Wherever there were people—or intelligent life—there was conflict.
The struggle for power was no easier than the flashing blades and flying shadows of a battlefield. At times, it was even more brutal.
Huo Ling returned to the Theocracy, but he did not announce that he intended to step down.
This was also Li Yi's request. Perhaps this powerful divine being needed the time ahead to find the next qualified pope.
A pope serving a powerful divine being needed more than political experience and experience in governing a nation.
Strength was also indispensable. Otherwise, how could one command the forces of the entire Theocracy? How could one make every power and faction obey orders?
The Great Xia Theocracy was a unified nation, yet factions stood thick as a forest within it.
The faction of the Great Xia Celestial Realm formed a faction of its own. These high-ranking figures from the Great Xia Ancestral Court were naturally bound together as one.
Yet even this great faction of the Great Xia Celestial Realm could be further subdivided. Every Radiant Moon formed a faction of his own; even people born in each province constituted a faction.
Within the Great Xia Theocracy, the original Great Xia of the Spirit Realm was also divided into two factions.
After Li Yi conquered the God of Twilight's theocracy, another faction was added.
As many secondary planes were conquered, these factions were gradually increasing as well.
After conquering the God of Dawn's theocracy, another major faction was added.
Now, under Huo Ling's tenure as pope and beneath his rule,
the factions of the Great Xia Theocracy had been divided into six major factions.
Among them were one from the Great Xia Ancestral Court, one from the divine descendants, one from the Great Xia of the Spirit Realm, one each