"Linda always loved religious paintings-their composition, their presentation, and the meaning behind them. Linda found them beautiful, and she was always immersed in that beauty.
"Besides, this is a way of giving gods tangible form. Through these paintings, gods on high seem to be drawn down from the clouds into the human world.
"Then we can understand and explain them through human thinking."
Kallen nodded and sat down beside the sofa.
He did not know how to describe the painting before him. Though unfinished, it already exerted a distinct pressure.
The mad pope,
the fallen Church of Light.
During the Previous Era and the first half of the current era, the Church of Light had unquestionably been a colossus.
Many fledgling churches, such as the Order God Church, had even needed to include the God of Light in their own "mythological narratives" as an endorsement early on. That showed just how extraordinary the Church of Light's orthodox standing had been.
Of the books Grandpa had sent him through Lunt, only "Light of Order" specifically introduced the Order God Church. The others were overviews of other religions.
And in those overviews, the God of Light's shadow was practically everywhere.
So,
after reading material about many other churches, Kallen's impression of the God of Light had increasingly approached that of "Emperor Qianlong" from his previous life.
In his previous life, local snacks everywhere were forever said to have been eaten and named by Qianlong during his tours of the south, becoming famous as a result;
it was as though Qianlong had done no proper work at all, spending every day sampling snacks everywhere and promoting them.
This God of Light seemed much the same. He did none of a god's work, only went around promoting "new gods"-awakening the "God of Order," helping