Relying on the reputation of the Goddess of Redemption, the priests of the Church have collected a lot of healing fees. If the divine throne of the Goddess of Redemption is cancelled, what if believers stop coming to the priests for treatment in the future?

Some fellows who realized their interests were damaged couldn't help but start to stir restlessly, not thinking that if Anthony didn't have confidence, how could he launch such a massive move equivalent to reshaping the Church in such a setting?

Holy songs began, and countless angels spread their wings and flew into the half-sky.

A huge light shadow fell to Anthony's left. A majestic gaze watched everyone below. Enveloped by his gaze, everyone felt an endless aura of power.

"L-Light-Face God!?" someone exclaimed in shock.

A goddess holding a hammer in one hand and a rope in the other landed to Anthony's right. Her loving gaze watched everyone.

"The Hammer of Redemption! The Rope of Salvation! It's the Goddess of Redemption!?"

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! All the Paladins struck their breastplates and roared in unison: "Obey the order! Obey the order! Obey the order!"

With two great deities stationed, angels and paladins watching with predatory intent, everyone knew this was not Anthony's full strength.

Realizing the huge gap in power, even the most unwilling fellows had to kneel obediently and shout in unison: "Obey the Pope's decree!"

Next came changing the holy scripture, smashing the statues, and rewriting the scriptures; from now on, the Church of Light would have only two main gods: the God of Light and the God of the Scales.

The Goddess of Redemption didn't care; as soon as the ceremony ended, she vanished. But the God of the Dark Side was somewhat indignant, muttering under his breath: "You asked us to guard the place so you could more smoothly destroy our divine thrones? That's too bullying, isn't it? Can't we keep the thrones of all the gods?"

Those of the Light Side who had already perished in the storm of faith were naturally represented by the Dark Side at the ceremony; the other side of light is dark, and the other side of dark is naturally light, so it pretended to be the Light Side without a single flaw.

"No, being a subordinate god is quite good enough for you; you still want to split the faith? Honestly, you can't handle it. Just be a good subordinate god," Anthony said.

If the foundation of the Church of Light weren't Light, Anthony would have even abolished the main God of Light, converting everyone to the Scales to avoid diluting Seeing Ange's power.

After the coronation ceremony, the Church of Light was firmly in control; in the preceding period, he had already planted his trusted men in various key positions. Even if the Dark Side and the Goddess of Redemption didn't show their faces during the coronation, those who were unwilling could not stir up any trouble.

Bringing them out was merely because Anthony was kind-hearted and didn't want to see too many people die.

After finishing all this, Anthony took off his crown, quickly teleported to the Holy Heaven, and found the big cat sleeping: "Big cat, big cat, quickly send me over."

The big cat naturally knew where to send him; for this period, its only task had been to send people to the Black Crystal Skeleton, but now it was liberated; it pointed a large paw at the teleportation array.

"The teleportation array is built?" Anthony quickly ran back to the teleportation array, made some adjustments, and whooshed over.

At the end of the Eternal Road now stood a massive construction site, with countless buildings rising from the ground.

To make this place suitable for living creatures, the Witch pulled over a farm boundary marker; while generating air, it could also have some buildings constructed around it, and the teleportation array was built right next to the farm.

As soon as Anthony emerged, he saw two figures snuggling together.

Seeing their figures clearly, Anthony shouted in disbelief: "My Lord Witch? Great Sage?! You... ah, so you have an affair!"

The Witch was somewhat shy and quickly separated, but the Great Sage didn't fall for his act: "Alright, I don't believe you didn't know about us; you've planted so many spies everywhere, surely someone reported to you. Let's state it first: no gifts, no benefits."

"Uh, Great Sage, that's too insincere of you; such a happy occasion, and you didn't prepare gifts for everyone to share in your joy?" Anthony, whose sinister intentions were exposed, immediately shouted, trying to coerce everyone to pressure the Great Sage.

Unfortunately, Lisa, who was busy, looked up once and didn't agree; Seraphim Luna turned and looked at him and didn't agree; Shamala turned her head away and didn't agree.

"I understand, they all accepted your gifts in advance! Good, Great Sage, you're biased." Anthony shouted indignantly.

The Great Sage snorted, took out a tongue flute, and tossed it to him.

Anthony caught it, first frowned, then his eyes suddenly widened: "The legendary Echo Tongue Flute?!"

"I heard you were crowned Pope; where there is a will, there is an echo; the Echo Tongue Flute will make it smoother for you when casting the Great Echo Art," the Great Sage said.

Anthony rubbed his nose and said awkwardly, "But I don't know the Great Echo Art yet."

"Idiot, the Great Echo Art is naturally not for you to use; you are here to echo Seeing Ange's divine oracle; you count only as an echo," the Great Sage said impatiently.

"Oh! So that's how it is, I understand." Anthony suddenly realized; no wonder it was called the Great Echo Art; it was to echo the main god's divine oracle.

"How did you know this?" Anthony asked curiously.

The Great Sage said, "I once beat up a Pope who knew the Great Echo Art."

"I know who it is; this tongue flute wouldn't happen to be snatched from him too? I don't want something others have held in their mouths." Anthony laughed.

There was only one recorded Pope who knew the Great Echo Art: Cosimode.

"Take it or leave it; if you don't want it, give it back." The Great Sage was amused and angry, and they started fighting with a clatter.

After a bout of scuffling, Anthony walked toward the Black Crystal Body, and the Great Sage returned to the Witch's side.

The Witch looked the Great Sage up and down, then suddenly laughed: "Have you noticed, you've changed a lot; you're more fond of jokes than before. I didn't know why before, but now I understand a bit."

"Hehe, maybe everyone is living very lightly, with no pressure," the Great Sage laughed.

Anthony came to the side of Seeing Ange's true body and rubbed his fists, muttering: "My Lord, I've finished my business here; quickly summon me to the new world; I will spread your glory throughout the new world."