Seven Kingdoms, Seven Churches

As Liu Xiaoxiao and his group of four traveled toward Tianming City, they exchanged intelligence.

"The current situation on Heaven Dou Continent can be summed up as a struggle for supremacy among seven powers. This tangled web of relationships was deliberately created by the Great Sage. The more complicated things are, the better it is for him. That should be the simplest part of all this," the Ring Apostle said. "The Douluo Federation was actually established with backing from our Church of Necessary Evil, though the Blood Hunter organization manages it openly. Over in the Heaven Dou Empire, the Begonia Divine Cult led by Qin Lingxue is giving the empire its full support. The Sacred Heaven Dou Empire in the northeast is the territory of the Holy Hall Church. The west and east are respectively controlled by the Holy Spirit Empire and the Blood God Empire, naturally backed by the Holy Spirit Cult and Blood God Cult. Though the Dou Ling Kingdom in the northwest is small, it is still a power in its own right, with the Witch Cult behind it. The south is occupied by the Spirit Hall Empire. Its predecessor was Spirit Hall, founded around the Hall of Enshrinement and Douluo Hall, and before that, it was a Church that worshipped the Angel God. The Spirit Hall Empire has no emperor, only a pope, so it can also be regarded as a Church. Thus, it is seven kingdoms and seven churches vying against one another."

"Seven kingdoms, seven churches..." Liu Xiaoxiao mused. "Then what kind of force is this Witch Cult?"

"We don't know much about it either. But according to legend, more than two hundred years ago, the Witch summoned a Demon God and the Nine Great Demons on Heaven Dou Continent, then sealed them away.