"Gods are reviving?"
"That's right. Your Stellar Furnace has been burning for quite some time now, hasn't it? Is there any sign of it running out? I can even make a guess—the Pollution produced by the Stellar Furnace is increasing, isn't it?"
Theus remained silent. What Jules said was indeed true.
The Stellar Furnace's output had become increasingly stable, and its production of Pollution was rising as well. This should have been a good thing, but if it was connected to the revival of the gods...
Seeing that Theus said nothing, Jules pointed at Little Gwen again. "You've seen her power too, haven't you? I don't need to tell you how strong it is. I'll only tell you one thing: throughout the past thousand years, not even a [Named One] could reach such heights. She actually absorbed Bone White Crow's power."
"Bone White Crow..."
"Yes, Bone White Crow is the god worshipped by the Silent Temple."
"That's impossible. If [Bone White Crow] was once a god, why didn't the Silent Temple try to revive Him? They even stopped worshipping gods entirely. The five major Churches no longer even mention the word [God]!"
Jules stared at Theus, and a smile slowly spread across his face.
"That's right, Theus. You've finally noticed the key point. I truly don't know what happened a thousand years ago that made the five major Churches collectively abandon the gods."
"But there are quite a few signs."
"For example... you know that [Buriers] are immortal, right?"
Theus nodded.
"Then why isn't there a single [Burier] who has lived for over a thousand years?"
"!!!"
"That Patriarch Ignati is the oldest [Burier]. His lifespan... just happens to fall short of a thousand years."
"What about the earlier [Buriers] from a thousand years ago?"
"Or let me put it