How Did I, a Newcomer, Become the Cult Leader?

The major events that occurred in the Great Xia Kingdom were not promptly reported back to the Blood's Delight Sect.

In this era, news traveled very slowly, and the events that occurred at a Martial World tournament within the Great Xia Kingdom could not attract the attention of the countries in the vast land between the Western Countries and the Great Xia.

For these countries, controlling the trade routes between East and West, plundering more caravans, or extorting exorbitant tolls was the key to success.

Therefore, Bai Li's group was actually the first to bring back the news.

Led by this group of the Original Blood's Delight Sect members who had surrendered to the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and were determined to do good deeds and spread the teachings of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable over the next few hundred years, Bai Li traversed the entire continent and finally arrived at the western part of the continent, at the headquarters of the Blood's Delight Sect.

The headquarters of the Blood's Delight Sect is located in a remote, Nameless Village on the western continent.

Unlike other Western villages of this era that were impoverished and backward due to years of warfare, this village had its buildings planned in an orderly manner, and even in terms of sanitation, it was ahead of many major cities in Western Countries at that time.

After all, in that era, in Western cities, residents would collect their excrement in wooden buckets and simply dump it out the next day by opening the window.

They don't care whether there are pedestrians on the street or not, and if a pedestrian happens to be passing by and gets Reincarnation Five Grains, they can only accept their bad luck.

Today, the team that carried out the glorious mission of the True God from the Great Xia Kingdom has returned.

The Blood's Delight Sect members who remained in the area were unaware of the outcome of the mission. They only knew that the people had returned, and that the current leader demanded that all members immediately assemble at the village altar.

The thousands of believers living in the village quickly followed the instructions and came to the vicinity of the altar. They gathered in the square where the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon Altar was set up, and the crowd was bustling with people discussing the matter.

Before this, a major event had occurred in the village: at a certain point in time, all the sculptures, carvings, and altars of the Blood-Hatred True God in the village were split in two by a mysterious force.

The believers were puzzled and kept praying to the Blood-Hatred True God, but there was no response. The only thing they were sure of was that they could still sense the Divine Kingdom in Another Dimension.

As long as the Divine Kingdom has not collapsed, the faith of believers can be maintained.

However, they were also eager to know what the people who returned from this operation had to say, and what the Cult Leader's explanation for this unusual phenomenon was.

After all the believers had arrived, it wasn't long before a group of people escorted a short figure onto the altar.

The believers had all seen this group of people before; they were all believers who had participated in this mission, and were the true high-ranking members and important figures in the Religious Sect. However, the short figure they were surrounding was someone the believers had never seen before.

The short figure, dressed in the robes of a high-ranking member of the Blood's Delight Sect, arrived at the altar. Someone brought him a stool, and he stepped onto it, revealing his appearance to everyone.

He was a handsome and cute little boy, about twelve or thirteen years old.

The believers immediately began to buzz with discussion.

"Quiet!"

The little boy frowned.

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried throughout the entire village and possessed a power that compelled people to obey him.

Seeing that the believers had quieted down, the little boy nodded and continued, "Brothers and sisters, let me introduce myself first. My name is Bai Li, and I am currently in charge of this mission."

"Since you claim to be in charge of the current operation, I naturally need to update you on the current status of the mission. True God has mercy... I find it hard to believe, my brothers and sisters, that this mission has failed. And our former leader, the eldest brother of the Blood Religious Sect, our dear Cult Leader, has also bravely sacrificed himself at the hands of the enemy, going to serve True God in His Divine Kingdom."

Upon hearing Bai Li's words, the believers immediately began to wail and cry, and some even fainted.

"Calm down! Although the Cult Leader has sacrificed himself, his soul is surely in the Divine Kingdom, drinking the Divine Wine brewed from the blood of his enemies with the Blood-Hatred True God."

Bai Li spoke in a series of well-structured sentences.

"Then, before his death, the Cult Leader left a will, officially appointing me, Bai Li, the current head of operations, as the next Cult Leader of the Blood's Delight Sect!"

This time, the followers stopped wailing and lamenting; they erupted into a frenzy, their shouts mingling together and converging into a single question, "You have no proof! What makes you say the Cult Leader appointed you as the next Cult Leader?!"

"I'm helpless too. How did I, a newcomer who just joined the Religious Sect not long ago, become the Cult Leader?"

Bai Li feigned helplessness, spreading his hands before saying seriously, "You want evidence, right? Fine."

He raised his hand and drew a Giant Sword from the Void, planting it on the altar.

"This is the evidence!"

The believers recognized the Demon Sword as the Blood God's Sword, which they had recently obtained by pooling the strength of the entire Religious Sect and offering Blood Sacrifice. However, this Demon Weapon, which only the Cult Leader could wield, appeared unusually docile in Bai Li's hands.

The believers, without suspicion, immediately knelt down and bowed to Bai Li, saying, "Greetings, Cult Leader."

"Very good, you have a good eye."

Bai Li nodded in satisfaction, sheathed his Giant Sword, and gave the believers a gentle smile.

"Come, my brothers and sisters, now I will speak to you about our True God, our Lord."

On the other side, after the Sword Discussion Assembly ended, Bai Qiuran found the Fishing Elder, made all the arrangements, and then took Li Jinyao and Tang Ruowei back to Clear Water Village.

After informing Bai Li's parents and the child bride Yue'er, telling them not to worry, Bai Qiuran and the other two continued to support the villagers' Foundation Establishment project.

While shedding tears, Bai Qiuran used his Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable Superpower to help the villagers complete their Foundation Establishment one by one. Later, even some of the second-generation villagers began to attempt to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage. Finally, Bai Qiuran couldn't bear to watch any longer. He wrote the Basic Cultivation Technique of several attributes on a huge Stone Stele, placed it at the entrance of the village, and let them learn them on their own, out of sight, out of mind.

However, after the Sword Discussion Assembly ended, the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable's several miraculous appearances during the tournament, as well as his final act of Jianghu, led many martial arts practitioners to consciously begin to believe in him.

The older generation of heroes may still have some reservations, but the new generation is quick to accept new things, so most of them have joined the ranks of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable's followers.

In this short period of time, the increased faith combined with the benefits brought by consuming the concept of Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon directly caused Bai Qiuran and others' Consciousness Demon to rapidly break through from its original strength, which was only equivalent to the late Nascent Soul stage, and soar all the way to a strength comparable to the peak of the Body Integration Stage.

Bai Qiuran believed that if this continued, more and more people would become believers in the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, because the benefits they gained from their faith were real and tangible.