Huo Ling still did not really want to do it.
He already had enough troubles on his plate. He had handed the territories in the Spirit Realm and the secondary planes over to Huo Chengguang to manage.
There was still the Dark Demon General alive in Purgatory. How could he have the energy to meddle in Li Yi's affairs?
Coming over to help him fight a few wars was already more than enough to repay him.
Huo Ling sighed. "Your Majesty, I truly don't want to be your Pope. Besides, I'm not your believer—I can't even receive divine revelations."
"As for divine revelations, I'll forge you a divine staff when the time comes. I guarantee you'll receive them every time," Li Yi said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, why must it be me who becomes Pope?" Huo Ling asked helplessly.
"Because you are the most suitable, and the best at managing things. I believe that under your leadership, the Church will open up more lands of faith for me, and I will be able to become a deity of powerful divine power sooner!" Li Yi looked at Huo Ling.
Huo Ling sighed, still intending to refuse.
Li Yi immediately continued, "Don't worry. I won't make you my Pope forever. Once I become a deity of powerful divine power, you can step down."
"Your Majesty, you make that sound so easy. Reaching powerful divine power isn't so simple," Huo Ling complained bitterly.
"After all Church expenses are deducted, one-third of its tax revenue will be yours."
"As for the spoils of divine wars, aside from the divine sparks I need from divine corpses, everything else will be yours. From the gods' secret vaults, aside from divine power crystals, two-thirds will be yours!"
Li Yi looked at Huo Ling, confidently laying out