"Great Father God! Your humble subjects beg for your blessing once more."
"Now, the order of the Four Gods faces the challenge of chaos and evil."
"In the north, upon the frozen eternal ice, great White Worms watch. In the east, beneath the Black Soil, Earth-Drilling Demon Worms ravage the land. In the southern deep sea, the Evil God's Offspring attack our allies. And in the west, there is an evil monster seeking to seize the God of Lava's Authority."
"Great Father God! Your subjects need your gaze, need your blessing, need you to once again bring down the power of divine punishment upon the chaos and evil of this world!"
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Beneath Kang Qiao's massive head, an elder of the priests knelt, weeping with fervor as he kowtowed and prayed aloud.
He had told his Father God everything about this world.
But he did not know that, at this very moment, his Father God had no idea what he was babbling about.
Kang Qiao stared with wide, innocent eyes, quietly waiting for these little creatures to finish their excited clamoring.
In Kang Qiao's view, these Dinosaur People who worshipped and believed in him were just shouting flattery at him.
So Kang Qiao could only wait for them to finish. When all the Dinosaur People fell silent and looked up at him with hopeful eyes, as if awaiting his command, Kang Qiao finally moved.
Kang Qiao raised a massive finger, pointed at the distant Black Stone City, then pointed at himself.
The meaning was clear: he wanted to go over there and take a look.
However, Kang Qiao's actions were misunderstood by the priest elder below.
The priest elder stared in confusion as his Father God's arm gestured back and forth. After only a moment, he cried out in joy.
"Father God has given a revelation! He has agreed! He has agreed to the plea of His humble subjects!"
"Father God has sent down a revelation: He will first go to the southern deep sea to meet with the other three Gods of Order! After destroying the strongest Evil God in the deep sea, He will use His most majestic power to punish the weak evils that threaten order!"
"The subjects of the Four Gods of Order no longer need to worry!"
The priest elder's explanation sent the other six Dinosaur People priests into a frenzy of excitement and joy.
They no longer had to worry, for their merciful Father God had awakened and arrived, and He had kindly agreed to the pleas of His humble subjects!
Ah! How merciful is Father God!
Just as the departed elder had said, their Father God of the Children of Lava was the most benevolent deity in this world.
Of course, He was also the most powerful and majestic deity in this world.
Look! How thick and vast is the shadow of our Father God's arm, blotting out the sky! Look! How kind and wise are our Father God's eyes!
And most importantly of all.
These seven priests had all witnessed the elder ascending to the Divine Kingdom.
As they fell into the magma alongside the elder, they saw with their own eyes: the moment the elder's body touched the lava, it turned into a speck of light that rose into the sky and appeared before their Father God.
Then, they saw the elder's soul flame suddenly ignite under Father God's guidance, and in an instant, it entered the Star Radiance portal shining with the light of the Divine Kingdom on Father God's chest!
Though it was only a flash, as priests of the lava, they all saw the Divine Kingdom filled with magma within that Star Radiance portal, and in the sky of that kingdom hung a single 'Blazing Star.'
All of this, they had seen with their own eyes and rejoiced in their hearts.
But they did not show this joy here and now, nor did they discuss it.
Only because they feared that speaking of the Divine Kingdom might be seen as blasphemy against their Father God.
"Right! We can't let Father God go to the coastal domain alone. At the very least, we should send some subjects to guide Him. And we absolutely must not let Father God think that we, the new generation of subjects, have been negligent toward Him!"
"Quick! Let's go back! Hurry and contact the other three tribes to swiftly assemble a team of city-guard warriors!"
The priest elder's expression was solemn and brimming with excitement.
As Kang Qiao watched each priest kowtow to him in reverence before running toward the city, he felt somewhat satisfied.
Not bad. These creatures were clever enough to grasp his meaning in one go.
Unlike before, when the Dinosaur People Kang Qiao had to gesture for a long time to make them understand.
And back then, those Dinosaur People were especially prone to misunderstanding him.
Thinking about it now was both frustrating and amusing.
And so, following behind these seven priests, Kang Qiao melted the earth as he slithered toward Black Stone City.
Soon, Kang Qiao arrived five li outside the residential area on the outskirts of Black Stone City.
Once there, relying on the power of the lava, Kang Qiao slowly lifted his body from underground, revealing his full form.
From his massive size, he looked down upon the entire Black Stone City.
At that moment, Kang Qiao found it very amusing.
In Black Stone City, countless Dinosaur People moved about like ants, and many immediately began kowtowing and praying loudly to Kang Qiao.
Under the night sky, the boiling prayers turned the entire Black Stone City into an ocean of joy.
In the faith of this era, there was no rule that subjects and believers could not look directly upon a deity.
After all, the gods of this age lived on the same land as their subjects, and the distance between them had never been too great or too vague since ancient times.
Though Kang Qiao was a bit special, having slept for quite a while, the gods of the Shark People, Serpent People, and even the Mosquito People often awakened.
Moreover, almost every time the gods of these three races awakened, they would come to Black Stone City to freeload.
In short, it was all for the Dinosaur People's unique skill—the ability to roast food more deliciously than the other three races.
Thus, in Black Stone City, most of the new generation of the Four Races had been fortunate enough to see the gods many times.
However, compared to the other three gods, Kangqiao was just a bit too large in size.
At least among the three gods, the Serpent God, who had the longest and slightly larger body, would, if placed before Kangqiao, be comparable to an elephant facing a python over ten meters long.
So, when the Four Races of Black Stone City saw Kangqiao up close, every member of the new generation was dumbfounded for a long time, feeling as if they were in a dream.
Then, regardless of whether Kangqiao was their own god, they all either bowed or made gestures of reverence befitting believers toward a deity.
Kangqiao was one of the Four Gods of Order, so no matter what, as subjects under the Four Gods of Order, whether the Kangqiao before them was their own Father God or not, they ought to remain respectful and reverent.
Moreover, because the new generation of the Four Races had lived together for so long, a call had now arisen in Black Stone City, along with a vague new doctrine.
Faith in Order, faith in the Four Gods—no matter which race you belong to, you may freely choose to believe in any of the Four Gods, or in all of them.
In short, amid the tides of the era, the emergence of this sect that believed in Order was perhaps inevitable.
The Order Divine Cult officially stepped onto the stage of history from this era onward!
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