Hong Qiang had once told Aka Ge that he had never preached in Outer Earth, nor had he spread the Sanctuary's methods here. That meant the prayers echoing within Lava Island, the power of faith, could only have come from Deep Blue World, from Thirteenth District, from Inner Earth.
No matter how it was achieved, though, it was entirely plausible that Mirror of Appraisal could project, Pale Demon Eye could track, Amaterasu Order could infiltrate, and Sanctuary could gather the power of prayer and faith across space.
Based on his previous trips to and from Thirteenth District, as well as the current disassembly, reassembly, and improvements to New Wildfire, Ronan could make a simple deduction:
Since the prayers and faith flowing through Lava Island could persist across space, they were most likely used for "positioning" within this complex and chaotic space-time environment—locating Soul Order members and rescuing them. According to Hong Qiang's memories, that had happened many times, serving as proof.
But what about Hong Qiang?
Considering that a behind-the-scenes "mastermind" most likely existed, whether it was Lava Island or Sanctuary, it would be more accurate to say they had entered this world through Hong Qiang's hands than that he had created them himself.
After they appeared, what was the meaning of Hong Qiang's existence?
What could this miraculous Sanctuary, this heavily fortified Mechanical Jungle, not accomplish?
Hmm, perhaps he was a receiver for "faith"?
But if Sanctuary could already gather faith across space, whether Hong Qiang existed seemed irrelevant.
Faith was, in truth, a relatively condensed form of psychic waves that even ordinary people could emit, one that could easily resonate and be transmitted. With the right framework, even dead matter—or even nothingness—could be permeated by and absorb it. Fantasy Species such as Magneto-Optical Mica had come into being