The merman boy and Cang Xu had once discussed and estimated the results of a clerical position promotion.
The result of their discussion was that there was a high probability it would be at the Holy Son level, a small portion of a chance it might be a Cardinal Bishop, and an extremely slim possibility of it being the Pope.
In his previous prayer, the merman boy had already become an archbishop, the exact same as Zhou Zhang.
To use an analogy, an archbishop was equivalent to a local noble, a lord with real power. A Cardinal Bishop was like a high-ranking imperial official, controlling the daily operations of the sect and able to command the archbishops in various regions to a certain extent.
The Pope was analogous to a king.
However, the result was...
God's Agent, walking in the world in place of the god, exercising divine authority. Why does it feel like this clerical position is even more powerful than the Pope?
The merman boy muttered inwardly.
No matter what, the God Kingdom Descent Art has finally been obtained!
The primary purpose of the merman boy wanting to elevate his clerical position was to acquire higher-level divine arts that would allow him to teleport away from the Ocean Mother Nest.
Yet this time during prayer, the divine grace did not promote him to a Gold-level Fighter, but instead elevated his clerical position and bestowed numerous divine arts.
First and foremost was the divine art Divine Authority Embodiment.
This was a passive type of divine art, which had already been bestowed upon the merman boy by the pillar of divine power during the prayer.
Only with this layer of divine art could he exercise a certain degree of divine authority.
Divine art—Divine Duty Fulfillment.
This was likewise a passive