After seeing so much and coming into contact with so many empires and organizations, Huo Yuhao had never fully accepted the ideals of any of them in his heart.
Whether it was Spirit Hall or the Upper Three Sects, the Sun Moon Empire or Shrek Academy, or the present Temple Alliance...
They all had their strengths, but they also had many shortcomings.
So even when Huo Yuhao found himself needing the power of faith, he had not chosen the easy road.
Spirit Hall's approach was certainly quick, but it made people blindly obedient. Thus, after solving the Demon Race's food problem and giving them better lives, Huo Yuhao had not followed Spirit Hall's example and erected statues of himself.
He had even deliberately worked to diminish his influence among the Demon Race.
Huo Yuhao had not distributed portraits of himself among the lower-ranking demons, nor had he founded any church or sect to make the other demons worship him, much less told the lower-ranking demons that they should thank him.
Nor had Huo Yuhao established a powerful, independent organization like Shrek Academy among the Demon Race, or followed the example of the Sun Moon Empire and other empires by exalting someone to an unparalleled position.
He had not followed the Temple Alliance's example either, with its foundation of individual temples, each revering and worshipping its own god.
Huo Yuhao had always wanted these demons to live normal lives, rather than become tools for him to collect the power of faith.
Moreover, it was not that Huo Yuhao did not want these demons to become blindly obedient, to become the sort who sacrificed themselves for someone, gave their lives for something, or felt grateful for something; Huo Yuhao never taught them that way.
Because Huo Yuhao had heard far too many