The negotiations went smoothly. Through this old god's believer, Su Xiao learned that the sect worshiping the old god was called the Law-Destroying Church, whose doctrine was to erase the sun and bring eternal night.
From the old god's believer's fragmented remarks, Su Xiao learned that this world had originally possessed two gods. One governed the day, while the other ruled the night.
The two gods opposed each other. Their respective believers all felt that the other side were idiots and heretics, so they often went to war.
If it had only been small-scale warfare, it would not have mattered much. But after years of escalation, the believers on both sides launched a decisive battle.
The result was not a war of the century. The god who ruled the day suddenly fell, and to this day, no one knew why. Only one god remained—the old god known as the God of Dusk.
Just as this old god sought to control its believers and plunge the world into eternal night, the pirates and the kingdoms stepped forward. The result was mutual destruction.
The pirates and the kingdoms suffered heavy casualties, and the Law-Destroying Church fared no better. It became a hated target, forced to hide in the darkness.
Neither side was willing to see this result, so the pirates and the various kingdoms sent representatives to negotiate with the old god.
After the negotiations, the Law-Destroying Church gained the right to preach, but it could not become involved in certain important industries, such as maritime transport, grain sales, or land ownership.
Both sides knew this was not a long-term solution, but before their core interests were affected, neither wanted to fall out completely. The pirates and the kingdoms were only temporarily allied, and they had always been hostile toward one another,