"My husband and the others realized they couldn't bring Sister back to life by calling out her name, so they searched for other methods."
"After discussing it, they took Qing He's advice and tried to revive Sister with the power of faith, so they established the Torchlight Dynasty."
"Is the power of faith really that useful?" Lu Yang asked in surprise. He didn't know much about that sort of thing.
But the Great Qian Dynasty followed the principle of 'divine faith.' The fact that an entire dynasty could be built on it meant that the power of faith had its merits.
The Everlasting Immortal shook her head. She had let people worship her as a deity just for fun and hadn't paid much attention to the subject.
Ao Ling continued to recall the past. "Building on the Torchlight Dynasty, my husband and the others established two systems of faith: the 'Heavenly Court' and the 'Underworld.'"
Lu Yang: "..."
Did I just hear that wrong? Why did those words sound so familiar?
"The Heavenly Court system was meant to govern the mortal world."
"The Underworld system was meant to govern life and death."
"The basic idea was to use the 'Heavenly Court' to gather faith for you, Sister, and shape an immortal body. That's why the statue of the Heavenly Court's ruler in the Torchlight Dynasty was of you. You were the ruler of the Heavenly Court!"
Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal looked at each other. Lu Yang saw excitement in the Everlasting Immortal's eyes, while the Everlasting Immortal saw herself reflected in Lu Yang's eyes, just as excited.
"Second-in-command, you really do have the power to foresee the future—no, the past!"
Lu Yang didn't feel like saying anything.
"And the ruler of the Underworld wielded the authority over life