Chapter 1388 - 646: The Third Circulation Completed, Invitation from the Holy Spirit Church (4)

Godly Name: [Soul Ferryman]!

Silently digested the [Funeral] divine position that Byron had handed to him ahead of time.

[Blue Dragon King] has also subsequently ascended to become a Legendary Warship.

Simultaneously acquired Divine Arts and Legendary Warship Skills.

Divine Arts [Soul Burial]: "Whichever living person annoys me, I’ll take them away. Whichever undead bothers me, I’ll forcibly send them back to Hell."

Legendary Warship Skill [Ship of Theseus]:

"As long as a particular relationship between parts is maintained, the Blue Dragon King can keep upgrading— theoretically upgrading from a small raft to an aerospace carrier and even stronger."

At this point, the North Sea Empire possesses a total of five Legendary Warships: [The Golden Deer], [The Fearless], [Dragonhead Ship Valhalla], [Pirate City], [Blue Dragon King].

The number of Fifth Order Pseudo-Gods has inflated once again.

"[Human Emperor] Byron; [War Queen] Violet; [Finance Queen] Catherine;

Captives and allies: [Breeding Holy Mother] Teris, [Abyssal Horror] Dagon, [Love and Desire Elf] Salome, [Mud Swamp Giant], [Winter Tyrant] Ivald;

Two Archbishops [Twilight Deacon] Luohate, [Sister of Mercy] Teresa, plus a Bishop’s Authority Ring seized from the Eternal Night Peninsula’s Three Kingdoms yet unused;

Three Kingdom’s Guardians [Master of the Fishing Spot] Hawkins, [Spade J] Hogel, [Boneless One] Ivana;

[Sea King] Atlas of the Mermaid Kingdom, [Black Sea Pearl] Evelyn, [Miracle Mage] Saranthe;

Parents: [Little Mermaid Princess] Heather, [Soul Ferryman] Edmund Lancaster;

Father-in-law [Whale Hunter] Jack Harold."

Adds up to exactly 20 individuals with Fifth Order or equivalent strength.

This doesn’t include those upper-level wizards organized from the Desert Empire and Lighthouse Federation.

The Empire’s structure slowly took form, such high-level power is exclusive among all secular nations on the Silver Continent.

It’s just that as the territory expands, the density of Fifth Order hasn’t increased much.

Byron holds a very clear understanding of the North Sea Empire’s strength:

"Only seven of the old gods’ divine incarnations that illegally traversed the Material World have died; the rest remain planning some unknown schemes. An entire territory or critical node at least needs one Fifth Order.

Otherwise, even if faced with an attack, it might be impossible to issue a warning.

I still need to wait to ascend to Sixth Order Demigod to breathe easier."

...

Today’s luck seems remarkably good.

Just as the news of a successful ascension from the Third Ring Current Zone reached home.

The West Coast Holy Spirit Sect "Followers Faction" main line, the Fire Worship Empire’s Sassanid Dynasty, also sent an official diplomatic notice to the Royal Capital of Kingston.

The gist is: "The Sassanid Dynasty is willing to push for the official recognition of Saint Byron as the ’Holy Spirit Follower,’ or even the Messiah of the New Era?

They specially invite Saint Byron to arrange a time to meet in the Fire Worship Empire by late August."

Most countries of the West Coast Holy Spirit Sect are states where church and state are united.

Among them, the Star Moon Empire ruled by the "Orthodox Way Faction" is indeed too powerful and ambitiously wants to dominate all countries of the Holy Spirit Sect.

Using a mix of ambiguous church power and royal power, directly creating a second [Triple Crown], thus contending with the Pope for the first chair in the mortal world.

But such a dominant style has nearly driven all small surrounding countries into the weaker "Followers Faction."

Including the second strongest on the West Coast, the Fire Worship Empire’s Sassanid Dynasty, has changed from the original "Orthodox Way Faction" to "Followers Faction," just to avoid annexation by the Star Moon Empire.

This is the survival strategy of weaker nations.

The stronger a large country becomes, the more they’ll create domestic estrangement and resentment against it.

But once a large country falls, they’ll immediately showcase archaeological documents, proving themselves as the legitimate offspring and rightful inheritors.

No exceptions from ancient times to the present.

Even though changing faith in such major matters might seem a bit frivolous, for the sake of power in hand, this isn’t something that can’t be temporarily set aside.

"So if acquiring recognition from the Holy Spirit Sect translates to acquiring acknowledgment from countries governed by the corresponding sect on the West Coast, it might even mean possible governance in certain areas on the West Coast?"

Byron couldn’t help but raise his brows.

"Is there really such a good thing still happening in the world??"