"This had to do with the Writing Church's faith system." Writing God Leiyidia was remarkably forthcoming and immediately explained their faith system—or rather, their divine arts system—to the two of them.
The greatest difference between the Writing Church and other churches was that, rather than a church, it was more like a guild. There were no obvious internal ranks. Everyone stood at the same level, unable to manage one another, with no superior-subordinate relationships. Everyone could communicate and learn as equals.
Within the divine church system, it was absolutely an oddity among oddities.
Perhaps because of this, the Writing Church had exceedingly few believers, so few they could practically be ignored. It was possible that they had fewer believers than clergy.
However, while status had no ranks, divine arts did! And advancing one's divine arts required more than offering faith, more than earning the Writing God's approval. More importantly—it required becoming famous!
The entire divine arts system was divided into nine major ranks.
Sequence 9—Reader: After converting, one had to read extensively about local customs, geography and waterways, historical texts, and the countless facets of life. During this process, a believer's perception and observational skills would continuously improve. By the end, they would basically reach the level of a top psychologist, able to discern others' true thoughts from their movements and expressions, even subtly guide them and induce hypnosis.
Sequence 8—Author: After accumulating enough knowledge, they began writing and instantly advanced. The defining feature of this rank was the ability to create minor illusions. At this point, they possessed some unusual abilities, though they were not especially powerful—at most comparable to Mage Apprentices, capable only of affecting ordinary people.
Sequence 7—Bard: At this stage, they needed to spread their works as widely as possible through song and recitation...
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