"Three dioceses, each independent and noninterfering? Does that mean the Holy Spirit Cult has three popes?" Tang Wulin asked.
"That's right. Tang Wulin is correct." Long Bing praised him before answering,
"Each of the Holy Spirit Cult's branches in the three major nations has its own pope."
"Back to the question from before: the Holy Spirit Cult could establish branches in the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires because of its long history and because it belonged to no nation. So what reason did our Spirit Pagoda have?"
"Actually, it was very simple. Only because the Spirit Pagoda existed could humans and soul beasts coexist peacefully. But if the Spirit Pagoda did not establish branches in the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires, the soul masters of those two nations would hunt soul beasts to break through their realms, which would run completely contrary to the Spirit Pagoda's founding purpose."
"Are the soul beasts of Douluo Continent soul beasts, while those on other continents are not? There is no such logic. What the Spirit Pagoda sought to create was a world where humans and soul beasts coexisted peacefully, not localized peace on a single continent."
"Knowing full well that soul masters on other continents were still hunting soul beasts for soul rings, while our Federation promoted peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts—wasn't that rather ironic?"
"Therefore, in order to truly realize peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts, the Spirit Pagoda established branches in the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires. This had received the approval of His Majesty Emperor Xu Yunhan back when the Federation was still the Sun Moon Empire. It was no act of treason."
After hearing this, everyone nodded as realization dawned on them.
The Spirit Pagoda's establishment of overseas branches had received the approval