A Journey

"Finally, has the time come?"

Inside the church, as they listened to Maolora, the people present immediately grew excited.

Over the past year, they had witnessed the Church of Light's expansion. They had also watched Maolora grant people Divine Arts and build the Church of Light up step by step.

At present, unlike other churches, the Church of Light had a distinctive approach to growth.

If all someone wanted was to convert and worship the Lord of Light, that was simple enough. Such was the Lord of Light's uniqueness that anyone who prayed with enough devotion could sense his presence.

But if they wanted to go further—to become an emissary of the Lord of Light, or even obtain power from him—then things were not so simple.

Under normal circumstances, there were only two ways to do this.

One was to be sufficiently devout.

Compared with other Sages and gods who had appeared in the past, the Lord of Light was far more generous to his followers.

As long as you sincerely believed in the Lord of Light and devoted your body and soul to him, you could receive his response and draw power from it.

Of course, though this path was open to anyone, there was no doubt that it was an exceedingly difficult one.

Not everyone could devote themselves wholeheartedly to a god.

That might be possible for innocent children, but for adults whose worldview had already taken shape, persuading them to worship a god, accept him as their lord, and draw power from him was no easy feat.

Though the people present were of distinguished status and their faith in the Lord of Light was sincere, precious few could truly reach that level.

By comparison, the other method was much easier. And unlike faith, it was more tangible—something