The Grand Cathedral blazed with light. The mental power accumulated by over a thousand clergymen fused with the sacred attributes gathered by the holy temple itself, making the church and the outside world seem like two distinctly separate realms. The outside world was shrouded in dense, gloomy clouds. The oppressive, abnormal weather seemed to foreshadow the turmoil and hardships that this world was about to face, while inside the church, separated by only a wall, everything was filled with warmth and light.
Yet even though the church possessed the attributes of a "holy land," the brightly lit lamps could hardly dispel the clergymen's tension and unease.
The Pope had shut himself inside the prayer room for more than twelve hours. During that time, dozens of powerful divine-art impacts had erupted from within. No one knew whether this first "conversation with God" in thousands of years would proceed smoothly. For the newly appointed Pope Autums, this was the career challenge he had to face as a clergyman. For the entire Radiant Church, however, this was the moment that would prove whether the inheritance passed down through countless generations and ages had been correct. If the Pope successfully heard the divine intent and a miracle descended, the church's inheritance spanning countless years would be acknowledged, and its foundation would become unshakable. But if the Pope failed...
Then the Radiant Church would be finished. All the debates and doctrinal interpretations from before would be meaningless. As a church serving the true God, once the true God denied its significance, the church would lose the value of its existence as well.
A young deacon came to the prayer room. Several bishops were already waiting there. He respectfully saluted them, then quietly asked one of them, "Your Holiness, hasn't the Pope come out yet?"
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