The five major ability institutes in the original world were:
Dihua Ability Institute, Military Nation Ability Institute, Britain Empire Ability Institute, and the United Ability Institute of the Arctic Nations.
Among them, the Britain Empire, under the control of the Mask, had become an empire of "Artificial Humans" and had completely disappeared from the world.
It was currently known from God's perspective that the Britain Empire lay deep within some unknown secret realm and maintained close ties with the Mechanical Academy of Dihua Ability Institute. The places where Feng Rui mainly trained and received instruction were, in fact, all located within the Britain Empire.
The Arctic Nations had closed their borders long before the world's transformation.
Before that, however—when Yu Jing participated in the Title Tournament—Dean Shen Tu had privately married the queen of the Ice Nation, and the queen's only daughter had married Shui Bingmiao.
This meant that two Ability Institutes were already closely connected to Dihua Ability Institute.
However, the divine nation, currently recognized as the strongest force in the world, was suffering a calamity.
The universally acknowledged strongest users of mental power and souls—the Chief Priest and the ten High Priests under his command—could all be considered the world's top combat power.
In a head-on clash, they would fear no force in this world.
However, these powerful individuals, who gained their strength through faith, possessed an inerasable weakness—their inner convictions.
At that moment, this powerful divine nation was facing the most difficult test of faith. A corrupting substance capable of drawing out negative emotions from the depths of one's heart was spreading through water, food, parasites, and even various interactions between people.
Once the heart of any divine nation cleric became corrupted, if they were not isolated in time, the corruption would spread like a plague.