Some powerful deities took the lead and began experimenting.
Then the gods discovered that their churches were completely unable to learn from the Ruling Church.
Aside from the earliest members, the Ruling Church's upper ranks were all made up of people who had risen from the very bottom.
Its rigorous and complex system of examinations and promotions made corruption within the Ruling Church almost impossible.
Even if someone wanted to abuse their authority for personal gain, they could not violate the oath they had sworn upon joining the Ruling Church.
Oaths in the Divine World carried binding power. Breaking one's own contract would only bring an even more terrible punishment.
The other deities wanted to learn from it, but their churches had already taken shape over their long histories. Even if they implemented reforms, all sorts of problems would arise, eventually tearing their entire churches apart.
Unable to force through reforms, the gods gave up on the idea.
However, even taking a few pointers from the way the Ruling Church operated had brought varying degrees of growth in believers to every church across the entire Prime Material Plane.
A small number of deities, especially neutral ones like Waukeen, the Goddess of Wealth, had even advanced in divine rank as the overall environment changed.
After all, every plane had become more stable thanks to the Ruling Church's emergence, and commerce had flourished. The Goddess of Wealth would naturally benefit.
Ten years later!
In the Divine World, Green slowly opened his eyes atop a massive throne.
A trace of excitement flickered in Green's eyes. After ten years of work, he had nearly finished completing the Thirteenth-Ring Spells of the Divine World.
Moreover, throughout the process, he had not relied solely on the Divine World's knowledge. He had also incorporated a great