After the God of Souls awakened, Sostet—the divine son born of his union with a human woman, possessing sacred bloodline—was beaten until his soul scattered and vanished. Several million Soul Knights and Nightmare Knights, along with a small number of temple knights from other temples, were annihilated by unimaginably brutal means.
The enemy had actually invaded Aimore World. They had already infiltrated Aimore World, the Church's true headquarters! What an utterly, utterly unforgivable thing this was! Just what method had they used to bypass the dense divine power barriers surrounding the three Abyss Worlds and sneak into the Church's true lair?
All kinds of bad news kept arriving from every direction. The Church's gods had truly been thrown into disorder, and the Church's believers were at a loss as well. All of them vaguely sensed that this divine war did not seem nearly so simple.
Aimore World, Sordad City. This was the absolute core of the God of Souls' land of faith. If the God of Souls' land of faith were an empire, then Sordad would be that empire's imperial capital. This magnificent city had been painstakingly crafted over tens of thousands of years, a grand castle the God of Souls had created according to the most beautiful image in his heart.
The city was built primarily from gray sandstone, with soaring towers standing everywhere. Above every tower floated gray soul crystals of varying sizes. These soul crystals constantly absorbed the power of believers' faith, converting it into vast reserves of energy stored within the crystals.
This soul power could be freely absorbed by the upper echelons of the Temple of Soul to strengthen themselves, and it could also serve as the energy core for the defensive barrier surrounding the entire city. Over countless years, millions upon millions of soul