820. The Plan (2000 Monthly Votes)

The Plan

"It seems that in the end, you still have to walk this path..." Sulu looked at Jenny before him and sighed. "Then let me explain it to you properly."

Jenny stared at Sulu without blinking.

She had never expected that this misfortune would help her knock open the doors to the Mystic World.

"In this world, whether it's the churches of the righteous gods or the Evil Gods, there is currently only one system of supernatural power: the path of the 'Saint'... And in my view, these so-called 'Holy Marks' are bloodline imprints!"

Sulu possessed broad insight, and he explained it to Jenny from the most fundamental level. "Every Holy Mark is an incomplete 'rune.' By continuously adding to and plundering them, one forms a complete bloodline imprint at the fourth or fifth mark. It corresponds to a kind of ancient magical creature. After that... some Holy Marks lead no further, while others can undergo another qualitative change. That is the elevation of one's species!"

"For example, the Natural Church's Cat Holy Mark forms a complete Nether Spirit Cat Holy Mark at the fourth Holy Mark. At that stage, a Saint gains the full abilities of the ancient magical creature—the Nether Spirit Cat. To advance further, they must evolve the Nether Spirit Cat and trace it back to its origin, transforming it into an even more powerful magical creature, such as the Nether Spirit Cat's evolved form—the Twin-Tailed Nether Cat Demon! That is a fifth-tier Saint. They are exceedingly rare in every church, and powerful enough to contend for the position of Pope."

"Besides the orthodox paths of The Holy See, the cults of Evil Gods prefer to incorporate all sorts of messy monster bloodlines, producing extremely bizarre Fallen. Their Holy Marks are monsters themselves, sometimes things even