Motor Oil Star, the main base of the entire Holy Body Cult, had now been completely transformed into an enormous mechanical structure.
On either side of this enormous mechanical planet sat a mechanical satellite armed to the teeth.
Legend had it that the great Mechanical Father had been born in a pool of motor oil on this planet.
This was not only the headquarters of the entire Holy Body Cult, but also a sacred land for all who worshipped the mechanical deity.
Since the last Great Cataclysm, the Holy Body Cult had maintained a relatively low profile in the Mountain River Star Sector.
Yet its hidden strength arguably surpassed even that of the Black Sun Group.
For various reasons dating back to that era, the Holy Body Cult had inherited vast amounts of technology from the Human Alliance while also receiving the Mechanical Father's direct benediction.
As far back as four thousand years ago, before the raging tides of the Dark Universe had subsided, they had begun using all manner of methods to make extremely dangerous jumps outward, bringing lost technologies and materials to the great Holy Father.
The process had cost an immense number of lives.
But their relentless exploration had also brought them enormous gains.
They had discovered countless ancient ruins and lost technologies, one after another.
Then they had transmitted them back to headquarters through various special means, continuously strengthening the Holy Body Cult.
Those members who successfully opened up new territories established colonies and spread their faith locally.
By now, the Holy Body Cult possessed more than six hundred mechanical industrial planets outside the Mountain River Star Sector, with over three trillion believers.
However, these territories were so scattered that the Holy Body Cult had never possessed a large, contiguous heartland.
That was why they had