Qin Wuyue in particular could be said to have held the lowest standing among the temple's many Divine Envoys.
The reason was not that she was too weak...
If she were weak, she could never have become a Divine Envoy of the temple.
The fundamental reason was that the Blue Star Civilization behind Qin Wuyue was still only a cycle civilization.
Of the Blood Source Temple's twelve Divine Envoys, ten came from ascended civilizations. Apart from Qin Wuyue, only one other Divine Envoy came from a cycle civilization!
That meant Qin Wuyue did not have much backing.
In the Land of Order...
Joining a temple was equivalent to finding a job. No matter how high the position, it was still just a job.
Only their own civilizations were their true homes.
But civilizations still undergoing cycles had no home to speak of.
Unlike ascended civilizations, where individuals died permanently and could not resurrect, but people could develop indefinitely. Even players with little talent could make up for it with time and eventually become powerful.
In terms of overall strength, a cycle civilization was a disorganized mass. Only a small number of players could break free of the cycle and reach the Land of Order, leaving it weak in both combined combat power and cohesion.
For ascended civilizations, both the number and proportion of players who could reach the Land of Order were over a hundred times higher than those of cycle civilizations!
Ascended civilizations were the most powerful entities in the Land of Order.
Some civilizations were even stronger overall than certain temples, because the masters of several temples might all come from the same civilization.
For example, the current master of the Blood Source Temple came from the Starry Sky Thief Clan.
The Blood Source Temple's stance was therefore