The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops’ expressions changed slightly.
“No, there’s no longer a need to hide it.”
A shrewd glint flashed across Pope Hayes’ eyes as he said, “It is the duty and mission of the Light Church to let our Lord’s glory shine upon the whole existential plane. Now that we have unified the Light Continent, it’s time for us to expand our reach further and let the other two continents bask in our Lord’s glory, too!”
“How our Lord shows compassion to the people!”
“How merciful of our Lord!”
“How brilliant, Your Holiness!”
The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops’ eyes shone brightly as they requested, “Your Holiness, do tell us a little about those two continents. After all, it’s only when one knows their enemy and themselves inside out that they may emerge victorious in all their battles!”
Pope Hayes nodded lightly and said, “Heaven’s Vault Continent is located to the east of Light Continent and is ruled over by the Dragons, the Fairies, the Beast People, and the Titans. These four races have each founded an enormous empire, and they respectively worship four different true gods—the Dragon God, the Fairy Goddess, the Beast God, and the Titan Spiritual God.
“Among them, the Dragon God, the Beast God, and the Titan Spiritual God are intermediate deities, while the Fairy Goddess whom the Fairies worship is a higher deity.”
The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops’ expressions changed greatly upon hearing what he said. They hastily asked, “Your Holiness, surely the four true gods have departed this existential plane by now?”
“Yes, they have,” replied Pope Hayes with a small nod.
“Phew! Good to hear that they’ve departed!”
The Red-Cloaked Archbishops heaved sighs of relief. The four great true gods simply gave them too much pressure. Should any of them still be around, sh*t would no doubt hit the fan!
“Heaven’s Vault Continent is the weakest among the three continents, so conquering it shouldn’t pose much of a problem. We should be able to conquer it just by deploying a troop of angels there.”
Then, Pope Hayes sighed and said, “The one that’s difficult to conquer is the Gods-Demons Continent in the southeast.”
Alarmed, the Red-Cloaked Archbishops asked gravely, “Your Holiness, could it be that there are also intermediate deities in Gods-Demons Continent?”
The Light Church wielded extremely fearsome power and could slay even regular true gods. Thus, the Pope would only find intermediate deities and existences beyond that level troublesome to deal with.
“There are indeed intermediate deities in Gods-Demons Continent.”
Pope Hayes nodded slowly. Then, he went on and said, “Gods-Demons Continent is completely unlike Light Continent and Heaven’s Vault Continent. There are no humans, Dragons, Titans, and so on there. Rather, it’s completely occupied by Magical Beasts!”
“Magical Beasts?”
The Red-Cloaked Archbishops were a little dumbfounded.
“Yes, Magical Beasts. They are the only creatures on Gods-Demons Continent. That place is entirely the Magical Beasts’ paradise.”
A sighing Pope Hayes said, “All the Magical Beasts there worship only one true god—the Magical Beast God. On top of that, not only is the Magical Beast God an intermediate deity, but it’s currently present in Gods-Demons Continent itself!”
“That doesn’t make sense, Your Holiness. Since the Magical Beast God hasn’t departed the existential plane yet, then that means it hasn’t been 10,000 years since its deification.”
A puzzled Archbishop Chicas went on. “As everyone knows, one’s cultivation speed would become extremely slow after becoming a half-deity, and a true god’s cultivation speed is even more shockingly slow.”
“How can the Magical Beast God possibly be an intermediate deity when it hasn’t been 10,000 years since its deification?”
“That makes sense. A true god that hasn’t yet passed the 10,000th-year mark since its deification can’t possibly be an intermediate deity, and as long as it’s not an intermediate deity, we have no need to fear it!”
“Once we slay the Magical Beast God, won’t Gods-Demons Continent be as good as secured?”
The other three Red-Cloaked Archbishops also voiced their thoughts one after another. Their countenances were filled with puzzlement.
“No, you’re mistaken.”
Pope Hayes shook his head lightly as he said, “Although it hasn’t been 10,000 years since the Magical Beast God’s deification, it is indeed a powerful intermediate deity. It’s undoubtedly an invincible presence on this material plane!”
“So it really is an intermediate deity!”
“How can this be!?”
The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops couldn’t help but gasp in complete astoundment.
Intermediate deities might be nothing in the vast Void, but they were absolutely invincible existences in low-end material planes.
Why?
Because low-end existential planes were off-limits to higher deities, Great Perfection-level deities, as well as Chief Gods. Even if they were to cast their divinity projections into the planes, the divinity projections would only be able to display a pinnacle-level half-deity’s combat prowess at best.
Pinnacle-level half-deities?
An intermediate deity could blow them into smithereens with just a puff of air.
“Is that really true, Your Holiness?”
Archbishop Chicas was filled with disbelief.
“Of course!”
Pope Hayes nodded lightly. Then, he added, “The Magical Beast God was already a lesser deity 4,300 years ago, while it broke through to the intermediate deity stage 1,200 years ago.”
“It used only 3,000 years to go from a lesser deity to an intermediate deity? How exactly did it achieve that?”
The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were shocked.
,000 years?
What could one even achieve in that amount of time? Nothing but just a nap!
Yet the Magical Beast God had gone from a lesser deity to become an intermediate deity within a short span of 3,000 years. Its cultivation speed had practically put everyone to shame!
“Things would indeed become very tricky if the Magical Beast God really turns out to be an intermediate deity.”
“An intermediate deity... How are we supposed to contend against something like that?”
“There’s no way we can contend against an intermediate deity even if we assemble all of the Light Church’s
